[Ion laughs at his friends' antics. As long as they don't really hurt each other, he'll be a passive watcher to friendly fire.]

Can there even be teams in a racing game? [He's still inspecting his controller, but seems to be much more confident about how it feels in his hands, now. There's a glint of excitement in his eyes, too, even if he's more subdued than Anise is in the way he shows it.] If we do team up, though, Jonouchi won't have to worry about taking it easy on us beginners.

[As if the blonde was going to take it easy in the first place.]