The mediocre trainer doesn't want to reopen

It’s a pity that Xiaocao no longer cares. She watched all this with a smile, and what she was thinking about in her mind was not the Eagle’s thoughts, but how to consolidate her own position.

Perhaps...if Ailu joined, it would also be good for her? Cao Shangfei couldn't help but think so. Now she was still fighting for all the strength she could, trying her best to fight against the "enemy" they had to fight.

Chapter 435: Everyone thinks Xing-chan is a glass cannon

A few days later, the news came that Condor had been chosen as the representative of Kitano's team and would represent Tresen Academy and even the whole of Japan to accept the invitation from France and become the next horse racing girl to challenge the Arc de Triomphe. Kitano specifically asked Rudolf not to announce it so early that the person was Condor.

Now, apart from a few people in Kitano's team, almost no one else knows that the candidate is Condor. Kitano is worried that if Tresen Academy and everyone in the outside world know that the candidate is Condor, it will cause unnecessary trouble. Kitano has promised that within this year, he will let Condor be a pure horse girl as much as possible and finish the last year of training and competition before the expedition.

Kitano doesn't want the news that the representative is Shenying to spread, which will bring some external troubles to everyone in the team, especially Shenying himself. This is something Kitano must avoid as much as possible.

Kitano doesn't want Shenying to have to think of ways to deal with questions and doubts from the outside world every day this year - after all, even everyone in Tresen Academy thinks that Kusanagi is the best choice, so the outside world who knows less about Uma Musume will probably think so even more.

Therefore, Kitano asked Rudolph not to announce his choice of Condor so early. He had to protect Condor for as long as possible so that she would not have to worry about other troubles.

Of course, this was also to protect the other kids on the team. With only one spot available on the team, the reporters were sure to ask their team members some tough questions.

At that time, if Xiaocao or others were asked the question "Why do you think the trainer didn't choose you to participate in the expedition, but chose Shenying instead? Where do you think you are lacking?", if these inexperienced children give a bad answer, it will be easy for people to make a big fuss about it.

By then, news about internal discord, frequent conflicts, or ambiguous relationships between trainers and coaches will dominate the headlines again... although the last one is true.

Fortunately, the time to prepare for the expedition was longer than Kitano had expected. He had thought that this year, Elu might not be able to make it to the Autumn Emperor's Award in October and the Arima Memorial in December, but he didn't expect to receive an invitation to participate next year.

So, Elu still has a full year to compete and prepare. She should be ready for the Arc de Triomphe with a fuller spirit. Kitano will of course provide Elu with the best training environment, including specialized training at the Longchamp Racecourse in France.

"That's all I have for you. Here's a form with the training Elu will be receiving this year, as well as the required environment and training venue requirements. It's all here."

Kitano also spent a day handing over all the training necessities and venues that the Eagle would need before participating in the competition to Rudolph for review.

"This is a lot. I know it might be difficult to meet all of these requirements even with the assistance of Tresen College, but I submitted it anyway."

"I'll give my Uma Musume the best, especially the one who's about to face the expedition alone. What do you think, Rudolph?"

In the student union, because Qi Cao and Bai Ren were not there, Kitano also called Rudolph by his name directly - although Rudolph always said that he could actually call her "Luna" in private, but because Xingchan was still around, Kitano never used that name.

Faced with the list in her hand, Rudolph, who had entered "President Mode", looked through each item carefully. Many of them even seemed difficult to Rudolph, but when she looked at the problem from Kitano's perspective as a trainer, she felt that these requirements were indeed the most basic.

"A simulated grass field at the Longchamp Racecourse, muscle-building equipment, and a simulated heavy horse racing track..."

"We should actually provide these needs to every horse girl who participates in the expedition—no, not just these, we should give them more than just this list."

"Unfortunately... considering the current funding of Tresen College, even just the things on the list are a bit difficult to achieve."

Rudolph glanced at the list and thought about the extremely generous chairman of Tresen Academy, who almost always granted students' requests but also caused Tresen Academy's finances to hover in the red. He sighed helplessly and said, "I'll do my best to do these. Don't worry, Trainer. Leave this to me."

"Thank you, Rudolph."

Kitano certainly understood Rudolf's difficulties. After all, even if Rudolf's family could support this kind of thing, Rudolf was unable to do it - after all, she was not the head of the family yet. Even if she was, it would be difficult for her to explain why she used family funds to help a horse girl who was not from her family.

Therefore, this matter can only be handled through normal means. Convincing the chairman is not difficult, but Rudolph must consider how to save this money...

"Trainer, maybe I need a little motivation." Rudolph also raised his head slightly and spoke gently, as if asking Kitano for something.

