After winning the championship, there were various group photos and interviews as usual. By the time Kōshū got out of it, he put the medal over to Mr. Sasaki, and wandered to a shady spot outside the venue, nearly an hour had passed.
"You are really getting more and more arrogant. How dare you make senior wait for you for so long!" The speaker was Miyuki, with Senior Nanmu beside him.
"Senior Nanmu is good. Although we have only chatted through text messages, my senior has still let me know a lot about Seido Baseball Club. Thank you very much!" Senior Nanmu really comes from the heart and is very good-looking.
"No, no, I don't have anything to do today anyway, I just want to watch your game."
"That's too much. I obviously brought him here, why didn't you say hello to me?"
"Senior Miyuki, aren't you the catcher of First String? How come you have time to come here to watch the game?" Since starting communication with other seniors of Seido, Kōshū has become more and more "indifferent" to Miyuki. After all, Miyuki is the catcher, so it is better not to disturb him.
Originally, Kōshū was just stating his doubts. Unexpectedly, Senior Nanmu patted Miyuki on the shoulder and said, "This guy has been delegated to Second String."
"Eh? So, why? Is it because we lost the summer competition?" Kōshū was puzzled.
"I said, what you said is too straightforward!" Miyuki was choked by what Kōshū just said, and he only reacted now.
Then he vaguely explained the reason, but Kōshū didn't go into details. He planned to go back and ask other seniors. There will always be people who will be happy to see the result and rush to share this gossip with him.
"Is today's shortstop the younger brother you mentioned? His body is very flexible and his coordination is very strong." Senior Nanmu heard that Kōshū had a younger brother who was a shortstop and was coming to Seido. I took an extra look today to see if this younger brother could inherit his position in the future.
"Yes, but he has started to grow taller recently, and he will probably lose his flexibility soon." Kōshū said with a venomous tongue. He gradually pieced together Seido High School Baseball Club's life from the mouths of his seniors, especially In the selection part, because there are so many players, the Regulars team members have to be very careful not to make mistakes every time they compete, otherwise they are likely to be overtaken by others. With the look of Lang Zhi, I don't know if he can persist in it.
Kōshū, who was thinking, didn't notice Miyuki's evil smile, "Kōshū, what's going on with your eyebrows?"
After the game, Kōshū, who was too relaxed and had completely forgotten about this, froze instantly. Before he could organize his words, he heard the opponent teasing him. "Oh! Could it be the trend in the junior high baseball field recently? I didn't expect that you also started to draw eyebrows like girls, and you are pretty good at it. You draw it often?"
"No!! My mother drew it."
The three of them communicated and joked for a while, then separated and went back to their respective homes.
Back at the entrance of the venue, Lang Zhi had just come out with something for two people. When he saw Kōshū coming back, he didn't dare to complain at all. In fact, he had just complained to Hayakawa that Kōshū had left him alone to meet Seido's seniors.
"Let's go, dad has been waiting outside for a long time."
After Kōshū and Coach Ninomiya said goodbye, they left with their younger brother. Before leaving, the coach, who was rarely happy, told him to relax his arms for a few days and resume training as soon as possible. The U15 team will be formed soon.
"That's great, you're going to be in the limelight again." Lang Zhi originally wanted to reduce his presence, but the sourness in his heart overflowed and he had to spit it out.
"So, why aren't you used to it yet? If I turn around and become a professional baseball star and don't show off every day, you'd better get used to it as soon as possible."
"Then I will take ugly photos of you now and sell them to you as bastard fans!" The so-called bastard fan means fanatical fans. Their love is not only limited to the normal range, but they will also follow, secretly photograph or break into celebrities' homes, seriously affecting other people's lives.
"Then thank you first for helping me drive away the smugglers!"
"You! -" There is a precedent in the Japanese entertainment industry. An idol star met his bastard and had dinner with her. He kept complaining to her about his life for two hours. After two hours, the bastard decided to quit being a fan. Therefore, such people rely solely on their own imaginary good feelings to maintain this love. Once there are signs that they are not in line with their wishes, they will be disillusioned. So from this perspective, Lang Zhi is really doing good things.
