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

Gotham Carol leaned forward with great effort, and only when his cheek was pressed tightly against Manchester City Tea House could he see everything clearly.

What my sister is looking at next is...the voting content of Arima Kinen?

Huh? This is it, but it's the Arima Memorial.

Generally speaking, although the popularity of global competitions is a very important reference indicator, whether or not one can leave the competition is not determined by popularity, but by the accumulated bounty on the departing horse girl.

After reaching a certain standard, you can sign up for the competition. Whether you can leave the competition depends on the ranking of the accumulated bounties of all registered and eligible horse girls. As long as they are all within the appropriate range, you can leave the competition.

In fact, in other words, the fans in the original Uma Musume game do not refer to popularity, but are called the "number of fans" after being converted from bounties.

However, this is the general situation, or the situation in most competitions. There are also some special cases and special competition indicators.

For example, Gotham Anthem had previously left the competition as a foreign horse girl and enjoyed the priority right to leave the competition for foreign horse girls, and after winning the Irish Championship, it directly obtained the highest priority right to leave the Japan Cup.

Such a competition is like what many people call a preliminary battle. As long as you are qualified and register under such circumstances, you will definitely be able to participate in the subsequent competitions.

It's like the Yayoi Sho is to the Gaoyue Sho, and the Ryuka Sho is to the American Triple Crown in the past and present.

But besides this type of competition, there are many other competitions that are not exactly like this.

For Japan, the representatives should be the Takarazuka Memorial and the Arima Memorial.

Simply put, whether or not you can win these two games is not determined by the accumulated bounty of each contestant.

Among the famous Japanese competitions, these two are almost the only two that are judged by the number of fan votes.

In other words, in the Arima Kinen, even if a horse girl has a very small amount of accumulated bounty, as long as a lot of people vote for her, she can enter the Arima Kinen competition.

Of course, this kind of thing has nothing to do with Gotham Anthem, and the reason is very simple. As a foreign horse girl, she won the Japan Cup and also enjoys the first priority qualification to leave Arima Kinen.

In other words, after winning the Japan Cup, as long as Gotham Anthem wants, they can register and enter Japan's largest competition held to give back to fans of the event.

And she did indeed report her name, but because she had just registered yesterday, only her name could be seen on the voting page and her photo had not been uploaded yet.

Well... how should I put it? If it happened in the world of the past, such a thing might be outrageous, but in this Mamusume world, especially in the Japanese organization ura in Mamusume world, it is too normal not to upload and review a photo for two or three days.

This organization is still using fax machines to exchange information!!!

It’s hard to imagine what kind of efficiency it is.

Gotham Carol was very unhappy, but Gotham Carol did not want to abuse its power. In any case, it had to find a time to have a good discussion with Ura's group about this matter.

The people over there don't lack the funds to upgrade their equipment. Do they have to hold on to that fax machine forever?

Thinking this in his heart, Gotham Ode accompanied by Manchester City Tea House's fingers moved gently to look at the voting page.

As expected, the first place in the Arima Memorial Departure Voting is...

Little chestnut hat.

Although they were badly beaten by Gotham Anthem in the Japan Cup and only won third place in the end, which was not the best result in their career in the Japan Cup, but the same thing still applies.

Competing with Oguri Hat for popularity in Japan?

Anyone who does this should have their head examined.

That's Oguruma! She's undoubtedly the most popular player in any match she plays. She's a monster in terms of popularity!

So Gotham Carol, who was not surprised by the first place, continued to look down and saw his own name.

It makes sense, as the one who has been killing everyone this year, Gotham Carol deserves such a status, and then there's McQueen.

The fourth one is… a twin-turbo? Huh? Wow.

The fifth is the emperor.

He kept looking down until he was at the very bottom, at number twelfth, and only then did he see the name of Manchester Tea House, which was in his arms and was giving Gotham Carol confidence.

Ah, twelfth place, which means I’m eligible to go to Arima Memorial…?

However, the teahouse sister seemed to be in a bad mood.

