Traveling With a Beautiful Girl - Chapter 17: Driving Through Hell
I couldn’t relax at all.
“Inertia Drifttttt!”
“Noooooo!”
Screeeeech!!
The sound of the tires and Nanase’s scream pierced my eardrums.
Ruka-san attacked the winding mountain pass, not knowing where it would lead, with an Initial D-like steering maneuver.
“Ugh!”
My upper body bent under the strong centrifugal force from the right. I felt like a Popsicle.
[Welcome to the Japari Park! Always laughing and having a good time~♪]
As the sound of the brakes and engine died down, the theme song of the anime “Kemono Friends,” which caused a social phenomenon a few years ago, started playing.
(T/N: yes this anime exists and the lines of its opening song are the same)
About five minutes after we started, Nanase asked for a different song, and Ruka-san reluctantly played an anime song medley.
Although the song was known for lifting spirits, it sounded insane in this situation.
“Hey! Are you out of your mind?!”
Nanase raised her voice in protest.
Ruka-san stepped on the accelerator as if she couldn’t hear the complaints.
The fluffy pancake car, with a roaring engine sound I had never heard before, approached a sharp curve!
“I’m gonna die, die, die!”
“Here we go! Inertia Drifttttt!”
Screeeeech!!
Despite its fairy tale-like appearance, the fluffy pancake car demonstrated an aggressive drift.
What is this? What’s happening?
Am I dreaming, like when I have the flu?
“Ahahaha, that’s hilarious! Your face has been priceless, Ri-chan!”
“If you have time to laugh, step on the brakes!”
“Life is short! No stopping! Step on the accelerator, get closer to access!1She rhymes “人生”= Jinsei, with “禁制”=Kinsei and “アクセルッ”= akuseru with “アクセス”= akusesu. The whole line “”mijikai jinsei, tomaru no kinsei! fumikome akuseru, chikazuku akusesu!”“
“Who asked you to rhyme?!”
Annoyingly, she’s pretty good at it! Does her mind speed up when she’s high?
“I’m sticking to the legal speed, so it’s all good!”
“That’s not the problem!”
“Here comes a triple hairpin curve!”
“A triple… Ugh!”
“Broken Heart Drift × Triple Score!”
Screeeeech!! Screeeeech!! Screeeeech!!
“Ahhhhh!?”
“Oh, wow, sliding, sliding.”
“How can you be so calm, Takahashi-kun?!”
“Why, you ask? That’s because…”
Heh… I smiled and answered.
“I’m prepared.”
“Don’t rush to die before me!”
Ah, that’s true!
“Ka-kun’s gonna die!? No! Don’t die!!”
“You’re the cause!”
It was rare for Nanase to tsukkomi.
At that moment, an unknown emotion welled up deep within my chest.
“Ugh… Hahaha.”
“W-what? Have you finally lost it?”
“No, yeah… I might have.”
Apparently, people laugh when they face a situation beyond their brain’s processing capacity.
That was me right now.
It was just too chaotic.
Until yesterday, I was a serious high school student attending a prestigious school in Tokyo.
But look at me now. I’m riding in a fairy tale-like car with the most beautiful girl in my grade who was trying to commit suicide, and a 20-year-old high school girl, attacking a mountain pass in Shizuoka.
The adrenaline rush every time Ruka-san drifts.
The thrilling, extraordinary situation where I could die in an accident regardless of my will. In other words, I was high!
“Go for it, Ruka-san! Don’t lose to the tofu shop Trueno!”
(T/N: An Initial D reference you can read more about it here)
“Leave it to me, Ka-kun! Inertia Drifttttt!”
“Enough alreadyyyyyy!”
Screeeeech!!
The fluffy pancake car, carrying my ecstatic shouts, Nanase’s screams, and Ruka-san’s laughter, continued to conquer the mountain pass.
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