Ch.319Initial S (5)

VROOM-! VROOM-! VROOOM-!

I enthusiastically blocked the path of the racer charging ahead.

“You bastard!! Cut it out!!! Are you giving up on finishing the race?!”

One of the racers shouted loudly.

“Yeah. I’ve already decided to ‘retire.’ That’s why I’ve become stronger.”

I now had only one goal. To prevent these guys from finishing the race. I had awakened as the ultimate retirement enforcer.

“This jerk… using such dirty tricks…!”

The racers immediately formed a formation.

“Hmph. Think focusing on just me will help?”

I gestured with my eyes toward the rear.

“What the…!!”

Only then did the racers notice the anomaly.

BLAM-!!!!

Kirtan shot his laser pistol directly at the back of one racer’s head.

FWOOSH-!

The racer’s upper body was vaporized by the laser.

“HYAAAH!!”

Taiga immediately smashed one vehicle’s body with his baseball bat.

“GAAAARGH!!”

The moment the vehicle flipped over, Kana drove in and delivered a follow-up attack.

FWOOSH-!

Kana’s sword strike cleanly cut both the racer and his vehicle in half.

“Hehehe. You’re not going anywhere.”

I said with a smile.

“You dirty bastard!!!!!! Referee!! Foul!!!! Blow the whistle for a foul right now!!”

One racer immediately protested.

The referee was about to blow the foul whistle. However, if a foul was called, it would be over. If we were disqualified, we couldn’t interfere anymore.

I discreetly picked up a small pebble from the ground.

WHOOSH-!

Immediately after, I concentrated wind power in my hand and flicked it. The pebble flew straight toward the referee at tremendous speed.

SPLAT-!!!!

The pebble cleanly blew through the referee’s head.

THUD-!

The referee collapsed on the spot.

“Oh my. The referee has suffered an unfortunate accident.”

I said with a smile.

“You dirty cheat!! You!! You definitely did something?!!”

The racers and spectators erupted in outrage.

“What? It’s not like I was holding a gun or anything. I couldn’t possibly shoot the referee from this distance.”

I gave a sneering smile.

“You bastard…!!!”

This racer wasn’t particularly strong either. He couldn’t keep up with my speed. Since he hadn’t seen me flick the pebble, he couldn’t question me in detail. He only had suspicions that I’d done something.

“Then I, as the temporary referee, will…!”

Another referee tried to step forward.

WHOOSH-!!

I flicked another pebble lightly.

FWOOSH-!

The pebble cleanly pierced through the referee’s heart.

“Oh dear. Another unfortunate accident…..”

I put on a regretful expression.

“Coward!!!!”

“Cut off his dick!!!”

“Get lost!!”

The spectators immediately hurled insults at us.

VROOM-!!

I climbed on top of the vehicle and raised my hands high. Then I flipped double middle fingers at the spectators.

“This bastard!!!!”

“Die already!!”

The spectators’ reaction grew even more chaotic.

“Shota… do you enjoy being cursed at?”

Umi asked me with a puzzled expression.

“Even curses are attention. Besides… playing the villain in pro wrestling is fun too.”

Honestly, even when watching pro wrestling, I preferred heel gimmicks over face gimmicks. They’re more distinctive. More entertaining.

“This isn’t our home ground anyway. We’ll get cursed at no matter what we do.”

I got back in the car.

“If we’re going to be cursed at anyway, let’s go all out.”

I drew my Demon Tomato sword.

“Hahaha! As expected of my partner!! Your thinking is bold!! I like it very much!!”

Kirtan laughed heartily as he drew his sword.

Three racers remained in the rear. We needed to quickly deal with them and then move to the front line to help Sasith and Thumbs-up Man.

“Then we’ll fight dirty too!!!”

The racers immediately activated devices on their karts.

CLICK-! CLACK-!

Impressive machinery began to emerge from the karts.

WHOOSH-!!

As the boosters spewed fire, the racers simultaneously took flight.

“Ah!! These bastards!! They’re flying!! Cowards!!”

Tina shouted loudly.

Are they trying to break through our encirclement by flying?

“I won’t let that happen!!! Chase after them!!”

I shouted loudly.

VROOOM!!

And so, the chase began, with us pursuing them instead.

———–

Aside from all the rampant rule-breaking, the course itself was quite difficult.

BOOM-! BOOM-!

Obstacles emerged from all directions to block our path.

“AAAAARGH!!!”

Umi, a novice driver, immediately crashed into a moving wall and retired.

“Shota!! The car won’t move!!”

Umi made a tearful face.

“Umi….!!!!”

I swallowed my dejection.

BZZZZZZT-!!!!!

At that moment, a gradually shrinking electrical field appeared.

Shit!! We need to get through quickly…!! With that thought, I immediately floored the accelerator.

“Kana!!! Are you okay?”

I called out to Kana who was driving behind me.

