The Finest Racer

Those were also howling winds.

Hoshikage Gō is like a tornado, or a bullet fired from a gun.

Hoshikage Kō is a hurricane, as vast as the sky.

Ryū is the cold wind of winter, chilling to the bone.

Jirōmaru is like a spring breeze, soft yet mixed with a light drizzle.

Dr. Tsuchiya and his teacher, Okada Tesshin, were completely different.

They are more like a manifestation of the universe itself, encompassing everything from a speck of dust to a star.

Susan was only briefly puzzled before she quickly realized what was happening.

The role of the Eternal Driver is more like the claws of fate, the first opponent that those who want to defy fate will face.

A self-aware, Eternal Driver will naturally stop improving, deliberately slack off, and stop learning.

Their self-rules also stopped at the beginning, the initial wind.

As the helpers of those who defy fate and the creators of the Soul of the Car, Dr. Tsuchiya and his companions naturally do not slow down their powerful pace, and their self-rules have expanded from the initial wind to be as all-encompassing as the universe.

This is something that the Dr. Ogami said long ago.

What Susan finds even more astonishing is that, compared to the vast universes of Dr. Tsuchiya and Gaunt Ironheart, Lie's hurricane-like pillar of rules is more captivating to her.

Keep in mind that she can now easily create a dozen or so Gilbert-sized hurricanes.

Gilbert was one of the largest hurricanes ever recorded, with a Stormfront of 500 nautical miles (approximately 926 kilometers).

It was just a hurricane, unrelated to time and space.

But the fragments of rules within the barrier around her heart and ribs began to melt the Setsuna her gaze fell upon them.

[Aether] began to reconstruct her body, and the cycle of time became her heart.

A howling hurricane began to flow through my soul.

Connecting fragments of time and space.

"Ah--"

Susan spoke up instinctively; the information she was absorbing was already at the limit of what her brain and soul could handle.

"It seems this little girl isn't quite able to handle the mountain environment. Tsuchiya, you should take her back," Okada Tesshin said at the opportune moment.

"Yes, Teacher Tieshin." Dr. Tsuchiya nodded.

"Goodbye, cousin," Gō said.

"I told my mom that we have Dr. Tsuchiya's teacher, Grandpa Okada Tesshin, to take care of us, so she doesn't have to worry," Lie said.

Far away.

"What's wrong with Susan?" Ron asked, puzzled. "Did she reach her limit and get ejected from the script?"

"I don't know, but..." Katy narrowed her eyes, "She seems much stronger. I can hardly feel the Destiny Force in her anymore, as if it has reached another dimension."

"Why don't we ask her ourselves?" Magneto said.

Dr. Tsuchiya and Susan had already arrived before them.

Susan didn't speak; she followed closely behind Dr. Tsuchiya as if they didn't exist.

The same applies to Dr. Tsuchiya.

"There's no invisible wall." Ron tried to get closer and didn't notice anything obstructing him.

Magneto stopped Ron from getting any closer, saying, "Wait."

From his perspective, a delicate chain of fate is wrapped around Susan.

The chain is being stretched and tightened.

Click—

A cracking sound, audible only to those Beyonder and those who are Eternity, flashed by.

"Dr. Tsuchiya, please tell Lie's mother that a friend is waiting for me," Susan's voice rang out simultaneously.

Dr. Tsuchiya stopped ignoring Magneto and his two companions and nodded, "Okay."

"However, I suggest we go down the mountain together."

"What's going on?" Ron was even more confused.

"Lie's advice and help," Susan said.

"What did he just say?" Magneto realized. "He asked you to relay a message, continuing the script."

"So the warning means you shouldn't easily get caught up in the storyline, otherwise you might not be able to get out, become a fixed character, and lose your freedom?" Katy realized.

Ron didn't understand, but to save face, he still pretended to ask, "What is help?"

"Did I transcend again?" Susan said. "I broke free from the extended script, in a reasonable way."

She looked at her palm and clenched it lightly. "My strength has increased a lot."

"This is almost comparable to experiencing a real match."

"Not every Eternity character has normal thinking," Dr. Tsuchiya cautioned. "They just appear to be normal."

"This means that they could very well pull me into the script with just a single sentence, and I might not be able to break free?" Susan exclaimed in surprise.

