Chapter 51: Terror Technology
Everyone is watching the final result, and the five-in-a-row hairpin bend is one of the most colorful parts of the entire Akinayama, and even the outsiders have heard of this death bend.
They really witnessed an unbelievable game today!
The EG6, which has never shown its face, is actually ahead of Keisuke Takahashi's RX7 all the way. If you don't have personal experience, you may only feel that it is a rumor. But really stand here and feel the excitement of the game...... You will find that the whole person's mood is raised.
Will EG6 become a dark horse, or will Keisuke Takahashi's RX7 Jedi strike back?
Either way, it's bound to be the next day in Gunma Prefecture.
Takeshi Nakazato never left at the foot of Mt. Akina, because he, like everyone else, wanted to know who had won the game! Although he heard the EG6's drift technology on the walkie-talkie how powerful, he didn't believe how fast the car would run at that level.
The GTR behind him is a source of confidence for Takeshi Nakazato, who believes that no one in Gunma Prefecture can run faster than him. Whoever wins this match, no matter how far this one ends, will be a stepping stone for him to prove himself.
......
The warning sign of danger, the moment it came into view, both Takeuchi Shu and Takahashi Keisuke knew that the five-in-a-row hairpin bend was ahead.
In addition to the scenery at night, there is also the tense atmosphere.
In an instant, both of them couldn't help but put away the distractions in their hearts and devoted themselves to the next preparation for the bend.
No one can easily cope with it.
Even Takeuchi Xiu, who has been smiling, is extremely cautious.
Racing is a competition with various probabilities.
Every little detail of the track and itself can turn things around.
Takeuchi taps the clutch at his feet and switches gears, while a picture is generated in his mind. That's how the front of the car pushes and twists as it moves through these successive corners these days.
Precision, positioning, and stability of the body!
It is through this continuous cornering that the key element is that no one can go wrong. Last time in front of Iketani, I showed my technique of bending through five hairpins, just in a way of performance.
This time it's different, he's in a competitive state. The difference is that during the race, there will be another car involved, slowing down when entering the corner, adjusting the distance and angle of the body, the RX7 will take advantage of the situation, and the owner will have a favorable entry point and access route.
This may also be the moment that Keisuke Takahashi has been waiting for!
He is like a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity, ready to bite at his weakest moment at any time to complete the process of overtaking.
So in the comics, Takumi's AE86 is almost always in a state of following, overtaking in five consecutive hairpin bends. Because he is particularly adept at taking advantage of the outside overtaking distance generated by this continuous corner. In this short gap, the body is braked by the drainage channel to balance the stability and achieve the effect of passing the corner at the fastest speed.
Keisuke Takahashi naturally doesn't know this skill, but his RX7 has a fast start and better performance into corners, so it won't be difficult to contain the EG6's cut path when it adjusts its body position and changes direction.
So what Takeuchi Shu is going to do now.
It is to defend the inside line and dominate while defending the RX7's offense.
And the only thing he can do is to be faster!
Cut into corners faster and faster than the RX7 without leaving any room for improvement.
The purple shadow of the car gradually calmed down, stumbling on the care of the street lamp.
The speed of EG6 was a lot smoother, but Takeuchi Shu really couldn't help it, and at the speed of a straight line, he drove into the five-consecutive hairpin bend. Sometimes slowing down is to prepare faster.
Here's your chance!
At this time, the RX7 did not slow down, and Keisuke Takahashi was very excited, and he held the steering wheel tightly and approached the EG6, which had slowed down before the five-in-a-row hairpin corner.
I saw the yellow figure caught up in the rearview mirror.
In my ears is the roar of the engine in a high-power state, covering the wind noise and tire noise during driving.
The RX7 really wanted to be here, cutting in from the outside and limiting its running position.
"Bastard, clean you up here." Keisuke Takahashi was driving the RX7, and he felt the tremor of the body and his heartbeat in the acceleration state, which was an idea that had been suppressed for a long time, and it was exciting when it was realized.
Supported here, he has too much frustration and needs to vent.
He's not very good at following, but today, he's always held back and played a role he didn't like in this game. It's just for the last moment to overtake!
Every driver is not looking forward to the moment when they sprint to the finish line.
Rather, it is the moment when overtaking is staged and the scene is suppressed.
Takeuchi looked at the RX7 that was getting closer and closer in the back mirror, and the front of the car was already close to the rear of the car, and his eyes were shining. I don't know if it's the reflection of the headlamp or the revelation of my mind.
Five hairpin bends!
Akinayama!
Opponent Keisuke Takahashi!
When I was young, I seemed to have had this dream.
It felt like some overlapping memories, as if a fragmented picture had hit his mind, and in this familiar picture, he forgot whether the final result was a loss or a win.
But the driver's belief has allowed him to sit in the weaving seat with an inexplicable strength up and down.
Takeuchi Shu has already made every nerve in his body in the most sensitive package before entering the five-in-a-row hairpin bend.
With the steering wheel in hand, I have already seen the first entrance to the mountain road curve!
Between breathing, it is the warm current that ingests the heart and chest, and between the ups and downs of the upper body, the restraint of the seat belt cannot limit the jump of thinking.
