Chapter 49 (2/2)

The boy was not trying to show off by stepping up. Such a race tested observational skills and the ability to react appropriately. A younger person, undoubtedly, had the edge in this regard.

More importantly, luck should be on his side tonight.

Zhang Heng took out the lucky rabbit’s foot from his pocket and hung it on the rear-view mirror.

He may be the least skilled driver among the three, but with the mechanics of the race today, luck was the decisive factor that actually had the absolute power.

For a whole two minutes, Zhang Heng did not come across a single car.

Then the short man spoke again, “That year during the race—did Mr. Yosuke hide behind his team members like this?”

A look of embarra.s.sment flashed across Takeda Tetsuya’s face. Zhang Heng could see from his rear-view mirror that the yellow Dodge was beginning to sway, which meant that Takeda Tetsuya was getting unnerved.

The seafood store owner smiled sadly. “If you want to avenge Asano Naoto, you should just settle it with me! Why did you have to drag other people into this?!”

The short man sniffed. “Wasn’t your enmity with Asano Naoto embroiled because of someone else?”

Zhang Heng’s eyes widened. His suspicions were finally confirmed!

“You… You’re not taking revenge for Asano Naoto, but Kobayas.h.i.+?”

There was a heavy silence on the other end of the intercom.

A minute later, the short man said, “Not bad! You were able to guess my intention.”

“You pretended to be Oni Hitomi to kidnap Ameko so you could force him to join this race! It was not just the three people who knew about that compet.i.tion—Kobayas.h.i.+ told this to his mother? No, that’s impossible! No one would ever tell things like that to their mothers. So… his sister… what’s your relations.h.i.+p with his sister?”

The three modified vehicles sped across the highway~

Precisely 2 minutes and 42 seconds later, Zhang Heng spotted the first oncoming car! He flicked the steering, letting loose the tail of the van with the L300 narrowly drifting past!

Even then, Zhang Heng was unusually composed. He suddenly thought about something completely absurd. “Wait a minute—you’re… Kobayas.h.i.+’s sister?”

When he first met the man, Zhang Heng had noticed that his movement was a little awkward. Other than the fact that his height and dimensions were closer to a woman’s, he was also the only one who did not reveal his tattoos. This ‘guy’ spent so much effort pretending to be Oni Hitomi. But unlike the other guys, this short man never showed off his tattoo—maybe because he feared people would notice the absence of Adam’s apple.

To disguise his voice, on the other hand, was simple. Every one of them wore masks, so it was only a matter of using a voice changer.