[Comprehensive] Kazuya's happy life

Eight o'clock in the morning.

The stadium is already full.

When Tatsuya was doing warm-up activities on the sidelines, the cheers he heard were more than twice as loud as in the previous round. All kinds of photography equipment set up by amateur photographers, when Tatsuya and Kotaro went to the side to warm up, they all enthusiastically shouted "Uesugi! Uesugi!", it seemed that they hoped to successfully attract Tatsuya Pay attention, so as to take a good picture of his face...

"It seems that the victory in the last round has changed many people's views on us."

Director Nishio sat on the player bench with a serious face, his voice and tone were extremely low.

And also glanced at him.

"Supervisor, do you know that with all kinds of cheers coming and going, even if we speak loudly in the contestants' seats, it will be difficult for the audience behind to hear what we are talking about?"

——So you really don't have to force yourself to look so serious.

Looking really tired.

He also looked sincere.

"..." The supervisor felt that his dignity as the team supervisor had been seriously offended.

He stared, and Kazuya thought that if his beard wasn't too short, maybe he wanted to blow his beard again——

"It's not your turn to warm up yet, Uesugi."

Wow.

The supervisor is calling him "Uesugi".

Mingqing Ace, who is usually called "He Ye Jun", blinked:

"Hmm... If you're talking about today's starting pitcher 'Uesugi', yes, brother, he is indeed warming up with Kotaro."

"If you're talking about 'Uesugi' who won't play until the fifth inning, I'm still sitting here because the time isn't up yet."

He is smiling.

Supervisor: "..."

real!yes!one!point!All!No!Can!like!

snort!

He pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.

Kazuya exchanged a tacit smile with his teammates——

They have to thank Nishio Supervisor.

Although it is already the second game at Koshien, this stage that high school students across the country dream and yearn for will not become familiar and friendly to them because of this.

In fact, because this is Koshien, the further they go in the game, the more nervous they feel.

If it weren't for the existence of Supervisor Nishio, who "seemed" more nervous than them and behaved more rigidly, the atmosphere of the whole team would not be so relaxed and harmonious.

"So the supervision should be intentional. By letting us see how nervous he is, how stiff his movements are, and realize that if we are in this state, we will not only lose face in front of all the people who are watching this game in the country, but also It will ruin the chance to stand on the dream Koshien field that I fought so hard to win."

A senior whispered his guess to his teammates.

Everyone subconsciously glanced in the direction of the supervisor.

However, Director Nishio still sat there with a straight back and a serious expression, as if he didn't notice the eyes of his own players.

...It doesn't look like she's pretending to be nervous at all.

Everyone sighed.

"...cough! In short, everything we need to know about our opponent Kawakura was already included in the documents that Sachiko and Asakura gave us last night."

Sensing that the momentum of his teammates froze for a moment, Kuroki, as the captain, immediately stood up and started the pre-match mobilization.

"It's tougher than any opponent we've faced before, and just looking at their stats per game shows what a strong team this is."

"However, I'm sure none of us will feel intimidated or depressed by this."

"because……"

"That's exactly why we're standing here now."

"—Pursuing a more powerful opponent."

"And now, they're right in front of our eyes."

"Go! Ming Qing!!"

"Oh!!"

The palms of the teenagers overlapped tightly, and after a few seconds, they pressed down hard and raised them high, drawing beautiful tracks in the air like blooming flower petals.

Kazuya raised his hand and straightened the brim of his hat:

"It's up to you at the beginning, brother."

Strolling past him, Tatsuya exchanged a perfect high-five with his usual leisurely gait without raising his head.

"Who do you think I am?"

He snorted softly, and passed by his smiling brother:

"Keep your eyes open and watch carefully. Tatsuya-sama, my perfect skills!"

Behind him, Kazuya, whose back was opposite to him, heard the words, the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened——

"Then I'll just wait and see, brother."

During your time.

***

Tsuruga Lian came back a bit late.

Because the old man pointed out several convenience stores around the stadium for him, and the business of each of them was unbelievably hot!

From entering the door to picking products to queuing up to pay the bill, Tsuruga Ren, who considers himself a regular customer of convenience stores, swears that in the past 19 years of his life, he has never found convenience store shopping to be so difficult as it is today.

But fortunately, the store is in such a busy and crowded situation, otherwise he might be recognized by the people around him who only used a hat and a pair of sunglasses to make a rough disguise. When part of the audience is male, the number of young girls is surprisingly large.

So maybe some super popular baseball players are no less popular than celebrity entertainers of the same or even higher level?

Tsuruga Lian found out with a bit of a headache that maybe she still has many, many things to worry about in the future.

He let out a long breath.

Aware of his return, the old man sitting next to him seemed to mistakenly think that he was sighing for the episode of the game he had missed before, so he kindly comforted him and said:

"Don't sigh, young man, the game has just started. You only missed the first two innings. Excluding the few classic pitches thrown by Mingqing pitcher Uesugi-kun, you didn't actually miss too much."

——Indeed, the score displayed on the scoreboard is still 0 to 0. From this perspective, Tsuruga Ren did not miss many things.

However, "Uesugi-kun?" He frowned slightly, "Which Uesugi is it?"

"Uesugi Tatsuya." The old man turned his head and glanced at him in surprise, "You came here to watch the game because of Ming Qing?"

Originally, he thought that the young man came to the scene because of some other coincidental reasons-after all, he behaved like a layman who didn't understand baseball at all.

But in the end, he really came here for the contestants?

The old man Sakurai thought quite unexpectedly.

