No one knew what Special Week experienced that day, because when the members of Spica arrived at the training ground, all they saw was Special Week collapsed on the ground and a refreshed Rei Zai beside her.
She couldn't be blamed; it was mainly because Rei Zai herself had too many and too powerful buffs.
From the most basic training to race buffs, she had everything, and they were all buffs she had fiercely gained herself.
The most representative ones should be a few of her exclusive buffs.
[Journey: Consecutive outings will not negatively affect mental state. At the same time, ability values and PT points gained after a race will increase. If victorious, mood will also improve.]
[Triumphant Return: If participating in a G1 race and achieving a 1st place, the stamina that should have been consumed will be restored by an equivalent amount. If 1st place is not achieved, stamina consumption doubles.]
These two buffs could be said to be her core enhancements, and the reason she could win repeatedly. The saying "the more you fight, the stronger you become" refers to her. If Triumphant Return didn't have the G1-exclusive effect, perhaps the most terrifying dark veteran Uma Musume in history would have appeared?
In short, these two buffs allowed her to compete continuously, so she also had her own advantages in training.
[Analysis: Skills activated by other competitors in a race will be recorded in the skill list. They can also be simulated and analyzed. The PT required to learn a skill will continuously decrease based on the level of understanding.]
Relying on this skill, she analyzed countless skills and often analyzed them in her spare time, which is the fundamental reason she now has several pages of skills.
Under these circumstances, after Rei Zai closely followed Special Week for training, Special Week suddenly got excited and asked Rei Zai to "spare no effort" to suppress her, wanting to see how far she could go.
Rei Zai said she had never heard such a strange request, so she complied. However, for Special Week's mental health, she still did not use her domain. Although Special Week was slightly dissatisfied, she said nothing after it was explained to her the threat a domain posed to an Uma Musume who had not yet opened her own domain.
Then... over a dozen red skills were applied to Special Week. Although golden red skills were intentionally not used, the cumulative effect was that the entire training session turned into a speed walk... Strictly speaking, Special Week was running at a speed similar to speed walking in front, while Rei Zai leisurely followed behind.
[Blazing Pulsation: When entering the "running" state, she will get excited at an extremely fast speed, causing her body to heat up and enter optimal condition.]
This was also why she didn't need to warm up before a race. She once tried warming up in advance and then using this skill for a second warm-up. The result was... some Uma Musume, they just go crazy while running.
In short, an extremely terrifying acceleration unfolded. The only witness was Trainer Okino, who had been called to accompany and observe the results.
The most terrifying thing was that the state lasted for a long time. After that test, she was in an extremely excited state for an entire day, only calming down in the early hours of the next day.
She absolutely didn't want to recall that excited state if she could; it was also a dark history. Fortunately, Trainer Okino had been sealed tight in advance.
In short, because of this skill, after completing a run with Special Week, her mental state improved significantly. Even the symptoms of sleep deprivation after staying up late completely disappeared.
This was also why everyone saw Special Week exhausted when they returned, while she was refreshed.
Afterward, it was naturally business as usual: taking the overtrained Special Week for a full service of bathing and massage, then coming out to continue training others.
The victim this time was Silent Suzuka. As an escape runner, she needed to open up as much distance as possible in the early stages of a race. And when she hadn't opened up a lead in the early stages, that was her most vulnerable moment. Although she mysteriously possessed an extremely tenacious spirit and a personality that ignored everything once she started running, giving her a natural resistance to red skills, she had never systematically trained it. This was a good opportunity.
Daiwa and Vodka, who would debut next year, received the same treatment. Like Teio and McQueen, they were also friends and rivals, so they would naturally debut together, which gave Trainer Okino a headache.
After all, both Daiwa and Vodka, and Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen, all possessed top-tier talent. If they debuted one after another and staggered with the other Uma Musume in the team, they would all have a chance to achieve extremely high accomplishments. However, because of their respective philosophies, they clashed with each other. For a Trainer, this was a happy yet troublesome dilemma.
Nevertheless, Trainer Okino still made a choice: to respect the Uma Musume's wishes. Since they wanted to debut together and compete against each other, he would let them do it.
This was probably why he was so beloved by everyone; he always put the Uma Musume in his team first, even above his own sense of honor as a Trainer.
Of course, it would be better if he could change his habit of touching legs. It's said that McQueen was also touched all over before joining the team.
It was precisely because of this that McQueen was always polite to everyone in the team, but became unusually irritable when facing Trainer Okino and A-fune, like a grandfather scolding his disobedient grandson.
By the way, Gold Ship was in charge of Daiwa and Vodka's training. Don't let her usual antics fool you, her strength is top-notch. Just think about how many times A-fune backstabbed you during races ( ), she's even scarier than Rice Shower.
This type of training still requires more time to settle. After all, getting used to this kind of pressure isn't something that can be done overnight. After gradually becoming familiar with this pressure, it will even advance to occasionally giving sudden pressure during normal training, improving their ability to adapt to unexpected situations.
However, those are matters for the future. Today is the rest day of the week after filming that VTR. Although that VTR almost blew her own mental state, the rewards obtained were tangible.
For example... Team Spica, the Student Council, and Rigil's triple team-building trip to a hot spring inn.
It got intense (bushi)
There was no other way. Although it started as a Student Council team-building event, all members of the Student Council except Rei Zai were from Rigil, and Rei Zai was from Spica. Neither side could watch the other go on a break without bringing their own team, so in the end, it was superficially three groups, but actually two groups, having a joint team-building event.
Well, Teio was still happily clinging to Rudolph. For her, anywhere with Rudolph was heaven. Abandoning her own team at this moment... she felt vaguely jealous. Darn you, Rudolph. Rei Zai once again mentally attributed an unfounded crime to Rudolph.
McQueen, on the other hand, seemed to be obsessed with board games. She bought a Werewolf game and was playing with some members of Spica and Rigil. Rei Zai went over to take a look. In this round, the Werewolves were Little Special, El Condor Pasa, and Gold Ship. The Seer was Grass Wonder, the Hunter was Silent Suzuka, the Witch was Mejiro McQueen. Hishi Amazon, Fuji Kiseki, Daiwa, and Vodka were the Villagers.
Wow, I have a feeling this round will be very exciting ( ).
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