Leg 11.1
Previously on the Amazing Race: Hope's Peak Edition
The final four raced from Phuket, Thailand, to Southeast China. At the Roadblock in Guangzhou, Chiaki fell behind.
"It's good," The judge said, handing Hina the clue. Chiaki looked up in pain.
"This isn't an ox… it's a cow…"
On the way to Hong Kong, Leon and Ibuki made a huge mistake.
"Hi, is this Hong Kong?" He asked. The tourists laughed.
"No, this is Macau."
At the Detour in Hong Kong, Shuichi and Kaede worked enough to outspeed Chihiro and Hina for a fourth first-place finish.
"You are team number ONE!" Monokuma shouted.
Which also doomed Chihiro and Hina to their fifth second-place finish in a row.
"Oh, come on!" Hina shouted. "That's five in a row."
"Really?" Chihiro nervously asked.
However, the setback by travelling to Macau was too much for Leon and Ibuki to make up.
"I am sorry to say that you are the last team to arrive," Monokuma said.
But they were given a lucky break.
"You're still racing," Monokuma said.
Four teams remain. Who will be eliminated next?
Hong Kong
Shuichi and Kaede
"You are team number ONE!" Monokuma said.
"Yeah," Kaede shouted, fist in the air.
"Looks like we've got another team coming in soon," Monokuma said, leading to Chihiro and Hina running in.
"Chihiro and Hina, you are team number two."
Chihiro and Hina: 2nd Place
"Oh, come on!" Hina shouted. "That's five in a row."
"Really?" Chihiro nervously asked.
"You have to step up your game if you want a first place," Monokuma replied. "Now, you get to see what Shuichi and Kaede have won."
"Fine, get it over with," Hina said.
"You have won a trip for two to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, which you can enjoy after the race is over."
"Thank you," Shuichi replied. "That sounds great."
"However," Monokuma said. Both teams looked up at him. "The next leg begins right now. Here's your next clue."
"You're joking." Shuichi said. "I was looking forwards to a rest! This leg was so exhausting!"
"I'm not joking, and you better rip and read it if you don't want the others to catch up.
Shuichi, Kaede, and Chihiro sighed as they opened their clues.
Shuichi and Kaede: Currently in 1st Place
Chihiro and Hina: Currently in 2nd Place
"Fly to Seoul, South Korea!" Chihiro read.
"Seoul, South Korea!" Kaede shouted.
[i] Fly to: Seoul, South Korea
Teams must now fly to Seoul, South Korea. Once teams arrive, they must make their way to the National Theater of Korea and search for their next clue.
Shuichi and Kaede raced back to their cabs and got inside.
"No rest today," Shuichi said, "Which sucks. As much as I'm hoping we jet off immediately to leave behind Hajime and Chiaki and Leon and Ibuki, I want just as much to have a nice rest before our flight."
Chihiro and Hina
"This is it," Chihiro said. "The day we finally get a win. We have to do it today."
"I wouldn't mind if we got second today and got first in the finale." Hina said.
"Maybe we could do both," Chihiro replied. "Get first both today and tomorrow."
"I doubt it, but I guess that's a great goal," Hina said.
Hajime and Chiaki: Currently in 3rd Place
"You are team number three," Monokuma said.
Chiaki fell to her knees in relief. "Oh, thank god."
"But there is some bad news," Monokuma said. Both Hajime and Chiaki looked up. "You're still racing."
He handed over their clue.
"Oh, fuck," Hajime said. "Fly to Seoul, South Korea,"
Shuichi and Kaede
Shuichi and Kaede pulled up to the Hong Kong airport.
"Hi, we need a flight to Seoul, as fast as possible," Shuichi said.
"There's a flight that gets you in at 6:00 AM," the agent said.
"Are you sure that's the earliest flight?"
"Any earlier ones are full."
"Alright, book it," Kaede said.
Leon and Ibuki: Currently in Last Place
"You are the last team to arrive," Monokuma said.
"Yeah, just tell us, fourth place out of eleven ain't bad," Leon said.
"I'll tell you," Monokuma said. "I'll tell you that you are still racing."
