I only have one year to live, so I must become a legendary horse girl!

"Um…"

"Okay, stop acting like an idiot. Today is the day to put an end to this. Besides, you've been preparing for this for a long, long time, right?"

Finally, he hung half of General Mejiro Takamine's cloak on Gotham Carol's shoulders, and then picked up the scepter from the corner of the room.

"This is the most glorious competition that belongs to you. Don't worry, just do whatever you want to do. I will support you unconditionally this time."

"Even if I might do something stupid?"

Mejiro Takamine pressed the scepter into Gotham Carol's hand, and she pushed open the door, revealing a passage leading to the outside.

"Tolerating your little confusion is something I should do, right? Go ahead."

Go and take your victory.

Gotham Carol did not give an answer, but when she was about to go out, she held up Mejiro Takamine's palm and pressed it on the back of her eldest sister's hand.

Then, with light footsteps, the figure disappeared around the corner of the corridor...

"This kid is doing something ridiculous again."

The floor that Gotham Carol stayed on this time was not very high, and she did not plan to wait for the elevator. She walked up the stairs to the lobby, and then walked out the door.

It was at this time that Gotham Carol finally heard something it hadn't heard in a long time, something that was completely its own.

That was the first time in the world that fans cheered with anticipation as they watched their supporters go to the stadium.

There are even some supporting merchandise...

In fact, ura has not yet made official peripherals of this kind, but!

Rudolph symbolically took action.

Although it has not been officially authorized, Rudolph symbolically united with various forces such as Mejiro Castle to actually produce Gotham Anthem's support peripherals for sale.

However, for some reason, Gotham Carol always felt that his cheering doll was a little stupid and didn't seem very smart.

With its head held high and proud, like an emperor walking on a parade road, Gotham Carol tried hard not to laugh out loud because of the excessive number of Q-version big-headed Carol dolls on both sides.

Walking along the road little by little and turning the corner, when the Japan Cup stadium was clearly visible, Gotham Carol unexpectedly saw a vacuum area between the welcoming fans, as if it was isolated.

only…

Is there some special reason why fans choose to avoid this place?

It really is.

Because in the center of that area is an existence that should not be there.

"Emperor...? Didn't I tell you to recuperate in the hospital? Why are you so disobedient?"

“Hey hey hey…”

Gotham Carol handed the scepter to Chunqiufen, who was standing quietly on the side, and then pinched the cheeks of the East China Sea Emperor, who rarely showed a guilty expression, and pulled hard.

After all, they were destined to be his nemesis, unable to escape the Japan Cup. Last night, Gotham Carol had a phone call with the East Sea Emperor, and she had repeatedly warned him...

Emperor, you just need to recuperate in the hospital. There is no need to come to watch the game. Nothing is more important than your health.

But now it seems that all these efforts are useless. The Emperor of the East China Sea still appears here and attacks in the form of a wheelchair warrior.

A disobedient emperor like you deserves to have your face pinched by me in public!

Although Gotham Carol always felt that the expressions and eyes of the people around her who were recording the video were strange - but now she was so angry with the emperor that she didn't want to pay attention to these things and just wanted to express her dissatisfaction fiercely.

The emperor, knowing he was in the wrong, surrendered.

"I...was wrong, wrong!"

Only after the emperor's cheeks were pinched red did Gotham Carol put down her hand and, instead, pushed the wheelchair warrior's mount slowly forward.

"Really? What if something unexpected happens?"

"Hehe, even so, Your Majesty, I also want to see Song Ge trying her best."

The Emperor of the East China Sea wanted to witness it, or rather, she wanted to see it all with her own eyes.

After appreciating the chrysanthemums, especially when she was alone in the ward, the Emperor of the East China Sea was always extremely excited. At the same time, inevitably, she was also thinking about one thing.

What is she to Carol? Or, in other words, what kind of emotions are these two people, who started out as enemies, using to interact with each other?

The Emperor of the East China Sea could not get an answer about the Gotham Carol, and she didn't know whether she should ask, but even if there was no information, she could confirm one thing.

That is, Gotham Carol cares about her and its arch-enemy, the Emperor of the East China Sea.

She runs out of passion, but the person who gives her the courage to run again is this clumsy and slow-witted enemy behind her.

Now, what does a nemesis mean to Uma Musume?

"Ode, don't worry about the Emperor. It's just a broken bone. The Emperor will defeat you and show you."

"What? So sudden?"

Gotham Carol looked at the East China Sea Emperor in front of her who did not turn around to look at her, and inexplicably felt that she was a little different.

"Hehe, I just wanted to say that. Besides, how can you make the emperor surrender with broken bones and pain?"

"We've already won once, right? But this time, the Emperor will win alone!"

Pain and frustration are fatal to Uma Musume, but the Emperor of the East China Sea is no longer afraid of such things from the bottom of his heart.

If someone acknowledges their own vulnerability but dares not do anything, then they will ultimately achieve nothing, right? The Emperor of the East Sea is an unyielding emperor, a genius who transcends pain and failure. A broken bone is just something she's bound to face, if only the beautiful scenery that follows can be seen together with Gotham Carol.

Even with multiple broken bones, she would overcome them completely.

Because there was someone who had agreed to be her legs no matter what, and someone who would extend his hands when she fell and was about to die.

There is a person who, even though he himself is not aware of it, deeply gives the Emperor of the East China Sea something deeper and more passionate than the satisfaction of being surrounded by people.

The Emperor of the East China Sea is the qualified horse girl who is cared for by Gotham Carol at this moment.

