Previously on the Amazing Race: Hope's Peak Edition:
A scramble for flights forced Mikan and Maki to make a risky move.
"I have an idea," Maki said. "If we fly into Paris, and then take the train to London, we could get there faster. We might get a penalty…"
Which then forced them to use the U-turn to survive.
"We choose to U-turn Hiyoko and Mahiru," Maki said.
Hiyoko and Mahiru stood in front of the board. "We have to U-turn someone to stay in this."
"Do Toko and Kyoko."
At the Detour, Junko and Mukuro marched their way into their third win in a row.
*Junko and Mukuro marching with the Queen's Guard*
"Junko and Mukuro, you are team number ONE!"
But with the U-turn, Toko and Kyoko never made up their time behind Hiyoko and Mahiru.
"Toko and Kyoko, you are the last team to arrive. You have been eliminated from the race."
Leg 9.1
This is Trafalgar Square in London, England. One of the most recognizable plazas in London, it will now serve as the starting line for leg 9 of the Amazing Race: Hope's Peak Edition.
Junko and Mukuro won the previous leg, and will depart first at 3:00 AM.
Junko and Mukuro: 1st to depart, 3:00 AM
Junko and Mukuro ripped the clue open. "Fly to the Incan Capital, Cusco, Peru,"
[i] Fly to: Cusco, Peru
Teams must now fly southwest, over the Atlantic Ocean, to South America, and the ancient Incan capital of Cusco, Peru. Once teams arrive in Cusco, they must use one of these provided cars to drive themselves to the Maras Salt Mines to find their next clue.
"Southern Hemisphere again?" Junko asked. "Dammit."
"This is our fourth time overall leaving in first place," Junko explained. "Our third time in a row. Which is fucking awesome. Yesterday, I set a goal for us to finish in nothing but first place up until the finale. Well… it's not really a goal. It's not something we're trying to do, it's something we're going to do."
Mukuro threw their bags into the back of a cab as it made its way to the airport.
"Peru, huh?" Mukuro asked, poking Junko's arm. "It's going to be HOT!"
"Don't remind me."
"It's summer over there."
"STOP!"
"Looks like they provided us with tickets," Junko said. "So we're all on the same flight today. There goes our lead."
Peko and Keebo: 2nd to depart, 3:08 AM
"Fly to Cusco, Peru," Peko read. She and Keebo walked over to the road and picked up a taxi.
"I'd like to say we're doing really well," Peko said. "We do have yet to have another win since Leg 2, but that doesn't really matter in the long run."
"The only thing we're worried about is having Junko and Mukuro in the finale," Keebo replied. "They're tough competitors, so our main goal right now is to knock them out in the next two eliminations."
Mondo and Taka: 3rd to depart, 3:10 AM
Mondo and Taka rode in their cab to the airport.
"Peru!" Taka said, hi-fiving Mondo.
"We've kind of been either in the middle or in the back for mostly the entire race," Mondo said. "I just hope today we get in a win."
"Agreed! We're all equalized, so there's no reason not to try our hardest!" Taka shouted.
"No reason not to try our hardest regardless," Mondo said.
Mikan and Maki: 4th to depart, 3:44 AM
"We had a rough last two legs," Maki said. "We're hoping that we can climb the ladder back up to first place. We're on the same flight there, so I doubt we're going to have any flight trouble."
"I'm sorry!"
"You need to learn when to stop apologizing!" Maki shouted.
"I'm sorry for apologizing too much!"
Hiyoko and Mahiru: Last to depart, 3:46 AM
"We're leaving in last place, again," Hiyoko said. "Just kind of used to it at this point."
"So far, we have not finished above fifth place, and today we're going to have to do that if we want to stay in the race." Mahiru said.
"It'd be great if we could get a win," Hiyoko said. "If Pig-face Mikan could get a win, we can!"
London Heathrow Airport
The teams all sat in a ring.
"Final five, huh?" Mahiru asked. "You know, regarding our performance, I'm kinda surprised we made it so far."
