Chapter 65: Is this allowed too?!
In this day and age, turbocharging was not particularly advanced, cutting-edge technology. Some better-performing midrange family cars came with small turbos.
Judging by the engine note, Huzang clearly wasn't driving a stock model.
"Come on, Shen Qi. We'll start here, take the trail on the left around Duan Mountain and into the woods, then follow the drivable route back. A single-lap showdown."
"Got it."
Shen Qi got into the driver's seat and fixed his eyes on the blue race car ahead.
He had a feeling he had seen this car during a night run on Island 6, but its driver hadn't been Kadabra. It had been another racer.
Huzang had run his custom car workshop alone for many years, without a Pokémon Trainer.
Had he... taken a car someone had left here for modifications out for a race?
Little Sheep stopped alongside the race car, and a metallic voice rang out.
"Don't let your guard down just because I'm old."
Shen Qi glanced over the components visible from the side and listened to the other car's engine. "With a car like that, how could I possibly let my guard down?"
Not only could he not let his guard down, he had to be extremely careful.
Sure, he was bound to lose and was only showing Kadabra his skills, but he couldn't get left so far behind that he disappeared from sight. What the hell would he be showing then?
With a cigarette between his lips, Dev gripped a dead branch he had picked up and swung it down as though he were holding a checkered flag.
"3, 2, 1-Go!"
Shen Qi floored the accelerator. "Chansey!"
"Jili!"
Without a Poké Ball rack, Chansey in the Complete Summoning State sat in the passenger seat.
Little Sheep's