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Chapter 395 The Mysterious Akimoto Yoichi
Although Akimoto Yoichi had only been in the baseball club for a few minutes, he left as soon as he said he would, and Coach Kikuta and Director Morii had no objection at all.

Even Date Jujuro, who was keen on working out hard, helped Akimoto Yoichi take over his training clothes.

Midori Fukayama and Nobuhiko Osawa could only watch as Yoichi Akimoto was treated specially. Although they joined the club later than Yoichi Akimoto, the treatment they received was very different.

"You two! Take a break and then go run ten laps!"

"Ten, ten laps?!"

"I, I've already run five laps!"

"Then run ten more laps. If you want to make a name for yourself in the baseball club, you must have stronger physical strength! Hurry up!"

"Okay, okay, I got it!"

"Since this little dwarf can run, I can run too!"

"Brother! I'll accompany you too! Green Lord, we brothers are united!"

"De Nan you bastard!"

"So you lend me that Super Cow Swimsuit Magazine you just bought yesterday."

"..."

As a good friend of Midori Miyama, Tokuo Tachikawa can't help much but they are able to share the hardships together.

He came back to his senses after being yelled at by Morii Jinpachi, and looked away from the back of Akimoto Yoichi who was walking away in the distance.

Midori Miyama and Nobuhiko Osawa looked at each other, and at this moment, their eyes showed the warlike look unique to male animals competing for the same female.

In particular, Nagase Kumari was sitting nearby at this time.

She didn't rush back and was still talking with the hot chicks and the baseball club's manager, Hidehiko Noguchi.

The baseball club's field is very large, and ten laps are more than three thousand meters, but in order to be able to perform in front of Nagase Hisari, they gritted their teeth and agreed.

"Then why doesn't the yellow-haired vice-president need training?" Tachikawa Tokuo asked the question that was in the minds of Midori Miyama and Nobuhiko Osawa.

Looking at the guy with a crew cut in front of him, Date Jujuro, who was standing next to him, curled his lips in disdain.

Coach Kikuta smiled and Deputy Director Yokota Yuchi drank water tactically.

The other members of the baseball club who happened to be taking a break nearby just laughed at Tachikawa Tokuo and his friends.

"Hurry up! Let's start now! If you were as talented as Akimoto, you might not need such training. Although Akimoto is also a first-year, he is indeed an exception."

Everyone in the baseball club knows about Akimoto Yoichi's performance during the practice match.

Tachikawa Tokuo didn't know, it just showed that he had absolutely no interest in baseball and didn't care about this aspect, which means he was a complete layman.

Jinpachi Morii was too lazy to explain so much to them. Although he knew that their motives for joining the club were not so pure, he would not reject anyone who wanted to join the baseball club as long as they could withstand his training.

"Alright! You two start running now! Our club activities last until seven o'clock! You are not allowed to rest until you finish running!"

"Yes Yes!"

"I know, don't rush me, Mori."

"Green! Remember to bring me that Cow Swimsuit Magazine tomorrow! It's a deal!"

Midori Fukayama, Nobuhiko Osawa, and Tokuo Tachikawa, who started to move forward, couldn't help but cast their gazes again towards the figure of Yoichi Akimoto who was leaving in the distance with Wakane Shiraishi and a top lady.

It seems that as long as it is in Dezuki High School, any place with a little influence can be found by Akimoto Yoichi.

Before them, Akimoto Yoichi had actually established himself in the baseball club and received such preferential treatment.

The yellow-haired vice president, who seems to be busy all day long, always seems to surprise you somewhere you don't know.

"What are you still looking at? Hurry up and run! Otherwise you won't be able to go home today!"

The roar coming from behind forced Midori Fukayama and Nobuhiko Osawa to take their eyes off Yoichi Akimoto's back and they had to move their feet and speed up.

Tachikawa Tokuo was still thinking about the swimsuit magazine with the super busty model that Midori Miyama sent him the photo of yesterday.

Morii Jinpachi took off his shirt, revealing his strong, sweaty muscles, and followed closely behind the two men, urging them on.

Running towards the sun which is still emitting heat in the sky, such a background really makes people sigh that this is youth.

