Leg 10.1
Previously on the Amazing Race: Hope's Peak Edition
Five teams raced through the island of Phuket in Southern Thailand.
Four of the teams conspired to take out tough competitors Nagito and Nekomaru.
"While looking around the teams, we realized that we all had one enemy that we wanted to take out today." Shuichi said. "That's Nagito and Nekomaru."
"Sure, we had that pact with them to try and tear down the alliance, but that practically happened." Hina said. "It wasn't an alliance, and it wasn't a friendship. Nagito and Nekomaru are serious threats, and as it looks like Shuichi and Kaede are probably going to target them, why not join in?"
In Thailand, Leon got riled up with a stubborn elephant.
*elephant squishing Leon's hands while he's trying to tie a rope around its legs*
"God, WHY IS OUR ELEPHANT SO FUCKING STUBBORN?"
At the Roadblock, Nagito had a mild meal.
"It's pretty good," Nagito said, eating pad thai.
But the competition heated up for the others.
*Chihiro, Hajime, and Shuichi coughing and wheezing*
In the end, Hajime and Chiaki checked in first and got their second place in a row.
"Hajime and Chiaki," Monokuma said. "You are team number ONE!"
However, after staying in first for most of the leg, a lost passport caused Nagito and Nekomaru to backtrack.
"My passport's gone." Nekomaru replied.
"I can't believe you did that, dude," Nagito replied. "I know I said that I wouldn't mind if we're eliminated, but if we were, I'd want it to be because we're objectively weaker than the other teams, not because of some stupid mistake like this."
And they never made up the time.
"Nagito and Nekomaru, you are the last team to arrive. And I am sorry to say that you have been eliminated from the race."
Four teams remain. Who will be eliminated next?
This is Koh Panyee, a small island and fishing village off the shore of southern Thailand. Surrounded with beautiful mountains and islands, it will now be the picturesque start for the tenth leg in a race around the world.
Hajime and Chiaki won the previous leg, and will depart first at 12:35 PM.
Hajime and Chiaki: 1st to depart, 12:35 PM
Hajime and Chiaki stood at the pier as they ripped open their clue.
"Fly to Guangzhou, China," Hajime read.
[i] Fly to: Guangzhou, China
Teams must now leave the natural beauty of rural Thailand and fly northeast over one thousand miles to the urban cityscape of China's most populous city, Guangzhou. Once teams touch down in Guangzhou, they must find their cars in the parking lot and drive themselves to Guangzhou's famous Canton Tower, where they will find their next clue.
"Alright, let's go!" Chiaki said.
"We are leaving, once again, in first place." Hajime said. "I didn't think we'd be able to get two first places in a row, but it puts us on a tie with Shuichi and Kaede's amount of wins. This shows that we are one of the powerhouses of this race."
They boarded a longtail boat as it set sail from the dock of the island.
"You see? Look at those mountains and islands!" Chiaki pointed. "We didn't get to see much of those last night!" (A/N: Seriously. Google "Phang Nga Bay". It's amazing.)
Chihiro and Hina: 2nd to depart, 1:04 PM
"Fly to Guangzhou," Chihiro read. They got onto the docks and into their longtail boat as they were driven back to shore.
"Second, second, second," Hina said. "It's always second."
"We've gotten second place five times so far," Chihiro said. "In Montreal, Athens, South Africa, Dubai, and now Thailand. That's half our race."
"We need to make some kind of change so we can finally get first," Hina replied. "I'm getting tired of trailing another team."
Shuichi and Kaede: 3rd to depart, 1:06 PM
"We're going to China," Shuichi said. "Neither of us have ever been to China, but we're getting closer and closer to home and Japan."
"The important thing is just staying in this race," Kaede said. "We'd be stoked if we managed to get out Hajime and Chiaki, but as long as we're here, we're not complaining.
Phuket International Airport
The three teams sat in the airport, terminal displaying "Guangzhou, China".
