Chapter 372 - : Start, and the Pier Course (1/2)

In a Different World with a Smartphone Chapter 372: Start, and the Pier Course

“As we’ve notified you earlier, if you cannot clear an area within the stipulated time frame, you’re retired On the other hand, you can clear the area even if your vehicle breaks down and you have to push it, as long as you do it within the tis about the race froe

“It’s ok to obstruct other drivers The vehicles have been enchanted with ic that disallow direct contact between each other, so you can push as hard as you want However, the lighter oneson the force, so do be careful”

All vehicles participating in the race have been ic engines To explain it sinets would repel each other

The et close to each other for is 10cm; the field between the vehicles would repel themselves if they try to push any closer With this, drivers can safely push at each other and obtain advantages on the course While it started off as a safety measure, it’s completely a battle-use function now

“If a serious crash occurs, the driver would be teleported to this location right beforehand Although that happening doesn’t ht away, since the vehicle would probably be wrecked, you would likely end up with the saency teleport button, so dohappens”

That would be the [Gate] enchanted onto all the seats In preparation for possible injuries, we also have the [Alcheer, Flora, on standby here

“Ah, also, , you’re disqualified, soto you, Touya-kun”

“I know, shut it”

If I can use[Slip] on everyone and winning by a landslide

“Also, the race would be covered—”

“A cat is to a man what a man is to a cat! The heaven knows, the earth knows, and the cat also knows! The nyan shall take that role-nya!”

Sakura’s sue with a mic in his hands instead of the usual thin rapier

What, you’re doing the live coverage? Is it okay with that accent?

“Now then, it’s tiet into your ether vehicles and wait for the start signal-nya!”

A red line is drawn across the stone-paved path atop the beach, and our vehicles are lined up together at that line A siot into their vehicles and started up their ot into the Type K, and started up itsout a ot into the seat besides htful of you

Let’s see, so this stone path extends out in a straight line for so on the sandy beach? And a while after that, it turns right, out into the sea and onto the pier constructed for this race, huh

The pier’s width is only around 25 times that of a normal ether vehicle’s It’ll be hard to pass so in the middle of the road If one tries to pass another forcefully and was pushed off, even if it’s in the shallows, that should be as good as being retired Isn’t this a bit too tough right out the gate?

Well, whatever For now, I’ll just drive with safe completion of the course asoff It’ll give me the chance to survey the situation

I put on les

“Are you ready-nya? Now then, the first Babylon Race, begin-nya!”

The sound bonal went off at the sa that sound, the eight participating vehicles all roared past the starting line at once

“Ohh, and we have our leader of the pack with nu ahead of everyone else-nya! And after that is number 4, the [Red Cat] and number 2, the [Silver Star]-nya!”

Princess Berlietta’s [Strain] dashed out with a strong momentum, followed by Nia’s [Red Cat], and then Rosetta & Monica’s [Silver Star] After that is Lapis-san’s [White Bird], Crown Prince Rupheus’ [Trihalan], and then ’s [Ferzen] and the dwarf Griff’s [Steel Axe] followed closely

Although there’s already five people in front of me, there’s not that ht stone-paved path ended very quickly, and was replaced by a course of sand While the soround is hard to drive on, it’s not as bad as quicksand, so it’s fine

“Hahaha! Your Majesty the Sovereign, allow me to proceed ahead!”

“Ah”

“And a fierce attack from the [Ferzen]-nya! It headed up the positions in an instant-nya!”

Co the hard-to-drive-on sandy surface, the [Ferzen] blasted past e body rushed past the [Trihalan] in front of me in an instant too; its momentum is alh I did say I won’t be concerned about the rankings, it’s still frustrating to get passed

“The frontrunners have already turned towards the ocean, and entered the pier course! Since it’s hard to pass others on the narrow pier, once they enter, there’s probably not going to be any changes in the current rankings for a while-nya! Ho-we-ver! As it’s also a place where the s down into the waters, we never knohat -nya!”

As the pier course is built over a stretch of shallow coastal area, the deepest part is still below 1 ½in the race this ti as accidents like a seatbelt malfunction happen, even if they fall off the course, they should be able to get out quickly There’s the eency teleport button too, for precaution’s sake

If it’s at the coions, even if a participant falls off the pier, he/she can still possibly get back into the race by going back to the beach Since the ether vehicles aren’tlike that, it’s not like getting ould s would probably fall quite a bit no ot onto the pier course from the beach When I looked at the back mirror, there’s quite a bit of distance between me and the [Steel Axe] behind me He shouldn’t be able to catch me by surprise with a sudden burst with this distance

Having said that, I also don’t feel like trying to catch up with the [Trihalan] in front of ht froet into a pushi+ng contest as the outcome would be uncertain

However, if you know that the other side is lighter than you, it’s the obvious choice to go with an aggressive approach…

“The [Ferzen] is steadily approaching the [White Bird] ahead of it! If the [Ferzen] goes for an overtake here, the [White Bird] would get pushed out without a doubt-nya!”

The Ferzen king’s [Ferzen] is pressing down upon the [White Bird] driven by our ht stretch of the pier course

“Allow h by force! Don’t think badly of this!”

“Muh”

The [Ferzen] lined up besides Lapis-san’s [White Bird] As the [Ferzen] is rather large, when the two vehicles are driving side-by-side, the course is starting to look very narrow

The [White Bird] shakes froed to stabilize right before the edge, if it gets pushed again it would definitely fall down the pier

The [White Bird] picked up its speed It’s probably trying to get in front of the [Ferzen]

Not losing, the [Ferzen] also accelerated, and ended up in front of the [White Bird]

“Fuhahahaha! How’s that—ht-angle curve to the left

“Nuoooooo!”

While pushi+ng down hard on the brakes, the [Ferzen] turned itself towards the left and barely ed to clear the curve… Was ould’ve happened

At that ti, the [White Bird] swiftly cut into the inside of the [Ferzen]

The [White Bird], which came into the curve with a drift-like ht as the latter barely e of the curve

“Ah”

With its balance broken, the [Ferzen] crashed into the ocean Leaving the huge water splatter that occurred behind, the [White Bird] sped forward on the pier

“Ohhhh! The [Ferzen] is out of the course! It’s upside-down in the ocean-nya!”

Uwa… Thank God I didn’t do anything too forceful like that

Crown Prince Rupheus’ [Trihalan] andat the [Ferzen] in the water,out Of course, ered our speed and passed through the right-angled curve safely

As the last place [Steel Axe] was also passing through the sa showed his face on the ocean surface and drew in a large breath

“Seems like the driver is fine for the [Ferzen]-nya Since it probably won’t lead to a retire now, if he can somehow make it back to the beach… Nyaa!?”

“Nuuoooooooo!”

When I sneaked a peek backwards at where the [Ferzen] had fallen because of Nyantaro’s shocked voice, I saw the Ferzen King lifting up the [Ferzen] from the ocean with an impressive stance

Wait a second, that’s allowed too!?

“Seii!”

The Ferzen King threw the [Ferzen] back onto the pier just like that, before cliine of the [Ferzen] after getting back into it