Gold Ship chapter dropping right around the start of her event in game. Woah, what a coincidence (not).
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"Today's class was pretty rough."
"I agree. But at least we get to get our minds off of it with a nice run."
Two Umamusume could be seen chatting as they made their way to the track. However, when they arrived, they were greeted by an odd scene. Two massive tires which were stacked on top of each other could be seen getting dragged with a rope by a male Uma. Standing nearby was an Umamusume with a megaphone, barking orders at him.
"Put more power into it! Are you even trying!?" Gold Ship shouted.
"This is…literally…the fastest I can go!" Kurofune replied while pulling with all his might.
"Well you're fastest isn't good enough! If you don't complete the next lap within ten minutes, you'll be receiving a penalty!"
"Are you trying to kill me or something!?"
The two Umamusume then turn to each other, shaking their heads.
"On second thought, let's go get something to eat instead."
"Yeah, what a great idea."
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—Thud!
Kurofune drops to the ground, completely exhausted.
"What…was my time?" He asked while panting heavily.
"9 minutes and 49 seconds," Gold Ship said before letting out a sigh. "Unfortunately, you passed."
"You really are trying to kill me," Kurofune's face twitched in annoyance as he got back onto his feet.
"Oh well," Gold Ship shrugged. "Since you passed, it's time to begin the second phase of your training."
"There's more!?" Kurofune cried out in shock.
"Of course!" Gold Ship happily declared. "You've only completed the first of five-hundred sixty-four different tasks I have prepared for you."
"I am not doing all of that!" Kurofune instantly declined.
"Is it too difficult for you? I guess since I'm nice, I can lower that number to five-hundred sixty-three."
"That literally doesn't change anything."
"Enough stalling," Gold Ship said as she happily grabbed his wrist and dragged him away. "We still got five-hundred and sixty-four more workouts to go!"
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[Goldshi's Secret Training Art #2 - Segway Roundabout]
Kurofune could be seen darting down a hallway, swerving past people as he ran away from something. That something was Gold Ship, who was closing in on him on a segway. In her hand was a whip, which she used to whack the ground every once and a while.
The male Uma reaches a door to the outside, quickly turning the corner and hiding behind a pillar.
"Hah…hah…hah…" Kurofune panted a bit before quickly shutting his mouth.
Gold Ship arrives outside, looking around for him.
"Where did he go?" She asked aloud as she rode off somewhere.
Kurofune let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness she's—"
—WHACK!
He is suddenly whipped in the side by side Gold Ship.
"Found you!" Gold Ship grinned. "You failed!"
'Did she teleport or something?' Kurofune wondered. 'I literally saw her leave in the opposite direction.'
She grabbed his wrist.
"Onto the next one!" She announced before dragging him off elsewhere.
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[Goldshi's Secret Training Art #3 - Balancing]
Kurofune was tied to a tree with a rope. Placed carefully on top of his head was a bright red apple. Gold Ship stood nearby, crossbow in hand as she prepared to fire it.
"What kind of training is this!?" Kurofune shouted in a panic.
"Concentration under pressure," Gold Ship simply stated. "Now quiet down, I'm trying to concentrate."
Gold Ship pulled on the trigger, shooting an arrow from her crossbow. Right as she does so, a sudden gust of wind blows through the area, throwing her sense of balance out of whack. The arrow hits the tree, only a few centimeters away from Kurofune's right ear.
"Oops," Gold Ship sheepishly said.
"..." Kurofune just glared at her.
"Guess that didn't work," Gold Ship scratched the back of her head. "Let's put this on hold and get on to the next thing."
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[Goldshi's Secret Training Art #4 - Gambit]
Gold Ship and Kurofune could be seen in an empty classroom. They both sat around a desk, which had a chessboard set up on it. Both of them could be seen wearing black square glasses as they began to play a game.
"Pawn to E4," Kurofune began.
"Pawn to E5," Gold Ship played.
"Knight to F3," Kurofune continued by putting pressure on Gold Ship's pawn.
Gold Ship stared at the board for a moment before grabbing her Queen and using it to knock down Kurofune's King.
"Checkmate."
Kurofune just facepalmed.
"You can't do that move."
"Sounds like something a loser would say," Gold Ship shrugged before standing up. "And I already got bored, so let's go do something else."
'We spent more time setting up the gameboard than actually playing.'
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[Goldshi's Secret Training Art #5 - Balling]
Gold Ship passed a basketball to Kurofune.
"Let's play a quick game, first to score a point wins," Gold Ship said.
"That's it? Wouldn't it end too quickly?" Kurofune wondered.
"If you're scared, just say it," Gold Ship said as she confidently pointed at herself. "People around here call me Gold Jordan after all—"
"Green."
Kurofune interrupted her as he hit a jump shot from half court.
