After the team disbanded, many new students were running around the course as usual, including Kurosaki Kazutaka.

"Kurosaki, are you alright?"

It was the sixth student in the same grade to ask him this question, and Kurosaki Kazutaka accosted him with a gentle and friendly smirk as always.

"It's okay." Kurosaki Ichitaka shook his head and smiled at the other party, "Why do you ask this question?" ”

The other party was obviously surprised by his reaction, and was stunned for a moment before he came to his side, scratching his head, and asked embarrassedly, "Well, I just think...... Kurosaki you should ...... too"

Kurosaki Kazutaka examined the change in the other party's expression and confirmed that he didn't come to find fault on purpose, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.

“…… can be promoted to the first army. ”

Kurosaki Iktaka shook his head at this, "How so?" I'm still far from it. ”

"But ......"

Seeing that he wanted to retort, Kurosaki Ichitaka hurriedly added: "This is Qingdao, one of Tokyo's baseball powerhouses, how can the first army be so easy to enter?" ”

As Kurosaki Kazutaka expected, the guy began to become low after a moment of surprise, looked at the second and third grade seniors who were still training not far away, and muttered, "Yes......"

The brutality of baseball giants is the best way to end the topic at this stage.

After eliminating the classmate who was in the way, Kurosaki continued to run at the back of the line, waiting for the arrival of the next classmate who was ready to talk to him, and then gave a different reply according to the attitude of the person who came.

To his surprise, the next person to talk to him was Naoya Kuraza.

At the end of the eighth inning, when everyone thought that there would be no new students on the court in the final ninth inning, Superintendent Kataoka made the decision to replace the catcher for some reason.

"Change the catcher?"

All of a sudden, countless eyes fell on the pitcher on the pitcher's mound or the catcher at home plate, and many people suddenly noticed that Kurosaki Icchitaka's face showed a hint of joy after a moment of surprise, and the next moment suddenly returned to calm.

Keisuke Miyauchi keenly observed the change in Kurosaki Kazutaka's expression, "Did that guy want to change people a long time ago?" ”

Yukiichi, who was staying in the freshman rest area, also raised his eyebrows at this, Kurosaki this guy ......

What a mistake! These are the words that come back to Kurosaki Iktaka repeatedly.

Kazutaka Kurosaki has always thought that if he didn't play baseball and choose the acting industry, he would definitely be able to shine.

Unfortunately, there was an accident, when Superintendent Kataoka announced the change of catcher, he did not control his facial expressions, let alone reflexively cover his face with a ball cover, although he returned to his expressionless appearance in the next moment.

But he was still keenly aware of the strange gazes of others, and seemed to be a little surprised and surprised, and the seniors of the second and third grades were not only surprised, but also angry because they were deceived by him.

It's really troublesome, I knew that I would have exposed my true nature at the beginning!

The idea of wanting to give up on himself was put down by Kurosakiichi and he began to think of a way to remedy it.

Judging from the current results, Kurosaki Kazutaka's previous method of diverting the attention of others was not successful, which should be the reason why he was not selected by Kataoka to be selected for the army.

"Kurosaki?"

Hearing this, Kurosaki Kazutaka turned his head to look at Kuraza Naoya, who was running towards him from not far away, and hurriedly showed a smile and greeted, "Kuraza!" ”

Kuroza Naoya also smiled at Kurosaki Kazutaka, "Kurosaki, do you want to come and practice with me in private after dinner and bathing?" ”

Kurosaki Kazutaka gradually slowed down his steps, his brow furrowed.

What does this mean?

Before, when the two of them were partnering in the ninth game, they pretended not to know anything, and now that the game is over, they want to take the opportunity to test me?

Yukiichi was already quirky and insidious enough, but he didn't expect the other catcher to do the same. These catchers who like to guess the minds of pitchers are really annoying.

No matter what this guy wants to do, he can do it himself.

Kurosaki Iktaka showed a flattered expression, "Really? Then he hurriedly lowered his head, then raised his head again, scratched the back of his head, and said embarrassedly: "But...... Kuraza, you're now in the first ranks, wouldn't it be okay for you to spend the time helping me catch the ball? ”

Kuraza Naoya looked at the young man in front of him with a slightly exaggerated expression, and continued to probe, "Today you are in the limelight, and you can actually make the seniors go up and down three times!" ”

"Just now it was thanks to the mercy of the seniors, otherwise I would ......"

"You mean the seniors deliberately released the water?"

As soon as these words came out, as expected, Kuroza Naoya really saw Kurosaki Kazutaka's expression that became stiff in an instant, and it was so pleasant to tease such a pitcher.

Damn it! It's just a sign of his modesty. Kurosaki Kazutaka quickly turned his head to avoid being seen that his expression was wrong.

Suppressing the anger that surged out of his heart, he controlled the green tendons that he was about to erupt, and repeatedly muttered "intra-company relations" in his heart, and when he turned his head back, the expression on his face had returned to normal.

"How so? The seniors are very powerful, is it my honor to compete with such powerful seniors? Kurosaki Kazutaka had his usual gentle and friendly smirk on his face, and he couldn't help but beat up Naoya Kuroza in his heart.

"In today's Red and White War, the seniors got twenty-three points from the hands of these freshmen all at once, how could it be a release of water? Hehe......"

"Indeed......" Kuraza Naoya nodded when he heard this, and continued, "Speaking of which, weren't you happy when the overseer made the decision to replace the catcher in the second half of the eighth game?" After speaking, he showed an inquiring look to him.

“…… Is it because you can replace Ono? ”

This is a question that cannot be answered directly, and it must be well thought out.

Kurosaki lowered his eyes, avoiding Naoya's inquiring and scrutinizing eyes.

"It's not."

Kurosaki Kazutaka blinked, raised his head and smiled extraordinarily brightly, "Of course I'd love to have Ono continue to be a catcher to pick up my pitches, but the thought of Kuroza being able to play and get points from Sakai-senpai for our freshman team makes me happy!" ”

"Is that so?"

"That's right."

……

After seeing Kuraza Naoya walk away, Kurosaki Ichitaka followed the team and ran a few more laps, then waited for the running team to disband and returned to the dormitory alone.

"Smack!"

As soon as the door closed, the false smile on Kurosaki Kazutaka's face disappeared in an instant, and it was terrifyingly gloomy.

Kurosaki gritted his teeth and walked back and forth in the empty dormitory, desperately recalling in his mind the images of today's game and the tentative intentions of Naoya Kuraza just now.

First of all, his performance in this red-white battle is very good, second only to Yukichiya and Kuroza Naoya.

The problem was that at the end of the second half of the eighth inning, when Superintendent Kataoka announced the replacement of the catcher, his expression was abnormal, and many people, including the superintendent of the baseball club, saw it.

Even shortly after the team disbanded, Kuroza Naoya ran over to test him.

"Forget it!"

Kurosaki Kazutaka stopped his meaningless movement and looked through the window at the baseball club who were still training on the training ground, "It seems that it is time to find a way out." ”