"What happened to Nagito and Nekomaru?" Chihiro asked. "They were so far ahead of us."
"We're not sure," Hajime replied. "When we were on our way to the pier, though, their cab turned around and backtracked."
"Something must've gone wrong," Shuichi said. "We hope they went home. Leon and Ibuki aren't much of a threat."
Leon and Ibuki arrived at the terminal. "How's it hanging?"
"Oh my god hi!" Kaede said, standing up and giving them a huge hug.
"What happened yesterday?" Chiaki asked.
"Our elephant needed a bug fix," Leon said. "That set us behind, but we noticed that Nagito and Nekomaru lost their passport at the Roadblock. We managed to finish everything and
"What?" Hina asked. "Yeesh. What a hard way to go out…"
"Let's look on the bright side," Hajime said. "They're no longer a threat."
"True that," Hina replied. "Final four. Let's do this."
Teams are now on the same flight via Manila en route to Guangzhou, China.
Guangzhou International Airport, 10:00 AM
"Go!" Chihiro shouted. The teams raced out to the front of the airport parking lot to look for their marked cars.
"Here!" Ibuki pointed. Each of them simultaneously got into their cars as they drove out of the parking lot.
Shuichi and Kaede
"Where are we going?" Shuichi asked.
"It's a huge tower. We can't miss it." Kaede replied.
"I know, but how do we get there?"
"Just head towards it. I'm pretty sure the streets are formatted like a grid."
Chihiro and Hina
"We're on our way to the Canton Tower," Hina said. "We did some research on it at the airport, there's a ferris wheel on the top so I have no idea if that's coming into play…"
Leon and Ibuki
"Floor it," Ibuki said. "I think Hajime and Chiaki are right on our tails."
"I don't think going that fast is legal," Leon replied.
"Anything is legal when there's no cops around," Ibuki said.
"I am not going to jail in China."
Chihiro and Hina
"Hajime and Chiaki went left, and us and the other teams went right," Hina said. "Someone's wrong… and I hope we're right."
Hajime and Chiaki
"We did some research on the route, heavier than the others, I'm sure of it," Hajime said. "We used the computers in the Manila airport and noticed that there was a huge pileup on one of the roads, so hopefully us taking a detour will make a huge difference… if the others don't catch it, it'll give us at least a fifteen minute lead."
Shuichi and Kaede
Shuichi and Kaede stopped as a police officer blocked off the freeway and pointed for them to turn around.
"What's going on?"
"什么"
"What?" Shuichi asked.
"什么"
"I guess we have to turn around," Kaede said. "There's no way around it."
Leon and Ibuki
"We have to turn around?" Leon asked. "Dammit."
Chihiro and Hina
"There's a blockage," Chihiro said. "Really?"
Hajime and Chiaki
"Up here! The clue box is right there." Chiaki said. Hajime and Chiaki got out of their car as they ran to the clue box in front of the tower.
"Roadblock," Hajime read. "Who has the strength of an ox and the will of a dragon?"
[R] Know Your Sign
Chinese mythology states that animals engaged in a race, with the first twelve that arrived being designated as calendar signs. In this Roadblock, one team member must search through this field of stone statues to find twelve that represent the animals of the zodiac. Once they have found one of the correct statues, they must haul them to the riverbank, where they must place them down on the pedestals in the order of the zodiac. Once all twelve statues have been placed down in the correct order, teams will receive their next clue.
"Chiaki must do this roadblock," Hajime read. "Welp… not like we have a choice."
"Last leg, in Thailand, Chiaki volun-told me to do the Roadblock, which would put me at six roadblocks done so far and with Chiaki having only four." Hajime explained. "So, as a result, she has to do these last two and we have no choice."
"Alright, I can handle it," Chiaki said.
Chiaki handed Hajime the clue and began running to the field of statues.
"Oh my god," She said, looking at the field of two hundred statues.
