The moment Todo sensed the attack, he realized something was terribly wrong.
The terrifying power made his hair stand on end.
Todo immediately wanted to activate his Cursed Technique and teleport, but there were no suitable Cursed Technique targets nearby at that moment.
Excalibur's Noble Phantasm release was not impossible to dodge.
But it was like an ordinary person dodging a bullet. You had to move when the gun was aimed at you and the bullet had not been fired yet.
Once the bullet was fired, you could not dodge it. After all, not everyone had bullet time.
"Todo!"
Noritoshi's eyes widened as he looked at Todo, who was enveloped by the beam of light.
He had not expected the Tokyo School to openly attack a student during the competition.
But the next moment, he realized that Yuji was also in the car.
"Hiss, that really hurt."
"Indeed."
Todo and Yuji's voices came from behind them.
At this moment, Eichi's voice also echoed in the sky.
"Please pay attention to the rules of the competition. This is a racing competition, not a flying competition. Also, when building your race cars, please ensure their sturdiness. Do not engage in kamikaze behavior."
Eichi was also quite speechless. The reason Todo and Yuji were able to start so much earlier than the others, besides their car's simple and imposing exterior, was largely because of its poor structural integrity.
It would probably disintegrate before even reaching the finish line.
However, with their strength, swimming across should not be a problem, but this was a race car! A race! Car!
All in all, Eichi was a bit tired of these two.
As his voice faded, the other students also breathed a sigh of relief.
They were also afraid of suddenly being bombarded by Excalibur's light cannon. Fortunately, as long as they did not break the rules, they would not be bombed.
"To actually stop us brothers from achieving the magnificent feat of flying into the sky, how hateful!"
Todo slammed his fist on the ground, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
"Brother, let's go collect materials immediately! We can't fall behind!"
"Osu!"
The two immediately ran toward the Ironclad Lava Emperor's location.
The Ironclad Lava Emperor, which had been constantly farmed since it was born and had only just gotten a short rest, was utterly bewildered when it saw the two burly men reappear.
While the two were recollecting materials, the others also successively completed their race cars and began rushing onto the track.
Megumi and Noritoshi were still as simple as ever, directly mimicking the appearance of race cars on TV to build their own.
Momo and Kasumi built a race car that somewhat resembled a witch's broom, named "Nimbus 2000000."
Kokichi's race car looked like a crouching Ultimate Mechamaru.
Maki and Mai rode in a sleek race car similar to a spaceship from a sci-fi movie, named "Silver Meteor."
Having spent a long time in the research institute, Mai now quite liked sci-fi works as well.
As for Maki? Her younger sister liked it, so she went along with her younger sister.
Toge, who was left alone, "I'm not in the car yet, I'm not in the car yet!"
Finally, dog lover Toge and the Divine Dogs set off in the same car.
"What's that up ahead?"
Megumi looked curiously at the row of cubic boxes floating in midair ahead.
Each box was covered with question marks.
"Nue."
Megumi immediately summoned Nue to touch the boxes and see what was inside.
The next moment, a prompt appeared on his panel.
[Obtained Item: Banana]
[Description: Place the banana on the track. Stepping on the banana will cause the vehicle to skid and become uncontrollable.]
[Deploy?]
[Yes] [No]
"...Yes."
The next second, a banana peel flew out of the car and fell onto the track.
Megumi: I always feel guilty about littering.
Not long after Megumi left, several more race cars arrived.
"What is this?"
[Missile: You can choose any opponent to attack.]
"Why are there missiles in a racing competition?"
Kasumi complained.
"Attack incoming! Block it, Miwa!"
Momo, who was driving, called out to Kasumi, who was absorbed in complaining.
"Yes!"
Kasumi subconsciously tried to stand up straight, then remembered that she was currently at the Exchange Event.
Kasumi immediately scanned her surroundings and noticed a flying insect constantly approaching their race car from behind.
[Water Fly]
[Description: Automatically attacks the player ranked one place higher than itself. If hit, the opponent will be trapped in water for a certain period of time.]
Upon discovering the enemy, Kasumi immediately stood on the broom with both feet to stabilize herself.
"Shinkage-ryu: Simple Domain."
Due to her years of broom riding, Momo was quite confident in driving the race car.
Not to mention that this race car could be custom-made, so the controls could be set exactly as she wanted.
Therefore, the two quickly reached an agreement. Kasumi would be responsible for protecting the race car, and Momo would drive.
"Draw!"
The moment the Water Fly entered the Simple Domain, Kasumi drew her sword and cut it down.
"Miwa, didn't you get a missile? Blow them up for me!"
"Ah? Okay!"
Kasumi immediately took out the missile item she had just obtained and fired it toward Maki and Mai behind them.
Unfortunately, it was shot down by Maki's Thousand Machine Umbrella, which had switched to rifle mode.
Noritoshi and Toge were also caught in a fierce battle.
Perhaps it was because he always squinted, so his vision was not good.
Noritoshi, who had originally been in second place, did not see the banana peel on the ground while turning a corner, resulting in a skid and a crash into the wall.
Then Noritoshi was constantly overtaken, dropping from second place to second to last.
Just as he finally managed to turn his car around and prepare to get back on track, a water bomb flying from behind trapped Noritoshi again.
Noritoshi and his old-fashioned race car floated in the air as if under a Water Prison Cursed Technique, and Toge completed the overtake.
"Cough, cough. By the name of Kamo, I will absolutely not come in last!"
Seeing himself overtaken by Toge, Noritoshi's eyes immediately turned red. He did not even move forward, but instead turned back and opened all the nearby item boxes.
Then countless Water Flies, bombs, and missiles began flying across the track.
"Hahahaha! This is what makes it fun, isn't it, brother!"
Todo and Yuji built their second race car at top speed, then rushed onto the track.
It was then that Noritoshi remembered there was still a car behind him.
Due to Todo's personality, he could not be included in plans during normal times.
So Noritoshi had actually forgotten about Todo, who had just taken Excalibur head-on, for a moment.
Thinking of this, Noritoshi's red-glowing eyes narrowed again.
However, a scene that surprised Noritoshi appeared.
Todo's car was actually faster than his own?
"Todo, why is your car so fast?"
Noritoshi looked at Todo in confusion.
"Didn't you see the three nozzles at the back of my car?"
"Did you install three Molten Orbs in the car?!"
"That's right! This is what makes it exciting, exciting!"
With that, Todo once again floored the accelerator, overtaking Noritoshi.
Noritoshi's eyes once again glowed red.
(To be continued.)
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