Chapter 66 - Driving Like a Champion


    Benno stepped firmly on the elerator, quickly leaving Arthur behind in his dust. His excitement was


    palpable as he thought about winning the rare car as a prize. He whooped with joy as he sped along,


    eager to finish the race and show off the new car to all thedies.


    Chuckling to himself, he eximed, “Hahaha, what a great day to be alive! This is the biggest prize


    race I''ve ever had, and I''m beating some amateur who can only look good in a fancy car.”


    Benno continued to drive fast, even though he remained surprisingly calm. He still gave Arthur hope of


    catching up and even believed that Arthur might have collided with the guardrail and crashed.


    "Hah! Completely ridiculous," he scoffed.


    However, when he was around the corner, Benno couldn''t believe his eyes: unexpectedly, Arthur''s car


    had managed to overtake him from the outerne.


    "What the hell?! How is that even possible?!" he eximed.


    "I''m driving at a high speed, there''s no way he could overtake me like that!"


    Benno felt a surge of irritation but quickly refocused himself, determined to overtake Arthur and secure


    his position.


    "That rich guy really gets on my nerves," he muttered.


    "He thinks he can beat me. I''ll show him what a real pro driver looks like!" he dered confidently.


    Benno stepped on the gas, pushing his car to its limit. He quickly narrowed the distance between


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    himself and Arthur''s car.


    "I''ll pass him at the next turn," he chortled, "just watch!"


    "This is easy for a professional like me."


    As they neared the corner, Benno demonstrated his professional driving skills, easily overtaking Arthur.


    "Ha ha ha ha! It seems he really is just an amateur who luckily overtook me before," he cackled.


    Benno was determined to not let Arthur overtake his car again, so he increased his concentration.


    “I had given Arthur too much hope to overtake me. It was a huge humiliation, but that was only because


    I allowed myself to be caught off guard and underestimated him.” He thought to himself.


    With this new determination, Benno quickly gained a significant distance from Arthur and raced away.


    "He''s merely an amateur; he''s not even worthy of beingpared to a professional racer like me."


    On the one hand, Arthur was determined to close the gap between him and Benno''s car, utilizing all of


    his resources. Though he hadn''t unlocked the full extent of his driving skill, his high Mind level allowed


    him to focus intensely and make decisions in a fraction of a second.


    [Let''s go, Host! You can do it!]


    “I think what you''re saying is more distracting than encouraging, System!” Arthur replied.


    Yet, Arthur was still adamant about not advancing to the next level of his driving skills.


    "I''m certain I can do this without it!" Arthur dered confidently.


    Up until now, Arthur was convinced that Benno had what it took to be a professional racer.


    "Racing against Benno is really pushing me to give it my all. He''s definitely a worthy opponent," he


    dered.


    Arthur was doing his best to keep up, his hands gripping the steering wheel tightly, and each turn he


    took was calcted and precise. He had a strong urge to use his VIP Points, but he was determined to


    stay the course.


    "I''m gonna try to overtake Benno in the next five to tenps. I''m gonna do this without using my VIP


    Points," he vowed.


    Benno was putting all of his concentration into driving as if he were doing an official professional race


    "This isn''t like a normal race," he thought, feeling as though he werepeting against another


    professional racer.


    Benno was certain that Arthur would attempt to overtake him on the uing turn at the front, so he


    resolved to block him on the outerne, anticipating that Arthur would not attempt to pass on the inner


    "He''ll surely kill himself if he tries to overtake me," Benno said confidently. "I''m the professional racer of


    Soutke City after all. Let me show you why!"


    He then shifted his car into the perfect position and blocked any possibility of Arthur passing him.


    Surprisingly, Arthur''s car managed to pull ahead of him on the innerne.


    At that moment, Benno was finding it hard to believe what he saw with his own eyes. Arthur had taken


    a very daring move by preempting like that; he looked as if he was willing to risk his very life as if the


    slightest wrong move would make the car skid and crash.


    However, Benno couldn''t fathom that Arthur had done it so wlessly, something that would have been


    very difficult for him to do.


    "What the hell!? How did he do that?" Benno eximed in disbelief.


    Echo, Arthur''s bodyguard, who was watching from the audience stands, stood up from his seat, his


    eyes widened in amazement.


    "Our boss, how can he drive that well? This is beyond what a professional could say. I thought he


    wasn''t human - he''s a monster!" he said, shaking his head before ncing back at Alpha.


    Alpha then smiled faintly and chuckled slightly. "I think he is a God in disguise," he said. "If not, he


    wouldn''t have the beautiful angels by his side, right?" he added, chuckling again.


    Echo looked surprised to hear Alpha''s words. “Alpha, why do you dare to say those things? You''re


    tantly seducing God''s beautiful angels. You havemitted sphemy!”


    "No, I''m just kidding," Alpha replied, then stood up and bowed before Edna. “Ms. Edna, please don''t


    report what I said to the boss," he pleaded.


    Edna, still unable to process what she had just seen, snapped out of her trance. She turned to Echo


    and Alpha with a gentle smile.


    "At first I thought Boss Arthur was my guardian angel," she said with a lightugh, cing the back of


    her hand to her lips, "but it turns out he''s something even greater!"


    Echo nced back at Arthur''s driving, which had quickly left Benno far behind.


    "Wow, it doesn''t look like it''s human driving," he said in awe. "It''s almost as if it''s a super-intelligent AI.


    Even Benno had a hard time keeping up with our boss. He''s incredible."


    “I think following Boss will be an exciting journey ahead of us,” Alpha remarked. “There will be plenty of


    surprises along the way.”


    "Yes, I''m lucky that Boss kicked me in the face that night," Echo replied with augh. "I''m in the front


    seat for the amazing things he''ll do in the future."