Chapter 55: Refusing the Interview

"What are you thinking about?" Miyuki saw Huangqian Yangyi staring blankly and handed over the ice pack in his hand.

After taking it, Huangqian Yangyi pressed the ice pack against his shoulder, "Narumiya Mei, he's quite interesting."

"Mei is indeed an excellent Pitcher," Miyuki said with a smile.

"Then what about me?"

Uh...

Miyuki looked at Huangqian Yangyi speechlessly, "You're the most excellent, happy now?"

"Tch, perfunctory." After saying this, Huangqian Yangyi turned and left.

Shaking his head helplessly, Miyuki looked left and right; these two Pitchers were both equally willful.

Just then, Manager Fujiwara Takako walked over, carrying Huangqian Yangyi's shoulder bag on her shoulder, and holding his clothes and water bottle in her hands.

"Yangyi, it's time to go," Fujiwara Takako said softly.

"Mm, let's go." Huangqian Yangyi reached out to take his bag, but Fujiwara Takako stepped back and said, "I'll take it, you just focus on icing your shoulder."

"Then I'll trouble you, Senior," Huangqian Yangyi smiled.

Having successfully won the championship, the Seido team walked out of the stadium to the entrance and were immediately surrounded by enthusiastic fans, with a large number of fans shouting the players' names.

Everyone waved to the fans while boarding the bus. Huangqian Yangyi saw his sister Mamiko in the crowd, gave a simple wave to greet her, then followed behind Fujiwara Takako onto the bus and sat in the back row.

"Yo, little brother Huangqian, Takako is really good to you, even helping you carry your things." Jiantian Youxiang sat in her seat, looking at the two of them with a smile.

Hearing this, Fujiwara Takako's face turned red instantly.

"Hehe, Senior has always taken good care of me."

Huangqian Yangyi laughed, looking proud and self-satisfied.

This oblivious demeanor left Jiantian Youxiang feeling extremely speechless; this person was just too dense.

Returning to school, the principal and the director personally came to the school gate to welcome them. Don't look at it as just a trivial Dudahui championship; for Seido, it was something they hadn't won in a long time. Every time, they would either lose in the semifinals or the finals to Inashiro or Ichidai Sanko.

Having held it in for so long, they could finally celebrate properly.

However...

"It's just a Dudahui, if you want to celebrate, wait until the summer," Coach Kataoka said.

It had to be said that it was a bit of a buzzkill, but everyone expressed their understanding. Having served as the Seido coach for several years without being able to produce a decent result, Coach Kataoka's pressure was greater than anyone's. A Spring Metropolitan Tournament championship was not enough for him to calmly accept everyone's blessings.

The group put all their things away, washed up, changed their clothes, and came to the cafeteria.

Although Coach Kataoka had rejected the celebration arrangement proposed by the principal, the big meal was already made, and it would be a waste not to eat it.

"Kazuya, this chicken leg is mine!" Huangqian Yangyi snatched the chicken leg from Miyuki's bowl.

"Ha?" Miyuki's chopsticks lunged over fiercely.

"Let go, there are eight of them!"

"Mine!"

The two grown men started bickering right there in front of the window.

"Stop fighting over the chicken leg, there's watermelon over there."

Not knowing who said what, Miyuki immediately turned his head and ran over.

After enjoying the big meal, just as Huangqian Yangyi was about to return to the dormitory, he was stopped on the way.

"Huangqian!"

Takashima Rei called him from behind and walked over quickly.

"Rei-chan, what's wrong?" Huangqian Yangyi asked.

Takashima Rei walked over slowly with a smile on her face: "I just received a call from Baseball Kingdom; they want to interview you."

"Interview? Me?" Huangqian Yangyi was a bit surprised, but upon reflection, he felt it was normal. Although he hadn't played many times and hadn't pitched many innings, it was undeniable that he had contributed significantly to Seido winning the Spring Metropolitan Tournament championship this time.

And most importantly, his status as a First Year rookie and his pitch speed exceeding 150 km/h.

"Yes, you. Do you want to accept the interview?" Takashima Rei asked.

This time, Baseball Kingdom had suddenly sent an interview request. Although it was a bit surprising, it was within reason. Originally, for such an interview request, especially when the subject was a First Year student, Coach Kataoka would never have agreed.

The reason was naturally the worry that the player would become arrogant and complacent, affecting his condition.

In such situations, young players, especially those who were not mentally mature and had not experienced the baptism of high school baseball, were more likely to develop an arrogant mindset due to being interviewed.

But for the first time ever, Coach Kataoka had let Takashima Rei ask Huangqian Yangyi for his own thoughts.

"No need, right? I'm only a First Year, still just a kid. If I do an interview, I'll be shy."

Takashima Rei had black lines on her forehead; do you want to listen to what you're saying?

"Are you sure? This is a good opportunity to become famous." Takashima Rei continued to ask; she felt that a high school freshman, having a media interview, shouldn't be this calm.

In normal adolescence, aren't 15 or 16-year-old kids at the age of hot-blooded youth? Being interviewed, gaining fame, and then being liked by many girls—that should be the normal way of thinking, right?

"Of course I'm sure. Accepting an interview now is useless. Besides giving them free traffic, I get nothing." Huangqian Yangyi thought very clearly; even if he were to do an interview, he should at least wait until they made it to Koshien.

Keeping a bit of mystery now is a good thing; after all, a rookie being too flashy is easy to cause resentment in others, not to mention that he had made his presence felt every time he had taken the mound these past few times.

Hearing Huangqian Yangyi's answer, Takashima Rei smiled with relief, "Then I will help you decline it."

"Okay, sorry to trouble you, Rei-chan."

After parting ways with Takashima Rei, Huangqian Yangyi received a call from his younger sister Kumiko. They talked for nearly half an hour. Listening to Kumiko's excited and admiring voice, Huangqian Yangyi felt as happy as a fool, smiling in place for half an hour.

Outside, just as the Seido team was enjoying the joy brought by victory, everyone in Tokyo who paid attention to high school baseball was fiercely discussing Seido's championship win.

Defeating Ichidai Sanko and Inashiro in succession, such a performance made those who had been downplaying Seido blush, and at the same time, it added confidence to Seido's fans. This summer might be the most promising summer for Seido in years.

Especially Seido's First Year super rookie Huangqian Yangyi, who was even more talked about.

At first, people only noticed that Seido had a powerful First Year Pitcher, until someone compiled the statistics of Huangqian Yangyi's few games and posted them on the internet.

Four games, a total of nine innings pitched, zero runs allowed, zero hits allowed; his performance on the Pitcher's Mound could be called perfect.

And in terms of batting, 4 at-bats, two Home Runs, two hits, a 100% batting average, and a 100% on-base percentage.

Whether in defense or offense, Huangqian Yangyi's statistics are enough to leave one tongue-tied.