Dining Hall Chat

"It's in! Sayonara! A dramatic Sayonara Home Run in the bottom of the ninth inning! The winner of the First Match of the Quarterfinals is Osaka Seisho Company!!!"

"Haha! I told you, Osaka's powerhouse wouldn't go down that easily!" Miyuki said with a smile as everyone finished watching the game and heard the final sayonara comeback home run.

By then, they had already transferred to the Shinkansen bound for Tokyo.

"Yeah! Because you stopped jinxing them! That's why they managed to turn things around at the very end!" Sendou said with a grin.

"Shut up!" Miyuki replied cheerfully, not offended in the least.

Looking at the Osaka Seisho Company team on the phone screen, which had won 6–5 with a Two-Run Home Run, the others smiled and shook their heads at the two core players teasing each other.

"Come to think of it, that team is a lot like us! Two aces from the same generation, along with an absolute offensive centerpiece! But Haruichi and the others will improve tremendously next year too! I won't be as isolated and helpless as their cleanup hitter next year!" Sendou sighed as he looked at Joujou Academy's lineup.

Even Sendou did not notice that the others beside him had fallen into thought.

The words "isolated and helpless," especially, left them feeling unwilling to accept it.

After all, Sendou was not a god. He had merely spoken without thinking much because the feeling had struck him in the moment.

"Haha! We haven't graduated yet! Don't go excluding us upperclassmen!" Kuramochi quickly pulled himself together and laughed loudly.

Though he was unwilling to accept it too, he could not let that mood continue.

"Sorry." Realizing he had misspoken because of Kuramochi's words, Sendou smiled as he apologized.

"Don't worry! Next time, we'll definitely hit