A Real Grind

A Real Grind (こうやのロッキロード lit. Wasteland's Rocky Road in Japanese) is the first story level of The Hazardous Wastes and the third main level of Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. This is the first level where the player uses Lani-Loli, the Phase Mask.

Overview
Crash, Coco and Lani-Loli are in the quest to find Akano, but N. Gin appears in front of them. Lani-Loli confirms that N. Gin was the dweeb that he mentioned, Coco telling Lani-Loli that N. Gin always lost to Crash or Coco. N. Gin warns them that he will not lose this time and tells them about his preparations for his heavy metal show on Weapon of Mass Percussion.