Lying on the track, gasping for breath, Minamino Sumire stared blankly at the sky. She couldn't believe she had actually completed the series of physical tests. Even though her whole body was aching, she hadn't given up and had completed every single test.
As she was marveling at this, she suddenly felt a cold touch on her neck. She instinctively jumped up and turned her head to see Celestial Weave holding a bottle of ice-cold mineral water.
"You shouldn't sit or lie down immediately after strenuous exercise."
"Who knows that kind of stuff!" Sumire said, a little annoyed, and reached for the water bottle, but she nimbly dodged her.
"And you shouldn't drink ice water right after strenuous exercise." With that, she took out a bottle of room-temperature water from behind her back and tossed it to her.
Scrambling to catch the water, Sumire felt several veins pop on her forehead. She was very suspicious that this was her way of getting revenge. After chugging down a few gulps of water and finding that it was salty, she was even more convinced that it was a prank. She put down the water bottle and was about to have another go at her. But before she could speak, she saw that she had already run over to Chizuru's side. Having missed her chance, she could only vent her anger on the water bottle, twisting it into a ball.
"Oh, Minamino-san is quite smart. She guessed that the teacher would be collecting the water bottles to sell for scrap later and even helped—" Before Ken Sato could finish, a thrown bottle hit him and knocked off his sunglasses. With a yelp, he fell backward.
Chizuru, who was discussing serious matters with Celestial Weave, glanced at the yelping Sato but didn't pay any attention to their antics and continued, "According to the data I've collected before, I can see that your top speed has already reached a level where you can win a G2 at the central circuit. That's not easy." She said, comparing the data in her training book with some surprise.
But she quickly composed herself. As a trainer, her job was not to praise her strengths but to work on her weaknesses. "However, your stamina and power are only at the level of a central Open-class race. Your stamina might be a little better, but there's not a huge gap between it and your power."
"From now on, we need to focus more on training your stamina and power. These two are very important in dirt races."
Listening to her words, Celestial Weave nodded silently. As expected of a trainer who had been accepted to the central academy. Just by comparing data, she had already determined her specific stats, which were almost exactly the same as on her panel.
After finishing, Chizuru paused. She tapped the training book with her pen, looked up, and asked seriously, "Have you ever heard of a 'second wind'?"
Seeing her shake her head blankly, she continued, "To put it simply, it's a state you enter after reaching your limit while running. After entering that state, it's as if all your fatigue is swept away."
"I noticed..." Her pen kept tapping the training book, showing her extreme inner turmoil. "The speed at which you enter your second wind seems to be exceptionally fast, and the effect is also exceptionally strong. Although your stamina isn't that high, you can still sprint for a long time relying on your second wind."
"I don't have much comparative data on this, but the only thing I can be sure of is that its quality is no less than that of a top-tier horse girl."
At this point, Chizuru was a bit dazed. A horse girl who hadn't even started training, with exceptional speed talent, was one thing. But her stamina and power were also at a genius level for her age, and even the quality of her second wind could be compared to that of a top-tier horse girl. This level of strength was too exaggerated for the local circuit.
Hearing her words, Celestial Weave thought for a moment and then understood. This so-called "second wind" must be referring to her Guts. As her only limit-broken A-rank stat, it was normal for it to have such an evaluation. However, she had originally thought that abstract stats like Intellect and Guts would be difficult to test. She hadn't expected that Chizuru could find the abnormality with just one ordinary physical assessment. She might be even more outstanding than she thought.
But why would such an outstanding trainer leave the central academy and show such a decadent attitude before she arrived?
As she was frowning in thought, Chizuru also came back to her senses. She coughed theatrically and then said, "Based on your current data, I recommend using a Great Escape strategy from now on."
"You should have noticed it too. Because of the narrowness and dust of the dirt track, the further ahead you are, the more advantageous it is. Unlike turf, it's much more difficult to use a late-stage burst of speed here."
She nodded in understanding. It was similar to the choice she had made in her last scenario, using her ability advantage to execute a Great Escape. But Chizuru's next words shattered her thoughts. "But don't think that a Great Escape is just about rushing forward recklessly."
"You should know that every racing style has been studied for many countermeasures over the years of competition. It might work once or twice, but if you race more, your opponents will definitely target you at the start."
"To go from the local circuit to the central circuit, it's not something that can be done in one or two races. We need to use multiple victories to attract the audience's attention, and finally, the central circuit will notice us."
After this long speech, Chizuru took a deep breath and concluded, "So, we also need to practice how to compete against other horse girls."
After speaking to her, she turned her head and shouted at the resting horse girls on the track. "You lot, panting over there! Time to get on the track!"
"Eh?!"
As expected, her words caused a wave of groans. The petite and physically weak Kobayashi Kaze even started to pout. "Can't we rest a little longer—" She blinked her eyes, looking pitiful. If it were a male trainer, he might have let her off out of soft-heartedness.
But Chizuru just snorted coldly, raised her training book, and said one sentence. "No nonsense. Get on the track."
After a few groans, Kaze eventually got on the track. This was the path she had chosen. Since she had already been fired up by Celestial Weave, she couldn't give up, no matter how tired she was. She might want to slack off for a bit, but she would never want to give up. The unwillingness to lose, etched into a horse girl's instincts, had made it impossible for her to go back to the past.
Seeing everyone obediently get on the track, Chizuru nodded silently. After explaining the tactics they were about to practice and arranging their positions, she put the whistle in her mouth and said, "After the start, what you need to do is to approach Celestial Weave using the tactics I just told you, and then—"
"Elbow her so she can't break out!"
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