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Hearing Satono Diamond's words, Sakura Baimu immediately understood.
She was familiar with the Leuker Clan.
This family was arguably the Satono Clan's biggest rival, or even their arch-enemy.
In her previous life, it was roughly equivalent to the relationship between Sony and Sega.
Of course, the Satono Clan was Sega.
However, even with such a powerful family, what difference did it make?
Even a powerful family like the Mejiro Clan had limited strength before an Umamusume's debut; it could not be that strong.
Therefore, Sakura Baimu was not worried.
"Don't worry, Dia-chan will perfectly meet your requirements," Sakura Baimu said to Satono Diamond's father.
"Alright, Ms. Sakura, we look forward to your good news."
Satono Diamond's father initially only wanted Satono Diamond to defeat the Leuker Clan's rising star, Leukerbad. He did not intend for Satono Diamond to surpass Leukerbad by a large margin, let alone break a record.
If Satono Diamond could win her debut at the 2000 Meter Turf in Kyoto, then the Satono Clan would have surpassed the Leuker Clan, and that would be enough.
Satono Diamond's father made those extra demands simply to hear this ambitious young trainer say, "That's a bit difficult."
If Satono Diamond won but failed to meet the latter two conditions, he would still agree to Satono Diamond joining TCB.
However, now that Sakura Baimu had agreed directly, Satono Diamond's father did not intend to say anything more.
"If Dia-chan wins the Debut, I'll then agree to let her join her team, which will show the Satono family's magnanimity…"
Satono Diamond's father considered these things and began to look forward to the upcoming Debut.
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The day's training was not yet over. Dusk gradually enveloped the sky above Tracen Academy.
Sakura Baimu carried the exhausted Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond to the Kurihira Dormitory and handed them over to Dormitory Head Fuji Kiseki.
Even with the system-enhanced equipment, the two newcomer Umamusume did not yet possess the mental fortitude to train at such a high intensity until late at night.
To avoid causing irreversible psychological damage to Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond, Sakura Baimu usually only allowed them to train until dusk.
"TCB trainer-san, your training methods are too harsh. It's already this late; look how exhausted these two new ponies are!"
Fuji Kiseki, with her neat black short hair, helped support Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond. Looking at the two Umamusume whose faces showed nothing but exhaustion, she spoke with concern.
"If you want good results, you can't afford to slack off in training."
Sakura Baimu was not in a rush and chatted briefly with the incredibly handsome Umamusume dorm head.
"Speaking of which, I remember, Ms. Sakura, when you first took over Teio and McQueen, it was the same situation," Fuji Kiseki chuckled.
"They persevered, so hard work pays off."
Sakura Baimu said goodbye to Fuji Kiseki, ate dinner at the cafeteria, and headed home.
Tokai Teio and Mejiro McQueen no longer needed her supervision; Sakura Baimu only needed to leave them a fixed amount of aoboshi (green juice) and cupcakes.
Just then, Sakura Baimu suddenly noticed a familiar figure singing into a microphone in front of the train station.
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Today, Smart Falcon, as usual, came to the station with her equipment after training.
"If only about ten people would stay after today's performance..."
Smart Falcon thought to herself, setting up her sign, adjusting her equipment, and starting to sing in front of the bustling train station.
Her goal was to become a top-tier "Trembling Umamusume" (Umadol), and she dreamed of one day holding a solo concert on a top-tier stage.
To this end, after her daily running training, Smart Falcon dedicated more than twice the time of other Umamusume to practicing dance and singing.
Furthermore, to build a fan base, she often brought gifts to the train station to perform.
Smart Falcon's goal for the day was to get ten passersby to stop and watch her sing.
However, after finishing her first song, she found that not a single person had stopped in front of her.
Suddenly, a familiar feeling of disappointment welled up in Smart Falcon's heart.
Smart Falcon's group, "Fugitive SISTERS," was a fairly popular idol group, but Smart Falcon herself, as the founder, did not have much popularity.
The reason for this was that since coming to Central, she had not achieved any outstanding results.
The profession of idol might be rare in human society.
But within the Umamusume, it is not exactly a rare profession.
After all, every Umamusume winner has to perform a Winning Live.
This is essentially a form of idol activity.
Therefore, Smart Falcon's self-proclaimed idol activities failed to attract much attention; she was simply doing what every other Umamusume did.
As an Umamusume, the most important thing, of course, is performance in competition.
And this was Smart Falcon's biggest weakness.
The popularity of the fugitives, SISTERS, almost entirely came from Maruzensky, Mihono Bourbon, and Silent Suzuka.
At this moment, Smart Falcon, excluding the other four, stood alone singing and naturally received no attention.
The second song... the third song...
Smart Falcon began singing her fourth song of the day without stopping, but only three or four people stood in front of her, all looking as though they might leave at any moment.
Although she was used to this situation, facing the reality that her persistent efforts received no feedback, Smart Falcon could not help but feel a little sad.
Over time, Smart Falcon grew increasingly hesitant to look passersby in the eye while singing, fearing the disappointment in their gazes and dreading seeing them leave after stopping to listen.
Just then, Smart Falcon noticed a tall figure standing not far from her. Her spirits lifted slightly, but she worried that this person was merely curious and would soon leave.
Finally, the fourth song ended. Two more of the few remaining listeners left. While feeling a pang of regret, Smart Falcon finally had a moment to glance at the one person who had not left.
But when Smart Falcon's eyes met those of the tall, black-haired figure, she froze.
She recognized her; it was Sakura Baimu, a trainer from TCB.
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Leukerbad (ロイカバード) and Satono Diamond were both incredibly talented youngsters. Their debut battles clashed, generating considerable buzz at the time.
Can you believe that these two undebuted horses were worth nearly 500 million yen combined?
However, in the world of Umamusume, there is basically no blood relation to real-world relatives, so Leukerbad was set as Sony's Umamusume (just kidding), while Diamond is still a Sega kid~