"Why were you so sure he was a first-year?!" Rei-chan asked curiously, watching Sendou's utterly certain expression.
"Information from Narumiya, right?" Watanabe-senpai said with a smile.
Although he had explained it to her before, Rei-chan had not connected it to that right away!
A person's first impression was often something familiar, something so familiar that it came to mind without any conscious thought.
The human brain itself was incredibly complicated!
It was like the well-known concept of muscle memory. That instinctive reaction was actually carried out by the brain as well.
"Ah!
It wasn't exactly information!
Akamatsu Shinji!
That guy occasionally mentioned this first-year, saying he might become the new ace after the Third Years retired!
He wouldn't tell me anything truly valuable. He wasn't stupid!
Or rather, he wasn't like Eijun, who didn't understand anything!
Come to think of it, that white-haired guy really liked this junior!
He was a yasashii guy, and he was good at 'humoring kids' too!" Although Sendou was explaining, his gaze through the binoculars never left Inajitsu's bench for even a moment.
"Move over a little!
You said you'd watch with me!" Rei-chan leaned straight over and claimed the right half of Sendou's binoculars!
Well!
That mature woman had already been influenced by Sendou and grown far more curious herself.
Seeing that, Watanabe-senpai picked up his own binoculars and looked over as well!
Soon afterward, the stadium announcer confirmed Inajitsu's substitution.
For the first time, they were sending a first-year pitcher onto the Pitcher's Mound at this point!
Of course, this was also Inajitsu's first time letting a first-year appear in an official game this year!!
"Narumiya looks pretty unhappy! What did he say?!" Watching the white-haired guy mutter away on the bench, Rei-chan's gossiping instincts were thoroughly stirred.
"'I... only started pitching in