Chiaki ran through the grid of the statues and muttered to herself. "Rat… rat… rat…"
"We had to find twelve statues through this grid of… maybe around two hundred?" Chiaki said. "I know enough about Chinese lore to know the twelve animals that I needed to find. Horse, rat, snake, dragon, pig, ox, dog, monkey, rooster, goat, rabbit, and tiger. But there was a few issues."
Chiaki bent down. "Is this a rat? No, its ears are too big,"
"There were a few statues that had animals that were very similar to the ones we were meant to find. Like, it was easy to confuse a mouse for a rat, or a wolf for a dog."
"Oh, tiger," She said. Chiaki picked up the stone tiger and looped its body around the back of her neck. "Grr… it's really heavy."
Leon and Ibuki
"Dammit… now we have to backtrack…" Leon said.
"Exit here," Ibuki said.
"I'm just following Shuichi and Kaede."
Shuichi and Kaede
"I think Leon and Ibuki are following us," Shuichi said. "It's not that big of a deal, but at this stage, we have to be ahead of everyone we meet."
Chiaki
Chiaki carried the dragon statue to the pedestals on the other side of the field and placed it down, sighing.
"I don't know how long I can hold on…" She said. She ran back to the field of statues.
"The distance between the pedestals and the statues was around… three hundred meters? I'm not entirely sure, but it was a long walk, and the sun was down on my neck…"
She tripped over a pile of dirt as she immediately stood up and brushed herself off.
Chihiro and Hina
"The tower's up there," Chihiro pointed.
"We just need to find a place to park," Hina replied. "I see Chiaki doing the Roadblock right now. What is that?"
They found a parking spot and ran up to the clue box.
Chihiro and Hina: Currently in 2nd Place
"Roadblock," Hina read. "I'll do it."
Chiaki
"That's a rat…" She said between gasps. She picked it up and tucked it under her armpit as she ran back to the pedestals. Then, she looked behind her to see Hina get started.
"Dammit," She said.
"While I was working on the Roadblock, I noticed Hina arriving at the scene, meaning our lead had completely vanished."
"I have to get this done," She replied, running up to the pedestals and planting the rat onto it.
Shuichi and Kaede: Currently in 3rd Place
"I'll do it," Shuichi said.
Leon and Ibuki: Currently in Last Place
"Me," Leon replied.
Hina
"Umm…" Hina said. "What are the animals on the Zodiac again?"
"The Roadblock told us that we had to find the twelve animals on the Zodiac. But I had no clue about anything on Chinese mythology. I knew that Chihiro probably knew about it, but because it was a Roadblock, we would be penalized if I asked him for help."
Hina ran up to a few pedestrians.
"Do you speak English? English?"
Shuichi
Shuichi ran up to Leon.
"Do you know anything about the Zodiac?" Shuichi asked.
"I was about to ask the same question," Leon replied.
"I know absolutely nothing about Chinese mythology," Shuichi said. "And I ran up to Leon, and he had no idea either. Hina was running around like a chicken with her head cut off, so obviously she didn't know what we were supposed to be doing. The only option was to ask Chiaki who seemed like she had her stuff together, but I really doubted that she would help us."
"Worth a shot," Shuichi said. He ran up to Chiaki, who was hauling a horse to her pedestal.
"Chiaki, could you tell me the animals of the zodiac?"
"Absolutely not," She replied.
"Shuichi came up and asked me about the zodiac," Chiaki said. "It seemed like he had no idea what the animals of the zodiac were. He wanted help and-"
"No," Hajime said. "Definitely not. They're the strongest team and our biggest competition. Why would we help them?"
"Dammit!" Shuichi shouted. He shook his head and began to ask civilians like Hina.
Chiaki
Chiaki placed the horse down on the pedestal. "That's five of them," She said.
Hina
"English?" Hina asked.
"I speak some english," someone said. "What do you need?"
"Can you tell me the order of the Chinese Zodiac?"
He brought out his phone.
"It's Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig."
