Tokyo, past midnight, Daikokou rest area…
Tension…
Tension so strong and lively, almost like a living being… the air smelled like tension… 「Tokyo’s Fastest」 would finally have the answers of their inquiries, being they good or not. Parked next to the area where the late night truckers rendezvous, away from the rest of the crowd, the Mirage was silent. Its owner, resting near it, was sipping a small cup of coffee, enjoying what could be one of the last moments of peace he would have, because after tonight, he knew that everything would change…
A man approaches him, seems like an emissary from his opponents. They chat for a bit and agree on the race route, going out in direction of Tokyo going through Yokohama, till they reach the beginning of C1, a short route, but a smart one, with more than enough to measure anyone’s power right from the beginning. Starting on Yokohane North Bound, the route would be filled with long straights with low banked corners. Cars with big engines were notorious to reach speeds above 300km/h over there, making the place look more like a speed test track than a highway. Cops long gave up patrolling the area for racers, as they were never able to pursue them with their factory tuned patrol cars. It was a perfect scenario for a show…
Within the time chosen for the race approaching, more and more people were draw to the rest area, tuned cars of several models and levels were able to be saw around, just waiting to see who 「Tokyo’s Fastest」 would choose to race the mysterious guy. Suigoshi Kogawa offered himself to race the guy. To his mind, his well tuned Lamborghini Gallardo SE was more than enough to handle his opponent. Equipped with a last gen ceramic twin-turbo system, pushing up to 680PS, the AWD machine was perfectly balanced to expose an excellent cornering ability even on the highest speeds. Still, among the 「Tokyo’s Fastest」 ranks, he wasn’t one of the fastest ones, even thou he never lost a race against anyone who wasn’t from his team. As “entry level” as he was, people still feared racing him…
Suigoshi was the best for this moment, some people thought, he had the power, he had the skill and he was driving a well named exotic. Nothing could beat that combination… or at least that was what they thought…
From the other side of the rest area parking lot, at the time combined for the race, an engine could be heard staring. The faint, thing silence that permeated the air was shattered by loud explosion, followed by high pitched idling noise. Creeping from its usual parking spot, the Mirage sounded different. The well know faint grumble that everyone was used to hear while the car was moving in and out of the rest area was nowhere to be found… all that was left was this guttural, devilish sound…
He kept his pace, moving over to the exit of the pa, where his opponent waits. A sea of cars follow him, seems that the event gained more interest than the expected. He parks near Suigoshi Gallardo, who jumps out to greet him.
“I’m Kogawa, Suigoshi, I’ll be your opponent for tonight’s race” he said with a smirk on his face. “May I know your name?”
The driver of the Mirage turned its engine off, and jumped out of it. Starring everyone around him, his dark brown eyes were filled with anger and sadness, clearly expressing how much he didn’t want to do that…
“I’m Ozymandias… that’s all you need to know…” he said with a saddened voice, before restarting his engine…
Nothing more was left now… both cars made their way to the highway, a sea of colorful cars followed them. No race was so anticipated like this one, and everyone wanted a piece of it for memory. A amalgamate of engines could be heard from the distance, crawling up the on-ramp, several contenders from several teams can be seen, even some rare to see around wanderers showed up. But nothing of that is important. As soon as they hit the highway, two cars disengage from the group, cruising through the Rainbow Bridge rolling up to 100km/h… they see the exit to the path that leads to Yokohane North Bound…
… And it’s on.
The Lamborghini shoots forward, being quickly trailed by the Mirage. Other fast cars follow suit, keeping a certain distance. They enter Yokohane North Bound nearing 250km/h. with the Gallardo in the lead. Suigoshi presses on. He shifts from 3rd to 4th gear. A blue flame of unburned fuel is produced on his hot exhaust before the twin turbo kick in. His speedometer flys up, reaching 297km/h in mere seconds, he pressed more, shifts from 4th to 5th, 334km/h… he just disappears from everyone’s sight, even loosing the Mirage from his rear view mirror.
His confidence is boosted sky high. He knew that no one would able to catch him after such start, nor be able to keep up with him at such speed. Holding back against him was just insanity. And the way he opened such lead demonstrated that his opponent was no match for him…
But he wasn’t right this time…
Minutes deep into Yokohane, he feels a dark vibe through his skin… “This can’t be” he thinks, as a pair of yellowish headlights creep over his mirror. “It can’t be him!” he swears, steeping harder on the gas pedal. Giving his twin-turbo Gallardo everything he could, pushing his speed to nearly 370km/h…
But no avail...
