Master of Torque 2

Synopsis

Continues the story of Master of Torque

It is Tokyo, Japan, in the year 2017, a mere three years before the city plays host to the 2020 Olympic Games. Throughout the metropolis, the Shutoko metropolitan highway system is being torn down and rebuilt, with new districts and facilities springing up at a breakneck pace to complete the work in time for the Games. The Hyuga Corporation—a colossal firm that succeeded in pioneering the practical use of artificial muscle fibers—is releasing an array of products that supplement human muscle functions, riding a massive surge in profits. At its headquarters on National Route 246 in Tokyo's Gaien-mae district, Hyuga Corp. was secretly developing a powered suit that could grant people of only average physical fitness the superior skills and abilities of a select group of professional athletes. This was all part of the company's plan to utterly dominate its competitors and monopolize the industry. Dan Amo works in the General Affairs department at Hyuga Corp. By day, he is an unremarkable salaryman, but by night, he savors the sense of fulfillment that his motorcycling lifestyle brings. However, when night falls on Route 246, a crew of mysterious riders in black suits makes frequent appearances, and freelance journalist Makina Mikage is always in pursuit of them. Another figure enters the scene: Kotaro Hyuga, the heir to the Hyuga Corp. presidency. The threads of an inescapable fate begin to draw these three young riders together...

In this installment

When the Marishi Machina suit developed by the Hyuga Corporation took control of Makina's body and sent her racing onto the new Shutoko expressway aboard an MT-07, she blacked out completely. Dan managed to stop her just in time, and with Makina riding behind him on his MT-09 Street Rally, he set off back toward the Genesis Café—only to be cut off by Hyuga Corporation chairman Mitsukuni Hyuga, who was waiting for them with a deeply unsettling look on his face. Dan braced himself for the inevitable: being forced to resign for dragging Kotaro Hyuga, the heir to the company presidency, into this whole mess. But when Makina confronts Mitsukuni about the truth behind the accident that took their parents' lives, Dan receives an order he never saw coming. Dan keeps trying to bury the trauma he suffered as a child, but Makina pushes him to seek out the truth. Sanae, the owner of the Genesis Café, seems to pick up on their troubled state and decides to take matters into her own hands. Can Dan confront his past, break free of the curse he has carried for so long, and seize his future with his own two hands? The interlocking gears of fate that drive the destinies of Dan, Makina, and Kotaro begin to turn once more, and the next chapter of their story is about to unfold...