The first day was mainly for middle and long distance races, while the second day was for short distance races. "Why is the maintenance machine being taken away now?" Higashino Chihiro asked in confusion, "Shouldn't maintenance continue after the competition starts tomorrow?" "Who told you that the grass field will be repaired continuously?" Kuronuma remained calm, glancing at Higashino Chihiro before continuing to look at the field being repaired. "After the game tomorrow morning, it will be repaired again at noon, and then it will be repaired again in the evening for the next day's game. There will be no additional repairs on the day of the game, unless there is a huge problem with the grass." "But if this is the case, then the competition later..." Halfway through her words, Higashino Chihiro swallowed the next words. He remembered what Mejiro Aldan had said to him before, that things would not always go according to your wishes, and unexpected events would always occur. "On the field, luck is also a part of strength." Heinuma said calmly, "If they encounter a bad field, it can only be said that they are unlucky... But if the failure is caused by this lack of luck, in the end... It's just that you're not strong enough. After all, the horse girls who compete with you are facing exactly the same situation." However, this situation will not happen at the Central Racecourse. Before each race, the grass will be specially repaired. After all, except for the debut race, there is only one race a day. Even in some particularly important competitions, participating horse girls can go to the racecourse in advance to adapt to the venue before the competition.
All the horse racing ladies who were going to participate in the first day of the competition went to bed early tonight in order to stay in the best condition to cope with this final selection. Most of the horse racing ladies who did not sign up for the race also went to bed early, ready to watch tomorrow's race. Because the trials have started, they don’t have to go to class for the next two days and can go to the training ground to watch and cheer. This is also to imitate the scene at the racecourse with thousands of spectators in the stands... so that the horse racing girls can adapt to the experience of being watched by so many people. Time passed minute by minute, and the preparations for the entire selection competition were finally completed. Chapter 32 Maruzenski On the day of the tryouts, the training ground was packed with people. The horse girls were standing in the audience, excitedly discussing today's competition, while the trainers were standing outside the guardrails...waiting for the trials to be over, and then going up to try to sign the horse girls they liked. "Nanzaka, why do everyone have such serious expressions?" Chihiro Higashino asked Minamisaka beside him in a low voice. He even saw a few trainers warming up on the side, as if they were the ones who would be participating in the competition in the stadium later. "Wasn't today's battle just between horse girls and trainers? You have to get used to it." Nansaka pointed to the passage ahead and whispered, "If there is a horse girl you want to sign a contract with, don't worry about this, just go over and sign the contract. These seniors won't give you any face. I had my eyes on a horse girl before, but because I honestly wanted to go through the passage, these seniors jumped over the guardrail and got there first." "The first race of the 2000m left-hand race on grass is about to start, and the athletes have entered the gates one after another." One difference from regular competitions is that the college trials do not have a pre-match presentation session, but instead the competition proceeds directly. "That number eight must be the Maruzenski that Rokuhei-senpai mentioned, right? But... why does he look a little familiar to me?" Maruzenski himself appears to be more intellectual and beautiful than in the photo...but when Higashino Chihiro said that he looked familiar, she meant that she seemed to have seen the person in person somewhere, not in the photo. "After all, he is a student in the academy. The chances of running into him in the academy are not small. I guess we have run into him somewhere before." Higashino Chihiro nodded. She had seen the other person a few times, perhaps on the training ground or in the cafeteria. The commentator relied on the information provided by the academy to briefly introduce the horse girls participating in this round of trials to the reporters who came to Tresen Academy to watch the trials.