Let's not talk about how happy the adults were after returning home that day. Kōshū and Lang Zhi didn't feel sleepy at first, but as soon as they returned to the room, they fell asleep instantly.
In late August, it was exactly one year since Kōshū joined the Kinoshita Little League team. At one o'clock in the morning, both children were woken up by their biological clocks. They washed up after five o'clock, which woke up Grandma Sasaki who was jueqian.
"Isn't the team on vacation today? Where are you going?" The two of them had nowhere to go. After washing up so early, they were driven back to the room to continue sleeping.
After two days like this, on the third day, the two brothers began to be ordered to wash this and do that. Mr. Sasaki was not good at changing diapers. Every time he made a move, Grandma Sasaki would look down on him and come over to help, leaving him no room to learn.
Shen Qing watched the drama about "mother loves her son" and couldn't interrupt herself, but Kōshū and Lang Zhi were both her sons, and she had a different style. She had to let these two children learn some skills in taking care of babies, so that they would not become hand-off shopkeepers. She also had to be in sharp contrast with the current Mr. Sasaki, so that everyone could see how to ask for their sons, which is considered a good thing.
Grandma Sasaki saw it, and of course he understood what Shen Qing meant. He didn't even say it, but he felt that the room was a bit too crowded.
On the other side, the news that Coach Ninomiya was elected as the U15 coach was finally printed in the newspapers, and the selection of personnel to represent Japan has gradually become a hot topic.
However, when discussing, various media outlets will unanimously include Kōshū by default. After all, it is Summer Tournament Winning Pitcher and he is the ace of his own team. Of course, Coach Ninomiya will first consider bringing him.
So on the fifth day of resting at home, Kōshū began to return to the club for training.
"Very good, but the tail strength hasn't come out." Bullpen was quite lively, except for Kōshū and Hayakawa, as well as Sato, who were in their first year of junior high school.
"Okay -" Kōshū replied in a long voice. He wanted to learn Two-Seam Fastball well before joining the U15. Coach Ninomiya strongly disapproved of his behavior of sharpening his skills before the battle, but in the end he was persuaded to relent and only let him study for two days. If he could use it, he would join the system. If he couldn't use it, he would have to hone his previous skills.
So these two days of practice are the last chance for Two-Seam Fastball.
The pitch of Kōshū is between high shoulder and three-quarters, and the theoretical change of Two-Seam Fastball is not that big.
"How about the index finger and the seam overlap?" After changing several throwing methods, this method is still comfortable. Kōshū nodded. This time he raised his middle finger slightly to avoid affecting the trajectory of the ball when the final throw was released.
"Hmm - it's okay this time." Hayakawa struggled for a moment, and did have a tendency to turn to the inside corner of the right-handed batter.
This morning, the two practiced 50 pitches like this. Coach Fujii guided him to change the gestures to pitch. In short, he finally settled on a comfortable pitching method. Kōshū added a ball type that was not so decisive, but could occasionally be used to confuse the batter. Of course, everyone was still skeptical about how applicable it was.
During lunch, there were a lot fewer people queuing up, because almost all First String staff were on vacation, and there were fewer familiar faces in the queue. Kōshū suddenly realized that he was leaving.
"How many more days can we stay here?" Hayakawa also sighed in unison. After Summer Tournament, visits and examinations to various schools will soon come. They who once watched their seniors leave will also have to leave.
"Are you sure about the way out?" Kōshū asked Hayakawa. Personally, he still hoped that the other party could stay closer to him.
"A lot of schools are contacting me, and I still need to think about it."
From a selfish point of view, Kōshū certainly hopes that Hayakawa will also come to Seido, but Miyuki is only one grade older than First Year of High School and has already served as a catcher. This means that it is very difficult for Hayakawa to play as a catcher and it will take at least two years.
After eating, the two of them turned back to Bullpen, but were interrupted by Coach Ninomiya, "Kōshū, Hayakawa, let me tell you about the U15 competition."
I'm starting to watch Ace of Diamonds from the beginning, and I'm trying to finish the middle school part within 8 chapters.