June 1st
"Morning, Haru!"
"Morning, Eijun-kun!"
"Morning, Sendou! Ahahaha!
Did you sleep well?!
Feeling fired up?!" Early in the morning, Sawamura greeted everyone he met one by one like an energetic little kid!
"So-so!"
"Is that so? You don't look very lively!"
"You're the one who's too lively!!
Did today's game get you all fired up?!"
"Well, of course!!
There are two powerhouse teams playing today!!"
"Seihou has been especially good at developing batters these past two years!
Not to mention last year, their lineup has been performing strongly this year too. It must really get you fired up, right?!"
"Of course!!
We'll send you off with two straight wins today!!
You'd better win on your side too!"
"Of course!
I don't want those smug bastards treating this game like a vacation!" Sendou curled his lip!
"Morning!
Captain!!" Spotting Miyuki's arrival at that moment, Sawamura greeted him with that strange pronunciation again.
"You're as energetic as ever," Miyuki said dryly.
"Please call me Sawamura, always ready for action!!" Sawamura puffed out his chest.
"What a shame!
Why doesn't Japan celebrate Children's Day?"
"What?!
What does that have to do with us?!
Besides, didn't our Children's Day pass just a month ago?!
Together with Labor Day!" Miyuki, who had just arrived, stared at Sendou in utter confusion upon hearing that. (He was talking about Golden Week, roughly ten days of vacation.)
"Today is International Children's Day," Sendou answered leisurely, though hearing Miyuki mention Golden Week seemed to dampen his spirits.
After all, while everyone else was on vacation, they had been away on an expedition, and he himself had been specially worked to death...
"Hahaha! So what?!
It has nothing to do with us anyway!
How old do you think you are?!" Sawamura, who more or less understood what was going