Post-Match and Dinner

The final match ended prematurely in the top of the ninth inning with a score of 8 to 2.

(Junior high soft baseball is nine innings, hard baseball, which is Miyuki Chris and their Little League, is 7 innings. To confirm that Diamond A's soft baseball is nine innings, I specifically watched the first episode of the anime.)

After the match, Sendou sent Sawamura a text message, telling them to wait for him. After laughing for so long, Sendou needed to recover, otherwise he wouldn't be able to walk.

"Hahahaha, what kind of match is this? It's killing me. Eijun, I didn't expect your swing-and-miss to be so amazing, like a comedian! Hahahaha! My stomach hurts!"

"Who's the comedian! cough, I'm really angry!"

"Ah, sorry, sorry!"

"But Eijun, you probably weren't pitching with all your strength, right? Why? Otherwise, you shouldn't have given up so many runs, right?"

Although Sendou knew the reason, he asked to be logical, even if he didn't know about the freakish pitch, he could see that Sawamura's arm swing wasn't complete.

"Because Eijun's ball is scary, you don't know where it's going to go!"

Before Sawamura could speak, Wakaba answered Sendou.

"What's that? Sounds interesting!"

"Interesting?" Sawamura's little ears perked up instantly.

"Wahahaha, Sendou, do you finally want to play Baseball with us?"

"I refuse!"

"Emmmm! Emmmm!"

"Are you a puppy? Showing your teeth!" Saying that, Sendou opened his mouth, revealing a row of tightly closed teeth in a smile.

"Ah!!! cough!!!"

"Hahahaha!" This time, everyone laughed along. This group of people knew that Sendou liked to tease Sawamura, and they always watched the jokes.

"Unknowingly, it's been more than 3 years?" Sendou thought to himself, watching the few people fooling around.

Even Sendou himself didn't know how he had integrated into this group, unknowingly, as if it was supposed to be this way.

Seeing Sendou's expression, Wakaba poked Sawamura.

"What's wrong, Wakaba?" Sawamura said.

"This idiot!" Wakaba thought to herself.

"It's nothing!" But Wakaba didn't want to say it directly, so she had to deal with it like this.

"cough, next year we will definitely go to the nationals!"

"Like hell you'll be able to go!"

"What did you say? Sendou!"

"Nothing."

"Nonsense, I heard you, you're actually looking down on us."

"No, your fundamentals are too poor, although I don't know what the situation is in Nagano. But now many junior high school teams will find Little League players to participate temporarily. If you want to go to the nationals, maybe in ten years!"

"Then what do you think we should do?" Sawamura's voice suddenly lowered.

"Give up! You."

"You bastard!" As expected, Sawamura instantly blew up after hearing those words.

Everyone else knew that Sendou had been teasing Sawamura for the past few years, and most of what he said was true, so Sawamura couldn't refute it.

So, no one was angry except Sawamura. They also knew their own level, and mainly wanted to play Baseball with Sawamura, so they didn't really care about winning or losing.

Moreover, Sendou saying this meant that Sendou was actually starting to get tempted.

However, Sendou's somewhat tsundere personality would definitely not allow him to say it actively, he needed a step down, only Sawamura didn't see it.

(It can only be said that Sawamura's popularity is high, this team is basically made up of partners who are not interested in Baseball or even sports, but have been pulled in and are willing to work hard in training.)

"Eat less for lunch, don't forget, I'm treating everyone to Barbecue tonight."

"Meat! Hooray! Sendou's meat is the best!" Although he knew Sendou would treat, he was still very excited to express his gratitude.

"It's to repay you for showing me a good game! I laughed so hard I couldn't stand up straight, it was much better than a TV show."

"What did you say? Sendou, you bastard!" Sawamura, who had been glaring at Sendou, immediately retorted, and made a gesture to come up and fight Sendou.

"Well, well, calm down!" Sendou said, patting Sawamura's head.

However, in fact, Sawamura could only act petty.

"Just you wait! I will definitely go to nationals next year!"

"Cheers!" Of course, with juice, Japan absolutely does not allow people under the age of 20 to drink alcohol.

As soon as the meat entered his mouth, Eijun forgot all the unpleasantness of the day.

The meat prepared for this meal was enough for the 9 members of the Baseball Club plus Sendou's family, a total of 12 people, to eat their fill with a large amount left over, after all, Sendou can't live without meat.

"Delicious!!!"

"As expected, no matter how many times I eat it, Sendou's Barbecue is the best!"

"Of course, these are seasonings brought from China."

"I definitely want to travel there in the future!"

"Me too!"

"Me too!" Several people ate Barbecue and chatted, the scene was very lively.

Since Sendou became familiar with them, he would treat them to Barbecue several times a year, after all, he himself is a carnivore and eats a lot of meat every year.

"Sendou, have you been to China?" Sawamura suddenly said.

"I've been there a few times, but I never stayed for long, Japan's single holidays are too short. That place is a foodie's paradise!"

"Foodie? What's that?"

"A foodie is someone who loves to eat delicious food the most. They are not afraid of hardship and trouble for the sake of food, even if it's just a bite. Just like you love Baseball."

"I see!"

This time Sendou was silent. Every time he heard about his motherland from his previous life, Sendou would feel a complex mix of longing and other emotions.

"I'm full! Do you guys want to play cards? Or chess is fine too, after you're done eating. I'm going to read manga first." Sendou said, having lost his appetite.

Sendou always used manga and music to calm his mood.

"Sendou seems unhappy. Why?"

"Everyone has all sorts of things going on. Don't ask too much about it," Wakaba said.

"Okay!"

"Alright, let's not worry about Sendou. He'll be fine. He's often like this when he thinks about something unpleasant. It's okay. Everyone, keep eating and be happy!" Sendou's grandfather clapped his hands and said to everyone.

"Yes!"

"How about we all play cards later?"

"I'm in!"

"I want to play games!"

And just like that, everyone's topic shifted to what to do after the meal.

Last night was really rough, holding my head in pain until the second half of the night. I felt like I wanted to die from discomfort all over. Now I feel like I'm going to feel bad again, so I wrote some words in advance. I'll see how it goes tomorrow! I can't guarantee my physical condition. Seriously, don't get sick. I just finished writing and I'm already starting to feel bad, glad I had a premonition.