Just as the girl whistled, both cars bolt into the distance, leaving the cheering crowd behind. Louise is ahead of Chris and it made him annoyed, 'how the fuck did that junk passed me?!?'. He hits the clutch, switches the gear, and fully presses the gas. In front of them were trucks and cars. The road only had two lanes, thankfully Louise managed to cut them easily. A car suddenly changed to his lane and he had to press the brake and slowed down. Chris saw an opening and passed through Louise, putting him in the lead. 

Louise chased after him at full speed, the speedometer kept rising and the gushing air made a mess of his hair. The adrenaline is rising, he feels the excitement and competitiveness. Louise was smiling broadly, he licked the corner of his mouth "it's good to be alive". 

An upcoming sharp turn was ahead, Chris saw Louise following him behind in his rear mirror but he felt confident. He loaded the steering into the lock and when the car turned, he aggressively stood on the throttle and made a clean drift. Louise acknowledges Chris's skills but he's not planning on playing easy, he has money to collect. They pass more vehicles on the way and another sharp turn is coming as Chris is about to drift, Louise suddenly passes him. Louise's rear bumper was about to hit his front bumper so he broke and caused him to lose speed. Louise regains the lead and the finishing lines are getting nearer.  

Furious, Chris immediately went to recover the pace with a frown on his face. More obstacles and turns on their path and Chris couldn't pass Louise as he either got blocked or forced to slow down. He managed to match Louise's speed and is now driving beside him, neck to neck. He couldn't pass him and got even mad "Fuck!". Chris bites his lollipop into tiny pieces and steers his car to Louise's, attempting to corner him and possibly crash him. 

Louise sees his tricks and immediately goes faster but Chris keeps catching up to him, Louise clicks his tongue "Tch...annoying bastard". He slows down to get some gap between both cars but Chris keeps closing on him to the point he gets dangerously close to the road border. He sees how Chris is inconsistent with his speed, and he thought of a way to get out without hurting his precious car. Louise then smirked, 'It's risky...let's see if it works'.

The moment Chris slows down a bit, Louise speeds up. Seeing how Chris caught up to him from the side mirror, he steer sharply to the right then hit the throttle, and then steer to the left, doing short drifts. His movement disturbs Chris's momentum and causes him to lose balance, almost hitting the road border which bothered Louise earlier. As soon as he figures out his trick works, Louise looks at Chris' unsteady car from the rear mirror and speeds off. Chris gains his control again but his forehead gets wrinklier when he realized victory wasn't in his hands "Fuck...fuck...FUCK!!!".

As the finish line gets closer, Chris becomes even more furious. Even with his effort to win, it was useless because there was no way he could win as Louise already passed the finishing lines. Chris hit the steering wheel in frustration. Louise is greeted by loud cheering as soon as he exits his car. Bestboy Mark went running to him but he rejected Mark's hugs, Mark whined because his love got rejected. 

Chris sees Louise's smug face, it makes him pissed as his ego and pride have been crushed. His deeply rooted hatred toward Louise goes back a long time ago when Louise was on his winning streak and was showered with money. Jealous Chris swore in his heart that he will crush his one-sided rival like an ant being stepped on. He wanted the feeling of satisfaction so bad he was willing to do anything for it. Even after tons of losses and humiliation against Louise, he’s still determined to beat him even now. He tried many different ways and planned different stuff but till this day he couldn't beat him, because one day Louise disappeared out of nowhere. 

Salty Chris couldn’t let this go, he said something but the cheers were too loud. His face turns redder, “YOU CHEATED LOUISE!!!” All eyes were on him, people were whispering and giving him weird looks. Louise stared at him, he slightly opened his mouth but Chris cut him off;

“HUH?!? You admit you cheated?!?” Chris cracks a smirk, ‘maybe I could just blame him since my car has scratches’ he's eyeing his car without turning his head.

“Money” this time Louise said it loud and clear but Chris was dumbfounded by his words, “I said money Chris…”, Louise made a money sign to Chris “where's my winning money?” 

Louise's comment made Chris even more furious. “How can I give you money when you cheated—!” 

Mark cut him off “you lost fair, get over it.” Before Chris could reply, Mark gave a rebuttal, “he didn't win because he cheated or played dirty tricks, he won because your stupid ass depends on your shiny car more than your brain. Hell a 12-year-old could beat you in chess", Mark pointed to his head "are there any brains in that bigass head?" 

All the women that were rubbing for his money are now walking away. Out of embarrassment Chris opens his car trunk, grabs the big black bag inside it, and throws it on Louise’s car hood. Louise couldn't contain his excitement but he still kept his composure to check the money inside the bag. He looked at Chris and said “key”.

Chris is confused so Louise repeats his bet again “I said that if I win, I get all of your money and this race money and also your precious little girl" he cheekily points at Chris's car. "Some guy I know likes using my car over his motorbike and it's annoying", Mark felt like it was directed to him. 

After hearing Louise's words, Chris shamefully replies, “I…I'll give it after I take my stuff in there” 

Louise shrugs and says, “fair, I don't want your junk anyway"’. He goes back to the money bag when a guy gives him another bag filled with the winning money. He stares at the guy and when he goes away, he starts counting money with a broad smiling face. 

