(NOAH) "The Dark Agents" Saito & Inoue "Endure & Wait" in the belief they will take the GHC Tag

Tokyo Sports
1st August 2019

The world is dark.
Akitoshi Saito (age unpublished) and Masao Inoue (49), are the Dark Agents, who are challenging for the GHC Tag Championship of Katsuhiko Nakajima (31) and Go Shiozaki (37) at Noah's Korakuen Hall anniversary event. The team is convinced they will take the championship that day.

"Hee, hee...finally this time has come*? Perseverance has paid off. Going through thick and thin. Everything comes to those who wait. We have been in the dark for a long time, so let us prove how much power we have stored up, so lets prove how much power we have accumulated in the ring on the day of the anniversary", laughed Akitoshi Saito, the leader of the Dark Agents.

It is not a chance that they has been given by career alone, as they have left more than enough results.
In this springs Global Tag League match, they gave the champion team of Nakajima and Shiozaki their first black point (April 17th, Korakuen) and in the final match (Yokohama on the 30th), they defeated Kaiyo Kiyomiya (the GHC Heavyweight Champion) (22) in a count out. Furthermore, they defeated the former champions, Takashi Sugiura (49) and KAZMA SAKAMOTO (36) (Niigata, 21st).
With only three wins, they valued this pricelessness, played a valuable fight in the league, and became the "protagonists" of the league. As the top contender which could not be argued with, they took the chance to fight at Korakuen.

"Is the company finally unable to ignore our existence? Clearly speaking, the darkness we live in, has nothing to do with an underground world or shady business. Rather, it penetrates the aesthetics located at the other end of the spectrum. Only when the moon shines, will the sun rise again. If the league is not strong, then then Japan Championship Series* league will not be exciting. In order to further strengthen the light emitted in the bright future of the new Noah, our darkness is deeply colored a jet black. Mr. Inoue, are you going to say nothing?"
The sad middle-aged Inoue, who was listening to the one sided battle cry, reacted only for a moment by saying "eh", but his body and mind seemed to be feeble, as he could not endure the intense heat of summer.
But don't trust his playing dead. The priceless victory in the lag league is due to a big reversal from pretending to be dead.

"Hahaha...it seems that he is completely involved in the heat, but do you know what the most fearsome thing is about Masao Inoue? It is his huge amount of frozen stamina, like the Antartic Storage Corps' food warehouse. It will melt in this heat and be released in the ring at Korakuen. Masao Inoue has no reserve. However, the reserve he does have is of physical strength, which is several times the normal wrestler." Saito ended on laughter.
There is no need to hide his tactics. He will wait for his chance, using the Dark Agent's victory pattern.

"After Masao Inoue will endure, endure, and endure, I will take the win in an instant. Or, Masao Inoue will do it by a quick attack. It's easier to understand than a three cord rock and roll*, but its a profound strategy. Inoue-san, lets do Korakuen while maintaining the physical strength used for your part time job."
Inoue, who was slapped on the shoulder said, "I understand. A title match after ten years. I will carry it!"
Saito said lastly, "so Inoue, the match pace is 1 to 9, and the appearance fee is 50/50...." with this strangely realistic speech, he vanishes into the darkness of the midsummer night.
Inoue disappeared into the extremely hot Arakawa riverbank.

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*Saito used the Japanese phrase, "three years on a cold stone, will make the stone warm".
*Baseball
*A three-chord song is a song whose music is built around three chords that are played in a certain sequence (so not very hard)