Nakano’s taillights grew distant. The crowd in the grandstands gasped.
The rain over the Tsukuba Circuit wasn't just falling; it was detonating. Each droplet hit Hannah’s visor like a tiny, liquid bomb, blurring the world into a smear of grey tarmac and screaming crimson brake lights.
For one agonizing heartbeat—nothing.
Nakano’s taillights grew distant. The crowd in the grandstands gasped.
The rain over the Tsukuba Circuit wasn't just falling; it was detonating. Each droplet hit Hannah’s visor like a tiny, liquid bomb, blurring the world into a smear of grey tarmac and screaming crimson brake lights.
For one agonizing heartbeat—nothing.