Eishin Flash, standing nearby, asked Zhou Yuang in confusion, then looked at Bourbon.
She seemed to be asking whether Bourbon had told him about it.
"The chocolate contest?"
[Showa Red Supercar]: Oh, it's an annual event at Tracen Academy.
Just as places around the world had their own special festivals, different industries held events and celebrations of all sizes.
Among them was an event called the Chocolate Festival, hosted by Yuchun Bakery.
The dessert company operated across the globe. It also paid close attention to, and sponsored, the hugely popular Uma Musume races.
The Spring Evening Chocolate Contest was a chocolate expo: part enormous dessert buffet, part popular showcase where pastry chefs from different countries performed and exchanged ideas.
The organizers recruited contestants from schools nationwide and had the students compete at making desserts.
[Tracen Cold-Joke Master]: It's publicity, but it also gives Uma Musume a chance to show off their cooking and taste something delicious.
Tracen Academy didn't want its students to graduate knowing nothing but how to run, so it taught them a range of skills. Dessert-making was one of them.
For an Uma Musume like Eishin Flash, who would one day return home to take over her family's cake shop, the festival was good practice.
[Number One Blitz Trainer]: A contest like this... Well, that company is always running promotions back home. Taking part would be a small way to repay them for everything they've done there.
One Uma Musume watching the screen understood why her other self had entered.
She must have joined to help make the contest more exciting.
Uma Musume were good kids who remembered a kindness.
Some Uma Musume, though, had other things on their minds.
[Number One Idiot Da Hong]: I thought they were getting ready for Valentine's Day.
[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]: