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"This story is fiction.

All names of characters, places and

organizations in the story are fictional.

Follow the traffic rules and drive safely."

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo

Now listen y'all, what you waitin' for is the Noizy Tribe

We're back!

I want to shake myself free, release the safety on my heart

Grab hold of your wavering emotions, yes, kiss me

Yeah, always pressure, like a train that's been jolted, creaking

I'm telling you, just watch me from that sluggish crowd

'Cause someday, check it, I'll be zoomin' fast as lightning

I'll dash out and get that checkered flag, believe it

You can see a dream you want to embrace, can't you?

I want to feel it in these arms, your soul

This moment I can feel, know the omen's arrival

I'm headin' out like this, I'm the Noizy Tribe

Come with me, come and cry with me

Got to be, got to be, now you got to be free (Yeah!)

Noizy Tribe, you're my Noizy Tribe

You can feel, you can feel, you can feel in my love (C'mon!)

Come with me, come and cry with me

Got to be, got to be, now you got to be free (Yeah!)

Noizy Tribe, you're my Noizy Tribe

You can break, you can break, you can break 'cause you're Noizy Tribe

Here come the Noizy Tribe, we're back!

"Steep Curve"

What do you think about today's race? What kind of outlook should we have?

Personally, I'm scared. About Keisuke's race today.

Huh? You're scared? Is this course's downhill that difficult?

No, that's not what I meant. How can I put this?

Even if a car's settings are tuned for the hillclimb,

once you go up, you'll have to come down, right?

Well, yeah.

In other words, Keisuke's run the downhill as many times as the hillclimb,

so his downhill techniques have steadily gotten better, too.

Then the same goes for you, right?

No, because our power differential is too great.

On the uphill, there's no way the Eight-Six could keep up with his FD...

But the FD is incredibly fast, even on the downhill.

I don't think there's much of a difference between us.

You're not serious!

I get that general idea from watching him practice.

As the team downhiller, it's sort of unsettling.

What I'm scared of is being shown Keisuke's true power

when he takes the downhill with full intent.

He's left me behind? No. I can feel him.

He's up ahead!

"Act 21: Dogfight"

So he preserved his tires during the hillclimb to bet everything on the downhill, huh?

That's a pretty smart idea. Not bad.

Like it or not, I'm gonna have to get serious!

Oops.

I was about to fall silent there.

Hyaa!

In a street race, a gap of six seconds isn't that great.

If that FD can't catch up to Ko on the downhill, that's when we win.

But if he does catch up...

If there's no clear winner, we just go to the next round, right?

That's incorrect. If this isn't settled in the first race,

it would be a tremendous disadvantage for Ko...

...because in the second round, the FD would go first.

You know what that means. Both the pursuer and the pursued will feel

the pressure of being unable to see their opponent.

Even if distance opens up between them,

it will be a dead heat where every millisecond counts.

One, two!

Awesome! He shortcutted over the roadside gutter!

Still, he'd go that far with something in the GT-R's weight class?

Because for Hoshino, there is no second round.

No matter what, he has to finish this race in the first round.

Here comes the FD!

This one's taking a shortcut too, like it's only natural.

They have the same way of thinking, is that it?

All things said, this is one intense race. Not being able to see your opponent

means you can't drop your guard even for a second.

A race where you're going neck and neck would be a lot less stress.

I see him! All right.

Four seconds... No, maybe less.

I've definitely gained on him since the turnaround point.

Rather than some old God Foot dude...

...the winner of the downhill will be me!

He's come this far, huh? He's better than I thought.

But I know he's comin' to close the gap.

Now it's a game of tag, to outrun him till the goal line!

From the beginning, that's the kind of, uh, race this has been.

Hngrar!

Coming up is what will decide this race!

This heat will probably take its toll on Ko, as well.

Ooh, this is tough.

A handful, all right, a handful.

This youngster from Gunma is something else.

Even on the downhill, he's gettin' closer and closer to my R34.

