Vroom! Vroommm!
Shinji and Kaito practiced, and they raced against each other.
Shinji was leading in the race. He was in front of Kaito.
"Mr Nicolo, I wanted to ask, why do you think is faster in the two?" The boss asked.
"Kaito is by far faster, but Shinji has more experience,he has more skills, he's better at drifting, and he's more strategic." Mr Nicolo explained.
Vrooooooom! Kaito speeded up, he drifted so that he could turn well without losing speed, he hit his engine and caught up to Shinji.
Shinji did not allow it. He increased his power, and then he drove his car in front of Kaito, blocking his path.
They reached the last lap, and Shinji still took the lead.
Kaito kept trying to pass through, but Shinji blocked his path.
Shinji crossed the finish line first and won the race.
"Man Kaito you're good, but I'm better." Shinji bragged.
"Nah, you just have more experience, plus thus was just training. If it was a real race, I would have demolished you. Also, I really don't care about losing a race at training." Kaito explained.
While they were talking, three men appeared. They were wearing black business suits, but they had white horizontal stripes. They were carrying a brown envelope.
"Hi." They greeted
"Uhm yes and who might you be?" Kaito and his team asked.
"We are from the Obsidian Volt GP team. We are here for business." They answered.
The boss took a glance at them, then he told them to follow him inside the warehouse, and the team followed as well.
They reached the Shinsei team's relaxing spot at the warehouse.
It was a place with five couches and a giant TV screen at the wall, and the floor was made out of tiles.
"Please take a seat." The boss offered, "Alita please bring them two glasses of water."
"Thanks but we're fine." They rejected, "We're not going to be here long."
Everybody sat down, and the two men went straight to the point.
"We're here to invite you to the annual Japan Regional F1 GP race." One of them said.
"The annual Japan Regional F1 GP race will be held by the Obsidian Volt this year, and we're here to give you the invite and the details." The second one continued.
'Wow, the annual Japan Regional F1 GP race is a race that happens every year, and each year, it is planned and prepared by a different F1 GP team.'
'Last year It was held by the Shinsei GP team and this year the Obsidian Volt GP team. The winners of the race get the title best in Japan, and the Shinsei GP team has won the title three years in a row.' Kaito thought, as he cracked his knuckles and smirked.
"The race will be held at its original location at the Annual Japan track. There will be a total of 20 teams who have qualified to be in the race
It will begin 7 days from now, the entry time will be 10:00.
The race will be 150 laps around the Annual Japan track, which is 80 km in total.
Substitution of drivers will be allowed but only once per team.
The race is to be 3-4 hours long.
This year there will be a prize for the winners, the prize is a brand new F1 Ferrari car.
If you have any questions, everything is inside the invitation letter." They explained and gave them the invitation card.
"Well I kinda expected for this year's race to have a prize. The Obsidian Volt GP team is insanely rich it makes me jealous." The boss whispered to himself.
"Woohoo a new machine, Shinji. You better win that thing for me.. I mean for the team." Alexis requested.
"Don't worry, grease monkey, I'll get it for you." Shinji promised.
'Man, I do wish that I was the one who was going to race.' Kaito thought.
"Now then we shall take our leave." They said, and they left.
"Man this year's Annual Japan Regional F1 racer will be peak. I better return back to training." Shinji said as he went back to the track.
"Seven days from now, that's more than enough time to create a strategy, isn't it Kikyo?" Alita asked, patting Kikyo at the back.
"Yeah it's enough time." She assured.
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At the Red Seraph GP team, two women from the Obsidian Volt GP team had just left from a meeting with the boss.
"Everybody, come here." The boss ordered.
They all rushed to him, and when they got there, he told them exciting news.
"It seems like we have qualified for this year's Annual Japan Regional F1 GP race, and this year's race is being held by the Obsidian Volt GP team and also, there is also a reward." The boss teased.
"What's the reward?" The first driver of the Red Seraph GP team, Spy, said.
"Come on, boss, tell us." The other's. Couldn't hold their excitement.
"The grand prize is a brand new F1 Ferrari car, and it's the latest version."
"Woohoooo!" They excitedly cheered.
"That bad boy is ours. This year, we'll beat the Shinsei GP team, and nothing is gonna stop us." Their strategist said.
"Yeah you got that right, I'll make I tune all the cars." Their chief of mechanics assured.
"And…" Their boss teased.
"And what, boss?" Noah couldn't take the teasing anymore.
"If you guys come first place, then I'll reward you with a big celebratory party!" The boss declared.
"Yeahhhhh!"
"But.."
"Oh shit there's a but." The second driver freaked out.
"If you guys don't come in the top three, then I'll worsen your training, and it'll be rigged and I'll also decrease your break from one hour and a half to be only one hour." The boss warned.
"Oh man, well, that means we just gotta win no matter what!" They cheered.
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At the Kurotech Zero point warehouse, their boss called them all to tell them some news.
The team got inside his office, and they all stood still and quietly waited for the news.
"Guys I'm sorry to say this, but we have not qualified for this year's Annual Japan Regional F1 GP race." The boss looked down.
"Ow man, it's been five whole years of us not qualifying, and this year makes it six." Their first driver complained.
"Don't worry, we might not participate today, but we'll participate next year no matter what." Misa motivated everybody.
"We should give it our all to make sure that we qualify for next year,but for now, next week we should go and watch the race live." The boss declared.
"Yeahhhh!" They cheered.