Chapter 502: NO.85: Clearly strong enough yet excessively tormenting opponents, the trash horse girl (x)

NO. 85: Clearly strong enough yet excessively tormenting opponents, the trash horse girl (x)

The one who leaves cherry blossom traces is the easiest guinea pig to deal with.

The classic comedy is the easiest guinea pig to understand.

Strong Wind Stride is a guinea pig that closely watches its surroundings, very sensitive.

Deep Sea Siren is a guinea pig that indiscriminately releases red skills, relatively aggressive.

……The crimson gaze, through the light grid, watches front and back; the researcher named Ailisuzhi monitors the condition of each 'experimenter'.

Moreover, before this, there was the information prepared by the assistant.

Each competitor's running tendency, each competitor's strengths, and even their recent performance videos—Aomo collected this information very thoroughly, after all, these were things he himself watched.

Chazuo and Bo Pang don't pay too much attention to those things; their judgments mostly manifest as talent and experience on the field.

Moreover, the initial running style and route selection of the race are decisions made by the trainer for them.

So ultimately, Aomo still needs to ponder this information himself, while the two girls just need a rough idea—forming an impression of how many escape horses, front-runners, and chasers there will be in this race is enough.

But Ailisuzhi is different.

The researcher places great importance on the data of the experimental subjects.

She also likes to observe, she is also keen on deduction, and she is also laying out plans to achieve smooth results.

So she will not overly rely on or believe that information.

Instead, she observes and verifies, then silently praises the assistant's information for its completeness.

"The cherry blossom trace's leading momentum is unstable; the Establishing Imperial Regulations are gradually catching up! Right behind them is the Deep Sea Siren! The Deep Sea Siren that came from behind overtook the Classic Comedy! It seems to have realized something, and the Classic Comedy finally began to accelerate!"

"She must be feeling anxious, as the people ahead of her are increasing."

"But Ailisuzhi after the Classic Comedy still maintains a steady pace! She is still maintaining a steady pace!"

"What is she doing! Is her condition bad! Has her spirit been dampened by early setbacks! The Periodic Strong Wind Stride has overtaken her into the fifth column!"

The commentator's words spread everywhere, yet that crimson gaze remained still and focused.

Even the contemptuous glance thrown her way by the red-haired girl rushing past her side, she didn't care at all; instead, she slightly paid attention to the opponent's stride and arm swing, then revealed a hint of a satisfied smile.

This caused the latter, in astonishment, to accelerate, trying to shake off the rising unease in her heart this way.

Such an icy smile seemed as if it were trying to seize something important, causing her to suddenly recall the opponent's trainer identity.

A demon, yes, that is completely a devil's smile.

Smiling as she watched the opponent fall into deceitful tricks, appearing full of mirth, but actually purely cold.

But how could this be deceit?

She had indeed fallen behind, as a member of the leading group, even dropping to sixth place—a rank the host often avoids mentioning.

Even in an OP-level race, such a large-distance teleportation-like source energy should not be allowed; what could she be proud of?

The Periodic Strong Wind Stride couldn't understand; she couldn't break free of her own mental inertia, only feeling that if she were herself in such a front‑back stretched line falling to sixth place, she could never laugh no matter what.

Can't think of it?

Just being sensitive to the environment and caring about the rhythm is completely useless, little guinea pig……

【Efficient Rest Method】/Efficient Rest Method

【Race Planner】/Race Planner

Restoring stamina, accumulating stamina, and not using all strength for acceleration—this step is something horse girls naturally can do.

Then she continued to watch each horse girl pass by her side, entering the middle stage, and then……

"What's happening!"

"What's happening!"

"Deep Sea Siren, Classic Comedy, Periodic Strong Wind Stride have successively lost speed!"

"Was it because they accelerated too violently upon entering the middle stage? No, they still had a brief burst of acceleration before losing speed."

More or less, the vanguard began to lose speed one after another.

Because she was gazing at them.

And then being pulled by her steps as she finally began to speed up.

The experimenters have begun to wrap up the experimental site.

Silently, at the very moment when even the two voices from the commentator's bench had not noticed, nor mentioned.

The trailing Ailisuzhi quietly accelerated, grasping everyone's 'rein'.

Just like the Jidong Derby on June fifteenth, a chestnut‑haired lady, with a war‑ghost‑like demeanor, grasped the rhythm of the entire race.

