Lily was unsatisfied with his suggestion, so she said, "Are you kidding me? Why do you like to bark like a dog?"
Ralphie replied to her angrily, "It's just a bet. Understand?"
Lily didn't answer him but turned to Casey and said, "Casey, I don't want to have a bet with him. He can bark like a dog by himself if he likes."
Lily found that he was the man who ranked No.1 in the racing ranking shown on the screen there, and she didn't think Casey could win. If he lost, he had to bark like a dog, which was so embarrassing. So she didn't want to have a bet with him.
"I don't think you dare to have a bet with me, because Casey is good-for-nothing. If he was brave enough, he wouldn't be laughed at by other people in J City." Nyla said disdainfully.
"Well, I'll have a bet with you." Casey said.
Lily became anxious when he promised. She looked at him with dissatisfaction and said, "Are you silly? He is the man who ranked No.1 in the racing ranking. If you promise to have a bet with him, you may lose and then you have to bark like a dog."
Casey smiled at her and then said, "I told you I could break his record easily. Don't you believe me? Why are you scared now?"
Lily patted her chest and said at once, "I... I am not scared. I don't need to bark like a dog even though you finally lose, so you can have a bet with him if you want."
Ralphie sneered and said, "In that case, let them sit in the passenger seats. You know what? Racing is a kind of dangerous sport. If he isn't good at racing, it would be dangerous for you to get in his car. So you have to think twice."
Lily stared at him and said, "Watch your mouth. If I am in danger, you'll be in trouble, too."
Ralphie didn't care about what she said. He answered, "In Eglor County, no one dares to get me in trouble. How can you get me in trouble? Can you do it under the help of such a wimp like him?"
And then, he laughed loudly together with Nyla.
Lily said in a low voice disdainfully, "You know what? I am..."
But she didn't say what she wanted to say finally.
And then they walked towards the racing track. When Ralphie got there, some people greeted him at once. Ralphie felt proud and said with a smile, "Everyone knows me on this racing track, even the boss here will follow my orders. In Eglor County, there are not many people who are as young as me and good at social contact."
"Of course, my husband is the best. As we all know, Casey was also very famous in J City, because he was trash. So he was called a good-for-nothing in J City." Nyla said.
Lily was angry when she heard that. She turned to look at Casey and said, "She said you were trash. Why aren't you angry?"
Casey smiled and then said, "If we are angry, we will become silly like them."
"But they are really bad. How can he be so haughty?" Lily said with anger.
"It doesn't matter. If everyone knows him here, he will be more embarrassed when he barks like a dog later." Casey told her.
Lily nodded with agreement. She didn't know whether Casey could win, because she knew nothing about his skills in racing. In her mind, it was hard to race. It was more difficult for him to win because he had been injured.
Ralphie found the boss of the racing track and talked about it with him simply. He asked the boss to prepare for them, so that he could compete with Casey later.
Before starting racing, Ralphie introduced Casey to the boss seriously, so that the audience at the scene could know more about Casey.
The boss was very glad to hear that. Ralphie was very famous here. It would be good for the business of this racing track if he competed with other people here.
Later, the boss gave them two cars and then introduced the rules of the competition with a microphone.
"Hello, everyone. Today, our record holder, Ralphie, will compete with a man called Casey Davies here. Since you all know about Ralphie, I would like to introduce Casey to all of you."
"Casey comes from the hometown of Ralphie's girlfriend. It is said that he's called trash in their hometown. This time, Ralphie will compete with him because Casey had his girlfriend in trouble before, so he wants to fight against him in this way."
"What's more, they have a bet. No matter who loses at last, he has to bark like a dog in front of everyone. We are witnesses today. So, please don't forget their bet after the competition."
"Now, let's pay attention to the competition."
People burst into laughter after the boss introduced Casey to them, and everyone looked at Casey with sarcasm.
"He is trash. How dare he challenge Ralphie. It's so funny."
"Ralphie can be called the Fast Track here, no one dares to challenge him, let alone trash like him."
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