"Yo, you're the little one with the big reputation lately, huh? I'm Amazon. I'm the big sister around here!"
"Let this Queen witness this race!"
"Hello, I'm Grass Wonder."
"Little Teio, I'm Maruzensky Big Sister~"
"Hello, everyone! I'm Tokai Teio. Please take care of me."
Tokai Teio greeted everyone present seriously, her enthusiastic demeanor making everyone feel very comfortable.
"Alright, Tokai Teio, come over here and meet your opponent for today."
Hanabusa Tojo's voice called out.
"Yes, I'm coming."
Tokai Teio turned and saw a tall Horse Girl with long, wavy blonde hair, dressed in a Western cowboy outfit.
"Hello! I'm Taiki Shuttle. Let's have a fiery race!"
"Hello, Taiki Shuttle Senpai. No problem! Let's have a passionate race!"
Tokai Teio responded cheerfully.
Taiki Shuttle nodded in satisfaction. She seems like a very polite little one.
Let Big Sister take good care of you...
"Taiki, please use your full strength in the race later."
"Eh?"
Hanabusa Tojo saw through Taiki Shuttle's inner thoughts and issued a direct order.
"That's an order. And..."
Hanabusa Tojo looked seriously at the file in her hand, which contained Tokai Teio's assessment scores.
"If you don't take this race seriously, you will lose."
"?!"
Taiki Shuttle's mouth dropped open in shock.
She knew her trainer didn't joke around.
In other words, the trainer genuinely believed that this undebuted new student had the ability to compete with her?
"Interesting, desu!"
Taiki Shuttle's eyes instantly sharpened.
She had planned to hold back a little and take care of the new student when she first heard she was running a training race with a freshman.
But now, her enthusiasm was completely ignited by the trainer's single sentence.
"Enter the track. $2000\text{m}$, the classic middle-distance race. Let me see the true strength of the genius Tokai Teio."
"No problem! Then please watch closely, Trainer, my race as Tokai Teio!"
Tokai Teio gave a thumbs-up.
Hanabusa Tojo's rating of Tokai Teio rose significantly upon seeing her composed attitude.
In their first interaction, she had to admit that Tokai Teio appeared perfect in every way; even her personality was ideal.
Now, let her see what kind of dazzling result Tokai Teio could achieve with her exaggerated stats.
Hanabusa Tojo possessed the ability to quantify a contestant's physical information, and Tokai Teio's stats showed ridiculously high numbers to her eyes.
She couldn't help but suspect her own ability was malfunctioning.
Tokai Teio and Taiki Shuttle walked onto the track.
"Teio-san, Big Sister will be very serious in this race!"
"Ah? Senpai, just call me Teio! No problem! I also want to run a satisfying race with you, Senpai."
"Oh! You have wonderful eyes."
While interacting, Tokai Teio was like a gentle little sun.
But when talking about the race, her sapphire-blue eyes revealed an unrivaled fighting spirit.
Air Groove, who had rushed over upon receiving the news, saw the opponent for the simulation race and asked Symboli Rudolf, "Why would you let Teio race against Taiki?"
Taiki Shuttle's strength was top-tier even within their team, and Taiki Shuttle had a habit of getting fired up during a race. Even if she initially agreed to hold back, if her fighting spirit was aroused during the race, that passionate person wouldn't hold back.
"Don't worry, just enjoy Teio's performance with me."
Symboli Rudolf was immensely confident.
Air Groove was slightly speechless. You're not the one running the race.
No matter how talented Tokai Teio was, she was just a newly admitted freshman and couldn't compare to a graduate like Taiki Shuttle.
"Since you're so confident, I'll definitely take a close look at how powerful your chosen successor is."
"Heh heh, Teio won't disappoint me."
No one knew the child's talent better than Symboli Rudolf.
Before the race started, many teams that had received the news gathered at the training grounds.
The members of Team Spica were among them.
Trainer Okino, holding a lollipop, seriously observed the physical information of the two contestants on the track.
His eyes weren't as capable as Hanabusa Tojo's, but he possessed a similar ability.
However, unlike Hanabusa Tojo's eyes, which could instantly read the numbers, he needed to feel a leg to get more accurate information.
But even from the little information he saw right now, he could confirm:
"That new student named Tokai Teio is unbelievably strong."
"Right? I almost managed to rope her in, but you guys weren't strong enough."
"And you have the nerve to talk about that!"
Although Symboli Rudolf was a Horse Girl, those who knew her were aware that the Emperor also possessed terrifying trainer talent.
So, under normal circumstances, Symboli Rudolf wouldn't value a genius this highly.
And even with Trainer Okino's eyes, he could see Tokai Teio's ridiculously exaggerated physical stats.
