I, the horse racing girl, really didn’t sprint!

Finally, I chose two pieces of equipment in the equipment mall: [Shuria's Battle Song] and [Turbo Alchemy Tank]. Both of these are equipment that enhance instantaneous burst like [Glory of Justice].

Shuriya's Battle Song: Grants you and nearby heroes 30% movement speed for 4 seconds.

Turbo Alchemy Pot: Grants 40% movement speed for 4 seconds while moving towards an enemy hero. Once it reaches an enemy hero (or after 4 seconds), it releases a shockwave that slows nearby enemy heroes by 50% for 1.5 seconds.

[Turbo Alchemy Tank] is a weakened version of [Glory of Justice], while [Shuraia's Battle Song] is an equipment that should not be used easily.

This is equipment that is more suitable for use in the chase method. Otherwise, once [Shuraia's Battle Song] is activated, it will also strengthen the horse girl running together, making the opponent run faster. The only difference is that the effect after using it will be too weird.

Maybe after using it a few more times, I will have to engage in research work.

But there is no doubt that the addition of these two pieces of equipment allowed Barbatos' already extremely slow strength to rise to another level.

Weight training can increase her physical strength and break the upper limit of her speed a little, but when the weight reaches a certain level, the improvement will begin to slow down. Even if the body can withstand the weight, it will be impossible to carry out daily life if the weight increases further.

She will not stop any training, but she needs to be cautious about increasing the speed of weight-bearing. Although there are three goddesses here, it is still the real world after all, and it is impossible to carry weights without affecting normal life.

As for today…

I have been participating in simulation competitions of various lengths with Rigil seniors for nearly two months.

At the end of the summer camp, on the last day before leaving the beach, she had a simulation match with Emperor Rudolf. Now, even if she faced Good Opera, Cheng Tian Bai Ren and others, she could still win or lose against them, achieving a true 50-50 chance. The shorter the distance, the higher her winning rate.

Her ability to perform on the field is no less than that of most legendary horse girls.

After going through the entire summer camp, not counting the equipment she bought today, she is already half a step better than she was at the Takarazuka Kinen.

She is confident that even if she faces the former number one in Japan, Tamamo Cross in his prime, she will definitely be able to defeat him. As for Oguruma, even if Barbatos has never won, she is confident that she can win!

And what we have to do today... is to defeat the emperor!

Rudolph - symbol!

……

After finishing morning exercises with Xingyun Tiankong and having breakfast, we went to the training base of the Rigil team. Saint King Halo and Cao Shangfei, who had not yet recovered from their injuries but basically no longer needed a wheelchair and could walk with the help of a cane, were already waiting there.

Even they were looking forward to today's simulation match, wanting to see the gap between Barbatos and the Emperor.

Or maybe Barbatos is now able to truly compete with the emperor!

"Good morning, Xiaoba, Xingyun."

In the training base, they greeted each other with a smile and squinting eyes. Rigil and Barbatos did not tell anyone about the simulation match. Even Tokai Zhou, who lived under the same roof, had no idea about it, but Minamisaka knew about it.

As a trainer, it is normal to know this, after all, the two teams are also competitors.

There was no need for Tojo Hana to keep this secret from Minamisaka. She possessed the confidence of a trainer for Japan's strongest team! Even though Minamisaka wasn't present for a few simulation matches, Tojo Hana had shared the corresponding simulation data with Minamisaka.

"Good morning. How are Suzhi and the others' training going recently?"

Barbatos responded that she knew that the entire Canpous team was preparing to participate in the Japan Cup. Therefore, everyone was training intensively during the summer camp, which was originally used for relaxation. Especially the twin turbos had to take tutoring classes after training.

Nansaka shook his head helplessly, "They are all working very hard. They really want to compete with you in the Japan Cup."

During the summer camp, she participated in the G3 Ogura Memorial and the G2 Sapporo Memorial, and easily won the championship, showing her own talent and strength.

Didos Ikuno and Shikama Kusanagi also won the G3 events of the Sekiya Kinen and Hoshidan Cup respectively. It's not that their level is not enough to participate in G2-level events, but there was only one G2-level event during the summer camp, the Sapporo Kinen, and there was only one G1 event, the clay court event in July, which they missed.

They are also working hard to be able to participate in the Japan Cup.

Ulala lost the G3 event by a narrow margin. After surpassing Ulala, the Twin Turbo was 10 lengths ahead in the race, but ended up finishing 5 moves down.

This has become the biggest hot topic in previous reports related to Uma Musume. Except for Barbatos and Nebula Sky, the other players in Canopus do not seem to be that strong.

Not to mention Ulala and Twin Turbo who have already been defeated, the G3 won by Excellent Quality, Ikuno Didus, and Taikan Poetry Drama did not have that huge gap, and did not have the visual impact of Barbatos and Nebula Sky that were ahead of ordinary horse girls.

Everyone in Canopus was aware of this and had conducted internal training competitions.

