Type-Moon, but the Servant is Tom

"Drip~."

"Drip~."

"Drip~."

"Drip~."

Hovering in front of the starting line, five red lights resembling traffic signals extinguished one by one with each drip.

"Drip~."

Finally, the last light... went out.

As the final light went out, all the participants immediately initiated their 'vehicles'!

One after another, the 'vehicles' shot forward like released arrows!

However, since it was still a straight path with no overtaking opportunities, all the players maintained their initial queue and sprinted forward.

The race cars on the track were divided into two rows of four columns. Unfortunately, Bai Song was the fourth player, so he was in the same column as Gudako, who was the eighth player. Just seeing that troublesome Bai Song was a bit nauseating.

Bai Song glanced to the right and saw Gudako riding Red Hare, matching his speed without falling behind!

Even though it was currently a straight path, and the speed of the trailing players depended on the speed of the lead cars, the vehicles like the Cat-Mouse-Dog chariot only lightly pressed the gas pedal for now.

But it was still hard to imagine how a person riding such a horse-powered monstrosity could achieve such high speeds.

Noticing Bai Song's gaze, Gudako turned her head and made a gesture with her hand around her neck, adding some sound effects to her actions.

Unfortunately, due to the strong wind, Bai Song didn't hear the sound effects Gudako added for herself.

In this situation, Tom kindly used his mouth to provide sound effects for Gudako, so Bai Song could understand what sound Gudako had just made. "Ka~~~tch."

"Oh my god, no!" Hearing this familiar sound, Bai Song instinctively thought Tom was clearing his throat.

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Bai Song immediately panicked, "If you need to spit, do it on paper! Spitting at this speed will get it on my face!"

"?" Tom looked back at Bai Song, a question mark appearing above his head (note: it really did).

Seeing Tom turn his head, Bai Song was scared that Tom was aiming to spit on his face. So Bai Song quickly lowered his head, "Tom, don't do it!"

Bai Song's evasion caused his hands gripping the steering wheel to shift slightly to the right, inadvertently causing the Cat-Mouse-Dog chariot to veer to the right too!

"?!" At this moment, Gudako was making a mocking gesture towards Bai Song, but then she saw the Cat-Mouse-Dog chariot veering toward her. She couldn't avoid it in time and was directly hit head-on.

"Bang!!!"

Gudako, riding Red Hare, was slammed into the edge of the track barrier.

"Oh? Oh? Oh? The race has just begun, and a participant has already decided to make the first move?!" Seeing Bai Song's strike, Gill immediately wore a delighted expression and started his enthusiastic commentary.

"The one who struck first is Schrödinger! His Cat-Mouse-Dog chariot directly smashed the logic out of the Rescuer... he sent them flying! That was beautifully executed!"

"Although we strongly condemn Schrödinger's behavior, it's not against the rules!"

Even though he was verbally 'condemning,' Gill's heart was instantly filled with joy, and a voice in his head kept shouting, 'Fight, fight!'

With this sudden development, Gudako fell far behind Bai Song by a significant margin. "You despicable Schrödinger!"

"Awaken, the power of the horse!"

Staring ahead with anger, Gudako smacked Red Hare's seductive rear end with her right hand and activated the 'Momentary Reinforcement' skill!

Instantly, a crimson surge of magic enveloped Red Hare!

The once brown skin of Red Hare also took on a reddish hue, as if it had blushed, and even steam began to rise from its body.

That was... the powerful magic evaporating the sweat, creating steam!

"Wow! Wow! Wow!!!" Sensing the burst of power within herself, Red Hare's speed skyrocketed, quickly catching up to Bai Song.

"So fast! That's the way, Red Hare!"

"I am Lu Bu Fengxian!"

"Oh, right, right, that's the speed, Fengxian!"

Excited, Gudako immediately corrected herself, pointing her little finger at Bai Song ahead and shouting with excitement, "Xue the Bandit, cease!"

Previously, Bai Song had been chasing, but now, she was going to chase Bai Song! Just thinking about this scene made Gudako feel surreal but thrilled!

"Damn it, can this monstrosity be so fast?!" Hearing a certain sound, Bai Song immediately turned his head to take a look. And that one look made Bai Song so startled that he quickly turned his head away.

Just imagine, a horse flipping its upper and lower lips, drooling from its mouth corners, like it had contracted rabies.

With just that one look, Bai Song might never forget this image in his life. Just thinking about it, it might give him nightmares at night. Bai Song couldn't help but regret it – why did he have to turn his head?

Seeing Bai Song's panicked turn of the head, Gudako burst into laughter, "Hahaha! As expected, he's scared!"

"Not... Senpai, this image is something anyone would be afraid of." Imagining Red Hare's expression at this moment, Mashu, sitting behind Gudako, reminded.

"Nonsense! Why wouldn't I be afraid?!"

Several black lines appeared on Mashu's forehead as she retorted, "... Are you really a human?"

"What did you say? You're speaking too softly, I didn't hear clearly!"

Before Mashu could react, Gill on the display screen in the sky, in the lower right corner of the screen within a screen, resumed his commentary.

"Starting from now, finally, the participants are nearing the end of the initial track."

"At the end, there's a teleportation gate that will randomly transport pairs of participants to random tracks."

"The environments of these random tracks vary – it could be a desert, a wasteland, or even a tropical rainforest. It all depends on your luck."

"The length of the track you're teleported to is fixed. Even if you're the last to enter the teleportation gate, as long as your speed surpasses all the other participants, you can emerge as the first in the subsequent track!"

"However... in those random tracks, I've prepared some small surprises for the participants."

"So, whether the participants can come out alive is another matter."

"???" Hearing this, Bai Song suddenly felt that this damn race was becoming unreliable again.

What teleportation gate? He hadn't seen anything like that in the registration interface. And wasn't this supposed to be an urban circuit race? Since when would a desert appear in an urban race?

There wasn't a single real desert in all of Japan. The only one, the Tottori Desert, was more like a beach and was indeed by the sea. It was practically too short to even take a stroll after a meal. So, it couldn't possibly be here; it had to be abroad.

And what the hell were these "small surprises"? What kind of small surprises could be life-threatening?

Without much time to think, the teleportation gate was... just within reach!