No one really knew who spoke that. However, all the Hakodate Nishi players figured it out immediately. Shohei High, their next opponent, came from Saitama, which coincidentally enough was the hometown of their three best players here, the twins and Hiroshi.
'No wonder they are so quiet…' Higo couldn't help but mumble. 'If they came from the top middle school in their prefecture, does that mean they are going to face some of their friends, right?'
He got the answer immediately from Kumiko, even with a pinch of salt in it.
"Denji-kun, Denki-kun, Hiroshi-kun, you recognize the school's name, right?" She muttered softly. The voice was so gentle, but in the long silence in the room, everyone could hear it clearly. "Shohei High, after all, is the school that offered you three a scholarship in the past."
