I became the best friend of the heroine in Love Tour

Chapter 343 Are you playing baseball?
"Akimoto-kun, you haven't pitched a ball yet, but you don't have to think too much. I believe you have talent."

"Anyway, you just need to find a way to throw the ball into the glove and use your strength to throw it out."

"Everyone else, you will be responsible for supporting Akimoto-kun. There is no other way. Our agreement for this practice match is that only first-year students can participate, so we have to let Akimoto-kun take Date-kun's place. Do you have any objections?"

Coach Kikuta glanced at everyone and said.

"If you first-years lose, we second-years will willingly shave our heads with you. At worst, we can seek revenge at Sugikawa High School in Koshien."

As the minister, Jinpachi Morii also boosted the morale and said this.

Deputy Ministers Yuchi Yokota and Juichiro Date sat in the corner without saying anything.

"No problem!" The members of the Dezuki High School baseball team shouted in response.

Although everyone knows that Akimoto Yoichi is a novice, the fact that Akimoto Yoichi is a rookie is reassuring compared to Date Jujuro, who is not sure how he will perform.

If you don't have any expectations from the beginning, you won't be disappointed. Not being disappointed means you can just have fun.

Anyway, the result of losing is just a shaved head.

Besides, Akimoto Yoichi has always performed well as a shortstop, and he is also the vice president of the student union. He is kind and can get along well with everyone. This is much better than Date Jujuro who is always in a bad mood.

After the meeting, Akimoto Yoichi walked over to the rest area next to Suzuran Mari, Miyama Natsuki, and Kikuta Touna.

"Okay, the next game should be over soon. Let's eat lunch together then." He squeezed Natsuki Miyama's ice cream, touched Suzuran Mari's knee, and took the water handed to him by Touna Kikuta.

Akimoto Yoichi took care of everyone equally.

Seeing Akimoto Yoichi like this in front of them, Suzuran Mari and Fukami Natsuki have already gotten used to it.

"It doesn't matter. We are here to watch your game."

Even if you don't understand it, just watch Akimoto Yoichi.

Although Suzuran Mari couldn't wait to give Akimoto Yoichi the hot dish she had kept warm, she also knew what was more important.

"Hehe, I don't care. I'm not hungry." Nayuki Miyama hummed a few times.

In front of Suzuran Mari, she had no way of revealing her true face.

Compared to Nazuki Miyama, Touna Kikuta on the side was holding her little hand and encouraging her.

"It's okay, Akimoto-nii is very powerful! Akimoto-nii, you can win! We will win!"

Um, this sounds a bit like raising a flag?

Akimoto Yoichi smiled and took a sip of water, then squatted down to take off Nazuki Miyama's shoes and rubbed the ice cream to gather his strength.

When others see his action, they would only think that Natsuki Miyama had a cramp in her leg, and would not think that Akimoto Yoichi was enjoying it.

While kneading the ice cream, Akimoto Yoichi looked away.

At this time, Coach Kikuta, Jinpachi Morii, Yuchi Yokota and others were talking to Jujuro Date.

"Your father has been notified. He said he will come and take you to the hospital soon."

"I understand." Date Jujuro slowly raised his head, and his burnt face turned to look at Akimoto Yoichi, then said: "But I want to finish watching this practice match, okay? If I lose, I also want to apologize to everyone."

After hearing what Date Jujuro said, Coach Kikuta was a little hesitant.

The treatment was delayed and the condition has gotten worse. Now Date Jujuro wants to insist on watching the game before going to the hospital?

I guess it was Akimoto Yoichi's words just now that really woke him up.

"It's okay, just wait a while at the hospital, it won't matter, it's not an emergency anyway, just don't touch the wound." Morii Jinpachi said.

After hearing what Morii Jinpachi said, Coach Kikuta also agreed.

"That's right. If you don't watch this game, Ida, you probably won't be in the mood to receive treatment. So you should wait until the game is over before going to the hospital."

"Thank you, coach, thank you, Morii-senpai, thank you, deputy director, and Akimoto-san." Date Jujuro tried hard to force a smile on his face.

Even Akimoto Yoichi said thank you.

This surprised Akimoto Yoichi. Has Date Jujuro finally come to his senses?

How can this ice cube admit its mistake obediently?
"It's okay. We will have a long time to spend together in the future. Just help me in the future." Akimoto Yang replied with a smile.

It would be best if I could have a happy time in the baseball club.

There was no conflict between him and Date Jujuro. At most, he was unhappy with his arrogant attitude. Now that the other party was no longer arrogant, there was nothing to say.

"Yeah." Date Jujuro let out a breath and nodded.

Seeing the relationship between the two men ease, Coach Kikuta and Jinpachi Morii smiled at each other.

