"What... do you mean?"
Perhaps Celestial Weave's voice was too soft, as T.M. Opera O didn't answer her question, instead looking up at the sky and speaking to herself. "Debut race, Hankyu Hai, Yayoi Sho. Your brilliant three-win streak has made you the object of admiration for all horse girls of this era."
"In everyone's hearts, a shining person like you will undoubtedly step onto the stage of the classic Triple Crown, to compete for the legendary achievement of an undefeated Triple Crown."
"That is precisely why you are worthy of being the rival to the Hegemon King of the Century's End."
Hearing this, Celestial Weave silently sat up and said to T.M. Opera O, whose expression was obscured by the sunlight, "You've investigated me?"
"Let's call it the telepathy between destined rivals." T.M. Opera O turned her head and smiled. Most of her face was bathed in the blinding sunlight, and her short, orange-red hair seemed to shine as brightly as the sun itself.
"Besides your debut race, I was at both the Hankyu Hai and the Yayoi Sho."
"Narita Top Road and Admire Vega are good opponents, but only you are worthy of being the Hegemon King's rival."
"Besides, my best result so far is only the G3 Mainichi Hai. You could even say that I'm chasing after you! Hahahahahaha!"
In Celestial Weave's eyes, T.M. Opera O's act of unabashedly revealing her weaknesses was as dazzling as the sun. This strong and intense confidence made her instinctively want to look away.
"Maybe I'm not as strong as you think. I might have already reached my limit."
"Do horse girls have limits?"
"If they don't, then where is the line between a genius and an ordinary person? There must be a limit to serve as a boundary!"
"Is that so? Then can you see my limit, my rival?"
Provoked by T.M. Opera O's relaxed, almost dismissive tone, Celestial Weave subconsciously took out her Potential Detector Glasses and looked at her.
[Horse Girl: T.M. Opera O
Potential Limit: S+ Rank (Crowning Horse Girl)
Introduction: An undisputed king. She will undoubtedly leave her legend in the annals of history.]
This was the horse girl with the highest potential limit she had ever seen. The glaring "S+" was like a blade stabbing into her eyes. She gave a self-deprecating smile. Narita Top Road was right. Geniuses had immense confidence and pride. A proud horse girl like T.M. Opera O naturally had the talent to match.
"...It's crystal clear."
"And?"
"With such historic talent, perhaps you really can become the Hegemon King who dominates the end of the century."
Perhaps, after this, she could adjust and alleviate her current disappointment, allowing her to step onto the track and compete with T.M. Opera O again. But at this moment, she had no energy left to argue. She stood up and was about to leave.
But just then, T.M. Opera O's loud voice came from behind her. "Is that all?"
"Wh-what?" Celestial Weave turned back in disbelief. Was such an evaluation not enough to satisfy her?
"Does the Hegemon King's path only extend this far?!"
T.M. Opera O suddenly stood up. Standing against the light, she was even more dazzling than when she was facing the sun. A terrifying golden light erupted from her amethyst-like eyes, like a beast awakening in the abyss.
Under this gaze, Celestial Weave felt her heart pound uncontrollably. The person before her was no longer the freely laughing, confident girl, but the true—
Hegemon King who reigned over the end of the century.
At that moment, T.M. Opera O's potential limit in her eyes was changing at an incredible speed. One moment it was garbled text, the next it was back to "S+." After several rotations, it solidified into a final panel.
[Horse Girl: T.M. Opera O
Potential Limit: ? (?)
Introduction: A horse girl who has surpassed her limits. No one knows how far she can go.]
"What... is this."
The Potential Detector Glasses suddenly cracked, but Celestial Weave had no mind to care. She looked at the now transformed T.M. Opera O, a strange sense of familiarity welling up in her heart.
"You know, don't you?" T.M. Opera O didn't answer her question directly, but approached her step by step.
Their foreheads touched. Her amethyst eyes reflected Celestial Weave's deep black pupils. In the heated breath between them, T.M. Opera O's lips parted slightly. "Tell me."
The hot air swirled between them. Faced with the sun-like T.M. Opera O, pushed to her absolute limit, an inexplicable desire to win surged in Celestial Weave's heart. This time, she didn't run away.
On the contrary, she even grabbed her by the collar, bringing their faces even closer, and stared into those purple eyes, roaring, "If you want to hear it so badly, I'll tell you! It's a Domain, isn't it!"
"That's right! This is my true rival! Hahahahahaha!" T.M. Opera O's face broke into a wild smile. She lifted Celestial Weave's chin, admiring her as if she were a priceless treasure.
"I can feel it, that state you're in on the track! That state where you seem to hold the entire racetrack in your hands, as if you can control everything!"
"You've already touched it! The world known as a Domain!"
Her passionate, fluctuating tone was like a magnificent opera, sometimes soaring like a hymn to glory, sometimes low like a lament of fate.
"But you and I both know that we have not yet fully mastered this power."
"The limited conditions for its use, the fluctuating effects—it's the best proof that we have not yet taken that step."
T.M. Opera O suddenly pulled Celestial Weave into a fierce embrace and whispered in her ear, "For a horse girl, only the most intense competition can forge the most brilliant light!"
"So, let us meet on the racetrack."
"At the Satsuki Sho."
"Let us use each other as the price to take that step!"
After saying that, she pushed her away. Celestial Weave could see that T.M. Opera O's face was flushed, her hair damp with sweat, but her eyes were still just as excited.
"We shall meet again at the Satsuki Sho! My rival! Hahahahahaha!"
With that, she turned and left.
On the lawn by the Tracen track, Celestial Weave watched her retreating figure, waving back at her, and silently clenched her fists. Her heart was in turmoil. Her previous disappointment over her potential was gone, replaced by a pure desire to win.
"I will win! No matter the cost!"
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