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Chapter 26 - Chapter 26: Roaring to Announce Her Arrival to the World! 【5.5K】

A pale-blue interface panel floated before Fengxia Baixue.

After the system update, it was roughly divided into four sections.

["Divine Brush Uma Musume" Version 1.0]

[Current Popularity Points: 308]

[Unlocked Modules: "Chronicles of Time," "Omniscience & Omnipotence," "Status Panel," "Deathmatch Space"][1]

Fengxia Baixue's gaze swept over them in order, taking in the four newly appeared functions.

Falling into thought, the girl began to probe what each of these things actually did.

First came the Chronicles of Time—the very first feature she'd had. It was also the easiest to understand, basically the same thing as that item in Jackie Chan Adventures.

As long as Fengxia Baixue's popularity points reached the requirement, then… everything she wrote in "The Me Everyone Looks Down On Somehow Makes a Comeback and Becomes the World's Number One Uma Musume!?" would become real…

Saying the title again, Fengxia Baixue couldn't help sighing. "Light novel titles really are like foot-binding cloth—stinky and absurdly long."

Next.

Her eyes dropped lower. Most of her attention, in truth, was on the three modules that came after—brand-new things that had just appeared…

Especially this one: Omniscience & Omnipotence. Fengxia Baixue was intensely curious what it actually did.

Could it be… transcending reality and becoming a true god!?

Bring it on!

Fengxia Baixue is a god!

She quickly tapped into the detailed info for Omniscience & Omnipotence.

[Omniscient & Omnipotent Perspective]

[Module Description: You may exchange Popularity Points for information about the future. Different information costs different amounts.]

[Perspective 1: Uma Musume Season 2 anime — costs 10 Popularity Points to unlock.]

[Perspective 2: God's-eye perspective — foresee the future.]

[Example: Obtaining the race result of Orfevre's Kikuka-shō in advance would require 300 Popularity Points for this Omniscient Perspective.]

Seeing the contents, Fengxia Baixue froze on the spot!

Just the first effect alone made her urge to roast it skyrocket.

What kind of "watch-along" build is this!?

She could watch the Uma Musume anime… while living inside the Uma Musume world!?

Run a race, then kick back with an episode…

That's seriously comfy!

Fengxia Baixue studied it carefully and discovered it wasn't just Season 2—there was Season 1, OVAs, movies… even the Cinderella Gray manga she'd never heard of! A full-on bundle deal!

If you wanted a perspective to fill in the Uma Musume worldbuilding…

This thing was basically a kiddie tutorial package.

But… Fengxia Baixue still focused on the more important part: the second option—the God's-eye perspective.

How to put it? She could understand what it meant.

It was the "normal timeline" of events—what would happen if she didn't try to change the future…

And then she realized the real problem again!

If she only wrote her novel based on her own races… her disguise might get blown pretty quickly. Because she wanted to keep her identity hidden, Fengxia Baixue—rarely—decided to act in-character for once.

If she remembered correctly, the persona she'd set up in that novel was: a divorced thirty-year-old single mom grinding out chapters while raising her kid.

Surely… no one would guess that the person behind the pen name "Luo Tianque" was Fengxia Baixue herself, right?

The girl comforted herself.

But now, with this Omniscient perspective…

She could foresee the future, write upcoming chapters, "predict" race outcomes, harvest popularity points all over again—and at the same time lower the risk of her disguise falling apart.

After all…

Only the Three Goddesses could pull off "seeing the future," right?

Could any other Uma Musume do that?

Only me—Fengxia Baixue!

The girl proudly puffed out her chest. I can do it!

Her eyes landed on the line of text.

[Orfevre: Kikuka-shō]

[God's-eye race result — Required Popularity Points: 300]

Fengxia Baixue sank into thought again, but she still didn't exchange for it right away.

There were still three days until the race ended… even writing the answer one day early would already make her a "prophet."

Thinking that, her gaze swept across the other modules again.

Status Panel was just her current stat screen. Nothing much to say there.

Just like the Uma Musume game—showing current values and the skills she possessed.

Thankfully…

Fengxia Baixue wasn't some "left foot fast, right foot even faster," 5A-combo stats monster.

Because of the system's special nature…

She could only be a mechanics monster!

Whoever says Fengxia Baixue is a pure numbers bully—she'll fight them!