"You're now eligible to leave, Tea Sister, but you still look unhappy."

"Yes…"

Gotham Carol was thinking about something, but she couldn't say it out loud. After all, as a horse racing girl, why could Manchester Tea House be unhappy about being on the Arima Kinen?

Are you unhappy because you have a small fan base and your ranking is not high?

There may be some, but it won’t be the main reason, right?

So what on earth could be the reason why he is so silent and sad even when he is around?

[It seems you're not completely stupid after all. Do you know what the teahouse is most upset about today?]

What is it...Tranquility, please tell me.

Ah, yes…

"They're sisters, but there's such a huge gap in their abilities. If it weren't for Song Ge, I wouldn't have paid attention to her. It's strange. It was last year's Chrysanthemum Festival, but why doesn't she look that strong?"

【That's it.】

How to describe it…?

"That's simply too much... No, damn it!"

Gotham Carol gritted her teeth and couldn't help whispering, but when she came to her senses, she met the slightly flickering eyes above the silent expression of Manchester Tea House.

"Did a friend tell you...?"

"Hmm... Anyway, Sister Tea House, I haven't thought about it that way. I definitely don't have those weird thoughts!"

Teahouse sister and everyone are very important people to me.

Although Manchester Tea House would never doubt this - she believed it so much and always protected Gotham Carol, but even so, Gotham Carol still had to say such words loudly.

Not to say I don't think so, but to tell the Manchester City Tea Room.

I always thought we were the closest of sisters.

However, in the eye contact that was so close that there was almost no distance between them, the first one to react was Manchester City Tea House, who had seemed very sad and upset just now.

Although my cousin has a cold expression most of the time, her inner thoughts are actually quite complex and active.

This is even more true when it comes to facial expressions. Manchester City Tea House often doesn't have much change in expression, but at this moment, Gotham Ode captured the slightly raised corners of his mouth.

What emotions are contained therein?

It's pampering.

"Of course I know, but Song Ge, I'm not that fragile. I'm just a little upset...?"

"After all, I'm also a horse girl who won a huge bounty in the Classic Year. Even if I'm a little behind Carol..."

"It's not that there's some difference between you and me!"

But at this moment, Gotham Carol suddenly pushed forward, as if to seize the initiative of the conversation and completely destroyed the balance that her cousin had been maintaining. When Manchester City Tea House was pressed on the bed, she blinked slightly in confusion, as if she didn't understand what was going on.

Am I... pushed down by the hymn?

However, what followed was that Gotham Carol left Manchester City Tea House's back, and then knelt down beside the bed with a bang so that the two people could look at each other at eye level.

"I was able to receive such an honor simply because the mainstream of this era advocates for such competitions. Within 3,000 meters is the stage where I can perform, but Sister Chazuo's adaptive range is even higher than mine. So... I am just a strong person created by the times, and Sister Chazuo is obviously stronger than me in some ways!"

What Gotham Carol said was quite cunning, but Manchester City Tea House was able to clearly find the loopholes in it. However, looking at her sister in front of her who was slightly puffed up and looked cute, she suddenly didn't want to say anything in rebuttal.

Maybe that's the case? But it must be cold kneeling on the ground like this.

Manchester City Tea House thought so, she turned over from lying on her stomach to lying flat, and then looked at Gotham Carol beside her.

"Crafty sister."

"Hey, it's so cunning!"

Gotham Carol said nothing, she just smiled, then stood up again with her hands on both sides of the Manchester Tea Table, then lay on her sister's body and rested her head on her chest.

Why say so many useless things at this time? Just hugging is the best way to comfort and convey your feelings. Gotham Carol doesn't want to waste so many words-!

No matter how much people outside say, it is just their misunderstanding. When those people on the Internet are madly slandering and expressing their malice, they would never have thought that the two people at the center of the topic are still so close to each other at this moment, right?

Isn’t being cunning the privilege of the younger sister…it’s impossible for the older sister to be cunning to the younger sister, right?

