"energy I had in reserve"
BS!! come on... well, let's not think too hard on that, maybe that's just what an athlete would say to lift their spirit and not necessary true. But fuck it pisses me off how Nagisa is powering up like a super saiyan or something and now they're talking about her as she's the epitome of experience and hardship and how Connie is just a rookie that lacks experience, come on!!!!... I guess is true that Nagisa is the author's favorite and that's why this happens.
But I admit that Connie's ego is beyond the charts and she needed someone to put her feet back on earth..... Except in beauty, she's hot lol, you can't always win by breaking their spirit, you need to fight for it to the very end and that's the hell they talk about.
Now I know that the worst outcome wouldn't be Nagisa winning, it would be Nagisa losing because her injury or something... If I read something along the lines "If her knee wasn't hurt then maybe..." I don't know... I think I would take vacations of this manga for a while.
Ah but I TRULY Appreciate the work you guys put into the translation, the typesetting is top notch