---[25/17/1967 | 10.05]---
All contestants can be spotted swarming around the checkpoint line.
Yudi get into the lead position with Lan zipped up behind trying to outphase him, we also see that a mount pokemon likely Tyego's keeping a steady pace on 3rd position.
Everyone thought "Why? And where is Tyego?" they found out Tyego was the one who handle external causes, while keep flying with his wide winged bombirdier with his "two gold plated 15 caliber desert eagle pistoleros" still hanging on his vest, also the legendary Magnum revolver still on his socket.
He land gracefully on his mount and charge as fast as he can. Lan still leading with Tyego slowly close up the distance between them, He genuinely suprised that this is the first time Zeppeli manage to reach the 1 st place.
"You raise him good, Dork." Tyego calmly state while guiding his mount.
"What did you said!?" Yudi visibly annoyed by this, while admitting the truth with sour face.
We move to the girls, they keep in 5 and 6 th position. Had a difficulty to went trough the 4th place is where all atrocities came from. He seemingly don't care about anything and keep his sight "dead straight." While Michelle is visibly annoyed by that man "Why do he did this?"
Seems like Michelle recognise this person.
Some of the participant's are stuck in sewer, proved to barely step out of the sewer. There we're 300 participants left and they had their next challenge ahead and definitely get more difficult.
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----|Next checkpoint|----
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A rottom levitating over the sky witnessing some of participants stuck in the mighty sewer and it said "What a catasthrope, some of them still stuck in the mighty sewer!"
"I thought they already knew what they're doing, why do they keep get into that place all over again!?" A man seemed to have a blonde hair with an iconic scar on his face frankly said with an angry face.
Lots of the competitor got disqualified before they even got into the 1st checkpoint, some regulation that was intended with the rule and this explain why there we're people that unable to pass the qualification. Don't forget about report of murder, first part of this run. 10 people been shot to death with their mount killed not far away from their master. Nobody have a clue about this thing, perhaps future shenanigans would uncover this up by itself.
Some would speculate it was a pesky participants.
Other way around, they we're shot with 9 caliber bullet. This might help identify the person behind this chaining slaughter, but nobody knows for sure. Atleast if there was anyone who kept 9 caliber gun on themself, but this might only sort things a little with little to no fingerprint attached to these fast moving object.
The intensity of this race could drive ordinary people to deepest pit of insanity, but experience really help to keep your sanity at this exact moment.
Lan still hold the lead, Tyego on the second place, as Yudi attempt to snatch Tyego's position.
At the 4th place however, thick fog of ice scatter and evaporate as the mount move, with nobody expect someone to do and willing to take the humiliation. Thus a heavy cold mist of windy ice spread from the 4th place's mount. 'But, why?' Michelle thought while everyone avoid the hazards flying at them, make the suspicient more intense.
At this point nobody wants to cut their way trough, but we can see our little gambler here just casually outspeed the 4th place with her fella right behind. Came out with some shallow cut, some parts of the clothes we're scratched but no deep injury.
Yudi and Tyego was impressed with this, because they knew trespassing the hazard isn't easy per se.
Due to their constant speeding, their mount we're visibly exhausted. But the high speed is still present with the windy charge at 1/4 speed of sound.
Upon entering the finish line, everyone gon excited about who was the first one this turn and even bet some each 5 checkpoint.
While the said man behind Michelle get onto finish without any visible reaction, straight stiff imposing and not moving a single muscle, freezing like a souless fridgid statue.
As the mount slow down, it began to tumble over exhaustion. The man barely flinched. Nobody knows what exactly happened until Michelle went to stop and fall over her mount, checking his condition.
"Heeey tough guy, what make you so serious? It seems like you got shot on the way around here." A suposed joke before situation tore it apart MERCILESSLY.
She came closer, expecting a response. "Come on man, you aren't really dead are you-" As she found out that the man was lost his life, he took 9 bullets with his muscle freezing in this position out of sheer willpower to win.
He got 4 shot on his chest, 2 on his left arm and 2 on his right hands and a single bullet get straight to his eye. Freezing with an eerie smile, blood barely dripping out of his mouth due to his low body temperature.
Michelle fall on her knees out of realization, start a storm of tears. Curious, Qota went approaching Michelle while gently drag Antonio to her spot.
"No- no, no, no- no, no, NO!" Things Michelle shout outloud as she clench her fist. Then some tears are clearly run down from her eyes thus consecutively land her fist at the land of hard soil.
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------{Qota's perspective}------
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I might have acted out of my characte. As i walk my way on to the dead man, heat his body up and positioning him as the dead "Rest in Peace, good man." But take all of his temperature to myself and pull his body moisture away to be well preserved. Then i check his Rapidash, it definitely need some rest after that long time. Maybe even set a new record of never stop trotting, but that is les likely to be true after all. It have an abnormal leg formation and possibly in need of rehabilitation.
