Cherreads

Chapter 209 - Chapter 209: Ultimate Friendship Training

"HAAAAHHH!!"

"You wouldn't defeat me by going that slow, Teio!!"

"If I were you, I wouldn't acknowledge such a weak puppy, Rudolph."

The next morning, the clique of umamusumes decides to be nice and fulfill their end of the bargain. Team Minaz's training ground is already packed on a normal day, it's now encroaching on the other training ground. They want to protest, but how can they when their president is on the other side of the fence?

"McQueen, you have potential in your stamina. Most would think that automatically means you can run farther, but we are a member of the Mejiro Family. A large stamina pool means nothing if you can't manage it."

"Yes, Big sis Ramonu!!"

Thanks to the young man's sacrifice last night, his entire team gets to enjoy Friendship Training with high-class umamusumes. Team Minaz's stats would not be chasing the veteran umamusumes' stats anytime soon, but the former gained them faster than the latter ever did. The veterans gained the stats and skills after years of active running, but the juniors are encroaching on their territory in such a short amount of time.

"You've only done a hundred reps, Urara!! Give me two hundred more!"

"Ye–Yes, Orf!"

"Suzuka, turn your upper body more so that you're more parallel to the wind. Use your extreme flatness as a weapon instead of being ashamed by it."

"Uggh… Please… I understand, but that hurt…"

"Dodge!!"

"What?"

*THUD*

While most are training for a race in the most normal way possible, the pair of Gentildonna and Goldship does it in their special way. Their training looks less like an umamusume training session and more like a Saiyan training session.

"Yelling dodge is more distracting than helpful, you Gorrilla!!"

"You need to learn to be attentive to your surroundings, Goldship. I know you prefer the End Closer strategy where you can be alone at the back, but you would still be around others in the second half of the race."

"The thing is, Gentildonna, not a single one of those runners will–"

"Dodge!!"

"GAAAAAAAAAHH!!!"

*THUMP* *THUMP* *THUD* *THUMP* *Sssssshhhhhhh…*

Goldship was completely unprepared to receive Gentildonna's punch. The white-haired dumbass was sent flying across the beach before skipping on the sand like a skipping stone on the water's surface.

"Come now, Goldship. That can not be your best, can it? I won't acknowledge you as someone in the same year as me if that weak punch kills you."

"WEAK PUNCH!?!? DO YOU REALIZE YOUR STRENGTH, YOU GORILLA!?!?!"

"That's more like it. Come to me, Goldship. Show me the Goldship that I raced against during the acceptance test."

Goldship angrily stood up and kicked the ground without even cleaning herself of the sand. She gripped her fists and prepared herself to battle Broly-donna. Goldship knows very well what will become of her if she fights the epitome of strength alone, but there was no other way. To reach the legendary state of Super Umajin, she would need to keep getting stronger and stronger, past the current limit of Broly-donna, and go further beyond any umamusume.

"Bard, sing for me!! Give me a boost!! I will need all kinds of power-ups if I want to go against the Legendary Super Umajin!!"

"I'm a bard now…?"

"Yep! That's the least you could do to help me after pairing me up to go against the world's strongest!!"

The young man casually shrugged his shoulders. Goldship has asked him for Stranger Things before, so being asked to sing for her is kinda normal. Besides, he is enjoying seeing Goldship being tossed around like a punching bag. His entertainment would be short-lived if Goldship dies right now.

"Venit aevus ille~~ O Messiah, O Messiah~~~"

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

*WHHHHHHMMMM* *BBBZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*

"YUDULIYA-VELE~~~ YUDULIYA-VELE~~ YUDULIYA-VELE~~ YUDULIYA IYALIYA~~~"

"Oh my~ Your hair turns gold. Is that all? Is this all there is to your revenge?"

"Feel it drawing nearer, an endless fear that takes you hold~~"

"Call it vengeance all you want. I call it justice — the justice owed to the dead you left behind. It's what this world needs to survive."

"Feel it getting closer, revealing such an evil soul~~"

"I'll hold back the demons waiting beyond the threshold, the monsters that would drag us all into ruin. Monsters like you, Gentildonna."

"I can't surrender at the turning point of destiny~~" 

"Understand this: I'm not the hero anyone hoped for. I'm the monster you made. And Gentildonna… I will become your death."

"Right now, it's do or die; my life is on the line, and I will not flee!! By my power!!!"

"HAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!"

"Well, allow me to respond accordingly. Killer Moves: Serious Series, Serious Punch."

Gentildonna, for once in a very long time, pulled her foot back and dropped herself into a proper fighting stance. She tightened her right fist until the trapped air inside her palm created a mini black hole from how packed their atoms are. With one swift motion, she swung her arm forward and punched the air in front of her.

*KKKKAAAATTTTTHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM*

An explosion of pure force ruptures the air and travels at supersonic speed toward the Super Umajin. The beach cracks and the sea turns violent as the invisible force travels farther and farther.

"Wait!! Wait!! I don't want to die!! I want to live!! I'm not the Legendary Super Umajin!! HEEEEELLL—AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"

Goldship could do nothing but fall to her knees as she saw no other way to escape her fate. She begs the sky, she cries to the earth, and she wails at the sea. None answer her pleas for mercy and help. In the end, the Legendary Umajin vanishes.

"Hmm… Maybe I should assign Brian to Goldship instead…"

More Chapters