The 80s economic bubble, basically. It's always been less of a religious thing there, so it was easy to sell as a couples event to get rich young people spending.
He's only wrong if A) she dies immediately, and B) that was actually her. But even if she did die on impact, he's at least proved he can affect the time of death.
Mangadex is killing me with these old uploads of stuff that'll never be completed. My Batoto follow list is full of them, and now I get reminded of it basically every day. :(