Daily Life After the Game

The next morning, a group of them sat in the hotel lounge reading the latest newspapers.

Today was all self-practice, so there was nothing much to do.

Their visit to the middle school for practice had also been postponed until the afternoon. Coach Kataoka felt that they should focus on adjusting their condition at this time, so some light activity would be enough.

And when they actually got in touch, they discovered that the other school's club had also started practicing during this period. So they could only borrow the field for a few hours each day during the other team's break, after their practice ended.

"Furuya is amazing!!

Look!

He made the front-page headline in the morning paper. Just as expected, this guy really is different!"

"Yeah! He even stole Sendou's spotlight!

He only got one-third of the page!

Those ten strikeouts and that home run really earned him way too many bonus points!!"

"There's one here too!!"

"He's amazing!!"

Exclamations rose and fell throughout the lounge.

The rookie who had shocked the entire nation last summer was now the team's ace, playing a key role both on the mound and at the plate. Naturally, he had drawn tremendous attention.

"Mmmmmm!"

"Huh? Sawamura?!!" Ono-senpai turned around in fright.

At that moment, Sawamura stood behind Ono-senpai. He deliberately kept his lower body far away while craning his neck and pressing his face forward, sneakily peering at the newspaper in his senior's hands with a gloomy expression.

He wanted to hide his desire to read it so no one would know he was sneaking a look, yet he kept making noises to draw attention to himself.

And that little look in his eyes was exactly like Narumiya Mei's tsundere attitude...

"If you're curious, just read it yourself!

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