"I suggest you don't use Hoshikage Aoi's identity lightly before the competition," Dr. Tsuchiya said. "It just so happens that your soul has reached its limit in terms of the information it can handle regarding the rules."

"You need time, and a real game to process it."

"What rules information?" Ron's ears perked up. "What just happened?"

Susan relayed her findings.

The next second.

Dr. Tsuchiya noticed that Ron's large eyes were fixed on him.

"Doctor~"

(Upon hearing Ron's sickeningly sweet voice, viewers in front of the screen couldn't help but shudder, some even feeling nauseous.)

(Only Harry could vaguely detect Roan's accent in it; far from being nauseating, he found it rather pleasant.)

Dr. Tsuchiya, after all, had weathered many storms and endured countless years of trials.

So he simply raised an eyebrow and said, "I can't do it."

"Although my words and actions are controlled in the script, I am free in everything else."

"Unless you can also get into the script."

"I can do it!" Ron nodded confidently.

He attributed Susan's success to deductive reasoning.

Completely unaware of this, which is actually due to three reasons.

First, she gained the approval of two Eternity protagonists, Hoshikage Gō and Hoshikage Kō.

Secondly, her car spirit once reappeared in the form of "Cosmic Sonic".

Third, the car "Cosmic Sonic" was part of the original script but is not present in the current script.

Deduction only provides one possibility.

It helps drivers digest the [Soul Fragment] in their bodies more quickly.

"Hmm," Dr. Tsuchiya said.

If it were from the first few eras, he would have bluntly said that Ron was no good.

Now, he chooses to give a perfunctory answer.

Ron didn't realize he was being perfunctory.

Now that Katy wasn't asking him to do anything, he became quiet and reserved.

His face darkened, as if he was determined to carry on with his bitter and resentful act to the very end.

(Most of the viewers watching on screen, and those of Ron's fellow Hogwarts students who knew him, believed he wouldn't last long.)

(However, to their surprise, almost a week had passed, and Ron was still in the same condition.)

(However, many people are more eager for the final mystery to be solved.)

(Finally, amidst everyone's anticipation, the four people on the screen finally saw Okada Tesshin finish his performance.)

(They blocked him at the foot of the mountain.)

"Are you Dr. Okada?" Ron finally broke down after a week.

"Dr. Okada? That's an old title." Okada Tesshin casually scratched his armpit. "I haven't researched mini racing cars for a long time. I'm just a ceramic artist now."

"Why don't you all learn from Gō and call me Grandpa Tie Xin, or Master Tie Xin?"

"Grandpa Iron Heart." Ron quickly changed his address. "[Super Vanguard] is your work, isn't it?"

"Isn't this common sense?" Okada Tesshin said. "I invented the four-wheel drive vehicle."

"I mean that driver. The driver who caused [the Great Cataclysm]." Ron was getting impatient.

"You're just like Gō, so impatient. Be careful you don't grow as tall as him." Okada Tesshin laughed heartily.

("Ron looks like that Aji, but he actually..." Ginny was surprised at first, then realized, "That makes sense, after all, he was Dr. Tsuchiya's teacher.")

"No, that's not it. Don't try to fool me!" Ron blushed. "I know the plot too! The only one who won't grow taller is Okita Kai!"

"Aji, don't forget why we're here," Katy with her R-face said seriously.

"Yes, sister." Aji- faced Ron bowed his head.

"Very good." Okada Tesshin's expression turned serious. "It seems that you have not lost your formation despite the impending [Great Cataclysm]."

"You admit it!" Ron thought he had caught Okada Tesshin in the act.

"When have I ever not admitted it?" Okada Tesshin said. "You really are just like Gō."

"However, you can continue like this."

"Perhaps imitating Gō is more suitable for you than imitating Aji, and it will better unleash the power of [Primal War God JB]."

"What!" Ron's voice was even louder.

("That's amazing." Harry glanced at Okada Tesshin several times. "He could tell right away. Neither Tsuchiya nor Dr. Ogami noticed.")

Magneto and his two companions were almost speechless with astonishment.

"Of course." Okada Tesshin seemed to think he was just saying something ordinary. "You'd better keep your appearance as Aji. Your inner self can remain Gō."

"You have to believe in the bond between Gō and Aji."

He blinked his right eye behind his sunglasses.

Ron quickly accepted Okada Tesshin's explanation.

He had long been accustomed to the fact that great and exceptionally intelligent people were not serious on the surface.

