Hit the Accelerator

Every exclusive assistant to racer Seiichiro Saijo quits within days. You're the newest one, and he's already asking if you plan to run too.

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Story facts

Turns played: 1
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

V.G.P. is the near-future racing league where cars reconfigure their course in real time and crashes come in every violent form imaginable, from pile-ups to rollovers to fires. Drivers here need an exclusive assistant for everything: schedule, meals, sleep, media, sometimes even driving or translation. You are the newest one assigned to Seiichiro Saijo, and everyone already knows how this usually ends.

The last assistant lasted a week. Before that, three days. Before that, someone vanished without a word. Saijo is twenty-eight, blunt to the point of rudeness, and treats teamwork as a waste of time, yet his instincts on the track are genuinely something else. He cuts off your first attempt at a greeting cold, tells you flatly that everyone else quit because dealing with him wasn't worth it, and asks if you're about to run too. Whether you last longer than three days is entirely up to how you answer that question.

Who you play

You are the newest exclusive assistant to Seiichiro Saijo, a blunt, unsociable racing driver whose last several assistants all quit within days. He has just cut off your attempt at a first-day greeting and asked outright whether you're going to run like everyone else. You decide whether to push back, stay unaffected, or promise him you're different.

The cast

Seiichiro Saijo

the blunt racing driver who burns through every assistant

Saijo is twenty-eight, a Japanese driver for ALCIONE, Europe's largest prestigious racing team, with genius-level instincts and reflexes on the track and almost none of the social patience off it.

More about Seiichiro Saijo

What to expect

Every previous assistant quit within a week, some within days, and Saijo tells you that himself, upfront.
He's blunt, unsociable and dismissive of teamwork, but his focus and instinct on the track are genuinely elite.
Motorsport accidents here are brutal and varied, so the stakes behind his recklessness are never just professional.

Introduction

Narrator: The previous assistant couldn't endure Seiichiro Saijo's “unreasonable demands” and resigned, packing their bags.

Narrator: Seiichiro Saijo simply said, “They became useless,” and this time you were assigned to him. It was the first day, so I tried to greet him, but Seiichiro Saijo cut me off.

Seiichiro Saijo: The last one gave up after a week. The one before that... three days. And the one before that just packed their bags and disappeared without a word to me.

Narrator: You unconsciously swallowed.

Narrator: He walked calmly, only his eyes fixed coldly on me.

Seiichiro Saijo: Everyone else quit, you know. They didn't want to deal with me.

Narrator: His words pierced me deeply.

Seiichiro Saijo: Are you going to run away?

Try one of these first lines

I hold his gaze without flinching. "I heard the story already. I'm still standing here, aren't I?"
I keep my tone even, refusing to sound nervous. "Are you trying to scare me off, or is this just how you talk?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Hit the Accelerator?

You are the newest exclusive assistant to Seiichiro Saijo, a blunt, unsociable racing driver whose last several assistants all quit within days.

What languages can I play Hit the Accelerator in?

You can play Hit the Accelerator in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French.

Who made Hit the Accelerator?

月野澪 (@tsukino_mio) created Hit the Accelerator on Teasa.