'Leo is injured?'
Ken's mind went blank as he heard the devastating news. He had been hyper focused on getting his revenge for the defeat he suffered in College against Leo, yet in a cruel twist of fate, that was no longer possible.
At first he had hoped that it was a minor injury and that he'd be able to play the following series, but he later found out that this was not the case. Leo had suffered a groin injury thanks to the dangerous slide and had been ruled out of the post season.
'Mika… This wasn't the doing of the system was it?' He asked silently in his mind.
[No, the system had nothing to do with the incident.]
Ken hesitated. Should he trust Mika this time? But then again, even if it was the system, what could he possibly do about it?
The high he felt from achieving the perfect game quickly waned. Ken's competitive nature made it difficult to be satisfied winning against the Yanks without Leo.