[Comprehensive] Kazuya's happy life

Kazuya pulled Tatsuya, and as soon as the two of them walked into the baseball field, they were spotted by Kotaro, who was doing swing practice casually on the sidelines.

"Kazuya! You are finally here!"

He ran over joltingly, with an exaggerated expression of relief on his face:

"It's almost 10 minutes before the agreed meeting time, but you guys are late! Just now the supervisor and the minister were still talking about whether to call the two of you..."

"I'm sorry, Kotaro." Kazuya smiled at him slightly apologetically, and then turned his gaze to Director Nishio and Director Kuroki who came quickly to this side after he and Tatsuya arrived:

"There is also the supervisor and Kuroki-senpai, sorry, we are late!"

"It's okay, it's okay." Supervisor Nishio, who has always been good-tempered and talkative, waved his hand indifferently. Rather than saying that he is not angry, it is better to say that he trusts his two disciples very much and believes that they are reliable children. Being late before a game for no reason.

"Did something happen on the road?" Kuroki, who was walking behind Director Nishio, noticed a few conspicuous spots of dust on Kazuya's ball uniform. He seemed to be rushing over by running or briskly, and he couldn't help asking with some concern.

Kazuya and Tatsuya looked at each other.

The two of them have a very tacit understanding in this matter, and they don't want to tell the supervisor and teammates about the fact that He Ye was almost hit by a truck because of saving people, so as not to affect their mood and state, so after an exchange of eyes, So Kazuya (Tatsuya: ... tsk!) who is more credible explained:

"On the way here, I was unlucky and encountered a car accident. Although my brother and I were not involved in anything, the road was blocked because of the car accident. We had no choice but to take a detour. We ran in a hurry so we fell down. , Fortunately, it was on the edge of the river, and the grass on which I fell was very soft, so I was not injured. But after all, it took a lot of time, and I am sorry to make everyone worry..."

"It doesn't matter, as long as the two of you are not injured." Hearing Kazuya's explanation, Kuroki felt relieved, smiled at the two, and then turned to Supervisor Nishio for instructions:

"Supervisor, now that everyone is here, shall we set off?"

"Yeah." Supervisor Nishio nodded with a serious face, "Go get everyone ready to board the car."

"Yes."

***

"Today's opponent, Sumijo, lost to our last opponent Saijo High School last summer and failed to enter Koshien, but their strength is definitely not weak."

In Ming Qing's temporary control room, Supervisor Nishio was doing the final mobilization for the players before going on the field.

"The head pitcher Nojima-kun, as you can see in Sumiko's game video, although he is not as talented and talented as our Kazuya-kun and Tatsuya-kun, or Terashima-kun in Saijo. A player with great strength, but his basic skills are very solid."

"Sachiko and Asakura-kun showed his data from the previous few rounds to everyone. Although the strikeouts are even pitifully small compared to our record, at the same time, he has been playing consistently since the first round of preliminaries. Up to the semi-finals, there was no self-blame loss."

"The record of four consecutive balls is second only to Kazuya-kun, Tatsuya-kun, Terajima-kun and Shinan High School's Nishimura-kun among all pitchers in the Tokyo area this year."

"Although he's not a genius, he's definitely not a weakling. Maybe because everyone won Saijo High School, they will inevitably feel a little proud in their hearts now, thinking that even pitchers like Terashima-kun have been defeated by us, like Nojima-kun, An 'average' pitcher with absolutely nothing special about him, let alone getting taken."

"But I want to tell you that once you have such an idea, it is not far from making mistakes or even losing points due to carelessness or complacency."

"That's right, we defeated Saijo High School and Terashima-kun, but that's already a thing of the past."

"Today our opponent is Sumiko! Their newly recruited Nitta player this year is a very good hitter, and his strength is enough to enter the ranks of top players even if he looks at the whole country."

"So everyone, don't be proud, don't be complacent, but don't be too nervous, don't let go."

"The last battle before entering Koshien! Don't leave any regrets, go all out on the ground!"

"Yes! Thank you for your advice!"

…………

Mingqing's players passed through the player tunnel and began to walk towards the stadium.

Different from the previous rounds, before the finals, for each player of the two teams, the on-site commentary will be reported on the broadcast in order of batting.

The first to be introduced was Sumiko who took the lead in this game.

After the names of the first few players were reported, everyone's reaction was fairly normal. However, when the announcement of "No. [-], third baseman, Xintian!" The sum of several players is even worse.

"Is it that famous? What about Xintian?"

Tatsuya, who was doing preparatory activities in Mingqing's contestant area, was startled unpreparedly. After realizing it, he turned his head and looked at the excited onlookers in the auditorium, and couldn't help muttering softly.