However, in the eyes of the girls who were resting and watching on the side.

Shen Shanlv and the others ran too slowly, and they started to pant before they had even run a thousand meters. Their legs began to feel as shaky as noodles.

It feels like Shen Shanlv and the others may die suddenly at any time, which is really an eyesore.

It’s better to chat than to watch them running. At this time, the girls’ attention is all on Akimoto Yoichi.

"Ayano-sister, where is Akimoto-nii going? Isn't he on the baseball team? Doesn't he need to train? Who is that big sister next to Shiraishi-nii? Is she Shiraishi-nii's sister?"

Just now, Kudo Shinyu, Suzuran Ayano, Nagase Kumari and others also saw that Akimoto Yoichi was walking towards Shiraishi Wakane and an older sister who looked quite domineering. After talking for a few words, they waved to them and left.

Obviously, Kudo Xinyu, who had only known Akimoto Yoichi for a few days, did not know everything about this yellow-haired guy.

Before Suzuran Ayano could speak, unexpectedly, Nagase Hisari spoke up.

"The one next to Socially-Averse Chan should be her older sister, after all, she would pick her up and drop her off after school every day."

"As for Huang Mao-kun, he often hangs out with the socially anxious girl and the older sister who looks very rich. Sometimes they go back together."

"Although Huang Mao-kun is a freshman who just joined the baseball club, he helped our school recover the points lost in the practice match of the school festival. The baseball club also trained Huang Mao-kun as a seed player."

Nagase Kumari, who was sitting on the other side of Kudo Shinyu, said it casually, and both Suzuran Ayano and Kudo Shinyu were a little surprised.

I haven't seen any contact between Nagase Kumari and Akimoto Yoichi on weekdays, but now she is speaking so fluently?
It seemed as if Nagase Kumari knew Akimoto Yoichi very well and had always been paying attention to him.

"Really? Kumari, you actually know all this! That's amazing!"

"That's right, during the school festival, I only remember the time we went out to play together. I didn't pay attention to other people's things. It turns out that this yellow-haired guy can not only cook but also play baseball. Right, Xinyou-chan, you are also surprised!"

The two hot girls didn't think anything of it. They were not surprised that Nagase Kumari knew so much about Akimoto Yoichi.

In their opinion, being a hot girl means having many friends.

You can know these things just by listening to the few words your friends say. There is nothing strange about it.

“Yeah, it’s really surprising.”

Kudo Shinjo nodded in cooperation with the two hot girls, but she was surprised not by the fact that Akimoto Yoichi played baseball but by Nagase Kumari.

Isn't Nagase Kumari in Class B of the first year? She is in the same class as Brother Miyama Midori, and Akimoto Yoichi is in Class A of the first year.

So why did Nagase Kumari know about Akimoto Yoichi's situation in the next class? No one else around her knew about these things, but Nagase Kumari knew.

It is understandable if you say that Nagase Kumari is close to Akimoto Yoichi, but the two of them did not have any special communication before.

That means the two of them weren't that close.

Even so, Nagase Kumari blurted out the story of Akimoto Yoichi, which made Kudo Kokoro curious.

Could it be that the relationship between Nagase Kumari and Akimoto Yoichi is actually better?
The more she thought about it, the weirder it seemed, so she asked Kudo Xinyu casually.

"Then how did Akimoto-nii make the comeback? Was his opponent very weak? I didn't make it to the school festival, so I don't know anything about it. Do you know anything about it, Nagase-nii?"

Looking at Kudo Kokoro's innocent and curious face, it was hard for anyone to refuse the request from such a cute and pitiful girl, so Nagase Kumari answered without thinking too much.

"He gave up a walk-off home run in the final inning, and that home run tied the game."

"Really? It turns out that Akimoto brother is so awesome! What about before? What was Akimoto brother's expression like before?" Kudo Shinyu continued to ask.

Nagase Hisari took a sip of water and continued, "Before, because our high school's seeded player, the cold and awesome-looking boy over there, was injured, we were already far behind when he came off the court to replace the yellow-haired guy."