The second the street lamp flickered through the window, through the glass, it seemed to illuminate his face.
Eyes swept the entrance of the bend!
Takeuchi's hand, in the small space, opened the quiet ripples and pushed towards the gear lever, and in the "click" and "click" sound of the mechanical sound, the gear lever slid continuously.
The sweat of the texture of the palm spread, injecting into the gear lever, the totem that had been blurred in numbers.
Every time you push, the gearbox is roaring, and every time you work, the body is quickly adjusting its attitude.
The EG6 is not dead, he can feel the heart of the owner, which is the connection between the driver and the car.
It's a partner!
Not a tool!
This is the most impressive sentence of Takeuchi Xiu, and I have forgotten who said it. But every time I compete, this change in mood will become more and more intense.
In the world's first race, he was driving into a five-pinch hairpin bend for a moment.
I feel that with the resonance of the body, I have embarked on the road to victory with my partners!
Keisuke Takahashi planned to overtake from the outside line, which would increase the distance of the car, but the RX7 has a fast start speed and plenty of horsepower, although it has to push his head while entering a corner, and he also has to slow down and adjust the body, which makes it more difficult to control. But there's only one chance and he's going to take it, because that's his hope of winning.
Just as he turned the steering wheel and pushed his head at the same time, he was ready to cut into the outside line!
There was a sudden tremor in my ears.
It is the acceleration sound of high-power operation.
My heart pounded.
No.......
When Keisuke Takahashi looked sideways, his eyes widened and he couldn't take his eyes off it!
At the moment of entering the corner, EG6 actually shifted gears to accelerate, and the position of the push head was very bizarre, much earlier than he expected.
But at this speed, at this cut-in, how do you connect to the second corner?
In the second when the two cars rushed into the first corner from the inside and outside respectively.
Time and space seemed to stand still, leaving only Takeuchi's hot eyes and Takahashi's mouth.
Because the latter saw a detail.
It's this detail that makes the hairs on your body stand up!
I saw that when EG6 entered the corner, it did shift gears to accelerate, and the position of the push head was much earlier, and when the body was in a weird state, when it tilted, the brakes suddenly intervened.
The continuous sound of tire rubbing, bursting with high-temperature stone particles, hit the metal railing on the side, making a 'pop' and 'pop' sound, and the scattered leaves were worn away, swept up by the cold wind, and spread out in all directions......
The purple body, in a state of drifting, shook the body, and the front of the car instantly aligned with the cutting route out of the corner, and the moment the horsepower was injected, the sweat on Takeuchi Xiu's forehead was evaporating.
Woo!!
The roar of the engine sets off the alarm, and the world spins, and the sprint after the body moves makes every part burn.
Keisuke Takahashi's face was pale, as hell as he watched Takeuchi's EG6 cut into the second corner, still continuing to input high horsepower. If it was just an ordinary curve, he believed the man could avoid it.
But the first bend ends, followed by the entrance to the second bend. There was not even a chance to breathe, let alone adjust the angle of the body into the corner.
Does this guy want to die? It's sure to hit the railing, roll over, or even fall down the valley!
What is the difference between doing this and seeking death?
Just in the moment of heart-wrenching, it came.
Takeuchi sat calmly in the driver's seat, and in his sight, he really saw the railing that was about to approach the front of the car, as well as the towering mountain wall. But his eyes were firm and there was no wavering.
Just before the front of the car saw that it was about to hit the railing, his hand kept beating the rudder, continuously reversing his feet, losing his grip, and the body inertia drove into the trajectory, causing the body to stagger the railing on this side by a great amplitude. However, the front half of the body is positioned close to the inward curve.
"Murakami, is there a way to modify an interesting feature?"
"What is it?"
"Electrically folding mirrors."
"Huh?"
I still remember Murakami's stunned face when he heard him say to him that he wanted to install this function. Indeed, for a racer looking for speed and driving stability, this kind of chicken rib feature is really a surprise.
You must know that there are electric folding mirrors in this era, but they are all functions that only ordinary cars that focus on business, and they are generally needed to prevent passing cars from scratching against the reversing mirrors when parking.
So Murakami racked his brains, and he didn't understand how Shu Takeuchi, who has always been very pragmatic and does not waste the cost of modification, could ask for this kind of function.
For the repair shop, retrofitting this function is simply pediatric, but it is just necessary to arrange some wiring and electronic components.
......
Under the unbelievable gaze of Keisuke Takahashi, the purple EG6, under the illumination of the street lamp, the ears that were swinging out, actually retracted quickly.
Reversing mirror!
The reversing mirror, the moment Takeuchi Shu twisted the knob, it was retracted.
Between the electric flint that retracts the inverted mirror......
The body side of the EG6 is attached to the railing, overhanging and avoiding the closest contact point between the two.
Leaving only a small distance about the rearview mirror against the body, the EG6 successfully completed the drift......
Distance!
The distance between the cars is extremely precise and the mirrors are folded.
In the night, the purple EG6 is like a mechanical beast rushing out of the sea of fire, and the shining lights are more dazzling than the street lights, revealing an incomparable hideousness!
Keisuke Takahashi sat in the driver's seat, his mind blank.
His opponents.
Not just powerful, but terrifying!