"It doesn't matter," Peko replied. "It's not 'if you're not first, you're last'. In this race, at least until the finale, 'if you're not last, you're first.'"
Keebo touched his chin. "At this point, there's more people in the race that are going to the finale, than there are teams who are going to be eliminated. And as such, tensions between us are running high. When we're not racing and we're all just hanging out, it's like we're all friends who're on a trip together. But when we're on the racetrack, we're all stressed out. There's a sixty percent chance we're going to make it to the finale, but there's a twenty percent chance we're getting eliminated."
"We're scanning everyone in this room," Mondo said. "And we're looking at our competition to see who we want to bring into the final three."
"Our ideal final three would be us, Hiyoko and Mahiru, and Mikan and Maki!" Taka shouted.
"Who do we want to be the final three?" Maki asked. "Not Junko and Mukuro."
Mikan joined in. "T-That's not an answer to the ques-"
"Not Junko and Mukuro. That's my answer."
Hiyoko scratched her face. "Honestly, as long as we make it, I'll be happy. But I doubt we'll be able to beat Junko and Mukuro. So I would love for it to be Mikan and Maki and Peko and Keebo. I could totally beat that pig barf and that lame-ass robot!"
"Ideally, our best chances of winning would be with Hiyoko and Mahiru." Peko said. "They've been doing… not so great throughout the race. Then again, you never know, maybe they could pull off a win but statistically, they're the weakest team left and the easiest for us to beat."
"The other team…" Keebo said. "The only team that hasn't been near the bottom of the pack is Junko and Mukuro. Everyone else struggled. We struggled in Finland, Mikan and Maki struggled in Prague, Mondo and Taka struggled in Finland too, Hiyoko and Mahiru struggled…. Almost every leg. But I would say the team we want to bring to the finale would be Mondo and Taka."
"We don't care." Mukuro said.
"It doesn't matter." Junko replied. "As long as we make it to the finale, we're fine. We can and have beat every single team that is here. I'm not worried."
Teams are now en route on the same flight to Cusco, Peru.
Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport: 9:00 PM
The five teams darted through the airport and avoiding passerby.
"Parking lot down here!" Taka shouted. Each team ran out into the parking lot and picked up their cars.
Hiyoko and Mahiru
"Monokuma was nice enough to provide us with directions this time," Mahiru said. "Which is nice because it's very dark out right now and I can't speak Spanish."
"Why do we have to drive again? I liked taxis…" Hiyoko complained.
Peko and Keebo
"Do I go left or right when we exit?" Peko asked.
"…"
"Left or right?"
"..."
"I'm losing my patience."
"Le- no, right."
Peko turned right out of the airport.
Junko and Mukuro
"There's a lot of directions on this clue," Junko said. "I bet it's a long drive."
"It's pitch black out, so if we're going into the countryside I doubt there are going to be any lights." Mukuro replied.
Mikan and Maki
"Just staying with the pack for now," Maki said. "We're following the two or so teams in front of us."
Mondo and Taka
"I'm sure this drive looks beautiful when I'm actually able to see," Taka said.
"Less distractions. Now drive!" Mondo replied.
Teams drove out of Cusco and into the Peruvian countryside.
Hiyoko and Mahiru
"I see a flag," Hiyoko said. "I think we're here. Pull up."
Hiyoko and Mahiru went into the entrance by the flag.
"Over there!" Mahiru pointed. "Pick a number!"
"We're first!" Hiyoko shouted. She and Mahiru jumped out of their cab and pulled Number 1, which read 7:00 AM.
Hiyoko and Mahiru: 1st to depart, 7:00 AM
"I did not expect we'd be the first ones here," Mahiru said. "But I guess we just drove fast enough. Or the others got lost."
"Here comes someone else," Hiyoko said. Another car came in and out came Mondo and Taka.
"What do we do?" Mondo asked.
"Don't rely on us, boy! You have eyes, right?" Mahiru scolded.
"Oh, Pick an Number!" Taka pointed. They ripped number 2.
