What deck are you playing, and what deck am I playing?

"Come to think of it, why do we have to race cars while playing cards?"

Watching Scarlet Snow and Obsidian Shadow speed along ahead, Su Tianqing posed the question to the others in the car.

After a brief silence, Hellcat was the first to shake her head.

"No idea. Marigold and the others probably mashed some racing game into it."

"Actually, playing cards while driving is pretty exciting. It looks a little weird at first, but once you accept the premise, the card battles really get your blood pumping—"

Cat-Cat gestured with both hands, miming driving at full speed while drawing and playing cards. Su Tianqing mulled it over for ages but still couldn't make sense of it.

But accepting reality was what she did best. Since this mindscape had been tinkered with until even she couldn't immediately understand it, Garuda would probably need even more time to work out its underlying logic and launch a distortion invasion. In a way, that was a good thing.

The fox girl squeezed into the gap between the front seats and looked through the windshield at the two race cars doggedly keeping pace with each other up ahead.

The speedometer already read 150, yet they were barely keeping up with Scarlet Snow and Obsidian Shadow.

"Really won't let up... huh?"

Scarlet Snow glanced back expressionlessly, then suddenly noticed a small sedan following behind the shadow. Through its windshield, she could make out several familiar figures, and her eyes widened slightly.

[Hiss... Scarlet Snow, calling Scarlet Snow. Can you hear me?]

The car radio picked up the transmission. Scarlet Snow hurriedly connected and answered:

"It's me. Are you Heartmoon Fox? Have you found Hellcat and the others?"

[That's right. We're behind you and that shadow.]

Hearing the voice over the radio, Scarlet Snow finally