"Thank you!" Hina replied. She ran over to Leon and whispered it in his ear.
"I figured that if we wanted Shuichi and Kaede to come in last today, we needed to work with Leon and Ibuki because, trust me, there's no way they're going to beat Shuichi and Kaede unless they have help." Hina said. "So I gave him the answer."
Leon nodded then ran over to Shuichi, and blurted out the answer as Hina facepalmed.
"Then, Leon just runs over to Shuichi and gives him the answer! What the absolute heck?"
Shuichi
"Thanks," Shuichi replied. They all went to the field of statues as they ran around.
"This is a horse," Shuichi said, picking the stone statue up off the ground. "Oomph… it's really heavy…"
Chiaki
"I've got three more," Chiaki said. "And the other teams are just barely starting, which makes me feel good about myself."
Leon
Leon picked up the stone dragon statue and raised it above his head. "Hnngh…" he groaned.
"Those statues were huge and heavy," Leon said. "They were a huge pain in the ass to carry."
"This is hard!" He shouted. "I can do it, though!"
Hina
"Grr… stupid Leon..." Hina said, carrying away the tiger statue. "Ruining my clever strategy… you could've just gotten yourself eliminated right there…"
Shuichi
Shuichi stood and looked at the ox, which was twice his size. "How the hell am I supposed to carry that?"
Chiaki
Chiaki looked at the cow statue. "Ox," She said, "Oof… it's heavy…"
She began pushing it and slid it along the grass.
Leon
Leon placed the dragon on the pedestal and ran back to the hall of statues.
"I realized that the statues varied in size," Leon said. "So I figured I would be able to look for two of the smaller ones, like the rat and the rooster, and just knock them down in one trip."
He picked up the rooster by the neck and continued searching through the field of statues to grab the rat statue, and very quickly sprinted over to the pedestals.
Chiaki
Chiaki finished sliding the cow and used the last of her strength to lift it upwards towards the pedestal.
"One more… the dragon…" she said. She ran back. "I'm so tired…"
Hina
Hina grabbed the rat.
"Squeak squeak," she said, running back to the pedestals.
"It seemed like more people were struggling to actually carry the statues, and I understand why. They were heavy. But for me, the physical aspect wasn't really that big of an issue, which allowed me to actually help gain some time on Chiaki."
"Alright, four more," Hina said.
Chiaki
Chiaki searched the field for the long dragon statue and hung it behind her neck, panting and absolutely drenched in sweat.
"Last one."
She walked and collapsed on the floor.
Shuichi
"I think I'm in last, because Chiaki started way ahead of us and Hina and Leon are athletes," Shuichi grunted, pushing the ox statue. "It's fine, we can catch up later, but I'm still terrible at physical challenges. Hopefully the rest of the leg isn't that physical and we'd have to use our heads more. Maybe we'll have to drive a lot longer and the other teams will get lost. But no matter what, I just need to get this done as fast as I possibly can. Any second counts"
Leon
Leon ran past Shuichi with both the dragon statue and the tiger statue.
"How?" Shuichi asked.
"I'm just that good," he snarkily replied. "Oh, this is killer on my back."
He stopped and put down the statues, groaning.
Chiaki
Chiaki walked with the dragon statue, hunched over and panting. Hoisting it over the pedestal, she sighed.
"I hope this is right… I don't think I can continue. I should've done the last one. Please be right. Check please."
Chiaki: 1st Check
- Rat
- Dragon
- Dog
- Cow
- Monkey
- Tiger
- Horse
- Rabbit
- Snake
- Pig
- Goat
- Rooster
"Sorry, it's not correct," the judge said. Chiaki sighed and sat down in order to take a swig of water.
"What?" She asked. She looked at her statues. "I'm certain these are the animals."
She picked up her clue and looked at it.
"Oh… order. Right order…" She muttered. "I don't know the order!"
Hina
"I've got one more," Hina said. "Rabbit. I need a rabbit,"
She ran through the grid, searching through the field for a rabbit. "Got it!"
