Chapter 34: Kansai Drifto (2)

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After Sugimura's tor-- reeducation is done, I finally worked out a deal with him after he stopped crying. The police finally came and took everyone away including Sugimura, who jumped over the police as soon as possible to get away from me. Which is smart as he didn't blaber anything unnecessary knowing the police are on my side.

"Remember the deal Sugimura"

"Y-yes Maou-sama!"

A small reminder. That's all. Afterwards everything is seized and we are escorted back towards inaba's northern road. Where they dropped us.

"Akira!"

"Yes Uncle Ryo?"

"You didn't break him did you ?"

"Half-broken."

"*sigh* he's the heir of Fuji Group, are you sure he won't spill?"

"Yeah, we reached an understanding."

"I'll trust you. So anything I should worry about?"

"Nothing right now, just make sure they don't know you're my uncle."

"I'll keep it in mind. Oh and some of my boys also want to play, so can you share?"

"Oh. sure, what about the guys from the other side?"

"They also want to let off some steam, but let them play by themselves, they're gonna follow your direction, so there's no incoming traffic."

"Ok then."

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"Akira, are you ready to go?"

"Yeah, but first we need to know who's racing."

It's a strange sight, Yakuzas and Police Officer's are talking about cars and what not. Though the Yakuza's are also wearing police badges. It's still a strange sight.

"Emma-san what are you doing here?"

"Making sure you don't cause us any more trouble."

I'm not that bad now am I ?

"So are the cars ready to race?"

"We manage to secure 10 cars, and we have a medical copter on standby just in case. So with the cars you sto--- reacquire from Fuji group, we have 13 cars that's similar in performance. Since the mountain road is so steep we'll be able to race with 4 car groups in a 5 minutes difference each. To minimize accidents, I calculated on average you'll arrive on the other side in 25 minutes max, so by dividing the groups by 5 minutes chances are you'll be finished refueling, and minor maintenance before the last group arrive"

"That's a good idea, what about the racers?"

"We have 25 participants this side and 15 from that side, so we'll take turns. Leave the management to me Akira-sama."

Reliable, Sakamoto you are one lucky man.

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And so Me, Daigo, Gyubou, and surprisingly Emma are racing first. When we asked Emma why, she just said : "Someone needs to manage the whole race. And set up communication on the other side". Admit it you just want to race didn't you?

There seems to be someone with a police uniform serving as the start referee, when he blows his whistle, we hit the accelerator, and zooms away. Since our cars are the same, we can only get the lead through skills, and ofcourse drifting. Closing in towards the first slope, a sharp right is coming up.

To be honest this is my first time driving like this, the adrenaline may have taken a hold of me at this moment as everything slowed down.

I held my breath as I oversteer. Slammed the shifter to the 2nd gear, to tighten my control over the car. As the car approached the corner, I pressed on the gas pedal and pulled my handbrake, to force the car to bend in the turn. As the car passed the bend on the road, I straightened my driving wheel, and drove normally again. That's thrilling. I said that as everyone has somehow overtaken me.

But the race is still early, it's too soon to give up. I motivated myself. As another corner comes into view.

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As it turns out I suck at driving and especially drifting, as I was dead last, with the group who were supposed to go after ours caught up to me. Mario Kart taught me nothing in real world racing.

"HAHAHA! This is fun, and you suck Akira!"

"Tch"

"Aww don't be like that otouto-chan, chin up! HAHAHAHA! Oh and Niijima, meet Akira, Akira this is Niijima."

Niijima the only Niijima I know are Sae Niijima, don't tell me.

"Nice to meet you Akira, or should I say Maou-sama! HAHAHA!"

Niijima-san is a man in his mid 40s, wearing a police uniform, with platinum well kept hair, huge body frame, and a shaved square face, and sharp eyes.

"He's an old friend of mine, and an inside man for the TJC. I haven't heard from you since you've been promoted though, how have you been?"

"I was promoted into a sub-commissioner last winter. How have you been? I heard you've finally grown some balls to take over as a chairman."

"Don't rub salt in my wound Niijima-san. But I'm surprised you're here, how did you come here anyway?"

"I heard the maou wants to use the road, I find it interesting, someone so young is called the maou, so I have to find out myself what the guy looks like. And lo and behold here I am. I never expected to meet you though."

"Same here, and aren't you too old to race? What about your daughters?"

"Ouch hitting where it hurts huh? Well today's supposed to be my nightshift, I've told Sae and Makoto that I'll be late tonight, so you somehow bailed me out and what's wrong with being old, I'll still beat your ass! You up for it?"

"Oh you're on!"

As they are still bickering I head towards the rest area where people are gathering and talking about cars and whatnot. Everyone here seems to be an enthusiast for these kinds of things.

I see Gyubou-san in the distance, he's waving at me to come over.

"Anything wrong Gyubou-san."

"Guys! This is our one and only maou-sama! Pay some respect!"

