Toad and Toadette were well through the season as major-leaguers, and were doing great. They had 1,036 points. They were in 3rd place overall, only behind Koopa and Paratroopa, who had 1,052 points, and Mario and Luigi, who had 1,080 points.

There were only six more races until the final championship race. If Toad and Toadette could stay in the top 8 rankings, they would get a spot in the biggest Mario Kart race of the year. And if they won that race, Toad would finally accomplish his life dream of being the Ultimate Champion of Mario Kart.

"I… I'm so close!" Toad thought to himself as he sat in his kart at Yoshi Falls, waiting for the race to start. Once again, the Lakitu hung the traffic light over the eight racers."Ready, set... GO!"

Everyone sped off, but no one knew Yoshi Falls better than Toad. Well… except Yoshi. Toad and Toadette jumped into first place with an early lead over the other racers. The track was short, and so was the race. As Toad came around the end of Lap 2, he saw a giant structure broken in half, sitting outside the stadium. "That must be the Barrier of Worlds," Toad thought.

Luckily, there had been no more strange encounters since the "invasion" of the Star Wars characters at DK Pass. Even the area around the barrier didn't look bad.

Eventually, they were on the final lap, as the second place kart started to catch up to them. Toadette managed to stop the kart with a banana peel. Toad and Toadette pulled past the finish line in first place, now having 1,046 points.

They began to get out of their karts and celebrate, when somebody from the audience made a very noticeable shout.

"AHHH, LOOK! IT'S COUNT BLECK!" The scream sounded throughout the stadium. Everyone looked up into the sky. Toad followed their gaze, looking for the mysterious man. Up in the sky, near the Barrier of Worlds, floated Count Bleck.

"Yes, it is I, Count Bleck, who will destroy this pathetic world!" Count Bleck's voice boomed all over Yoshi Falls. Toad wanted to call for help, but Mario was nowhere in sight.

"Not only will I destroy this world, but I will destroy every world! Every world that ever existed!"

While he said this, a giant rock dropped from the sky and landed near the Barrier of Worlds. There was something inscribed on the rock. "10 d, 0 h, 0 m, 0 s"

"Hey, wait... That's a time bomb!" Toad shouted.

"Yes. And in just 10 days, it will explode, causing all worlds to be destroyed! And nobody can stop it from detonating! It's invincible!" Count Bleck laughed manically. "Good-bye. FOREVER!" He laughed again, and then disappeared out of the sky.

There was a riot throughout the stadium, and nobody knew what to do. They had only ten days to destroy something that couldn't even be destroyed. To make matters worse, Mario was still missing from the scene; he didn't even know about the bomb.

Also, the major-league championship race was supposed to take place in 10 days, which Toad was qualified to be in.

As Toad realized this, he tried to find Toadsworth. Toad wanted to beg him to let the race go on, but he couldn't see anything through all the panicked faces around him. If no one could stop the time bomb in ten days, the race would have to be canceled.

During that moment, Toad couldn't decide what was worse: failing his life dream, or losing his life completely.