Synopsis

The opening race of the East-West Tournament commenced: a four-versus-four team contest set upon the metal landscape of a jungle gym. Suruga launched a swift assault on Setouchi, and the initial flurry of action left them already diminished by a missing teammate. Nanase, a fellow student of Suruga, rebuked Sayaka for abandoning judo in favor of Keijo. As the match unfolded, Sayaka’s mind drifted back to a past conversation—the moment she had declared her desire for a different path to her father