"Philip, how could you ended up like this?!" Michelle burst into Constant tears she failed to cover it up.
"You- promise to compete along with me. But, you ended up like this." The same rain of grief being silently captured at the big screen on podium. With this end, i can't do anything about it.
Tyego have notice something odd about what we're doing as he began to fall down his mount, rest it and approach us. The same goes to Yudi, but not really so by Lan as he being dragged to the podium and get interviewed by mass.
"D I O, what are you doing with the- he died." The fact that Yudi also flattered with this, offering a fact that nobody knows how do they witness this. With that being said, Yudi calling inspector and approach Michelle.
"Grandchild of Valentine aren't you?" Hearing this, Michelle start to back off. "I know his history, he had a great establishment to start this race in the first place. Other than that, he is total genius in everything else." Michelle knew she had drawn a suspicient. So she began to chill down with me standing between Her and the sun, overshadowed her grief.
Tyego start to commenting again, "Damn, this man really have died. I shutv know this earlier that he was also a target." Unintentionally drawn suspicient amongst us.
I notice this before everyone else did and left Tyego flabbergastled "What? I just said what was inside my head, not that i have planned this all along!" This left Qota stare at Tyego for a moment, in the end Qota know Tyego wasn't lying at all. But Tyego responded with "Why do i need you? In the end we would know who would won that, no matter what the cost." Then he take a glance at Lan's face on the big screen, a sudden turn to the dead man and said "Guess your miserable fate is better than keep in pain on the rest of your live, ain't it?" In the end he leave with a relief.
Qota ask Yudi "Why was Tyego is seemingly odd this time around?" He replied with "I have zero absolute idea, we have been in a distance for quite a long time. He do change of course, i must see the 'new him' first" Yudi stands and walked away into racer's dust.
Qota realized something, Philip's pokemon didn't show up. Something is definitely wrong here. As Qota reach into philips belt, there still 7 pokeball there. 'Perhaps they would be a problem if released, they probably don't know what happen to their master.' "Better to keep them in check! Michelle, can you take care of his pokemon? Maybe they'll understand once you explain this to them." Qota took a second to glance at Michelle with indifferent facial expression and proceeds to walk away with Antonio. Michelle stood silently on the spot motionless, possibly develop more traumatic neuron.
As a lot of steps heard from afar, show up several person with western 19th century clothes on. They appear to bring a medical equipment. They check Philip's body, took his name tag and proceeds to bring his whole body to somewhere else "Definitely not cemetery-"
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------{Qota's perspective}----[25/17/1967]----[09.00]------
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I have no regret off saying that to her, she need to know about harsh truth of reality. Good thing was only for some period of time, you know what is eternal? Death of course, all things experience death. Heck, even nonliving things experience it.
Death is everywhere, we don't know when do we die. Either do you came to the future, you would know the fixed timeline was like. I would like to experience it, but i just can't. Bittersweet ending without you could change what would happen, you could ever write back the thing you already did. It would end in a bootstrap, it would ever have origin and you would be stopped by the timestream. Unless, it tell you to do so. The relation is faint and that was the key to breach the timeline, "That was according to my own thought, you understand what i am saying?"
As i turn my head towards Torana, he was just casually listen and act cool but he let out a sigh. "First of all, Michelle is just 12 and you hit her with a truth that hurt more than a mile car crash. Second, that is your memory and you want nobody to read, so you can keep your origin safe. Heck, your deepest memories is just a black hole with endless supply of energy for thoose who dare to even reach it would be in danger."
I replied with "How did you know that reading my deepest mind results for thoose in danger?" He bitterly said "I have done it once and i regret doing it." I end it with "Oh, now i know why'd you really learn to speak in the first place." Which he replied with "Yea, exactly."
Something went stuck my mind, what is it? "Oh yea, almost forgot about him." One exact executive of Plasma, with the name of Yudi. Which sounds quite wierd because this is an eastern name, nobody know his real name for now.
"Perhaps he was japanese, but his surename was lemurian." I sank down into my deepest thought, left Torana visibly annoyed and drag me somewhere. He bring me to another room, seemingly Yudi's.
"Mr. Yudi? Are you there?" I shout trough the door, but no response till a second later.
"Wait, hold on there!" He said in a hurry tone.
He came out, appear less raggedy and a different clothes last time i met him. Wear a wild west cowboy hat, black vest and hard jeans. I don't see him have any gun with,
"Oh, you. Young lady, ms. Forgares i supose?" familiar tone, must've been a long time. "Greetings, good sir. May i chat with you for a while, i got something to ask."
He expected less, but he tag along "Farewell, so what bring you here?" He ask.
My curiosity overrides "You know anything about former president Valentine?"
"Valentine. I haven't heard that name for a while, he was a backlayer president that we're visible behind the international faces known that time. He was a great man, tho i have ever met him personally."
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[To be continued