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

"That's not how it's calculated. The end point isn't the lead, but giving it your all."

"If this were Barbatos' debut race, I'd probably think it was a runaway race, but having witnessed so many of Barbatos's final sprints, do you think this is her all-out speed?"

"This……"

"If this can't be called running away, then what kind of running is it?"

While the conversation between the two piqued the interest of all the audience, the live broadcast also asked this question on behalf of the audience at the right time.

While paying attention to the dynamics of the game, the commentator explained, "Escape, advance, lag, and chase—these four running strategies were designed to help outsiders better understand the game."

"In reality, the players are simply choosing the position that is most advantageous to them during the competition."

"If Barbatos is currently in the lead position, she is using an escape strategy."

"Then I think it's more like running fast than escaping."

"It's like a true legendary horse girl has arrived at this race. She's running her usual way, even if she's been chasing the opponent, but because of the different opponent, she's unknowingly taken the lead. So..."

"Even before he had used all his strength, he had already reached the position where the escape horse should be."

"Although Barbatos is compared to a truly legendary horse girl, she is indeed no longer on the same level as the horse girls in G3."

……

During the game, Barbatos did not pay attention to the live broadcast or what the commentator said, but was fully focused on the game.

Paying attention to the other horse racing ladies behind her, compared to Tamamo Cross and Obey Your Lord who were behind her during the relay race, although she also felt some pressure this time as she was in the leading position, the pressure was far less than that time.

She didn't choose to take the lead for no reason.

But it was something he discovered during the primary match with the clever Bailey.

If you want to become the Oyster Uma Musume, you don't have to chase her from the last place to succeed.

In the competition, when you open up a gap so that other horse girls feel that they have no way to catch up, making them lose the chance to win the game, you can also

"There are only 1000 meters left!"

"Barbatos is still in the lead, and the gap between him and the second-place Joyful Staff member is narrowing! There's still half a horse length left!"

The happy staff members stepped forward and said, "We can do it!"

Barbatos has always used the strategy of chasing. Even if there may have been no chance of winning originally, now that Barbatos has temporarily changed its running strategy, this is an opportunity.

"You're careless! Barbatos!"

The horse racing ladies following behind also exerted their strength to catch up with the front, "We can do it! There's a chance!"

"Joyful Staff is about to catch up with Barbatos!"

"Can Happy Staff surpass Barbatos and win this match?!!"

“The distance has been widened!”

"Barbatos has accelerated, with the same terrifying sprint as before!"

"Can the Joy Staff still keep up?"

Joyful Staff had already tried his best to catch up with Barbatos and was about to overtake him when a sonic boom suddenly sounded in his ears.

Barbatos' figure shot out like an arrow, much faster than before!

A bitter smile appeared on her face.

I thought I had a chance to surpass Barbatos and win the game.

But I've already given it my all, and she's only just starting to get serious...

This is the undisputed number one fan in Japan! This is the Wind God Barbatos!

She is not from the same dimension as us!

"Yi Lin (one) Qi Isij Wu Si (nine) Dam Oyster ~"

"Barbatos crosses the finish line!!!"

"Congratulations to Barbatos for his crushing victory in the Artemis Stakes! He opened up a perfect eight lengths over the second place!"

"The second one is the happy staff, the third one..."

"The eleventh dramatic development."

Chapter 104 It’s nice to meet you

Competition Committee.

Chairman Ikari sat at the head of the conference table. The other members of the committee were not there, so it was a rare opportunity for him to have some free time.

A young female secretary wearing a hip-hugging miniskirt and black stockings stood on one side.

The projector on the conference table was broadcasting the live broadcast of Barbatos' game and the scene of the winner's stage.

"It feels like Barbatos is different from before."

The female secretary said that it was hard to say what the specific difference was, but it was probably due to the fact that the player was in the leading position from the beginning.

Chairman Ikari watched the broadcast of the winner's stage through his reflective sunglasses and did not deny the female secretary's point of view.

This may be the change after defeating Tamamo Cross.

At this time, the door of the conference room where only the two of them were sitting was knocked, but not opened.

Until the secretary said "Come in".

A thin old man in a suit walked in and said with a smile, "Chairman, Secretary, I hope I didn't disturb you."

"The palace committee member is the eighth chief."

Without refuting the old man's joke, the secretary, who showed no sign of weakness when facing other members of parliament, spoke respectfully.

Because the old man surnamed Gong in front of him is different from those members of parliament. He is a respectable senior and the previous chairman before Chairman Ikari took office.

