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As I floored it, the car let out a guttural, beastly roar. With a screech of tires, it shot forward, a black blur disappearing down the road.
Nia could only stare, her eyes wide with disbelief. She hadn't expected to be this insane. We were practically flying.
Up ahead, a series of sharp turns appeared in the road. A confident smile returned to her face.
'Going fast in a straight line ans nothing,' she thought. 'It's the corners that count.'
The winner would be decided by who could take them faster!!
"Hmph." A flicker of annoyance crossed her face, quickly replaced by a mischievous, childlike grin. "You dare to look down on a woman driver?"
'Just wait until we hit those curves,' she sched. 'I'll show you what a real Akina SpeedStars can do.'
anwhile, I didn't even bother to slow down. I just casually turned on the car stereo.
"Everyone," I announced to the back seat, "hold on tight!"
I heard a collective gasp as the five girls grabbed anything they could, their hearts pounding.
As Nia watched in stunned horror, my car, a black bolt of lightning, hit the S-curve at full speed and executed a perfect, beautiful drift. The roar of the engine sent pedestrians scattering and made other drivers swerve in terror.
The smile on Nia's face vanished.
"I thought Takumi Fujiwara was the best there was," she muttered in awe. "I never thought I'd see soone even crazier."
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I was going so fast she couldn't even see my taillights.
But while the car looked cool on the outside, the inside was a scene of pure chaos.
Tohka's vibrant purple eyes had been replaced with dizzying swirls, her head lolling back and forth. "Mmm… so many… stars…"
In the passenger seat, Mayuri stared at the speedoter, her voice a trembling whisper. "Kyoya, maybe we should slow down a little!"
In the back, Kotori was emanating a dark, murderous aura, her pigtails practically standing on end. "You idiot! Are you trying to get us all killed!?"
Even Mukuro was pressed back against her seat, too terrified to move. Only Origami remained completely unfazed.
Seeing their pale faces, I felt a pang of guilt. I switched the car to autopilot and turned around, handing each of them a lollipop.
"Here, this should help calm your nerves."
I couldn't stand to see them so miserable, so I channeled a bit of my power into them, instantly soothing their discomfort.
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anwhile, in Nia's car, things were just as bad.
"Onee-sama! Are you okay? Here, use the bag!"
"I'm so dizzy… wow, so many stars."
"I don't feel so good… my head is spinning."
It turned out that when two unlicensed lunatics decided to have a drag race, the consequences for their passengers were severe.
By the ti Nia finally pulled into the parking lot, my group was already changed into yukatas and sipping on drinks.
"Well, well, well," I taunted, raising my coconut milk in a mock toast. "If it isn't the 'seasoned pro.' What took you so long?"
A dark look crossed Nia's face. She got out of the car and shot a glare. "Don't you know you could get your license suspended for driving like that?"
I shrugged. "You weren't worried, so why should I be?"
"Uh… well, my license is expired, so it's not like I have one anyway."
"Tsk," I scoffed. "I haven't even passed the written test."
A collective shudder went through the girls as they overheard our conversation, a look of dawning horror on their faces. They all seed to be wondering the sa thing: how had they survived a road trip with these two maniacs?
Just then, the passengers from Nia's car stumbled out, their faces pale and sickly. I quickly went over and gave them a dose of my power, and the color slowly returned to their cheeks.
As the girls were recovering from their near-death experience, the third car finally arrived.
But when I saw who was in the driver's seat, my brow furrowed in confusion. It was Ellen.
'Wasn't Reine supposed to be driving?'
Even stranger, in the back seat, Yoshino and Natsumi were clinging to each other, their eyes filled with tears, looking as if they had just endured so unspeakable torture. Even Kurumi and Sawa looked pale and shaken.
"Ellen, what happened to them?" I asked. "And why are you driving instead of Reine?"
Ellen glanced at Reine, who was fast asleep in the passenger seat with dark circles under her eyes, then at the traumatized girls in the back. She then explained the horror show they had just endured.
Reine had fallen asleep at the wheel. Not once, but multiple tis, nearly causing several accidents. In the end, by unanimous vote from Kurumi, Sawa, Natsumi, and Yoshino, she had been forcibly removed from her post, and Ellen had taken over.
We all turned to look at the slumbering woman, a new level of disbelief on our faces. She can fall asleep while driving? What kind of black magic is that!?
Suddenly, riding with and Nia didn't seem so bad. At least we were skilled drivers who weren't going to crash.
"Sigh… what have we done to deserve this?" one of the girls muttered.
We had survived a road trip with a Trio of Disasters.
With a collective sigh of exhaustion, the girls followed into the hot springs resort. It was a famous, beautiful place, nestled deep in the mountains. The air was thick with humidity, and I couldn't help but notice that, like most traditional inns, it was made almost entirely of wood.
'It looks nice, but aren't they worried about mold?' I wondered. 'Maybe they have so special way of dealing with it.'
Then, the thought of soaking in a hot spring with all the girls hit , and a rush of excitent washed away all other concerns. For this trip, I had spared no expense, booking out the entire resort for ourselves.
Money was no object.
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