"WAGA MAOU!"(Tn: My Demon King, My lord, Your Majesty the Demon King)

Everyone said that at the same time, be it the police force or the local Yakuzas.

"HAHAHA!"

And then they broke into laughter. I got handed a can of cold beer, and they cheered at my title.

"For the Demon King" they said in unison.

"So, you know these guys, Gyubou-san ?"

"Yeah, they're close by and we used to do stupid things together, they even caught us a lot of times that's why we're aqcuinted."

"So is everyone here acquainted with the TJC or OA?"

"Most of them, they're either TJC inside men or OA's informants. The ones who work on the police force are mostly informants, but you can't blame them, the pay's good, it helps them pay the bills. Being a cop isn't easy, you can get injured, or if you had shitty luck, get set-up by someone."

"I see" as I take a sip of the beer.

"It's been better though as you came along, before today we are on each other's throats not knowing when you'll get set-up, beaten or worse, die not knowing why. By then we only hold small parties if we want to get caught up and those are inside shady bars that smelt like piss. Now we're even free to use public roads, HAHA! Maybe one day, we'll be able to show our faces publicly. HAHAHA!"

"That's the promise I'm going to see through you know."

"Sure kid, we're looking forward to it. I never thought there's a way out of the life you know, they said once you're born on the streets, you stay there for good. But after seeing you work, we definitely have hope. Cheers, WAGA MAOU!"

"WAGA MAOU!" the chant echoes. I raised my glass "Cheers!".

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And so I waited for the rest of the racers to come here before we started the second round. I saw Emma-san on the phone managing the local police and Yakuza forces, they're busy setting up a tent that looks like a small command center.

"Yes Akira-sama?"

It seems like Emma-san found me wandering around the perimeter.

"Ah, don't mind me, I'm just checking around."

"Ok if there's any problem please don't hesitate to tell me Akira-sama. Oh! are you going to join the second race of the day?"

"I think I'll pass. You did see how bad I was at driving."

"Considering it's your first time I'll give you a B-."

Ummm… thanks I guess?

"By the way how far are the other cars?"

"Hmm the last car should arrive in 15 minutes. And in 20 minutes, the second race can start, we've already checked the cars thoroughly, and everything's green."

"Who's racing in the second round?"

"The first group will be Dojima-sama, Niijima-sama, Gyoubu, and Souhei. Whose car would you like to join?"

"I think I'll go with Niijima-san's car."

"Ok, I'll arrange it. Anything else Akira-sama?"

"Nothing, thank you for tonight Emma-san."

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After parting with Emma-san, I wandered around the resting area a bit to check on everyone. As I was enjoying the scenery, a police officer called out to me telling me the second round is about to start and ask me to get into Niijima-san's car.

I got into Niijima-san's car, he's using the car I initially used.

"Kid."

"Yeah?"

"You sure had it though huh?"

"Not really. This is my choice. Mind as well see it through to the end."

"HAHAHA! Not everyday that I'll be in a car with a maou. So tell me maou-sama, what's your endgame? With the road you're walking I would imagine world domination! HAHAHAH!"

"Nothing grand Uncle Niijima. Just to unify Japan's underworld, remove the 'officials' who aren't 'persuadable' and start a happy family."

"That's surprisingly normal for a maou, but it's a hard road ahead, you already have a princess to kidnap?"

"Yeah, your daughter."

"HAHAHAHAH!"

"AHAHAHAHHA!"

"No seriously."

"I'm dead serious."

"Then I guess I'll be the hero to slay the demon king."

"Bring it on hero!"

"HAHAHA! BUT BEFORE THAT DEMON KING, I'll TEACH YOU HOW TO DRIFT!"

GAS GAS GAS.

Niijima-san is quite the driver. He expertly pulled off drift after drift without losing much speed, and his motions are smooth. It reminds me of a certain tofu delivery boy. I don't feel as much turbulence and shakiness inside the car when he's driving. If I was the tofu, I'll still be in a perfect condition. God damn he's good, is Daigo-nii this good too?

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We arrived back in Inaba's northern mountainside road, where a makeshift command center is also being constructed. It seems that Niijima-san came in first, beating Daigo-nii by a whole minute. Damn.

"Mao-- no, Akira-san."

"Yes, Niijima-san?"

"Your goals, I hope you achieve them for both of our sake."

I can see sadness and a bit of expectation in his eyes. Hmmm that's strange you're supposed to root for the other team you know. Wait, I think I get it. It's about the lesser of the two evils huh.

"Don't worry, even if you perish before me, your daughters are in good hands."

I hope it won't come to that but still. In the original work they never mention how you die. The only time it is mentioned is you dying protecting your ideals, and on the line of duty.

"Then I'll try my best not to perish, and what's with you and my daughters, you haven't even met them!"

Oh how wrong you are.

After that day, Makoto,urged by his father, joins a karate dojo. Sae on the other hand .... learns CLIFF HANGING NO JUTSU!

You expected another line of content, too bad, it's me DIO!

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