Kitano naturally understood what Rudolph meant. He turned his head slightly to look at Xingjiang, then looked at Rudolph, whose eyes were shining with anticipation. Without much hesitation, he made his decision.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Kitano only showed a doting smile, and under the confused gaze of Xingjiang, he approached Rudolph's desk. He leaned forward slightly, stretched out a hand, and gently rubbed Rudolph's head.

"You tried very hard, Rudolph."

"Keep working hard from now on. Just give it one last try. If you feel tired, it's okay to rest."

"Um……"

Under Kitano's "psychotherapy", Rudolph's expression, which was originally a little annoyed by these things, suddenly softened a lot. She even cooperated and drooped her ears early, enjoying Kitano's touch.

"It's still a little... not enough. If the trainer could give me some more encouragement."

"You really are a spoiled brat."

Upon hearing this, Kitano did not object to Rudolph's small request. He leaned forward slightly again, and under Xingjiang's slightly horrified gaze, he left a light kiss on Rudolph's forehead.

Although they separated quickly, such a simple yet relaxed interaction made Rudolph's expression relax visibly, and turned into a look of enjoyment.

These interactions are actually not much different for Kitano and Rudolph in the past - although in the first round, Kitano is not to the point of kissing Rudolph casually, but there are still many ways to make her relax by rubbing her head, shoulders and legs like this.

And after Rudolph relaxed, he really liked to act like a spoiled brat. Or rather...whenever he encountered any troubles, he would just let Kitano handle them. When he encountered something that didn't go his way, he would not want to deal with it and would seek comfort from Kitano.

Here with Kitano, she can release all the aspects of herself that she cannot normally show. This is why Rudolph cannot leave Kitano, because there is no other person who can make Rudolph so relaxed.

You know, Rudolf is still holding back, after all, Xingjiang is still next to him. You can imagine how difficult it would be if she really started to act coquettishly.

"That's good. Don't worry, Trainer. I will try my best to do this."

After receiving a brief comfort from Kitano, Rudolph looked much better - although Rudolph's face was slightly flushed at the moment, it was actually because he smelled the "wonderful smell" on Kitano's body and gradually became excited.

Kitano, who was once forced to dance with Good Opera and Saint King, still has the scent of the two women on him, but this scent has now perfectly merged with Kitano's own scent, and has now become Kitano's unique scent.

It was as if Kitano had also become a horse-racing girl, constantly emitting hints of "hormones" to the outside world. This smell made Rudolph feel so hungry that he almost couldn't control himself.

However, Rudolph still controlled herself well - she knew that it didn't matter if she forced her trainer to jump here. Anyway, she had already lost the best experience. Since that kind of thing had happened, there was no point in caring about it. It was better to quickly have the second mouthful of hot soup.

But... Rudolf still felt that if he did this to Kitano again, it might cause some irreversible psychological trauma to his trainer... so he gave up.

Just wait a little longer, there is only less than half a year left anyway... Half a year later, on the wedding day, it will be time for her to taste the taste of Trainer-kun!

In the next six months, Trainer Jun will definitely be on high alert, and with Qingyun Tiankong by his side, nothing serious will happen.

What? Why aren't you worried about Qingyun Tiankong doing something like that?

Are you kidding? Even Rudolph knows that Qingyun Tiankong is a glass cannon - no, it's not even a glass cannon. A glass cannon at least has a one-time high attack. Qingyun Tiankong is the kind of person who uses his face to explore the grass and is easily harvested by the enemies in the grass. He can't even use any skills.

Could she do that to Trainer-kun? If she could really do that, Rudolph would actually admire her.

Now, no one in the entire team is wary of Qingyun Tiankong. They even think it is reasonable for Kitano to let Qingyun Tiankong be his "bodyguard" and have no problem with it.

It can only be said that if this person is anyone else on the team, the atmosphere will not be so relaxed. It is conceivable what kind of existence Xingjiang is in the eyes of everyone on the team now.

However, what Rudolph and Kitano, who were looking at each other affectionately at the moment, did not notice was how glaring their relaxed interaction and almost unconcealed relationship were in Xing-chan's eyes. She stared at the scene with slightly dilated pupils and did not come back to her senses for a long time.

But... for some reason, Xingjiang's mind flashed with this scene - at this moment, Rudolph's position became hers. She thought, if the person who was now affectionate with her trainer Jun was herself...

As long as... I take that crucial step... can I achieve the same happiness as the president, Good Opera, the Holy King, and Aldan?

Qingyun Tiankong didn't know. She had never thought about it this way, and she had never even felt that she was worthy of enjoying such happiness... When she heard that Kitano had now been "used" by Good Opera and the Holy King, she was shocked but also felt a little happy.

She was happy not because she had any strange hobbies, but because now she felt that the gap between her and Kitano had narrowed. Now, this "brand new" self might be worthy of Kitano, who already "showed signs of use".

So...if she can find her own happiness?