“Don’t talk to me!!! I’m trying to concentrate!!”

Kana shouted, trembling with her face pressed against the steering wheel. This girl… was a complete novice driver.

“You’re too close to the steering wheel! That reduces your field of vision! Come on! Deep breaths!! Deep breathing is key!”

I tried my best to make Kana feel comfortable.

“I told you not to talk to me!!”

Kana immediately yelled back.

PUTT-PUTT-PUTT-!

For someone so tense, her car was moving too slowly. She was too scared to pick up speed. She was truly the epitome of a novice driver.

Eventually, the electrical field completely closed in!

BZZZZT-!!

Kana’s kart, caught in the electrical field, completely shut down.

“Shota….!!”

Kana made a tearful face. She seemed more embarrassed about showing such incompetence than about retiring.

“My comrades… are disappearing one by one…!!”

I burst into tears.

“You despicable bastards!!! I won’t forgive you!!”

I shouted at the racers flying through the sky.

“You guys self-destructed on your own!!! Why blame us!!”

The flying guys immediately fired back.

After that, numerous traps blocked our path.

CRASH-!!

“KYAAAA!!”

Tina crashed into a guardrail and retired without a sound. Pril, who was driving behind Tina, was also thrown off and retired following Tina.

“Hey!! Tina!! You troll!!!”

Pril was furious.

“Don’t say troll, say oni. This is Japan. We should follow Japanese customs.”

“What nonsense are you talking about?!”

The two were having a friendly argument in their wrecked karts.

In the end, only Taiga, Kirtan, and I remained. The three of us with at least some driving experience.

And then… the flying guys landed one by one. It seemed like they had to land when their booster fuel ran out.

CLICK-!! CLACK-!

At that moment, something hideous emerged from the back of their karts. Machine guns.

RATATATATATA-!!!

The machine guns all opened fire at once.

“SHOTA!!!!”

Kirtan immediately stepped on the accelerator and positioned himself in front of me. The bullets hit Kirtan directly.

CRASH-!!

With that, Kirtan’s kart was destroyed.

“KIRTAN!!!!”

This guy… did he sacrifice himself for me?

“GO NOW!!!!”

Kirtan shouted loudly.

“Damn it….!!”

Kirtan, your feelings… I received them clearly.

RATATATATATA-!!

Not stopping there, they fired their guns again.

“Damn it!! No choice!!!”

Taiga, seemingly having made a decision, immediately stepped on the accelerator and charged through the rain of bullets.

“Taiga!! That’s reckless!!”

I tried to stop Taiga.

“I just need to smash these things!!”

Taiga shouted as he closed the distance and swung his baseball bat at the front.

CRACK-!!! SMASH-!!

Taiga enthusiastically destroyed the weapons on the back of the opposing racers’ karts one by one.

“Tch. Useless now.”

The guys clicked their tongues as they glanced at their rearview mirrors.

Taiga had completed his suicide mission. Of course, as a result, Taiga’s kart was riddled with bullet holes.

“SHOTA!!! YOU MUST FINISH THE RACE!!!”

Taiga shouted loudly.

In the end, the remaining participants were… me, Thumbs-up Man, and Sasith.

“Your determination… I’ve received it clearly.”

I gripped the steering wheel with renewed resolve.

———

The biggest challenge of the first lap was the jump ramp. We had to ride up the slope and jump to the other side.

VROOOM-!

The racers ahead of me all jumped from the ramp.

Now was my chance while they were airborne.

“Come forth!! Pinocchio!!”

I summoned the Pinocchio Sword.

This was my opportunity while they were in the air. I threw the Pinocchio Sword with all my might. Pinocchio was a weapon, but before that, he was a psycho-robot. I could just summon him back after throwing him.

“Here I go!! Master!!!”

WHOOSH-!!!!

The Pinocchio Sword flew and pierced through a racer in front. One car fell beyond the jump ramp.

After that, I jumped high from my kart, holding my tomato sword.

My target was one thing: another vehicle.

“This car is mine now.”

Like a pirate in close combat, I boarded another kart and lightly swung my sword.

SLASH-!!

The racer’s body was cut in half and fell into the river beyond the jump ramp.

Immediately after, I jumped onto the last remaining kart.

“KYAAAA!! You bastard!! Stay away!!!”

The last remaining guy seemed to sense his fate.

“Die!!! Kim Richard!!”

But there was no mercy. I swung my Demon Tomato sword.

“Who the hell is Kim Rich—GUHEEEEK?!!”

After dispatching the last guy, I boarded the hijacked vehicle.

VROOOM-!

As the feeling of weightlessness enveloped my body, the vehicle landed on the opposite ground.

“I see them!!!”

Beyond, there was a group of racers already on their second lap.

“Sasith!! Thumbs-up Man!! Wait for me!!!”

I drove the car.

And so, the racing entered the second lap. Somehow, I needed to shake off the other guys.