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...
The Tokyo-Hakone Round-Trip
College Ekiden Race
لا يسمح سباق ذهاب وعودة
 إيكيدين المشترك بين الجامعات هاكوني طوكيو
Das Tōkyō-Hakone-Hochschul-Ekiden-Rundrennen
lässt wie jedes Jahr keinen Spielraum für Nachlässigkeit.
Los descuidos tampoco tienen
cabida en la carrera de este año.
Los descuidos tampoco tienen
cabida en la carrera de este año.
Cette édition du ekiden
Contro le previsioni, quest'anno la gara
interuniversitaria di ekiden Tokyo-Hakone-Tokyo
A corrida de ida e volta Tóquio
Hakone de Universidades de Ekiden
Студенческий марафон Токио — Хаконэ
не прощает небрежности.