At least, such a seed has been planted in Xingjiang's heart, but whether it is the seed of a long-growing tree or the seed of a fast-growing onion... no one knows.

Chapter 436: Still Feels So Far Away

It must be said that Rudolph symbolizes a truly exceptional level of efficiency. Although she once relied on Kitano, Rudolph has become a worthless person who can't survive without Kitano, her strength as a horse girl and her efficiency as student council president remain at the level of an "emperor."

Although the problem of the venue for simulating the Longchamp Racecourse has not been solved yet, the equipment for training the strength of the Condor was delivered to Tresen College as soon as possible and piled up in Kitano's team room.

"These are the equipment specifically designed for strengthening strength training. They are all specialized versions specifically for Uma Musume."

The person in charge of delivering all these things was Miss Junkawa Tezuna. As an insider, she had the delivery car enter the side door of Tresen Academy and delivered them to Kitano's team room without being noticed.

"Everything is here. Ah, please don't tell the other kids in the academy."

Tsuna Tsunayuki directed the staff to move all the goods to Kitano's team room. Facing Kitano, he spoke carefully, "These equipment were specially approved by the chairman for Shenying. In order to prevent other children from thinking that our school is giving special treatment, this matter must be kept secret."

"I understand." Kitano nodded in understanding. However, as he took in the equipment, he curiously asked Tetsuna Sumikawa, "Ms. Sumikawa, I have a question - why do we always attach so much importance to the Arc de Triomphe Expedition, but we haven't made any internal preparations for the Uma Girls on the expedition, not even at Tresen Academy?"

"We're the most elite horsegirl academy in all of Japan, right? We don't even have a track adapted for expeditions internally. So, every expedition is just a few months in advance, so we send our horsegirls abroad to compete against foreign horsegirls who have run their youth on their home turf?"

"Trainer Kitano...this question is very complicated, and I shouldn't actually answer it."

Tsuna Sugawa seemed a bit embarrassed when Kitano asked this, but for some reason, driven by a sense of trust in Kitano, she whispered to him, "Actually, although Tresen Academy was established a long time ago, it started relatively late compared to other horse racing musa shovels around the world. Furthermore, during the bubble economy back then... you know, it was actually very difficult for us to start promoting horse racing musa shovels in China, and it was also difficult to keep up with the international standards."

"It wasn't until the emergence of the Rudolf symbol that we officially connected with the international Uma Musume community. However, the failure of Rudolf's expedition at that time did have some negative impact on our efforts to connect with the international community."

"Also, our turf is getting harder and harder, and we're falling further and further behind other countries... There are also internal reasons... No one wants all our outstanding domestic students to go on expeditions abroad."

"And there's a high chance they'll never return. After all, the value of overseas competitions is actually higher than those in Japan."

"I see."

However, Surukawa Tetsuna's explanation finally made Kitano understand why, after so many years of integration with the international community, the gap between Japan and the international community has become increasingly larger... Perhaps the reason they don't set up a place for expedition training is because they are worried about the loss of talent in Uma Musume.

Although it doesn't sound so good, it is actually more of helplessness. Everyone has difficulties, but in the end, the ones who suffer the most are the horse girls who want to go on the expedition.

But fortunately, Kitano and Rudolph have joined hands, and now there seems to be a possibility of breaking this cycle?

"There's so much equipment! There's so much equipment just for strength training!"

Everyone in the team room was amazed by the sheer number of training equipment. Although the dedicated gym at Tresen Academy was large, the equipment there was often insufficient. These brand-new, specially enhanced exercise machines were undoubtedly a novelty.

"This dumbbell is so heavy! It's so strenuous!"

The Emperor of the East China Sea, who boasted of his strength and often went to the gym, tried to lift the new dumbbell, but gave up after exerting a little force.

The emperor's eyes were shining, and he couldn't help but turn his head to Kitano and said, "Trainer-san! Are these all for us?!"

"To be precise, it's for Elu alone." Kitano looked at the new racehorse girls who were gathered around them, such as Zhou Tebo who was the second one trying to lift dumbbells, and Mi Yu who wanted to try the treadmill, and so on. He smiled and said, "However, if you want to use it, it's fine, but Elu must be given priority. Don't disturb her."

"it is good!"

Kitano's words were quickly accepted by everyone, except Shenying, who seemed a little uncomfortable. He quietly came to Kitano's side, grabbed his sleeve, and said anxiously, "Trainer Sang, I don't care about Elu. I can't use so many fitness equipment by myself. It's okay to let everyone use it. I can go train others..."

"No." However, this time, Kitano rejected Shenying's words with a rare decisiveness. He deliberately raised his voice a little, as if speaking for all the horse racing women present, and said, "You are now the most important and special person in our team. Although saying this goes against the original intention of establishing the team, I have always treated everyone equally, but this time, I am making an exception."

