The average lap time is 8 minutes and 29 seconds!
"That Flower Crown is not simple."
"Yeah, the speed won't be lost too much to some T2 Driver."
White Cape's Preliminaries A total of 3 T2 Driver participated, and one of them ranked first;
The second place is Servine of T3-class, which actually has the strength of T2;
Qualifying Race The third one is Primeape;
Lilligant is only 3 seconds slower and starts in fourth place.
"Huh..."
Shen Qi breathed a sigh of relief, "The competition will not be very demanding later, just hold on to this 4th Place."
The number of Pokémon Racing Driver is much smaller than that of humans, and the top five Preliminaries in the first round can advance.
The venues in some groups can accommodate twenty-four or five Pokémon Racing Driver, and there are even 6 promotion places.
No matter which ranking Preliminaries advances in the first round, 10 points will be added to Driver Points.
Therefore, there is essentially no difference between taking first place and taking fifth place in White Cape, but it is crucial for Shen Qi and Lilligant.
Only by earning points from this year's T3 Race will you be eligible to sign up for next year's T2 Race. That may be an annual competition.
Let's look at the time-consuming ranking of Qualifying Race. The first-ranked T2 Driver is really terrible, with a lap time of 7 minutes and 59 seconds... the average speed is almost 80 kilometers per hour.
It was a Poliwrath, a large humanoid frog that stood upright on two legs. It had a strong body shape and also had strong operating skills due to the addition of water and Fighting-type.
Partner Luvdisc, Lumineon.
It is rare to see Pokémon with two or more partners.
Pokémon is inconvenient to use Poké Ball, so the partner is basically Complete Summoning State, which relies on a customized seat belt to stabilize it on the passenger seat. The larger Pokémon is also fixed in the back seat.
If you have a particularly large body... then you should join the Racing competition with Pokémon Trainer and stay on Poké Ball Rack.
"Well done!"
The voice of a young yet mature woman came, and the pretty figure ran out of the maintenance area, her blond hair flying.
The girls' clothes were dancing in the wind, with a swimsuit underneath the large sun protection clothing, and a women's swimsuit bottom with a skirt.
Her good figure and a slightly covered swimsuit immediately attracted the attention of a large number of spectators in the stands.
The next second, the blonde woman hugged her Poliwrath, and then hugged Luvdisc and Lumineon. From time to time, some male viewers lamented that they were worse than frogs and fish.
"I haven't seen that car Lilligant, Poliwrath. Is it a very rare model?"
'Hmm...'
Lilligant nodded slightly, 'Blue Ocean Company's Class B Car and Flower in Water have special purchase requirements.'
Cerulean City, in order to commemorate the long-term cooperative relationship with Cerulean Gym, Blue Ocean Company created the sister-style model Gym Leader, Flower in Water.
Cerulean Gym is quite special. Gym Leader are four sisters. The most famous among them is Misty, the heroine of the first generation Pokémon animation.
In addition to the four sisters Cerulean Gym, if you want to purchase the special model "Flower in Water", you need to successfully challenge the gym and get the blue Badge.
Cerulean Gym...
With such a hint, Shen Qi determined the identity of the hostess Poliwrath.
Sakura
Cerulean Gym, Gym Leader, the eldest sister among the four sisters, Sakura.
There are really too many blond lady-themed characters. Akiho also has this style. Shen Qi didn't recognize it at first.
Lilligant mentioned Flower in Water, mentioned Cerulean Gym, and Shen Qi noticed a Sakura blooming hairpin on her golden hair.
"It's too curly, it's really too curly."
These Gym Leader, just keep training in the battle, and they also sent Pokémon to open Racing.
I don't have time to express my feelings for Shen Qi. I need to go to the toilet and drink some water. I almost have to continue to the official competition.
"Huh?"
Just after washing his hands in front of the mirror, Shen Qi saw a green figure walking over.
There are rhombus-shaped protrusions on the thick green cylindrical body, and the four-sided pyramid-shaped structure on the top of the head is like a bamboo hat. Under the brim of the hat is a pair of dark black eyes with golden pupils that look a bit evil.
Driver, Cacturne, T2 level.
From a level perspective, Cacturne, like Primeape and Poliwrath, are the strongest in the White Cape group.
However, the other two T2 level Racing Driver took first place and 3rd Place respectively in Qualifying Race. Cacturne ranked 8th, positioned in the middle and front starting area.
To be honest, it was not a good start for T2 Driver. Both Shen Qi and the audience on the stage felt that Cacturne was not performing properly.
A pair of black eyeballs and golden pupils looked at Shen Qi. Although Cacturne was only 1.3 meters tall, it revealed a strong ferocity.
What's going on?
Shen Qi wonders in his heart, does this T2-level Cacturne just want to vent his anger because of his abnormal performance?
