While Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond were talking, they had already arrived outside at the training track for the Umamusumes.
The two people who originally thought that there would be no one around today at the opening ceremony of school realized that their judgment was wrong when they arrived.
A dense crowd had already gathered around the stadium, and the number of people was even larger than that of the opening ceremony venue.
The duel between Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, the two most famous and powerful Umamusumes in the previous Umamusume, had a much greater impact than imagined.
Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen wore red and white sportswear and were doing preparatory exercises in the middle of the arena. When they finished preparing, they realized that so many people had gathered around them.
"Gold Ship..."
Mejiro McQueen looked at so many people around her, as well as many unfamiliar faces she had never seen before. The muscles in the corners of her eyes twitched, and she turned to growl at the tall Gold Ship with a smile on her face.
She had originally made an appointment with Teiō for a competition on the opening day of school, but she never expected to be spotted by Gold Ship driving a "Gold Ship-chan (balance car)" passing by.
Gold Ship promised not to let others know...
...Then she saw this dense crowd of students that gathered around the arena.
"Forget it, forget it."
Tokai Teio was stretching in a forward bending position when she smiled and said two words to Mejiro McQueen. Her chest had reached the top of the lawn, and her extremely soft body made many onlooking Umamusumes marvel.
"Is McQueen worried that others will see her loss to me and be embarrassed?"
"How is it possible? You are the defeated one. Don't forget who lost to me in the Arima Kinen at the end of last year?"
"That's the distance McQueen is good at. There's nothing I can do about it if I lose. Rather, you ruined my undefeated title. I haven't settled the score with you yet."
Tokai Teio had also been stretched and had come to the point of origin (harmony).
"Arima Kinen is only a long-distance race of 2500 meters, but Teiō, Kikuka Sho, the last race of your Triple Crown, is a 3000 meter race. You obviously won the Kikuka Sho championship, why do you think you lost to me in Arima Kinen because you are not good at it?"
"Before Arima Kinen, I had only run one long-distance race! Unlike McQueen who has always participated in long-distance races?" Tokai Teio said somewhat unconvinced.
"The Tenno Sho in autumn is in the middle distance. Didn't I still win?" Mejiro McQueen said with a smile.
"Okay, in that case, if McQueen loses today, don't make excuses saying you're not good at middle-distance."
"It's what I asked for."
Tokai Teio was about to continue to reply when she suddenly spotted the figure of "Emperor" Symboli Rudolf from a group of onlookers, so she happily waved over there.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen.
After noticing Tokai Teio's greeting action, everyone followed her gaze and saw the president Symboli Rudolf standing there in a classic chest-crossing posture.
"Wow! It's the president!"
Kitasan Black also noticed the president, pointed at Symboli Rudolf and said excitedly.
"That's Maruzensky next to her, right? The undefeated Umamusume!"
Satono Diamond noticed another figure with long brown hair next to Symboli Rudolf.
"Hurry up, it's about to start."
Kitasan Black reminded Satono Diamond, patting her beside her.
They saw Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen both standing on the starting line and making preparations to start.
Mejiro McQueen took out a coin and flicked it into the air with a flick of her finger.
The moment the coin hit the ground and made a dull sound on the grass, Mejiro McQueen and Tokai Teio flew out like an arrow from a string.
All the freshman Umamusumes who were watching all exclaimed with gleaming eyes.
Although Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen did not enter the gate, the two are already considered the top in the eyes of many freshmen. And start of any Umamusume race is still very pleasing to the eye.
The track at Tracen Academy basically replicates the track at Tokyo Racecourse, and the distance will vary depending on the starting position.
Today Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen competed on the 2000 meter Medium-distance Turf race.
"Rudolph, who do you think will win between the two of them?"
Maruzensky asked softly to Symboli Rudolf beside her.
"I think Teiō is more likely to win..."Symboli Rudolf followed the movement of Tokai Teio's body in the rear position with her eyes and replied with her mouth.
"Teiō lost to McQueen in the Arima Memorial." Maruzensky reminded with a smile.
"In the long distance race, Teiō really can't compete with McQueen. But this is the Meduim distance race of 2000 meters, and the length is the same as that of Satsuki Sho..." Rudolf spoke as she turned to look at Maruzensky with a playful face.
"And for Umamusume to win the Satsuki Sho, the first of the three crowns, only the fastest Umamusume can do it."
"Rudolph really prefers Teiō~" Maruzensky teased.
"To tell the truth, after all, Teiō has already won the Japanese Derby, which only the luckiest Umamusume can win, and the Kikuka Sho which only the strongest Umamusume can win."
"It's reasonable and convincing."
"What, Maruzensky you don't think Teiō will win?"
"Yeah." Maruzensky laughed, "After all, Mejiro McQueen defeated that Rice Shower."
"Rice Shower is an Umamusume on our side, but McQueen is not."
What Maruzensky was talking about was Mejiro McQueen's third consecutive victory in Tenno Sho (Spring).
In this life, Mejiro McQueen was not defeated by Rice Shower in this game, but defeated her.
"Speaking of it, I also feel very incredible for this matter." Rudolf Symboli said, "Rice Shower surpassed herself at the end of the game and entered the 'Zone', and burst out with extremely fast speed, instantly shortening the gap between the two, but she still lost to McQueen by one length..."
"Don't forget, that McQueen was running at her own pace from beginning to end and was hardly affected by the powerful and terrifying Rice Shower at the time."
Maruzensky chuckled again, "This kind of situation is rare, defeating 'this' Umamusume with pure hard power."
"Although Teiō has won the Triple Crown, she is obviously not Umamusume on this side. So, Rudolph, do you think Mejiro McQueen will lose to Tokai Teio in a purely physical competition?"
"Without mastering the Zone, there are indeed few Umamusume who can defeat McQueen at this moment."
Rudolph also chuckled and turned to look at Maruzensky.
"But don't forget, Teiō, like McQueen, was trained by that person."