"It's just that Huangmao-kun boosted morale and used more dangerous pitches to intimidate the opponent. He also took advantage of others' lack of understanding of him and used some tactics to make up for his technical gap."

"Finally, his ability to hit the ball prevented the score from widening further, but instead helped him pull back a few points, providing an opportunity for the final home run."

Although no one saw the original scene, Nagase Kumari described it in great detail.

Without that final home run, the game would probably have been lost, right?

The baseball team of Izuki High School is very strong, so they care more about winning or losing. Even losing a practice match is embarrassing. The sports department will definitely compete for first place, and second place is also a loss.

"Then isn't this yellow-haired guy super awesome?! I think he's already cool for being able to cook delicious meals, and now he can play baseball? Although I don't really like to watch it, my old man does. I know that the pitcher is a very awesome person on the team, right!"

"That's right, this yellow-haired guy is really strong. He can transform from the vice president of the student union into a great baseball player just by changing his clothes. It seems we underestimated him before!"

The two hot chicks praised Akimoto Yoichi in a "bad" tone and with some harmonious words.

Hearing the two of them say this, Suzuran Ayano's cheeks blushed slightly. Who wouldn't want the person they like to be praised by everyone like this?

However, at this moment, Kudo Xinyu said something that caught everyone off guard.

"So, Nagase-sister, do you like Akimoto-nii? Actually, you don't like Miyama Midori-nii, nor Osawa Nobuhiko-nii, but Akimoto-nii?"

Suzuran Ayano, who was blushing just now, turned her head to look at Nagase Kumari, and the two hot girls also gathered around.

"Really? Kumari? You like this yellow-haired guy? Well, this yellow-haired guy is really awesome. He's already very good at cooking." "That's right! Come to think of it, I think his yellow hair is very tasteful. That kind of yellow is actually very fashionable, right?!"

"..."

At first, the two hot girls didn't realize the meaning of Kudo Xinyu's question, and thought that the liking that Kudo Xinyu was talking about was the ordinary kind of liking.

However, after they finished speaking, they realized what was happening when they saw Suzuran Ayano and Kudo Kokoyu looking at Nagase Kumari with serious eyes and the atmosphere was a little strange.

Obviously, the liking that Kudo Xinyu just mentioned does not simply mean "liking the other person", but the kind of liking between lovers, right?

Realizing this, the two hot girls immediately stopped their playful attitude and looked at Nagase Hisari with wide eyes.

Suzuran Ayano was also looking at Nagase Kumari, and Kudo Shinyu carefully stared at every expression on Nagase Kumari's face.

"Like? Well, a little bit." Facing everyone's gaze, Nagase Kumari did not show any intention of retreating or hiding anything and answered openly.

Hearing her say this, Suzuran Ayano immediately straightened her back and acted as if she was listening carefully.

The two hot girls showed excited expressions, but Kudo Xinyu clenched her fists and felt regretful.

Damn, that yellow-haired guy is related to this hot girl! But that yellow-haired guy said he didn't know Nagase Kumari. By the way, Brother Miyama Midori didn't say that Nagase Kumari was related to Akimoto Yoichi, unlike classmates Nishida Yuki and Shiraishi Wakane.

That's why Kudo Shinyu wanted to make Osawa Nobuhiko his tool, but Osawa Nobuhiko was obviously not someone that Nagase Kumari cared about. If she had known earlier that the yellow-haired guy was actually better, she would have been able to ntr Nagase Kumari, making Nagase Kumari fall in love with the yellow-haired guy and leave Miyama Midori.

She didn't need to look for Nobuhiko Osawa. Wouldn't it be more effective to use the yellow-haired guy Yoichi Akimoto?
After all, now Nagase Kumari herself admits that she likes yellow-haired guys a little.

Come to think of it, Nagase Kumari previously told Osawa Nobuhiko and Fukayama Midori that she wanted to work hard and study and live seriously. Isn't that the same situation as Akimoto Yoichi now?

The more she thought about it, the more regretful Kudo Xinyu felt.

I actually fell for Akimoto Yoichi's trick and believed what that damn yellow-haired guy said. Even my brother Miyama Midori didn't know that the yellow-haired guy and the hot girl were not that strange to each other.