"Okay, the timeout is almost up, the game is about to start, Akimoto-kun, you go to the pitcher's position."

"I understand, coach." Akimoto Yang prepared to leave.

At this time, Date Jujuro called him and said, "Put on my hat. This is outdoors. Wearing a hat can block the sun and protect your eyes, so that the sunlight will not affect your vision."

It can be said that he has baseball experience and is very familiar with the small details.

"Thank you." Akimoto Yoichi took the hat from Date Jujuro and put it on his head, then ran towards the court.

Looking at Akimoto Yoichi's figure running away, Morii Jinpachi's eyes were fixed on Date Jujuro.

"Not bad, Ida, you have made great progress."

"Mori-senpai." Being praised by the pitcher he admired, Date Jujuro forced a smile on his face.

However, he is not very good at hiding and lying.

"I didn't really acknowledge Akimoto-kun. I just didn't want to lose. Right now he's far from being an excellent pitcher. I can't acknowledge him as a pitcher like me."

Akimoto Yoichi performed really well as a shortstop and made up for many of the points he almost lost.

Besides, Akimoto Yoichi just rescued himself and united the team.

For this reason, Date Jujuro should thank Akimoto Yoichi, but Akimoto's ability as a pitcher is still questionable.

If you want Date Jujuro to fully recognize and truly accept Akimoto Yoichi, you need to show your performance in the competition.

If he can win this game, Date Jujuro will willingly and sincerely accept Akimoto Yoichi as his partner.

Now, he simply didn't want to lose the game, so he showed such a gentle attitude towards Akimoto Yoichi just now. The change in his impression of Akimoto Yoichi was not that big.

"I don't think he will care about your thoughts. As long as you don't provoke him, he will get along with you peacefully." Morii Jinpachi said with deep understanding.

Although he didn't think that this yellow-haired guy had any abilities at first, it turned out that no one was better than Akimoto Yoichi at gaining favorability.

Therefore, in such a short period of time, the first-year students of the baseball team have developed a strong liking for the yellow-haired guy and are willing to listen to him.

Such people can become leaders no matter where they are.

"..."

After hearing what Jinpachi Morii said, not only Jujuro Date, but also Coach Kikuta, Yuchi Yokota, and the second-year students of the baseball club all looked at Yoichi Akimoto without saying a word.

They probably already understood how to get along with Akimoto Yoichi, and actually getting along with him was not as difficult as they had imagined.

At least this yellow-haired guy is doing something actually useful.

"Bad ball!"

Well, although his pitching accuracy is really not that good.

Looking at Akimoto Yoichi who had thrown a bad ball on the court, Coach Kikuta and the others all had cloudy expressions on their faces.

Next, it will depend on how abnormal Akimoto Yoichi is and whether he can grow quickly in an actual battlefield.

"Bad ball!" "Bad ball!"

"state!"

After several bad balls in a row, Akimoto Yoichi's ball was hit.

The batter then quickly ran towards first base, while Akimoto Yoichi's teammates chased after the ball.

When the ball was returned, there were people on third base, second base, and first base.

Third base and second base were just given to them by Date Jujuro, and first base was given to them by Akimoto Yoichi.

If the opponent seizes the opportunity again next time, we will lose points.

"Hahahaha, yellow-haired! Turns out you're just so-so. I thought you were so great, but turns out you just know a few more cute sisters and pretty sisters. Your pitching skills are so poor, hahahahaha."

The happiest person at this moment was the monkey Hiroya Noguchi who had been teased and played tricks by Akimoto Yoichi.

This guy was standing on third base at this time, winking at Akimoto Yoichi.

Obviously, this loser is jealous of Akimoto Yoichi because he has Nazuki Miyama and Mari Suzuran by his side, but there are more than two beauties around Akimoto Yoichi. More have not appeared yet.

“Hahahahahahaha, we thought the person who could replace Ida was someone else, but it turns out to be a rookie.”

"Who did you learn this pitching posture from? Was it from a girl?"

"Hey! How about you give me your sister's email address and I'll let you eliminate me?"

"..."

Everyone at Sugikawa High School began to laugh at Akimoto Yoichi.

"Referee, these guys are harassing me." Akimoto Yoichi pointed his finger at the monkey and the batter of Sugikawa High School and complained to the referee.

The referee also heard what the monkeys were saying at this time. He nodded, walked up to the monkeys and gave them a warning.

If it were an official match, he might be banned.

But this is just a practice match.

The people who were warned could only shrug their shoulders, but they continued to look at Akimoto Yoichi with amusement.

Akimoto Yoichi didn't say much about these jumping clowns, as the game had just begun.

"It's okay! Brother Akimoto, just go for it!"

