The trainer, whose time is running out, just wants to survive

And he... could only escape, and could only linger in the 1800-meter to 2200-meter event... And in the past few months, Suzuka, who was also trained by Kitano, did the only two The first thing is to run away with the special agent and strengthen his escape tactics.

At that time, Kitano seemed to have noticed Suzuka's uneasiness and anxiety. From time to time, he would comfort Suzuka who was in a mood at night, saying gently:

"Don't be upset about Xiaote, Suzuka. Everyone is unique. You don't need to think that Xiaote's arrival will replace you. No one can take your place with me."

"You will always be my first concern. Without you, I would never have waited until this day. So, don't let Xiaote affect your state."

"I'm also looking forward to the day in the future that you and Xiaote can race together in the same game, Suzuka."

……fraud.

Silent Suzuka listened to Kitano's comfort and rested her head on Kitano's back as usual. The jealous Suzuka was motivated again because of Kitano's words. She suddenly understood In the future, if she doesn't want Special Week to take her place, the only way is to have an upright showdown with Special Week.

Suzuka knows very well that she only has one victory in the GI Satsuki Shoes now, and there will be more special weeks in GI events that she can challenge in the future. It is very likely that she will tie or even surpass her current results in the classic year. Then only a GI match within a distance that she is comfortable with, and an upright showdown between herself and Xiao Te, can prove her strength.

Proving that only she can be her trainer's legs, proving that only she can take Trainer Sang to see the first scenery!

She would never give this position to anyone else!

But in her senior year, Silent Suzuka, who was very clear about her abilities, knew that there were only two GI events left that she could adapt to - the GI Takarazuka Memorial and the GI Autumn Emperor's Prize.

And these two games will serve as the best battlefield for a showdown between myself and Xiaote in the future!A arena where you can bring out all your strengths and convince Xiao Te to lose!

What I have to do is win these two GI games this year. Only in this way will I never be afraid when facing stronger and more talented Xiaote in the future.

……

"Trainer-san, I must participate in the Autumn Emperor's Awards! I'm begging you!"

In October, after Silent Suzuka won the GII Daily Crown, she finally proposed her final goal to her trainer - the GI Autumn Emperor's Award. This is Suzuka's last goal now, but it is also hers. The trainer didn't know why, but he had been deliberately avoiding the event from beginning to end.

Everything went as Suzuka expected. After returning to the competition, Suzuka, who had completely consolidated the "escape" tactic, could be said to be unbeatable within his own adaptation distance!Not only did he win several GII events, but he also won one of them by 11 lengths!The whole world of Japanese horse racing girls is completely boiling.

Suzuka's most talked-about achievement during this period was at the GI Takarazuka Commemoration in June. Suzuka defeated the senior she had always admired, the "Empress" Qi Tank!And she also won her second GI victory after Satsuki Sho.

And this time, even though Suzuka was not a GI for the Daily Crown, she also defeated two very dazzling juniors recently, Kusami Hibi and Condor. This once again allowed Suzuka's strength to be further recognized, and for many people who didn't know the truth. For fans, and even some racehorse girls from Trayson College who didn’t see Suzuka’s shortcomings, Suzuka is the strongest racehorse girl in the mile and middle distance races of this era.

And now, when Suzuka is in full swing after winning the daily crown, she happily proposes to her trainer that her final goal is to win the Emperor's Prize in the autumn.This trainer, who had always supported her and respected her choices at all times, had a look of hesitation and hesitation on his face for the first time.

"...Suzuka, have you really decided to participate in the Autumn Emperor's Awards?"

"You just won the Daily Crown, and you have less than a month's rest to challenge the Autumn Emperor's Award. This is a heavy load on your body. Can you... not go?"

"I can take a good rest, I think I can do it." Faced with Kitano's first obstruction, Suzuka was a little surprised, but she still insisted on expressing her wishes, saying: "I want If you win the race, as long as Trainer-san you can be happy and watch me continue running."

The recent winning streak is undoubtedly a joy for Suzuka, not just the joy after winning the game, but Suzuka discovered that Kitano, who had been sick in the past, seemed to be in a better mood recently due to his winning streak. Quite a few, and she didn't know whether it was her mood that affected her condition or other reasons, but she found that her trainer's incurable diseases seemed to have improved!Even a few months ago, I could stand up!

The last time he went to the hospital for a check-up, the doctors were extremely surprised and said that for some unknown reason, the impact of bone cancer on trainer Sang's body was indeed reducing, and was even slowly relieving - this gave Suzuka hope.

The girl's heart that had originally been put aside because of Kitano's illness, but now with Kitano's gradual recovery, Suzuka couldn't help but stir up her thoughts again.

Although this guess was weird, Suzuka vaguely felt that maybe, as long as he kept winning games, his trainer's illness would get better and better - maybe one day in the future, his trainer's illness would really get better. It will get better, as long as you win enough games!