Mondo and Taka: 2nd to depart, 7:10 AM
"Oh, looks like we're starting off tomorrow ten minutes apart," Mahiru said.
Then, Mikan and Maki drove in to pull the tag.
Mikan and Maki: 3rd to depart, 7:20 AM
"Nice job, girls," Mahiru said.
"T-Thank you!" Mikan shouted.
Peko and Keebo: 4th to depart, 7:30 AM
Peko and Keebo ran up and grabbed their number.
"Looks like we're spending the night," Peko said. "I feel like we do need the extra rest this leg."
Junko and Mukuro
"Pick a number?" Mukuro asked. "We're last."
"That's annoying," Junko replied. "But it doesn't matter. We WILL make up the time."
7:00 AM
Hiyoko and Mahiru
At the crack of dawn, Hiyoko and Mahiru ran into the salt mine.
"Oh my god, this place is amazing!" Mahiru said. "Look at all those terraced salt ponds!"
They ran up to a clue box in front.
Hiyoko and Mahiru: Currently in 1st Place
"Roadblock," Mahiru read. "Who's worth their salt?"
[i] Worth their Salt
Here at Maras, salt has been farmed here for over 500 years, starting with the Wari civilization, predecessors to the Incas. These pools are filled with saltwater from this spring and evaporated to create salt. In this Roadblock, one team member must choose a string of four marked salt pools. They must then use this shovel to scrape salt out of the pool and use these buckets to transfer it to these salt containers on the top of the hill. After the judge deems the pool has no more salt left to harvest, they must collect salt water from the spring and refill the pools to receive their next clue.
"You did the last two," Hiyoko said. "I got this."
Hiyoko followed the arrows that said "Salt Pans" to the bottom of the hill. There, she found a sign that said "Sign Name Here". Hiyoko claimed the pans as her own and picked up the shovel.
"Okay…" Hiyoko said. She took the shovel and stuck it in the salt to begin scraping it.
"This shovel is really heavy…" she complained.
"With my height and body," Hiyoko explained "That shovel was like lifting a brick. It was really heavy and hard to move around perfectly. It didn't help that it was like a hundred degrees out!"
"Oh my god," She said. She continued scraping it until she had a good pile and shoved it underneath. She tried her hardest to lift the shovel before dumping the contents of the shovel into the bucket.
"You got this, Hiyoko!" Mahiru shouted.
7:10 AM
Mondo and Taka: Currently in 2nd Place
"Roadblock," Taka read. "Who's worth their salt?"
"I'll do it," Mondo said.
Hiyoko
"Ngggghhh…" Hiyoko groaned. "This is just strength! This is just brute strength!"
She continued working on her salt pile. "How the hell do they expect me to finish this?"
Mondo
Mondo followed the signs and ran down to the salt pan next to Hiyoko.
"Mondo…" Hiyoko said. "Help."
"Uhh…" Mondo said. "Why don't I start with mine first? I'll help you once I start."
"O-Okay…"
Hiyoko continued her shoveling and groaning. "It's so hot…"
Mondo began scraping his plot. "I see how this can be difficult for her," he said.
Hiyoko
"Stupid fucking shovel!" Hiyoko shouted. She managed to shave a huge amount of salt off the side of the pond, but then dropped the shovel afterwards. "Dammit!"
Mondo
"Okay, I'm getting some issues," Mondo said, trying to scrape at a corner that his shovel couldn't reach. "Damn, it's hot out here!"
"She doesn't look like she's doing so hot," Mahiru said. "I should've done this. We should have seen something like this coming."
"BRO!" Taka shouted. "WHY DON'T YOU HELP HIYOKO?"
"I WILL!" Mondo shouted back. "I JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS FIRST!" f
He continued scraping away at the salt.
"The salt wasn't like snow, as in it wouldn't easily fall off. It was almost welded to the rocks that made up the pool, which required some considerable force to be able to scrape the salt off the rocks.
Mondo quickly filled up his bucket. "Alright, girl, you need help?"
"Duh! I've been asking for your help for the last fifteen minutes!"
"Do you want my help or not?"
*sigh* "Yes."
