She took off her helmet, letting her glossy black hair spill down. A few strands had stuck to her cheeks with sweat, and she gently brushed them aside with her fingertips.
"You're really good, doing that well in Little Sheep."
The other driver had finished in 4th Place. Her name was Wujiang, and she came from the Saffron Gym, where she was one of the staff responsible for assessments.
Shen Qi introduced himself too. "Actually, Little Sheep has been heavily modified. Its engine was replaced with one from a Class B Car, and the brake calipers were changed too, so it's definitely not D-class anymore. It's stronger than Class C, even."
Wujiang heard the consolation in Shen Qi's words and laughed heartily.
"A loss is a loss. Even modified, a van has huge inherent disadvantages. That shows your skills and handling really are better than mine. But..."
Tying a white headband around her forehead, Wujiang clenched her fist. "I'll win next time!"
"I look forward to racing you again."
Shen Qi looked at her headband with some puzzlement.
When girls tied their hair with a strip of cloth, they usually placed it a little forward of the crown. Wujiang's headband sat a little too far forward, more like the bands people wore around their foreheads in karate.
Yet the way Wujiang had tied it did indeed gather some of her hair.
"Hehehe." Wujiang patted her forehead. "I'm a Channeler."
A Pokémon Trainer class, Channelers mainly used Psychic-type and Ghost-type Pokémon.
At that moment, Haunter was chuckling along with her Pokémon Trainer;
Slowpoke had only just gotten out of the car. After spacing out all this time, he had finally realized the race was over.
Regular races did not have particularly grand opening or closing ceremonies. After the race ended, the