Shuichi
"Oh, Chiaki's already done," Shuichi said, looking up. "Damn it! I'm not even halfway!"
Leon
"I am neck and neck with Hina right now," Leon said. "We're both on our last one."
Hina
Hina ran and placed the rabbit on the pedestal.
"Check!" Hina shouted.
Hina: 1st Check
- Rat
- Ox
- Tiger
- Rabbit
- Dragon
- Snake
- Horse
- Goat
- Monkey
- Rooster
- Dog
- Pig
"It's good," The judge said, handing Hina the clue. Chiaki looked up in pain.
"EEEE!" Hina shouted, hugging the judge and taking the clue from him.
"Chihiro!" Hina yelled, running towards Chihiro and tripping over one of the statues, but quickly dusting herself off and getting over there.
"You were amazing!" Chihiro stood, eyes glimmering.
"Thanks," Hina replied. They ripped open their clue.
Chihiro and Hina: Currently in 1st Place
"Make your way to the Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market in Hong Kong and search for your next clue," Chihiro read.
[i] Proceed to: Hong Kong
Teams must now leave the city of Guangzhou and make their way to the municipality of Hong Kong.
[i] Proceed to: Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market
Once teams arrive in Hong Kong, they must find the Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market, where they will find their next clue.
"We're in first, we're in first!" Hina cheered, getting into their car.
Leon
"It's correct," The judge said.
"Woo!" Leon shouted, hands in the air.
Leon and Ibuki: Currently in 2nd Place
"Hong Kong," Leon read. "Hopefully that's not too far."
Chiaki
"Do you speak English?" Chiaki asked.
"Yes," the person replied. "I'm from Canada. What do you want?"
"You have a phone?"
"Yes…"
"Can you look up the order of the zodiac?"
Shuichi
"The two people who started at the same time… oh god… they left already… and I still have two more statues to find… dammit this is heavy."
He put down the pig statue on the pedestal and ran back to the field of statues.
Chiaki
"Rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig," Chiaki said. "I just need to rearrange everything."
She went to her circle of pedestals and began lifting the statues off of them to begin rearranging them in the proper order.
Chihiro and Hina
Chihiro and Hina as well as Leon and Ibuki were side-by-side at a traffic light.
"Do you guys have directions?" Chihiro asked.
"No," Ibuki replied. "Ibuki thinks we should work together because we're in first!"
"Eh, it won't hurt," Hina replied. They both parked their cars and ran around trying to get directions.
"Hi, do you speak English?" Ibuki asked.
"..."
"There's a hotel over there," Leon pointed. "We can ask them for directions."
Chiaki
Chiaki rearranged the animals on the pedestals.
"Can I get a check, please?" Chiaki asked. The judge walked up and took a look at it.
Chiaki: 2nd Check
- Rat
- Cow
- Tiger
- Rabbit
- Dragon
- Snake
- Horse
- Goat
- Monkey
- Rooster
- Dog
- Pig
"I'm sorry, it's not correct," The judge said. Chiaki nodded and took another sip of her water bottle.
"I have it right, right?" She asked. "The order, I've re-read my clue like six times… what is it? I'm tempted to look at Hina and Leon's… I don't want a penalty though."
Shuichi
Leon placed the monkey statue on the pedestal and went over them before calling in the judge.
"Check," He said.
Shuichi: 1st Check
- Rat
- Ox
- Tiger
- Rabbit
- Dragon
- Snake
- Horse
- Goat
- Monkey
- Rooster
- Dog
- Pig
"It's correct," The judge replied, handing over the clue. Chiaki looked in exasparation as Shuichi ran back to Kaede.
"Nice job, Sweechi!" Kaede shouted. They opened their clue.
Shuichi and Kaede: Currently in 3rd Place
"Make your way to your next Pit Stop," Kaede joked. Hajime overheard and put his hands on his head in stress.
