I became the best friend of the heroine in Love Tour

Chapter 342: You are so popular, why do you still come to play baseball?
The halftime break is over.

As the whistle sounded, the practice match between Izuki High School and Sugikawa High School began again.

Akimoto Yoichi put down Natsuki Miyama who was sitting on his lap, picked up his gloves and said.

"We have to go on to the game. You guys wait here until I finish the game and then we can eat lunch together."

"Well, go ahead Akimoto-kun."

"Don't be half-hearted, perform well."

Mari Suzuran and Natsuki Miyama said encouragingly. They were naturally happy and proud of Akimoto Yoichi's active performance on the baseball field.

The person I like performed so well in front of so many people.

This is undoubtedly something to be happy about. At least as women, they have a desire to admire the strong.

Compared to the low-key, mediocre, and ordinary boys who do everything.

Akimoto Yoichi is a boy who always stands out no matter what the situation is. There is no doubt that he is more popular with girls.

Encouraged by Suzuran Mari and Miyama Natsuki, Akimoto Yoichi answered with a smile.

"Of course I did. Although I actually just started playing baseball today, this body of mine is best at sports."

However, in order to be fair, Akimoto Yoichi could not forget his other sister, so he turned his gaze to Kikuta Touna who was standing beside him.

Because of the presence of Suzuran Mari and Fukami Natsuki, Kikuta Touna seemed a little restrained at this time.

But Akimoto Yoichi obviously would not ignore her.

"What about you, Touna? Aren't you going to cheer me on? If I don't perform well, it must be your fault, Touna."

He deliberately teased the introverted Big White Rabbit sister.

"Come on, brother Akimoto! Come on, come on!" Kikuta Touna's face turned red, but she still let Akimoto Yoichi feed him as she wished.

"Yeah, I'm excited! That's right! With the three of you, we can't lose today's game!"

Akimoto Yoichi said proudly.

Then, he was glared at by Suzuran Mari and Miyama Natsuki.

However, in the following games, the performance of the players from Detsuki High School except Akimoto Yoichi was not satisfactory.

"Home run!"

"Oh! The first pitch of this game was a home run! Sugikawa High School hit a great home run."

"One point! The batter of Sugikawa High School is a freshman. Is it the pitcher's mistake or the batter's potential? Please, my partner, answer this question."

"I think it's a pitcher problem. The performance of Izuki High School's seeded pitcher Date Jujuro was really inappropriate. It was too bad. He played at a second-rate level at best in this game."

"He was a talented player who won the best pitcher award in the national league when he was in junior high school. However, he seems to be in poor condition after entering high school. His performance in this practice game can only be described as mediocre or even a little bad."

"..."

The voices of the two referees came from the loudspeaker, blending with the cheers of the audience supporting Sugikawa High School.

In contrast, the atmosphere at Chuyue High School seemed a bit depressing.

Natsuki Miyama and Ayano Suzuran don't understand baseball. At this time, they are only concerned about Yoichi Akimoto's performance. It doesn't matter if it's not Yoichi Akimoto who caused the loss of the ball.

The freshman from Sugikawa High School who hit the home run waved his hands, grinned as if he was flattered, and ran past the first, second, and third bases of Izuki High School, finally arriving at home plate.

On the scoreboard, Sugikawa High School also scored a point.

At this time, the players of Dezuki High School have reached their limit of patience with Date Jujuro, who caused the loss of points.

"Akimoto-kun, why don't you think the coach replaces that guy Ida? He missed a lot of balls today, didn't he? If it weren't for you running around and cleaning up his mess, we would have been outscored thirty to one today."

The person who walked up to Akimoto Yoichi and spoke to him was an infielder named Kobayashi.

The most striking thing about him is his big eyes.

Although he is a boy, Xiaolin's big eyes are indeed better than most girls', but he looks a little ugly.

"Yeah, although I know he's a talented pitcher, the balls he throws seem to be specially gifting points to the opponent. Even I could have hit a home run with that ball just now."

The one who echoed Big-eyed Kobayashi was the center fielder Oda. Oda’s eyes were not big but his ears were.

His pair of pig-like protruding ears are very conspicuous. He also has an ordinary face and a more impulsive personality.

Because he and Akimoto Yoichi were both in the catching position, he quickly became familiar with each other.

"Haha, if we lose this game we'll all have our heads shaved. Boss, why don't you just replace him? He's so awesome on weekdays, but he acts like this when he's on the field." The one who was sarcastic was the left fielder Ozawa.

Since he can blend in with big eyes and big ears, Ozawa also has a conspicuous feature, a big mouth.