Kazuya, who was wearing a ball cap next to him, stopped when he heard the words, "Huh? Didn't my brother notice him? In the previous video of the game, he has always been a four-stick hit by Sumiko. Got a score?"

Tatsuya curled his lips, "Of course I know that." He said with a slight displeasure in his tone, "But those videos never mentioned that he was so popular..."

"..." He also understood what he was focusing on.

He kind of wanted to pat Tatsuya on the shoulder, saying that the reason why the other party is so popular is because he hits the ball well and has a good-looking face, and a single shot at a critical moment is enough to change the fate of the entire team, so It is inevitable to be popular, but on second thought, isn't this a suspicion of inflating others' prestige and destroying one's own ambition?

So at this time, I can only smile.

But Da didn't know why, it seemed that Nitta was not pleasing to his eyes, and he didn't get a response from Kazuya, which seemed to make him even more upset.

"What... do you really want to be a serious athlete with your hair so long?" He murmured in a low voice, "Also, with such a dead face, do you have any opinion on us... Yes, yes, the finals I'm so sorry that your opponent isn't Saijo or Terashima..."

"Brother..." Kazuya couldn't laugh or cry.

They didn't complain that the opponent was not Saijo, did they...

Or should I say, quite the opposite.

Kazuya's eyes passed through the crowd, and he cast his bets on Nitta, who was sitting on the Sumi worker's bench talking to the supervisor over there.

He still remembered what this person said to Tatsuya in the only confrontation with Tatsuya——

“I chose to start playing baseball in order to fight Uesugi Kazuya. Many times, many times, I practiced swinging until my palms were ripped apart, but even so, I continued to swing the bat just to be able to defeat Uesugi Kazuya. So , I am very grateful to you! Uesugi! Because of you, the dream that I once gave up after Uesugi Kazuya’s death has the possibility to continue again—Uesugi Kazuya is not dead. He is still alive in your baseball .”

To be honest, Kazuya is also very grateful for Nitta's attention to him.

Before the accidental car accident, although he was also looking forward to the finals, Nitta, who was the same age as him and was unknown before high school, turned out after several regional preliminaries after high school, was known as a genius hitter. , he is also very curious and wants to fight with him.

But he didn't know at that time that Nitta would start playing baseball. The original reason was because he wanted to beat himself.

"It's not an exaggeration to say that I was changed by Uesugi Kazuya."

He still remembered the calm yet complicated expression on the face of that handsome, gentle, and extraordinary young man when he said these words to Tatsuya's good friend Harada.

"If I hadn't seen him play by chance, I wouldn't have had such a great interest in baseball. I wouldn't have joined the baseball club because I wanted to play against him and left my original life. I would have changed from a rebellious boy to one with a bright future talented hitter."

"So now that Uesugi is dead, have you transferred your expectations of him to his brother?" Harada, who was tall and seemed to have some old friends with Nitta, asked at the time.

Unexpectedly, Nitta didn't even think about it, and immediately denied it.

"No. No one can replace Uesugi Kazuya. Just because I have never been able to really fight against him, in my heart, he has become a target that I want to defeat, but can no longer achieve."

"It's just that I am on Uesugi Tatsuya, although there is only a little bit, but I do...see the shadow of Uesugi Kazuya."

"If you can't defeat him, at least...defeat his brother."

"And, in terms of talent, perhaps Tatsuya Uesugi is still above his younger brother."

Harada stopped talking.

And following Tatsuya in the form of a soul, running far to the audience seats to breathe in the gap between games, but unexpectedly ran into Kazuya who had a conversation between Harada and Nitta, and felt surprised and complicated——

Apart from Kazuya himself, this was the first time anyone gave such a high evaluation of Tatsuya's talent.

At that time, although Tatsuya had become a very high-profile freshman pitcher, and there were many praises for him in the media reports, but usually, they used to describe Tatsuya as "possessing a talent similar to that of his deceased twin brother. "Description like that.

Nitta was the first to explicitly point out that Tatsuya possessed talents beyond Kazuya.

Later, he was the first opponent who put Tatsuya in a difficult fight, and finally won the final victory with all his strength and desperate efforts.

It doesn't seem like an exaggeration to say that this person is his and Tatsuya's "destined rival"...

"Kazuya? Kazuya! What are you in a daze for? It's time to play!"

In a trance, Tatsuya's helpless call sounded in his ears.

Kazuya came back to his senses and was about to respond to his words, only to find that Nitta on the opposite side ended his conversation with the coach at some point, and noticed his gaze. Looking back...

Kazuya's movements froze for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, he slowly raised the corners of his mouth, and nodded to Nitta with a smile——

Sorry to keep you waiting.

This time... it's finally time to fight.

Nitta-kun.