"Okay, all the contestants have successfully entered the gate. The trials are about to begin!" As the gates opened at the same time, the eight horse girls rushed out of the gates at the first opportunity and occupied a favorable position. "The first to rush out of the herd was No. 8 Maruzenski, who was leading the pack. Behind her was No. 6, "What the Hell?", who was speeding up to try to grab the lead... But Maruzenski gave her no chance at all and firmly grasped the lead." "Following 'What the hell' is going on' is number one 'Come here', and behind that is..." At present, the order of the horses has been basically determined, and there should be no changes before the final stage...so the commentator is also introducing the current positions of each horse girl at this moment. It stands to reason that this should be the case. "Maru, Maruzenski is still accelerating! The gap is still widening! It's almost like she's the only one in the game." "No wonder so many trainers invited her to join their teams. And looking at her appearance... eh?" Observing through the telescope, Maruzenski always had a smile on her face. She looked happier than anyone else on the field and was running on the grass with greater pleasure. "So it was her..." It turns out that the figure running on the training ground that night was her. This is really... "Cross the finish line! Maruzenski. No other player can come close to her. An overwhelming victory!" As soon as the game was over, before Chihiro Higashino could come to her senses, the trainers nearby had already climbed over the guardrail one by one and ran towards Maruzenski, who was standing in front of the audience and waving to the horse girls who supported him. "Is this... so urgent?" "Dongye, why don't you rush forward?" Nansaka looked in surprise at Chihiro Higashino who was standing still like him. He knew his own limitations and was sure that Maruzenski would not choose him, so he just stood there and watched the fun. But Chihiro Higashino still has a chance. The title of the youngest trainer is enough to attract a lot of attention. "I didn't react?" "Forget it, the chances aren't great anyway. Why don't we go over to the front and take a look at who Maruzenski will choose in the end?" "Let's go, I'm a little curious too." Originally still waving, and his own... Maruzenski, who was interacting with his little fans, was startled by the group of trainers who pounced on him. "that……" Before Maruzenski could speak, the trainers started talking at once. "Maruzenski, as long as you join my team, you will be the trump card of our team! Maruzenski, let me talk to you!" "Ah this..." Maruzenski lightly raised her hands and covered her chest, facing these enthusiastic trainers... For a moment she didn't know how to answer, there were just too many people, talking at the same time, and she couldn't answer. "Maruzenski, if it were you, I would definitely make you a Triple Crown horse girl! Please join my team and work hard with me!"
The trainer who was speaking was known to Chihiro Higashino. He was a new trainer who came in at the same batch as Minamisaka. However, because he and Chihiro Higashino are not in the same group, and he is usually quite arrogant...so Chihiro Higashino and he only know each other's names and know that they are colleagues. "Was he so confident before?" Higashino Chihiro asked in a low voice. Nanban nodded calmly, "After we came here, we also went through two trials... Each time he rushed up to invite the other party to join his team... But because he had no results and did not come up with a reasonable training plan, he was rejected." "Plus, he seems to only invite those horse girls with outstanding performance. He never pays attention to those with lesser performance. So he is also like me, and has not signed a horse girl yet." "That's it." Maruzenski looked at him with a smile, and just when he thought he had hope, Maruzenski continued: "Although I also think this dream is beautiful, I'm sorry, thank you for your warm invitation." As expected, the confident new trainer was rejected once again. However, even though she rejected the new trainer, there were still other trainers who extended olive branches to her. "You will surely become a legendary horse girl soon! Let me help you carve your name into history!" The person who was speaking was a core trainer in the academy. She had trained several G1-level horse girls and had much more experience than the newcomers. “Haha…” Maruzenski still kept smiling and bowed slightly, “Is this dream too big? I don’t have that ability, sorry.” Chihiro Higashino and Minamisaka just stood there and watched trainer after trainer make invitations and then be rejected. Chihiro Higashino even saw senior Tojo Hana take the initiative to invite him, but was also rejected by Maruzenski. Chapter 33 Field After each game, trainers will have half an hour to contact the horse girls they want to contract. During this half hour, except for Maruzenski who did not choose a trainer... the other horse racing girls who had not yet signed a contract also found their teams and signed the contract. Although their performance in this competition was not ideal compared to Maruzenski...but the trainers believed that it was just because Maruzenski was too strong and caused their rhythm to be off. In addition, the trainers all agreed that Maruzenski will definitely be active in the G1 level in the future... and for them, winning the G2 game may be possible. After half an hour, the instructor came to urge the horse girls and trainers who were still on the training ground to return to their original positions so as not to interfere with the subsequent competition. Some trainers who knew they were hopeless shook their heads and returned to the guardrails, waiting for the next game to begin. Some trainers continued to invite Maruzenski, hoping that she could join their team... There were even elite trainers who took out their previously planned training plans and showed them to Maruzenski, but they were still rejected. "Dongye, don't you want to give it a try?" Minamisaka looked at the trainers who had surrounded Maruzenski in the audience and said to Higashino Chihiro, "Now Maruzenski hasn't accepted anyone, why don't you try your luck?" "Forget it." Higashino Chihiro shook her head. "Although I don't know what her purpose is for participating in the selection competition, but judging from the fact that she rejected so many trainers, even including Senior Tojo, it seems that her current purpose is not to choose a trainer to join." "Mr. Liuping also said before that she transferred here from another academy. She has not been here for long, but she has already gained a lot of popularity among the horse girls and trainers. If she wants to find a trainer, she doesn't need to go through the form of a selection."
