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Chapter 8 - Nitro

Yakoza shouted.

"Step on it! GO!"

 

Arhusa stuck out his tongue, turned forward laughing. Looking at the sky, he raised his hands.

"It's the taste I've been waiting for!"

 

Planting his hand on the hood and pushing, he turned a horizontal somersault mid-air and landed behind the wheel. He turned the key and fastly accelerated. The fuel decreased fast.

Below the radio in the middle of the dashboard, two black buttons rested under a glass cover. The upper button read "Nitro," glowing blue. The lower button read "Don't," glowing red.

Arhusa flipped the cover and slammed the Nitro button.

The cover of the sides and back shoved inside. Many exhaust pipes emerged from the back of the vehicle, and giant ones from the sides. Fiery bursts exploded from the pipes. The fuel started depleting quickly. They sped along the canyon's edge.

 

Tightening his straw hat on the right front seat, Yakoza stood up. 

To strike the falling massive rocks far away, he pulled a steel baseball bat from his robe.

"Welcome to the journey."

 

While saying this, he spun the bat excessively on his back from his left hand. Afterwards he extended his right arm to the side. The bat fell perfectly into his grip. Planting his right foot, he channeled his entire weight into a swing. He smashed a falling boulder mid-air skyward. 

He sheathed the broken bat back into his robe…

Turned his back and raised his fist to the sky…

 

A colossal explosion rang out from the sky.

The snowfall intensified.

More waterfalls rained down…

And more boulders like meteors…

 

Arhusa smiled.

"Sit back and hold tight."

He donned metallic sunglasses, the lenses tinted between dark amber and yellow.

"Leave the rest to me."

He put his hand on the gear.

 

Yakoza took his straw hat and tightened it on his head, leaning against the backseat. He relaxed, spreading his arms, and watched the sky.

Boulders falling onto the sand caused a sandstorm and ramps.

Snowfall intensified with the mountains approaching.

 

Arhusa rotated the gear pedal. Gear shifted to the second mode. The highest level became gear twelve. He pressed the gas pedal fully. 

"Vrmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!"

The explosive orange-red fire turned blue. The gear is raised sequentially to the top level. 

The speedometer showed 996 kilometres per hour. Beneath it, the engine read V25.

To avoid the falling rocks, they flew off sand ramps and spun spirals mid-air. Sometimes using the side or underside of rebounding rocks as ramps, they spun in spirals dodging collisions.

They sped forward relentlessly.

 

The road split in two.

The path closer to the canyon veered downhill.

They rode downhill at the same speed.

 

Rocks still rained like meteors.

 

The fuel warning light started blinking.

 

The road curved. They rode forward in a spiral. Their speed increased progressively. 

At the end of the road was a huge ramp curving upward. 

The car launched skyward, scraping perilously close to the mountains.

 

Fuel ran out.

The flames extinguished.

They glided through the air.

Snowfall slowed like pausing.

 

Sunlight burst through, painting the vehicle in a warm, golden hue.

 

It was… peaceful.

 

Mountains loomed close.

Everything turned shades of grey and red.

Disturbing deafening sounds echoed from any direction.

"PRESS IT! PRESS IT ALREADY!"

 

Finally, Yakoza reached down, flipping the glass over the red "Don't" button.

Arhusa turned, trying to speak…

Yakoza pressed it.

 

Snowfall resumed.

Both launched from the car, soaring through the sky.

 

Yakoza grabbed the rear of the vehicle and hurled it toward the mountain…

A huge explosion occurred.

 

From the explosion's smoke, it transitioned to the poles.

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