The Unknown Fleet - Season 1

The Unknown Fleet - Chapter 38

- Chapter 38 - Subconscious Anger Can Be Deadly -

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"wwWhat the!?" Lance uttered as he felt the strong force of the A60 bump his FC out of balance, making it spin uncontrollably! Lance quickly decided to spin the car a full 360 to recover, whilst doing so he slid down from his seat in an attempt to dodge the knife penetrating his chest... But instead, it slit his cheek and it started bleeding. He was able to spin his FC back around, still maintaining 80km/h out the exit and slammed on the accelerator out of his anger.

Stop Limit Line - Body To Body kicks in

The A60 sped on ahead on the following corners, but the FC followed close behind even doing powerslides in a vain attempt to catch up. This surprises Kouchi, how could Lance be steering his FC like that without getting stabbed a single bit!? "What's going on here!? How's he gaining on me? There's no way he can gain that much sliding angle without stabbing himself to death!!" And after clearing a few corners... The FC was literally on his bumper.

A car with a couple inside were going on a cruise on Izu as the 2 were racing, although they're at a fairly safe distance... "Ah... Such a beautiful evening, ain't it now honey?" Said one of them. "I guess... But I'm surprised there's no one racing here toda-" Guess those words didn't age well at all huh? The A60 and FC suddenly rounded the corner, narrowly dodging the couple's car, this caught the 2 of them off guard and made them crash into a guardrail... "Fucking hell... Damn you!! I paid 500-thou yen for this!" But as he looked back he saw the white FC backfire, then he remembered only one car with the license plate of "13-84"... "Jeez... I'll take that back..."

No matter how Kouchi tried to outrun the FC, even with him almost stabbing himself, he somehow can't shake him off! What are you doing in there, Lance!? "Never in my life had I seen someone evolve in such activity so quickly... But you're not going to pass me!" A couple of hairpins are coming up, could the FC find its passing point here!? Both cars appear in the first hairpin with Lance braking earlier than usual compared to Kouchi, he then steered the FC closely to the apex... His 2 left tires came into contact with the ditch and started going alongside Kouchi via the momentum. "What the fuck!?" Kouchi exclaimed in horror as he watched the FC go alongside him. A right turn that required plenty of space blocked Kouchi from an attack, instead, because the FC was on the outside, it had a better cornering line and exit speed, alongside that it can also block the A60 from passing!

"Damn It!" Kouchi utters. The FC lunged forward and started to block the A60 and eventually... It exited the corner with it taking the lead from the A60. The latter car suddenly encountered an understeer... And Kouchi was unable to recover from it, making him overshoot the corner and crash into the wall going 115km/h, flipping the car over on its back, but didn't explode. The FC pulled ahead into the dark night, going further until it fell out of Kouchi's vision.

Body To Body stops

Kouchi got out of the crash relatively unharmed, except for the stab he had on his hand as the knife penetrated his right hand. "Well... I guess I deserved that.". Goddamn, we got 2 crashes in a row in 1 night! What else could go wrong!? But now the question is... How did Lance maneuver his FC that smoothly...? Don't tell me...

We cut back to the toll gate back at the start of Izu, where Satoshi, Olivia and Uno were waiting. "C'mon... Did it end already? It's been 30 minutes!" Satoshi yelled. "Olivia-chan, what would happen if Lance stabbed himself?" Uno asked her. "That's what I'm fearing... If he did, t-then..." Speaking of them finishing the race, the FC returns back to the toll gate with a visible scratch of its right side rear fender. "Speaking of the devil, he's back!" they rushed over to Lance as the FC parked at the bridge. Lance rolled down his window as the 3 approached him. "Did you win!?" Satoshi asked. "Are you okay Lance!? You've got blood on your face!" Olivia then asked Lance. And he has... a blank expression?

"F-fucking hell-" he suddenly passes out and hits his head into the steering wheel. The 3 were confused... Until they saw blood dripping from the knife, and his chest filled with stab marks. "Lance...? LANCE!! WAKE UP!!" Olivia says as she shook Lance to wake him up. "Go to a telephone Satoshi! Call the medics!" Uno quickly told Satoshi. Satoshi did as so, he ran over to the toll operator and called the medics.

Olivia started to tear up as Lance didn't wake up. "Calm down Olivia-chan, the medic's on the way!" Uno tried to calm down Olivia, but obviously, he himself was concerned if he could make it. "H-how could that stupid idiot do this to him!?" Olivia broke down and sobbed whilst hugging Lance's injured state... It's too risky to use the FC and drive to the nearby hospital due to the steering wheel being jammed due to the blood! Would Lance recover his consciousness or die in his beloved FC!?

- Chapter 38 - Subconscious Anger Can Be Deadly, End.

soz for the shorter chapter - Author