All right! I'm definitely closing the gap on him.

This really is fun. It's been a long time since I've felt like this.

One, two, three!

"Touge Tunnel Project

To be implemented soon"

I swear... Now it's getting to where it's hard for me to breathe.

We've never faced this kind of development before.

I think the six-second time lag at the turnaround point

might have made him push forward into a very dangerous zone.

Even if things progress according to the scenario I have scripted,

his chances of winning are fifty-fifty.

His opponent is of the highest caliber.

Dammit! Tire traction is less than half, eh?

I've used the front tires for all they're worth.

The weight of the car's frame is finally takin' its toll.

He's come up a hair's breadth from me.

That margin I had is now all but gone?!

Fine!

Just one more...

Just one more...

Then I'm comin' in with a deathwish!

Hey! You bastard!

They've gotten close!

They're about to tear around the last corner!

It's no good! He can't lose him.

Ko...

So it's no good, huh?

Yes! Keisuke made it to the second round.

No way. It can't be...

The Hoshino...

...couldn't hold onto that big of a lead?

Mr. Joshima!

I'll say this for the sake of Ko's reputation:

his opponent is running a truly incredible race.

Without a doubt, their driver is of a level far above what we'd expected.

He may be our enemy, but all I can say is, "Well done."

That was a brutal and most incredible race.

What?! This isn't the time to go openly admiring them!

The opponent will be leading in the second round...

You said it yourself, didn't you? Now the conditions of the race

will be overwhelmingly against us!

Yes, well... True enough, I did say that.

That's if one were to think of this in the "normal" way.

But the driver that is Kozo Hoshino is about to enter his true element.

All right, we're moving into the second round!

Starting in five seconds! Four!

Three! Two! One!

Go!

The first round was to my liking, one of smart progression.

However, this strategy has one small hole in it.

How will our opponent react to that?

This second round will be turbulent... Make no mistake!

Give it a rest, old man. I already know you've got good traction.

Hey, what gives? Is that all it's got, that rotary rocket of yours?!

I know from the first round that I lose when coming out of corners on the hillclimb.

No matter how much he rides me, I just have to not let him pass.

If I can keep outrunning him like this till the turnaround point, this race is mine.

I won't be beaten on the downhill!

It looks like they've started a second round.

Looks like it.

Sure enough, I guess that lightweight FD was pretty fast on the downhill.

This will make things tough for Purple Shadow.

They're both big-framed cars, so pulling ahead on the hillclimb will be hard.

So Project D's strategy will decide the race, eh?

He's a bright one, all right, Ryosuke Takahashi.

Still...

Something bothers me.

What's that?

Ryosuke Takahashi is certainly a cunning foe...

But I don't think Kozo Hoshino could have completely failed to see this coming.

After all, it was Hoshino that chose to lead in the first round.

If he loses, then for a driver called the "God Foot,"

wouldn't that be far too little planning?

Well...

I think Hoshino has some sort of plan in mind. I can't help but feel that.

If it's some sort of loophole in the rules... then what on earth could it be?

Hyaa!

Forget it. I don't know what kind of power that thing packs,

but there's absolutely no way I'd let you pass me now!

That's the shape of it, eh? I've got the general picture.

What is this? This mood like people are expecting something...

Gimme a break. There's no reason anything'll happen.

As a racer with experience at running mountain passes,

I can at least say that for sure!

There's no way he could pull ahead on a course like this!

Soon they'll be here at the turnaround point, the yellow FD still in the lead.

They'll circle around this pylon and head back down.

In that instant, Keisuke's victory will be certain!

The top is just ahead. We'll be up there soon.

I can do it. This race is mine!

They're here! There they are! They're comin' in!

Okay!

They're comin' in side-by-side!

What are you doing?!

Hoshino's out in front!

It can't be. Don't tell me...

He was waiting for the instant when the turn toward the downhill begins?!

What a crazy thing to do! That GT-R came charging in without hesitation.

If Keisuke hadn't moved, it would've been a terrible head-on crash!

