Nakahara's head lifts sharply, eyes widening. He'd been listening with a fragile thread of hope, because Logan had spoken like someone offering solutions, lifelines.
But now, the truth hits him. Logan is nudging him toward selling the fighter he's poured his soul into.
"W-wait," Nakahara says quietly, voice strained but still polite. "I didn't come here to… to throw him away."
Logan raises both hands in a calming gesture. "Not throw him away. I'm talking about giving him a pathway you can't provide from here. I know someone in America, real powerhouse. Someone who can take raw potential and shape it into something global."
Nakahara swallows, throat tight. "Even so… Ryoma trusts this gym. He trusts me. Moving him overseas so suddenly… he might not want that."