"What?" Ibuki asked. Leon's face morphed from disappointment to excitement and relief.
"You are still in this race, and the next leg begins right now. I have your next clue right here," Monokuma said, handing over a clue. "Rip and read it right now."
Leon tore the envelope to shreds and opened the clue inside.
"Fly to Seoul, South Korea," Leon read.
"You should leave right now if you want to make the same flight as the others," Monokuma said.
Leon took Ibuki's hand as they ran back to the street. "We're still in this!"
"You have a second chance," Monokuma shouted. "Don't waste it!"
"We have another chance," Leon said, panting. "I didn't expect that."
"We have Nagito levels of luck right now," Ibuki said. "Hopefully we can carry that luck with us into the final three."
Hong Kong International Airport
Leon and Ibuki walked into the terminal after purchasing their tickets.
"Oh my god!" Kaede said, walking to them and giving them huge hugs.
"We're baaaaack!" Ibuki screamed.
"What happened yesterday?" Chiaki asked. "We didn't see you all day."
"We… we accidentally drove to Macau." Leon explained. Shuichi erupted in laughter. "What?"
"Nothing, I made a joke yesterday about you guys accidentally driving to Macau. I didn't think it would actually happen." Shuichi replied. Kaede also erupted in laughter.
"Oh, yeah, laugh. We'll be the ones laughing when we're on the Finish line with the hundred million in our hands." Leon said.
"Ouch," Shuichi said. "I thought we were friends."
"One team is gonna win. It's gonna be us," Ibuki said.
"Wow, I've never heard Ibuki sound so competitive!" Chiaki said.
"It's all or nothing at this point," Hina said. "Of course we'll be competitive at this stage. It's the last leg before the finale."
"Well in that case, we're going all out," Hajime said. "No mercy."
Incheon International Airport: 6:00 AM
The airplane door opened as the four teams ran outside.
"GO GO GO!" Hajime shouted. "Any lead counts!"
The teams reached the cabs as they all stepped inside.
Chihiro and Hina
"National Theater of Korea," Chihiro read. "Do you know?"
He replied something in Korean.
"It's a Korean name. Hopefully he knows," Hina said, as the cab pulled out.
Leon and Ibuki
"We lucked out yesterday," Leon said. "We got last by a few hours, and we're still in this. How insane is that?"
"That is sooooo dope!" Ibuki shouted, punching the roof of the car.
"Don't do that please," the driver replied. Ibuki laughed.
Hajime and Chiaki
"We have a 25% chance of winning this whole thing," Hajime said. "I like our odds…"
"Someone has to go home today, though," Chiaki said. "And it's not going to be us. We need to get out Shuichi and Kaede if we want to double our chances of winning."
"Leon and Ibuki are definitely the elephant in the room," Hajime said. "They're the weakest team, we don't even know how they survived this far but we're not complaining."
Shuichi and Kaede
"We need to eliminate Hajime and Chiaki tonight so we can have some smooth sailing straight to the finish line," Kaede explained. "We want to bring in the other two teams, as neither of them have won a leg."
"It is true that Chihiro and Hina are establishing themselves as a strong team, they had five second places in a row so far, but if they want to go into the finals and get second there too, fine by me." Shuichi said. "I'm more worried about Hajime and Chiaki. I think they're the biggest threat to us in this competition."
Chihiro and Hina
"We have an awesome cab driver today," Chihiro said. "Say hi, Jeong!"
"Hi!" the driver replied.
"He speaks fluent English, he understands we're in a race, he's amazing." Hina said.
Shuichi and Kaede
"Up there!" Shuichi pointed. They got out of their cab and ran up to the clue box.
Shuichi and Kaede: Currently in 1st Place
"Get ready to K-Pop it up." Kaede read.
K-Pop, short for Korean Pop, is a genre of music that originated here in Korea, and has rapidly spread worldwide to the Americas, China, and of course, Japan.