Therefore, Suzuka wants to win this Autumn Emperor's Prize. This is the last GI competition that she can participate in and be sure to win in the last few months of the year. She doesn't want to give up!

"But I don't want you to win—Suzuka, I just want you to be fine."

And that day, Suzuka was grabbed by the somewhat agitated Kitano by both arms for the first time. She looked at the uneasy Kitano in front of her with some panic, looked directly into his trembling eyes, and listened to what she thought The omnipotent trainer revealed his fear for the first time:

"Suzuka... I know my reasons may be difficult for you to understand, but... I have dreamed about you falling on the field of the Autumn Emperor's Awards. I am... very scared."

"Suzuka, you know, my worries are never unnecessary. I hope you can win more games more than you do - but this time, Suzuka, can you not go? Just think of it for me, Just this once, don’t go to the competition, okay?”

"Trainer-san..."

Suzuka stared at the nervous Kitano in front of her with some surprise. After being slightly stunned, a gentle and warm smile appeared on her face.This was the first time Suzuka got a response from Kitano since she confirmed her feelings for Kitano, and the sound of this response made Suzuka feel happy from the bottom of her heart... but it inadvertently made her more determined. Determined to win.

Same as the air tank said.Her trainer Sang...actually likes her in this way, but he just doesn't dare to respond to her feelings because of his illness.

But now, maybe she is the only one who can save him. If she can't respond to his feelings, if she can't save him...then what's the point of her running?

"I...must go, Trainer-san."

"I promise, I will come back safely. You just need to wait for my victory in the audience, Trainer Sang."

"……I see."

However, faced with such words about his responsibility, Kitano was silent for a long time under Suzuka's gaze. In the end, he didn't know whether he was lamenting his fate or letting himself feel at ease. After a long sigh, Kitano spoke for the first time. He took the initiative to hug the person in front of him, and conveyed all his suppressed emotions to Suzuka under this hug.

"You must come back, Suzuka. I will always watch you. Please, you must come back."

"...So, can you grant me a small request?"

At this moment, Suzuka, who felt her body and mind warmer than ever before, stared deeply at the trainer in front of her whom she loved the most and was most grateful to for a long time.

And in the end, in front of Kitano, she only saw Suzuka with slightly red cheeks. She slowly closed her eyes. The girl, who suppressed her shyness, stood on tiptoes slightly and looked at the face of this inseparable person in front of her. Go up, give it a shallow peck.

At that moment, if time could be suspended, Suzuka hoped to stop at that second forever.This was the first time she had truly felt no suspicion between her soul and the one she loved...

...But she didn't know that this was actually the last time.

Suzuka could not have imagined that her separation from him would come so quickly, as if...fate had arranged everything long ago, and when fate wanted to take back what belonged to her, even if it caused her pain like a broken bone and cramps, The God of Destiny doesn't care either...

Chapter 57: Silent Suzuka’s Memory: Kitano’s death, the arrival of the special week

If time could be turned back, Silent Suzuka would definitely choose to return to Kitano to persuade herself not to participate in the Autumn Emperor's Awards.

She should have thought a long time ago that all her trainer's worries were not unnecessary. If even someone like him, who always supported her, showed signs of retreat and disapproval, then it must be a time of great risk. .

But just like that sentence, no matter how hard you give your advice, you will not make a stubborn person listen. Only when you suffer a loss, feel pain in your heart, and pay the price can you truly learn a lesson.

...But this time, the price Suzuka paid for not listening to Kitano's advice for the only time was far beyond what she could bear.

In the Autumn Emperor's Prize competition, Silent Suzuka took the lead with her "escape" attitude, just like in all the competitions she had won before.She just received an emotional response from her trainer. This time Suzuka performed better than in any previous competition!

The escaping Suzuka only took 57.4 seconds to cross the first 1000 meters. She used her actions to prove what is meant by "one horse takes the lead, and all the horses are in vain". When she was galloping alone at the front of the field, she almost Everyone believes that Suzuka can win this game like before.

And as long as she wins the Autumn Emperor's Prize, Suzuka will achieve an even more honorable achievement - winning 2GI in a year and going undefeated throughout the year!

Moreover, this undefeated year was not achieved entirely by avoiding battles. He continuously defeated the "Empress" Qitan, as well as two rookies, Hibi Kusami and Condor. Suzuka's undefeated year may not be as valuable as A triple crown horse girl, but definitely an amazing achievement.According to Kitano's guess, if Suzuka doesn't have any accidents this time, she might be able to become a member of the "Golden Generation".

...But all this is just an ideal situation. What happens next is not so much a nightmare, but for Kitano, it is more like something destined to happen.

