Uma Musume: Why Do We, Horse Trainers, Still Have To Train Uma Musume? Chapter 149 149: Is Shadai Going To Aquire Team Miracle?

"The people closest to ... other than my sisters, is probably Dictus and Teio..., but how can I have such feelings towards any of them?"

"...Forget it, I'll go back to Trainer first. It's too early to be thinking about this now."

Ultimately, McQueen gave up on pondering this rather difficult matter, choosing to temporarily push the problem to future her to deal with as she went to go find Imanami for her daily training session.

Although Orfevre's situation had given McQueen so insights, she still couldn't fully grasp the feelings involved. Orfevre was like a textbook for McQueen, but a textbook ultimately falls short of practical experience.

And as McQueen has yet to experience that feeling of a pounding heart, she still couldn't understand love at all.

Perhaps all she needs is a little more ti.

Thinking this, McQueen had already walked into the team building. After composing herself, she knocked on the door, a smile unconsciously gracing her face as she said:

"Trainer, are you there?"

"...Ah, McQueen, co in. There just so happens to be sothing I have to talk to you about."

However, Imanami's voice held a rather serious tone to it. McQueen's heart skipped a beat as she quickly pushed the door open, only to find Tokai Teio and Gold Ship also standing there. Their expressions, like Imanami's at the mont, did not look very pleasant.

"What's wrong? Trainer, did sothing happen?"

"Yes, and it's certainly not a good thing." Imanami nodded, handing McQueen a letter he had been holding, then saying,

"McQueen, this is a letter from Shadai. Take a look."

"Shadai?" McQueen took the letter with so surprise.

A letter from Shadai was, in a sense, an instruction from the Japan branch of the URA itself; it was impossible to ignore its contents.

Legally speaking, Shadai and the URA were two separate entities with no partnership between them.

However, Shadai, as the largest Uma Musu agency in all of Japan, monopolizes most of the top-tier training resources for Uma Musu.

Even a decent chunk of the resources at the URA co from Shadai; they were the undisputed kings of the Japan Uma Musu scene, even surpassing the likes of the jiro Family by a decent margin.

Thus, it was inevitable for their influence to seep into even an international giant like the URA, though it was only a branch.

jiro McQueen was very clear about this. Thus, as she opened the envelope and read it word for word, her expression twisted into an indescribable one...

"Th- this is utterly—shaless, desu wa!"

The content of the letter, in summary, was that Shadai discovered the recent exploits of Team Miracle and believed that the talents of the Uma Musu in the team were excellent, with each of them capable of dominating the Japan scene in the future.

Thus, they have extended an olive branch, hoping that the team's Uma Musu would accept their sponsorship and co under their wing, aning they would be competing as Uma Musu of Shadai.

All of this sounded like a simple recruitnt offer for the team, but implications earlier as well as the contents at the end of the letter made McQueen's expression fill with anger.

Shadai stated that while they are willing to recruit the team's Uma Musu, they did not want to hire the Trainers.

Thus, they were willing to shoulder the cost for the breaking of the contracts between the three Trainers and their respective Uma Musu.

Shadai would pay for all the costs and fees from the breach of the agreents signed between the three Trainers and their trainees.

The Trainers would then also be given a large sum of extra compensation. Of course, under these terms, the Uma Musu's Trainers would then be replaced by Trainers under Shadai.

Just seeing these conditions imdiately made McQueen so angry that she almost ripped the letter in half; fortunately, she eventually managed to rein in her emotions, though her words were still sharp:

"This is completely unreasonable! What do those people at Shadai think the bond between a Trainer and Uma Musu is?!"

"No! I disagree! I absolutely cannot agree, desu wa! Trainer, tell them we refuse their offer imdiately!"

Saying this, McQueen imdiately turned her gaze to Imanami. Imanami was the true backbone of Team Miracle, and is also the one who usually made the final decisions for the team.

Ikezoe and Wada both respected and trusted Imanami greatly, so Imanami's choice would be the choice the entire team made.

And so, Imanami's choice was actually the most important one, as Wada and Ikezoe would naturally follow his decision with their Uma Musu following suit.

"McQueen, don't get so nervous. Of course, we won't agree to Shadai's demands. Even if I agreed, Ikezoe, Wada, and all of you would definitely not agree."

"But here lies the problem: how do we refuse Shadai so that they won't hold a grudge against us?"

"After all, considering the number of connections they have, they are not sothing we can casually provoke."

