Tracen Academy.
"Damn it! I've been trying so hard to control my appetite, but my weight hasn't dropped at all! Something's wrong!"
Inside the Team Spica training room, a horse girl with a dignified and lovely appearance was having a meltdown. She stared at the numbers on the scale, her cheeks flushed, muttering curses under her breath.
She was the young lady of the Mejiro family and the ace of Team Spica, Mejiro McQueen.
Like all students at Tracen, her greatest love was running, participating in races, and enjoying the thrill of competition. Her golden teammate, the famously eccentric "alien horse" Gold Ship, was her best friend but also a formidable rival.
Mejiro McQueen also had a rival she deeply admired: Tokai Teio. Whenever she recalled Teio's magnificent running form, McQueen was filled with a sense of longing, seeing her as an opponent she was determined to surpass. Overtaking Teio was something she frequently dreamed about.
Unfortunately, due to her weight, no matter how hard she tried to restrain herself, she seemed to be heading further down the path of a "fatty horse," with no signs of shedding any pounds.
"Um, I'm terribly sorry, Trainer, but could you please help me think of a way to... to slim down a little more?" Mejiro McQueen blushed slightly, looking up at the young man beside her.
The young man was Tracen's newest trainer, named Xu Zong. He also had a secret identity unknown to anyone: he was a transmigrator.
Honestly, Xu Zong had never imagined he would one day find himself in the world of Uma Musume. The scene of his arrival was still fresh in his mind.
A week ago, right after the Tracen students had started the new term, a slightly injured Mejiro McQueen was venting her frustrations by a hollow tree. Suddenly, Xu Zong crawled out of that very tree hole.
McQueen shrieked in terror, instinctively rearing up to kick. Fortunately, Xu Zong reacted instantly, ducking his head and saving his handsome face from the "fatty horse's" wrath. Hearing the commotion, Oguri Cap rushed over.
"What's wrong, McQueen?" Oguri Cap asked with her usual innocent expression.
Still shaken, McQueen stammered, "Oguri, a tree-hole monster appeared! No, wait, it might be a pervert has gotten into the academy!"
Hearing this from inside the tree, Xu Zong was dumbfounded. He'd just been transmigrated and was already being labeled a pervert?
With no other choice, Xu Zong climbed out of the hollow and explained the situation to McQueen and Oguri Cap, insisting he had arrived by accident and his goal was to become a trainer, not to be a creep.
Soon after, the President of the academy and the "Green Hat Maniac" (Hayakawa Tazuna), alerted by the noise, arrived, followed by countless other horse girls. TM Opera O, Narita Top Road, Rice Shower, El Condor Pasa, a vibrant Haru Urara, and the silver-haired Biwa Hayahide all squeezed in to see what the fuss was about. They were all incredibly curious about the man who had crawled out of a tree claiming to be a trainer.
Xu Zong realized he had been transported to the world of Uma Musume. Luckily, he had played the game "Shining! Pretty Derby" in his past life and, miraculously, had a genuine JAR trainer's license in his hand.
Thinking on his feet, Xu Zong declared he was here to be a trainer, presenting his license and speaking knowledgeably about races like the G1, G2, G3, debut races, and the Triple Crown, weaving a fantastic tale.
Haru Urara's eyes lit up, seemingly convinced. The simple-minded Special Week and the adorable Tokai Teio were also completely taken in, nodding along. Even the student council president, Symboli Rudolf, couldn't find any flaws in his story.
The President nodded and said she would check his records and decide if he could work at Tracen. She was very enthusiastic, telling him to wait just half an hour for her to sort things out.
So, near the hollow tree, Xu Zong started chatting with the surrounding horse girls, learning about their world for the first time. In the world of Uma Musume, every girl is blessed by the Three Goddesses, born to run and fulfill their dreams through friendly competition.
He had to admit, the real horse girls were even cuter than in the game, with their beast ears and tails. Their eyes, when they looked at a trainer, were full of friendliness and trust. They were a group of pure-hearted individuals.
However, their personalities varied greatly. TM Opera O was confident and cheerful, with a dashing appearance and a great figure. Her classic three-part laugh left Xu Zong impressed, though he couldn't understand her talk of descending angels and demons crawling from the abyss. Then there was the genuine Narita Brian, a twig in her mouth, who seemed indifferent to everyone but still asked if Xu Zong was hurt. She's so kind, he thought, I could cry.
