"All right!" Just as Kataoka Coach heard Coach Kunimoto agree, a voice like that came from beside Coach Kunimoto.
Kataoka Coach paid it no mind. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Coach Kunimoto, he hung up.
The one who could naturally shout beside Coach Kunimoto was none other than a certain white-haired brat who had been spoiled rotten, yet had already become a qualified king.
Coach Kunimoto might often seem icy toward him, but in truth, he spoiled the white-haired boy just as much as his two older sisters did.
Even when Harada was still around, Coach Kunimoto had told him, the catcher, to make sure the white-haired boy ate his fill...
Knowing long ago that his coach would invite the white-haired players from every team, he had been asking every day which teams had received calls.
When he learned that today was Seidou's turn, he had come early to keep watch.
Naturally, it was because both people with whom he had formed a fateful grudge after last summer's defeat were at Seidou.
Compared with Miyuki, Narumiya Mei wanted even more to know whether Sendou might have a chance to join.
Although Narumiya knew that only Third Years were being invited this time, and the various teams might not necessarily cooperate, Miyuki appearing was already proof that Coach Kunimoto understood Kataoka Coach's personality.
Narumiya Mei had never even considered inviting Sendou, so he had held out no hope!
But people were like that. Before the result was known, their longing never died out. In fact, the closer they came to an answer, the stronger that longing became, regardless of how likely their desired result was...
"I never thought I'd really get a chance to play baseball with that bastard!
What would that feel like?" Narumiya Mei's expression had already exposed