"PANT!! PANT!!"
"PANT!! Pant!! Pant!! You're something else, Tokino Minoru!!!!!!"
"Pant… pant… Pant…"
Who are they? Why do I feel a strong connection to them? How do they know me by that name? There are so many questions I have for them, but I can't let them stay in Tracen. Not with what they were doing with that Trainer.
Tracen is a safe and pure learning institution for umamusumes!! I shall make sure of that!!
"You're the first since Igo to make us feel this way!!"
"You still can dance, can you? You can't lie with my eyes!!"
"Pant… Pant… Pant… Kuh…"
Tazuna Hayakawa bit her own lips. She knows she is at her limit. There is only one more move left in her arsenal that she hasn't used, but it would most likely cost her everything.
Akikawa Chairwoman…
The scene of the day where Chairwoman Akikawa Yayoi recruited Tazuna Hayakawa came to her.
"I have decided it!! You'll be my secretary, Tazuna!!"
"Eh? Me? Are you sure, Miss Akikawa? Surely there is someone out there who has more qualifications to be your secretary."
"Yep! But I don't want them, I want you!!"
The lolita chairwoman points her fan at the newly graduated Tazuna Hayakawa. The Lolita's enthusiasm makes it almost impossible for Tazuna to reject her offer. She remembered just how fired up the girl was. Even after all these years, the lolita's motivation has only burned brighter and bigger. She still wants to do everything to create the world's best academy for umamusume.
"The world's best academy would need the world's best secretary, and that is you!!"
"Ummhh… If you say so…"
"Good!! Here's your outfit!!"
"Ah… Thank you… How do you know my sizes?"
"It's public knowledge at this point, so don't worry about it."
"I see… what?"
"Come on, try it on!!"
"I will, but why is my outfit all green?"
"Tazuna, what color does a newborn leaf have?"
"Bright green…"
"Exactly!! You will be the first thing the students see as they enter the gate of the academy. To the umamusume who just passed the exam, to those who want to improve, to those who are beginning a new chapter of their lives!! All of those green leaves will be represented by you!!"
"..."
"Tazuna Hayakawa will be the symbol of Tracen Academy!! An academy where talents flourish!! An academy where talents grow!! An academy of new beginnings!! There could be nothing more perfect than a green outfit to represent the new leaf that has sprouted in the lives of our students!!"
Chairwoman akikawa… Thank you…
Thank you for believing in me…
Thank you for all the wonderful memories…
Thank you for picking me as your secretary…
But it's time for this green leaf to turn red.
"Hachimontonko: Shimon!! OPEN!! Eight Inner Gate Formation!!"
To protect something important!!
Even if it costs me my life!!
"I WON'T LET YOU RUIN THE DREAM OF CHAIRWOMAN AKIKAWA!!"
I'll become the fertilizer for the new leaves that will grow in Tracen!!
I'LL PROTECT THE PURITY OF TRACEN!!
The green woman clad in red vapor kneels on the ground and digs her feet into the stone. She placed her hands on the stone beside her to support her body as she prepared herself to deliver her final attack.
"Haaaaah… CHARGE!!"
"WE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS POWER OF YOURS!!"
"Of those who consider themselves the strongest, you're the only one who managed to push us this far, Tazuna."
"HHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! FLOW!!!!"
The green woman runs. She runs with everything she has left. She runs to protect everything behind her. She runs toward the future she is striving for. As if to respond to her motivation, the red vapor around her changed its shape to resemble that of a dragon. The mightiest of beasts.
"WE DECLARE YOU AS THE STRONGEST!!"
"Accept our attacks, Tazuna!"
To respond to the incoming attack, the 3 Goddesses summon their own dragons. A dragon that crawls itself from the depths of hell, the Hellfire dragon. The dragon who commands all of the seven seas, the Abyssal dragon. And the dragon that shook the earth with each step, the Jade dragon. The 3 serpent-like dragons roar as they fly to meet their enemy.
"NIGHT GUY!!"
The 3 dragons return to nothing in front of the result of hard work. The flame from the bottom of hell was extinguished. The water from the depths evaporates. The hardest dragon pulverizes. The only dragon left standing was the dragon from the one who gives her all.
"Kuh!"
"GAH!"
"GUUUH!!"
*KKKRRRAAASSSSHHH*
The 3 Goddesses take the hit head-on. They were clenched in the dragon's jaw as it tore through the room with immense power. Compressing the air and melting the stone in its wake.
*KKKKKRRRRUUUNNNCCCHHHH* *CRRRACK—CRUNCH—GRIND*
*BBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM*
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*Ssssshhhhhhhhh*
"Pant! Pant! Pant!! Kuh!! Pant! Pant!! Oh me…"
"Pant!! Cough! Cough!! HAHAHA!! You fucking bastard!! I almost died!!"
"Pant!! Pant!! AAH!! Pant!! Haah!! Haaah!! If we weren't who we are, we would surely be nothing more than ashes."
"..."
"Pant! Pant!! If you think you're going to die that easily after showing us so much fun, then you're stupid, Tazuna."
Darley lost the left side of her body from Tazuna's last attack. Unfortunately for her, the battle with Igo Heita took more than she expected, so she couldn't regrow the missing body parts. She can only use her fire to cauterize, stop the bleeding, and preserve the body for a little bit longer.
With her remaining power, the red-haired Goddess throws a red orb into Tazuna's heart. The orb reignites Tazuna's dying heart, stopping the effect of opening the eight gates.
"HAHAHAHA!! PANT!! PANT!! PANT!! REJOICE, TOKINO!! You have entertained me!! I shall bestow upon you a gift!!"
Byerley was completely separated from her lower half. She had tried to answer a kick with another kick, but unfortunately, she had lost a lot of power from her battle with Igo Heita. She had just enough power so some part of her lower body wasn't destroyed, mainly her legs.
Byerley throws her severed legs near Tazuna. The legs grow small tendrils, which latch onto Tazuna's disintegrated legs. They drag and position themselves under Tazuna before they merge with her body completely.
"And I shall gift upon you, your old personality. The Tokino Minoru who never expereince grieve and depression. The one who revived Japanese Central Umamusume Racing."
Godolphin Barb wasn't as damaged compared to the rest. She was mainly trying to dodge, which is why she only lost a chunk of her left stomach.
Godolphin water snakes up near her before it slithers toward the green uma. The water snake smothers the sizzling Uma until she returns to how she was before she opened the eight gates.
"Pant… Let's take our leave, girls… Pant…"
"Haaah… Indeed… We have achieved what we came here for… Fuuh… Haah…"
"I second that motion… Kuh…"
The 3 Goddesses look at their prophet, who is currently collecting his strength. The young man possesses the [Truth Seeing Eyes], but the 3 Goddesses possess a version far better than his. They can see all the augmentations on the young man's body coming online, and they couldn't be happier.
"Let's our broth marinate, shall we?"