After enjoying their win, they parked the car by the side of the road where there were fewer people. Mark took a sip from his drink and sighed loudly, “Ahhh I haven't felt joy in a long time”. He looks at Louise's face “hey do u mind—?” 

“No” 

“But I didn't say anything yet?” 

Louise looked at him deadpan “I know you're asking for my money, no” 

“I can keep them safe in my pocket~” 

“Like hell, you will".  

Mark is pouting from his unsuccessful one-sided deal, what a scam. After taking a sip Louise sits on his car hood, he scans his eyes among the crowd wondering what kind of people are here tonight. He then made eye contact with a girl he saw earlier. She has short black hair, wearing a black jacket with shorts and a white shirt. She is sitting on the bleachers staring intensely at him and then she smirks. ‘What's wrong with that woman?’, Louise thought to himself. 

Mark saw Louise staring at someone and decided to tease him “ooooh who are you looking at?” He keep elbowing Louise’s arm which made him annoyed.

“Stop it Mark” he looks at Mark who is grinning brightly.

“Who are you looking at so seriously anyway?” He look in the direction Louise was staring at.

Louise sigh “a girl was staring at me”

“Ooh is she hot??” Mark looks around more determinately. 

Louise sighs even louder, wondering why he has a friend like Mark. He pointed to the bleachers “there—… eh?” Louise looked around.

“Why? What's wrong?”

“She’s gone…but she was there minutes ago…”, Mark shrugs “ I guess it's not your day bud” he patted Louise's back.

Louise kept looking around for the mysterious girl, usually, he would brush them off but for some reason, he felt uneasy. As if a bomb would blow up if he take his eyes off the girl. Suddenly the girl he was desperately looking for popped into his field of view, she was approaching him. With every step she takes, Louise gets more serious. ‘A bad omen’ he thought while looking at her. 

She stands in front of the guys and smiles “hey”. Louise was silent so Mark responded instead, “hey anything we can help you with?”

She didn't say anything, she and Louise keep having a staring competition. “Can you do me a favor?” She looks at Mark and raises her brows.

“Favour?” Mark was confused.

“Yes a simple one” she looks at Louise, “race with me”

Mark is filled with confusion, curiosity, and suspicions but Louise, on the other hand, looks seriously calm, he is thinking real deep before answering. He looks around “wheres your car?”

“I don't have one” she shrugged

Mark gets even more weirded out by her “then how the fuck are you gonna compete with? Your leg?”

“I could borrow your new car, I’ll take very good care of it” she looked at Louise and shrugged “after all you have a spare...”

Before Mark even gets to decline her offer, Louise asks her a question “what's your name?”

She smiles “Jade”

Louise nods, and he asks Jade to follow him to Chris. Even with Mark disapproving, he is still willing to race with her ‘what an oddball’ Louise thought about Jade. Chris saw them approaching him and swear quietly under his breath. “Uhh Louise I'm still—“

“Give me keys,” Louise said in a demanding voice. 

“Ehh? But I'm not done yet—“

“I won't take it for that long, jeez”, Louise said annoyingly. Chris slowly hand in the keys but he was so slow that Louise just snatched it from him and threw it to Jade. “Don't tell me you don't know how to drive now”, he raises an eyebrow at Jade. 

Jade smiled “don't worry I know how to, but not that good like you”

Louise told her to bring the car to the start of the line, a guy approached him but he said this will only be a friendly race. Louise went to fetch his car and the whole way back, Mark keeps convincing Louise about how sketchy the whole thing is to him but Louise simply ignores his friend’s words. "You think too much about everything Mark, chill nothing will happen", Louise shuts the door and drives away. Mark grumbles and soon runs to where they’re at. 

The crowd cheers were just drunkard wailing, others were uncertain as to who Jade is and some of them thinks a 'friendly race' is a waste of time. After pushing through crowds of people to see Louise, Mark still feels uneasy about that girl. He looks at Jade's face, examining her expression which is filled with hesitation. She look inside the car carefully and played with some stuff inside it, ‘calming herself?’ Mark became confused. 

The same girl earlier with the whistle in her hand got to the middle of the road and hyped the crowds but with less excitement. Both cars roared and waited for the signal, just as the whistle was heard Louise was already ahead of Jade. 

Although her car is behind Louise, she wasn't that far back. Louise sees how she is trying to catch up to him ‘I was so sure she didn't know how to drive’ Louise's speculation is now proven wrong by the clear proof he sees in the mirror. 

Slowly, Jade is catching up to Louise with a big smirk on her face. Louise thought about giving her a handicap but he felt it would be useless now. Suddenly Louise saw some light from the distance, blue and red. His instinct tells him to stop but still unsure of what it is he still keeps going but at a much slower pace. Due to Louise's hesitation, Jade gets to surpass him. But beyond the horizon is a group of armed police cars blocking their path. 

“WHAT THE FUCK?!?” Louise immediately slammed the break and swirled it, making a loud screeching sound. He tries to catch his breath but later sees Jade’s car stop itself so near to the police. “Ah shit…” he quickly tries to turn the car around but halfway through his movements he heard a loud yell,

“OPEN FIRE!”