Beep! Beep!
Whoosh~!
Bam!!!
When the three lights in front of the track changed from red to yellow, then from yellow to green, and some kind of green firework shot out of a goddess statue holding a torch and exploded in front of the track, today's Halliday Easter egg hunt had officially begun.
As usual, the IOI Online Creations, the world's second-largest company, took the lead with their perfectly coordinated convoy roaring forward. Then the other players revved their engines and floored it, following close behind.
"Huh?"
∑(′△｀)?!
Just then, Annie spotted someone she hated—Percival. Not only was he not moving forward, he was actually backing up?
But she only glanced at him and didn't pay him much attention. She cranked the throttle on her "little motorcycle," making its engine roar, and sped ahead with Artemis, who had also noticed someone backing up.
Vroooom~!
With her bike's superior performance, Annie quickly passed Aech's "big-foot pickup" and Artemis's power bike, charging out ahead on her own. Behind her, two heavy trucks that had deliberately tried to get close enough to knock her over or shove her under their wheels collided with each other and flipped out of control.
A horrific pileup followed. Some players screamed as they burst into piles of coins, while the wreckage completely blocked the track behind them, disqualifying dozens of players outright.
"Whoa! Nice work!"
"Annie! You're actually pretty good at riding! I thought you wouldn't last ten seconds!"
Seeing the little girl shake off the ill-intentioned players, Aech—now gradually falling behind as he struggled to keep up—praised her loudly over the channel.
Vrooom~!
"..."
(ー`′ー)
Annie had no time for that slowpoke, who still had the nerve to chat. Relying on her bike's speed, she weaved through the traffic at full tilt. IOI's vehicles were left