As for Tokai Teio, she was a super extrovert and proactively introduced herself, explaining the meaning of her name: to fight for everything on the racetrack and ascend to the throne. She wanted to be like her idol, Symboli Rudolf, and win the three most important races at Tracen to become an undefeated legend, to see the same beautiful view Rudolf had seen.
Biwa Hayahide was preoccupied with her own concerns, pushing up her glasses, overly sensitive. She seemed to have overheard someone mention her large head. Who's persecuting her now?
And the adorable Rice Shower... this girl was just too precious.
Although Xu Zong recognized many horse girls, he had a serious problem: he was a complete newbie to the game, dragged into it by a friend. He knew very little. The Chinese server of the game, "Shining! Pretty Derby," had just launched. He had pre-registered and downloaded it, planning to learn the history of the horse girls while playing for a more immersive experience. But just a few days after the game went live, he was transmigrated.
So, while he knew some of the girls, he was completely ignorant of their futures and race results. He hadn't watched the anime either, wanting to learn the characters from the game first for the best viewing experience. To avoid spoilers, he had only dabbled lightly in the history of their real-life counterparts, trying to preserve the suspense. His friends had told him the first and second seasons of the anime were masterpieces, so he had been holding back. Now, it seemed, he wouldn't need to watch it; he was living it.
The only extra knowledge he could rely on was the scattered bits of information he remembered about the real horses and the memes he'd heard from his hardcore "Aimasu" friends, like "Little Ancestor Rice Shower," "Little Ancestor Mejiro Palmer," "Crybaby Narita Top Road," "Little Bro Suzuka," and the "Deputy Overlord of the Century's End."
The half-hour wait passed quickly. After reviewing his credentials, the President announced that Xu Zong would take an exam in a few days. If he passed, he could join Team Spica, as their previous trainer had just resigned. Until the exam, he could stay in the trainer's dormitory.
With a few days to spare, Xu Zong began to study frantically. His initial thought was, Study? To hell with studying! But he had to make a living.
Perhaps it was a transmigrator's perk, but as he studied, a wealth of basic trainer knowledge seemed to flood his mind. Combined with his cramming, he successfully passed the exam and became an official trainer at Tracen Academy.
To thank him for filling the vacancy in Spica, the President was very generous on his first day, giving him nearly triple the usual amount of carrots, horseshoes, and various food resources, along with a hefty salary.
After a week of running around, Xu Zong had solved his basic living needs. With the foundational knowledge he'd gained from his transmigration and his recent diligent study, he was now a real, albeit novice, trainer.
But Xu Zong knew that without practical experience training horse girls, everything he had learned was just theory. As a trainer, he was a complete amateur.
Back in the present, hearing Mejiro McQueen's question about her weight, he sighed and said, "McQueen, I'm sorry, but about your weight... I'm powerless to help."
Of all the horse girls, McQueen was the one he knew best, being the protagonist of "Shining! Pretty Derby," the magnificent "Thousand-Pound Young Lady." As a larger horse with the superior Mejiro bloodline, even if she tearfully controlled her diet and trained daily, her weight simply wouldn't drop below 500kg. Compared to the petite Rice Shower or Twin Turbo, Mejiro McQueen was as "fat" as could be.
As Xu Zong was speaking, his expression suddenly froze. A voice echoed in his mind.
[Ding!]
[Host has successfully survived in Tracen Academy for over seven days. The Diary System is now activated!]
[By writing a 600-word training diary each day, the host can receive a random reward.]
[Rewards can include Inheritance Factors, Training Support, Massive Funds, various Miracle Items, and even the endless lifespan and "Mysterious Authority" of the Three Goddesses.]
[As long as the host continues to write in the diary, not only will you become stronger, but you will also unlock the potential of the horse girls, becoming a legendary trainer with honor, wealth, and everything you desire.]
Xu Zong was stunned. Was this his cheat ability finally arriving?
But a training diary? What kind of system was this? In this day and age, who gets a cheat system that involves writing a diary? What sane person writes a diary? And there was even a word count requirement: at least 600 words a day.
He wanted to shout, "No way, no way!" He was just a trainer; what could he possibly have to write about?
But wait.
Writing a diary could get him massive rewards, even the authority and endless life of the Three Goddesses?
Dude, you should have said so earlier.
He had to admit, he'd always enjoyed writing training diaries.
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