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Besides Haru Urara, Tokai Teio's great victory in the Japanese Derby also brought considerable motivation to the other horse girls in the team.
Matikane Tannhauser and Nice Nature each took first place in their recent races, drawing enthusiastic cheers from their teammates.
Twin Turbo was naturally no exception. She was also swept up by this wave of enthusiasm, training even harder than before, and her stamina had also improved. But according to the performance data, it was still an undulating wavy line.
After Lucian had guided her last time, now whenever she had troubles she would actively come to the rest room to properly talk with Lucian.
Of course, it would be even better if she didn't come with a weeping face...
"Trainer, how has the Emperor already taken the second crown, and now she even has six consecutive wins, so scary!!!"
"Crying again... crying again..." Lucian hurriedly helped her wipe away the tears, otherwise they would end up smeared on himself later.
"Is Twin Turbo happy about the Emperor winning the championship, or unhappy?" Lucian asked softly while helping her wipe tears, guiding her to sort out her own thoughts.
"Happy.... unhappy... hap-unhap..." Twin Turbo's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. She struggled with herself for a while, then looked at Lucian again with teary eyes. "I'm happy for the Emperor, but it feels like I've gotten one step farther from the Emperor again. Wuwu X﹏X."
"Trainer..." Twin Turbo sniffed. "Should I also start considering retirement?"
Lucian was taken aback. He hadn't expected to hear the two words "retirement" again.
"Spe-chan and the others haven't even said anything about retiring yet. Why has Twin Turbo already started considering it? And I looked at Twin Turbo's recent races. You performed very well. Your starting reaction is faster, and your cornering technique is more stable. These are all progress."
"But I also lost several races..."
"Having wins and losses is normal. And the races you lost weren't because of 'reverse jet' either. Doesn't this prove that our training is effective?"
"I know. That's why... I feel like I can only go this far, that I've reached my limit." After working hard, Twin Turbo having such thoughts was indeed not wrong. "And didn't Trainer also tell Bailey before that accepting reality is also very important?"
Lucian licked his lips, also feeling rather helpless. He hadn't expected the words he used to educate Dextrous Bailey to be used by Twin Turbo to refute him. "The words are like that, but they don't necessarily apply to every person and every occasion."
His thoughts drifted toward another timeline. In that world, Tokai Teio had suffered the nightmare of a fracture, and it was Twin Turbo who, in that thrilling "great century escape," had encouraged Tokai Teio.
Now that Tokai Teio had not suffered the torment of a fracture, did that mean Twin Turbo's race would lose the meaning of happening because of the butterfly effect?
But that had clearly been Twin Turbo's own highlight moment. She won the championship first for herself, and only secondarily encouraged Tokai Teio along the way.
It was just that the little warrior right now seemed to have drilled into confusion and found it hard to escape.
"Trainer, so.... you think I should continue persisting, right?"
"Of course." Lucian nodded heavily. The psychological quality of team members had always been a very important subject.
But how exactly could Twin Turbo's anxiety be thoroughly resolved?
After hard thinking, Lucian seemed to grasp the key... The one who ties the bell must be the one to untie it.
Since Twin Turbo's pressure came from Tokai Teio, then why not let Tokai Teio encourage Twin Turbo? This time let Tokai Teio reverse and save this idiot Twin Turbo!
"Of course it's not asking me..." Lucian temporarily changed his wording. "Turbo now has the idea of retiring. Actually Trainer also can't oppose anything. But before making the final decision, can Turbo promise me one condition?"
"Condition?" Twin Turbo tilted her head and asked in confusion.
"It's that after the Emperor's Kikuka Sho, Turbo can look again at whether she wants to stick to her own idea, okay?"
"After the Kikuka Sho..."
"Mm, after the Kikuka Sho."
"Okay! I promise Trainer!"
Lucian finally let out a breath of relief and revealed a slight smile. "Turbo, for the next period of time, I can give you a few days off so you can properly rest."
Twin Turbo's dry eye sockets instantly filled with hot tears. "Is Trainer not letting me participate in the training camp? Didn't we agree to wait until after the Kikuka Sho to decide... X﹏X"
"It's not that. What are you thinking?" Lucian hurriedly explained: "The training camp is in July. There's still about two weeks. I just saw that you don't have any races coming up, so you might as well rest for a few days and adjust your mindset."
"So that's how it is." Twin Turbo wiped her tears. Her eye sockets were red.
"Why is everyone looking forward to the training camp so much? You are, and Tan-tan is too."
"Because I heard Seiun and the others say that the training camp seems very fun. The seaside, hot springs..." Twin Turbo raised her head. One picture after another unfolded in her mind. "Ah~~~~~~~~"
Lucian shook his head with a wry smile and complained: "It's Seiun again... Why didn't Seiun tell you about the intensity and hardship of the training?"
"She didn't say it, which means everyone only remembered the joyful times. Doesn't that prove that the training camp actually isn't that difficult?"
"You can also put it that way..... but that's not how you put it." Lucian felt a bit unable to keep up with these clever little brain circuits.
"Trainer, I'm fine now. Twin Turbo has once again fully revived!" Twin Turbo jumped down from the chair and stood with her hands on her hips, looking full of spirit.
"Alright alright~ Revive revive."
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