At the Tsuchiya Research Institute

"No, someone should be called a little devil."

Dr. Tsuchiya glanced at Katy, still maintaining the image of a highly respected teacher, but his words revealed nothing of that.

Katy didn't mind. A single PhD who had lived a monotonous life for over three thousand years of human history, and who didn't go astray while being allowed to swear, was already a saint in terms of morality.

She is now even more curious about how powerful the [Artificial Reincarnation System], which is millions of times more advanced than the Dr. Ogami, really is.

"Is this the [Reincarnation Pod]?"

Katy doubted that she had come to the wrong place.

The same applies to the other three.

Instead, it's more like a giant server room.

The only thing that didn't resemble a computer room was the MRI-like instrument in the center of the room, connected by countless wires.

No, that's not all.

The generator here is made up of tiny motors.

"What about a mini racing track?" Magneto asked. "Dr. Ogami said that in ancient times, racers' [Soul Fragment] all needed to be contained by tracks."

The Dr. Ogami scoffed dismissively, "Although I already knew that, as expected of Da Shen, you're still so superficial."

"They look like cars, and they are cars at their core, but ultimately they originate from people and from their love for cars."

"Mini racing is ultimately about people."

He pointed to the server, "I created an Eternity kingdom in it, a virtual kingdom made up of 0s and 1s."

("What? What's going on? It's completely the opposite.")

("One focuses on vehicles, the other on people.")

("Could Ron and the others have gone to the wrong place first?")

(.)

(The audience in the Wizarding World wasn't impressed by the virtual world; after all, they had seen it in the Starry World. Their focus was on the Dr. Ogami's previous statement.)

The same applies to Ron and others.

In particular, Magneto committed suicide multiple times in the hellish lava in order to achieve complete vehicle transformation.

Katy and Susan, who were killed once on Mind Stone and conscious level and reborn from nothingness, also have something to say.

But Ron, who was only resorting to underhanded tactics on the track, was the first to break down, asking, "Human-centric?"

He immediately burst into tears, "Dr. Tsuchiya, that Dr. Ogami, he's not a good person!"

(Basil suspects that if Ron had read Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he would probably say, "I have wandered for half my life, only regretting that I have not met a wise ruler. If you do not abandon me, I am willing to become your godfather.")

This caused Tsuchiya, the blogger who was about to introduce his invention, to lose his composure for a moment. After calming down, he said, "How should I put it?"

"That's how it is, blah blah."

Ron recounted in vivid detail everything that Dr. Ogami had experienced, and also added the details of Magneto and the other two's ordeal.

"Your arrangements are correct, Da Shen." Dr. Tsuchiya said after a moment of silence. "Let me correct myself. Mini racing must ultimately be driven by the driver. The Heart of the Car, and the driver's heart is even more important. We must focus on both and make sure both are strong."

"That's what makes a qualified driver."

"Are you saying we're not qualified as drivers?" Ron asked.

"Of course," Dr. Tsuchiya nodded without hesitation, "Look at the way you killed people. Even racers have a certain style when they kill, but you didn't have any of that before. You were more like ninjas, martial artists, magicians from fantasy novels, or superpowered individuals from science fiction novels."

"You've completely forgotten that your power comes from the vehicle."

"No matter what you do, the most correct path is to know the source of your power and authority as soon as possible, and to start your work and life anew based on that."

The wizard in the fantasy novel coughed, "Dr. Tsuchiya, you read novels too?"

"It seems you're not just looking stupid, of course I do," Dr. Tsuchiya said. "After losing my passion for mini racing, I certainly needed something to kill time. But no entertainment can compare to my virtual world."

"I can cast off all shackles and live different lives freely within them."

(Cedric nodded. Even now, he still couldn't forget the virtual network of the Starry World. Everything in the martial arts game fascinated him. As Nie Feng, he parachuted into the Forbidden City and crushed the Sword God and Sword Saint. As Duan Lang, he roamed the late Yuan Dynasty and suppressed an entire era.)

(This is also the real reason why he was willing to work as a coder in the Wizarding World within the Department of Mysteries.)

"I even had my wife and children inside."

Magneto: So you're numb to the pleasure, huh?

"I have a question. Why don't you lend this device to Uncle? Is it not remotely connected?" Ron raised his hand.