Screw you! You'd do something like this?!

No, that's not right. They may have looked about the same,

but our opponent entered the spin turn a split-second earlier.

That's where the lead position was taken from us.

I timed it so we'd be side-by-side when we came out of the corner.

That was quite satisfactory, if I say so myself.

He got me. Now all I can do is overtake him!

It looks like Keisuke had the tables turned on him at the turnaround point.

As I thought. Sure enough, he did not pass up his opportunity.

This puts us at an overwhelming disadvantage.

All we can do now is bet on Keisuke's natural ability to spring into action.

The rougher and more heated this race becomes,

the higher the probability.

The more turbulent this is, the greater our chances.

The one thing that worries me is Ko falling silent.

Don't get too heated.

Drifting, huh? If that's how you want to play it...

What?!

Hoshino pulled ahead at the turnaround point!

Yeah!

I knew there was no way he'd lose!

Oh. So that was Hoshino's plan?

There they are!

Drift vs. drift?!

The GT-R is a 4WD, right?!

This thing's gettin' more and more heated!

What's goin' on with Hoshino?

What on earth is going on?

It could be that this is according to Hoshino's plan.

Without a doubt, his tires have lost their grip,

making it easier to understeer on downhill corners.

If he fishtailed the rear section at corner entry,

he could control the front-end push.

At first glance it appears utterly reckless, but there's sound reasoning behind it.

Also...

If the GT-R drifts its big rear section on already narrow streets,

it takes up that much more space, effectively blocking the way...

...creating a barricade that stretches the width of the road.

I hadn't planned on gettin' so flashy,

but if my opponent is gonna take things this far, I can't back down now!

This is a different world, beyond reason.

And I won't let anyone criticize!

I just don't understand it. Mr. Joshima, they're drifting.

Both Mr. Hoshino's GT-R and the pursuing FD...

Isn't the sensible thing to do to race with a little more care for their tires?

Well, sometimes the only ones who understand are the people holding the wheel.

Sure enough, they're cut from the same cloth.

I guess we just keep quiet and watch these two fools engage in their battle of wills.

They're both up on the main stage now...

There is a logical reason for Kozo Hoshino's repeated use of drift.

However, there is no such reason supporting Keisuke's.

Put simply, it is the willfulness of one who drives a rear-wheel vehicle.

Keisuke has responded with competitive spirit rather than reasoning...

Fight drift with drift.

There is one aspect in which Kozo Hoshino and Keisuke closely resemble each other.

Keisuke's actions make no disguise of his feelings,

which in this case fuels Hoshino's fighting spirit.

That is what suddenly made this a battle of drifting.

My tires!

Ko is probably enjoying this more than he can stand.

But Ko, this turn of events will count more against

the GT-R, with its heavy frame.

Drawing this out would be disadvantageous in terms of tires...

He should've known that from the start.

They're not too far off now. I'm sure Keisuke has no intention of quitting.

We still don't know what will happen until that goal line is crossed!

Dammit! It's overshooting all on its own!

--All right! --Yes!

A rose that's bloomed on the battlefield, for the reason they don't know

A caterpillar that can only move forward tramples it under foot again today

Yo, hates and pain, increasing only hatred

Hates and pain, with those social conditions transmitted live

Hold me with stronger hands

Your voice in a restless night (For the reason they don't know)

The world will someday be shedding blood (All around the world)

Let me forget that kind of news, I don't want to understand

Nobody reason, nobody sure where is the end

Ah, sing gently just a little more, even if it's a lie

Check it, conflicting information is already reported by the mass media

The outnumbered convey the deep fears of the whole situation

Reason is flammable, an age lacking the power of restraint, yeah

Devoting yourself body and spirit, you keep receiving that baptism

Nobody reason, nobody sure where is the end

If rowing a boat that's untrustworthy and on the verge of breaking...

Nobody reason, no one confess that it was wrong

Ah, sing gently just a little more, even if it's a lie