"Now, everything on our team is 'putting Shenying first.' For this year, we'll make all the arrangements and preparations for Elu's expedition. Only Shenying can enjoy such treatment."

"This year, this is a privilege that only you, Elu, can enjoy. Everyone, do you have any objections?"

"no!"

Everyone knew why Kitano treated Elu so specially, so no one had any objections. After all, an honor like going on an overseas expedition was very important, not to mention that the obstacle they were challenging was the Arc de Triomphe, so naturally, ensuring the condition of the Condor was the first priority.

"Congratulations, Elu..." Cao Shangfei, who was standing by, smiled gently. There was no jealousy in his eyes, but a look of satisfaction as he said, "You are now recognized as the most important person in the team. You are also the only one who is given special treatment by trainer Sante."

"Ah, then, that..."

Being praised by Kusanagi Fei, who was nominally the "strongest in the team", Shenying rubbed her hair uncomfortably. Because of Kitano's thoughtless answer just now, Shenying's cheeks were slightly red. She had always been extremely cheerful and lively, but now she seemed extremely shy.

After all, as Cao Shangfei said, Shenying was the only one who Kitano did not hide his favoritism. Although Shenying knew why he was favored... he still couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.

Especially... when combined with the throbbing sensation from last time, Shenying felt that his current mood was very strange.

"But, but even so, I've only been on the team for a year, Elu. I won't be able to use these equipment for too long..."

"Don't worry about that, Elu." Kitano smiled faintly, then turned his gaze to Tetsuna Sumikawa who was standing beside him. Without much hesitation, he said, "Ms. Sumikawa, we will borrow these tools for now. After a year, when Elu goes on the expedition, all these equipment will be returned to their original owners and we will return them to Tresen Academy."

"Ah, Trainer Kitano, are you saying that you plan to donate these equipment to the academy in a year?"

Tsuna Sugawa was also somewhat surprised that Kitano had donated so much equipment to the academy without hesitation. However, Kitano waved his hand and replied, "I'm not donating, Ms. Sugawa. These equipment were originally paid for by the academy, not me. These equipment originally belonged to the academy. I can only say that I'm borrowing them."

"Because Elu needs more intense training this year, I hope Elu can have this equipment to help with training. But this does not mean that everyone in our team, including Elu, can possess these forever - after a year, we will definitely return them to the academy. I also hope that the academy can let these equipment be put to good use on the horse racing girls in need."

"Of course, I'm also a selfish man, and of course I prioritize the well-being of everyone on my team, so I'll borrow your time for a year."

"So, I still have to ask Miss Junchuan to keep everyone in the dark about our new equipment for a year. After a year, all of this new equipment will be in the gym at Tresen College, and not a single piece will be missing."

Kitano also frankly admitted that he had selfish motives, and admitted that in his heart, the team actually took priority over the so-called character of caring about all the Uma Musume that he had always built.

However, in the eyes of Junchuan Tezuna, without the cooperation of Kitano and Rudolph, it would be very difficult for the central government to approve the money for such upgraded equipment, not to mention the current simulation track and everything else.

The beneficiaries of these are not just the Condors or the horse racing girls of Kitano's team. In the future, the beneficiaries will be all the horse racing girls of the entire Tresen Academy - but it is Kitano and Rudolph who have achieved this goal together.

No, it would be better to say that if Kitano had not gone to Rudolph to intercede, it would have been difficult for Rudolph to unleash such powerful strength to persuade the central government to allocate funds, right?

"Trainer Kitano, you are doing a great thing, but you don't even realize it."

Tsuna Tsuna looked at Kitano in front of her, her eyes sparkling with excitement, but she just smiled at Kitano and replied softly, "I understand. I will keep this secret for you for the next year."

"Please." Kitano heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and clasped his hands together and entrusted it to Tetsuna Sumikawa. Tetsuna Sumikawa also showed a sweet smile, and looked at Kitano in front of him with soft eyes.

For some reason, she felt more and more that there was a strange sense of familiarity between herself and the man in front of her... Recently, she kept dreaming of some strange and fragmented dreams. What was going on?

However, Kitano noticed Junchuan's gaze, but he did not notice that the Condor next to him was also staring at him, as if both eyes were fixed on him.

At this moment, Condor didn't know how to evaluate his trainer... A person who could combine selflessness and selfishness at the same time, but without any contradiction... It was really strange.

But... she didn't know why, she felt proud of his "selflessness" and at the same time felt sweet about his "selfishness"?

At this moment, in addition to the Condor, there is another pair of eyes that have been silently watching everything from beginning to end - Qingyun Tiankong, who is looking at Kitano with the same obsessed eyes as the Condor, even to the point of fanaticism.

However, she could not touch Kitano, the man she felt she was not worthy of...