Forcefully coercing new Trainers to give up the training rights of their Uma Musu? Should I say, classic Shadai?

Their monopoly and dominance in the Japan racehorse scene was known to everyone.

However, Imanami had not expected that even in this alternate world where kind and good-natured Uma Musu were not an uncommon sight, Shadai would still be like this.

Back in their original world, Shadai could be said to have monopolized most of the important resources in the entire industry, including but not limited to racehorses, breeding studs, Trainers, Jockeys, stable staff, and even funds, all of which were entirely in Shadai's hands.

Small owners could only survive in the empty void left behind by Shadai's monopoly, and without any resources to work off of, the possibility of these small owners training a good racehorse, or even getting a good one in the first place, was nigh impossible.

This is also why T.M. Opera O was so hated by Shadai back then. T.M. Opera O was considered to be an "inferior racehorse" in Shadai's eyes, surviving in the cracks.

Yet not only did he manage to defeat a group of "good racehorses" belonging to Shadai, but even managed to break through the encirclent planned by them.

His actions were a taphorical slap to Shadai's face.

It was like a human trying to crush an ant with a finger, only to find out that the ant can not only lift their finger, but also bite a wound deep enough to cause bleeding.

It's easy to imagine why Shadai seed to have such a deep-seated grudge with T.M. Opera O at the ti.

Even though T.M. Opera O might have been a miracle, it certainly doesn't an that she will be the only miracle.

Imanami could guarantee that if another Racehorse like T.M. Opera O appeared again in the future, Shadai would definitely be as scummy as they were back then.

Shadai is just an organization like that; they do not tolerate any existence beyond their control, whether it be people or horses.

And in this world, it was the sa. They definitely wouldn't give up after a single attempt.

If Team Miracle only had a single outstanding Uma Musu, perhaps they wouldn't care, but an entire group of highly outstanding Uma Musu...?

There was no way Shadai would let go of them easily.

"Trainer, why don't we go find the Director?" Tokai Teio blurted out in desperation,

"The Director must have a way to deal with Shadai. This is Japan's biggest URA central Uma Musu academy, even Shadai can't..."

"Teio, Director Yayoi Akikawa is only the Director of Tracen Academy. In front of Shadai, she can't even represent the Japan branch of the URA."

"If we want to diplomatically resolve this, it needs to be the Chairman of the URA Japan branch who talks."

Imanami rubbed Teio's little head upon hearing this, then said,

"Moreover, URA's interests are intertwined with Shadai, so they probably won't do anything to Shadai. Shadai will at most receive so warnings, but there will be no substantial punishnt."

"This matter… don't worry, it's not for you kids to worry about. Just leave this to the adults to find a solution."

"Just go back to training. You don't need to worry about the rest; trust us."

Imanami opened his mouth, looked at Tokai Teio, whose face still showed youthful innocence, and couldn't bring himself to drag her into the world of adults.

An Uma Musu's mission is to run, not to get entangled with this complex web of interests and profits—that is their Trainer's job.

"Is there nothing I can do to help?" jiro McQueen couldn't help but say,

"Grandmother will definitely have a way to negotiate with Shadai."

"No, McQueen, rember, absolutely do not involve the jiro Family in this matter; it would be more harm than good."

Imanami smiled bitterly and shook his head upon hearing this, but still said nothing more.

"As I said, leave it to the adults—Gold Ship, I'm entrusting you with supervising Teio and McQueen's training during this period."

"Okay~, don't worry, old man." Gold Ship casually agreed, and Imanami left the room with relief, leaving this quiet environnt to the three Uma Musu.

"What should we do…" Tokai Teio murmured, still uneasy.

Beside her, McQueen gently pressed Tokai Teio's shoulder and softly said:

"Everything will be fine, Teio. Don't worry; the Trainer doesn't want us to worry like this. This matter… there will be a solution, Teio."

McQueen said softly, but inwardly, she felt very helpless. She vaguely sensed that their team was getting caught in so sort of major crisis; perhaps even their running would be futile.

They were fighting an invisible, powerful enemy, and this formidable foe was not sothing Uma Musu could defeat, nor could it be entirely overco through track performance. Instead, it required other ans…

McQueen at this mont also felt quite powerless and angry. Could it be that she couldn't help at all?

anwhile, Gold Ship, at this mont, was goofing off as usual.

However, it seed she had already made a decision, one she believed was correct and what the old man needed most right now.

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Ti for a big arc.

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