"Naka Kumari! Are you going to pursue that yellow-haired guy? That yellow-haired guy actually looks pretty good, now that I think about it."

"That's right! Anyway, didn't you just break up with that guy Osawa?"

The two hot girls instigated their good sisters, and their idea was simple.

As long as it is the choice of Nagase Kumari, she likes it. As a sister, I don’t care whether it is right or not, I just support her.

As for who your sister likes, it doesn’t matter, as long as your sister likes him or her.

"..." Suzuran Ayano didn't say anything.

But at this time she was also looking at Nagase Kumari, waiting for Nagase Kumari's answer.

Nagase Kumari should be with Miyama Midori, right? Now her ex-boyfriend Osawa Nobuhiko pops up again. Why did Nagase Kumari suddenly say that she has a crush on Akimoto-kun?

Let's not talk about her ex-boyfriend Nobuhiko Osawa, what is Midori Miyama to Nagase Kumari? A spare tire?

The most important thing is, will Nagase Kumari pursue Akimoto Yoichi? This is what Suzuran Ayano wants to know.

"No, it's impossible." Facing the support of her sisters, Nagase Kumari smiled and shook her head.

Suzuran Ayano breathed a sigh of relief, then felt a little ashamed of her own reaction of being relieved.

Regardless of Suzuran Ayano's somewhat conspicuous little movements, Nagase Kumari continued speaking slowly and logically.

"It's impossible for Huangmao-kun and I to be lovers. He only helped me a few times out of necessity. Of course, he helped me because I asked for help."

"When I was most restless and depressed and living on the streets, he helped me and let me live in the home of my class teacher."

"That's why I decided to work hard to live my life. With the care of my responsible teacher, I don't have to go hungry every day. I do have feelings for Akimoto-kun, but I am not qualified to be his lover. No matter how thick-skinned I am, I am embarrassed to be the partner of my benefactor. At most, I will only maintain a friendship with Huangmao-kun, that's all."

Hearing what Nagase Kumari said, the two hot girls came up and held Nagase Kumari's hands with some concern.

Suzuran Ayano also breathed a sigh of relief, but she also felt happy after the tension.

When she didn't know, Akimoto Yoichi also helped others and kept a distance from others.

Doesn't this prove that Akimoto Yoichi is indeed a perfect partner and that I have good taste?

"Is that so? That's such a pity..." Kudo Shinyu looked at Nagase Kumari with regret, who was calm and natural and didn't seem to be lying.

It seems that Akimoto Yoichi is consciously controlling the distance between him and Nagase Kumari.

In other words, Akimoto Yoichi has actually rejected Nagase Kumari, it feels like that.

At this time, Midori Fukayama and Nobuhiko Osawa, who were running around the playground exhausted, were still competing for Nagase Kumari, and were trying their best to perform well in order to win Nagase Kumari's favor.

Little did they know that someone had already reached the finish line, but that person chose to give up without caring.

"It's not a pity. I can still be friends with Huangmao-kun, and I'm already very satisfied with that." Nagase Kumari said with a smile as she looked at the pitiful Kudo Shinyu in the wheelchair.

"Because even if you just stay by Huangmao-kun's side as a friend, you can get encouragement and inspiration."

"He will serve as a role model, and the hearts of others will gradually warm up."

"Besides, even if it's impossible for me to be a lover with the yellow-haired man, you can, right? You, the discipline committee member, and Kokoro-chan, as well as Lisako and Shizukako, you can also be lovers. You all meet the requirements of the yellow-haired man."

The yellow-haired guy likes “clean and innocent” girls.

Nagase Kumari has paid a lot to survive and does not meet the requirements.

However, Suzuran Ayano and Kudo Kokoro are acceptable, and so are her good sisters Sakata Risako and Miyoshi Shizukako. They all meet Akimoto Yoichi's requirements, and Nagase Hisari knows at a glance that they are all "clean and innocent" girls.

"Thank you, Nagase-san." Suzuran Ayano thanked with a slightly blushing face.

Without Nagase Kumari telling her, Suzuran Ayano had already made a promise with Akimoto Yoichi.

