Shen Qi had no intention of offering much explanation, either to the burly karate practitioner from earlier or to Maractus.
He just had to deliver results.
If his results were respectable and showed that he took competition seriously, what did it matter if he drove a tractor?
Chapter 248: What an impressive Little Sheep
"Am I seeing things?!"
"Is that... a Little Sheep on the track!!!"
As the competitors stopped at their respective starting positions, more spectators noticed the Little Sheep.
Some thought a clown had come to grandstand. It was uncommon, but there really were boring people who entered races to fool around. He might even have a vulgar, tacky livestream going.
Others thought something might have gone wrong. His regular race car had broken down, and he didn't want to give up, so he had brought out his support vehicle, hoping only to persevere to the finish.
Cacturne had specifically bought a front-row seat to watch the race and stared in disbelief alongside Spearow.
Whatever they thought, nobody imagined that Shen Qi genuinely intended to race seriously in a Little Sheep.
Again, he would let his ability do the talking.
Maractus had been lucky and was starting in 3rd Place.
The burly karate practitioner diagonally ahead of Shen Qi had summoned a Golem while warming up his car.
A creature whose weight started at 300 kilograms couldn't possibly compete in a Pokémon-specification race. Golem was too heavy as either driver or copilot and could only accompany the Pokémon Trainer inside the partially activated Poké Ball Rack, where that weight wouldn't count.
The five red lights went out one after another, and the leading cars launched.
As Shen Qi pressed the accelerator, Chansey used Work Up, as they had arranged beforehand.
Shen Qi's Normal-type Energy Coordination proficiency was as