Just when Rong Chun was immersed in his own world, the outside world had already fallen out. Because Sawamura's mother, who didn't see Rong Chun down the next day, went upstairs to wake up her son, she found Rong Chun, who had been burned to the point of redness, and hurriedly asked Sawamura's father to send Rong Chun to the hospital.

"Doctor, when will Rong Chun wake up, he's been asleep for three days, doesn't it mean it's just an ordinary fever? How so. "Rong Chun's mother, who has been guarding Rong Chun in the hospital, looks at the unconscious child lying on the hospital bed and can't hide her vulnerability.

In fact, the doctor doesn't know how to deal with it, and analyzes Rongchun's symptoms from various examination reports like an ordinary cold and fever, but few people will fall asleep for many days because of this, but,

"Judging from our examination today, the patient's vital signs are returning to normal, the high fever has subsided since yesterday, and various bodily functions are also functioning normally, and if there are no other changes, the patient will probably be awake for a while."

In the afternoon of the same day, Rong Chun woke up, and the doctor did a detailed examination, and found that Rong Chun had completely recovered to normal, unlike other patients who needed to recover after illness, Rong Chun was already a completely healthy baby. But Sawamura's mother, who was afraid of any other symptoms, ordered Rongchun to be hospitalized for observation for a few days, and in order to appease Rongchun, she also took something that Rongchun used for review. (Rong Chun said that he didn't need it at all.) ）

Rong Chun flipped through the textbook brought by his mother, and something fell out of it, and after a closer look, he found that it was given to him by Takashima Rei before he came back from Qingdao, but Rong Chun, who had been avoiding this problem, didn't know where to stuff it for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be brought by Sawamura's mother.

"Ah, does Rong Chun-chan want to watch the CD?" The grandfather next door found the disc in Rong Chun's hand, thought he wanted to watch it, and was embarrassed to say, so he took it from Rong Chun's hand, walked to the TV, and turned on the DVD.

Rong Chun was unprepared and snatched the disc in his hand by the old man, and said in a dying struggle: "No, I'm not...."

"Ah, it's baseball, I haven't watched it for a long time, I like baseball the most, I haven't watched it since I got sick, I miss it so much." I have to admire the old man's agile skills, and it has been opened in the short time when Rong Chun hesitated. Looking at the old man who was inexplicably excited, Rong Chun was embarrassed to refuse.

At first, I still had an expression that I didn't look at it at all, absolutely nothing, but I couldn't help but glance at it a few times secretly. The old man next door looked at Rong Chun, who was upright, and shook his head with a smile. Although Rong Chun only peeked a few times at first, as the game progressed, Rong Chun also began to stare at the TV tightly.

Watching the catchers and pitchers on the field exchange codes, knocking out one hitter after another, and the infield's nimble second game making unexpected plays, assassinations, double kills, and passes from the outfield to home plate, the main catcher, for an out, did not hesitate to rush towards the blocking wall, and won an outs in the smoke and dust.

In that duel in Seongdo, Rong Chun felt the power from the catcher and was excited about it. And this time, just watching their game, not even the live version, already made his blood boil.

For a whole afternoon, Rong Chun was watching the game in this disc, and he found the fat senior in it, swinging the baton as scary as ever, and the gentle senior he saw in the infirmary turned out to be the exciting catcher.

I really want to play with them. When Rong Chun watched the game seriously, such a sentence flashed in his mind, but he himself didn't realize it.

When dusk came, when Wakana and the others came to see the sick and hospitalized man, they found that the guy was watching the game intently, and they couldn't tell where he was sick at all. When they found out that Rong Chun was watching the Qingdao competition, they couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in their hearts, as if their cubs had been abducted not long after they were raised.

And when chatting with them, I don't exclude talking about Qingdao, and I even happily introduce those players, what kind of gentle predecessor Chris is here, and there is a strange but good luck as a catcher? Everyone's hearts couldn't help but bubble with acid.

"So, Rong Chun, have you decided to go to Qingdao?" Wakana interrupts the excited Eijun.

"Oh, no..... I haven't decided. Rong Chun, who was stunned, said in a chatter.

Looking at Rong Chun with an uncompetitive face, Ashin finally couldn't bear it,

"Xiao Rong, you, obviously want to go to Qingdao, right, when you talk about them, Rong Chun's eyes are flashing, so what are you hesitating about." Inexplicably, Rong Chun, who felt that Ashin was angry, was as quiet as a chicken and didn't dare to speak.

