Strong! Too strong!
"I've never seen such a strong horse girl! What kind of super horse is this?! This is definitely a scene that will be recorded in history!" The commentator tremblingly gripped the microphone, his face flushed red from the rush of blood. "Hahaha, cough! Sorry, I can't help it! She has no rivals! Mejiro McQueen has no rivals! The pack is still nowhere in sight! This gap is impossible to close! And Mejiro McQueen is still running wild, even now! Yes, I'm not mistaken! On this 3000-meter track, not only did this runner sprint the entire way, she even unleashed an astonishing finishing kick! This is definitely a scene I will never forget for the rest of my life..."
"Go, McQueen!" Okino stood up from his seat, shouting at the figure in front of him, who looked somewhat disheveled, yet beautiful to the extreme.
Mejiro McQueen couldn't hear any sounds at this point. She had entered a wondrous state, but unfortunately, her stamina was too depleted for her to explore it further. She had to refocus her attention on the race.
And behind her, unknown to her, Miss 'McQueen' was flushed bright red with excitement. It was her own body, but seeing the 'other me' about to cross the finish line, she had to admit she was conquered by this horse girl's heroic form.
Is this really me? Am I still dreaming? Miss 'McQueen' couldn't describe her current feelings. Too cool! Too elegant! This was exactly her ideal form! At this moment, she had forgotten all her previous complaints. At this point, did any of that matter? That's right, this is her!
"Hahaha, as expected, I am the strongest, de su wa!" At this moment, 'McQueen' was already fantasizing about mastering this running form herself. After all, they were both 'Mejiro McQueen'!
"She crossed the line! She crossed the line! The race is over! Without a doubt, the one who dominated this race is this runner! She had no rivals! She created a historic moment! She has shown us a brand-new running style, a brand-new realm..." The commentator had, by this point, turned into a brainless stan. If Symboli Rudolf herself were standing in front of him, he'd probably add, "Emperor, you are no match for Miss McQueen."
Mejiro McQueen's steps slowly came to a halt. At that moment, the entire stadium erupted into a frenzy!
"Mejiro McQueen!" "Strongest! Strongest! Strongest!"
Thunderous applause rang out in the stadium. The entire audience was cheering. The rain had stopped, the sky cleared, and a rainbow hung over the stadium.
Mejiro McQueen's aura dissipated with the wind, her energy seemingly spent. Her slightly disheveled figure looked like a fragile glass flower. Her hair was messy from the wind, and although she was soaked, she was still gorgeous—
In everyone's eyes, she was like a goddess descended to the mortal world, glowing with brilliance. The scene was as beautiful as a painting.
Up close, you could see that Mejiro McQueen's face was now completely colorless, and even her eyes seemed to have lost their luster. Her entire being was focused on one thought: So tired. I want to lie down. I want to go back to the big bath and soak. She hadn't felt this kind of complete stamina depletion since her 'Training Mode' ended.
But back in 'Training Mode', she had felt this pain as a loser. Now, she had won. Using her skills and 'Aura', she had successfully achieved a feat that should have been impossible. This feeling was simply too wonderful!
Trainer Okino excitedly jumped over the railing and ran over, his face filled with pride and excitement. As a trainer, he should have been angry that Mejiro McQueen had disobeyed his commands. But after watching that race, he had only one feeling, and that was to proudly tell the entire world, "This is my, our Team Spica's horse girl!" He had clearly forgotten his earlier despair and how he'd been convinced she would lose. He didn't remember that at all.
In the stands, two little horse girls watched the trembling stadium, their faces filled with disbelief and excitement. They couldn't suppress their pounding hearts. They were two different people, but at this moment, they felt the same emotion. Or perhaps, the entire stadium's audience felt this way? What was that? How magnificent! How dazzling—
"That is a Star!"
A brilliance that shone like a diamond! The star that fired up the entire stadium! Both little horse girls had this thought at the same time. It was too stunning. Far more stunning than any race they had ever seen, and far more magnificent than any horse girl they knew. Even in world-class races, there was no runner like this. Although those world-class horse girls were strong, could they run a race like that? Impossible!
"Dia-chan, I've decided!" "Kita-chan, I've decided!" "I'm going to be this horse girl's fan!" x2 The moment they spoke, they stared at each other, stunned.
