'I obviously offended Narumiya on the court, but now our relationship is better? 'Hayakawa watched helplessly as Narumiya shuffled through the chat records, and occasionally complained about Kōshū.
"Huh? Why are you staring at me?" Narumiya followed the pitiful look in the little catcher's eyes and saw the mobile phone in his hand. "What's wrong? As a senior, I have to be responsible for checking whether there is anything inappropriate in the mobile phones of juniors."
"Then Narumiya, have you checked it out?"
"Shh... shh..." Narumiya was already chatting privately with Kōshū. There was a person next to him who kept interrupting, which really affected his performance. "Oh, that's a long time. If you are really free, please go practice kneeling to block the ball!"
"Didn't I block all of senior's balls?"
"Huh? What kind of complacency do you have?" Narumiya Mei now felt like facing Hayakawa, but the phone kept vibrating, and Kōshū continued to output trash talk. Soon Narumiya was immersed in typing again, and said to the catcher, "In short, you still have practice, and I can't even pitch to my heart's content during the game."
"But-"
"Hi -" Narumiya finished typing a bunch of words, suddenly remembered something, and pointed at Hayakawa angrily. "I remembered, did you lose your temper with me during the game? Don't think that if you win the game, I will forget about it!"
Hayakawa was sweating profusely. He really thought the pitcher had forgotten, but it couldn't be considered a tantrum.
"What are you still doing here?" Narumiya looked at the catcher who had been sitting next to him strangely.
"Narumiya... This is my bed." And what you are holding is my mobile phone..
"Ah..." Narumiya reacted instantly, but how could he admit that he was so involved in arguing with others that he forgot about it, "Then from now on, it will be my bed. You can sleep on it."
"Okay..."
Hayakawa had no choice but to climb to the upper bunk. Peeking down from the railing on the bed, he could see the chat interface in Narumiya's hand, which was constantly refreshed by messages from both parties.
'You can type really fast... Get your phone back later and take a look at what they are talking about. '
Hayakawa, who was lying on the bed bored because he didn't have a mobile phone, couldn't help but think of the incident where he lost his temper with Narumiya a few days ago.
Time goes back to a few days ago, October 3rd, the day after Seido defeated the team in one round.
It rained harder that day than the day before, but Seido managed to win despite the rain without interruption. But Daomi was in a worse situation. Due to the rain, one game was cut into pieces. There was a timeout in the sixth round and a timeout in the eighth round.
The argument between the two occurred during a timeout in the eighth inning.
"Narumiya, in the last round, I want to center Pitching Strategy on Changeup. They didn't see this ball much in the first two rounds, so..." But as soon as Hayakawa got close to Narumiya, he was pushed aside by the black-faced ace.
"It stinks, don't get so close!"
Hayakawa reflexively smelled himself. Due to the washing of the rain, the sweat trapped in the armor had long been washed away. After he finished sniffing himself, he realized that it wasn't the smell, but that Ace was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk to him.
After Narumiya Mei finished speaking, he immediately prepared to sit back Dugout. The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the venue is covered in white raindrops. Maybe the game will continue until tomorrow. In this case, Inomi will have to spend today with the reputation of 1:1.
This is a torment for everyone. Originally, in the autumn, everyone set out with the mentality of revenge against Seido.
'Seido's new team will join Autumn Tournament just one month after it was formed. Taking advantage of their instability is a good time to make a comeback. '
'I heard that Kōshū of Seido was injured, I don't know if it's true or not. '
'Then we won't win for sure? '
These are the voices of Daoshi's team members.
But just as Autumn Tournament took the first step, they stumbled. Ugumori, a school they didn't see, actually let them carry the shame of a tie until the 8th game. Everyone's fiery hearts were instantly chilled by Qiu Yu. How could they talk about revenge like this?
The pitcher with the score on his head is their trump card. In the sixth inning, he withstood the pressure of two runners left by Hirano and struck out two batters in a row. However, in the end, due to the problem of the rainy field, the opponent managed to score one run.
Because of this, Narumiya couldn't even find someone to complain about.
"Narumiya, taking advantage of the current pause, let's discuss the countermeasures for the next moment...?"
Narumiya turned his face to the side. The teammates next to him noticed the communication problem between the surrender and capture, and their voices suddenly became quieter.
Hayakawa looked at the back of the pitcher's head. He had never thought pitching and catching communication would be such a difficult problem.
When I partnered with Kōshū before, no matter what kind of dilemma I encountered, whether the opponent was too strong or a teammate made a mistake, the first person to look forward was not him as the catcher, but Kōshū.
There were voices whispering around, "Hey, are you okay? Is that guy Ming complaining about the first grade?"
"Haha, Ming's character needs a senior catcher to suppress him."
"But when Miyabi was here, didn't he always get annoyed by Ming?"
"Is the catcher really working hard?" They were all looking at the good show. Of course, this also shows that in the eyes of other teammates, the current form is not that bad. There are still two chances to hit, and only one point is needed. As for losing points, they have not thought that Narumiya Mei will lose points later.
In the sound of rain, any sound seemed very clear. Of course, Kunimoto Manager also heard the discussions of the players. The focus of the conversation is Hayakawa and Narumiya Mei, who will become new partners in the fall. In fact, there is also a very talented catcher Tadano on the team, but because Hayakawa is too good in terms of hitting, catching skills, mentality and experience in coordinating pitchers, there is no doubt that Kunimoto Manager promoted him to become the main catcher in the fall.
Judging from the results of these two months of practice matches, the partnership of Narumiya and Hayakawa has adapted well, but that was all in a tailwind situation.
'In this case, Hayakawa, what would you do? 'Kunimoto Manager would like to see how much Hayakawa can do when the pitcher gets angry, because Inami's ace is sometimes too childish.
And in an atmosphere where no one was watching the show, Hayakawa, who was a little embarrassed just now, no longer faced the back of the pitcher's head.
He simply turned to the other side.
From the perspective of others, the two men were very close to each other, but their heads were turned to one side.
"When I was in Little League, there was a game that impressed me deeply. That was - Kōshū -"
"Huh?" Narumiya Mei's ears suddenly stood up.