"Although Xiao Rong was also very happy when we played, it was completely different...... It's not the same. It's true that we really want to be with Xiao Rong, but if we restrain you like this, we will definitely not be happy. Friends will not change, Rong Chun is there, we will all look at Rong Chun, because Rong Chun is our hero. As he spoke, Ashin's eyes flashed a little, and he tilted his head sideways to not look at Rong Chun.

Rong Chun looked at the friend in front of him, he didn't know what to say, yes, he thought Qingdao was very good, but he didn't want to be separated from his friend.

"Rong Chun, we all know what you're worried about, probably because you think you brought us into the pit of baseball, so you can't just abandon us, but Rong Chun, we all play with Rong Chun without reluctance at all, and even think baseball is fun, so don't worry about us." Wakana looked at Rong Chun, who was a little lost, and didn't know how to tell this person who had gotten to the tip of the horns. In the end, Ashin summed it up,

"No matter how good a friend is, you can't be the best teammate, and Xiao Rong, your teammate is over there." Ashin held Rong Chun's shoulders and forcibly pulled him in the direction of the TV, Rong Chun quietly watched the fierce game on TV, and then suddenly turned to face everyone and unconsciously changed his posture to a dirt seat, listening to his friends' continuous enlightenment, Rong Chun couldn't help but burst into tears, looking moved and pitiful,

"Everybody....."

"Besides, Rong Chun's results are to burn high incense when he goes to Qingdao."

"It seems to be like this for Xiao Rong."

"That's right, that's right."

"Hey, why, why do people do this to me." Looking at the friends who abandoned their warmth and affection for a second, Rong Chunren began to wonder for the first time if there was something wrong with his friends.

Rong Chun, who was forced to stay in the hospital for an examination, was really bored, so he had to finish reading the disc with his grandfather next door, Rong Chun thought it was just a game, who knew it was a compressed disc, just like that, Rong Chun finally finished watching the disc in the two days he was in the hospital.

"It's a great school, the students are amazing, I think I'm going to Koshien this year, but...."The old man exclaimed after watching the disc.

"What's wrong, Grandpa Tanaka?"

Grandpa Tanaka frowned, "I hope it's my delusion, I always feel that there seems to be something wrong with that catcher." ”

"Chris-senpai, hey!! Did something happen? When Rong Chun heard Grandpa Tanaka's words, he was a little worried, and the ominous premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.

"I also worked as a catcher when I was younger, and to be honest, I was quite strong, and I went to Koshien too, and I originally aimed for a career, but when I was in high school, I was too active and got injured."

Rong Chun is a little unclear So, obviously talking about Chris's predecessors, why did Grandpa Tanaka start to recall the past, is it possible....

"Chris senpai.... Injured? ”

"Well, if my guess is correct, it's probably the shoulder. It's a pity, Rong Chun is going to Qingdao next year, but I don't know if that catcher can last until you go to school, his name is Chris? It's a pity not to be able to partner with such a catcher, it's a pity, it's a pity. ”

Rong Chun didn't care about Grandpa Tanaka's next words, and there was only one sentence in his mind, 'Senior Chris is injured...'

"Don't..., I don't want that."

"Rong Chun?"

'Damn, how can it end like this, that person is the brightest on the court. Rong Chun jumped out of bed and rushed out the door, almost hitting the oncoming Sawamura mother.

"Rong Chun, what are you doing..."

"Mom, give me some change, and where is the phone booth?"

"Huh? Just around the corner from the hospital lobby, I said Rong..... Pure .." Sawamura's mother looked at Rong Chun, who had already run away, and didn't say what she wanted to say. Turned around and returned to the ward, put the things in his hand on the table, as if he had accidentally kicked something, and looked down.

"Wait, Rong Chun, you don't have shoes."

But this is Rong Chun can't hear anything anymore, thinking about Chris senior, although he doesn't understand how he can be so concerned about a person who has only met once, most of them through the CD, but he knows that he doesn't want this person to get hurt, he still has a lot to do.

Rong Chun came to the phone booth, instinctively entered a few numbers, and waited for the answer over there.

"Drip ~~~~ Drip ~~~ Drip ~~"

"Moses Moses, this is Takashima Rei..."

"I'm Eijun Sawamura, and I have something I want to say."

