While watching the TV coverage of the Koshien tournament, I was captivated by a girl in a uniform sitting in the Alps Stand. My heart started racing even though it was still daytime. During summer break, I tried picking up girls again near a station where cram school students gather, but despite approaching eight girls, I struck out every time. Opening my phone, I found a new message in my inbox from a model recruitment board I'd posted on before (non-pornographic), and my hopes rose once more.