[i] K-Pop It Up
In this challenge, teams must watch this seven-minute K-pop performance and watch for several Korean syllable blocks appearing on the back screen. Once teams have finished the performance, they must make their way to a room on the opposite end of the theater where they must use these post-it notes with various Korean syllable blocks to put the words in the order they appeared on the screen. Once they have the words perfectly formed (한국에 오신 것을 환영합니다), they will receive their next clue. However, if teams take three minutes or longer without spelling it out correctly, they will be forced to go back to the theater for the next performance.
"Alright, let's do this!" Kaede said.
Chihiro and Hina
"Looks like they just arrived," Chihiro said. "We could pass them."
"I think it's a challenge," Hina said. They ran up to the clue box and ripped open their clue.
Chihiro and Hina: Currently in 2nd Place
"That sounds… actually, that sounds fine," Hina said. "At least it's not a Roadblock and we can actually work together."
Leon and Ibuki: Currently in 3rd Place
"Oh, K-Pop!" Ibuki squealed. "Ibuki loves K-Pop!"
"Sayaka would love this if she were still here." Leon said.
Hajime and Chiaki
"Uhh… here?" Hajime asked. The driver nodded. "You were supposed to take us to a theater."
The driver nodded and muttered something in Korean.
"This is clearly not a theater. It looks like a park," Chiaki said.
"Let's just get out of here. He doesn't speak English." Hajime said, grabbing their stuff and getting out of the cab.
"Hajime, I think we should stay," Chiaki said. "We don't know how difficult it is to get cabs around this area. It looks like we're far from the main section of the city."
"How do you know?"
"It looks like it's the suburbs over here," Chiaki said. "I think we should just stay with him until we get back into the city."
"I say we get out."
"Haj-"
"If he's taken us here, what's to say that he can't take us further from where we're supposed to be?"
"We can tell him-"
"He doesn't speak English!"
Shuichi and Kaede, Chihiro and Hina, Leon and Ibuki
The three teams sat down at the theater as the lights dimmed.
"We're not allowed to take notes, right?" Chihiro asked.
"Nope," Hina replied.
Kaede looked up at the stage. "How many words are we supposed to remember?"
Shuichi flipped open their clue. "It doesn't say."
"Great. Just great," Leon said. The performance started as six boys came onto the stage with microphones.
Shuichi leaned to Kaede. "You remember the odd ones, I'll remember the even ones."
"I really don't want to watch this," Hina said. They began signing as words began to flash on the back and they tried to get them down.
한
"Alright," Shuichi said, making a mental note.
국
"Okay… two guns and a stick," Ibuki muttered.
에
"This is a little fast," Leon said.
오
"Oh my god," Chihiro said.
신
"Jeez, stop!" Leon shouted.
것
"Yeah, we're gonna have to come back," Kaede said.
을
"Jesus Christ," Hina said.
환
"That's a lotta shit!"
영
"Okay, I give up."
합
"Still more?"
니
"Okay… you win."
다
"Is that it?" Shuichi asked. The theater lit back up as the three teams raced out and to another room on the opposite end of the theater. There, the team names were plastered on four rooms.
Shuichi and Kaede
Shuichi and Kaede entered a room with similar Korean syllable blocks plastered against a wall. "These are really similar," Kaede said.
"Looks like we can come back and forth as many times as we want," Shuichi said. "We're gonna need it. What do you remember?"
"The first one was like this," Kaede said. She picked up the letter blocks and put down 한.
"And the next one was this one…" Shuichi replied, placing down 국. "That's about all I've got. You?"
"Yeah, Kaede replied.
Leon and Ibuki
Leon and Ibuki entered their room. "Oh, god," Leon said.
"The chunks we were given to work with were really similar," Leon explained. "Like, there was the correct word, but then there was also a similar word with the only thing different being an extra line, or one of the letters was facing the wrong way, it was really picky."
Leon and Ibuki tore down a few post it notes and placed it on the opposite wall.
Leon and Ibuki: 한국
"That's about all I know," Leon said.
"Me too," Ibuki replied. "This is, like, hard."
Chihiro and Hina: 한국에오
"We've got the first four, we think," Chihiro said. "We don't know if this is completely correct, but it's all we have to go off of."