"So, Song Ge, you must win today's game. I want to see you give your all, and then... catch up fiercely after the game is over."

It was at this time that the Emperor of the East China Sea turned around.

"Don't cry in frustration after you lose to the Emperor, okay?"

"Then I'll have to try even harder, and I'd like to make sure you can't even come up with such a witty remark."

Gotham Carol tapped the Emperor on the forehead and took the scepter from Equinox's hand.

"I have to go to the competition venue first, Xiaofen. Can I ask you to take care of the Emperor now?"

The Emperor of the East China Sea is here, so there is no point in worrying about it any longer - really, of course, there are these troublesome guys, one or two of them.

Gotham Carol took a last look and found that the shaking East China Sea Emperor was showing the same style as hers, which was originally a star and moon tied on her long black hair.

This is our agreement.

Well, if you want to see it that much...

That gives me one more reason to show my purest running style in this race. Don't be surprised if I run one or two more times.

Gotham Carol remembered the last words that Elly Speedy said to her, and then threw all the warnings and reminders behind her.

She was tired of these boring thoughts and hesitations. In the end...

Isn't the running method that she loves most and is most familiar with the purest attack, leaving behind all the boring distractions and hesitant thoughts?

Gotham Carol took a deep breath, then threw his cape and strode away with the scepter.

Speaking of which, Gotham Carol suddenly thought of a funny thing at this serious moment.

Bo Mu Liuge is actually a very popular character in various novel groups, at least in the light novels that Gotham Carol has seen himself, there are cheats and various systems, and there are even people who travel directly to Bo Mu Liuge himself and use cheats to change their names.

If she becomes famous overnight and completely becomes what she was supposed to be, will those fan fiction writers who created her image be completely ruined...?

It was hard for Gotham Ode to explain, but she quietly curled her lips in the dark tunnel where she was the only contestant.

She had no intention of going to the contestant's lounge, but walked directly to the edge of the waiting area to make her debut. From the dark position, Gotham Ode looked out at the stadium's audience seats, which were already packed with people and full of anticipation, and for a moment she tightly grasped the scepter from the secretariat.

Today, will it still be as silent as before, without even a trace of the name Gotham Anthem?

Probably not, but Gotham Carol was still a little uncomfortable for a while, or rather, after finally getting everyone's attention, she actually wanted the previous atmosphere.

That kind of atmosphere of crossing the finish line in silence—Gotham ode, have you been completely changed by that short period of time?!

Thinking of this, Gotham Carol looked at the ghostly figure in front of him.

It's not Sunday tranquility, it's phantom song.

She seemed to have been waiting here for a long time. Mubai McQueen on the side didn't say anything, and she just stared at the direction where someone else might be coming.

Phantom Liuge has indeed been waiting for the arrival of Gotham Carol. It would be better to say that... the incomplete her is moving forward for another complete person, right?

"Today, I will defeat you, completely and thoroughly, and let everyone clearly see that I have defeated you!"

I will be stronger than you!

Stronger than me... Honestly, Phantom Liuge often behaves like a child, and now he seems to be trying to compete for my attention with his excited actions and expectations.

However, if such a declaration of war is really made, then we have to respond, right?

"If you can do it? Then come and fight."

Come and challenge me, the devil of the arena?

Phantom Liuge, are you qualified?

Gotham Carol was silent, she didn't want to say anything - it was unnecessary to talk to Phantom Liuge about useless things at this time, there was only one thing she should do now.

Let’s destroy this child’s strange emotions first.

As for what comes next…?

Phantom Liuge disappeared from sight, but Gotham Carol quietly raised the corners of his mouth.

In the pitch-black shadows, even her eyes flashed red.

Since you are so shameless as to challenge me, please don't be so boring, otherwise... I will be speechless.

So, Japan Cup, are you ready to welcome the Gotham Carol?

Or would you prefer another name that might come up?

Chapter 120: The Burning Japanese Cup.

There was actually no chance for Gotham Carol and Phantom Flow Song to continue the conversation.

Because when it was Mejiro McQueen's turn to appear, Gotham Carol looked at this silent horse girl who didn't even look at her, imagining what might happen next.

Mejiro McQueen is determined to participate in the Japan Cup because of some of her little tricks. What is her popularity ranking in this competition?

Mejiro McQueen, who was called the reincarnation of Phantom Ryuka, White Augustus, and the best horse girl of the year in Ura, finished third in popularity at the Japan Cup that year.

She walked out of the contestant channel, jogged along the final channel leading to the stage, and then waved to every fan who supported her.

Of course, the third most popular character is Mejiro McQueen, so who are the second and first most popular characters?

The second most popular horse girl to leave is Gotham Anthem.

This is also a natural thing, after all, the most popular person is Oguruma, that Oguruma.

In the Uma Musume world, some things are destined to be unsurpassed, such as Bo Mu Liu Ge's achievements in the Great Escape, and for example...

The popularity of Ogururi hat in Japan.

Basically, in any competition that Oguruma participates in, there is no possibility for her to become the second most popular.

It's like the status of Seabiscuits in the United States.

It’s not that other horse girls are not popular, but!

Seabiscuit and Ogururo are almost the most famous and most supported horse girls in the United States and Japan.

Is it more popular than Seabiscuit in the United States, and more popular than Oguruma in Japan?

Are you okay?

If you have nothing to do, don’t sleep. Get up and stop dreaming.

That's probably the situation.

"Ode, the winner of the Japan Cup can go to Arima Kinen..."

"I know...? Why are you saying something like this so suddenly?"