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...
He'd sometimes train by himself before dawn.
كان يتمرّن بمفرده أحياناً قبل الفجر
Manchmal hast du vorm
Sonnenaufgang allein trainiert.
A veces entrenabas solo
antes del amanecer.
A veces entrenabas solo
antes del amanecer.
Tu t’entraînes parfois seul,
à la tombée du jour.
A volte si è allenato da solo prima dell'alba.
Ele treina sozinho algumas
vezes, antes do amanhecer.
Иногда в одиночку
тренируешься до зари.