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Hearing Sendou's words, Senior Kawakami's heart soared as well.

After all, his presence had been far too weak lately. He had barely gotten any chances to play, to the point where he was starting to question his life.

At a time like this, Sendou's encouragement was exactly what he needed.

"Kuramochi!

Are you planning to give up switch-hitting like Coach Ochiai said?" Senior Asou asked curiously.

Kuramochi's performance in the left batter's box had indeed been quite good today. It was not merely because of Sawamura's changeup.

"Huh?!!

I'm not giving it up!!

How could I just listen to someone else and change my style?"

"But it's Coach Ochiai's order, isn't it?

Lately, he's been completely in charge of our technical training!" Asou continued.

He usually liked showing off, but ever since he had improved by following Coach Ochiai's advice, he had become surprisingly obedient...

"Who cares about him?" Kuramochi said defiantly.

"Your own style, huh?" Sendou teased.

"What the hell do you mean by that?!

Asshole!" Senior Kuramochi cursed.

"No!

I also think Senior Kuramochi is being too greedy. It would be better to choose one side and focus on strengthening it!

Batting, fielding, baserunning, and then switch-hitting on top of that... If an all-rounder doesn't push every aspect to the limit, then he'll just be bad at everything!

Senior Kuramochi, your on-base percentage isn't very high. Is that really fun?"

"You bastard!!!

Are you saying I can't do it?" Senior Kuramochi gritted his teeth and cursed.

"No! You can do it!

But this isn't a question of whether you can. It's a question of time!" Sendou said.

"Come to think of it, Kuramochi, you tried focusing on the left batter's box before, and your batting average dropped, didn't it?" Maezono spoke up, afraid the two would start fighting.