But in that race, the Flying Grass athlete relied on the momentum boost from a talent‑skill explosion.

As the skill effects gradually faded, that advantage simultaneously dissipated.

At this very moment, Ailisuzhi's key to pressuring the front is her gradual approach from the side‑rear, applying pressure.

——

"She has finally begun."

In the stands, the trainer remarked indifferently.

"Huh? What what?" Bi Ze was somewhat confused.

Meanwhile, Xi Qi Feng beside him sighed: "It's hard to imagine this is a method a nascent horse girl could use."

"A nascent horse girl won't do, but if there were an old, crafty trainer, wouldn't that work?" Te Wei Er glanced at Aomo beside him; the Mertelon starperson's characteristic bulb eyes inherently possess a kind of 'wisdom,' yet now they reveal a hint of contempt.

Others may not know, but he has indeed seen this demon's evil methods several times.

This remark also caused Aomo to lower his eyes slightly, glance at the aquatic cosmic being attacking his person, and say nothing.

He could fully anticipate that Te Wei Er's reaction would mirror the public's later reaction; after all, even among the three girls behind him, two directed doubtful glances at her, including Cheng Tian Bai Ren, who had trained three horse girls.

Even Bai Ren, who had direct contact with Ailisuzhi, would think this way; this clarification would obviously be troublesome.

Considering the cost and return, this clarification is completely unnecessary.

Besides those who already know her well, who would believe that a horse girl who has only participated in three minor races could, relying on her own ability, execute such a high‑difficulty tactic in her first battle after officially signing as a trainer?

"No, no, what exactly are you talking about?"

Bi Ze, feeling surrounded by riddle‑speakers, urgently sought an answer, just like the novice horse girls Yamato Juji and Miyoku sitting beside Haibang and Chazuo.

Among them, the unlike Ailishuma had already made an incoherent clarification: "No, no, I don't think it's Trainer Linton's fault… ah no, also not saying it wrong, nobody's wrong!"

Although I appreciate your thought, probably to repay you for just helping me out of a siege? But your explanation like this really has no meaning.

Instead, it made the surrounding gazes even more glaring, as if suspecting that he had threatened the other party early on.

Or just give it up, Miss Number……

Aomo grew ever more silent, and upon looking again at Bi Ze, who was simultaneously asking left and right on the other side, there was a subtle sense of symmetry.

"Bi Ze, do you still remember the college‑exam hall you saw on TV?"

In the end he still chose to speak, because the consistently kind Trainer Nishizaki Yutaka were all earnestly watching the field, and at this moment the idle one turned out to be him, the one serving as trainer.

"Ah? Which exam hall are you talking about? The pen‑point refutation in Kannan City?"

"…The exam hall at Limon Middle School—I told you before it's like Chongling Ground."

"Oh oh! I remember now!"

"In your impression, do you still remember how nervous those people were?"

"? What are you trying to clarify?"

"Emotions are contagious, pressure is transmitted."

"Uh, like Chazuo‑chan's match?"

"It's even more subtle, and also tests operation more, because Suzi hasn't yet used source‑energy methods."

Aomo said, turning his gaze again to Suzi, who was approaching third place in the race, and also reappearing in the commentator's seat, paying attention to Suzi.

——

"Ailisuzhi has caught up! She seized the opportunity and consecutively overtook Regular Strong Wind, Classic Comedy, and Deep Sea Siren!"

"Rather than saying she seized the opportunity, it's more like she created it; the earlier few horse girls' stall conditions are quite suspicious."

"Now Sakuraga Ruiseki is still leading! After such a long period of stability, is her stamina still enough! Can the later horse girls catch up! Can Ailisuzhi catch up!"

"The race is about to enter the final stretch; can the leading escape‑runner still maintain the advantage!"

"Really…… even the commentator is this dull?"

"Or is it that local‑race commentators are just like this?"

On the field, Ailisuzhi's smile at the corner of her mouth mingled with a hint of contempt.

"Catch up?"

"What do they rely on to catch up?"

"Regular Strong Wind, Classic Comedy, Deep Sea Siren—these three, whose sudden fragility as stalled front obstacles, only let the pursuers behind relax their guard, for she carefully selected them as worthy of being isolated, the strong‑willed ones."

At the same time, it was her deliberately appearing before the opponent's eyes, applying pressure bit by bit, to accomplish the overtaking as an artificial oppression.