Chihiro and Hina left their room as they ran back down to the main theater to sit down for another performance, right next to the other two teams.
"This is hard," Chihiro mouthed. Ibuki nodded.
Hajime and Chiaki
"I still stand by my decision. I think we should leave." Hajime said.
"No, Hajime," Chiaki said. "We're going to be stuck with no cab!"
"But if we stay in here, we'll be stuck in the middle of nowhere with a cab that doesn't know where he's going!"
"We can find someone to translate for us."
"I don't see anyone around us!"
"Fine. Fine. Let's just leave."
Chiaki got out of the cab as Hajime slammed the door. It drove off as they began running along the sidewalk.
"See! No cabs! No people out here!"
Shuichi and Kaede
The performance ended as the teams ran back to the rooms.
"Alright, these two are definitely correct," Shuichi said. "The third one was this, I think,"
He grabbed the paper that said 에.
"The next was the circle with a horizontal line," Kaede said, handing Shuichi the word 오.
Chihiro and Hina: 한국에 오신 겻
"We're getting through this fast," Chihiro said. "We don't know how fast the other teams are taking, though."
"We don't know how accurate this is, either." Hina said. "Don't count our chickens before they hatch. At least we really know that the other teams are still here."
Leon and Ibuki: 한국에 요
"What's the next one?" Leon asked.
"I think it's this," Ibuki replied, holding up 씬.
"Seems right enough," Leon said.
*DING DONG DONG DING*
"The performance will begin again. Please return to the theater."
"Dammit," Leon said.
Shuichi and Kaede
"No one's left yet, huh?" Shuichi asked, watching the two teams walk in. "Damn, this is a hard challenge."
"Where are Hajime and Chiaki?" Leon asked.
"We don't know… hopefully they're lost somewhere out in the city." Kaede replied. "We need them to go home today."
"I second that," Leon replied. "They're a powerhouse."
"Leon was talking about how Hajime and Chiaki were powerhouses and they needed to leave," Hina explained. "Uhh… you're talking to literally the only team stronger than they are. We'd be more comfortable having Hajime and Chiaki into the finale than we would with Shuichi and Kaede."
Hajime and Chiaki
"See! No cabs!" Chiaki said.
"It's fine, we'll just walk back to the city until we find one."
"If we had sticked with the cab we could've sent some kind of message that tells him that we wanted to turn around!"
"It's done and over with! What do you want?"
"I wanted to stay in the cab."
"Well there's nothing we can do about it now, can we?"
"Yeah, but this is literally the worst case scenario. We're outside, no cabs, we know for sure there's an elimination coming up, and it's right before the finale. To go home today is just ridiculous!"
"Chiaki kind of lost her cool today," Hajime said. "I don't blame her. In hindsight, staying in the cab was probably the better option. But once he left, there was literally nothing to do about it."
"How can this be any worse?" Chiaki asked. Then, thunder rumbled atop of them as raindrops began to splatter against their faces.
"That. That's how."
Chihiro and Hina
"We have our word we think," Chihiro said. The judge walked over to the words.
1st Check: 한국에 오신 겻을 환영합니다
Correct: 한국에 오신 것을 환영합니다
The judge walked up and shook his head and shook his hands away.
"No?" Chihiro asked.
Shuichi and Kaede
"And, that one!" Shuichi said, pasting up the last character. "Check!"
1st Check: 한국에 오신 것을 환영합니다
Correct: 한국에 오신 것을 환영합니다
The judge nodded and handed over a clue.
"Yay!" Kaede cheered. They ripped it open and read it.
Shuichi and Kaede: Currently in 1st Place
[i] Proceed to: Myeong-Dong
Teams must now make their way via subway to the flashy neighborhood of Myeong-Dong, where they will find their next clue in front of this restaurant.
"Alright, let's go!" Shuichi shouted, prompting Kaede to run after him.
They bursted outside as Shuichi used his hand and clue to block his face from the rain.
"Wow, that's a sudden downpour," Shuichi said. They ran across the street to encounter a pedestrian.
"Hi, do you speak English?"