After passing 1000 meters and entering the third turn, Silent Suzuka, who was leading the race, was suddenly startled. Suzuka's first reaction was not pain, but that she felt her own imbalance.

It was as if the pillar that had been supporting her suddenly broke. Suzuka felt her body sinking rapidly, her vision blurred, until finally...she fell to the ground.

A racing girl who was running 1000 meters at a speed of 57.4 seconds suddenly lost her balance.It was impossible for her body to stop straight as if falling from a high place, and it was even more impossible for her body to be like the horse racing in Kitano's memory, which could barely support its balance with three legs even if one of its legs was broken, pushing its rider to the side. He was carried out of the arena.A sudden fracture, or at such a rapid rate, would inevitably lead to tragedy.

"boom--!"

With a dull sound of falling to the ground, Silent Suzuka's newly fractured and slightly thin body was even forcefully bounced up again by the extremely hard grass at the moment it fell to the ground. After rolling several times and sliding about ten meters, the strong inertia was completely eliminated, and Suzuka's body finally fell to the ground helplessly.

Suzuka himself also suffered a secondary injury that was more serious than a broken bone. He completely lost consciousness and was unconscious in the center of the track...

Behind the fallen Suzuka, she managed to pull down more than a dozen horses, but now after she stopped all movements, she quickly approached the team of racing girls at a speed visible to the naked eye!In the center of the track where Suzuka is located, and the mammoth team of horse racing girls that follow, a predictable stampede seems to be about to break out!

"Suzuka!!"

Suzuka fell unconscious on the track almost immediately. When it caused an uproar in the audience, Kitano in the stands screamed heart-breakingly, but his body came first before his brain. He gave what he thought was the right reaction, but in the eyes of others was the most insane reaction.

I saw this terminally ill trainer, who had barely been able to walk upright in the past two months, leapt from the stands seven or eight meters high!

Silent Suzuka only vaguely guessed that winning the competition might buy more time for his trainer, but Suzuka... no, or all the previous and subsequent responsible persons in Kitano did not know this. Well, Kitano's lifespan can not only be "increased" but also "overdrawn".

Beiye's lifespan has become a "digitized" existence since the day he traveled through time. Beiye can see the countdown to his own death. He cannot control the passage of time, but he can pass various Various ways to speed up the process of time passing.

Whenever he wants to do something that is beyond the scope of his body, the speed of time will accelerate to a terrifying situation - but in exchange, Kitano can often rely on his own lifespan to do it. Fuel to explode into behaviors beyond your own physical limits.

The moment he jumped from the height of the stands, he didn't even care about what was wrong with his legs and feet. He jumped as fast as possible and in an extremely ugly and even embarrassing way, which even a horse racing girl would think. With frightening speed, he immediately ran to the side of the unconscious Suzuka.

However, at this moment, Kitano himself felt that his feet were weak... He knew that the years Suzuka had saved for him had been squandered by him in these ten seconds...

But, it’s not enough, at least... let this child live...

After gathering up his last bit of strength, Kitano used up his last strength and pushed Suzuka's unconscious body out from the grass just a second before he was about to fall...

Fortunately, Kitano used up the last of his strength and poured it out on the track. The unconscious horse racing girl pushed out of this death track... But after doing all this, Kitano seemed to have burned out everything. , tumbling under a burst of inertia, fell next to his own responsibility.

"Ugh..."

However, it was another injury that forced Suzuka to wake up from her coma.Suzuka, who was covered in scars, struggled to open her eyes. At this moment, there was no part of her body that was not in pain, and the fracture of her left leg made her face lose all color.

But after all the pain, in the end, Suzuka's hazy fingers touched a slightly warm touch, and she suddenly broke away from the pain and struggled to raise her head. The person who fell in front of her became a sight that she could never forget in her life.

"Trainer...san...?"

Almost as soon as he recognized that the person lying in front of him was Kitano, Suzuka's scarred cheek seemed to have forgotten even the pain at this moment, leaving only the sluggishness, confusion and confusion after his brain went blank. ...unwilling to accept the facts.

"Trainer-san...trainer..."

Suzuka kept calling Kitano softly, as if hoping that all this was just a joke, or just a nightmare... and she also resisted the pain and tried to stand up - she wanted to go to Kitano's side.

However, the moment Suzuka struggled to get up, suddenly, the completely lifeless Kitano's hand quickly grabbed Suzuka's wrist.The extremely weak Suzuka fell down almost immediately due to the pain.

But this fall was replaced by a stronger struggle. The disgraced Suzuka tried to get up again and again, but failed again and again, and she kept mumbling to herself, unconsciously. Already crying with pain...

"Get up... stand up... Silent Suzuka..."

"We must save Trainer-san... Trainer-san... Please..."

"Don't treat me like this...don't do this..."

