Chapter 95: Racer Seven

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Alexander smirks "of course, me and Aria are close after all, I'd protect her no matter what"

The two shake hands with a tight grip

Aria turns to the ninja "is it just me or do they seem a bit hostile"

"Well of course" Kai chuckles seeing the confused look on Aria's face "don't worry about it"

"Ok boys break it up" Nya says pushing the two apart "now down to what we came here for"

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Scott shows the Ninja some vehicles while Lloyd and Aria talk.

"The speedway five billion?" Aria questions

"Yes" Lloyd replies "we're entering to get the next key-tana, with the three key-tana's we can defeat Unagami. We have one already, i imagine you've been in the game for a long time"

"I have" Aria says

Lloyd places his hand over hers "that day... I felt hurt and betrayed because I didn't understand why you did it.. but a greater evil would've been born if you didn't keep the balance. In a way you've saved all of us by doing that, so thank you" Lloyd kisses her hand "but you should've told me that, so you didn't have to go to jail"

"I wanted to punish myself" Aria tells him honestly "for what I did, I deserved it"

"You're very brave" Lloyd hugs her "I'm glad we have you back, I know I wasn't alone but without you I felt lonely"

"Well I'm here now and this time I'm going to save Ninjago" Aria smiles "as a ninja"

Lloyd smiles

"Yo love birds" Kai calls and the two look at the ninja

"We're getting to work on the cars" Nya informs them

"Alright I'm gonna check out the Speedway, see what I can learn. The more we know about it, the better our chances" Lloyd says

"And I'm going with you" Aria says and Lloyd nods happily

"Okay, you two but be careful. The racetrack will be crawling with Red Visors" Nya warns them

"Alexander you stay back and help the ninja with repairs" Aria instructs

The two leave and the Ninja work on their vehicles. At the racetrack, Aria and Lloyd almost immediately run into Red Visors. Lloyd switches to his Avatar for a disguise.

"You should change too, your avatar is awesome but you stick out a lot" Lloyd says

"Alright" Aria agrees and swipes down her menu

She swipes though a lot of avatars

Lloyd chuckles "in this world and ours you always have to have a bunch of outfits"

"Of course cause I'm rich" Aria replies selecting one

"Of course cause I'm rich" Aria replies selecting one

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"better?" she asks and Lloyd nods

The two head to the stadium and watch the race. They witness the dangerous race and another competitor named Racer Seven. Unfortunately for her, she crashes after being hit by Whack Rats. She gets out of her vehicle and throws her helmet in frustration, which hits a man and causes him to respawn. Lloyd then catches the helmet.

"Lloyd" Aria says pointing behind him

He turns around

"Hey, you! Freeze!" a Red Visor shouts

"let's go" Lloyd grabs Aria's hand and runs away

"Hey, stop right there!" another Red Visor shouts

Lloyd fights off the Red Visors with the helmet, then escapes. The two arrive at Scott's Garage.

"Well, we gotta do something. We need five vehicles to enter the Speedway, and we've only got four now" Cole says

"The race starts tomorrow at dawn. Where are we gonna get another car in twelve hours?" Jay questions

Aria crosses her arms "do I-"

"I might have an idea" Lloyd says "At the Speedway racetrack, I saw a driver there. She was good, really good"

"Oh, Racer Seven? Don't bother. She's an NPC, she's part of the game" Scott informs them

"She's programmed to lose. Every race she wipes out at the fourth mile marker. She's just there to provide a challenge to the other racers. She can't win" Aria adds

"You mean Unagami programmed her to lose?" Jay asks

"As long as I've been here, she's been racing. Every single race, every one, she wipes out. It's part of her programming" Scott replies

Nya looks upset "That's terrible"

"Yeah. Nobody should be programmed to lose" Jay agrees

"But she is and we can't change that" Aria says "games function a certain way, without the function the game wouldn't work or story's won't progress"

"But Okino broke his programming" Lloyd argues

"the samurai?" Aria questions

"You know him?" Cole asks

"Of course" Aria replies, she taps her heart pulling up her life points, showing only 1 left

The ninja gasp

"You only have one life" Lloyd says

"I lost 2 in the forest and one in the raceway" Aria tells them "once i hit one life I haven't left this city"

"But you still recklessly fight Red Visors?" Kai questions

"Their's a difference between fighting a battle you know you can win and fighting a battle you are uncertain about" Aria replies

"That's true" Lloyd agrees "but Okino really did break his programing"

"And you think Racer Seven can too?" Nya asks

"It's worth a shot" Lloyd replies and turns to Scott "Do you know where I can find her?"

"She eats at a noodle stand in the marketplace after every race. I'm telling you, you're wasting your time" Scott says

"We've got nothing to lose" Lloyd exits the garage

"I'm staying here this time" Aria says walking over to her motorbike "How's it looking?"

"Good" Scott walks over to her "You and Alexander are all set"

"Great" Aria smiles "Alexander, let's go"

"Where are you going?" Zane asks

"Out" Aria replies getting on her bike

Alexander materializes his helmet on. Aria takes off and he follows behind her.

"I sense Lloyd's love rival~" Jay says

"Shut it and get back to work" Nya instructs

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Alexander and Aria approach the NPC in charge of the race

Aria smirks and places her hands on her hips "we want to enter the Speedway Five-Billion"

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