This is a clumsy imitation of Chazuo.

Yet it still works.

Without using source energy, relying solely on aura‑building and grasping psychology—this requires sufficient understanding of the other competitors, at least being able to see clearly their inner defenses, and having more confidence to break through those defenses.

By means of step‑by‑step design.

From the absurd gate‑talk, then from the abnormal performance on the field, finally to now gradually approaching, even in that hair‑breadth acceleration, opening one's mouth while risking a gasp:

"You really are an interesting guinea pig~ Classic Comedy, do you want to try that miraculous medicine?"

Looking at the opponent's expression that was almost stupid in that instant, the corner of the researcher who wove the net twitched, revealing a somewhat nasty smile.

"But now, it's already too late."

She stepped forward, rushing toward the final bend; in a speed surpassing Deep Sea Siren, an azure‑blue glow appeared beside her, and likewise reappeared on several other horse girls.

Although not only she activated her talent skill when approaching the final segment, the one who reeled in this race was solely her.

"It's time to end, this experiment."

【U=ma2】

Although she couldn't put on the white coat that satisfied her, those countless calculations had already reached their end, drawing before her eyes the path to the last guinea pig——

——the guinea pig that is easiest to deal with, as long as it's isolated at the front, can be handled lightly.

Sakuraga Ruiseki.

This is the reward she gave herself, the final guinea pig, absolutely not a variable of the experiment but a constant that can be seen through at a glance.

The so‑called escape horse, the so‑called escape‑runner, is always isolated from all the competitors, or else isolated by them.

Those who choose the escape‑running style are not lacking in short‑burst power, nor are they horse girls whose hooves struggle to build strength; rather, they cannot grasp the rhythm, or else lack breakthrough experience.

Like her teammate, the near‑perfect second‑lap water‑bucket number from Mihama Haibang, there is usually no second.

Thus, in this race, the guinea pig bearing the surname 'Sakuraga', which is easily compared with surnames like 'Mejiro' or 'Shōchō' of noble houses, named Sakuraga Ruiseki, becomes extraordinarily special.

Proud yet fragile.

This is the norm for escape horses; maintaining the leading posture is always difficult.

And horse girls born of noble houses always have an edge in pride, yet may not possess the endurance to match it.

Thus, from the initial words, from the choice of running style, to the glint in the corner of the eye now, all prove this assessment—Ailisuzhi, step by step approaching, gazes at the opponent's footsteps that seem to be gradually slowing……

One step, shattering the traces of Sakuraga!

"Enter the turn! Enter the final stretch! One horse length! Half a horse length! Neck difference! Nose difference! Neck and neck!"

"Ailisuzhi the athlete has in one fell swoop completed the overtaking, and is even going faster!"

Leaving the opponent a meaningful glance, while also etching their breath‑ragged, strained stance into her sight, hoping that an escape horse in the final stretch would display an even greater leading burst—first, the opponent must be given sufficient stamina.

And such stamina, already from the outset, when she stood at the front of the vanguard unit that had been accelerating earlier, striving to maintain the run of the escape horse's dignity, was already on the verge of collapse.

August was already no longer a season when cherry blossoms could leave traces.

So, what could be seen in those cherry-blossom-like eyes was only a smile that seemed like a game administrator heading off to silence someone, flashing by.

Binding

The basic source energy that had not yet advanced to Exclusive Power, together with the spirit of that tightly woven net, was released in the final stage, and Ailisuzhi even poured out all remaining stamina!

She boldly displayed that which surpassed cold machinery and surpassed Hei'an's dark clouds—stronger, swifter, like a flash of light, the final kick, as her name foretold.

Ta, in Hongying's text, represents superluminal particles.

At this moment, they were boldly displaying their existence on Saichang.

"Unattainable! The fading cherry blossom's trace cannot reach that astonishing final kick—one horse length, two horse lengths, three horse lengths! Three and a half horse lengths!

"Ailisuzhi! With a three-and-a-half-horse-length absolute advantage! She obtained an overwhelming debut victory!

【131) ）！

！"

"With only 26.6 seconds, leading the second-place sprint speed by 0.6 seconds, the fastest final-three-wave sprint time of the entire venue! It refreshed the fastest record of the final three waves at the New Xie Racecourse!

"Undeniably fast! Undoubtedly strong!

"The name of the record-breaker is —

"Ailisuzhi (Aga)!