Dumbledore was that kind of person.

"Ryū suggested we come to you," Magneto said directly.

"He really is the best driver," said Okada Tesshin.

"The best?" Ron was surprised. "Isn't Gō the best? If there's any controversy, it should be Lie."

"I think it's Carrow," Magneto said.

"I think it's Lie," Katy said.

"R is the real deal! From a purely driver's perspective, she's the best," Susan said. "Gō's excellence lies in his imagination, creativity, and passion for cars. Lie is the same type, but more rational."

"No, no, no," Grandpa Tie Xin shook his head and interrupted, "Those were just them from the very beginning of the era."

"The Ryū has never undergone a generational change, just like us logistics personnel."

"His will is harder than diamond, and even now, he still maintains his love for cars and racing."

"Gō, Lie, and Carrow are indeed outstanding."

"But their mental resilience is much worse."

"This was actually foreshadowed."

"Gō falls in love with breasts and becomes a playboy, Lie once gave up mini racing, Carrow cares more about fame and fortune."

"They all have very obvious weaknesses."

Magneto frowned. "Master Ironheart, can you get to the point?"

He sensed that Okada Tesshin was deliberately changing the subject.

"Ah, to the point." Okada Tesshin's tone was as if he had recalled a long-forgotten old story, but it was very exaggerated. "If you really want to know, he is an ace, and it was Carrow who inspired me to do that."

"Carrow's suicide by crashing into the wall of fate did not have no effect on fate itself."

"Then a thought flashed through my mind."

What is the source of destiny?

"Mini racing cars?"

"What was the first mini racing car?"

"[Super Vanguard]!" x4

"Yes." Okada Tesshin nodded.

"I actually thought about [Scorpio]."

"But it's still too young."

"Moreover, it is part of the key script, and He Wang and the Dash both had it."

"As for the [Super Vanguard], it has no driver, is old enough, and is subject to very few restrictions."

"If it can be a driver, perhaps it will be the next, no, an even stronger Star Horse Clan."

"The truly best driver."

"Didn't you say the best driver was Ryū?" Ron said.

"Before he was born, it was," Okada Tesshin said without pausing for a second. "The best driver was undoubtedly the car itself."

"The Soul of the Car is the combination of the Heart of the Car and the heart of the person."

"Not pure enough."

"Just like you were in the very beginning."

"Are you watching us?" Ron asked.

"Of course, the two most special Beyonder, and deductive reasoning," said Okada Tesshin.

Magneto noticed that Okada Tesshin's response was slightly slower this time.

He squinted. "No, you were before that."

A terrifying thought flashed through his mind: Could it be that they were discovered the moment they arrived in this world?

The Behind-the-Scenes God's methods have been exposed?!

(Harry realized this too, and quickly got up, waiting for Okada Tesshin's response.)

"You are very perceptive," Okada Tesshin said. "If you can hone your skills over enough years, you might become the second best driver after the Super Vanguard."

"From the moment you were born—"

Hearing this, Magneto felt relieved.

(Harry breathed a sigh of relief.)

(If even Okada Tesshin, a native, can discover the methods of the Behind-the-Scenes God, then it means that the danger in this world has exceeded what was predicted, Ron and his companions are facing a real crisis of death.)

(But now it seems he was just worrying unnecessarily.)

"I have been paying attention to it."

"Your Soul of the Car was blank from the beginning, lacking any of the qualities of Ancient Driver."

"Moreover, you all possess immense potential; you are natural-born Informed One."

"The only pity is that I can't get close to you."

"I will personally perform the [Soul Fragment] implantation surgery for you."

"But fortunately, you, Erik, resonate with the [Soul Fragment] of Carrow that should not exist, laying the foundation for your Anti-Destiny Force."

"You, Katy, chose to have the [Soul Fragment] implanted at the earthen house, and it was the most suitable place for you."

"You, Ron, even directly devoured the remnants and awakened the one most suitable for you."

"But," he said, turning his gaze to Susan, "you are unfortunate to have chosen the Da Shen, [Cosmic Sonic]."

"I was also very lucky to gain the approval of Gō and Lie."

"By experiencing what it truly means to be 'the Cosmic Sonic,' the barriers and mismatches are eliminated."

"Ultimately achieving true immortality."

"What surprises me most is that you were able to surpass Ron and Katy and become Beyonder ahead of time."