"Warning, the last team WILL be eliminated!" Kaede shouted.
"Shut up!" Hajime shouted.
"Sorry," Shuichi replied, suppressing his laughter.
"Chiaki… what's the deal?"
Chiaki
Chiaki went and circled around the statues, counting them off as she remembered. "Rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. I have all of them, and I just double checked with a local."
She went through them again, and then looked at her "ox"
"Wait… this isn't an ox… it has no horns... it's just a cow…"
"I was checking my statues, and I realized that what I thought was an ox… had no horns. Oxen usually have horns, so I figured that was likely what I got wrong. Which was… exhausting to say the least because the ox and the cow were the heaviest statues."
Chiaki pushed the cow off the pedestal and ran back to the field of statues.
"If that's it, I swear," She said. She found a similar statue with horns on its head and began to push it back to the ring of pedestals.
"Nice job, Chiaki!" Hajime clapped.
Chihiro and Hina
"We have Leon and Ibuki following us right now," Hina said. "We thought it would be good if we stuck together now that we have some kind of lead on the two stronger teams."
Chihiro turned around and looked behind them. "Never mind, we lost them."
Hina turned around and looked too. "Oh… where'd they go? Well… there goes that, I guess."
Leon and Ibuki
"Where did they go?" Leon asked. "I don't understand what's happening. We both went to the same location to get the same info on how to get to the same place. How did we lose them?
"We're probably just a bit behind. Don't sweat it!" Ibuki shouted.
"You are so loud."
Chihiro and Hina
"We're not sure if maybe they just fell further behind, or if they spaced out and got off on a wrong turn or exit somewhere, but what happens is just what happens," Chihiro said. "I am pretty sure we're in the right place… I think we're in Shenzhen now approaching the border with Hong Kong… and there are a few English signs that do help us here. Hong Kong does speak more English than in mainland China, so hopefully we'll have less of a language barrier over there."
Chiaki
Chiaki groaned and gripped her abdomen as she pushed the ox statue towards the pedestal and used all of the strength she had to lift it on the pedestal.
"C… check?" She asked.
Chiaki: 3rd Check
- Rat
- Ox
- Tiger
- Rabbit
- Dragon
- Snake
- Horse
- Goat
- Monkey
- Rooster
- Dog
- Pig
"Congratulations," The judge said. Chiaki took the clue and slowly trotted back to Hajime.
"Sorry, Hajime," Chiaki said.
"Don't worry. You did your best."
Hajime and Chiaki: Currently in Last Place
Chiaki was about to run to the car when Hajime instead picked her up and slung her over his shoulder as he walked down.
"What are you doing?"
"I figured you need to conserve all of the energy you have. We still have a Detour to do, and something tells me it's not going to be easy. Once we get directions, I'll let you take a nice nap on the ride there."
"I'm not your four year old daughter, Hajime."
Shuichi and Kaede
"Do you know how to get to the Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market in Hong Kong?" Shuichi asked.
"It's hard to get specifics from Mainland China, because the websites we use can't connect together Mainland China and Hong Kong, so I think your best bet is to get into Hong Kong first and search things from there." the hotel manager said.
"Thank you," Shuichi replied.
Chihiro and Hina
"We are now in Hong Kong," Hina said. "At least for now, Hong Kong is kinda green and barren, but it looks like we're headed into the urban part and into the south of Hong Kong island."
"We have no clue where Leon and Ibuki went, but we haven't seen them for around an hour. They were supposed to be following us." Chihiro said.
Leon and Ibuki
"We are completely and utterly lost," Leon said. "We know we have to be at least in Shenzhen by now."
Ibuki rolled down the window and looked outside. "This city is so flashy! Reminds me of Vegas! Minus the desert and strippers."
"I don't think we're in the right place… I'm seeing a lot of what looks like Spanish words."
"What? Did we drive ourselves to Spain? Or Mexico? Or Germany?"
"I don't think th- wait, hang on. Did you say Germany?"
