The three of them walked along the river, and under the setting sun, their shadows were drawn very long.
Gradually, the surrounding lights began to light up, and the sun had completely gone down the horizon.
During the whole process, none of the three said a word.
Before they met, Hosho and Oda had a lot of words to say. They had a lot of things they wanted to tell and explain to Sawamura.
They wanted to say congratulations and thank you to Sawamura very normally.
But they just can't.
After they met for real, they felt like they were back to when they were on the Akagi Middle School baseball team. At that time, they all followed Sawamura's lead. As long as they listened to Sawamura, all problems would be solved eventually.
In those days, they never thought that they would become rivals with Sawamura, let alone how to get along with Sawamura after becoming rivals.
The annoyance in his heart kept gnawing at Hosho. He didn't know what he was annoyed about, in short, he was in a complicated mood.
In the end, a thousand words were condensed into one word.
"Congratulations!"
It seems that apart from this word, he doesn't know what else to say to Eijun.
"It's not sincere at all, it looks like a matter of formality." Sawamura smiled.
He is not a person who is willing to cause more trouble. After his regression, most of the people he associates with were friends from before returning to the past.
Among them, Hosho and Oda are absolute exceptions.
When Sawamura Eijun established the Akagi Middle School baseball team, the two sides did not have any intersection.
Not to mention going hand in hand to win a national championship.
Without the presence of Hosho and Oda, the Akagi Middle School baseball team would not have risen so quickly. If it weren't for Akagi's rise so fast, it would have been impossible to recruit so many potential players in the second year.
A virtuous circle, the more you win the more attention you get, and the more and better recruits you will have.
When he had just regressed, Sawamura underestimated the middle school softball league. After all, those guys are also professionally coached teams. If Sawamura's own original plan was really carried out, it would be no problem to enter the higher stages, but the Championship would be out of his reach.
Not to mention consecutive Championship wins.
From this point of view, Sawamura is also grateful to Hosho and Oda. If it weren't for their help, and them willing to take the risk of betting on his no-name school for their future, Sawamura's wish of playing with his friends and saving his middle school, would not have been easy to achieve.
Therefore, in Sawamura Eijun's heart, the status of these two Senpais is very special.
It's not just about being former teammates!
As soon as Hosho sent the text message, he moved immediately, and he also wanted to say something to Hosho.
It's just that after they really met, he felt the same as Hosho and didn't know what to say.
However, he knew that they were friends and had the best memories with each other. What more is needed to be said?
As long as this remains unchanged, no matter how long it is, no matter how long they have not seen each other, nothing can stop their friendship.
Having figured it out, Sawamura instantly felt relieved and teased Hosho.
"You didn't have an easy time partnering with me when you partnered with Nanami Haruka, did you, Senpai?"
Sawamura changed the subject easily, and almost instantly, Hosho understood what Sawamura was thinking, and he laughed along with it.
Yes, they are friends, why are they complicating things?
"You don't have the right to say anything about others, working with you will make anyone worried"
"What nonsense, I'm Sawamura, you just need to catch the ball, and everything will be alright."
"You don't even know where the ball will go. And you have the guts to say that."
"You mean Moving ball? I didn't know when I used a softball would be so different from a hardball."
Suddenly, the two started chatting.
Oda next to him was dumbfounded.
'Wasn't the atmosphere very heavy just now? Why did the air suddenly change? What happened in the middle? Why has no one told me anything?'
'And the three of us together, the two of you chatting heatedly like that, and just put me aside, is this really okay?'
'Won't it hurt your conscience a bit?'
Obviously, Sawamura and Hosho had no such concerns.
When old friends meet, what they say is naturally embarrassing and nice things from the past.
If there is any value in saying these words, there must be no value, but this feeling is very nostalgic.
Sawamura also seems to have experienced a detachment from the world for a bit, and the state of the whole person is different.
In fact, for him, it was not much different from a real detachment.
Whether it was this life or the previous, whether it was Nagano or Tokyo…
People are not stones, who can be this detached from people?
When Sawamura gradually reached the peak of his career, the distance between him and his hometown friends gradually increased.
Even before his regression, Sawamura was sometimes very emotional.
Why did people who got along so well that they were so inseparable suddenly feel so far away?
Now, he finally figured it out.
It is a truth of life that time separates people, The only thing that doesn't change is the bond in his heart.
There is no need to worry about these things, as long as you keep your own heart, everything is not a problem.
The three of them chatted and unknowingly brought the topic to Nanami Haruka.
"You predicted that Nanami didn't have much development prospects. Do you still think so now?"
Although Hosho already had an answer, he couldn't help but want to ask Eijun for confirmation.
Sawamura froze for a moment.
In the beginning, he did comment on Nanami, saying that it was difficult for Nanami to have a future in the professional circle.
However, after the match today, Sawamura had a different opinion.
From his professional perspective, Nanami's future is really hard to say. If he can stick to his style and carry it forward.
His achievements are likely to be quite astonishing.
But in Eijun's memory, there is no such a star player as Nanami Haruka.
In other words, before Sawamura's regression, Nanami Haruka never entered the professional circle.
What he said to Hosho was based on what he saw from Nanami and it was also based on his memory.
Now, he really couldn't tell what would happen to Nanami Haruka in the future.
"If he sticks to his style and continues to play baseball, he might achieve something! But who can say for sure? Baseball is not the only way for us after all." Sawamura was very emotional when he said that.
"How about you?" Okuchi asked.
"Me?"
Sawamura was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
"No matter what, I will go all the way with baseball to the grave. No matter what the road ahead is, I will go on with it."
Oda Honjo said in surprise: "Even if you are a professional baseball player, you should retire at the age of 30 or 35. What will you do after that?"
"I can still be a Coach!" Sawamura said.
On that night, Sawamura strengthened his dream.
It's just the fate of people, it's amazing.
What's the future like? Who can say for sure?
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