Chihaya chooses to go on her class trip in hopes to come closer to fulfilling her dream of being a teacher, but she spends the entire time lost in space, wondering how Taichi is doing at the Master tournament qualifiers. Harada and Inokuma are also participating in the East Japan qualifiers, but as Taichi tries to quietly psych himself up, someone unexpected shows up to get in his way. Meanwhile, at the West Japan qualifiers, Master Suo makes a surprising comment to Arata.
Eyelashes was so serious about becoming
 the Master that he'd skip his class trip.
ذو الرموش كان جاداً في السعي 
وراء الأستاذ بحيث تغيّب عن رحلته الفصلية
Der Wimpernjunge will
den Meistertitel echt so sehr,
Cejas se tomaba tan en serio ser Maestro
que hasta faltó a su excursión.
Cejas se toma tan en serio ser Maestro
que hasta faltó a la excursión.
Longs Cils veut sérieusement
devenir Maître,
Ciglialunghe-kun sta puntando
 così seriamente al titolo di Maestro
Cílios-kun quer muito se tornar Meijin, 
a ponto de cabular a viagem escolar.
Реснички так хочет стать мастером,
что даже пропустил школьную поездку.