"You're being way too reckless!"
Little McQueen looked ready to cry. She had never imagined her other self could be so bold.
She had actually let Little McQueen take a trial run in a race that White McQueen absolutely had to run herself.
Then again, this was the Uma Musume who had dragged her trainer into a hot spring wearing nothing but a bath towel. Was there anything she wouldn't dare do?
"I'm starting to think you'd even rebel against Grandmother!"
"You're the one who dared ask Huang Chao whether he was a real man! How can you say that about me?!"
When White McQueen watched the replay, she nearly lost it.
The second person she wanted to punch was Gold Ship. The third was Bright. But the person she wanted to punch most was still Little McQueen.
Don't ask. Punching herself wouldn't hurt her feelings.
"Anyway, if we work together, how could one body with two souls lose so easily?"
In the short term, Silence Suzuka and Air Groove had come out ahead of Little McQueen by getting to play the seasoned veterans. In the long term, though, Little McQueen had struck gold.
She had gained a training partner, for one thing. In a race, she effectively had twice the grit. How was that not a huge advantage?
"And this is the Tenno Sho Spring, the race the Mejiro Family has dreamed of dominating for generations. Take it seriously! Don't be late out of the gate, and don't commit Impediment!"
"Who do you think I am, you?"
Getting out of the gate and running straight? I can manage that much!
As the Starting Gates flew open, Little McQueen shot forward.
She might not match White McQueen, but Little McQueen was still McQueen. She had begun training before she was