And lastly, there was Deathmatch Space.

Ever played CSGO?

This "Deathmatch Space" was basically throwing Fengxia Baixue into races… grinding her control and mechanics, gaining experience, and growing to some extent…

[Click here to start the race.]

[Please select your Defender.]

[Eclipse (1769), Secretariat (1973), Ribot (1956), St. Simon (1884)…]

Staring at those IDs, Fengxia Baixue fell into silence.

And then—fast as lightning—啪! The girl closed the system panel and returned her attention to the long-neglected laptop screen.

She opened the author backend interface she hadn't touched in ages.

[The Me Everyone Looks Down On Somehow Makes a Comeback and Becomes the World's Number One Uma Musume!?]

[Bookmarks: 517]

[Comments: 1086]

It was obvious: because Fengxia Baixue really had won that Tokyo debut race—beating Tokai Teio—she'd drawn a ton of attention.

That was exactly what she expected.

If you used those "stress test" forums as an example, every year there'd be posts with "entertainment value," and once the event ended, they'd be dragged out again and flogged all over.

But Fengxia Baixue wasn't afraid of getting dragged.

Everything she said was absolutely correct…

And besides, these people could even provide her with popularity points! Helping her meet the "perfect reenactment" requirement for the next race!!!

Thinking that, Fengxia Baixue clicked into the comment section again.

The first thing that hit her eyes was still that "scripture" of a comment.

[Are you out of your damn mind? Tokai Teio can't win her debut? Why don't you say RNG makes top 8, top 16 while you're at it!]

To be honest, beneath that comment was nothing but: "?"

A sea of question marks.

Fengxia Baixue watched in awe.

So it wasn't only those "stress test" guys who loved settling accounts with people…

The Japanese did it too!

After backing out, she swept her eyes over the entire comment section again.

[Holy shit! Today's race—Tokai Teio actually lost by a horse length!]

[What's with the author? Insider info? If you've got some shady betting slip, tell us—why keep quiet?]

[I'm seriously starting to suspect the author IS that Uma Musume. This is trash hype marketing—worse than 510 back then!]

[When are you gonna forget to end the stream and make weird noises?]

The comment section had basically already decided Fengxia Baixue was the author herself—or someone close to her…

Because only that could produce this kind of "hype effect."

After all, the audience weren't all idiots. Sometimes, Fengxia Baixue genuinely envied the kind of people who treated real humans like NPCs.

They could still tell whether a race was exciting or not…

But there were also people in the comments who loved being contrarian, just like "Long-ge."

[It was just luck, that's all! What the hell!]

And then there were people flaming Tokai Teio.

[Tokai Teio was fucking useless today! Useless! Couldn't overtake on the corner, couldn't accelerate at the finish—seriously, I'm done. This whole life she's only hard during practice, huh? When it's the real race she goes limp?]

A classic 180-degree clapback.

And what was this about Shijiazhuang pig head meat?

Fengxia Baixue raised an eyebrow. Her comment section could only be described as demons dancing in a madhouse.

But whatever. If Fengxia Baixue cared about "saving face" from the start, she never would've chosen an Uma Musume who existed in this world's reality…

Obviously, this was a method of hype and heat.

And from the results? It was wildly successful.

Fengxia Baixue's popularity points were climbing like crazy!

Still, in that chaos, she managed to find a few rare "clean streams."

People hoping she'd predict the Kikuka-shō…

Because…

It had been six full years since DEEP won the Classic Triple Crown! Everyone desperately wanted another star—someone with true "superstar" potential, someone worth following, like the Emperor and the Overlord back in the day!

And… Orfevre met every requirement!

She was seen as the successor of her generation, the one standing at the very top of Japanese Uma Musume.

To complete the succession…

To be honest, the Classic Triple Crown was the prerequisite.

Those people were yearning for Orfevre to win the Kikuka-shō—so Japanese Uma Musume could once again produce a dazzling supernova.

One who would lead them…

To finally win that damned Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe!

Honestly, after receiving this Omniscient perspective, Fengxia Baixue felt the same way…

Predicting Orfevre's Kikuka-shō wouldn't just boost her heat and popularity points— it would also mislead people into believing the writer wasn't Fengxia Baixue herself.

And after "prophecies" like that happened a few more times…

Everyone would have no choice but to assume the Three Goddesses were just joking around.

