(Continued)

"yes," I exclaimed...... "aren't you afraid of me?" If I go crazy one day......"

"I'm not going to let that happen!" "Because you're my best friend," he said firmly. ”

"Why would you want to be my best friend?" I asked.

"My best friend just happens to have some superpowers, can't he?" He smiled, "And if it weren't for your special strength, I'd still be just a ball picker, and maybe it won't have anything to do with baseball, so you shouldn't mind too much about your power." ”

For a moment, I was silent.

"Xiao Hei, I still want to get stronger, I still need your strength, please continue to play with me!"

"I said you, I didn't expect you to be quite thick-skinned...... I couldn't help but laugh, "but I'm also a little curious about how strong you can become, so I'm willing to help you with that." ”

"Then please continue to take care of it!"

The words "please take care of me" seemed to be imprinted in my bones, and for many years after that, it was not that he was following in my footsteps, but that I was following in his footsteps, because I was afraid that I would go back to the way I was. Although I could see that he and I would eventually part ways, I still didn't dare to think about what would happen after that day.

"Xiaobai, what do you want to do in the future? Going to professional baseball? I asked.

"This ...... Actually, I haven't thought about it yet...... But there are probably a lot of scouts targeting us right now, right? I think there is a high probability that it will. "Xiaobaidao.

"Didn't you just say you wanted to get stronger? I thought you had a clear goal. I said coldly.

"It's a lifelong thing, after all, and when you enter professional baseball, playing baseball is completely different from what you play now," he said, "and what about you?" ”

"I haven't thought about it yet," I said, "I'll go wherever you go......

"I said you, it's not the same, when it comes to things outside of baseball......" he smiled.

"I'm not like you," I said, "at least I'm not your kind of person, who wants to be what others expect of me." ”

"I mean, those things are still a long, long time later, aren't we not even in high school yet?" He said, "Why don't you think about the current situation first?" ”

"That's right, but I've already decided where to go to high school." I said.

"You've already decided? Where are you going? He asked eagerly.

"Reifuin High School ......"

"Reikaze High School?" He exclaimed, "You're kidding! I've heard there's no baseball club there, don't you want to play baseball in high school? ”

"How could it be," I quickly shook my head, "If you don't have a baseball club, you can start it!" Then, I will march to Koshien with such a team...... No, it's dominating the whole country! ”

"You...... No, that's what you say......" he scratched his head and laughed, "but why are you bothered? With the results we have achieved, it is not difficult to go to a famous baseball club, but isn't it easier to dominate the country if you go there? ”

"It doesn't really matter to me to dominate the country or anything," I said, "but I am deeply inspired by what you have just said, and I now wonder how much this power of mine can help others...... Reikaze High School is the school I know of that doesn't have a baseball club, and I'm going to go there and create a baseball club and see how far I can go. How's that for me? ”

"It sounds whimsical, but if it were you, you might be able to create a legend." He laughed.

"Actually, if you were here, I would be more confident," I said, "but you have your ambitions, and although I would love to have you create such a legend with me, it will be a rough road after all, and I will not force you to go with me......"

At this time, he suddenly burst out laughing, and then said, "I said you, what are you pretending!" What won't force me? You are indulgent, but your heart actually longs for me to promise you that you are very hungry! ”

I was stunned for a moment, feeling a little angry, and couldn't help but scold: "Then you say what you want!" ”

"Didn't I say that? I still want to be stronger, and I still need your strength," he said, "whether you go to a prestigious school, a non-prestigious school, or form a baseball club, I will follow you!" ”

***

In this way, we were admitted to Reifuin High School in unison.

When I look back, I was actually selfish at the time. After I started playing baseball, I was starting to make a name for myself, and I was afraid that I would become as uncommon as I used to be. I am also very conflicted, on the one hand, I want Xiaobai to continue to accompany me, and on the other hand, I don't want Xiaobai to be affected because of my selfish decision, so he still chooses to be my companion.

"We're here, have you figured out what to do next?"

"If you want to form a baseball club, you naturally have to get the support of the faculty here, and this matter is up to me," I said, "but when the baseball club is really formed, you will be the captain of the team." ”

"Huh? You persuaded me to come here, so you should be the captain, right? He wondered.

"I'd like to be a vice-captain," I said, "and as a club that has just been formed, I'm afraid it's hard to find a decent coach, and although there will be a teacher as an advisor, he may not know baseball, so let me do the coaching job." ”

"Member--coach? Sounds cool! Since you say so, then it's easy to say! ”

After that, I got a lot of support from Chairman Moon Shadow, and the baseball club quickly got off the ground.

Just when I thought that the baseball club didn't need to recruit any new people, I noticed that the senior of the track and field department, Kogane, was the man of the school and was an invincible presence in the Japanese high school track and field world. After watching one of his training sessions, even I was attracted by his textbook movements, but I also noticed his lonely expression.

Possible...... Maybe he's the same kind of person as me?

For the sake of this possibility, I went on to do something that still makes me unhappy: I persuaded him to transfer to baseball, and even found his coach and his parents for it. I knew it was going to change the trajectory of his life, but I did it anyway, and I did manage to get him to be a part of the new baseball club.

Now that I think about it, I was really too headstrong at that time.