Let's Race

Nadine Guinto, an 18 year-old girl who belongs to the poorest class of the society, needs to join Metro Manila's Survival Race in order to save her and her city from extinction.

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In the year 3000, overpopulation is the most pressing issue in our world. As a result, countries all over the world are attempting to create a solution. Some resort to violence, while others rely on science. The Philippines created a race in which each city will have its own representative, and if that representative wins, the city will be saved. However, if their representative is defeated, all citizens will suffer and die in that place.

This is something Nadine does not want to happen. She wants to save her family from the mass killing because the government believes it is the best option. As a result, she enlists in her city's training camp to compete in the Metro Manila Survival Race as Taguig's representative.

However, suspicions have been brought up that people in Alabang, a place in Muntinlupa, are up to something. Something that piqued Nadine's interest as to who is truly in charge of the country's decisions regarding the infamous race.

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