Because really—what normal Uma Musume can foresee the future?

What, are you getting support from your future self or something?

Reading those comments, Fengxia Baixue fell into thought.

She wasn't afraid that Orfevre would become a true superstar—the pinnacle of her era.

In the end, the girl decided not to hesitate any longer.

[Activate Omniscient & Omnipotent Perspective!]

[Popularity Points consumed: 300]

[Orfevre: Kikuka-shō—!]

Fengxia Baixue's vision instantly plunged into darkness!

And in her mind, her expression turning icy, she thought—

Please.

Please…

Please don't disappoint me, Orfevre.

She only felt that… in the moment when god and tyrant dueled—

It would carry the expectations from every direction, surging like a tide—

And descend upon this world in a grand arrival!!!

Come on!

Orfevre!

I'm waiting for that moment!!!

At this very moment.

In Tracen Academy, inside the Student Council office.

"This is the information you wanted." A short-haired, black-haired Uma Musume placed a stack of A4 paper on the mahogany table.

Seated in the main chair, Rudolf Symboli smiled and replied, "Thanks for your hard work, Air Groove."

"It's nothing…" The one called by name was the vice president of the Student Council, also crowned with the title "Empress"—the Uma Musume named Air Groove. She looked at the documents with faint curiosity. "I'm also very curious about this Uma Musume, Fengxia Baixue…"

The Empress's gaze fell to the file on the mahogany table.

She'd heard the rumors: that the conclusion—Fengxia Baixue winning the Tokyo debut race, defeating Tokai Teio—was slowly fermenting.

What shocked everyone wasn't Fengxia Baixue's victory.

It was…

Bro, who the hell is Fengxia Baixue?

Mysterious as hell!

Even if someone typed her name into an encyclopedia search, there wasn't a single related entry.

The question "Who is Fengxia Baixue?" even shot up onto Tokyo regional trending searches!

Everyone started digging into this person's past…

And how to put it?

The more they dug, the more they found—but not scandals.

Instead, the more they dug, the more they felt the story was legendary and inspiring.

After someone made a post titled "Who is Fengxia Baixue?", the comment section suddenly filled with replies from people claiming to be "Fengxia Baixue's coworker" or "her boss," along with photos taken by passersby.

That day, the photographer thought they'd just casually snapped a random Uma Musume…

But they never expected this Uma Musume to carry such a near-mythic story.

In the photo, Fengxia Baixue wore a mask. Only those signature green eyes were enough for people to recognize her.

She was dressed in a convenience store clerk uniform, holding a barcode scanner, her face numb and lifeless—an outright photo of her working at a convenience store!

In the comment section beneath that photo, plenty of people were confused.

"???"

"This is Fengxia Baixue? An Uma Musume? Working part-time? That miserable?"

"My god… I can't even imagine this is real!"

But soon, people confirmed it—coworkers who'd actually worked shifts with Fengxia Baixue.

And more than that!

The comments also had various photos of "Fengxia Baixue working customer service on the phone" and "Fengxia Baixue squatting by the roadside eating a boxed meal"…

From every angle, it proved one thing: she really had lived badly before…

Those people who had only wanted to know where Fengxia Baixue came from…

Went silent.

They never expected that their relentless questioning would uncover Fengxia Baixue's painful, humiliating past.

A past of "ordinary life," sustained by "part-time work," completely unrelated to anything dazzling.

Honestly, even spectators could understand how important "bloodline" and "training" were…

Those born into elite families were simply a cut above. Those championships were fought over by people who were born with advantages…

And yet, from all the fragmented information people pieced together, the Fengxia Baixue they saw was an Uma Musume who'd been running herself ragged just to survive.

No background. No Tracen student status.

And likewise…

Before the race, no one believed she could win.

It was a comeback story—legendary and inspiring.

Even though it was "only" a debut race…

Even without knowing she'd been supporting her younger sister Fengxia Qianzhi's schooling—

Even without knowing the story of her parents leaving—

People already felt pity for her.

Even the Tokai Teio fans who had mocked Fengxia Baixue before could only fall silent after seeing how miserably she'd lived.

If the pre-exposure narrative was "industry champion"—

"If Tokai Teio raced Fengxia Baixue a hundred times…"

"Teio would win seventy, Fengxia Baixue only thirty. So from a professional perspective… Tokai Teio is already the real champion of the debut race, and Fengxia Baixue just got lucky."