Now living with Akimoto Yoichi, it is even more proven that Suzuran Ayano's choice was right.

Although she and Akimoto Yoichi cannot be considered a couple yet, and neither of them has gone through the process of confessing their love, it will be natural for them to become lovers once they graduate from high school and go to college.

After all, Akimoto Yoichi is still living in his own home, and he has temporarily moved to the Miyama family next door to take care of Kudo Shinyu.

However, when she heard Nagase Kumari say that she had feelings for Akimoto Yoichi, Suzuran Ayano was undeniably panicked.

Sure enough, even if we have to wait until we graduate from high school to be together, we still need to strengthen our relationship with Akimoto Yoichi before we graduate from high school.

Suzuran Ayano warned herself in her heart.

"Hahahaha! Me? It's easy for me to control that yellow-haired guy! If he doesn't obey, I'll beat him up!"

"That's right! So easy, that yellow-haired guy can't possibly beat the charm of the two of us!"

The two hot girls confidently stood in front of Nagase Kumari and posed.

I have to say, if we put aside the somewhat exaggerated gala makeup on their faces, they are actually pretty attractive. Without that makeup, they would be just slightly inferior to Mao Kitamura.

The two of them were dressed quite conservatively. Apart from the safety measures they took to prevent exposure, the discipline committee members of Chuyue High School were also very capable.

"Hehe, Akimoto brother is really popular... As for me, I still prefer Akimoto brother to treat me as a younger sister." Kudo Shinyu answered without any loopholes.

Although it's a bit regrettable, the relationship between Nagase Kumari and Akimoto Yoichi is not what he thought.

Yoichi Akimoto could not ask him to help her get rid of the troublesome Nagase Kumari like he did with ntr Suzuran Ayano and Miyama Natsuki, so she had to continue using Nagase Kumari's useless ex-boyfriend Osawa Nobuhiko to stimulate Miyama Midori's brother.

But Kudo Xinyu also understood one thing, that is, perhaps all the beauties in this school have had contact with Akimoto Yoichi.

Sure enough, there is a kind of charm in Akimoto Yoichi that is invisible to the naked eye.

Is that yellow-haired guy a succubus?
"It's not bad to be a younger sister. Akimoto-kun is already a somewhat famous idol." At this time, Nanniang's manager Hidehiko Noguchi, who was sitting obediently next to him, spoke up.

Because he had previously been in a club with a high concentration of two-dimensional elements like the Uniform Club, Hidehiko Noguchi also knew about virtual idols and idols. The company that Yoichi Akimoto worked for was a very famous company in the two-dimensional and idol circles.

During the school festival, Akimoto Yoichi's figure was also shown on the virtual stage which was broadcast for three days. Although he was wearing a gangster mask, he was much easier to recognize than the virtual idols on the same stage.

"Ah? Akimoto brother is an idol? Him? An idol?" Kudo Shinyu looked stunned.

In her little head, she couldn't connect a yellow-haired guy with her idol.

But she looked at Suzuran Ayano, then at Nagase Hisari, Sakata Risako, and Miyoshi Shizukako, and finally at Kitamura Mao who had never spoken behind her.

The girls all gave her affirmative expressions, Akimoto Yoichi was indeed still an idol.

Kudo Xinyu's little head felt a little hot.

Today, she was shocked by Akimoto Yoichi so many times that it seemed as if she could no longer truly recognize the yellow-haired man.

After all, her first meeting with the yellow-haired guy was not so pleasant. She thought she had gotten to know Akimoto Yoichi after one night, but she found that she knew less than 10% of him.

"…It's so noisy. That guy is obviously better as a baseball player than an idol or something, right?"

Date Jujuro, who was sitting nearby, glanced at the girls with dissatisfaction and muttered.

You have to know that it was Yoichi Akimoto's first time playing baseball, but he hit a home run against Hiroya Noguchi, the second-best pitcher in the country among junior high school students, who was only slightly worse than Jujuro Date.

This is enough to prove Akimoto Yoichi's strength and talent, otherwise how could he be recognized by him as the top pitcher among junior high school students in the country?
It's a complete waste of energy for Akimoto Yoichi to do anything like being an idol.

(End of this chapter)