Full Throttle to Victory (Team Nitocris)

You are quite tenacious, ancient pharaoh. I commend you for refusing to give up!

I can't...lose now! If I did...I could never...show my face...to Pharaoh Ozymandias...again!

So you race in order to save face with someone else?

Hmph. You can never hope to defeat me like that. Not when I race to obtain something I desire more than anything!

...Drama Queen, drive me closer to their vehicle! I wish to scrub them with my mop!

Understood! Make certain you finish this in one blow!

She's getting out of her vehicle. What is she

...!

Your vehicle has a clear weakness that is just begging to be scrubbed out: that enormous exposed spherical wheel.

I cannot say why, but it reminds me of a meatball! Just looking at it makes my mouth water!

So to both punish you for making me hungry, and to take advantage of your weakness... Secace Morgan!

...!

Another mess cleaned up! Farewell, pharaoh! Your services are no longer required!

Aah! The Pharaoh Legend's sun wheel!

She damaged its joint! If we don't do something, it will fall off!

The sun wheel is the focal point of our vehicle's propulsion. If we lose it, I'm not sure we'll be able to race any longer.

It might stay on if we slow down, but then we'll have no hope of winning.

But, if we just leave it as it is, it's only a matter of time until it comes off...

...I don't know what to do. I don't know if there's anything we CAN do...

Nitocris. I have an idea.

...Let me guess. You want us to come to a complete stop, right?

I understand how you feel, but we are one wrong move away from an accident. We could easily end up tipping over, or detonating the engine, or both. I can see those outcomes clearly, even without clairvoyance.

If we want to stay alive, we probably SHOULD stop the Legend. But if we do that, we'll lose this race for

Let us speed up.

Huh!? What do you

I don't have time to tell you the full story. Just focus on keeping the car running. I will handle the rest.

... Okay, if you insist.

I trust you know what you're doing! Full speed ahead!

Oof... It's shaking like crazy! I knew it, the sun wheel could come off at anyAah! There it goes!

...Genie of the lamp!

The elemental you summoned is making himself into a ball, and...

D-did he just fit himself into the sun wheel's housing!?

Is he going to be okay!?

Yes, he'll be fine. His body is more smoke than flesh and blood. He can squeeze into any shape without issue.

And since he spends most of his time inside a lamp, this is certainly no trouble.

At any rate...we can use him to stand in for the sun wheel. That should at least let us reach the finish line.

It will be a dangerous trip, though. Does this mean you've gotten over your fear of death?

Not at all. I simply weighed the upside of obtaining the safety talisman you promised me against the downside of potentially dying here...

...and the talisman came out on top.

What if you get killed trying to get it?

Well...that will most likely not be a concern here.

Our greatest obstacle right now is those two kings, and if nothing else, I know how to avoid being killed by kings.

...Though of course, you are a king as well.

Me...? I see. I guess I am technically a pharaoh, but if I'm a king, I'm one who pales in spirit compared to

You are a king who fights to live up to others' expectations.

A king who fights to grow as a person.

A king who fights to protect the dignity inherent in that title.

As I see it...that makes you a truly wonderful king indeed.

Am I wrong?

Um...

...My apologies. As a mere storyteller, it is not my place to speak of such things. Please forget I said anything.

What a fool you are.

Yes, I know. That is why I'm apologi

You are NO MERE storyteller!

You're a wonderful partner, who has stood by me this entire time. In the name of the pharaohs, I commend you.

...!

Now, it looks like the genie has gotten used to being our wheel. I think this will work.

He shall be our new sun, shining light on the new path of glory about to be added to the pharaohs' legend!

Come, partner! Let us make certain that this king's story ends in victory!

...Okay!