The next day after the celebration banquet, Hiro spent his day exploring the city with his teammates. Even Kaoru who had previously vowed to exclude himself from exploration until after the match joined the rest in exploring the city.
Although he didn't get many minutes on the pitch, he still got to play. So, he was satisfied with the amount of minutes he had gotten on the pitch. After all, he hadn't expected to get a lot of minutes to begin with.
Spending a whole day exploring the city they enjoyed their stay in Georgia.
Then the next day they boarded the plane to Brazil.
It took them quite a while to reach their destination. Inside the airplane, Hiro had many encounters as some people recognized him due to his performance in the exhibition match against Georgia.
To a great extent, his popularity could be attributed to the opposing number seven who had many fans who monitored his actions closely.
