The Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip College Ekiden Race finally begins.
Haiji was right, and Section 1 moves at a slow pace while the teams try to feel each other out.
Prince, who bears the heavy responsibility of starting the race, takes up his position behind the other runners and conserves his strength.
It's all part of Haiji's plan to take the top.
Haiji also sends a message to Prince through Tazaki in the coach's vehicle and heads to the Tsurumi Relay Station where Musa waits.
The group raises its pace. Prince desperately hangs on.
And in the back of his mind, he recalls a conversation he once had with Haiji...
Kofu Academy's Iwanki leaves four
years of passion on Hakoneji Road
يترك إيوانكي أكاديمية كوفو 4 أعوام
من الشغف على طريق هاكونيجي
Ivanki vom Kōfu-Gakuin
Iwanki de Kofu deja atrás cuatro años
de pasión al llegar al punto de relevo.
Iwanki de Kofu deja atrás cuatro años
de pasión al llegar al punto de relevo.
Iwanki de Kôfu
Iwanki della Kofu Gakuin
Iwanki, do Instituto Kofu, deixa seus quatro
anos de paixão na avenida Hakoneji
Вместе с лентой Иванки передаст страсть,
с которой бежал все четыре марафона.