"Why had this actually turned into a rally?!!"
"And why was it such a weirdly off-kilter rally?!"
"Huh?! Isn't it?!"
"Of course it isn't!"
"This is a birthday party!!" Seeing Sawamura's innocent expression, Sendou clutched his head and replied.
"But you called it a rally yourself, so you need to take responsibility too!!" Miyuki cut in with a mischievous grin.
"That's exactly why I'm not suited to speaking in this kind of setting!"
"What does that matter?"
"Everyone's happy!!"
Hearing that, Sendou looked at the flushed, excited faces filling the room and found himself speechless for a moment.
"Everyone's been holding this in for a long time!!"
"The humiliation of autumn, and then getting a few results and starting to feel full of ourselves..."
"Then spring came, and Hongo immediately tore us to pieces!!"
"And then there was the Ichidai San High game..."
"No one was satisfied with those little achievements. If anything, they wanted to become even stronger!"
"We want to prove ourselves again. We're not a team that becomes helpless when facing a Super High School Level Pitcher!!" For once, Miyuki had put away his usual scheming expression.
"Yeah!!"
"We... will go far!!" Sendou found himself agreeing.
"Senior Miyuki can speak properly too, huh." Little Wolf Cub calmly chimed in at that moment.
The polite wording made Miyuki's mouth twitch.
In reality, he was thrilled inside, calling him an interesting guy.
Just like Sawamura last year!
"Hey! Koushuu!!" Seto was worried sick.
"You two get along pretty well in private." Sendou glanced at Okumura, whom Seto had dragged away.
"Well!"
"As long as it has absolutely nothing to do with baseball, we have a pretty good senior-junior relationship!"
"Daily life is okay too!!"
"Hmm... as long as baseball doesn't come up!"
"...And as long as it isn't a