"Haha, you guys also watched Barbatos' game today."

The former chairman looked at the projection in the conference room and the winner's stage that was about to end. "I came here this time to talk about Barbatos."

"About...Barbatos?"

The female secretary was stunned, not understanding what was going on with Barbatos that was worthy of the former chairman coming all this way.

"The next match will be Barbatos' first G2-level event."

The former chairman chuckled and asked, "Do you think she can win this game?"

Chairman Ikari leaned his hands on the table without saying a word, as if waiting for the old man's next words.

The female secretary suddenly remembered the rumors that had been circulating in the race committee some time ago. It seemed that the former chairman had specially gone to watch the "relay race" during the Tresen Cultural Festival.

On the other hand, considering the age of the former chairman, he should be from the era of the Heisei Three or Tamamo Cross.

Could it be that because Barbatos won the game, the former chairman thought?

A bold and frightening thought crossed her mind. Did the former chairman want Barbatos to lose the next G2 match?!

This is not impossible. It is reasonable for several G1 champions to appear in the G2 level competition.

"Commissioner Gong!"

"How could our competition committee do something like that?"

As the female secretary spoke, her gaze met the former chairman's firmly, and she seemed unwilling to back down, even though the other party was the former chairman and even though the other party's network of contacts was not comparable to that of a small secretary like her.

Even just making eye contact with the former committee chairman put her under immense pressure, even though it could cost her her job.

She also didn't want to go against her original intention of joining the competition committee.

"Stop joking and get down to business."

Chairman Ikari, who had been silent until then, spoke up.

"Haha, you're still as unlovable as ever."

The old man smiled and said, without any sense of oppression when he looked at the female secretary before, "But you found a good secretary."

"No matter what others say, Barbatos, who was able to defeat Tamamo, I don't think she would lose in a G2 Kyoto Junior Championship."

"But you should also know something about the schedule after Barbatos."

Chairman Ikari blurted out without thinking, "The Tokyo Sports Cup Junior Championship in G3 and the Hanshin Youth Special in G1."

"That's right, she will be banned from participating in the G3 Tokyo Sports Cup Junior Championship."

After saying this, the old man turned and left with a smile, "Of course, this is just my suggestion."

Watched the former chairman leave the meeting room.

The secretary didn't know why Barbatos was banned from participating in the G3 Tokyo Sports Cup Junior Championship.

Could there be some powerful opponents in that G3 event?

But this is not something the competition committee should interfere in.

“Chairman…”

She called softly.

"Two reasons."

"First, a Umamusume's career is limited. Excessive participation in competitions will shorten her career. G3 is meaningless to Barbatos right now."

"Secondly, with the level she's showing now, competing in G3 events will no longer be competitive for other G3-level horse girls."

Chairman Ikari explained calmly.

Even if the former chairman did not come, he was still thinking about this matter. He always felt that Barbatos might still want to run G3 after the G1 event.

"So, the former chairman didn't intend to target Barbatos?"

The female secretary paused as soon as she finished saying this.

Targeting Barbatos? Now it seems more like it's about Barbatos' career.

Moreover, the so-called targeting is useless against true geniuses, such as the Arima Kinen in the late 20th century.

……

evening.

"You go ahead."

"I'll go back to Tresen Academy first."

Nanban received an invitation to go shopping together, but looking at the nebula sky and Barbatos in front of him, he decisively chose to refuse.

Unlike the previous time in Osaka, which was a three-hour one-way trip to Tresen Academy, this time in Tokyo is only less than an hour away from Tresen.

Isn't there a need for him as a trainer to follow and act as a light bulb?

Moreover, they don't need him, the trainer, to pay for their shopping. Even if the prize money from the competition is left aside, Barbatos's live broadcast income is far more than that of him, the central trainer.

The autumn wind blew, and watching the two people leaving, he felt like a desert god of death.

Minamisaka, who devoted himself to Uma Musume and computers during college, had the idea of ​​falling in love for the first time.

He smiled and sighed, then turned and walked towards the subway station to return to Kyoto.

……

The street lights were all on, making the leaves on both sides of the street look even more withered and yellow.

"Where are you taking me?"

Barbatos asked after separating from Minamisaka.

Xingyun Tiankong said that he would take her to a place after winning, which made her quite concerned.

"That~"

"I was just saying it casually, to see if you're really worried about something like the Flag."

Xingyun Tiankong held the back of his head with his hands, looked up at the night sky and said with a smile, "The great Barbatos actually worries about Flag."

Then I go?

He is really a cunning fisherman.