T.M. Opera O's Troubles
As Kitasan Black encouraged Mikki Rocket, on the seawall dam in the distance...
T.M. Opera O stood with her arms crossed, leaning against the concrete railing as she gazed out at the beach.
A few steps away, Daiwa Scarlet watched the beach for a while as well before withdrawing her gaze and looking at T.M. Opera O. She gathered the twin tails that the sea breeze had blown loose.
After hesitating for a moment, she softly asked, "Senior T.M. Opera O, the things you said to Mikki earlier... you said them on purpose, didn't you?"
As she asked this, Daiwa Scarlet felt somewhat uneasy.
In her impression, during T.M. Opera O's peak, she had been able to win any race beautifully, no matter what kind of race it was.
While creating the legend known as the "Year of Invincibility," she had also become an insurmountable challenge in the eyes of every Horse Girl of that generation—a Strong Enemy they had to defeat.
Yet even in that situation, she had never Shrunk Back. Whether in interviews or on the track, she had always been extremely forceful, even somewhat domineering.
But aside from that, T.M. Opera O had indeed never made things difficult for her juniors—or, rather, for anyone.
Thus, Daiwa Scarlet felt that T.M. Opera O was not actually difficult to get along with. She was merely rather proud and imposing when it came to racing.
Then perhaps what she had said to Mikki Rocket was truly because she believed that junior had done something wrong.
Yet after following her all the way here and discovering that T.M. Opera O possessed none of her previous imposing aura, but instead seemed very relaxed, she was no longer quite sure.
As Daiwa Scarlet pondered this, T.M. Opera O suddenly