Mondo grabbed Hiyoko's shovel and began loosening a bunch of salt around the sides and the bottom of two of her salt pools.
"That should make it easier to collect," Mondo said. "All you need to do is scoop that into the bucket."
"T-T-Tha-ank you…"
"I can see how fucking hard that "thank you" is for you. You should really be more appreciative."
"S-Shut up! I'm going to bop you on the head with this shovel and feed your brains to the llamas!"
"Is that how you talk to someone who just helped you?"
"Shut the fuck up, cornhead!"
"OH YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHI-" Mondo started, before stopping himself. He sighed and picked up his salt bucket and began walking up the hill.
"I'm trying my best to be nice around the girls," Mondo said. "But Hiyoko's kind of… different. Like, I was trying to help her and stuff when she was clearly struggling, and then she calls me names to thank me. She's just downright rude. So, I lost my patience with her."
"Don't expect me to help you anymore," Mondo said, looking back at her.
"Y-You're not going to help? B-But it's hard. W-W-WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! YOU'RE SO MEAN!"
"What did you do?" Mahiru asked, running up to Mondo. "I can't believe you made another girl cry!"
"I helped her, and she called me names to thank me. I told her I wouldn't help her anymore after that. The fuck do you expect me to do?"
Mondo walked past Mahiru and made his way to the salt containers.
"Wow," Mahiru said. She climbed down to Hiyoko. "Are you okay?"
"How can Mahiru tolerate being around her?" Mondo muttered.
7:20
Mikan and Maki: Currently in 3rd Place
"Roadblock," Maki muttered. "I'll do it."
Mondo
Mondo walked up the stairs with his bucket full of salt before finding the salt container and dumping his bucket into it and walking back.
Hiyoko
"Stupid punk!" she shouted, griping. "Stupid stupid stupid! I'm gonna make a voodoo doll of him and then decapitate it while it's on fire!"
"Okay, okay," Mahiru said. "But when you lash out at people like that, especially people who are being nice to you, they're not going to like it."
"Pfft."
"Look. Mondo's coming back. Apologize to him."
Mondo walked down to his salt ponds.
"I'm sorry…"
"Are you only saying that because she told you to say that?"
"..."
"Fine. I'm not going to hold a grudge. But still, I'm not helping you anymore, at least for this challenge. Do it yourself."
"Hmph."
Maki
"M-Maki," Hiyoko said. "Would you mind helping me?"
"Nope."
"What? Why? Aren't you the ones who made that alliance thingy?"
"Sorry,"
"During these last two legs, we learned a lot," Maki explained. "We were at major risk and every second counted. Those legs taught us that, even though we do need Junko and Mukuro out of here, at this point in the race we need to focus less on what other teams are doing and helping others, and focus more on our own race and actually getting ourselves into the finale."
"Y-You're such a hypocrite!"
"I've learned a lot the past few legs," Maki said. "And I just want to focus on myself right now. Ask Mondo for help."
"I- I did but…"
"Then wait for someone else to help you. I'm not wasting any more time."
Maki ignored her pleas as she picked up the shovel and began scraping at the salt.
Mondo
"This is some tough work…" Mondo groaned, filling up his bucket again. "I got one pond completely salt-free…"
He picked up his bucket and began walking back up the hill to the salt containers.
"Now, the pools we had to work on were at the very bottom of the hill," Mondo explained. "And the place where we had to deliver the salt was at the very top of the hill. And these buckets were pretty heavy, so I could see how it would be difficult for Hiyoko or some of the other teams to transport them."
"This is a good workout!" Mondo shouted, climbing up the side of the hill.
Hiyoko
"S-Stupid… no one wants to help me…" Hiyoko muttered, using the shovel and banging against the salt formations to loosen them. She was finally able to collect enough salt to fill up her bucket and picked it up. "It's heavy!"
She walked a few feet before tripping on a rock and spilling everything out. She sighed before scooping it all back in.
Maki
Maki shoveled with speed to fill her bucket quickly and began to run up the hill.