"It seems you do have some redeeming qualities—kindness," Dr. Tsuchiya said. "But suffering is inevitable."

"Only a soul dissatisfied with the status quo and filled with pain has the motivation to disrupt the script of fate."

"The Eternal Kingdom I created is nothing but a sweet poison."

"They are Champion, I am a coward."

"But weren't you and Dr. Ogami the ones who created the Soul of the Car?" Magneto said. "As a researcher, you don't need to hold yourself to the standards of a warrior."

"No," Dr. Tsuchiya shook his head, "We just accelerated the process. Gō are like memes; they will spread sooner or later."

"We process the seeds that have spread to help them spread."

"We are just pollinating bees."

"Even this idea was proposed by Teacher Tieshin."

"The Da Shen and I were the first to fall."

"After being in a daze for a long time, I finally woke up and took over the responsibility from Teacher Tieshin."

"In any case," Dr. Tsuchiya paused, "You're the one who's going to implant [Soul Fragment], aren't you, Susan Stone?"

"Let me remind you before the implantation."

"The [Soul Fragment] here are completely different from those in the Da Shen; they exist as people, not as cars."

"If Katy Pride only inherited [Cosmic Sonic]."

"Then what you need to inherit is the life of Hoshikage Kō, who joined the space center, abandoned mini racing, suffered a crushing defeat to a beginner, and then rediscovered his Heart of the Car."

"I don't think you're a good fit for it."

"The Da Shen tend to manually intervene in the selection of hosts by [Soul Fragment]."

"I prefer to let the [Soul Fragment] choose for themselves."

"Choosing the right one is far more important than choosing the powerful one."

"What do I need to do?" Susan chose to listen to the advice of professionals.

"This bed has finally come in handy. In the past, it served more for mini-race cars and me," Dr. Tsuchiya said. "You just need to lie down and fall asleep. Fragments that resonate with your soul will enter your dreams. Of course," he pointed to the machine that resembled an MRI scanner, "Provided that you need to lie on it."

"Yes." Susan lay down.

The Setsuna she lay down, Susan felt as if she were enveloped in a fog.

She rose from the mist and walked toward the light.

At the end of the road, a blond figure appeared and disappeared.

"Oh, they responded so quickly," Dr. Tsuchiya exclaimed.

"Who is it?" Katy asked.

"A legend, the best driver, the national mini-race Champion, the pilot of the Raptor, and Aji's Sister," Dr. Tsuchiya said.

"Isn't the representative of Team America that guy named Brett?" Magneto wondered. "He's also an Eternity character."

"In the earliest era, Brett and his companions weren't drivers," Dr. Tsuchiya said. "They were prospective astronauts."

"If we're talking about the strongest in the US, then R, who is also Aji's sister, is the one."

"Is she also an Eternity character?" Ron asked.

"Of course she is, what stupid question are you asking?" Dr. Tsuchiya said. "In the script, she will appear in the Super Bowl National Tournament, which is the last game of the fall season before the World Cup."

"Achieved second place."

"At the opening of the Super Bowl, in order to save his brother's car, he destroyed the Big Mac while being destroyed by the Big Mac himself."

"That doesn't sound very impressive," Ron said.

"You really awakened Aji's traits?" Dr. Tsuchiya looked at Ron with surprise. "I always felt you were more like Gō."

"Although R was Da Shen driver, she didn't receive any help from him. She lost contact with the Da Shen's people because of the plane crash that took her to America."

"Then, as an orphan, I supported myself while playing mini-racing and eventually won the national Champion."

"The Raptor was also her own design."

"It was already very late when the Da Shen finally contacted her."

"She is undoubtedly the strongest."

"Compared to Gō and Lie, they are only lacking a bit of luck."

"Why do you all say that about me?" Ron didn't feel ashamed at all; on the contrary, he was quite proud. "Hoshikage Gō was the Champion of the Spring Season, second in the Summer Season, fourth in the Autumn Season, first in the National Tournament, and won first place for Japan in the last match of the World Cup."

Am I really that good?

"Isn't that overestimating me?" Ron awkwardly scratched the back of his head.

"Absolutely not, I never imagined you had such an imagination," Dr. Tsuchiya said. "Come with me," he said, pushing open the door.

"While your companions are receiving the [Soul Fragment], you should check the utilization rate first."

