Sayaka was helping Lilligant grow alongside Shen Qi.
"A large part of the credit for today's qualifying result really goes to the Lurantis Sisters."
"Oh, not at all."
Sayaka failed to catch Shen Qi's hidden meaning. Only the Lurantis Sisters stood hand in hand at the back of the Service Bay, smiling coyly.
They knew Shen Qi would come right to their door and seek them out himself.
"I..."
Shen Qi felt the frustration of being wrapped around the Lurantis Sisters' fingers, but even with the trap right in front of him, he had no choice but to jump in.
"I'd like to talk to your Lurantis Sisters alone."
"Oh, sure."
Sayaka suspected nothing.
When it came to racing, Sayaka was at most a T3 Driver still in rehabilitation. She had no problem serving as a Pokémon Racing Driver's co-driver, but in a head-on contest with the current Lilligant, even Sayaka in her prime would be no match.
Shen Qi could only discuss countermeasures with the Lurantis Sisters.
Let's go...
The elder Lurantis crooked a finger. Let's talk out back.
Gritting his teeth, Shen Qi followed the sisters to the back, with Dodo helping translate.
The Lurantis Sisters did not bring up the race right away. Instead, they took out damp handkerchiefs.
"Wearing a racing suit in this heat must be hard."
"Let us wipe you down."
After the Qualifying Race, Shen Qi had taken off his racing suit and could shake grains of salt off his body.
The Summer Race and July's T2 were an enormous challenge to the drivers' heat tolerance.
In particular, all of a race car's performance had to go toward power or other competitive aspects. They would not run air conditioning, or would even leave it out entirely to reduce weight.
Lilligant's resistance to high