"Man!" Mondo shouted, panting. "This is hard for me, how's she running with the thing?"
9:30 AM
Peko and Keebo: Currently in 4th Place
"Roadblock," Peko read. She and Keebo looked down at the teams doing the challenge.
"This looks physical," Keebo said. "I'll leave it to you."
Hiyoko
"E-Every part of t-this…" Hiyoko stammered, walking up the side of the hill and panting to get her breath. "So physical… no...strength… not even halfway…"
She stood up and walked to the salt bins and poured her salt out before running back down.
"You're doing great!" Mahiru shouted.
Mondo
"I'm almost finished with my second pool now," Mondo said. "Working up a nice sweat."
He smashed the shovel into the side of the rock until the head of the shovel broke off.
"Uhh…" he said, smiling. "Can I have a new shovel?"
A staff member came up and handed him a new shovel. "Thanks."
Maki
"This is actually a really neat way of farming salt," Maki said. "I'm impressed that this has been here for as long as it has. Over five hundred years, I hear. But this is some pretty tough work. No problem, though."
Peko
"Okay, so I just scrape at the edges of this pit?" Peko asked. "Sounds easy enough."
She hefted the shovel and began scraping the shovel around the edges of the salt pool.
Maki
Maki shovelled enough salt to clear her first pond and then fill her bucket.
"She's going really fast," Mondo said. "Might catch up to me at this rate."
She subtly smiled at that before running back up to the hill.
Hiyoko
"HNNNNGGHHh!" Hiyoko groaned, working on her second pond. "Peko! Do you mind helping me?"
"What do you need?"
"Just… anything."
"I can help you loosen up the salt," she said. She ran around the pond and jammed the shovel between the salt and the rocks, and used the rock as leverage to push huge chunks of salt off the sides.
"T-T-Thank you."
"No problem," Peko replied. "I'm going to have to work on my own now."
9:40 AM
Junko and Mukuro: Currently in Last Place
"Roadblock," Junko read. "Who's worth their salt?"
"I'll do this one," Mukuro said.
Mondo
Mondo cleared all of his ponds before scooping the last of the salt into his bucket. "Alright, all done," he said. "Just gotta put this salt in the bin and refill my ponds before we can go."
Mondo ran up the side of the hill to deliver his salt and brought back his empty bucket.
Maki
"Cleared," she said, shovelling the last of the salt into her bucket.
"What?" Hiyoko asked, working on her second pond. "That fast?"
Maki picked up her bucket and raced after Mondo to deliver it.
Mukuro
Mukuro picked up her shovel and began prying at the salt.
"Mukuro…" Hiyoko said, half-crying. "C-Can you give me some help?"
"Absolutely not," Mukuro said. "If you're falling behind, it's your problem."
"W-WAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
"Wow, that scream is intense," Junko said, at the top of the hill, covering her ears as did Mikan.
Peko
Peko jabbed her shovel all around the salt pools. "I'm loosening the salt first so it flakes into the pool," Peko explained. "And then it'll be easy to pick it up and transfer it to the bucket later."
Mondo
Mondo raced back to his plot with his bucket. "I just need to refill the ponds with saltwater," he said.
"The last part of the challenge was to refill all four of your ponds with the saltwater, which was not hard," Mondo said. "The stream of water ran right next to the ponds, and the ponds were very shallow, so it wasn't a huge hassle to refill them."
Mondo tossed his water into the pools as it quickly filled up. Right behind him was Maki, who was also filling up her pools.
"Come on," Mondo said. "Let us come in first."
Mondo filled in the last pond before running to the judge, who pulled out a clue.
"Thank you," Mondo said, before running up to Taka.
Maki
Maki picked up her own clue as she ran up to Mikan.
Mondo and Taka
"Great job, bro!" Taka shouted. Mondo ripped his clue open.
Mondo and Taka: Currently in 1st Place
"Drive yourselves back to Cusco and find the Plaza de Armas," Mondo read.
[i] Drive to: Plaza de Armas
Teams must now drive themselves to the Plaza de Armas. Once teams arrive, they will find their next clue.
