It was the last week before the Japan-America Exchange Tournament training camp, and there were no Practice Matches for several days.
Narumiya Mei called Sendou practically every day. Daily practice was dull and tedious.
Sendou only answered when he felt like teasing him.
Narumiya Mei might still act like a child around Sendou, but there was no way anyone could pry information out of his mouth.
It was a different kind of "keeping public and private matters separate." After all, he was not really a child anymore and had learned his lesson the hard way!
Humoring a child was fun once in a while, but it became boring after too long.
Another reason was that Sawamura had started becoming annoying in class these past few days!
For the Japan-America Exchange Tournament, Miyuki and Sendou were not particularly worked up, but Sawamura and his little follower Furuya were incredibly excited!
During class, he could not constantly go looking for Miyuki, so he could only torment Sendou, who was in the same class...
As for catching, the two of them had tacitly each found a first-year partner.
In Sawamura's words, Miyuki could pay back the catches he owed after the Japan-America Exchange Tournament was over!
Even Sendou had been surprised when Yui and Furuya said they wanted to pair up and would step down immediately if they had to be replaced.
There was no need to even mention Ono-senpai!
All in all, Sendou had figured it out. Those two were messing with him in class before the Japan-America Exchange Tournament, then they would mess with Miyuki afterward...
But when Sawamura's plan was mentioned, the wolf cub happened to overhear it, and his pressure cooker was practically about to blow its lid.
The result was Okumura chasing Sawamura around all day, demanding to