Chapter 21. The Chase

As the saying goes, if you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences.

The reason Ryan acted so recklessly and even provocatively towards Tony, was because he had something to fall back on.

[E-level card -- Baby]

[Skills: Tinnitus, Stunt Racing]

[Background: Baby's parents were killed in a car accident when he was young. But he himself got tinnitus, so he has to rely on music from his headphones to control the rhythm of his car. Starting from an age where he had just reached the gas pedal, he started driving to pay off his debts to Doc.]

As mentioned before, even cards of the same level have their strengths and weaknesses. Although E-level character cards drawn from the [Wooden Treasure Chest] were generally ordinary characters and couldn't help Ryan's current situation much... However, looking at the big picture, there were always a few relatively useful cards that could emerge.

For example, the character card [Baby] in Ryan's hand was still an E-level card, but his stunt racing skills were exactly what Ryan needed right now. In a sense, in some specific circumstances, the existence of some E-level cards with special skills may be more useful than D-level cards. They could be very useful.

Of course, the above situation was only a special case among special cases.

In fact, the vast majority of the E-level cards in Ryan's hands, such as character cards like [Hiroshi Nohara], had no use other than to sit around and make him want to curse.

　　...

Ryan was driving Tony's car, passing a certain intersection on Second Avenue.

The car was deliberately slowed down, and he waited in place for a few minutes.

Then, there was a loud roar.

Ryan looked through the rear-view mirror and saw an eye-catching red sports car behind him, speeding in his direction at 270mph.

Needless to say, Ryan could tell by the aggressive look of the car that the man behind the wheel was definitely the future Iron Man -- Tony Stark.

Obviously, Tony was angered by Ryan's previous actions.

Driving the red sports car to a stop beside Ryan, Tony lowered the window to reveal his trademark bearded face and looked at the blurred figure in the driver's seat of the car to his side. In a taunting tone, he said, "Well, if it isn't our Mr Thief? Why did you suddenly stop here? Did you need to wait for me to pay for your gas? Or, you could've used a magic trick to take the money out of my pocket too, like you did before ..."

"I'm just waiting for you, Tony. I don't want to be called a cheater when you lose." The voice coming through the car window was a little distorted, but the words still irritated Tony.

"Ha!" He raised his eyebrows and interrupted Ryan's next words, "I'm sorry, Mr Thief, could you repeat that? How could I be that despicable?"

"Hey, I'm just saying it's possible."

Ignoring Tony's persistent questions, Ryan stepped on the accelerator. With a roar of the engine, in the next moment, he rushed out like an arrow.

"Also, red looks pretty good on you, Tony."

At the crossroads, Tony only vaguely heard the other party's words.

"I actually look good in all colours." Subconsciously replying, Tony turned to look at the rapidly disappearing figure of the car. He then bowed his head and shouted into his phone, "Jarvis, show me where he is and the shortest route to him. Now."

"Understood, Sir."

Following Tony's orders, Jarvis quickly marked out the surrounding roads and the route, adding at the end, "But sir, what you're doing goes against what was previously said. Is this not cheating? "

"I know." Driving the sports car, while following the route Jarvis had mapped out, Tony responded to the A.I butler, "But that isn't my goal. My goal is to catch the thief that stole my car."

"Judging from your actions, that seems like an excuse, Sir."

"Jarvis."

"Yes, Sir."

"You know too much."

"It's all a program of your design, Sir."

　　...

Thanks to the stunt racing skills from [Baby], Ryan freely shuttled through the traffic in New York.

At this moment, Ryan felt as if the cars around him were no longer a hindrance to his progress but rather a help of sorts, allowing him to cut through and hide among them.

If there's one downside to the experience, it's the constant ringing in his ears.

According to the system, this appeared to be a negative effect skill that came with the [Baby] character and was the second character card that Ryan had come across since [Hiroshi Nohara] that had a side effect.

Because of the introduction, Ryan had already prepared a way to deal with this side effect.

With his headphones on and the music blaring in his ears, Ryan suddenly felt like a God of Driving, as if every turn of the steering wheel in his hands and every step on the accelerator had a rhythm.

Feeling, this was the full form of the [Baby] character.

While driving thoughtfully through the traffic, Ryan didn't forget to observe the surrounding situation.

Although, since a while ago, he hadn't spotted Tony and the shadow of the flashy red sports car he was driving, Ryan didn't think Iron Man was someone who would give up so easily.

Sure enough, in the next moment, just as Ryan was driving through a traffic light intersection, he was greeted by a red sports car that appeared in front of him.

"I caught you, Mr Thief..."

In the sports car, Tony looked across at the familiar car and couldn't help but mouth these words.

"Not yet." Ryan looked up, looking at Tony's confident appearance in the sports car. He couldn't help but mouth an answer-back.

Immediately afterwards, he could be seen sharply slamming his foot on the brake, shifting gears and turning the steering wheel. The narrow space in the driver's seat didn't have any impact on Ryan at all. With a smooth manoeuvre, he changed the direction of the car, which was heading toward Tony. With a sophisticated turn and drift, he drove into the next entrance in front of Tony.

[Reputation points from Tony Stark +70]

"Sir, it seems that your plan has failed. The other party's driving skills are far superior to yours."

"I don't need you to tell me, I saw it." After a brief moment of shock, Tony then snapped back to his senses.

Hastily driving the sports car towards the next junction, although the driving skills Ryan had displayed were far beyond his imagination, with Jarvis on his side, he didn't think he would fail so easily.

"It's going to be a long night, Mr Thief."

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