"We're in first!" Taka shouted. "We can't afford to lose this lead!"
"I got ya, I got ya."
Mikan and Maki: Currently in 2nd Place
"Drive yourselves back to Cusco," Maki read.
"Y-You did so well, Maki!"
"Thanks." Maki replied. "Now, let's get back to the cars!"
Maki and Mikan chased Mondo and Taka to their cars.
Hiyoko
"Stupid… lost twenty minutes…" Hiyoko muttered. She kept trying to loosen the salt, but she ended up slipping her hands off the handle of the shovel.
"At this point, I'm just so sweaty that my hands don't have enough traction on the shovel," Hiyoko explained. "And they were covered in blisters anyways."
"Why can't I do this fucking shit? Is there some trick I'm not getting?"
Mukuro
Mukuro worked at lightning speed as she shovelled the salt into her bucket and then ran up to the salt bins.
"A lot of this challenge was reminiscent of what we had to do for training in Fenrir," Mukuro explained. "We had to carry a heavy sack while running up a hill, and that's exactly what we're doing this time, but with salt. They also had us work in some mines to help us bring in some muscle mass."
Peko
Peko cleared her third pond as she picked up the bucket of salt and began running up the hill.
"Almost done," She said. "This is actually really tiring. I can't even imagine what Hiyoko's going through with her lack of strength."
Hiyoko
Hiyoko swung the shovel like a hammer and tried to chip off the salt from the sides of the pond, but it ended up slipping out of her hand and flying away, which threw her off balance and sent her falling into one of the salt ponds. "Shit!"
Mukuro
Mukuro beasted through the salt by jabbing her shovel against it and very quickly shaving off all the salt from the outsides of the rocks.
Peko
"I see Mukuro's catching up to me," Peko said. "Finishing up her third pond already. Hiyoko… she's still working on the second pond. I hope that she gets this done quicker, but given how it looks like we're going to be racing for last I should probably hold off on helping her."
Mikan and Maki
"We're following the boys right now," Mikan said. "Heading back to Cusco, which is a l-long drive, but we do have directions to actually head back into the city. It doesn't give directions on where this plaza actually is, so we're going to h-have to ask someone,"
"That's fine. I told you that I know a lot of Spanish," Maki said.
"That's great!" Mikan replied.
Mondo and Taka
"We don't know any Spanish," Taka said. "But we're hoping that someone in the city speaks English or we find a tourist who speaks both English and Spanish to act as a translator. Or maybe just someone with Google."
"Don't worry about that," Mondo replied. "Just worry about getting into the city first. We'll deal with that problem when the time comes."
Mukuro
"Can you check my pool?" Mukuro asked. The judge walked up and gave her a thumbs' up.
"Now I just need to fill it with saltwater," she said.
Peko
"She passed me?" Peko asked. "Never mind. It doesn't matter. I'm done. Can you check my work?"
The judge looked at Peko's pools. "It's good."
Both Peko and Mukuro worked on filling their pools with saltwater, but Hiyoko was still scraping salt out of the ground on her pond.
"This sucks," she said.
Mukuro
Mukuro filled the pool to the brim as the judge gave her the clue.
Junko and Mukuro: Currently in 3rd Place
"Let's get out of here," Junko said. "You made up some time. You were unusually useful!"
Peko
The judge gave Peko the clue after seeing the pools filled up with water.
Peko and Keebo: Currently in 4th Place
"Thank you," Peko said. She ran back upstairs and past Hiyoko. "Good luck," she said.
"Yeah, right," Hiyoko replied. "Wishing me good luck just as you're leaving? How stupid."
Hiyoko wiped her forehead. "It's so hot out here… it's giving me a headache. The first ones to arrive and the last ones here. Just great."
Mondo and Taka
"You want to pull over and ask this guy?" Mondo asked.
"Sure," Taka replied. "Sir? Do you speak English?"
"Que?" (What?)
"Do you speak English?"
"No hablo Ingles." (I don't speak English)
"Is that a Yes in Spanish?"