The three of them gathered around Akimoto Yoichi, who also had a large area.

After a few games, the trio seemed to be following Akimoto Yoichi's lead.

"Unity, unity, we must unite. The more difficult the time is, the more it tests our unity. Besides, I'm not that good at pitching. If I lose the ball, will you still criticize me like this?"

Akimoto Yoichi stopped the three people around him from talking.

If they continue talking in this mood, I'm afraid Akimoto Yoichi will be the captain of the baseball club tomorrow.

Akimoto Yoichi doesn't want to be so ostentatious about this. Being low-key at appropriate times will help him to find time to do other things.

If I really become the main player of the baseball team, I will have to practice baseball every day. How will I have time to tremble?
However, soon, the second ball thrown by Date Jujuro was also hit.

The ball flew toward left outfield. The loud-mouthed Ozawa desperately chased the ball and tried to catch it, but his speed and height were too slow.

Hiroshi Noguchi, the seeded pitcher of Sugikawa High School who hit the ball, was almost reaching first base.

At this time, Akimoto Yoichi caught the ball falling from the sky and immediately threw it to second base.

"Thank you, brother! I almost couldn't catch up just now!" said the loud-mouthed Ozawa with a sigh of relief.

His speed is far inferior to that of Akimoto Yoichi, and he can't jump as high as Akimoto Yoichi.

So with Akimoto Yoichi around, he felt much more at ease.

I regard Akimoto Yoichi as my elder brother because he is a big brother who really helps his brothers.

"It's okay, I'm a shortstop. Okay, go back to your seat, the game is still going on." Akimoto Yoichi smiled and patted his shoulder.

But then again, Date Jujuro's injured finger means he can't continue pitching, right?

Turning his head to look at Date Jujuro, who was sitting in the pitcher's position with his head down and his hands on his knees, Akimoto Yoichi had noticed that there was something wrong with his fingers and that he had cold sweat on his forehead.

Although he did try very hard, he still didn't quit even though it had reached this point.

That's not hard work, that's selfishness.

For the sake of his own self-esteem, he let Dezuki High School be humiliated in front of Sugikawa High School.

With the current situation of constantly losing points, I'm afraid that everyone in the baseball team will really have their heads shaved.

Thinking this way, when the next batter swung his bat and hit the ball thrown by Date Jujuro again, Akimoto Yoichi and the trio defended third base with their efforts. Not to mention the complaining trio, even Coach Kikuta couldn't stand it this time.

"Timeout." Coach Kikuta called for a timeout.

The game is temporarily suspended.

Then Coach Kikuta called Date Jujuro over.

Looking at Date Jujuro being called away, the trio immediately ran over happily to watch the fun.

Akimoto Yoichi stood there without moving. If nothing unexpected happened, Date Jujuro would definitely be found to have a finger injury, which would definitely be a very awkward scene.

At that time, they will definitely say something about self-respect, expectation, and unity, but Akimoto Yoichi doesn't want to listen.

However, during the break, someone approached Akimoto Yoichi.

"Hey brother, who are the little sister and the queen next to you just now? Aren't they both your sister and sister? Can you introduce them to each other?"

The person who spoke was none other than Hiroya Noguchi, the wig monkey of Sugikawa High School.

At this time, this guy came up to Akimoto Yoichi in a familiar manner, as if the two of them were really brothers.

Looking up at the monkey who was rubbing his hands like a fly, Akimoto Yoichi glanced at him, and this guy came over happily.

"Those are all my women, Shabi. If you dare to flirt with them, I will stuff your wig into your butt crack." Akimoto Yangyi raised his middle finger at him.

Although he was criticized, Hiroshi Noguchi did not get angry this time.

He was more surprised by Akimoto Yoichi's answer than being called a Shabi.

"What! What do you mean they are all yours!? You can't be serious? How strong are you, brother? You are so boastful?" Noguchi Hiroya looked unconvinced.

Let’s not talk about the big white rabbit Lolita, let’s just talk about the super cute little sister in junior high school uniform. Akimoto Yoichi directly put her on his lap.

It felt like they were brother and sister, but it turned out they weren't?

Besides, that lady who looks so gentle and kind is actually the lover of this yellow-haired guy?

This had a huge impact on Hiroya Noguchi's heart who was in a boys' high school. Not to mention that the yellow-haired man in front of him was not only the vice-president of the student union of this private high school, the organizer of the school festival, and a member of the baseball club.

The fact that he could date two girlfriends was enough to make him die of envious.

Hiroshi Noguchi didn't believe it either. He didn't believe it was true.