"Yes, what do you want?"
"What's the nearest subway station?"
"Dongguk University, ten minutes that way."
"Thanks," Kaede replied.
Leon and Ibuki
"Can we get a check, please?" Ibuki asked.
1st Check: 한국에 요씬것을 환영합니다
Correct: 한국에 오신 것을 환영합니다
"No," the judge said.
Chihiro and Hina
"This is the only one I'm not sure about," Chihiro said, pointing to 겻.
"What do you mean?" Hina asked.
"I'm not sure… I think this double line here seems a bit unnatural."
"Do you want to swap it out with the single notch?"
"Yeah," Chihiro replied. They went over to the wall and swapped out 겻 for 것.
"Check?" Hina asked. The judge nodded and handed the clue over.
Chihiro and Hina: Currently in 2nd Place
"Make your way by subway," Chihiro read.
Leon and Ibuki
"Can we get a che-"
*DING DONG DONG DING*
"The next performance will begin. Please return to the theater."
"Can we get a check?" Ibuki asked. The judge shook his head and pointed to the door.
Shuichi and Kaede
Shuichi and Kaede entered the train.
"Chihiro and Hina are right on our tails," Shuichi said. "Hopefully they'll make it just late enough for them to miss this train."
They looked out as Chihiro and Hina came running to the train, but it closed in their face as they smashed against the glass.
"This is making me real concerned," Kaede said. "To be using the subway in another country. Very high chance we'll get lost."
"Don't think about it too much," Shuichi replied. "I did my research. We'll be fine."
Hajime and Chiaki
"Taxi!" Hajime shouted. The lone taxi pulled over as they got inside. "National Theater of Korea,"
The taxi nodded and turned around back to the city.
"This guy seems like he knows where he's going," Hajime explained. "Hopefully he gets us there fast, because we lost at least half an hour."
Chiaki sat silent.
"Chiaki," Hajime said. "I'm sorry."
"Don't worry. It was the heat of the moment. I'm sorry too. All we can hope for is that someone is struggling severely right now."
Chihiro and Hina
"Missed it by seconds," Hina said. "Damn. Fate dooms us to always be in second place, huh?"
"Yeah," Chihiro replied. "Definitely disappointing. The next train comes in a few minutes, though, so at least it's not that long of a wait."
Leon and Ibuki
After the performance, Leon and Ibuki got up and raced to the back room.
"That settles it," Leon said. "Both of them already left,"
"We still don't know where the gamers are, though," Ibuki said. "We have hope."
"I'm still stressed," he replied. They looked at their words. "Can we get a check?"
2nd Check: 한국에 요신것을 환영합니다
Correct: 한국에 오신 것을 환영합니다
The judge shook his head.
Chihiro and Hina
Chihiro and Hina idled while waiting at the station. They looked up at the clock and at their clue.
"This is stupid," Hina said. Finally, they saw the headlights of the subway car and noise as it approached the station. They hopped in and very quickly swooped in to grab a seat.
Shuichi and Kaede
Shuichi and Kaede ran out of the train and back above ground. "It should be around here somewhere," He said, running right past the clue box.
"Shuichi!" Kaede shouted. "It's right here!"
"Oh, how did I miss that?"
They opened the box and pulled out the clue within.
Shuichi and Kaede: Currently in 1st Place
[i] Eat A Local Delicacy
Now that teams are in South Korea, it's time to eat a local delicacy known as sannakji. Once both team members have polished off one plate each, along with the side dishes, the waiter will hand over their next clue.
"Warning: chew it carefully." Shuichi read. "Choking and dying of asphyxiation will result in your elimination."
"Wow… sounds fun…" Kaede replied. "What is this sannakji anyways?"
They went inside the restaurant and sat down at a table.
"We sit down, and there's this normal ambiance as it feels like a regular restaurant, and on the table there's some kimchi and broccoli and bean sprouts and other normal looking food as a side dish, so I felt pretty good about it." Kaede explained.
Their heads turned towards the kitchen as they heard the noise of a cleaver smashing against a cutting board. Soon, the waiter came out with two dishes.
