"Hm?" Okumura had just finished giving the Signals when he noticed Furuya on the Pitcher's Mound shaking his head with a somewhat airheaded look.
The movement was as stiff as a cramp. The first time, he shook his head halfway; the second time, he first shook it halfway, returned to his original position, paused, then shook the other half...
In truth, the guy simply was not used to shaking his head. Halfway through, he worried Okumura had not seen it or would think he had been looking to the side, so he redid the stiff head shake.
After all, Miyuki was a forceful guy.
Okumura did not notice Furuya's little thoughts. At most, he assumed something had happened, called for a mound visit, and hurried over.
This was also his first time pairing up with Furuya, the ace, and he was afraid he had not done something well enough.
"What's wrong? This is only the second batter?!" Coach Ochiai also thought something had happened and muttered to himself.
"The game has only just started, right?!
What happened?" At that moment, Sawamura, who had returned with Sendou, also asked the people present.
"Who knows?!
Those two probably did not settle on their pitch selection!
They called time right after getting the first batter out!
And Furuya was the one who shook his head!" Miyuki said with a smile.
"Really?
That's pretty rare!
That Akatsuki... looks like he has something on his mind!" Sendou knew what was in his and Coach Kataoka's Baseball Notebook, so he understood that Furuya had been constantly thinking about his own situation.
"What's with that?
Two bottles of cola and one bottle of water?!
Did you buy too much?!" Miyuki noticed the three bottles in Sendou's hands.
"Aren't these little bottles easy to finish?!
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