Shuichi and Kaede
"We know that Leon and Ibuki are terrible with directions," Shuichi said. "Knowing them and hearing about their stories from Athens, they probably accidentally went to Macau or something."
"Macau?" Kaede asked.
"It's similar to Hong Kong in which it's a municipality that isn't strictly governed by mainland China, but it's pretty far away if you're driving. It was settled by the Portuguese and it's a gambling hub like Las Vegas in the States. It was just a joke, I doubt that they got that lost."
"Oh, look, we're approaching the border now." Shuichi said.
Hajime and Chiaki
"We're driving to Hong Kong now, and we have yet to see any other teams," Hajime whispered. "Chiaki's sleeping like a baby right now. I don't want to wake her. We need her to recover her strength later."
Chihiro and Hina
Chihiro and Hina parked their cars outside of the fish market and ran up to the clue box up front.
"Route Info. Deshell some seafood," Hina read.
[i] Deshell Seafood
This fish market in the Aberdeen region of Hong Kong is filled with fresh catches that you can buy, straight from the sea. Now, teams must work together to prepare them for consumption. One team member must correctly fillet two salmons and slice them out perfectly, while the second team member must deshell five pounds of crab. Once these ingredients have been prepared, teams will receive their next clue.
Chihiro and Hina: Currently in 1st Place
"Alright, let's do it!" Hina said, tugging on her tracksuit. They went inside as they both immediately put their fingers over their noses.
"Oh… it smells terrible in here," Chihiro said.
"I don't know why we were so surprised," Hina said. "It's a fish market. Of course it's going to smell like fish."
"Let's just watch this demo then," Chihiro pointed. The demonstrator on the left was working on cracking open the crab meat and pulling the meat out of the legs, whole. The demonstrator on the right was using a knife to scrape the scales off of the fish and then beginning to slice it open and fillet it.
"Which one do you wanna do?" Chihiro asked.
"I'll deal with the crabs. You do the fish." Hina replied.
Shuichi and Kaede
"We're in Hong Kong now," Kaede said. "Now what's left is to find someone who can give us directions to this market."
They parked their car and ran into a hotel.
"Hi, can you help us get to this place?" Shuichi asked.
Hajime and Chiaki
"The only thing that I want right now is to arrive in Hong Kong and finally see some other teams," Hajime said.
"It sounds like you're upset at my failure," Chiaki replied.
"How long have you been awake? I'm not upset, but I do really want us to jump ahead today."
Leon and Ibuki
"Okay, something's clearly not right," Leon said. "Hong Kong is definitely not a casino joint. I'm getting out to ask someone."
Leon put on his hazards and left the car to ask some American tourists.
"Hi, is this Hong Kong?" He asked. The tourists laughed.
"No, this is Macau."
"Macau?" Leon asked. "Do you know how to get to Hong Kong?"
"I would say the fastest way would be by ferry," the tourist said. "The ferry leaves every fifteen minutes and takes around an hour. But if you're driving, you have to go around the bay, which will take around two and a half hours at the least."
Leon threw his hands up in frustration. "Dammit! Thank you!"
He got back into the car with Ibuki.
"They said we can take the ferry, right? Ibuki likes that idea!"
"But we have a car," Leon replied.
"Does the clue say we actually have to drive?"
Leon checked the clue. "No, no it doesn't. It just says "Make your way".
"So Ibuki gets that we're allowed to park our cars here and just take the ferry to Hong Kong, then pick up a taxi there."
"But what if we have to drive somewhere else in Hong Kong and we end up with no car?"
"Would you rather waste an extra hour and a half driving, or waste thirty minutes for a penalty?"
"I don't want to take any kind of penalty!"
"But we don't even know if we have to drive anywhere yet. Ibuki thinks it's a good risk."
Leon sighed and put his hand on his forehead. "You're right. I think that's the only way we have a chance." Leon said. "If not… we're majorly screwed. This is our only chance to survive today."