"Utilization rate?" Ron asked.

Dr. Tsuchiya did not answer. "Unlike the Da Shen's place, my research institute is more concerned with the utilization rate of the Soul of the Car Power. That is, how many times can the vehicle's speed be increased by one unit of Soul of the Car Power?"

"This is the difference between geniuses and mediocre people."

"This is the real secret behind how Gō and his friends were able to outrun high-tech mini racing cars that could reach or even exceed the speed of light, even with their old-fashioned cars that could go no more than 60 kilometers per hour."

"This is a very profound subject."

"The compatibility between each driver's Soul of the Car Power and their car, the car's own willpower, and the driving skills they have developed all account for a large part of the success."

He came to a horizontally placed, cylindrical, transparent instrument with a running track inside.

"But today I just want to test your utilization rate."

"You've just had the car modified. The car's performance may have been greatly improved by the Da Shen's high-tech parts, but its utilization rate will definitely have decreased."

"Who wants to go first? Just get the car in."

"There's no need to use your weird and strange man-vehicle integration techniques."

Ron looked suspiciously at the glass-like device in front of him, which was shorter than him and as thick as his waist. "That? Can it really withstand that? My car has an energy cannon."

"Oh, that does sound a bit like Aji," Dr. Tsuchiya said, forcing himself to look at Ron for a while. "Phew—it still doesn't work. I can't like you the way I like Aji."

"I can no longer feel any attraction to boys like Gō."

"You were a priest?" Magneto took a step back.

"Your wife is a man?" Ron peeked out from behind Magneto.

(Albus Dumbledore somewhat speechless. "It seems Ron needs some moral re-education. How could he be so prejudiced against people of his sexual orientation?")

(He began to somewhat agree with Basil's ideas, offering moral education classes and assigning a school counselor.)

(Grindelwald frowned. "These are Hogwarts students? Albus is getting senile.")

(Aberforth Dumbledore: "Good boy. Keep it up! Good, very good, excellent. If I were Minister for Magic, I would give you a great deal of credit!")

"Why is it decreasing? Is the compatibility between the Soul of the Car Power and the car, and the car's own structure, related to it?" Of the three, only Susan didn't seem to care.

"I'm heterosexual." Dr. Tsuchiya rolled his eyes, then looked at Susan with a hint of relief. "There are still good kids out there. No wonder she's the driver who inherited Lie's [Cosmic Sonic]. She's a good kid just like him."

"People like Ron and Erik will definitely grow up to be like Gō Hao, becoming perverts and freaks."

(Lavender nodded quickly, "Ron is a freak!")

(Although she had a romantic bias, she still had to admit that Ron was too promiscuous in the Superhero World, which was completely against public order and morality.)

(It was America's overly open and free environment that corrupted her—Luo—)

Magneto in his youthful form: While I do enjoy going to bars and having one-night stands, I am actually a middle-aged man, a father of two children, one of whom is dead.

Ron: What's wrong with Cersei? I'm just learning from role models Basil and Li Lin!

Seeing that the two did not react, Dr. Tsuchiya coughed unhappily, "Then you go first, Gō, no, Ron."

"Yes." Ron placed the Green Spider into the cylinder. "Charge, Green Spider!"

Dr. Tsuchiya then showed a hint of satisfaction, "Not bad, that's more like the style of a mini racer."

Ron paid no attention to Dr. Tsuchiya's praise; he was staring in astonishment at the narrow, arm's length-long track.

The Green Spider's wheels were spinning incredibly fast, yet it remained stuck in the middle of the track.

Having already achieved a slow, insidious suicide through the "soft knife" technique on the track, the Dr. Ogami has eliminated the barrier between himself and the car. He can now sense the car's perspective slightly without becoming one with it.

From the car's perspective, it looks like he's running on a track with no end in sight.

To make matters worse, this track was not covered by any external Soul of the Car Power.

This means that he is moving forward and shifting at a normal speed, but is still stuck in the same place.

This absurd sense of dislocation intensified after [Green Spider] unleashed an energy cannon capable of shattering mountains with a single blow, creating a cylindrical object.

"What is this?" Ron was speechless.

"That's the beauty of science," Dr. Tsuchiya said. "It just so happens that the track is moving and keeps pace with your car, just like a treadmill."