บท 71: Pick and Drop

Asaki was covered in darkness.

Every part of her was void and black, besides the racing track. It was lined with specks of night lights, green, reds, and violets. The almost empty track stretched on for miles.

Just as Azuma hopped over a building from his hoverboard, a loud bang pierced the silence.

One by one, eight cars drove from the shadows, trying to overtake each other even before the race started.

All the cars were rather ordinary looking, appearing to be models from a couple of decades ago. But strapped with makeshift engines and decorated in queer ways.

『 ANDDD~HELLO THERE EVERYONE~』 

The commentator greeted as the holographic large screens popped up around the race tracks, some of them zoomed over to the participating cars and spelt out their racers' names.

『 TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! 』