At that moment, Tokai Teio, watching the live broadcast, felt a strange sensation. She looked around, puzzled, but couldn't find the source. "Why is everyone so quiet?" Tokai Teio, the first to snap out of it because of that strange feeling, looked at everyone. Although she also felt a sense of disbelief, she didn't want to be the only one who was lucid. This oppressive, silent atmosphere was too much to bear.
Gold Ship suddenly reached out and yanked Daiwa Scarlet's ear. Daiwa Scarlet yelped in pain and reflexively punched Gold Ship in the face, sending her spinning through the air. She roared, "What the hell do you think you're doing to my ear?!"
Gold Ship, as if nothing had happened, patted the dust off and stood up. Ignoring the blood trickling from her nose, she mumbled, "Doesn't hurt at all. I knew I was dreaming. Hahaha, I get it! I understand everything!"
"Did I... hit her so hard I broke her brain?" Daiwa Scarlet looked at Gold Ship in horror.
Vodka sat coolly in her seat, arms crossed in front of her chest, trying to look profound. After a long moment, she let out a breath and said, "Huu... What a thrilling race."
"What are you doing now?!!" Daiwa Scarlet was going crazy. They're all insane. Everyone's gone insane. Although, Daiwa Scarlet felt she was going a little insane too. After seeing a race like that, she believed no horse girl wouldn't go insane.
Daiwa Scarlet's premonition was correct. At that moment, all over Tracen Academy, the horse girls who had finished watching the race had all gone crazy. The pranksters started pranking, the chuunibyou started chuunibyou-ing, and those who played instruments started playing. The entire academy fell into an incredibly bizarre atmosphere.
The trainers all watched this with massive headaches, but they had no energy to deal with it. All they could think about was the birth of that one super horse, Mejiro McQueen. They were nervous and in disbelief. This opponent's level was off the charts! There was no way anyone could beat a monster like that.
Looking at the gap she had pulled on the number one favorite, Mejiro Ryan, all the trainers felt fear. That was a popular runner who had achieved excellent results in the Classic Triple Crown! But she was suppressed to such a dismal result. Who would have dared to imagine that before the race? No, forget before the race. Even during the race, right up until the final straight, they were all convinced Mejiro McQueen would lose in the end.
This result was beyond everyone's expectations.
In the Student Council room, while everyone was still in shock, Symboli Rudolf was the first to recover. She let out a delighted laugh: "My judgment was correct! Mejiro McQueen, you are the key to opening the new era!" The other members looked at Symboli Rudolf with strange expressions. This side of the Emperor seemed familiar. Was it happening again? Was the "Dictator Emperor" coming back? But what did she want to do this time? Mejiro McQueen was already a Chuuou horse girl. You, Emperor, just change back already!
At the racetrack, Okino had just reached Mejiro McQueen's side when she spoke first, her voice weak but preemptive: "Mr. Trainer, could you please call an ambulance for me? Sorry, I don't think I need one, but just to be safe, I should see a doctor. I'll leave things to you. As for the Winner's Stage, please contact the officials later and see how to handle it." Without giving Okino a chance to react, she dragged her heavy body and turned back to the locker room.
"Uh, ah, okay." Okino finally processed her words a moment later. He didn't show any dissatisfaction. He quickly understood that McQueen's request was reasonable and necessary. As a trainer, he didn't even believe that kind of running style could exist; he thought no horse girl could pull it off. And McQueen had just done that logic-defying feat. Therefore, no amount of caution was too much. Plus, given McQueen's previous poor health, he immediately and anxiously took out his phone to call the Director, hoping to use that connection to persuade the event organizers and contact the best doctor!
Afterward, at the hospital, the doctor just looked at Mejiro McQueen like she was a monster. He said, with deep meaning, "It's a miracle. After that kind of high-intensity, strenuous exercise, your body only has some minor muscle strains. But it's not hard to see to what extent your stamina was depleted. My advice is that after this, please do not use that running style to race again. That running style puts too much burden on your current body. You won't be this lucky every time."
The doctor didn't know that the reason Mejiro McQueen dared to do this was because she had her skills as a safety net. Back in 'Training Mode', it wasn't the high-intensity races that had wrecked her body; it was the high-intensity extra training to learn the skills that had broken her down. After 'Training Mode' ended and the skills were brought out, using them in a real body for races didn't actually cause much injury. In fact, in her world, because she had been using skills since she was a child, her physique had actually grown stronger. She had never been sick.