Melemele Island.
The Pokémon Pancake Relay Race.
Since Li Wei had not read the rules beforehand,
and Arcanine was very interested in the race,
Li Wei had signed Arcanine up.
Only after Cynthia reminded him did Li Wei notice that, in the second stage, he would have to pull his Pokémon along himself.
But since he had already signed up,
Li Wei came anyway.
The contestants who finished the first stage one after another all pulled their little carts onto the slope.
"You really didn't read the rules, did you?"
Brock shook his head helplessly.
"Geodude, let's go!"
In the end, only Li Wei, Akin, and Kiawe remained, staring blankly at one another...
Akin cried in frustration, "Am I, a Celebrity Trainer, really going to get stuck here?!"
Typhlosion: "..."
You're the one who didn't read the rules and insisted on dragging me into this.
Kiawe, however, had not given up at all. "Don't worry, Turtonator! I'll pull you up there!"
Kiawe was completely fired up!
The volcanic spirit behind Kiawe erupted once again.
"Turtonator, I can do this!"
But pulling a Turtonator weighing over 200 kilograms up a slope...
That was practically impossible.
So Kiawe only struggled in place.
Lying on the ground, Kiawe suddenly realized something.
"The Pokémon Pancake Relay Race just isn't for us!"
Li Wei, however, had thought of a solution.
"Do you guys know what thrust is?"
Seeing that the other contestants had already climbed the slope,
Li Wei decided it was about time.
Akin asked curiously, "How do we get thrust?"
"Watch Arcanine and me."
"Arcanine, turn around first."
Arcanine: "..."
You're definitely making this difficult for me!
Despite that silent complaint, Arcanine jumped off the cart first and turned to face backward.
"Arcanine, when I pull you forward with all my strength, use