afternoon.

Time slipped away quietly, and the excitement on the baseball field slowly drifted away with the breeze.

The setting sun also gradually converged its light and became gentle, like a red light with a soft flame.

After the game, the members of the baseball club followed the tasks arranged by Kato Monami and performed daily maintenance on the stadium, such as pulling weeds, loosening soil, picking up scattered baseballs, etc.

In a corner of the pergola.

After completing the tasks they were responsible for, Hiroki Tsuji and Tetsu Nishino were maintaining the catcher's equipment.

After carefully wiping the dirt off the protective gear, Tetsu Nishino raised his head and looked at Hiroki Tsuji, hesitated, and asked.

"Tsuji-senpai, did you give up to me during the home plate attack and defense in the game?"

"Um."

Tsuji Hiroki replied.

Sure enough, Nishino Tetsuo thought to himself.

In the home plate attack at the end of the game, Tsuji Hiroki actually had already maintained his position, but finally gave in and chose to hit him with his hands.

Tsuji Hiroki, who had finished maintaining his catcher's gloves, also raised his head and said: "I originally planned to tell you during special training in the future, but since you asked, I will remind you here first."

"Your performance in this game was a little better than I thought."

Tsuji Hiroki commented.

In fact, Tsuji Hiroki lied in this sentence.

Nishino Tetsu's performance was not a little better than he expected, but it was so good that it shocked him.

You must know that Nishino Tetsu has only been in the club for a month, but his performance in the game is much better than other freshmen from the baseball club, and he is the core of the first-year team's offense and defense.

It can even be assumed that without Tetsu Nishino, the first-year team might have lost 20 points in the first half of the game.

In high school baseball, there is such a huge difference in strength between the senior and junior classes.

Matching, fielding, and attacking.

In a short period of time Tetsu Nishino has developed into a qualified first-year catcher, and it can even be said that his performance is better than most first-year catchers in Mie Prefecture.

If you say now that Tetsu Nishino has just started playing baseball, others may not believe it.

Terrible rate of progress.

If he was given more time, Tsuji Hiroki believed that he could improve to a level that would shock everyone.

However, there is not much time left for Tsuji Hiroki to teach Nishino Tetsu, and they will retire in the third grade in a few months.

At that time, will I be able to see my descendants grow up?

When he thought about this problem, Tsuji Hiroki felt that time was running out. Time was passing faster and faster, and he had to do something.

The other side.

After hearing Hiroki Tsuji's comments, Tetsu Nishino couldn't help but feel happy.

Have you been recognized by Tsuji-senpai?

"but......"

Tsuji Hiroki suddenly became serious.

"Zhejun, you are still too reckless sometimes!"

"Eh?"

The conversation changed and Tsuji Hiroki criticized Nishino Tetsu.

"It seems like you, first graders, haven't had the training to run straight to home plate yet, right? Who taught you to run straight to home plate like that?"

"If I hadn't stopped, your ribs would have been broken by my shoulder!"

"Sorry, Tsuji-senpai..."

Hearing the harshness in Hiroki Tsuji's tone, Tetsu Nishino apologized obediently. He indeed learned it from the Internet and rushed over without much thought during the competition.

"Because I wanted to keep up with everyone's pace as soon as possible, so I looked for some competition videos on the Internet to learn from, and then I thought about rushing..."

"Have you been watching game videos lately?"

"Well, I basically watch it for a few hours every night. Isn't that right?"

After knowing the whole story, Tsuji Hiroki softened his tone and said: "It's not impossible, it's just that other people's movements were done after a lot of basic training and the development of muscle memory."

"If you haven't done the corresponding training, you can easily get injured if you make rash moves on the court."

"The most important task for a player is not to win the game, but to ensure that he does not get injured!"

Tsuji Hiroki reminded Nishino Tetsu that although hard work is good, the prerequisite is not to cause harm that destroys this hard work.

Seeing him thinking, Tsuji Hiroki also softened his tone and said:

"Of course it's good for you to watch more game videos. After all, you lack game experience now. If you have any questions in the future, you can ask me."

"Well, thank you, senior."

Nishino Tetsu breathed a sigh of relief. What he feared most was not spending time and working hard, but failing to live up to the expectations of his seniors.

"Also, Zhejun, you didn't miss any catches in this game..."

Just when Tetsu Nishino thought his senior was going to praise him, Hiroki Tsuji said viciously: "Do you think this is awesome!!!"

"Well?"

Nishino Tetsu was stunned.

"You actually caught a lot of wild shots during the game, right, but basically you just relied on your reaction to catch them."

"But," Tsuji Hiroki explained, "catching the ball is not that simple."

"To catch a hit ball, the whole body should move in coordination with the catch. If you just rely on your reaction and reach out to catch it, if you catch a few more, will the ligaments in the arm joints be damaged?"

Being silenced by the training, Tetsu Nishino could only nod his head desperately.

Yes, yes, the senior is right, I won’t dare to do it next time!

Although Tsuji Hiroki taught him which balls should be caught with the forehand and which balls with the backhand, in emergencies, he always subconsciously used irregular methods to catch the ball.

Thinking about it now, at the end of the game, the soreness in his arm was indeed much worse than during training. After all, Hiroki Tsuji next to him would remind him every ball during training.

Not in the game, it's all up to him.

After hearing so many warnings from Hiroki Tsuji, Tetsu Nishino found that he had quite a lot of shortcomings, and there was still a long way to go before he could become the team's immediate fighting force.

It was almost time to chat, and Totoji ended today's department activities.

After packing his things, Tetsu Nishino found Kazuya Nishino, and the two of them walked home together.

On the road.

Nishino Kazuya walked silently with his head lowered.

It felt like today was very different from usual, as if something was missing. Tetsu Nishino noticed something strange about him.

"Still thinking about today's game?"

"Yes, Azhe, I am good at cooking..."

He didn't expect that the points lost in the game would have such a big impact on him. Tetsu Nishino was taken aback and quickly comforted him.

"It's okay. Kazuya, you are very strong because I didn't guide you well. I am the biggest responsible."

As if he had been waiting for these words, Nishino Kazuya sighed and said: "As long as you know, Azhe, then I will blame you."

Huh?

This kid is very normal, there is nothing unusual about him.

Nishino Tetsu complained in his heart that he felt relieved when Nishino Kazuya looked like this.

Pouting his lips, Nishino Kazuya came up with an argument to blame.

"Azhe, why didn't you replace me earlier?"

"I carried my seniors for three rounds of tying, and Hui Ming only lasted less than one round. Why don't you give Hui Ming more time?"

"How did you become a catcher?"

Shaking his head repeatedly, Nishino Kazuya felt that Nishino Tetsu was too partial, how could he give him all the opportunities to play? Sure enough, he was still too young.

Nishino Tetsu: "..."

"Kazuya,"

"Well, what's wrong?"
Chapter completed!