Chapter 55: →Yes
"Waah-hahaha! Little one! …Just for reference, do you have any experience driving cars or motorcycles?"
"None."
"…Also, do you have any particular preference for the starting position?"
"None."
"Good!"
Top Chat: This is gonna start in such an obvious position lol
Top Chat: Red sure is hungry for the win
Top Chat: Isn’t this usually where you let the streamer win?
Top Chat: Nah, this request came to Reverse God, not Elf-san, right?
Top Chat: Ohhh, so they’re aiming for Reverse God’s screams
Top Chat: Makes sense now, that’s why it’s a handicap match from the start
"So all I need to do is make Misora scream?"
Top Chat: …If they answer "Yes" to this, a brutal bad end is probably waiting
Top Chat: Stop it! Don’t you dare say "Yes"!
Top Chat: They won’t actually do it
Top Chat: Let’s not
Top Chat: This is our unshakable consensus!
"But I just found a rhinoceros beetle…"
Top Chat: I’m starting to waver
Top Chat: Too fast lol
Top Chat: I wanna share this experience (evil grin)
Top Chat: Quit it
"Elf-san, sorry to keep you waiting. Did something happen?"
"None."
Top Chat: Nothing happened
Top Chat: Nothing at all
Top Chat: It was just a devil craving (Reverse God’s) screams
Top Chat: Parentheses looking stylish there
"Waah-hahaha! Little ones! Now then, it’s time to explain 《Ultra Kart Racing Forever》!"
"Yeah."
"Ah, y-yes!"
"The course is here, 《Steamy Light Beam Grand Circuit》! Both the left and right tracks are 200 meters long, filled with countless obstacles and steep slopes to torment the drivers—a super long course!"
Top Chat: …Is that really long?
Top Chat: The slopes look kinda gentle though
Top Chat: Obstacles exist, but aren’t they just cones?
Top Chat: Seems like an easy course, right?
Top Chat: Left and right?
"And the machine you’ll be using is—this! The Ultra Kart!"
Top Chat: Huh?
Top Chat: That kind of kart…?
Top Chat: A shopping cart?
What Red unveiled beneath the cloth was a large shopping cart like the kind you’d find in a supermarket.
"Big enough to fit even an adult."
"Waah-hahaha! The little one’s got sharp instincts! That’s right! 《Ultra Kart Racing Forever》 is an activity where you pair up in teams of two and race the Ultra Kart!"
Top Chat: I’ve always wanted to go wild with a shopping cart
Top Chat: I think that every time I go to the supermarket
Top Chat: I’ve secretly slid it forward just one step before
"At the end of the course, there’s an escalator prepared! You can load the whole cart onto it! You’ll each do a lap on both the right and left courses, and your rankings will be decided!"
Looking closely, an escalator and a set of stone steps ran side by side from the bottom of the slope back up to the top.
Top Chat: Ahh, so that’s why the left and right course starts—avoiding collisions
Top Chat: So it’s basically just a gentle downhill ride
Top Chat: Oh, I get it. They turned it into a kind of slalom event
Top Chat: Like skiing or snowboarding
"Now then, since there’s a risk of tipping over, the little ones will be wearing helmets and protectors for elbows and knees! Any questions?"
"Um… Elf-san and I are riding the cart together, right? Where do we sit, and how do we actually steer it?"
"Waah-hahaha! I shall show you with a demonstration! Let’s go, Pink!"
"Yaaah!"
Top Chat: Ohhh, Pink-san finally gets a turn!
Top Chat: Entering the stage at last!
Top Chat: And they’ve climbed right into the cart basket!
Top Chat: No matter how you hype it up, it’s still a ridiculous sight
Top Chat: I wanna try it though, looks stupidly fun lol
With just a few steps of running start, Red, who had been pushing the cart by the handle, also planted a foot on the back bar. The cart gradually picked up speed going down the slope, closing in on the first corner.
"Waah-hahaha! Pink, right curve! One, two, three!"
"Yaaah!"
Top Chat: Ohhh
Top Chat: Huh, so you can really turn just by shifting weight
Top Chat: Kinda like riding a motorbike
Top Chat: Is Red also using his foot a little?
Top Chat: Pretty slick
Red and Pink controlled the cart with well-timed weight shifts, managing to glide all the way down to the bottom of the slope without losing much speed even on the flat ground.
"I’ve got it."
Top Chat: Eh
Top Chat: Eh??
Top Chat: Wait, Elf-san might’ve gotten it, but…
Top Chat: What about Reverse God?
"Got it."
"Ehh!?"
Top Chat: That’s some next-level unreasonable demand
Top Chat: This is gonna be rough for Reverse God
Top Chat: Parentheses looking stylish again lol
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