That was the line.

But as more and more information surfaced…

Online public opinion immediately started to flip.

[I repent. I take back every attack I made on Fengxia Baixue.]

[Her effort, her story, everything about her—she deserves this championship.]

[Baixue needs this championship more than Teio…]

She was even worse off than some blue-haired twin-tailed rich young lady.

If a rich young lady was unhappy, she could climb back into her Maybach.

If Fengxia Baixue was unhappy, she could only swallow life's bitterness alone, shut down inside, and keep going.

Just this much basic information had already triggered such a wave of public sympathy.

When everything was fully exposed…

What kind of storm would it cause?

Never underestimate the bonds of the "family-man hero," damn it!!!

Holy shit! This generation of netizens really has every kind of picture…

Except a girlfriend!

Rudolf Symboli stared in stunned silence. She even saved one of the images—one that looked like Fengxia Baixue working part-time back in middle school, from her childhood. So pitiful you wanted to protect her.

Little Fengxia Baixue… adorable.

But… after combining everything—

The clearer Rudolf Symboli's picture of Fengxia Baixue's past became,

The more she felt…

"Haa…"

The Emperor slowly exhaled a long breath and pinched the bridge of her nose. An inexplicable sour ache rose in Rudolf Symboli's chest, and she even began to waver.

Just like what those people had said—

She thought: a stubborn stone that holds fast to its belief is far more dazzling than gold that's brilliant by birth. Isn't that so?

"Honestly…" Even Air Groove pressed her lips tight and fell silent.

The affection and pity threaded through her words had already exposed her bias.

But Rudolf Symboli suddenly thought of something—and her expression twisted.

She remembered yesterday, and everything that had happened recently.

At last, the Emperor understood why, back then, Hayakawa Tazuna had patted her shoulder and said:

"You'll soon understand why Fengxia Baixue cried."

So it was tears of overwhelming emotion…

On the 18th, Rudolf Symboli didn't understand Fengxia Baixue's tears.

On the 19th, Rudolf Symboli understood everything—her feelings a tangled mess.

Then the Emperor thought of something else…

A Uma Musume like this—so inspiring—

When she had gathered her courage and tried to sell herself, trying to earn a debut slot…

What had Rudolf Symboli's reaction been back then?

A cold refusal? A lofty, condescending attitude?

Dismissing Fengxia Baixue with a business card!?

And what had Fengxia Baixue felt in that moment?

She only needed a chance!

She had been treated unfairly by life for far, far too long!

She wanted, desperately, to roar—to prove to this world that she had arrived!

But.

Rudolf Symboli didn't give it to her.

If not for that "green demon" giving her the opportunity…

Then the pearl would still have been buried in dust.

And when Fengxia Baixue won the race, Rudolf Symboli had even pressed her aggressively, demanding why she hid her identity…

What identity did Fengxia Baixue even have to hide?

Was she supposed to dig out that blood-soaked past and lay it in front of Rudolf Symboli?

Bastard!!!

Rudolf Symboli couldn't bear to think anymore!!!

啪! She slapped her own face. "I really deserve to die—!!!!!"

The Emperor thought: How can I be this damned vile?!

She shouted:

"Air Groove!"

"Find me Fengxia Baixue's contact information! I'm bringing her into Tracen Academy!"

Air Groove's face filled with worry. "But…"

"It's fine! Full tuition waiver! Scholarships, grants—approve all of it and send it straight into Fengxia Baixue's account! As Student Council President, my authority is limitless!" Rudolf Symboli waved a hand grandly. "If that's still not enough, I'll give private support!"

After guilt came a frenzy of compensation.

Such a high-potential Uma Musume—without an elite family background!

Once she was properly trained, she might become even stronger!

This time!

She would absolutely make it up to Fengxia Baixue!

What?

Tokai Teio?

Who's that?

—In fact, the Emperor had comforted Tokai Teio and even wanted to ask her out to clear her head…

But now, Tokai Teio had locked herself in her room, saying nothing at all. Only after this emotional storm passed, Rudolf Symboli believed, could she pull Tokai Teio out of the whirlpool.

A good chance to let things settle.

In the meantime…

Let's redirect that care from Tokai Teio to Fengxia Baixue.

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