‘Alex, I’m still not sure that this will work.’

‘Sure, it will. Trust me.’

Alex’s idea was a bit risky. A bit for himself and life-threatening for Takumi.

Alex actually made a jet engine and welded it onto Takumi’s bike. He made the most straightforward kind of jet engine.

A cylinder which will provide fuel which was propane, a long metal tube which Alex bent into a U-shape, he hammered one side to have a small diameter, from which air will enter, and the other large one which was made the exhaust.

A combustion chamber, a fuel injector nozzle, and a spark plug to ignite it all. He only used a pure 12-watt lithium-ion battery for the spark plug.

The bicycle looked more like a bicycle of death than a Jet bicycle.

The only safety Takumi had was a helmet and goggles. They were going to the decided location for the race.

‘Alex, where did you even learn how to build this thing?’

‘I once saw a video on the internet a few years back, someone had built one using these’

They soon arrived, and the girl was there, waiting on her Speed Freak Ninja 300.

She had long hair dyed blue, dark red lipstick, and hoop earrings.

Her eyes widened when she saw Takumi with something which looked like it came straight out of a cartoon.

‘I’m surprised you even bothered to show up, but what is that?’

‘It’s…..a…Jet bike’

‘Jet bike?’

She gave a loud laugh.

‘Well, I did allow you to add you want on your bicycle, so have you decided how do you want to lose?’

‘Well...Ummm-’

‘Yes, he did.’

‘Who are you?’

‘I’m Takumi’s friend. He asked me to be the judge of this race, and I’ll also explain the rules of the race.’

‘Fine, whatever, let’s just get this over with. I have better things to do.’

Alex explained the rules of the race.

The race was a single lap from start to finish. Both the starting point and finishing point were different.

The race consists of 4 checkpoints, each where there are two flags. The participant must grab a flag from that place as proof he/she went there.

Both participants have the choice of collecting the flags in any order they want. The first person to bring all four flags to the finishing point wins.

Alex gave the girl the map where all four checkpoints and finishing point was marked.

‘That’s it, this is going to be easy. Let’s get started.’

The girl put her key in the bike and turned it on with a loud roaring noise and then put her helmet on.

The Jet bike had to be started in a rather peculiar way. Alex handed Takumi a ring that was attached to a string.

Takumi looked at it like this was supposed to be a joke.

‘What is that?’

‘Your throttle.’

‘You mean you didn’t attach it to the handle!!’

‘I forgot, don’t sweat the details’

’That is NOT a SMALL detail.’

The fuel would inject as Takumi would pull the ring, which he wore on his thumb.

He pressed the button for the spark plug, and Alex blew air into the pipe to get it started using an air blower. Takumi only needed to press the button once to start the initial reaction.

The girl watched the whole scenario with amusement. Finally, the Jet bike started.

Alex pulled a handkerchief and went to start the race after drawing a starting line with a White Chalk.

‘On your marks, get set.’

The girl was readily clenching the throttle. Takumi swallowed a big lump in his throat.

‘GO!!!’

Both took off.

‘Now then, better get to the finishing point to get things ready or else Takumi is going to die, this day has been crazy, really.’

Alex ran to the finishing point.

The race was going worse than expected, for the girl.

Alex knew it was going to be a one-sided match if he chose a drag race, the Speed Freak is just too fast.

Takumi and his Jet bike wouldn’t stand a chance. Alex used the substantial body, high speed, and expensiveness of the Speed Freak against itself.

Alex chose all the checkpoints in major populated areas where you cannot go more 40kmph due to laws and regulations if you go through the main roads. But you can go at a speed of 60kmph if you go through alleys and close streets.

Due to fear of getting her sports bike scratched and the frustration of maneuvering through incredibly tight corners, the girl chose the main roads but also spent a lot of time waiting at signals while Takumi had only one objective; Win at all cost.

He didn’t care what happened to his bike, he just kept going.

On his way, he hit his bike many times from houses to trash cans to dumpsters, but he didn’t stop even for a moment, not even when he hit a cat that was licking itself.

Though the Speed Freak did also went up to 90 kmph but not for more than a second.

The race was going well. Due to this advantage, Takumi would arrive before her at three checkpoints, but she appeared just before him at the fourth checkpoint, the last leg of the race.

The road to the finish line was an open straight road. Now the Speed Freak could truly shine and show what it was capable of.