"Believe it or not, but I warn you not to think about chatting me up, otherwise I will push your head into the toilet." As Akimoto Yoichi was speaking, he saw Morii Jinpachi waving at him.

Seeing this, Akimoto Yoichi left the monkey man who was standing there in a daze and ran towards the rest area.

Looking at Akimoto Yoichi's back, Noguchi Hiroya actually began to believe it to some extent, because if they were family members, Akimoto Yoichi and the other two looked nothing like each other, but if they were lovers, they might indeed be that close.

However, Hiroshi Noguchi was reluctant to admit such a thing.

He is a seeded pitcher! Akimoto Yoshitaka is just a shortstop!

No matter what, he should be the most handsome guy on the field!

"Tsk, if I have such beautiful girlfriends, why would I play baseball? I play baseball because I can have female fans, but why am I, a great pitcher, not as good as a rookie yellow-haired guy? This rookie yellow-haired guy is just a bystander!"

However, at this time in the rest area of Dezuki High School.

"Akimoto-kun, you should be a pitcher," said Coach Kikuta.

"Ah?" Akimoto Yoichi looked at Coach Kikuta in confusion. He had never expected this to happen.

Morii Jinpachi explained, "Ida's finger is injured and he can't continue pitching. You are the only one left."

Akimoto Yoichi was not surprised to hear what Morii Jinpachi said.

At this time, the trio of Big Mouth, Eyes and Ears and the others looked at Date Jujuro who was being bandaged by Deputy Minister Yokota Yuchi. Date Jujuro's fingers were already covered in blood.

His hands were still twitching, and his pale face showed that something was wrong.

"I'm sorry, it's my fault. I knew that Date-kun's finger was injured, but I didn't tell anyone." Yuchi Yokota said self-blamingly.

Looking at the index finger of Date Jujuro that could no longer move, he regretted that he had been soft-hearted and agreed to Date Jujuro's request.

If he had refused immediately at that time, Date Jujuro would not have pushed himself to this extent.

However, at this time, most people were more concerned about the lost score than sympathizing with Date Jujuro.

The team members who had been losing all the time finally burst into anger after suppressing their anger for a long time when facing Date Jujuro, who was not very popular to begin with.

It turned out that they kept losing because of Date Jujuro's willfulness.

"If you can't do it, just admit it. If you can't pitch, don't pitch. This game is not for you alone. Do you want to play baseball alone?"

"Right. To put it bluntly, it was his own choice, right? He can't blame anyone else for getting hurt, but the consequences he caused are borne by all of us."

"Haha, you're injured and yet you're still betting with the other party. Are you sent by Sugikawa High School? You just want us to shave our heads!"

The trio of big mouths, eyes and ears, who had been unable to hold back any longer, spoke first.

They and Akimoto Yoichi ran the most, and this race was almost equivalent to a half marathon.

It is natural to complain at this time.

"What did you say! Who was sent by Sugikawa High School? You..." Date Jujuro's self-esteem was hurt by their words, and he suddenly picked up the water bottle and threw it at the three people.

The trio was startled and stepped back quickly; they were good at talking big but they didn't have much courage.

At this time, Akimoto Yoichi caught the water bottle.

Seeing that his eyes were bloodshot, whether from pain or rage, Akimoto Yoichi looked down at him calmly and said, "You did something wrong, caused trouble to others, and lost the score. It's natural to be criticized. You have to hold your head up when others slap you. Do you know how hard your teammates have to work to get the ball back if you lost it?"

"Although I don't know what your previous team was like, at least everyone on our Izuki High School baseball team was desperately trying to win. They let you be a pitcher because they thought you were trustworthy. So what if I scold you now?"

"Are you some self-respecting little prince? You can't be scolded? Or are you more noble than us? If you are still a contestant, then don't use your fists, but prove yourself with scores."

Akimoto Yoichi's words made Date Jujuro feel like a bucket of cold water was poured over him.

Date Jujuro, who was very excited just now, was pushed back to his seat. He was unable to refute Akimoto Yoichi's words.

Seeing that Date Jujuro had behaved himself, Akimoto Yoichi turned around and said something to the trio behind him.

"Don't go too far, saying your teammates are defecting to the enemy or something like that. Apologize."

"Yes, brother. I'm sorry."

"I was wrong."

"I won't dare to do it next time."

Looking at the scene in front of them that was calmed down so easily by Akimoto Yoichi, Coach Kikuta and Morii Jinpachi, who were standing aside without saying a word, looked at each other.

They all smiled at the same time.

No matter what the result of this practice match is, the next minister candidate can be determined.

(End of this chapter)