Though there were still eight long months until the monthly stakes, Dream Weaver knew she had no time to relax.
To secure the Triple Crown under such intense pressure and pursuit, she had to improve her training efficiency.
Fortunately, aside from her [Victory Bandana], she could acquire other forms of help.
Dream Weaver currently possessed 77,000 SP points.
Factoring in the rewards from completing main missions and the scenario evaluation, and after deducting the 100,000 points spent on exchanging for the Hope Gem, she should have roughly 10,000 points left.
These 10,000 points were Dream Weaver's bargaining chips.
She intended to use them to search for items in the system shop that could boost her training efficiency.
Moreover, since most of her attributes were still restricted, she only needed to focus on finding items that could enhance her training efficiency for Speed and Guts.
After some browsing, Dream Weaver selected two training items from the system shop for herself.
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[Super-Type Gravity Suit]
[Durability: 100/100]
[Price: 5000 SP]
[Description: An embodiment of the concept extracted and integrated from the ubiquitous weight training arcs found in nearly all battle-themed shonen manga, this Super-Type Gravity Suit looks no different from an ordinary Tracen training uniform.
When worn, it gradually increases weight based on the wearer's limits, allowing them to break through their boundaries bit by bit, significantly boosting Guts training speed.]
[Note: To everyone else, it's just a normal training suit.]
[Remark: 'I grant you permission to remove your weights!' — A thick-browed man with a mysterious hairstyle laughed, giving a thumbs-up.]
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This was an item specifically for Guts training.
Dream Weaver had previously obtained a similar item by completing scenario missions.
However, that item, called the Gravity-Adjusting Horseshoe, perhaps because it catered to two attributes simultaneously, seemed inferior in both durability and effect compared to this Super-Type Gravity Suit.
This aligned with something Dream Weaver had noticed earlier: in the system shop, training items weren't just more expensive if they had better effects; their price also increased if they could enhance multiple attributes at once.
But for Dream Weaver, who had only broken through the limits in Guts and Speed, this might not be a bad thing.
It allowed her to focus on exchanging items that specifically boosted single-attribute training effects.
Since only those two attributes could be trained beyond the limit, why not cultivate them to a level unsurpassable by anyone else?
As long as her strengths were overwhelming enough, her opponents might be defeated before they even realized her weaknesses.
Thus, Dream Weaver's other exchange item was naturally one dedicated to boosting Speed training efficiency.
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[Grim Reaper's Training Shoes]
[Durability: 100/100]
[Price: 5000 SP]
[Description: A pair of utterly ordinary sports shoes, modified through technology to stimulate the feet and enhance kicking power. Though they've been given an exaggerated name due to a past user's experiences, they're now just shoes for training. Wearing them stimulates the user's legs, greatly increasing the efficiency of Speed training.]
[Note: To everyone else, they're just a pair of ordinary training shoes.]
[Remark: 'So, soccer is really that incredible, huh...' — A bespectacled elementary school student murmured to himself, watching a beam of light streak across the night sky.]
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Together, the two items cost 10,000 points, making them nearly the most expensive items Dream Weaver had ever exchanged for.
Furthermore, compared to the training items she had previously obtained from mission rewards, these only enhanced the training efficiency of a single attribute.
Of course, the trade-off for the high cost and the single-attribute limitation was an exceptionally significant training effect.
The system described the effects of items and skills using rather vague terms, with phrases like 'may improve' or 'slightly improves' being the most common.
After experiencing three scenarios, Dream Weaver had only seen the system explicitly use the description 'significantly improves' for three purple-grade skills: Kindling Flames, Nirvana, and the already hidden Tokyo Swift.
No further explanation was needed; this alone was enough to prove the weight carried by the term 'significantly.'
There was another reason Dream Weaver carefully selected these two items from the system shop: their concealment.
Unlike other scenario worlds, in this one, Symboli Rudolf would undoubtedly have her team monitor and measure Dream Weaver's training progress to formulate training plans.
Dream Weaver didn't want her items exposed under everyone's scrutiny. Explaining them would be far too troublesome.
So, instead of opting for flashier training tools, she chose these two items that wouldn't be noticed by others.
This was also part of the reason she had previously asked Symboli Rudolf to prepare a trainer for her.
Unlike the larger support team, the trainer was someone who would have an extremely close relationship with the Uma Musume.
Dream Weaver didn't want to establish such a bond with trainers who rigidly followed European Uma Musume Racing principles, nor did she want them to discover her anomalies.
Rather than explaining after being found out, it was better to exchange for items early to boost her training efficiency, making everyone attribute such results to her natural talent.
With this in mind, Dream Weaver exchanged for the items before Symboli Rudolf's team could discover her true training efficiency.
Only then, with their assistance, did she complete a series of tests and assessments.
Now, with the addition of her earlier [Victory Bandana], and empowered by all three items, Dream Weaver demonstrated a training efficiency that matched the earth-shattering prowess she had shown on the training ground before.
Jaws dropped on the spot.
Several scholars who had dedicated years to research exclaimed they had never witnessed such a terrifying training speed.
"Dream Weaver, you truly are a genius!"
Symboli Rudolf excitedly shook Dream Weaver's shoulders, telling her about the stir her training speed had caused within the team, unable to contain her smiles.
Although everyone had already prepared themselves, facing the behemoth of European Uma Musume Racing inevitably left some unease in their hearts.
But Dream Weaver's presence was like a shot of adrenaline, reigniting their determination to strive forward.
The Uma Musume they were supporting not only possessed power surpassing all her contemporaries but also talent that defied common sense.
After witnessing Dream Weaver's training performance, many in the team assembled by Symboli Rudolf thought the same thing:
'With her, perhaps overturning European Uma Musume Racing is no longer just a pipe dream.'
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