Since this is a race (it wouldn't be as exciting if only 1 chapter were left in a single day), I updated it by 3 chapters. The normal one is just 2 chap
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BOOM!
"Seiun Sky speed suddenly surged forward as if she were gliding across the track. To everyone watching from the stands, that's exactly what it looked like. She was flying."
Conditions met: Seiun Sky has awakened a new skill: Angler's Trick - Unique/Gold Border
Angler's Trick - Unique/Gold Border: In the final corner of a race, if positioned in first place, seizes this golden opportunity to increase acceleration.
"So this is what Trainer meant by an ultimate skill. What a weird feeling."
Despite the sudden acceleration, Seiun Sky wasn't particularly shocked. On the contrary, she remained completely calm. This wasn't her first time awakening a skill, so she was already used to the sensation.
This particular skill seemed especially powerful, though, boosting her acceleration to an entirely new level. Just that one skill alone opened up a gap of three to four horse lengths.
"INCREDIBLE! Seiun Sky just found another gear! She's absolutely flying down the stretch!"
"So fast, incredibly fast, and Seiun Sky showed no signs of exhaustion."
"Seiun Sky was still in the lead. She'd entered the final 400-meter straightaway."
"The other Uma Musume behind her didn't seem to have any strength left to give chase, and chaos had erupted among them as they fought for position."
Seeing the massive gap that had opened up, Hayato knew this race was already decided.
The atmosphere in the stadium reached a fever pitch at that moment, with shouts and cheers rising in waves throughout the crowd.
One thing was certain. After this race, Seiun Sky was definitely going to become a hot topic of conversation.
"She's still pulling away! Ten horse lengths now separating first and second place!"
The final 200 meters approached.
The victor was beyond question now.
She crossed the finish line. The winner was Seiun Sky.
"AND IT'S SEIUN SKY! A dominant debut victory by twelve horse lengths! What an absolutely stunning performance from this newcomer!"
Seiun Sky had won by 12 horse lengths over second place, dominating the entire field.
[Ding! Congratulations to Seiun Sky on her successful debut, claiming victory in this race.]
Seiun Sky reached the finish line smoothly and waved to the spectators in the stands above. The win had been remarkably easy.
"Yeah! She won!" King Halo jumped to her feet, then realized she'd lost her composure and quickly straightened her appearance. "Ahem. Not bad. She has the qualifications to challenge this King." With that, she broke into a radiant smile.
The race had looked intense, but winning had actually been quite simple. After all, Seiun Sky's stats far exceeded those of the ordinary Uma Musume on the track.
To put it arrogantly but honestly, even if Seiun Sky had started three seconds late and given them a 50-meter head start, she still would have won.
'Looks like I'd been overthinking things.' Hayato gave a self-deprecating smile. He'd actually been worried that the race might be intense enough for a zone-level Uma Musume to appear.
How could such an abnormal competitor possibly show up in a debut race? Even he thought that worry had been strange.
Mission objective achieved.
Mission rewards distributed: Base attribute points +30, Legendary Skill Learning Diagram x1
Skill Learning Diagram has been stored in subspace. Can be used to select a character to learn a skill.
Seiun Sky has won the race. Additional rewards distributed: Base attribute points +12.
Seiun Sky's affection +10. Now at Level 2. Personal profile has been updated and is available for viewing.
Name: Seiun Sky
Affection Level: 2
Quote: "My life is about doing things my own way."
"Drifting like a cloud..."
Self Introduction: "Yahoo~ I'm Seiun Sky!
Let's live a moderately laid-back and casual life~
...If you want to catch big fish, patience is important, right?"
Grade: Middle School Division
Dorm: Miho Dorm
Height: 155cm
Weight: Not disclosed
Birthday: April 26th
Good at: Napping, fishing
Not good at: Narrow and confined spaces, like the starting gate!
Increase affection to unlock more information.
Wait, what was this affection system about? It increased from racing? And it didn't seem to decrease either?
After that, Hayato allocated all the attribute points he'd received into power. After adding 42 points to power, combined with a month's worth of training improvements, his current stats looked like this:
Name: Hayato
Occupation: Trainer
Speed: 88+40
Stamina: 65+2
Power: 120+42
Guts: 76+3
Wisdom: 209+77
Wisdom was important too, he could raise that on his own through study. Power, on the other hand, couldn't be trained as easily, so it was better to invest the points there.
So what if he'd been reincarnated as an Uma Musume trainer? As long as his physical condition was strong enough, he didn't need to worry about getting trampled by the horses, especially from Sakura Bakushin O, Gold Ship, and other crazy 'active' umas.
"I never expected a debut race to have one Uma Musume open up such a huge gap like this."
"Yeah, we haven't seen results like this in quite a while."
"It's almost time for the winner's victory stage performance. I wonder what she'll show us."
The conversation between the two announcers pulled Hayato back to reality.
"Oh right, there's still the stage performance. How did I forget about that?" Hayato suddenly remembered something terrible.
Because their schedule had been so packed with daily training, who would have thought about this? Even though Hayato had considered it initially, but after registering for the debut race and training days, he'd completely forgotten about it.
Now Hayato could only hope that Seiun Sky knew at least something about performing.
Then he looked down and saw Seiun Sky looking up at him with a frozen smile of absolute shock on her face.
"What the hell?"
Even Seiun Sky couldn't stay calm about this.
Don't you know how to dance on the winning stage?
Hayato questioned her with his eyes.
How could I possibly know?!
Seiun Sky glared back at him fiercely with her eyes.
Of course. Seiun Sky, who was too lazy to even train properly, how could she possibly know how to sing and dance?
Singing was actually manageable since you could just lip sync to the track, but dancing wasn't that easy. That wasn't something you could learn in just a day or two.
Right now, Hayato desperately wanted to know where Tokai Teio was.
Save me, Teio! Without Tokai Teio, he felt like there was no way to get through this situation. (In the Uma Musume anime, this is the first time Special Week practices dancing under Tokai Teio's guidance.)
Hayato turned to look at King Halo. "Do you know how to dance?"
"D-d-dance..." King Halo's expression showed clear hesitation. "I, I, I certainly know how. I am a first-class... oh ho ho ho ho..."
Hayato figured she probably wouldn't be much help and gave up on that idea. At least there was still one option left.
Wait, wasn't Silence Suzuka supposed to be good at this kind of thing? She'd performed at the new team party before.
The news coverage of Seiun Sky's runaway victory by 12 horse lengths came out that very same day. She was already being hailed as a rising star of the new generation, with headlines reading "Gazing at the Sky: Opening the Curtain on a New Era."
Winning a race with a runaway strategy was genuinely rare to see, especially by 12 horse lengths, so naturally it attracted attention from various media outlets.
Anyone who watched her race with even a bit of discernment could tell that Seiun Sky hadn't been running a mindless runaway strategy. On the contrary, she had both courage and cunning, with the entire race under her control from start to finish.
According to expert commentary, this was the strongest runaway horse they'd ever seen.
The statement Hayato had shouted on race day about "winning by ten horse lengths" had also been written up in the articles, complete with photos.
Quite a few people wanted to know how Hayato had the confidence to make such a claim. Had he predicted it all along?