Because if it is really a layman who has no understanding of the game at all, he will not know that Mingqing has two Uesugi players, so he will not be able to ask questions such as "Which Uesugi".

Tsuruga Ren breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Kazuya said on the phone yesterday that he would not be the starting pitcher today, in fact Tsuruga Ren doesn't really understand what the so-called "starting pitcher" is.

Of course, he also checked the Internet afterwards and understood the meaning of the word, but Kazuya also said at the time that a plan is a plan, and it is not impossible for him to change on the spot.

Fortunately, this change did not happen.

He didn't miss and played time either.

Tsuruga Ren leaned back into the seat behind her relaxedly.

At this moment, an exclamation of "Wow!!!" suddenly came from the arms of the kind old man beside him.

Tsuruga Ren turned her head and saw a previous pitch from Tatsuya being played back on the screen of the mobile phone held by the old man.

"It looks like you don't know this?"

Sensing his gaze, the old man shook the phone in his hand:

"The online live broadcast software officially released by Asahi abc, through which you can better understand the details of the game under the commentary of the live commentator, and you can also relive the wonderful moments that you may have missed before in the replay, which is very good."

Tsuruga Ren nodded, "Sounds really good."

"So, you are indeed a supporter of Ming Qing?"

It happened to be the time when the two teams were switching offense and defense, and the old man seemed to take advantage of the situation and was ready to chat with him a little more.

Tsuruga Lian hesitated for a moment.

"That's right..." He said in a somewhat uncertain tone, "To be precise, I am a supporter of Mingqing pitchers—I mean Kazuya Uesugi."

"Oh. Uesugi..."

The old man stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"I know he is very popular among those little girls, but I didn't expect that this range has expanded to young men..."

"Uh……"

For a moment, Tsuruga Lian really didn't know how to respond.

Luckily the old man seemed to be just trying to play a little joke on him.

"Just joking." He waved his hand, "After all, Kazuya Uesugi really attracts attention, doesn't he?"

"I understand how you feel."

"When this kid is pitching, there seems to be a strange magic power, which makes people unable to keep their attention firmly on him-as if a wrong look is a very huge loss."

"His brother's pitching also has this characteristic. It's just that because he is a pitcher who prefers straight balls, the sense of anticipation and fun before each pitch is slightly inferior to that of Kazuya."

"What an incredible pair of brothers. Honestly, I've watched baseball all my life, but it's been a long, long time since I've seen two players who have the same emotional impact as these two."

"It's no wonder that it has attracted a large number of young people who were not interested in baseball to return to the ranks of fans-I should say this is right. Baseball is our first national game. In recent years, what basketball, football, tennis, etc. Pay attention, it's a little too much."

——Perhaps because he consciously found a good conversation partner, the old man opened up the chatter box, and kept pouring out his "heart" to Tsunhelian.

Tsuruga Ren sat there a little stiffly.

In fact, he really wanted to say that he didn't think about such a deep level. The reason why he was sitting here was just because he was Kazuya's - um - good friend...

He stiffly accompanied the smiling face here, and Fujita, who sat behind the two and heard the old man Sakurai's complaints, couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile——

It's not that he doesn't understand the old man's thinking.

After all, as an avid baseball fan, he also believes that baseball is the national sport of his country. Over the years, certain sports have gradually emerged. Although it cannot be said that it has shaken the status of baseball as the "national sport", it has indeed caused some fans to Loss - after all, not everyone can understand baseball games, compared to basketball, which is fast-paced and often has a small climax, is indeed easier to generate interest.

It has to be said that Fujita also believes that such a status quo cannot make people happy.

However, this is just the opinion of baseball fans after all.For many "outsiders" like that young man, baseball, perhaps, isn't much different from other sports in their minds.

So it's a bit pitiful to be suddenly caught and start talking about the proposition "baseball shouldn't be considered unattractive anymore".

With some sympathy, he looked at the back of the young man in the front row that he felt very familiar with from the beginning, Fujita shook his head, lowered his eyes, and turned his attention back to the mobile phone in his hand that was also playing back the game screen.

At the same time, TV Asahi was broadcasting the game live in the studio.

One of the specially invited guests of this game, the hot new pop idol Matsuuchi Ruriko is staring at the footage captured by a certain camera with a face of astonishment. reaction……

"Glass sauce? Glass sauce?"

Because it was a live broadcast, the narrator, who felt a headache when encountering such an unexpected situation, maintained a bright smile and had to raise his voice:

"Did you see anything worth noting? Or is there a handsome man in the auditorium over there that attracts your attention more than Uesugi-kun?"

——Actually, the latter joke is a bit over the line, after all, the other party is an idol singer who pays attention to his image.

But as a well-known senior commentator in the industry, Ikegami really had enough of this pretentious guest.

I don't know anything about baseball at all.

If he hadn't been on the sidelines, the fans' protests after the live broadcast would have flooded the entire TV station!

What did you say that inviting her as a guest can increase the ratings...

Now it seems that planning is shooting itself in the foot.

He curled his lips secretly, and was about to make another effort to call the other party to have a look.

result……

"……lotus……"

"……what?"

The other party seemed to be exclaiming something in a low voice?

Ikegami frowned slightly, and was about to ask clearly, when he saw the girl idol who had been putting on airs and seemed to care about her image, suddenly held her cheek with one hand, pointed at a broadcast screen with the other and screamed——

"Lian! It's Ren!! It's Tsuruga Ren!!!!!!"

"what?!!!"

In an instant, the whole studio was boiling!