The next morning, it was the group stage of Autumn Tournament.
Kōshū As a bystander, it can be clearly seen that everyone on the team is different.
This is most obvious in Pitcher Lineup. Even Kawakami Senior starts from the first game as a warm-up.
There was nothing around him. Among the First year five-man group members who had been gathered together before, he was the only one left in Dugout.
"Where were you yesterday?" Kōshū was immersed in his own thoughts. The question behind his back made him turn his head sharply. Unexpectedly, he also scared the other party, "Well... I just saw you nowhere yesterday, and then I heard that you were out..."
Kōshū smiled and said, "It was my stepfather who took me to watch a professional baseball game."
After saying this, Kanemaru became interested, "Huh? Which one? Is it Meiji Jingu?" That is the home stadium of Yakult Swallows in Tokyo.
"No, it's Toda Stadium, Second String of Swallows Team. It's funny, stepfather said that's his home team."
"Oh - that's really strange. After all, it's quite far from there." Kanemaru regretted his sudden conversation. Although he and Kōshū were on the same team and in the same class, the distance between people had become closer, but the wall in his heart had not disappeared yet.
After all, Kōshū was a star-like presence in Little League. After coming to Seido, he was directly promoted to First String. He basically had no communication with Second String. Although everyone thought this person was very powerful, they always felt that they could not get close to him.
'Heaven's Chosen, it's different from people like me. ' Especially when Red and White Game was a freshman, everyone couldn't help but regard Kōshū as the coach of the freshman team.
In short, there will be a sense of respect that is put aside.
Of course, in the follow-up communication, the person was still very nice. In addition, Kōshū came here specially, hoping to learn from him about Lang Zhi's situation in Second String, so that we could have a chat.
"Yes, he is a weird person. He doesn't want to watch the First String game. They are all geniuses and stars, and there is no intimacy at all. Only Second String is just a wage earner like him. They have poor skills, make mistakes, and get frustrated. This is the game he wants to watch." Kōshū leaned closer to the opponent with his arms lying on the railing, and opened his chatter to complain about his stepfather.
"Is that what you thought?" This was the first time Kanemaru heard Kōshū talk about his family, but he had already learned about it from Lang Zhi. The father of this reorganized family brought Lang Zhi, and the mother brought Kōshū, and they gave birth to a pair of twins.
"Yeah, but I appreciate his kindness, and it really helped me think through a lot of things." Kōshū nodded, and Kanemaru nodded in response. The two of them seemed to be stuck in a situation where they had nothing to say.
Suddenly, Kanemaru thought of why he came impulsively just now, because. "I really want to play."
"Eh?" Kōshū was a little surprised that the other party suddenly said this.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I don't know why, but I suddenly want to chat with Kōshū."
"Hmm -" Kōshū pursed his lips and understood, "Do you think we are in the same state of mind now?"
"Ah, I'm sorry, all of a sudden...Kōshū's mood must be much more complicated than mine."
Shaking his head, Kōshū replied, "No, me too. I really want to play. But I can't."
There was silence between the two, but this silence was obviously different from just now, with a little more tacit understanding of connected minds.
"Eijun That guy is so noisy." Kanemaru spoke casually. After the last layer of barriers was eliminated, he spoke much more casually.
Kōshū covered his mouth with his hand, "Every time I pitched and heard Bullpen's noise next to me, I wanted to glue his mouth shut."
"Pfft - you actually think so."
"Eh? Why not?" Among the people of Second String, what kind of image do I have?
"It's nothing. I thought you were very mature before." It's also very calculated. Anyway, it's the type that people don't dare to try.
At this time, Haruichi made a fine play on the court and threw himself on the ground to catch the opponent.
The protagonist of the conversation between the two immediately became Haruichi.
"Haruichi is a model student from every angle. The only thing is that he is too shy."
"Yeah, I feel the same way. But his batting average is something I can't envy."
The two of them just stood together and chatted the whole time as if they were gossiping.
After Tojo came off the field, he was a little surprised to see Kanemaru standing next to Kōshū and greeting him naturally.
Haruichi, Furuya, Lang Zhi, and Dugout all naturally came to the back of Kōshū. They are used to putting things together.
Tojo was pushed to sit with them.
"Toujou-kun, that kill was just right." After receiving the compliment from the ace, Tojo responded with a smile, but he was guessing in his heart, 'Is this the first grade group where we have completely integrated into First String? '
No one answered Tojo's questions, but his own feelings gave him the answer.
At this time, Eijun also came back from the game, shouting, "So thirsty, so thirsty."
After being served a glass of water by Kōshū, he said cheerfully to Tojo and Haruichi: "You all have art defense today, I can see it clearly from Bullpen!"
"Huh? What's your tone? Are you the chief judge? Bullpen's chief judge?" Lang Zhi followed instantly.
"Ah, my brother-in-law, do you think I didn't praise you? Hahaha, then try to perform better in the next game!"
"That's not true, ah, did you listen to what others said!"
The noisy first-year students attracted the attention of the captain and vice-captain.
"Tch!" Kuramochi spoke first, "That guy Kōshū, even in Dugout, is thinking about paving the way for the future."
Kuramochi has a very complicated view of Kōshū, so he thinks that concealing the injury is very reasonable for Kōshū. "Feeling threatened by other first-year students, Kōshū is obviously a very mature person, but he also begins to conceal the injury to avoid damaging his status." '
"Huh? What are you referring to?" Miyuki was a little confused about what the other party was talking about. Sometimes Kuramochi was very careful, so he wondered if he had missed something.
"Look over there, the first-year students are all together."
Kominato, Furuya, and Eijun were all the people who went to First String with Kōshū at the beginning. Lang Zhi was his younger brother. These people were bonded together by Kōshū at the beginning of school and became the well-known First year five-man group.
Now there are two other first-year students who have been promoted to First String, and they are also talking and laughing next to Kōshū.
"Oh——" After this reminder, Miyuki understood this, but he did not think that this was the result of Kōshū's deliberate efforts. "I say, don't demonize Kōshū, okay? As his partner, I prove that he still has teenage troubles many times."