"Do you think there is a possibility that she signed up for this tryout simply because she wanted to experience the fun of the competition?" Nansaka thought about it for a moment, "It's possible, but it's impossible for her to really not find a trainer, right?" "If that's the case, she definitely can't participate in the classic competition. If she wants to participate in the competition, she has to wait until the advanced division. It will be too late to debut by then... Even if her ability is not bad and she can win the competition, but..." "It depends on what she thinks. If she doesn't want to sign a contract with a trainer, no one can force her, right?" Shaking her head, Higashino Chihiro withdrew her gaze and continued to watch the next game. The morning competition ended smoothly, but Higashino Chihiro did not... Even Minamisaka invited a horse girl with outstanding performance to join the team, but she was cruelly rejected. "Haven't you found a horse girl who wants a contract?" Koji Okino picked up the snacks that Chihiro Touya had placed on the coffee table in the living room and looked at him while chewing. "I want a contract, too, but... I always feel like it's not this one. It's a bit weird... Although the performances of the horse girls behind me are not bad, they still lack that feeling that impresses me." "Not bad, very similar to me back then." Okino Mitsuji looked at Higashino Chihiro and brushed off the cookie crumbs on his hands, "A Umamusume who can resonate with herself and want to support her from the bottom of her heart." "Yes, yes, that's the idea!" Higashino Chihiro looked at Okino Koji excitedly, "Whether it's Tamamo Cross, Super Cove, or Mejiro Aldan, they all gave me the belief that I must go all out to support them and help them achieve their dreams." When Tamamo Cross was young, Higashino Chihiro had received her belief. Later, Super Bay, although she was a little confused when she signed the contract, now, she definitely wants to support her from the bottom of her heart. I was also moved by Alden Mejiro's firm belief and her determination to never give up, and I wanted to do my best to help her. "But... generally speaking, this kind of resonance can only be discovered after spending some time together. Senior, since you have this idea before, how did you do it in the past?" Chihiro Higashino stared closely at Mitsuji Okino, whose expression remained unchanged, wanting to gain some experience from him. "Me?" Okino Koji yawned, "Of course I put these thoughts behind me later." Higashino Chihiro: "..." "You said it yourself, it's almost impossible to resonate with them at first sight. We need to get in touch with the horse racing girls ourselves and understand them." Okino Koji smiled and said, "I was a newcomer at that time, and my first thought was definitely to form my own team. I am different from a little monster like you. I am just an ordinary person." "Almost every trainer who comes here has the same idea as you at the beginning, but in the end, they are defeated by reality." "Senior, I am just an ordinary human being." "Haha, if you spread this out, those people who haven't passed the Central Trainer Qualification Test in more than a decade might come and beat you up in a group." Okino Koji rolled his eyes and looked at Tono Chihiro unhappily, "But it's not that there is no way. It depends on you whether you care about her or not. Just like Mejiro Altan, almost all the trainers before... they only care about her results, and they care that her body can't bring her good results." "But what you care about is her will, her dream, and her unremitting efforts to fight against fate. Her will resonates with you, making you want to do your best to help her. Her will does not resonate with the other trainers, so they just watch her from afar." “But this kind of thing mainly depends on luck. I, your predecessor, am not that lucky. At the beginning, I could only try to sign a contract with a horse girl who had good performance, just like everyone else. Later, I gradually got to know them, took their dreams to heart, and did my best to help them realize their dreams.” "only……"
Okino Koji stood up with the help of a cane and looked at Tono Chihiro. "Tono, I want to know one thing. In your mind, what is the relationship between a trainer and a horse girl?" "Are they friends? Are they colleagues? Or are they two people who are temporarily entangled together for their own interests?" "In the academy, there are many trainers who want to be famous and make money. Their training level is not bad, but they will never be able to reach a resonance with their horse girls. Naturally, it is impossible for them to get their horse girls into that state." "What?" Higashino Chihiro looked at Okino Mitsuji curiously. Okino Koji walked to the window, turned his head and glanced at him calmly, "Field." Chapter 34: A Prophecy Comes True "Field?" Higashino Chihiro didn't quite understand what Okino Mitsuji said.