—Swish!
It easily goes into the bucket.
"..." Gold Ship's jaw dropped as she was left completely stunned.
"So…I win, right?" Kurofune smiled. "This one was way too easy."
"Hmph. Impressive," Gold Ship commented. "Looks like you're ready for the next level."
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[Goldshi's Secret Training Art #12 - Fencing]
Gold Ship and Kurofune finish putting on their chest protectors and they each take a stance, fencing sabre's in hand.
"Take this!" Gold Ship shouted as she stabbed her spear towards him.
Kurofune shifts to the side, parrying the attack with his own sabre and moving in. He repositions his arm, thrusting it toward Gold Ship, who shifts her body to the side to dodge.
"Got you now!" Gold Ship smiled as she used the new opening to attack Kurofune.
"As if!" Kurofune shouted as he quickly readjusted his grip.
—Clang!
He parries away her sabre, turning things around as she is left open to a counterattack. Kurofune quickly thrusts his sabre into Gold Ship's chest armor.
"Looks like I won again," Kurofune smiled.
"N-No way..." Gold Ship was left completely stunned.
Gold Ship quickly retreated to a nearby three, crouching down as he began sulking.
"How…could this be possible," Gold Ship said in a devastated tone. "He's supposed to be struggling right now. What am I doing wrong?"
'What the hell is mumbling under her breath?' Kurofune wondered as he watched her from a decent distance away.
"No…I can't let it end like this," Gold Ship resolved herself. "I'll just have to get more serious."
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[Goldshi's Secret Training Art #87 - Deja Vu]
Kurofune was tied to a tree with a rope. Placed carefully on top of his head was a bright red apple. Gold Ship stood nearby, crossbow in hand as she prepared to fire it.
"Again, what kind of training is this!?" Kurofune shouted in a panic.
"Concentration under pressure," Gold Ship simply stated. "Now quiet down, I'm trying to concentrate."
Gold Ship pulled on the trigger, shooting an arrow from her crossbow. Right as she does so, a sudden gust of wind blows through the area, throwing her sense of balance out of whack. The arrow hits the tree again, however this time, it actually does graze Kurofune's right ear.
"Oops. Failed again," Gold Ship sheepishly said.
"You're so lucky that you have me tied up here," Kurofune said as he glared at her.
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[Goldshi's Secret Training Art #167 - Trivia]
Gold Ship and Kurofune returned to the same empty classroom that they "played" their chess game in. Kurofune was still tied down, this time to a chair, by rope. Right above him, a bucket could be seen rigged to the roof, positioned to drop whatever contents it has inside on Kurofune.
Gold Ship could be seen wearing the same pair of black rectangular glasses that she wore earlier, adjusting it as she began to speak.
"It's time for a Golshi-approved trivia question," Gold Ship stated. "If you get it wrong, you'll be drenched in a gallon of hot mustard."
"What kind of sick person has a whole gallon of that stuff?" Kurofune asked.
Gold Ship ignores his question, asking her own question instead while holding up a Rubik's Cube.
"Question one, in what year was the first Rubik's Cube sold?"
"1977."
"Wrong—!" Gold Ship immediately said before cutting herself off. The gears in her brain began turning as she fully digested what he said. "Wait…how the hell did you know that?"
"I was just curious one day," Kurofune simply replied. "Now can you please get me out of here."
"Fine…" Gold Ship said as she untied the rope.
Once she did, she quickly grabbed Kurofune's wrist, darting out of the room with him.
"Alright, desperate times call for desperate measures!" Gold Ship declared.
"Where the hell are you taking me now?" Kurofune asked, but once again, he didn't receive an answer.
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[Goldshi's Secret Training Art #??? - Duel to the Death]
Gold Ship stood on top of a stage, a katana in hand as she looked down at Kurofune, who was completely unarmed.
"It's over now, Kurofune! I have the high ground here!" Gold Ship declared. "Prepared to be struck down once and for all!"
"You underestimate my—!"
—Smack!
Kurofune slapped himself in the face.
"Wait, wait, wait…I think we've lost the plot here," Kurofune stated.
"What happened to the training?"
"Training?" Gold Ship looked confused before remembering. "Oh…right. I forgot about that."
"So you really were just doing whatever the hell you felt like doing," Kurofune frowned.
"You still went along with it though."
"Yeah, cause I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt," Kurofune sighed.
"Kurofune! Gold Ship!" The two of them suddenly hear a familiar voice as they see Okino run towards the stage. "So this is where you guys were."
"Trainer-san?" Kurofune was surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"What do you think?" Okino crossed his arms. "I came here to get you two troublemakers."
"..." Kurofune and Gold Ship just silently turn to each other.
'Oh, we are definitely in trouble.' Kurofune thought.