Chapter 193: Roommates

After last summer, although Huangqian Yangyi's hitting remained threatening, many had already noticed that his hitting actually had flaws in the speed and power of the swing itself. For this reason, he had increased his strength training, but those dull, mechanical drills were never as satisfying as swinging the bat directly.

"It's quite good, but you can use this bat for regular training, though you must switch back to your old bat three days before a game starts," Chris said.

Huangqian Yangyi nodded, "Mm, I know."

Chris smiled; he really liked this about Huangqian Yangyi—no matter what he did, there was no need for them to worry.

It was just that a junior who could handle everything on his own left him feeling a lack of accomplishment; well, a bit lonely.

If Huangqian Yangyi knew Chris's thoughts, he would surely burst out laughing. Just today, that troublemaker was coming, and Chris would definitely not be idle then.

"Alright, tidy up the dorm; the junior will be here later," Chris reminded him.

"Oh, right!" Huangqian Yangyi realized, hurrying to open the door to check the name on the doorplate; he hadn't paid attention when he came in earlier.

First Year, Arima Kazusa.

This was Huangqian Yangyi's new roommate, and also his junior in the same dorm.

Not bad, Huangqian Yangyi nodded to himself; at least this little guy understood human speech. If it were Sawamura, he might not be able to stand it.

The two of them gave the dorm a simple cleaning together, then Huangqian Yangyi sat down at his spot to wait for the little junior to arrive.

The night deepened, and when it was nearly 8:00 PM, a sudden exclamation came from the neighboring dorm.

Hearing this sound, Huangqian Yangyi slapped his forehead hard—how could he have forgotten about this! He missed a good show!

Hurrying to push the door open and poke his head out, Huangqian Yangyi saw Sawamura, looking panicked, fall to the ground; he was clearly quite frightened.

Kuramochi's "hahaha" laughter followed immediately.

Click!

Taking a photo with his phone, Huangqian Yangyi walked toward Sawamura with a smile.

"Aniki!" Sawamura shouted in surprise. After months of online contact, his favorability toward Huangqian Yangyi was now maxed out.

"Hey, hey, I told you not to call me that; it sounds like the mafia!" Huangqian Yangyi said helplessly.

He didn't even know when this guy had suddenly started calling him that.

"Hahaha, Huangqian, look, this guy got scared, didn't he?" Kuramochi, with his face painted like a ghost, turned off his flashlight and pointed at Sawamura, clutching his stomach in laughter.

Beside Kuramochi, Masuko Toru, who had not been demoted to the Second String for losing focus during a game as he originally had been, was also wearing a happy smile.

"Uga!"

Scrambling up from the ground, Sawamura felt a bit terrified. These two seniors didn't look like good people; would they bully him?

Before Sawamura could think too much, another voice rang out.

"Senior Huangqian!"

Huangqian Yangyi looked back and saw Arima Kazusa. The young man was carrying a guitar case on his back and a suitcase in his hand, waving happily at him.

"Arriving so late, what were you doing?" Huangqian Yangyi asked.

The Arima family lived not far from Seido High School, yet this kid still chose to live in the dormitory.

"Hehe, it's precisely because it's close that I came a bit late," Arima Kazusa said.

Huangqian Yangyi nodded, "Let's go, you're in the same dorm as me."

"Eh?! Really?!" Arima Kazusa was very pleasantly surprised. Before school started, he had been very worried about whether the senior in his dorm would be easy to get along with, but now that he knew it was Huangqian Yangyi, all his worries vanished.

"Mm. Come on over."

Bringing the young man to the dorm, Chris, who was there, also turned around upon hearing the commotion.

"Hello, Senior!"

Arima Kazusa bowed deeply, and Chris responded politely. He had already heard about this junior many times from Huangqian Yangyi.

After they were introduced, Arima Kazusa began to organize his things.

Half an hour later, Huangqian Yangyi took off his headphones and said, "Once you're done tidying up, go take a shower. Get to sleep early tonight; you can't be late tomorrow."

"Understood, Senior Huangqian." Arima Kazusa was extremely obedient.

The next morning, Huangqian Yangyi was already up at 5:00 AM and went to the field for his morning run.

6:00 AM, the morning practice time for the Seido High School Baseball Club.

The new recruits arrived at the A-side Field one after another, looking around in confusion, not finding a single senior in sight.

In the morning mist, on the B-side Field, all the second and third-year members followed Coach Kataoka into the A-side Field.

As the sound of footsteps approached, the new recruits hurriedly stood in two rows.

"I am the head coach, Kataoka. Are these all the new members?" Coach Kataoka said in a low voice, wearing sunglasses.

"Yes!"

The new recruits shouted in unison with their hands behind their backs.

"Very well, now begin self-introductions in turn!"

"Hello, Coach! I'm Take-moto Atsushi from Minami Middle School. I want to play Left Fielder. Please take care of me!" A new recruit introduced himself loudly and energetically.

"Next."

Coach Kataoka crossed his arms, wearing an indifferent, cold expression.

"I am Oshima Hiroshi from Miyagawa Junior Baseball. I want to play Shortstop. I am very confident in my defense." The boy shouted with his eyes closed, not daring to look the coach in the eye.

Behind Coach Kataoka, in the ranks of the second and third years, Huangqian Yangyi let out a long sigh.

This Miyuki, he was late last year, and he's still like this now; he's doing it on purpose, right?

And that guy Sawamura, it seems he still couldn't escape the fate of being punished for being late.

Turning his head to look at the distant corner, Huangqian Yangyi indeed discovered a sneaky figure; who else could it be but Sawamura?

"Poor kid," Huangqian Yangyi shook his head and sighed. He must not get involved with those two latecomers later, lest he be punished by the coach along with them.

The self-introductions continued.

"Arima Kazusa, a local. I want to be a Pitcher! But Senior Huangqian said I have the talent to be a Third Baseman, so I want to be a Third Baseman! Please take care of me!"

The little guy even dragged Huangqian Yangyi into his self-introduction; I have to say, he still has a bit of cleverness.

Once these words were out, a group of Assistant Coaches hurriedly noted down his name; Third Base, is it? If Huangqian Yangyi thinks this way, it seems it is worth paying close attention to.

"Kanemaru Shinji, from Matsukata Junior League, the position I want to play is Third Base! Please treat me well!" the blonde-haired boy said, full of confidence.

"Furuya Satoru, from Hokkaido, Pitcher."

Amidst the crowd, a flat voice rang out.

Huangqian Yangyi looked at this poker-faced young man; hmm, he started yawning right after he finished speaking, truly interesting.

Just at this moment, at the corner of the wall in the distance, a figure came rushing over sneakily.

Huangqian Yangyi hurriedly turned his head to look over.

This idiot!

Does he really think the Coach is a fool?

Who wouldn't be able to hear such loud footsteps?

"Ah! Someone is not only late, but also attempting to sneak into the team!!!"

Very good, Miyuki is also an idiot.