This new student was a genuine supernova!
On the other side, Trainer Minamisaka of Team Canopus told his team members, "We need to observe Tokai Teio closely."
"Because she is likely to be our strongest competitor in the future!"
Many members of his team were likely to encounter Tokai Teio in upcoming races.
And Tokai Teio, as a rising star, was surely targeting the Classic Triple Crown races, which was what they were aiming for too.
"The audience's gazes are so enthusiastic, desu!"
"Are you ready, Teio?"
Taiki Shuttle still maintained the appearance of a reliable senior.
No one could tell that this gentle and enthusiastic big sister would mercilessly crush her opponents in a race.
"No problem. I'm always in perfect condition."
The Ultimate Warrior is always in the ideal state.
Tokai Teio looked composed, an expression only possible with absolute confidence in her own ability.
"Contestants, please get ready."
Hanabusa Tojo pulled out her trainer's specialized whistle.
There were no starting gates on the training track, so Tokai Teio and Taiki Shuttle could only stand at the starting line in their starting positions.
"Beep!" The whistle sounded, and the race officially began.
Two figures dashed across the starting line, kicking up a gust of wind.
There were no running style restrictions in the two-person training, and both Tokai Teio and Taiki Shuttle wanted to take the lead from the start.
Taiki Shuttle was a leading runner who also possessed great starting speed, not much worse than a runaway runner's start.
But Tokai Teio was the Ultimate Horse Girl who inherited that brilliant running style!
Without either side using acceleration skills, Tokai Teio's green passive skills combined with the [Focus] gate skill made her start textbook-perfect.
If the spectators were from the other world, they would probably see the shadow of Saint McQueen on Tokai Teio.
Right from the start, Tokai Teio's performance brought a flash of brilliance to everyone's eyes.
"Perfect!"
"How can such a small body look so gorgeous?"
The moment Tokai Teio entered race mode, she captivated everyone's attention like the protagonist of the event, simply because of her incredibly elegant posture.
Air Groove was surprised: "She suppressed Taiki Shuttle on the start!"
She remembered that Tokai Teio's profile listed her as a leading runner, just like Taiki Shuttle.
In other words, under equal conditions, Tokai Teio's initial speed was faster than Taiki Shuttle, a graduate!
And it wasn't just a slight difference. Tokai Teio had already opened up a two-length gap with Taiki Shuttle right at the start.
"Ooh~ How beautiful," Opera O was singing, completely entranced.
Tokai Teio's posture was incredibly dazzling from the moment the race began!
"This child is so strong!"
Taiki Shuttle's expression changed dramatically.
Not only the gap in the start, but after entering the track, her full-speed chase couldn't close the distance with Tokai Teio!
Although it was only a two-length gap, she felt an incredibly dangerous presence.
"As expected of Taiki Shuttle Senpai, you're clinging on to me."
A delighted smile was on Tokai Teio's face.
The two figures quickly sped through the first $400\text{m}$ of the straight track.
Upon entering the first curve, Tokai Teio slightly increased her pace, and a white gust of wind swept up in front of her.
Corner acceleration!
Although she wasn't using a skill, the Ultimate Horse Girl doesn't only rely on skills.
Even without the boost of skills, Tokai Teio, who inherited Demon King Ship's racing experience, still possessed the technique for increasing speed.
Moreover, she didn't have Demon King Ship's weakness on downhill slopes.
Whether it was uphill or downhill, Tokai Teio could overcome it!
"She can still accelerate!"
Taiki Shuttle began to feel enormous pressure. Her smile had vanished, replaced by an expression of extreme seriousness, and the sound of a Surge echoed at that moment.
She was truly getting serious! She didn't want to lose to a freshman!
The moment the resistance was broken by the Surge, Taiki Shuttle's speed began to increase, gradually closing in on Tokai Teio's back.
Hanabusa Tojo, watching the race, smiled in satisfaction upon seeing Taiki Shuttle's performance.
"That's right, Taiki. That's not an opponent you can hold back against."
Then, she looked at the other person in the race.
But this is truly astonishing.
Tokai Teio.
She's just a freshman, yet she's genuinely suppressing one of their team's ace contestants.
In the race, the two quickly passed through the curve area. Tokai Teio's performance was impeccable.
Both the timing of the turn-in and the handling of the downhill section were flawlessly executed.
Symboli Rudolf could barely contain her smile.
The race entered the middle straight track.
Blue flames erupted around Taiki Shuttle. Realizing that the Surge still wasn't enough to catch up, she decisively unleashed the second stage of her aura!
And at the same time, a golden flash passed beneath her feet.
Taiki Shuttle began to enter the sprint state!
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