"Sawamura-san, what's wrong, have you figured out that you want to come to Qingdao?"

"It's not important...."

Takashima Rei on the other side of the phone twitched the corners of his mouth, not understanding this kid at all, coming to Qingdao is not the most important thing, so what will be important. Looking at the Kataoka superintendent beside him, how to recommend Sawamura Eijun to this person is also a big problem.

"That, is Chris's senior injured?"

"Huh? Sawamura-san, where did you hear that, you can't talk nonsense. Hearing Rong Chun name Chris, Takashima couldn't help but become serious. Eijun's loud voice made the Kataoka supervisor on the side also notice, and turned his head to stare at Takashima Rei.

"I watched the disc you gave me, and the old man next to me told me that the catcher in it, Chris, was injured in the shoulder, because he was pushing himself too much, is this true?"

"Chris is in good health, Sawamura-san, you don't have to worry." Although she said it very easily, but Takashima Rei held the phone with more and more force, and she had a feeling that what Sawamura Eijun said was true, but at this time, she couldn't say anything.

Hearing Takashima Rei say this, although Rong Chun was still worried, he was also a lot more relaxed.

"Rong Chun, you are running around without shoes, you are still sick and hospitalized, why do you not take care of your body so much." Sawamura's mother, who hurried to catch up, criticized and educated the disobedient child Rong Chun. Hearing the voice coming from the microphone, Takashima couldn't help frowning, could it be that he was injured on the last visit?

"Sawamura-san, are you sick?" Rong Chun, who was obediently being educated by his mother, put on his slippers and replied in a daze

"Ah, it seems to be."

"Like? What is that, you have to take care of your body, why don't you run around with your shoes when you're sick? ”

"I was just scared by Chris's seniors and forgot to wear it." Rong Chun, who was also educated by another lady, was a little embarrassed and argued with a red face.

"Hawkers, let's not talk about this, can you help me bring a message to senior Chris?"

"Of course, you say." Although Takashima didn't understand why Rong Chun paid so much attention to Chris, she thought that Miyuki would make the kid remember more clearly, after all, they were a casting partner together, but this didn't prevent her from having a better sense of Rong Chun, if what Rong Chun said was true, then he really did Qing Dao a big favor.

After Takashima Rei hung up the phone, he looked at Superintendent Kataoka seriously,

"Looks like we're going to have to ask Chris, Superintendent Kataoka."

"yes."

Because outsiders only found out that their disciple had a problem, Kataoka Supervisor was guilty and lost in his heart, but now is not the time to care about his feelings, and he saw Takako Fujiwara, the manager who came with the materials.

"Fujiwara, call Chris."

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Chris, who came to the supervision room, watched Rei Takashima and Coach Kataoka staring at his shoulder as soon as they entered the door, and he had a feeling that he had finally arrived.

Takashima Rei Mingrui felt that Chris was tense as soon as he entered the door, but he was inexplicably relaxed later.

"Chris, how are you feeling lately?"

"The atmosphere in the team feels good, they have been working hard for the game, and the pitchers are very motivated and the pitching level has been improving."

"You know I'm not talking about this...."

There was silence in the monitoring room, and Chris knew he couldn't escape it anymore.

"Shoulder.... To what extent.."

"I don't know, I just feel very uncomfortable, as if I was being torn."

"Chris you...."

Takashima Rei looked at the calm and introverted child in front of him, and heard him say what he was most worried about,

"Why didn't you tell us?"

"The team is in the most critical places and I don't want to make a bad impact on the team because of myself."

"How long?"

"About two or three months ago, I could clearly feel the discomfort in my shoulder."

"It's been so long...."

"Bang..."

Coach Kataoka couldn't control his emotions, and slammed his fist on the table, and the bruised tendons on his arms truly showed the anger in his master's heart.

"Chris, Koshien is everyone's dream on the team, yes, but it definitely won't be based on the pain of teammates."

"However, the summer trials are coming up and it's a big juncture for me to make it to the finals."

"And what about after the final?"

Kataoka knew that Chris was a gentle and strong person, and he also understood the reason why Chris had been hiding it, but he would never give up his disciple for the sake of the competition.

"Takashima, you take Chris to the hospital for a detailed examination..... The rest of the matter will be discussed when the results come out. ”

Rei Takashima left the supervision room with Chris, and Superintendent Kataoka felt the feeling of emptiness around him, and his heart was also empty.

"Hey......."