After losing the game, Ulala prepared for the next game optimistically. After the twin-turbo cried loudly, it seemed as if nothing had happened and became inexplicably confident again, which did not make everyone too worried.

As the group walked to the indoor training area, Barbatos saw the symbol of Rudolph wearing a victory suit.

Rudolph symbol warming up!

Chapter 334 She Has a Chance

"coming?"

Rudolph, who was warming up, twitched his ears slightly, stopped when he heard footsteps, stood up and looked over with the demeanor of the student council president.

"coming!"

Barbatos greeted with a smile, the momentum accumulated from her successive victories rising first. Facing the emperor, she had no capital to be arrogant. Even though this simulation race was the mile course that she was better at, plus the two pieces of equipment she had just bought this morning, she was not sure of winning.

In front of her was the absolute symbol of the Japanese horse racing world, Rudolf, known as the Emperor!

However, this brought her more excitement, and the excitement of facing Rudolf Symbol again. Unlike herself last year, she is now able to compete with Good Opera and Narita Shirahito, and she has truly got the capital to compete with Rudolf Symbol!

In the mile race, her record against other legends is three wins and one loss!

If it were today, in the case of mile and short-distance races, she could call herself the strongest horse girl under the emperor!

Even if it is a victory or defeat between us and Rudolph, we still need to compete to know!

"Then let's warm up together. Ahua and the others are already preparing." Facing Barbatos' high fighting spirit, Rudolf's expression and tone remained unchanged.

"it is good."

Barbatos agreed. Even though she had done morning exercises before, it would be better to warm up again before the next high-intensity simulation game.

……

Looking at the two people warming up together in the distance, Ling Amazon, who had already made his way to the finish line, stood very alert and dignified, completely different from his usual appearance at the finish line. At the same time, without moving his eyes, he said to Narita Bairen outside the track, "Hey, how many lengths do you think Xiaoba can stay within the chairman?"

Narita Shirahito narrowed her eyes slightly and unconsciously ate the grass in her mouth.

"5……"

"No, it should be 3 or even less."

"You actually gave such a high evaluation!?" Amazon was slightly surprised, but soon felt that it was natural. Barbatos was simply like a monster.

She used to think that it would take at least two years for Barbatos to compete with them, but at the Takarazuka Kinen, she and Silent Suzuka defeated Qi AO, and during the summer camp, she even surpassed herself as a legend. Now, she fully deserves the title of "Japan's No. 1"!

“This evaluation should not be high.”

A mature female voice sounded, and Maruzenski said with a smile, "Have you ever thought that Xiaoba might... win this simulation?"

"?!!"

"!!"

Upon hearing this, Amazon and Narita Shirohito turned their heads in shock, their eyes widening as they listened to something unbelievable. They were all wondering how many horse lengths Barbatos could stay within Rudolph's symbol. Maruzen-senpai actually thought Barbatos could possibly defeat the Emperor? Breaking the absolute rule among horse girls?!

They could never imagine such a thing.

Challenging the emperor, whether it is Amazon or Narita Shirahito, they all have such thoughts in their competitive hearts and have taken actions, but they just can't defeat the symbol of Rudolf!

You can persist after one or two years of failure, and you can persist again after four or five years of failure. But when more than ten years of failures accumulate, even if you still want to win, the seeds of the emperor's invincibility have already been planted deep in your heart.

"Maruzen, are you serious?"

Narita Shirahito was very serious about this, after all, Maruzenski himself was a senior who liked to joke.

"That's all I can say."

Maruzenski said casually, "But who knows?"

"Xiaoba can beat the president... It's impossible, no matter how you think about it! Even the current president is absolutely impossible." Amazon shook his head, very firmly certain in his heart that the current president is not as strong as he was during the Winter Dream Cup, but that is also an insurmountable gap.

Narita Bairen supported his chin with one hand, his thoughts swirling in his mind, "Maybe... maybe."

"Bai Ren?!"

"Although we may appear to be at our peak from the outside, we all know that we only reach our peak during the Dream Cup, and our bodies will decline again after that."

"We were at our worst a few days before the Winter Dream Cup, and we reached our peak again on the day of the Dream Cup."

Narita Shirahito's voice was low. "We're on the same form curve as the president, but Barbatos isn't... Her level in the mile race wouldn't necessarily be better than mine even in my prime."

Amazon opened and closed his mouth, but for a moment he was speechless.

……

Tojo Hana, wearing a gray suit, held a tablet in his arms, his eyes quizzical behind his glasses. "Why did you allow these excellent students to prepare for the Japan Cup?"

As a trainer herself, she was completely confused about this matter.

Nanban was stunned. He didn't expect Tojo Hana to suddenly tell him this. "Because they want to participate."

"They don't understand. Don't you understand?" Tojo Hana sighed. "They are all excellent horse girls with good talents. It's just that if they participated in the Japan Cup, they would feel hopeless because of the competition."

