2: Magic Tiger of the Mound

#2: Magic Tiger of the Mound is the second chapter of Travis Strikes Back. It depicts Travis Touchdown acquiring the Death Ball for Coffee & Doughnuts.

Summary

Travis and Jeane are on the road in Travis' motorcycle again, looking for the Death Balls. However, Jeane objects to telling this story in visual novel format, as the players buying Travis Strikes Again are expecting an action game. Travis tells Jeane that she can just quit if she cares that much about the game's reviews, but Jeane points out that not getting a good reception could result in the series ending here and No More Heroes 3 never being made. Travis proceeds with an abridged version of the story known as the Travis Strikes Back Digest, in which he narrates much of what happens rather than having it play out line by line.

Travis describes Coffee & Doughnuts and how it was a collaboration between Dr. Juvenile and the famous Taiwanese game developer Notsuma, most famous for his title Eternal Organic Battle. Juvenile, a fan of his, sent him fan mail and they came together to collaborate on a project. Notsuma wrote a scenario for the game about a Resistance battling against a corrupt government, which was so good that it brought Juvenile to tears.

Travis meets with a Notsuma fanboy at a restaurant to try and get a lead on Coffee & Doughnuts. The fanboy talks for two hours about Notsuma, only after which Travis is able to ask. He is told that a doughnut chain called Texas Bronco purchased the Death Ball at an auction, and later manages to be invited to their HQ. He meets with the chain's owner in his fancy room. The owner knows Travis from the United Assassins Association ranking fights, which he paid large amounts of money to watch. As a fan of Travis', the owner is fine with giving him the Death Ball, and also wishes to make Badman's dream of resurrecting Bad Girl come true.

Travis is surprised that the owner even knows Badman, but finds out that the owner used to be a famous baseball pitcher, Nigel McAllister, who played on the Houston Astros with Badman before Nigel injured his arm playing. Travis is himself a fan of McAllister. Travis wraps up the Digest here, and Jeane compliments Travis on having "just the right amount of text", speculating that the game's Metacritic score has just went up due to it. The two head back home.