"You're here, Nan-san......"

"Coach, I'm here today to put this ...... I'll leave it to you......" said Shikiichi and handed over the withdrawal application to Coach Kamibeppu.

"Oh, what is it? Is it really a withdrawal application? At this moment, the voice of a male teacher came from the other side of the office.

"Looks like that, Principal Nakano."

Shi was stunned for a moment. That male teacher turned out to be the principal!

INTERVIEWER Why is the principal in the office of the coach in Kamibeppu?

"Nan, you are now the captain of the baseball club, or ACE, how can you retire just after saying goodbye?" Principal Nakano asked rhetorically.

- But what if the headmaster is here?

Shiichi then replied, "I am already 18 years old, and you know that after the age of 18, I will not be eligible to participate in official competitions. Now that I've lost the fall tournament, there's no more competition I can participate in. What captain, what ACE, it doesn't mean anything in my hands anymore! I might as well leave early and give up my place to someone else......"

"I'm guessing you're going to say that, so I invited Principal Nakano here beforehand." Coach Kamibeppu said.

"What?" Shi Yi was surprised.

"Do you know what Principal Nakano has done for you?" Coach Kamibeppu said, "He personally went to the Prefectural Kono Federation to confirm your qualifications several times. ”

"Coach Kamibeppu, you are really humble, if I don't do this kind of thing for me, I'm afraid that you will go with a big belly and go in person, how can this be?" Principal Nakano smiled, "It's really worthy of being a heroine among women, a famous property of Chengfeng High School, and even your husband has your surname......"

"Wait a minute...... Shikiichi suddenly exclaimed, "What's the matter with qualification?" I'm not already ......."

"Nan, you must not have studied the rules for the qualifications carefully, right?" Coach Kamibeppu said, "Article 5, Paragraph 2 does have an age limit of 18 years old, but there are exceptions, and you can continue to participate in official competitions until you reach the age of 19. ”

"Nan-san, you should have gone to Japan to study after elementary school in China, right?" Principal Nakano asked.

"Yes," Shikichi said, "because there is a gap of half a year, I am a year older than everyone in my grade......"

"In that case, there will be no problem," said Principal Nakano, "and some students who have only come to Japan from high school will not only be overage in their third year of high school, but they will also be disqualified from participating in high school because they have been enrolled in high school for more than three years." However, although you are already over the age and have been enrolled in school for less than three years, of course you can work together until next summer, just like other members of the same grade! ”

Shikiyoshi never expected that Principal Nakano would say such a thing to him.

- But......

"Principal Nakano, Coach Kamibeppu, why are you ...... for me" Shiiichi bowed his head and said, "Even if there is no problem with age, I don't want to continue......"

"Is it because of Dongguo?" Coach Kamibeppu was silent for a moment and then said.

"Yes......" Shikiichi bit his lip and continued, "You asked me if I liked baseball before, and I said I liked it...... But...... But in fact, that's because Dong Guo is here! It was a real pleasure to play baseball with him...... But after he was gone, I couldn't play baseball anymore...... And, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have played baseball in the first place! ”

"So, why did you cry when you decided to give up, when you thought playing baseball was no longer fun?"

Shiichi quickly touched his cheeks, only to find that tears had flowed out of his breath.

"Do you feel unwilling? Was giving up baseball such a difficult decision for you? So after you give up, do you really feel better? Coach Kamibeppu asked rhetorically.

"I'm ......," Shiichi continued after a moment of silence, "I'm too weak...... I can't be a substitute for Dongguo at all! But why...... Coach, why did you give me the burden of captain and ace? I really can't afford it! ”

"Minami-san, I'll just get it straight," Principal Nakano said, "For my sake, can you not quit the baseball club?" ”

"Huh? Face? Shi Yi was puzzled.

"You may not know, I watched all your games, and I will watch the video if I can't go to the scene," Principal Nakano said, "Of course, at the beginning, I was also there to see the performance of Dongguo-san and the dogs......

"Dogs?"

"I forgot to say it," Principal Nakano said with a smile, "Pingxing is a very low-key kid, and in order to prevent others from taking special care of him, he has never told other students that he still has my father as the principal here......"

One by one, I was stunned. The surname Nakano was so common that he never cared too much about why both of them had the surname Nakano. However, if you look closely, Nakano-senpai and Nakano are indeed quite similar in many ways.

"Straight down to business," Principal Nakano continued, "Heeongheung often mentions you in front of me, so I paid a little attention to your performance, and I was completely attracted to you, especially your goodbye home run in the summer semifinals, and your dedication to victory in the finals, and now I'm a big fan of yours!" ”

"Huh...... Ha? Principal Nakano seemed to say something so terrible that Shikiichi could only make such a sound.

"It's true," Principal Nakano said, "so give me a face, at least until next summer, so that I can see you active on the court." ”

"Your running speed is definitely one of the best in the country, and you can hit home runs in terms of batting, and although there are traces of imitating Toguo's classmates, you have gradually formed your own characteristics," said coach Kamibeppu, "You have many qualities that Tokuo's classmates don't have, why do you have to be a substitute for him?" You can't replace Dongguo, and no one wants you to replace him, but if it's the other way around, Dongguo's classmate can't replace you either. ”

The words of Coach Kamibeppu made such a deep impression on him that many years later, Shiiichi still remembers it.

Just then, the office door was pushed open, and a large crowd poured in. If you look closely, who is not the person from the baseball club? It's just that everyone is still wearing school uniforms, but the ball caps are already on, and the dress is very strange.

"Minami, are you really going to quit the baseball club?" Kitahara said.

"Captain, please think again, if you leave, what will we do!" Nishizaki Kyudo Road.

"Senior, I'm sorry, it's all because we're too weak and have dragged you back......" Akaya Shimozawa, a first-year student, said.

"Hey, you're so rude! This is the teacher's office! At this time, Nakano-senpai also rushed into the office, and he was shocked when he saw the principal, "Dad? Oh, no...... Headmaster, why are you here? ”

All of a sudden, the relationship between Nakano-senpai and Nakano-principal was no longer a secret.

(To be continued)