"Yeah, yeah! Just pitch! Can your pitching be worse than that Ida's?"

"Big brother, go ahead and leave picking up the ball to us, the little brothers!"

The trio of big eyes, big ears and big mouths were cheering in support. Listening to their noisy voices, Akimoto Yoichi, who had not been affected by the monkey to begin with, was now affected by them.

Looking around at the other teammates, the first-year baseball team members were all cheering for him with the same attitude as the trio.

Anyway, no matter how weak Benyang is, he is still much better than the injured Date Jujuro.

"Stop making so much noise, you guys! Stop disturbing me while I'm pitching!" Akimoto Yang scolded the three people who were still shouting with a smile, and his ears finally became quiet.

Looking at the first-year batter from Sugikawa High School standing opposite him, the opponent is actually similar to him. Although he has baseball experience in junior high school, he is inferior to Akimoto Yoichi in physique and strength.

Although Akimoto Yoichi has no experience, he has high physical fitness.

Although the opponents are all experienced, their numerical strength is lower than his.

In this situation, Akimoto Yoichi does have a chance of a 50-50 chance, but if he just practices pitching now, it will only allow his opponent to score easily.

Although Akimoto Yoichi didn't care much about winning or losing this practice game, it was the batter in front of him who just said that he wanted a call from Suzuran Mari.

Akimoto Yoichi would never tolerate this kind of provocation.

After taking a deep breath, Akimoto Yoichi closed his eyes and exhaled before making a pitching gesture.

He really needed to practice his pitching accuracy, but he didn't want to be ridiculed, so Akimoto Yoichi decided to change the target.

The ball was gradually flattened in Akimoto Yoichi's palm, making a slight friction sound.

When he opened his eyes again, Akimoto Yoichi suddenly threw the ball with his eyes wide open.

With a "whoosh" sound, the ball flew quickly in the air.

This time, the ball did not fly into the glove of Akimoto Yoichi's teammate, but flew towards the side of the batter's face.

There is no doubt that this was not a good shot at all.

And the goal of this ball was not to throw it back into the glove, but to aim at someone's head?

"Ah?! What the hell is this ball!" The batter who was talking nonsense screamed in fright and immediately made a dodgy move.

However, even though the batter's reaction was quick, the ball was faster than him.

He just saw the ball pass by his eyes.

Then, a sound like a hard stone as big as a fist hitting the wire fence behind the beater was heard.

Looking at the ball embedded in the wire fence behind him, which seemed to be smoking, the first-year batter felt a little sweat on his forehead.

Not to mention the people from Izuki High School who had seen this scene before, all the people from the opposing team, Sugikawa High School, stood up from their seats in surprise, simply because Akimoto Yoichi's ball was so heavy.

What kind of strength allows him to throw the ball at such a high speed?
Of course, this is apart from his accuracy.

"Ball!" the referee announced.

It takes four balls to get a batter to first base, and this is the first one.

Akimoto Yoichi doesn't feel any pressure.

Holding the ball, he stared at the wire fence behind the batter, recalling the feel of his hand just now and getting into pitching posture again.

The next ball was thrown again by Akimoto Yoichi.

The ball once again passed the batter's nose and embedded itself in the wire fence.

"Bad ball!" The second bad ball.

The referee's decision did not attract Akimoto Yoichi's attention, and strangely, Monkey Noguchi Hiroya did not mock it either.

The batter standing opposite Akimoto Yoichi was already sweating on his forehead due to nervousness.

It's because they all understood that the ball thrown by Akimoto Yoichi before was thrown with restrained force, but the ball thrown by Akimoto Yoichi now was serious, and if this ball hit someone, it could completely blow out the brain.

With such terrifying power, it no longer feels like playing baseball, but rather like playing a game of death.

The experience of being shot in the head if not careful made the opponent's hitter no longer have the arrogance and ease he had before, and the look he gave Akimoto Yoichi was filled with fear.

He felt that Akimoto Yoichi was deliberately taking revenge on him for asking for the other person's sister's email address?
But even with such speculation, he had no way to complain to Akimoto Yoichi.

Therefore, he could only stare at Akimoto Yoichi with wide eyes, ready to cover his head and dodge at any time.

As for what kind of competition it is, saving your life is the most important thing.

With a "whoosh", Akimoto Yoichi threw the third ball.

This ball was also incredibly fast, and the batter who was prepared quickly hugged his head.

Then the ball grazed his scalp again and embedded itself in the wire fence behind him.

The batter standing opposite Akimoto Yoichi at this time was sure that his guess was correct. Looking at the yellow-haired man smiling at him, he swallowed hard.

This yellow-haired guy was really staring at him and hitting his head.

Is this still playing baseball?
(End of this chapter)