However, no matter how much Suzuka struggled, Kitano's hand that tightly grasped Suzuka's wrist never let go, just like a pair of handcuffs, cuffing Suzuka in place. Don't let her go anywhere again...

Perhaps it was because of knowing the historical facts of Suzuka that Kitano felt that after the fracture, Suzuka would step onto the field again regardless of his body. Before his consciousness completely disappeared, he just wanted to avoid being more responsible for his responsibility. In order to hurt her so much, he chose to cuff her with his body at the last moment.

An accident, a nightmare... From then on, in this world, there was forever a central trainer named "Kitano Ryuichi" missing.

This man who chose Silent Suzuka, whom no one expected at first, created a legendary experience together with his responsibility. However, his life, just like his career, was like a shooting star streaking across the sky. However, it was bright, short-lived, and burned everything, just to emit that moment of light...

……

One year later, it was the beginning of another school year at Tereson College. Just as people in this college began to recover from Kitano's death, they were about to slowly forget about this dazzling trainer. , they would not have thought that the arrival of a transfer student would once again remind them of the influence of this trainer in the name of "Kitano Ryuichi's responsibility".

"Welcome to Tereson College, this..."

"—Special Week."

The black deer-haired horse girl stepped into the academy and announced her name word for word.However, what impressed Miss Junkawa Tetsuna, who was in charge of welcoming new students, was the aura of this racing girl named "Special Week".

The aloofness, violence, and danger of a carnivore... all kinds of auras are constantly conveyed to this horse racing girl who came to Tokyo from the countryside of Hokkaido, as if she is constantly exuding to the surroundings that she is " "Total Horse" signal, there was no trace of tenderness in her eyes, and in contrast, there was complete coldness and indifference.

"I am the racing girl who is the trainer of Kitano Ryuichi."

"Now, I want to find someone—please ask, Silent Suzuka, is she still in Treson Academy?"

"I want to discuss with her about the death of my trainer San."

Chapter 58: The Memory of Silent Suzuka: The Fall of Lost Soul

No one knows what kind of mood he had in wanting to see Silent Suzuka when he joined Tereson Academy in the name of the horse racing girl of Ryuichi Kitano who had been dead for a year.However, everyone knew that Special Zhou's request could not be granted. Because Special Zhou was so aggressive and claimed to be the responsible person for Kitano just like Suzuka, then she must have known about Kitano's death. Because of what.

At this time, letting Special Zhou go to see Suzuka would definitely be a disservice to Suzuka.There is even a high possibility of causing greater conflicts and violence, and this kind of thing will never be allowed.

And...for another reason, since Kitano's death, Silent Suzuka has fallen into a seemingly endless depression. Now she...is not that suitable for seeing people.

But in the end, Tokushu's proposal was still agreed to. The person who agreed was none other than the "empress" spirit who had lost to Suzuka in the Takarazuka Memorial. For Suzuka, she was both a senior and an inspiration. groove.

"Perhaps it would be good to let the current Suzuka see her. She can't stay depressed like this... I'm very worried about Suzuka's current state. If she continues to be trapped in Kitano's death, she might do something stupid."

"Let them meet. I will supervise outside to prevent anything extreme from happening."

In the end, with the guarantee of Qi Tong, after communicating with the chairman of the student union, they reluctantly agreed to a special week to meet the most talked-about horse racing girl in Teresin College... this After losing the person closest to her in an accident, the silent Suzuka could not afford to fall back.

Qi Tong took Special Week to make a special trip to the current dormitory of Silent Suzuka - since Kitano's death, Suzuka has never been a roommate with any racing girls, and the academy also considered Suzuka's unstable mood at the time, so He acquiesced to this request, and now, Special Zhou and Qitan had become a presence that rarely came to visit Suzuka this year.

"Da da da."

"Suzuka-san? Are you in there? There is someone here that you may know. She calls herself Tetsuo Zhou. She is one of the racing girls who was your trainer in the north..."

"..."

However, there was no response when Qi Tong knocked on the door. After trying again, Qi Tong finally tried to open the door directly. However, the door was locked from the inside and Qi Tong finally realized the seriousness of the matter. .

"Suzuka! What stupid thing are you doing?! Come out!"

"--let me."

However, just when the anxious Qi Tank was about to break in, Qi Zhou had already made a decision for Qi Tank.When the air tank subconsciously gave up a position, he only felt a strong wind, especially when he kicked Suzuka's dormitory door to the ground with his kick.

And the next second, whether it was the Qi Tank or the menacing Special Zhou, they never expected that they would actually witness the scene in front of them...

In a dark dormitory, Silent Suzuka sat alone in the middle aisle of two rows of beds. Her extremely dignified red chestnut hair, which she always took care of, was now slightly messy and scattered randomly. Her bangs covered most of her face, so that no one could see her expression and could only feel her desolation.