Click--
The husky bird Growl came. The 30 cm tall bird stood on Cacturne's shoulder. This bird had a brown afro and sharp eyes.
Spearow is the Co-driver of the Racing that is Cacturne.
"Excuse me, is your partner Driver Lilligant?"
Spearow spoke. Most birds in the Pokémon world can master the "Mirror Move" skill and often serve as translators with humans.
Some Pokémons that are passive to "Mirror Move" can also speak human language due to their relatively developed vocal cords. Shen Qi doesn't find it strange.
As for the fact that they mentioned "Lilligant" instead of "Tsareena", there is no need to be too surprised.
The residents of Island 6 have relatively little knowledge, but they have seen many of these Pokémons who have been involved in competitive circles all year round. Of course, they can tell that they are just Lilligants who have changed their appearance.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
Cacturne made a "clicking" sound similar to the breaking of dead wood. Spearow helped translate.
"The competition is about to begin, let's talk about it next time. I hope there will be more opportunities to interact with each other in the future."
Looking at Pokémon Racing Driver's partner leaving, Shen Qi's mind was filled with questions.
Why does it feel like the other party is issuing a challenge?
However, our performance just now was just 4th Place positioned in the first round of Preliminaries, so it was not an outstanding performance.
There was no time to think too much, Shen Qi picked up some water and patted his face, and had to go back to prepare for the start.
The time interval between Qualifying Race and the official competition is only 20 minutes, which is enough for everyone to troubleshoot the problems of Racing. The heated temperatures of tires, brake pads, and Engine will not dissipate too much, maintaining good working condition.
"Lilligant, got the No. 4 position and is ready to compete."
About Cacturne, Shen Qi didn't want to mention it to Lilligant.
The competition alone is enough to strain Lilligant's mind, leaving him with no energy to think about other things.
After all, starting from Petilil, Lilligant followed Gyaru Heiress in the competition for only two or three years.
Because Pokémon Trainer has rich assets and no livelihood difficulties, Racing is just a pure interest, and Lilligant has not had much experience under pressure.
After the hot girl's accident, Lilligant and Pokémon High School didn't have much contact with society. They were not as developed and complex as human thoughts, and their minds were still too immature.
For competition, mentality is sometimes more important than technique.
Chapter 203 Positional Battle
The auditorium, which had been noisy all morning, was rarely quiet.
The process of Starting Point and Five Red Lights being extinguished one after another was obviously very short, but it seemed extremely long in the atmosphere where everyone held their breath and stared.
Drop!
The last red light went out, and the Racing girl waved her black and white Checkered Flag.
"Start!"
With the shouts of Commentator, the noise swept across again, shattering the previous short-term cohesion into pieces.
Starting from the 4th place, Shen Qi knew that the top three were all strong, so he didn't need to worry about being blocked by the car in front if he broke out too fast. He directly gave instructions to Chansey and used the "help" tactic.
"So fast!"
The Racing in front is faster than Shen Qi expected. After the Flower Crown explodes, it can only catch up with Primeape of 3rd Place. After the burst effect of "Help" ends, the gap should be slightly widened.
This is almost the strongest starting strategy formulated by Shen Qi, Lilligant, and Chansey. It still cannot enter the top three with a beautiful start.
Entering the bend, exiting the bend.
Poliwrath, who was running at the front, had opened a gap of about 20 meters.
'Great cornering skills... and that confidence'
Lilligant You can see the performance from the speed of the car, the skills from the cornering route, and more importantly, the other party's awareness of the control of the vehicle and full confidence when driving.
"Don't be distracted, our goal is not to take first place, just hold on 4th Place."
In fact, even if you are one place behind, you can still advance in 5th Place and you are still eligible to get points, which means you can register for T2 next year.
A road sign appeared ahead. After a familiar curve, Racing turned to another route different from the previous Qualifying Race, the real Preliminaries route.
Lilligant has the ability to clearly remember the track Map after one lap. The disadvantage is that it cannot be distracted while doing Analytic.
In fact, it can't be called a shortcoming, Driver should be driven with all your heart, but some Driver's special style belongs to the memory level, Analytic track, memory track... type that can take into account all aspects.
White Cape Track, with a single lap length of 89.6 kilometers, is already a relatively long class, longer than the Quiet Forest-Lavender Town track of Vermilion City Regular Race.
The overall difficulty of more than ten groups should not differ too much. The length of White Cape Track is one of the best, which means that the difficulty and number of levels have been reduced, and the density of levels has also been increased.
This is actually very beneficial to the high-horsepower Racing. There are fewer checkpoints and more sections for them to run wildly.
Shen Qi communication headset switches to Public Channel, Commentator is saying that the "Flower in Water" driven by Poliwrath enters the hard beach Rock stage.
"The next level is Rock Road by the sea. The surface of Rock is uneven and there are gravel blown up by the wind, making it easy to slip."
'Hmm!'