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Chapter 16 - Chapter 16: A Day in the Life of Sakura Baimu

Sakura Baimu did not go directly to the cafeteria after leaving the TCB activity room.

Instead, she studied this year's schedule for several people in the team in the trainer office.

"Dia-chan and Kita-chan will have their debut match in more than two months. With their talents, they should be able to win easily..."

"The focus is still on next year's classic race. Kita-chan is actually not suitable for running mile races. The focus in the early stage is to focus on proficiency in mile races... If she participates in competitions frequently, can she win the Oka Sho next year?"

"The difficulty of the Triple Tiara is actually not bad, but the focus is on the classic Triple Crown... The Satono clan is from a famous family. I don't know what wants to win specifically, but her talent is indeed not bad, but speed, strength, and luck are all indispensable for the Classic Triple Crown..."

Sakura Baimu was thinking in her mind while typing content quickly on the computer.

"Oh yes, the spring Tenno Sho is again soon. McQueen actually won quite thrillingly last time..."

What Rudolf Symboli said to her before came to Sakura Baimu's mind again.

"Rudolf Symboli said that the strength of Teiō and McQueen cannot be surpassed by the 'ordinary' Umamusume. The ordinary in her mouth must refer to the Umamusume who has not yet opened their Zone."

Sakura Baimu has long known about the existence of the Zone. The inventor of this term is Rudolf Symboli, the "Emperor" who currently reigns at the apex of countless elite Umamusume.

It is also called "the Zone" or "peak experience". In other words, it is a state of super concentration, and the perception of the surroundings will become extremely clear and it can even block out all surrounding interference.

After entering this state, an Umamusume's strength will skyrocket in an instant.

However, Sakura Baimu only knew of the existence of the Zone and its concept.

As for what kind of experience it is like after entering the Zone, how much strength can be improved, and which fields Umamusume used during the competition, Sakura Baimu is not clear about these.

Because only an Umamusume who knows and enters the Zone can perceive the Zones of other Umamusume.

After Sakura Baimu learned about the concept of the Zone, she got a clue from the memory of her past life.

For example, in the second season of the anime, Rice Shower ended Mejiro McQueen's three-game winning streak at the Tenno Sho (Spring);

In the end, Tokai Teio surpassed Biwa Hayahide in the Arima Kinen and won the Arima Kinen;

Tamamo Cross's Arima Kinen race against Oguri Cap from her retirement war...

These Umamusumes who have left a profound mark on the history of Umamusume are all inseparable from the Zone.

The method of unlocking it can be simply summarized in eight words: "surpass your limits and prove yourself".

However, after Sakura Baimu became a trainer herself, she realized how difficult this is.

Since Sakura Baimu can purchase support items through the system, the training effect of her Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen is far superior to that of the other Umamusumes in the same class.

Coupled with the fact that Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen are already extremely talented, and with such hard training, it is difficult to find opponents even among the Umamusume who have not yet retired in the high school.

This leads to the problem that Teiō and McQueen's Umamusume career has been so smooth that there have been few bumps in the road.

"Sure enough, being too smooth may not necessarily be a good thing..."

Sakura Baimu sighed. When she closed the computer, she suddenly found that the window was filled with twilight, with the room being even darker.

She often loses track of time after getting into work mode. She was going to have lunch right after work, but now she realizes that she didn't even have dinner.

Sakura Baimu suddenly regretted not getting Akikawa's carrots. The cafeteria was closed at this time, and she could only buy dinner at the convenience store.

She bought two boxes of discounted lunch boxes at a convenience store and carried them back to her rented wooden apartment.

After finishing the not-so-delicious bento, the time on the clock already pointed to eleven o'clock at night.

For most people, this time is already the time to fall asleep.

But for Sakura Baimu, her life has just begun.

She threw the lunch box into the trash bag and then took off the black straight pants that covered her long legs.

After the straight trousers were taken off, a blue tail magically appeared below her waist.

Sakura Baimu put on sweatpants with a special opening for the tail at the tailbone, and then took off the black jacket and vest on her upper body and the white undershirt underneath.

But at this time, a pair of blue ears that were the same color as her tail suddenly appeared on her head, which was originally nothing but the long black hair that blended into the night.

This is Sakura Baimu's original appearance.

She is not human, but an Umamusume.

She relied on the system-enhanced clothes to hide her ears and tail, making her look just like a normal human being.

Sakura Baimu, who had changed her clothes, rummaged through her home to find a bottle of nutrient solution that she had also spent system points on to have a strengthening effect, and drank it in one gulp.

Feeling her strength slightly restored, she put the hood of her hoodie over her head, then went out and started running along the path specially provided for Umamusumes on the road outside.

After all, her system couldn't directly change her body, it could only cover up her features as an Umamusume.

So in order to prevent the fact that she is also an Umamusume from being exposed, Sakura Baimu would always pick a time like late at night when there are few people around, put on a hood, and start running.

During the day, she trains Umamusume at Tracen Academy as a human trainer.

Waiting until late at night, Sakura Baimu will return to her original form and exercise day after day to prevent her physical fitness from declining.

The Umamusume-dedicated road in the city has a speed limit of fifty kilometers per hour, so even if there is no one around late at night, Sakura Baimu cannot let go and run wildly.

But this speed is enough for Sakura Baimu to exercise her physical strength.

In addition, Sakura Baimu will also take time to exercise on the Tracen Academy track late at night. At that time, she can run wildly and increase her speed.

Unlike the time when she was a human in her previous life and couldn't run without wearing headphones, making her feel bored whenever she did aerobic exercise, now reborn as an Umamusume, Sakura really enjoys being able to run at night.

Time passed quickly amidst Sakura Baimu's even breathing, and in the blink of an eye, the sky turned fish-belly white.

The chirping of birds comes and goes, revealing that a new day has begun.

Sakura Baimu finally returned home. After frowning and drinking a whole glass of extremely unpleasant green juice, she went to the bathroom to take a shower.

The warm water sprayed from the shower washed away the sweat on Sakura Baimu's body, and finally turned into water droplets, flowing down to the ground along her clear-cut, smooth, and well-proportioned body.

Life as a trainer did not leave any excess fat on Sakura Baimu's body. On the contrary, because she had an additional job during the day, she lost more time to rest.

After a while, Sakura Baimu dried herself and came out of the bathroom, stared at herself in the mirror, and pulled her long black hair to her chest.

If you look carefully, you can see that the ink-like hair becomes lighter in color towards the roots. Finally, about a millimeter of black hair is the same blue color as the tail and her ears.

"I have to buy hair dye again. It's really expensive... Now that there are two new people in the team, the cost of buying teacup cakes, nutritional drinks, green juice, etc. will double again..."

Sakura Baimu complained to herself, her slightly frowning eyebrows not diminishing her bright eyes at all.

The props purchased by the system can only attach their effects to things in reality, so she still needs to spend money in reality to buy things for Umamusume to eat.

After Sakura Baimu changed into her trainer's clothes again, she took her things and walked towards Tracen Academy.

Her three meals a day are usually served in the cafeteria of Tracen College, which can reduce a lot of expenses.

As she walked, she looked up at the sky and counted the days in her mind.

"There are still two years until the suspension ends."

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