Main Scenario/Get Set, Go

MS Transcontinental Race Episode
23-1	Protagonist's Arrogance
23-2	Phony and Genuine
23-3	Suspicious Stepsister
23-4	Family Reunion
23-5	Trans-MS Race
23-6	Get Set, Go
23-7	The Usual Promises
23-8	Midnight Secret Talk
23-9	Running Monstrosity
23-10	The True Hero

After that... We followed Columbia's instructions and took the train to the start of the Trans-MS race, whatever it was called.
Woking	"Oooh--"
Woking twitched her horse ears excitedly and exclaimed in admiration. She seems to really love rides and races, and is unusually eager.
Woking	"The Trans-MS race! It's already started...!'
Woking was making a lot of noise substituting the usual Doggan Gang, who had disappeared after being told by Columbia that they had something to do.
Woking	"Blimey, there's rides everywhere to the right and to the left! Is this Heaven...!?"
Woking	"Roaring magic engines! Revving wheels! Carriage hooves and whip sounds!"
Woking	"Aaaahh, how I really wish I could join in all that lovely clamour! May I go for a little sprint, my President!?"
Columbia	"Calm down. You are so childish when it comes to vehicles."
Columbia looked at us embarrassingly as she grabbed the squire by the shoulders and stops her.
Columbia	"As you can see, the race across the MS has already started. To be precise, it started since the participants set off at the 'Ready, Get Set, Go' signal. --And it's been three days since then."
Paddington	"Hawawa? That long ago? Then we're really late to the race!"
Conductor	In fact, we of the Special Steel Squad are also taking part in the Trans-MS Race, but-- I don't think that's a problem, because winning is not our objective. Our mission is to deal with the unidentified phony Mist Train.
Columbia	"Yes. I like your selflessness, Mr. Conductor. That's why you're the perfect companion to contrast my greed♪"
Woking	"Miss President, I noticed you seem to try really hard to get involved every time Sire said something, aren't ya?"
Columbia	"Ain't that wholesome? Anyway - as Conductor stated, our objective is to defeat the fake Mist Train. The outcome of the race is of secondary or even tertiary importance."
Columbia	"Anyhow. No matter how late our start is, the Mist Train is bound to win if it does what it usually does."
Woking	"Well, I'm sure it would... The horsepower and everything else is different. Just look at the faces of disappointment the other participants we passed, see?"
Woking chuckled as she indicated towards an open field with unobstructed visibility. A large amount of machine wreckage and other debris were lying in the area she indicated.
Woking	"Preliminary observations so far. We know what's running on our surface-- But the main means of transport underground seem to be horse-drawn carriages."
Woking	"In the subterranean universe, technology of ships and other forms of aquatic transport are well developed, as there are seas in all the five major countries. The types and performance of ground vehicles however is almost the same as on our surface."
Woking	"Recently, mechanical carts-- I mean cars, automobiles, or whatever they're named, are appearing recently on the market."
Conductor	I did went to a driving school with you before, Woking.
Woking	"Yes we did. That was a good memory for me, Sire♪ Though there hasn't been much technological innovation since then, and the performance of cars overall remains quite low compared to horse-drawn carriages."
Woking	"They don't run properly, they don't go very fast and they are very prone to breakdowns... Most of the cars in the Trans-MS race seemed to get the timing chains in the engine stuck shortly after they set off."
Woking	"It's as if the car's goading the owners to make progress, even if just a little, as one can stop to fix it on the spot. However, at this point it would probably be faster to walk."
Columbia	"Yeah. They're still languishing near the starting point three days after the start of the race. It's unlikely that an automobile will ever win the Trans-MS Race."
Columbia	"Of course, much less on foot. The Trans-MS Race, as the name implies, crosses a large area of the country of Metro St. Iris."
Columbia	"Even in this subterranean universe, there is the threat of the Phantom Mist and monsters. Only the very lucky will make it to the finish line while avoiding them."
Woking	"It would take several months to reach the finish line on foot normally."
Woking	"It's a huge distance and you have to move very carefully and protect yourself."
Columbia	"Yes. The same goes for horse-drawn carriages. In terms of stability and speed, they can't compare with Woking or automobiles, but they can't resist the Phantom Mist and monsters either."
Columbia	"The choice of route to the finish line is left to the discretion of each participant-- But the more competent participants who aim to cross the finish line will take detours to avoid the Phantom Mist and other obstacles."
Woking	"It's a dead-end if you get swallowed up by Mist or attacked by monsters."
Columbia	"Yes. But with the Mist Train, we can go the shortest distance without worrying too much about that."
Columbia	"If we travel at top speed, we'll probably reach the finish line in a few days. A delay of three days won't be a problem at all."
Columbia	"The Mist Train will be the winner of the Trans-MS race, beating all the other participants. I'd say this is already a done deal, the vehicles they use are just too great a difference in performance."
Woking	"It's a race that's rigged from the start."
Columbia	"Yes. I waited because I thought we could make up for a few delays. Mr. Conductor's team were busy doing heroic deeds in the various subterranean countries."
Columbia	"I waited my turn. I watched from afar, with my fingers crossed, as you, my darling, made friends with the other girls."
Columbia	"But. I can't wait any longer."
Columbia grabbed my tie and stood taller, bringing her face closer to mine.
Columbia	"After all the scheming, and all the arrangements, and with a cause that no one can object - taking out the phony Mist Train, I'm spending time with you now."
Columbia	"I'm having a blissful time."
Columbia	"All I want now is for this time to last as long as possible, if even for a second more. Of course, this mission is more important to you, defeating the phony Mist Train."
Columbia	"You'd better get me in a good mood or I'll sulk."
Columbia	"If you don't satisfy me... I will continue to call you up as often as I can for the same reason."
Columbia	"Because I love you. Because I want to be with you, even if only for a little while."
Conductor	You don't have to make up a mission or anything, if you want to see me, you can always visit me even if you don't give me a reason.
Columbia	"You are a liar... You care more about your job than me, don't you?"
Paddington	"Umm! Attention everyone, look over there!"
Paddington suddenly shouted, interrupting Columbia who was moving closer and closer to me. She continued to pull at my clothes like a spoiled child.
Columbia	"Oh, come on. I was just having a nice chat with Mr. Conductor, could you please get out of my way?"
Paddington	"Hawawa? Oh, I-I'm sorry! But..."
Columbia	"Hmmhmm♪ you're jealous, milady?"
Paddington	"N-No, you're mistaken! The Conductor and I don't have that kind of relationship!"
Columbia	"Then what kind of relationship is it?"
Columbia	"You think you are the woman closest to the conductor, don't you? So when someone else closes the distance between them and the conductor, you feel as if your position is threatened, and you feel insecure--"
Paddington	"Hawawa! T-That's not why I'm here!"
Woking	"Don't tease a novice too much, eh~ President? You're a bully, you know?"
Columbia	"Hmmhmm, alright. It may be fun to play with the serious ones, but it's not very classy of me."
Paddington	"This is no time for banter and jokes!"
Paddington insisted, her face turning bright red as she waved her hands frantically.
Paddington	"Look outside! There's a vehicle that looks a lot like a train coming from the other side! Could that be the fake Mist Train we're looking for...!?"

MS Transcontinental Race Episode
23-1	Protagonist's Arrogance
23-2	Phony and Genuine
23-3	Suspicious Stepsister
23-4	Family Reunion
23-5	Trans-MS Race
23-6	Get Set, Go
23-7	The Usual Promises
23-8	Midnight Secret Talk
23-9	Running Monstrosity
23-10	The True Hero