Over the more than half year since arriving at Seido, he had gradually adapted to the training rhythm here. At the same time, some habits formed at Kinoshita Little League had slowly been discarded.
They had checked his physical development almost every month before, but after entering high school, the frequency had dropped. Aside from the two injuries, he had not had another physical examination.
There had previously been one-on-one discussions between players and coaches almost every month. In a large club like Seido with a hundred members, that was no longer very feasible, so they had gradually become less frequent.
Especially things like individualized growth plans for pitchers. Before Ochiai Coach arrived, that area had been nearly barren. For someone like Eijun, who had started from zero, it was basically the catcher leading the pitcher through practice.
So the fact that Kōshū's fastest pitch could reach 150 had only been confirmed when the radar gun measured it during a game.
"Our team actually has two pitchers who can hit 150. It really feels like a dream." After all, there were only so many pitchers in all of Japan who could reach 150.
And as the senior member of the 150 club, Furuya instinctively felt closer to Kōshū.
"Furuya, you get it now, right?" Someone suddenly cut in, his tone openly provocative. "Fast velocity isn't that impressive anymore. Now that the ace has made up for that weakness in velocity, what are you supposed to do with your role?"
Furuya looked as if he had been struck by lightning. For a moment, he could only follow that line of thought. My defining trait on the team was my velocity. Now Kōshū has velocity too, so I... I...
Eijun and the others had fallen behind and had not heard the conversation.