"That's not something they can participate in right now. Barbatos, Nebula Sky, Silent Suzuka, Condor, Holy King Aura, Soso, and Special Week all have the talent to overpower Uma Girls of their generation. The gap is almost insurmountable."

"If we allow outstanding talent to participate in next year's Satsuki Awards, and if Spica's East Sea Emperor doesn't participate, I believe she has the ability to break into the top three or even compete for the championship."

"But in the Japan Cup, with champions from other countries participating, a top ten finish? That's just wishful thinking."

"This will undoubtedly undermine their confidence, make them experience despair, and may cast a shadow over their subsequent running careers."

Tojo Hana took a deep breath and said, "Maybe I'm talking too much, but this is advice I'm giving you as a colleague."

"I know the gap, and they all know it too." Minamisaka recalled the figures of the Canopus people, remembering them holding a war meeting to prepare for the Japan Cup. "But they want to participate. If I object, they will be very disappointed."

This is actually the reason. Tojo Hana held his forehead and sometimes he really felt that Minamisaka was even more outrageous than Okino.

"Never mind, she's your horse girl anyway."

"We should also prepare to referee Barbatos and Rudolph."

"I believe Barbatos can win this time." Minamisaka said frankly.

Tojo Hana glanced at him and analyzed rationally, "Barbatos is indeed very strong now, but there is still a gap between him and Rudolph."

Nansaka did not respond. Barbatos was the most talented horse girl he had ever seen. She won the junior championship in her first year without any training. He believed that with her hard work now, Barbatos could really create a miracle, even if it was just a simulation race.

Chapter 335: Duel with the Emperor!

Barbatos finished warming up and changed into his winning suit.

She would not wear the final suit in the previous simulation competition, but when Rudolph wore the final suit to show his importance, then she naturally would not fall behind. She never really regarded the simulation competition as a simulation competition.

It is taken as seriously as a real competition!

Together with Rudolf, they walked to the starting point of the training track, one on the left and one on the right.

"Before Summer Lodge, I thought the next time I could challenge Absolute Time would be at the end of the year, the Winter Dream Cup. I didn't expect it to happen so soon."

"Hey, in a way, I'm really lucky."

Barbatos spoke, a green breeze blowing around her. The realm opened at this moment. Facing the absolute Uma Musume, there would be no more reservations or arrogance. "Perhaps I can lay the foundation for victory in the Dream Cup today~"

Barbatos had noticed in the simulation that the legendary horse girl's physical function was getting worse as the end of the year approached.

If the legend in the Winter Dream Cup was his heyday, then now he is probably only at about 97% of the level, with a fluctuation of about 1% from the beginning of Summer Lodge to now. This kind of fluctuation in strength is not obvious to outsiders, but it is extremely clear to Barbatos.

This is why she is now the strongest in the short distance under the emperor.

But even if it comes to the Winter Dream Cup and the legends have returned to their heyday, she will not lose. She should be stronger now and will only become stronger in the future!

Facing the Emperor who is now at a level of almost 97%, she is confident that she has a chance to defeat him in the simulation match, sowing the seeds that failure is no longer absolute for the Emperor, thereby suppressing the Emperor's absolute invincibility and paving the way for facing the symbol of Rudolf in his prime in the Winter Dream Cup, and then winning the Winter Dream Cup in one fell swoop!

The blooming of that area that was enough to stun a wasp and stifle an adult's breathing was like a gentle breeze in front of Rudolf, lifting her hair and making her seem to have even more of an emperor's aura.

Rudolph simply tilted his head, "It's not lucky you have such strength."

"In a mile race, even for me, if I'm not in peak condition, I might not be sure of winning, so..."

"I'll learn from your running style this time."

An aura of dignity spread from her body, without the pressure that Barbatos or other horse girls gave to other horse girls the moment they activated their domain. If it were not for the horse girls or humans who mastered the domain, she would seem to be the same as before, except that the title of emperor, the title of absolute horse girl, seemed to have become more appropriate.

Barbatos, who was standing right next to her, felt the most appropriate. The moment the symbol of Rudolf unfolded in the field, she felt invincible in her heart.

This is something that other legends, such as Narita Shirahito and Good Opera, the legendary horse girls, have never brought to Barbatos.

This is the emperor's domain!

During the last Winter Dream Cup, when Rudolf symbolically opened the domain, Barbatos's physical strength had been overdrawn and she was exhausted. The distance between them was widened, and coupled with the pressure from the other legends' domains, she did not truly feel the feeling brought by the Emperor's domain.

"Hey~"

Barbatos looked up into the eyes that symbolized Rudolph, the fighting spirit in his eyes becoming even stronger. Only with such a realm could she be considered the strongest in Japanese history, the absolute Horse Girl.

Without fear, without the fear of another defeat, the feeling of invincibility emanated from his heart. Emperor? Absolutely? This Winter Dream Cup would be the end! Before facing the Emperor in his prime, he would first defeat him in his strongest area!