"Alright, let's eat," Shuichi said. "I haven't eaten since the flight from Thailand."
The waiter bent over and delivered the two dishes, made of raw octopus, freshly chopped, still moving.
"Oh my god," Kaede said. "Ulaaghhe"
She took out one of the chopsticks and poked at it as the tentacles squirmed.
"W… how…" Shuichi muttered. "I've been to several crime scenes and I've never seen anything like this."
They prodded at the moving dismembered octopus as Shuichi finally worked up the courage to stick a chunk in his mouth.
"The octopus really didn't have that much flavor, but it was really difficult to eat as it got stuck all over my teeth and gums," he explained.
Shuichi stuck his finger in his mouth to try and dislodge the chunk of octopus from his teeth.
Leon and Ibuki
"How about now?" Leon asked, setting up the words.
4th Check: 한국에 오신 것을 환영합니다
Correct: 한국에 오신 것을 환영합니다
The judge gave Ibuki the clue.
Leon and Ibuki: Currently in 3rd Place
"Oh, god that was awful," Leon said, darting to the subway station.
"Ibuki thinks we should be careful in the subway," Ibuki said.
Chihiro and Hina
Chihiro and Hina walked into the restaurant as Shuichi and Kaede were gagging.
"Hi, welcome to hell," Shuichi said.
"What is that?" Chihiro asked, looking over at their dishes. His face turned as white as a sheet of paper.
"What?" Hina asked. "Eww! What is that? Why is it moving?"
The waiter handed them the plates of sannakji as they sat there, frozen.
"Uhh," Chihiro said, staring.
"It was chopped up and moving," Chihiro said. "That's something you'd see in a horror movie."
Hina finally sucked up the courage to put a few chunks in her mouth as the suction cups stuck to her teeth. She reached into her mouth to pull it out. "Ugh."
Leon and Ibuki
Leon and Ibuki got onto their subway train as they held onto the handholds.
"We haven't seen Hajime and Chiaki since the airport," Leon said. "Hopefully they're far, far behind, but we can't bet on anything right now."
"Ibuki feels safe," she said. "But she doesn't know if that will last."
Hajime and Chiaki
"Oh, this is not a theater!" Hajime said.
"It could be inside," Chiaki said.
"That's not a theater! That's clearly a government building or a massive library or something."
"Well, it's the 'National' theater, so it could be government run. We don't even know if it's a literal theater or not. It's worth a look."
They got out and told their cab to wait as they ran for the front of the theater, where the clue box awaited.
"See, what did I tell you?" Chiaki said. Hajime said nothing as he ripped the clue open.
Hajime and Chiaki: Currently in Last Place
"K-pop… okay… we just need to smoke this and get back into the game." Hajime said.
"When we open the clue box, there's only one remaining, meaning that the other teams have already been here and no one else got as lost as we did, which was… disheartening," Chiaki explained.
"It felt worse when we walked into the theater and there was no one still at the challenge. The other teams have all come and gone." Hajime said.
Shuichi and Kaede
"Dunk it in the sesame oil," Shuichi said. "It'll help prevent it from getting stuck to your teeth,"
Shuichi completely doused a spoonful of octopus in oil and put it in his mouth as he crunched it with his teeth.
"Kaede, you've barely touched it!"
"I can't!"
"I don't like this either, but you have to do it."
Kaede sighed and continued prodding at it. Shuichi picked up his spoon and collected some of the octopus from Kaede's plate.
"What are yo-"
"Here comes the airplane."
He shoved the spoon and its contents in her mouth as he then set the spoon onto the table while watching her to make sure she didn't spit it out.
"It's sticking," she said between breaths. Shucihi took a bottle of sesame oil and squirted it into her mouth.
Chihiro and Hina
"We're definitely catching up to them," Hina said, comparing her and Chihiro's plates, which were half empty, to Shuichi and Kaede's mostly full plates. Then, Chihiro began choking.
"Oh," Hina said. She tried to give him the heimlich maneuver, but nothing happened. Chihiro ended up reaching into his mouth and pulling the tentacle out of his throat.
