May, the rainy season. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In Japan, there are no plums like the ones found in Kasuga's hometown, but they do have green plum fruits, which are sour and crunchy to taste.

Although the green plum at this time is only in the flowering period, it is not its fruiting period;

But on rainy days, looking out of the classroom window, there are a few green plum trees planted on campus......

Spring clouds suddenly have a feeling like sitting in front of the window watching the rain at my grandmother's house when I was a child!

"Alas~~" Kasugamo sighed.

Well, at this time, anyone can see that Kasugamo is not in a good mood!

But it's not because he encountered any troubles, it's just a mood that doesn't feel good when the spring clouds touch this rainy weather!

"Alas......"

Watanabe, who was sitting in front of the spring clouds, also took a breath inexplicably, and sat there with his chin in his hand in his hand, and came with no energy.

This guy is sighing that it's another rainy day today, and he can't go out to play ball today, and he's had an itchy hand addiction!

Kasugayun looked at his friend with a sigh for the 17th time today, but he didn't bother to pay attention to Watanabe and continued to look at the scenery outside the windowsill.

Due to the rain, the physical education class that was supposed to be held this afternoon was changed to a self-study class, so the class will be full of depressed and helpless students at a glance, looking through the textbooks.

Of course, the other students don't talk about it first, and the most depressed person in the class at this time is Watanabe, the number one baseball maniac in the class!

Because if the weather was fine this afternoon, maybe he could have spent the whole afternoon outside!

Think about it, first take physical education class, practice a good physical warm-up on the court, and then wait for the end of class in the afternoon to have a passionate game with a famous grass field team in the ward, the adult amateur baseball team from the Aoba Kono Department Store Club......

Unfortunately, all this was ruined by the gentle rain that began to fall in the afternoon!

"Alas......" is another sigh.

Suddenly, the people sitting around Watanabe in the classroom felt bad: "Oh, this is the rhythm of moaning without disease!" ~

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After 4 o'clock in the afternoon, class ended.

At this time, due to the rain, many outdoor clubs have canceled today's club activities.

For example, the students of the football club, the track and field club and other clubs put on their school uniforms early today, walked out of the teaching building and campus with umbrellas, and began to rush back to their respective homes!

And Kasugamo and Watanabe were supposed to have a practice game in the department today, although it was raining outside, but no one in the department had come to inform them that the game was canceled, so the two did not put on their school uniforms and go home as soon as they got out of class, but came to the baseball club.

"Yo, senior, you're so early! ~"When Watanabe and Kasuga came to the baseball club, Anno, Makaki, Hayakawa and others, who were the oldest in the team, were waiting there with their early jerseys.

At this time, Anye said to the two of them, "Hela, you two hurry up and change your clothes and come out!" ~”

"Jersey!?" Watanabe was puzzled and asked, "Why!?" Isn't it raining today!? This should be the weather that can't be trained, let alone want to play~"

"Who said you can't play!" Hayakawa rolled his eyes Watanabe.

"Huh!?"

"Let's go change clothes, the uncles from the Rengongye Department Store have already come by car!"

"Hey~~" Kasugayun and the others were surprised again.

Then Kasugayun and the two came to the locker room of the baseball club according to the words of captain Anno, put on their respective jerseys and equipment, and walked out, standing under the edge of the house with Anno and others, watching the rain scene boredly, while waiting for the opponent of today's practice match, and the car carrying the adults of the Aoba Gongye Department Store United came over.

The rain began to fall heavier, from the beginning of the drizzle to the dripping moderate rain.

At this time, the entire baseball stadium was full of water depressions because of the yellow mud field.

You can imagine what it would be like if you were to play on a course like this.

In this regard, Watanabe and Hayakawa, who rarely play in rainy days, can't help but worry about whether such a venue will make them embarrassed during the game.

Looking at the rain outside, the spring clouds will be in a different mood: give me rain when you want to play...... It seems like the last time I played on a rainy day was a long time ago!? It will still be when I first went to junior high school, when I played football with a group of little guys~~ I really miss it......

After about 20 minutes, just as Watanabe was dying of boredom, a minibus slowly drove from the school campus.

Kasugayun and the others looked over there and saw that this was a very distinctive minibus.

The style resembles a country bus with a capacity of 25 passengers, but the exterior is covered with a layer of paint with obvious markings.

The entire front of the car is painted with various colors of paint to look like a sun-wind faucet, and when the car comes to the side of the stadium, the sides of the car show a dragon body full of scales.

Interestingly, the dragon's four feet are painted on the four tires, and the tail at the end is directly hand-made on the top cover of the car, which matches the two large dragon horns that are also set on the front of the car.

After the car was parked, Kawano, the coach of the baseball club of Aoba Dodai High School, and Mina Narita, the team doctor, as well as the team leader and the director of the school's guidance office, stepped forward to greet the arrival of the people from the Gongno Department Store in the rain.

"It's really hard for you to let you run over in such bad weather!" As a representative of the school, Takao Harada, the director of the education office, was the first to speak out, and greeted Nobuo Kuno, the leader and captain of the Kuno Department Store who had already gotten off the bus and came to them, with a very polite and slightly apologetic bow.

