Was he always like this? He seemed to be under a lot of pressure. Had Seido made him realize that in just one month?
Takashima Rei reassured him, "Chris understands baseball better than anyone on our team. He can guide players and bring out their potential, so trust the training Chris assigned you. What you're doing now definitely isn't just running circles at the foot of the mountain."
"Kōshū said the same thing. Something about Chris being an even better catcher than Senior Miyuki... I don't really understand it, and I don't know what exactly makes him so great, but I'll try to get along with him..." Chris always left early, after all. No one would probably believe that a player like that was incredibly skilled.
He looked like he was forcing himself to accept the arrangement. Apparently, Kōshū had only made him submit to it without explaining the details. "What exactly did Kōshū say?"
After Sawamura described it, Takashima Rei could tell from what Eijun emphasized and what he glossed over that Kōshū did not know much about the entire matter either. Given the circumstances, all he could do was temporarily calm Eijun down.
"I understand. You actually have two doubts. One is whether Chris is really that good, and the second is whether the plan he gave you can truly guide you in the right direction."
So, Takashima Rei first took Sawamura to the National Training Center. There, Sawamura finally learned that his senior had not been leaving early. Even in the worst circumstances, he had continued to persevere. For the second step, they visited a professor of kinesiology, who carefully explained both of Sawamura's training routines.
"This exercise trains this muscle."
"Here?"
"No, here!" Faced with such a clueless student, the professor brought out an anatomical model