"Shuichi, Kaede, do you still have that Express Pass?" Chihiro asked. They laughed.
"Maybe you should use my tactic," Hina said. "I'm eating the octopus with the sides so it gives it more texture and makes it easier to get down."
Then, she put some broccoli and octopus on her spoon. "See? Then just douse it with oil to keep it from sticking."
"That's a good tactic," Chihiro said.
Hajime and Chiaki
"Oh, that's a lot of words to remember," Chiaki said. "I think I've got down the first three."
"And I have the three after that," Hajime replied. "Come on, let's do this."
They ran down to the other room and arranged the notes so 한국에 오신 것 displayed.
"Let's wait till the next performance," Chiaki said. "So we have the letters fresh in our minds."
Leon and Ibuki
"What's going on here?" Leon asked, entering the restaurant.
"Pain and agony," Chihiro replied.
"Sweet!" Ibuki shouted. They got seated as the waiter brought out the octopus.
"What the fuck is this? Did you forget to kill it first?"
Shuichi and Kaede
Shuichi took a swig of tea to get it down. "This is the hardest thing I've ever had to eat,"
Kaede gagged while picking up another chunk of octopus. "I don't want to do this anymore."
Chihiro and Hina
"Just a few more and we're done," Chihiro said.
Hina picked up the last of the octopus on her plate. "Done."
"Why is it always us with the gross food challenges?" Chihiro asked, eating the last of the octopus. "I'm done."
The waiter came up and looked at the empty plates and the empty side dishes. He handed them their clue.
"Great, we passed them," Chihiro said, opening the clue.
Chihiro and Hina: Currently in 1st Place
"Make your way to Ogn E-Stadium and search for your next clue," Chihiro read. They ran outside and very quickly hailed a cab.
"E-stadium?" Chihiro asked. "Like, E-sports?"
"What's that?" Hina asked.
"It's video game competitions," Chihiro replied. "Chiaki's going to have an upper edge if it's a challenge, which is a high chance,"
"Damn it," Hina said. "We just have to hope they got lost somewhere. At least we made good time passing Shuichi and Kaede. Hi-five!"
They hi-fived each other, then hi-fived their driver.
Shuichi and Kaede
"We're done with the octopus," Kaede said between breaths. "We're polishing off these side plates now, which are honestly really good, but we have to go as fast as we can."
"Done!" Shuichi said. The waiter gave them their clue.
Shuichi and Kaede: Currently in 2nd Place
"Make your way to Ogn E-Stadium and search for your next clue," Kaede read.
"E-stadium? What the hell's an E-stadium?"
"Your guess is as good as mine."
Leon and Ibuki
Leon took a huge mouthful and began choking as he pulled it out of his throat. "Gah, this is pointless!"
"Come on, Leon, we have a lot done." Ibuki said, pressing her fingers together. "We can get through this before Hajime and Chiaki show up."
Then, Ibuki drank some sesame oil straight from the bottle.
Hajime and Chiaki
After the third performance, Hajime and Chiaki ran back to the room to finish up on the word.
"Can we get a check please?" Hajime asked.
1st Check: 한국에 오신 것을 환영합니다
Correct: 한국에 오신 것을 환영합니다
The judge nodded and gave them their clue.
Hajime and Chiaki: Currently in Last Place
"We need to make up as much time as we can," Hajime said, running outside onto the street and back into their taxi.
"Myeong-Dong," Chiaki said. "As fast as you're legally allowed to go without getting a ticket. We're in a huge race."
"Hundred million yen," Hajime clarified. "Almost a zillion won."
The driver looked confused, but ignored it.
"We can do this. We can make it. Trust me." Chiaki said.
I am proud to celebrate that my work is officially longer than Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. (At least with how FFN calculates word count. Ao3 is probably a little less but it's still really close. For Ao3, I'll hit it next chapter) That's not really important, just something random I wanted to say. Anyways, we're nearing the finale. Next chapter is the last normal leg, the last elimination, and the last you'll see of a non-Japan country. Please leave a review as it means a lot to me.