"Ustedes son tontos." (You guys are stupid)
"I think he's going to show us the way!"
"Use common sense," Mondo replied. "Mister Honor Student."
Mikan and Maki
Maki rolled down the window to a man washing his car. "Sabes donde la Plaza de Armas esta?" (Do you know where the Plaza de Armas is?)
"La Plaza de Armas? Es derecho para tres cuadras y a la izquierda para dos cuadras." (The Plaza de Armas? It's straight for three blocks and to the left for two blocks.)
"Gracias," (Thank You)
Mondo and Taka
"Is that Mikan and Maki?" Taka asked. "Let's follow them. They look like they know where they're going."
Mikan and Maki
"Alright, here we are," Maki said. "Clue box is right there."
Mikan and Maki parked their car and ran up to the clue box.
Mikan and Maki: Currently in 1st Place
"Route Info," Maki read. "Lead a llama through the streets of Cusco,"
[i] Llama Drama
Llamas have been domesticated in South America since the pre-Columbian period. In this challenge, teams must pick two llamas and lead it through Cusco in this marked route. Along the way, they must search for two flags, one that represents Peru and another that represents Cusco, among five vendor stands. However, teams may not carry more than two flags. Once teams have reached the end of the route and presented both of the correct flags, they will receive their next clue. However, if teams cannot present both correct flags, they must backtrack to pick them up.
"Okay, sounds easy," Maki said.
"Let's start then," Mikan replied.
"Wait," Maki said. "We have no idea what these flags look like. We should ask someone."
Mondo and Taka: Currently in 2nd Place
Mondo and Taka arrived in the plaza and ripped their clue open. "Lead a llama through the streets of Cusco,"
They read it and then walked next to Mikan and Maki
"Do you know what these flags look like?" Mondo asked.
"I'm about to ask," Maki said.
"You wouldn't mind sharing the info with us, right?" Mondo asked.
"As long as it doesn't slow us down."
Maki walked up to someone in the square. "Tienes un teléfono celular? Tienes Google?" (Do you have a phone? Google?)
"Si. Porque?" (Yes. Why?)
"Puedes buscar la bandera de Perú y Cusco?" (Can you search the flag of Peru and Cusco?)
"Cusco esta alli," (Cusco is there) he said, pointing to the flag in the plaza. He typed a few things and showed them Peru's flag.
"Okay, Peru's looks like this," Maki said, pointing to the phone. "Red on both left and right sides with a coat of arms in the middle. Apparently Cusco's flag is the rainbow one up there," Maki pointed up to the flag in the plaza.
"Isn't that the LGBT flag?" Mondo asked.
"It looks like it," Mikan said. "But I think it's slightly different. L-Let's keep looking at Google,"
Hiyoko
Hiyoko kept jabbing her shovel at a rock that didn't even have salt on it.
"Ugh… what am I even doing?" Hiyoko asked.
"At this point, I had a pounding headache from the strain and the heat," Hiyoko explained. "And I was starting to get dizzy and disoriented."
Hiyoko stepped into the next plot (which wasn't even meant for her) and began scooping some salt off the side. The judge had to run up to her and pull her back to her own plot.
"What's she doing?" Mahiru asked. "She's acting funny."
Hiyoko scraped up the last of the salt into the bucket and began walking carefully, but randomly fell over and spilled it out (without seemingly tripping over anything). She scooped it back into the bucket and walked up the hill before emptying it out into the container and returned to the salt pools.
"W-Where's my plot again?" Hiyoko asked, standing right in front of the plot that read HIYOKO. "I forget which is mine."
She looked around for a minute and saw her name. "Oh…"
She brought over the judge who nodded and cleared her to begin filling it with water.
"I did it!" Hiyoko shouted, voice full of pain.
Then she collapsed into the pool.
Don't worry, she's not going to die. Anyways, thanks for reading this chapter, and be sure to vote on my profile for which teams you want back on Season 3. (Don't be afraid to pick multiple teams). If you're not a registered user, feel free to leave a comment on who you want to come back.