Like a demonic reaper hunting its prey, he starts hearing the notorious high pitched noise of the Mirage, coming closer, growing into something unnatural, devilish. Within seconds from appearing on his mirrors, the dark colored UTE reached and rocked past him with no signs of slowing down, only gaining. The air pressure pushed by it was so immense that it even rocked the Gallardo out its track, forcing Suigoshi to fight his steering wheel to avoid a crash. He tried to give it a chase, pushing his car more, but with the rev needle already over the redline mark, he knew he was maxed… ahead of him, the mirage quickly pulls away, disappearing from his sight…
“I can’t believe it…” he thinks looking at the empty road ahead him. Lifting his foot from the throttle, he pulls in on the emergency lane. Not understanding what exactly happened, the only thing he knew was that 「Tokyo’s Fastest」 suffered its first loss… now everything was going to be different…
They let the demon go free…
Tension…
Tension so strong and lively, almost like a living being… the air smelled like tension… 「Tokyo’s Fastest」 would finally have the answers of their inquiries, being they good or not. Parked next to the area where the late night truckers rendezvous, away from the rest of the crowd, the Mirage was silent. Its owner, resting near it, was sipping a small cup of coffee, enjoying what could be one of the last moments of peace he would have, because after tonight, he knew that everything would change…
A man approaches him, seems like an emissary from his opponents. They chat for a bit and agree on the race route, going out in direction of Tokyo going through Yokohama, till they reach the beginning of C1, a short route, but a smart one, with more than enough to measure anyone’s power right from the beginning. Starting on Yokohane North Bound, the route would be filled with long straights with low banked corners. Cars with big engines were notorious to reach speeds above 300km/h over there, making the place look more like a speed test track than a highway. Cops long gave up patrolling the area for racers, as they were never able to pursue them with their factory tuned patrol cars. It was a perfect scenario for a show…
Within the time chosen for the race approaching, more and more people were draw to the rest area, tuned cars of several models and levels were able to be saw around, just waiting to see who 「Tokyo’s Fastest」 would choose to race the mysterious guy. Suigoshi Kogawa offered himself to race the guy. To his mind, his well tuned Lamborghini Gallardo SE was more than enough to handle his opponent. Equipped with a last gen ceramic twin-turbo system, pushing up to 680PS, the AWD machine was perfectly balanced to expose an excellent cornering ability even on the highest speeds. Still, among the 「Tokyo’s Fastest」 ranks, he wasn’t one of the fastest ones, even thou he never lost a race against anyone who wasn’t from his team. As “entry level” as he was, people still feared racing him…
Suigoshi was the best for this moment, some people thought, he had the power, he had the skill and he was driving a well named exotic. Nothing could beat that combination… or at least that was what they thought…
From the other side of the rest area parking lot, at the time combined for the race, an engine could be heard staring. The faint, thing silence that permeated the air was shattered by loud explosion, followed by high pitched idling noise. Creeping from its usual parking spot, the Mirage sounded different. The well know faint grumble that everyone was used to hear while the car was moving in and out of the rest area was nowhere to be found… all that was left was this guttural, devilish sound…
He kept his pace, moving over to the exit of the pa, where his opponent waits. A sea of cars follow him, seems that the event gained more interest than the expected. He parks near Suigoshi Gallardo, who jumps out to greet him.
“I’m Kogawa, Suigoshi, I’ll be your opponent for tonight’s race” he said with a smirk on his face. “May I know your name?”
The driver of the Mirage turned its engine off, and jumped out of it. Starring everyone around him, his dark brown eyes were filled with anger and sadness, clearly expressing how much he didn’t want to do that…
“I’m Ozymandias… that’s all you need to know…” he said with a saddened voice, before restarting his engine…
Nothing more was left now… both cars made their way to the highway, a sea of colorful cars followed them. No race was so anticipated like this one, and everyone wanted a piece of it for memory. A amalgamate of engines could be heard from the distance, crawling up the on-ramp, several contenders from several teams can be seen, even some rare to see around wanderers showed up. But nothing of that is important. As soon as they hit the highway, two cars disengage from the group, cruising through the Rainbow Bridge rolling up to 100km/h… they see the exit to the path that leads to Yokohane North Bound…
… And it’s on.
The Lamborghini shoots forward, being quickly trailed by the Mirage. Other fast cars follow suit, keeping a certain distance. They enter Yokohane North Bound nearing 250km/h. with the Gallardo in the lead. Suigoshi presses on. He shifts from 3rd to 4th gear. A blue flame of unburned fuel is produced on his hot exhaust before the twin turbo kick in. His speedometer flys up, reaching 297km/h in mere seconds, he pressed more, shifts from 4th to 5th, 334km/h… he just disappears from everyone’s sight, even loosing the Mirage from his rear view mirror.
His confidence is boosted sky high. He knew that no one would able to catch him after such start, nor be able to keep up with him at such speed. Holding back against him was just insanity. And the way he opened such lead demonstrated that his opponent was no match for him…
But he wasn’t right this time…
Minutes deep into Yokohane, he feels a dark vibe through his skin… “This can’t be” he thinks, as a pair of yellowish headlights creep over his mirror. “It can’t be him!” he swears, steeping harder on the gas pedal. Giving his twin-turbo Gallardo everything he could, pushing his speed to nearly 370km/h…
But no avail...
Like a demonic reaper hunting its prey, he starts hearing the notorious high pitched noise of the Mirage, coming closer, growing into something unnatural, devilish. Within seconds from appearing on his mirrors, the dark colored UTE reached and rocked past him with no signs of slowing down, only gaining. The air pressure pushed by it was so immense that it even rocked the Gallardo out its track, forcing Suigoshi to fight his steering wheel to avoid a crash. He tried to give it a chase, pushing his car more, but with the rev needle already over the redline mark, he knew he was maxed… ahead of him, the mirage quickly pulls away, disappearing from his sight…
“I can’t believe it…” he thinks looking at the empty road ahead him. Lifting his foot from the throttle, he pulls in on the emergency lane. Not understanding what exactly happened, the only thing he knew was that 「Tokyo’s Fastest」 suffered its first loss… now everything was going to be different…
They let the demon go free…
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