Cerulean Gym, the second-oldest of Misty's four sisters.
The champions of the Pokémon division in Vermilion City's Autumn Race had been the team of Poliwrath, Lumineon, and Luvdisc. Their Pokémon Trainer was named Sakura, the eldest of Cerulean Gym's four sisters.
Sakura's own driving skills were so-so, but the Pokémon she raised were excellent drivers;
The second sister, Lily, was the reverse: she herself was an outstanding driver.
Besides having a skilled opponent in her group, Ayumi also had another member of the Perilla Racing Team in hers.
That made things awkward. They all wanted to advance, but one of them would inevitably take a spot from a teammate.
There were over sixty groups in the first round of the Winter Race's Trainer division. The Perilla Racing Team had only sent five drivers, yet they had still ended up together. That was seriously bad luck.
"Nothing we can do about it." Shan Sheng rubbed the spot that had been pinched sore. "Our own people are bound to run into each other in the later rounds. Just don't knock me out in round one."
"Try improving, would you? If your results get any worse, you'll have to go be an agent."
To be fair, Shen Qi thought Shan Sheng would definitely be better as an assistant trainer or agent than as a driver.
When the third dish arrived, the hand Shan Sheng was using to pick up noodles suddenly jerked, and he let out another squeal like a pig being slaughtered.
"Ayaka-it's Ayaka from Celadon High School!"
This year's Summer and Autumn Race champion, Celadon High School's finest student driver, the driver of the Rainbow Flying Sword...
With a whole string of titles to her name, she could be called the brightest star among Kanto's T3-class drivers.
Ayaka's goal was to