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Tamiya and Otaki are meeting in private. They both seem
very nervous about the arrival of a woman from their
past. That woman turns out to be Chihiro Fujimi, the
original founder and director of the Nekomi Tech Motor
Club. She arrives at the old clubhouse, only to see
a sign stating that the Club has moved to a different
location. Angered by this, she barges into the new clubhouse,
demanding answers. This is a great shock to Keiichi,
Belldandy, and Hasegawa, who are inside working on a
mini motorcycle engine, and have never seen her before.
They become even more confused when this strange woman
sees the bike theyre working on, and begins rambling
on about their design, thinking its a radio control
toy, because of its small size.
Keiichi
tries to explain that they plan to race this small bike
in an upcoming race to test the true power of the smallest
feasible bike engine just for the fun of seeing what
would happen, but Chihiro just laughs at the notion,
and how simple the logic of because its
fun seems. She quickly apologizes, however, stating
that she once knew someone who told her almost the exact
same thing. Now interested, she asks who Keiichi is,
and what he does in the Club. When Chihiro finds out
that hes the current Director of the group, she
asks him if he will race her using that small bike when
it is completed as a test.
She
sets the race for two days from now, but a naturally
confused Keiichi (who still doesnt know who this
woman is) asks why she wants to test him. Chihiro finally
introduces herself as the past Motor Club Director and
founder, who took a fledgling Auto Fan Club,
and turned it into the Nekomi Tech Motor Club they know
today. She is now a professional biker for a racing
team. Keiichi is excited at the notion of racing against
the Clubs founder, and agrees, thinking that this
may be a test to see if he is capable of leading the
group.
When
Chihiro prepares to leave on her own bike, she calls
out to Tamiya and Otaki, who are hiding in the bushes
nearby in fear, still nervous of her presence. She praises
them on the people they have found to carry on the Club,
but tells them theyre still not off the hook for
moving the clubhouse location without her permission
Two
days later, the race between Chihiro and Keiichi, both
riding on the Clubs miniature bikes, commences.
As the two racers make their way through the campus,
Keiichi is in awe at how quickly his competitor pulls
ahead of him. Keiichi seems to be having trouble taking
corners on this small bike, but emotional support from
Belldandy (who keeps on popping up at various points
of the race to cheer him on) keeps him going, and leaves
a confused Chihiro wondering how Belldandy can keep
on popping up in places before they even get there.
The
competition continues, and Keiichi is having trouble
keeping up. He thinks he sees his chance when he sees
Chihiros mini bike has broken down, and is at
the side of the road. However, she quickly fixes this
situation by pulling out a spare mini engine, and is
back in the race in no time. They are now approaching
the end of the race, and Keiichi decides to give it
his all, finally pulling ahead of Chihiro. However,
he has made an error on the amount of time he held his
foot down on the brake, which slows him down. This allows
Chihiro to pull ahead once more, and claim the victory.
The
race over, Chihiro congratulates her opponent on his
performance. Seeing Keiichi and his love of racing makes
her think back to when she was a student, working on
bikes in her spare time. When the other girls would
ask why she wastes her time, she would simply respond,
because its fun, just like Keiichi
told her when they first met. When Keiichi asks if he
failed the test because he lost the race, Chihiro just
laughs, stating that the test was for her.
She has decided to officially quit the racing team she
is currently working for, and start a business where
she can build her own custom-made dream bikes, so she
can feel the fun of building bikes once again. It seems
that the two have much in common, as that has always
been Keiichis dream as well. It seems as though
Chihiro will play a large part in Keiichis future
plans
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