In a private workshop outside the finals venue of the Cerulean City Summer Race, Cai Xia handed a USB flash drive to the person before her.
"Was all this necessary?"
"What?"
"I mean, was it necessary to do so much groundwork just to deal with Shen Qi?"
Anyone with the right connections who investigated Shen Qi's background could tell that he was a young racing prodigy who had soared out of a small town. There was nothing else to him.
As for reviving the Skeleton Fossil, Shen Qi had merely supplied the experimental sample. He had no research capabilities.
The same went for his combat ability. Shen Qi had once helped the Security Bureau investigate Team Rocket, but had shown no noteworthy combat performance throughout.
Clearly, he only knew how to race, not how to battle.
To eliminate someone like that, with their strength... setting a trap would suffice. Why go to all the trouble of sending someone to approach Shen Qi during a race?
Cai Xia had used sensing equipment to collect Shen Qi's energy fluctuations, assessing his strength and the types and strength of his Pokémon.
As for the camera...
That really was because Cai Xia could not keep up with Shen Qi's Little Sheep on skill alone. Using a camera to read the course ahead was a textbook violation.
If he had not crossed them, Shen Qi should have smoothly secured a placing in the Summer Race, then prepared for T2.
Cai Xia would not have found it strange if Shen Qi became a certified T2 Driver within three years.
Unfortunately... he had crossed someone he should not have.
Now, they had obtained data on the strength of Shen Qi's attribute control and the types and strength of his Pokémon. Just as appearances suggested, he really was