Vacation

After handing the gift to Sendou, Senior Takako left.

As expected of Senior Takako... she really knows how to dress well! Sendou thought as he watched her retreating figure.

Looking at the amulet before him, still carrying a girl's fragrance, he smiled, shook his head, and headed back.

After returning to the dorm and changing clothes, he planned to put the amulet away.

Later, he intended to get a cord and wear it around his neck.

In the future, this amulet would indeed stay with Sendou for many years, accompanying him until he grew old.

It also fulfilled Senior Takako's wish at that moment.

The hour of rest passed quickly, and the evening training was exceptionally brutal. The little strength they had managed to recover was drained away again.

The next day, after warming up during morning exercises, the entire group began to feel exhausted.

And the day's training had not even started yet.

By morning, even second-years like Shirazu-senpai were sweating as if they had just washed up and forgotten to dry themselves.

There was batting practice, but it was all related to physical conditioning.

Or rather, the entire Winter Training Camp was not about practicing anything else at all. It was solely about strengthening their bodies and pushing them to their limits without getting injured.

It could be said that aside from the few fielders doing defensive practice, nobody touched a ball at all!!

By evening, even Sawamura, who had the best stamina, had lost all feeling in his body.

Like a machine, he could only see himself moving forward, unable to feel his feet touching the ground.

All he could hear was his own breathing, and all he could feel were his heart and lungs on the verge of exploding!!

The twenty-seventh arrived.

"Ha ha!

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