"Do you have no intention of visiting your own grave, Papa?"
"I'm still alive, McQueen."
"This world's version of you."
After confirming Mejiro Ranch's fate, the family travels back to Tokyo by Shinkansen. Since it was mid-week, the number of people on the train was extremely small, so the exiles could talk without worry.
"Unlike you girls, I'm not that special in this world."
The young man knows far too well how he was before his death. He was just a normal salaryman. The chance of a salaryman having a grandiose tomb is smaller than the chance of an Asian nation winning the World Cup, which is nil. Finding his grave would be the world's hardest game of Finding Waldo.
"I have no intention of visiting a failure like him."
*Stab*
The young man's own words stab his own heart. He is still that failure of a human after all, just in a different body. Comparing the current him to the past makes him realize just how much time he has wasted.
No… No… I didn't waste my life… I was happy, and isn't that okay? I know what I did, and I accept that I didn't live up to my full potential before…
Yes… I choose that life for myself…
"Sirius…"
"What did you find about her, Rudolf?"
"She… went through some horrible stuff. It said that Sirius went on an overseas expedition where she lost all of her races. She became so stressed that her performance dropped significantly, and that's why she isn't in the JRA Hall of Fame."
"I can see that happening to her."
"Trainer…"
"Sirius sees herself as a powerful umamusume. That's her main identity. All of her losses will make her doubt her strength and, in turn, destroy her sense of self."
"How do I help her?"
"Is Sirius going on an overseas expedition, Rudolf?"
"I don't know… I won't allow her!!"
"Do you think she'll bend her knees to your request?"
"I… I… I don't want her to suffer the same fate!! Please, darling!!"
"Sigh… She won't bend her knees willingly. If I have to pick a reason as to why our Sirius might consider going overseas, it's because she doesn't find anyone to challenge her in Japan. Once her chain of wins stacks up, she would think that no one could challenge her, and that might be where the idea to go on an overseas expedition would sprout."
"I see…"
"If you want her to stay in Japan, utterly humiliate her in a race, Rudolf. She would become obsessed with you and stay in Japan."
"...is there no other way?"
"I guess a professional trainer who is also a professional therapist might help her. Someone who can guide her through the disastrous overseas expedition."
"Wait!! Why have we assumed that Sirius will lose?!? She is strong, you know? She will absolutely dominate her overseas races!!"
"Japan's umamusumes have not reached the international level, Teio. That is simply a fact. Sirius is an elite umamusume in Japan but a nobody on the international scene."
"Alright then!! After The Undefeated Triple Crown, I'll conquer the world!!"
"Focus on training first, dummy. I'll bring you to that stage if you keep being a good girl."
"...what chance is there that Sirius goes on an overseas expedition like in this world?"
"In this world, Sirius is just an animal, so her fate is determined by her owner. In our world, she can pick for herself. But considering her ambition of conquering the world, it might be more likely than you think, Rudolf."
"I don't want her to go through hell, but I also don't want to snuff out her dream."
"So there is only one answer to that."
"Do you know any trainer who might suit your criteria, darling?"
"Nope. The Symboli Family should have the resources to find someone like that, no? More money and more people."
"Mmhh…"
A good trainer who can be relied upon by a stressed umamusume in a foreign land…
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If I were in a foreign land, like right now, whom would I rely heavily on?
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"Huh? What's wrong, Rudolf?"
"I won't give you to her!! She has to kill me!!"
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"You filled your own criteria, Papa."
"Am I?"
The young man reflects on himself and wonders where the therapist part of him is. He is a professional trainer, but in no way is he a professional therapist. If it were him, there would be a space between the 'e' and 'r'.
"You're wrong, McQueen."
"How can you be so blind?"
"Then I'll just destroy her in a race. I'll curb-stomp her until she stops her dream of going overseas."
"What about not wanting to snuff out her dream?"
"There's a limit to the price I want to pay, darling. You're far too expensive to spend on anything."
"Alright…"
The young man isn't sure why there is a dark aura coming from the Emperor. The Paragon Emperor is threatening to kill an umamusume's dream, which is extremely out of character for her. It's like Superman threatening to commit genocide.
"Whatever goes, I guess…"
"Are you not concerned for Sirius's sake, Papa?"
"She is not my trainee, McQueen. Not my trainee is not my problem."
"Sigh… Yeah… That's just the way you are. I wonder… If your heartlessness comes from your obsession, then does that mean this version of you is much kinder? He is content with just being a normal salaryman after all."
"Yeah!! Come on!! Let's visit you, Papa!!"
"Sigh… Fine… I'll try to find something…"
This would be the hardest topic to research of all things. Compared to finding a specific grave of a normal salaryman, making a small nuclear power plant is a walk in the park.