Chloe quickly leaned onto Alex's back before grabbing right below his neck.
At the same time, Alex quickly grabbed onto Chloe's leg, letting it wrap around as he began advancing.
To Chloe's surprise, they were slowly making progress, slowly catching up to the pair in front of them.
With more and more progress made by Alex, he was rapidly passing more and more people.
Some began to catch on as they copied Alex, only to be knocked out of the track.
Still, everyone's attention was on the 1st and 2nd place, who were now just within five steps away from winning.
Even though it was just a few steps, it was almost an invisible barrier that stopped both pairs from moving.
The perfect timing allowed Alex to jump all the way to third place, and he was within ten steps of winning.
"Alex, y-you okay?' Chloe worryingly asked as she noticed a vein popping on Alex's forehead.