To be honest, at the beginning, Gotham Carol was not very accustomed to the fact that there was someone who cared about her unconditionally. After all, she had been alone for too long in the beginning.

But after living in Mejiro Castle, after changing her name and having more people willing to care about her...

Isn't it good to have so many people who are willing to care about you unconditionally? Why, if you don't want such wealth, then you will starve to death even if pie falls from the sky!

So Gotham Carol's choice is to enjoy such warmth and intimacy with peace of mind.

This was achieved by holding the Manchester City tea host's hand and letting her clumsy cousin put her arm around her shoulders and hug her.

There's nothing wrong with that, right?

"Arima Kinen, I will run away."

"But it's not to prove anything to those people, Song Ge. It's... I simply want to run with you. From this time on, and many times after that, I will always want to chase you. Although it may seem strange for an older sister to chase a younger sister, even if it's as you said, I will not admit defeat no matter what the field is."

Manchester City Tea House is also a proud horse racing girl.

"Hehe, that ignorant little sister has to give it her all in return, Teahouse Sister."

Let us chase and run, even if it is not towards the rising sun.

Just chasing each other.

Chapter 132: Heartbeat Distance

Anyway, Gotham Carol woke up the next morning in the arms of Manchester Tea House.

Or rather, she woke up under the embracing gaze of the Manchester Tea House.

The two of them talked a lot in bed yesterday and did a lot of things they had not done before, and then fell asleep hugging each other until the sunlight woke up the two sleeping horse girls.

Gotham Ode and Manchester City Tea House looked at each other, then dazedly lowered their heads and stuck back together.

"Tea Sister, tell me, how can people understand each other?"

"Perhaps, there is no way to achieve mutual understanding transparently?"

Manchester City Tea House didn't understand why Gotham Carol suddenly asked such a question, but after all, she was also a horse girl whose first year in Gotham was about to end, so she could still give an answer to such a question quickly.

This is indeed the case. Even now, when she faces odes, she often still can't figure out her thoughts when faced with emergencies, just like the question she is asking now.

"Hey, this is what I wanted to say."

Gotham Carol showed a cunning smile, she supported her hands on both sides of Manchester Tea House's body, then rode on her waist and pressed her chest against her sister's.

"Perhaps only in this way can people achieve the greatest mutual understanding?"

"Because this is the moment when the hearts are closest to each other in a physical sense."

Manchester Tea House was speechless. She stared blankly at Gotham Carol who was lying on her with a wicked smile, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

That’s right, isn’t it…?

Maybe something is wrong, but...

After feeling the strong heartbeat of his sister, Manchester City Tea House was still deeply in hesitation and doubt.

After feeling the strong vitality of the hymn, even if there are some small problems, it’s not a big deal, right?

At least that's what Manchester City Tea House thinks.

She didn't even care about the strange sight of the two people with their black and silver hair intertwined.

However, Gotham Carol quickly escaped from Manchester Tea House.

It’s not because of anything else. Although my teahouse sister is actually very sweet and soft when I hold her in my arms, if I really continue like this, I wonder how she will be misunderstood when Donna, who is randomly refreshed, sees me!

Even if Gao Feng and Aldan saw it, Song Ge wouldn't think it was strange, but if Donna saw it, she might look at her with a strange look!

Damn it, damn it was a spur-of-the-moment idea. Couldn't such an idea have come up on its own last night? Brain, I order you to foresee such a future mouthful twelve hours in advance next time!

In short, Carol, with his head full of wonderful ideas, jumped out of the sight of Manchester Tea House.

Not until her younger sister left did she change from lying on her back to lying on her side, but for some reason she could not calm down completely like when she was alone.

After all, the sound of her heartbeat had already stirred up huge waves in her silent heart.

But Gotham Carol, who was completely unaware of this, just went downstairs and asked the housekeeper to help her prepare a vehicle for the trip to Central Tresen.

She needed to go back there briefly to get some things, and then meet the Emperor of the East China Sea to check on her physical recovery.