Watching the Game and Chatting

"You got serious against the lower batting lineup, you idiot!

Your future is looking grim!" No matter how loudly the crowd at the sidelines cheered, Coach Nitta spoke to Hongo.

Hongo was instantly set ablaze with anger. Fortunately, Enjou managed to stop him, but the whole scene was caught clearly by the camera that had been trained on him.

"Did they get into an argument?" Tojo pointed at the television.

"Probably that manager said something that provoked him again.

The angrier Hongo gets, the better he pitches!

He's the type who turns his emotions into fuel. That manager can keep him in such a terrifying state precisely because he knows how to use that." Sendou remarked.

During the autumn Jingu Tournament, Sendou had gotten Enjou's contact information through a reporter.

The two of them got along well, much like Sendou and Miyuki.

Although both sides avoided talking about baseball since they were among each other's biggest rivals at Koshien, Sendou had still learned about Hongo's personality.

"So Coach Nitta did it on purpose?" Tojo asked.

"Probably!

He's a terrifying old man too!!

He really knows how to bring out a player's best condition, even if he has to play the villain to do it!" Sendou nodded.

"Oh?

Come to think of it, that guy really is a monster!

Sawamura! He's the same age as you guys. Your future is going to be rough!

Being born in the same era as a guy like him, plus Todoroki... your luck really sucks!" Hearing Sendou's words, Kuramochi deliberately provoked the Double Pitcher behind him.

"Masamune... Hongo!!!

That Skinny Gorilla!!" The simple-minded Sawamura instantly got cat eyes and came up with a nickname for Hongo Masamune...

Furuya, meanwhile, silently began to burn with fighting spirit!!

"Don't talk like he has an American-style surname!!"