The narrator comments on the speed of Hiroshi's boat as it crosses the sea. He wonders if they've just checked on his pitching. Hiroshi says he can still pitch, but he's not as fast as he used to be. He's worried about how they're going to prepare for the upcoming game against the Furuya team. The narrator says that Hiroshi has invented a pitching practice that involves throwing 200 pitches a day, and the batters can try to hit his weakest pitch over and over. He also says that the other pitchers in the team have been merciless, and that the reason Hiroshi hasn't struck out in five games is because he was suffering from his own weakness against the inside of the batter's body. He explains that he came to Japan to study Japanese, and his parents sent him all the way there to get a chance to play baseball.