"No, no, no, what happened there~~ We're sorry! ~”

Nobuo Kuno is in his early 40s, and although he wears a pure black baseball uniform, he is burly and strong, with powerful hands, and a full beard and the smell of gasoline on his body that cannot be concealed even if it is rained.

This makes it impossible for anyone to guess what his profession does!

Although his appearance looked a little scary, Gongno was very polite and friendly to the people here at Aoba High School and bowed back and apologized: "It stands to reason that we should think about the children in this kind of weather, but due to Coach Kawano's strong invitation, and our old friends are also itching in their hands, we want to play an interesting baseball game, so we are very sorry for your students today!" ”

"Hehe~~ There, there's still a lot to learn! That's why I hope that Mr. Kuno will work hard to replace us teachers today and make a cameo appearance as a teacher to teach those boys some truths! That's when the team's coach, Kawano, said.

"You're welcome, Coach Kawano, Aoba Dodai High School is my alma mater! ~" Gongye said with emotion at this time: "As the first generation of students in the school, it is my honor to come to meet our lovely students today and teach them some of our useful things, and it is also the honor of all the members of our Gongye Department Store Wing!" ”

"Okay, let's not talk about it yet, it's raining so hard, let's go and take shelter from the rain first!" At this time, Harada, who is the representative of the school, is trying to entertain Gongno and his party, and is going to the school to find a place to sit down and talk, chat, rest, and wait for the rain to stop or light up before coming out to play.

However, Kuno politely rejected Harada's kindness: "Oh, don't be so troublesome!" It's rare to have such a good weather today, I think it's better to take my guys on the court to warm up now, finish the ball early and let the boys go home early, what do you think!? Coach Kawano~"

“~~~”

Kawano first glanced at Harada, and after Harada nodded in agreement, he responded: "It's okay, then I'll ask the boys to come out and prepare!" ”

"No, Coach Kawano, I'll help you call! ~" At this time, Gongno stopped Kawano's call to the students in the baseball club, and said, "If Coach Kawano speaks up, maybe those boys will come out and play with us according to your wishes." But they will feel a little unhappy in their hearts, so it would be better for me to provoke them to come out and play with us! ～”

After speaking, in front of the school leaders and team management of Aoba Dodai High School, Kono began to lead all the players of the Gongye Department Store United team to the court without fear of wind and rain and began to warm up for training.

"Hela~~ Come on, throw the ball! ～”

"Horiuchi-kun, what kind of hell are you bastards passing on and dirty my clothes, bastard! ～”

"Here, Outfielder, attention!"

"Rest assured that you will leave it to me~~"

"Hosokawa, run faster, run faster~~"

After a while, the adults of the Gongye Department Store Wing rolled into mud cows one by one in the rain, and their clothes were full of rain cement slurry.

But not to mention, the appearance of these adults playing in the rain without fear of wind and rain, in the eyes of Yasuno and others in the baseball club of Aoba Dodai High School, it is indeed a shocking vision!

At this time, Kasugayun walked out from under the edge of the house without saying a word and stood in the rain: "Senior Anye, I want to go up and run two laps first, and I will ask you to help me catch a few balls to practice!" ”

"Heh~~ Kasuga-kun, what are you doing here!?" Watanabe rarely played on a rainy day, and even had almost zero experience points, so he asked in surprise.

Although Hayakawa and Yasuno didn't say anything, they actually had an urge to get out of the house, but they did rarely have this habit of playing on rainy days on weekdays, so they didn't react at the first time to look at the spring clouds who were already standing outside in the rain.

At this time, Kasugayun half-turned to his teammates and smiled and said, "It only rained when I was playing, what a good weather!" ~If we miss such a rare opportunity, maybe we will have to wait for an unknown amount of time to come across it, right!? Also, people don't feel like playing on a rainy day and falling on the ground full of mud and water...... Isn't it just our youth!? ”

“～～～”

After Kasugamo said this, he began to jog around the court to warm up, and Hayakawa and the others, who stayed under the edge of the house and watched the outside world, looked at each other one by one.

Hayakawa said, "Well, it's really interesting to play on a rainy day, I tried to play in the rain once when I was in junior high school, but I was forced to stop because it was raining too much, so today is such a rare opportunity to try my wish again, let's do it!" ”

Anno also said: "Yo Xi~~ Come on, who is afraid of whom!" ~It's youth when it's raining! Guys, let's ......"

"Roar, roar~~" Then everyone in the baseball club began to rush out of the house to the court with a roar, fearless of the wind and rain, and warmed up with the adults of their handmade wild department store team today.

"Haha...... That's how boys should be! ”

"Come on, come on, Uncle Ben will teach you what power is, watch my home run! ～”

"Great! ～～”

"Awesome~~" The students were shocked by the long-range cannon fired by an adult from the Gongye Department Store Wing.

"Yo Xi, we can't lose either, brothers, give me the energy that belongs to my youth! ～”

"Roar Roar Roar ~~~"

"Aoba Dodai, you will win! ～”

"Yo Xi, that's how it should be! ~Boys! ～”

The rain continued to fall from the air one after another, but even if the rain was heavy, the 30 adults and children on the field at this time were not afraid of wind and rain, hardships and difficulties and fell on the ground full of muddy water again and again, just for the baseball they loved most in each other's hearts, sports and enjoyed in the rain...... (To be continued.) )