Chapter 61: Bullying!

Unlike the nervous Kawakami, Yuki Tetsuya had just heard the conversation between Huangqian Yangyi and Isashiki Jun.

Since Huangqian thought so highly of Kawakami, he had to help out, and with full effort at that!

Clearly sensing the aura coming from Senior Jiecheng, Kawakami felt immense pressure at this moment.

Why, he had only come to ask Huangqian Yangyi to teach him about pitching, so how did it turn into being put through a gauntlet by the seniors?

He glanced at Huangqian Yangyi, who was smiling right at him.

Was he being teased on purpose? Kawakami didn't think Huangqian Yangyi was that bored.

His small brain capacity couldn't help Kawakami figure this out, but since he was already standing there, no matter who was on the other side, he had to throw the ball!

After taking several deep breaths in a row, Kawakami finally calmed down; the stance of Senior Jiecheng opposite him left no openings, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

He lifted his leg, raised his hand, swung his arm, and a Slider flew toward the outside corner.

Yuki Tetsuya, who had been highly focused, swung his bat the moment the ball came out; with an aura like a demon or god, the bat struck the baseball with a dull boom.

It flew!

Although the baseball was blocked by the soft wall, Kawakami was not a rookie who was hitting a baseball for the first time; just by looking at the flight path of this ball, he knew it was a Home Run sufficient to reach the spectator stands.

"Yeah, a Home Run, Kawakami, you lost the match." Huangqian Yangyi walked over, one hand resting on Kawakami's shoulder.

Kawakami gave a helpless, bitter smile: "Huangqian-san, I understand what you mean; you're trying to tell me the gap between me and the seniors, telling me not to be overly ambitious, right?"

Uh...

Huangqian Yangyi was stunned for a full three seconds; this guy had quite the imagination.

"Something like that. Anyway, from now on, every two days you will undergo a situational training session similar to this," Huangqian Yangyi said.

"Technically, you should properly hone your Slider and Sinker now; for issues in this area, you can go find Senior Chris, or communicate more with Miyuki."

After hearing the second half of the sentence, Kawakami already had an idea, so he asked: "Situational training?"

"Yes, situational training. Your problem is actually mainly in your personality, so starting from the next situational training, we will conduct Noise Interference Training and Failure Desensitization Training."

Kawakami was completely bewildered after hearing this; what on earth was all this?

At this time, Yuki Tetsuya, Kominato Ryosuke, and Isashiki Jun all gathered around.

"Huangqian, what do you mean by this messy training?" Isashiki asked.

Huangqian Yangyi smiled: "In the future, for Kawakami's training, play 3D surround-sound audience booing effects for him, and record Kawakami's heart rate and control rate under these conditions; if the heart rate is below 110bpm and the control rate reaches over 80%, it counts as a success."

"As for the Failure Desensitization Training, set up must-lose scenarios during training, like bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, 0 outs, have more of these situations; throw every ball seriously, and you'll get used to it."

After hearing this, the group simultaneously gave Huangqian Yangyi a thumbs up. No, wait, you can even think of a trick like playing boos? Are you a devil?

As for Kawakami on the side, his eyes widened, looking at Huangqian Yangyi in disbelief; he was very clear about his own shortcomings, but wasn't this method a bit too simple and brutal?

"Oh right, there's more. Every Sunday night from now on, Kawakami, you need to make a one-week training summary report and give a speech in front of everyone, the super loud kind; this can effectively train your nerve."

"Devil!" said Isashiki.

"Ruthless!" said Kominato Ryosuke.

"Satan!" said Yuki Tetsuya.

Kawakami trembled all over at the mere thought of the scene of giving a speech in front of everyone.

"Huangqian-san, you, you are bullying me!"

"Eh? Don't you want to stand on the Pitcher's Mound, Kawakami? Don't you want to enter Koshien? Don't you want to lift the championship trophy with everyone?" Huangqian Yangyi looked at Kawakami with a stunned expression, then changed his tone, looking as if he understood him very well.

"I get it, so you're satisfied just watching from the stands, Kawakami. Sorry, I didn't consider that; I thought you were a pitcher with ambition and dreams."

After saying this, Huangqian Yangyi turned around alone and walked to the side to start his batting practice; every swing made Kawakami feel as if his heart were being torn apart.

Clearly Huangqian-san was doing this for my own good, and I actually doubted him; I really am not a person.

After thinking it through, Kawakami took two steps in one to get behind Huangqian Yangyi, bent over and bowed sharply, super loud: "Arigato, Huangqian-san!"

Huangqian Yangyi's swinging motion stopped instantly; he looked back and then quietly smiled. Look, he even has to thank us.

In the following few days, Huangqian Yangyi's life was no different from before: early morning training, after-school training, and self-training at night. The only difference was that after researching with Miyuki and Senior Chris, he finally found a way to improve his Slider.

Adopting the grip of a Cutter on the basis of the Slider grip was too difficult; one was a Breaking Ball, the other a fastball. But after a few days of testing, Huangqian Yangyi's Slider Kai not only possessed the speed of a fastball, but the degree of movement also became increasingly normal.

In Miyuki's words, this was an abnormal Slider that was faster than a High-speed Slider and had a larger degree of movement than a regular Slider.

The always rigorous Senior Chris even named it the Cutter-Slider.

Time came to the evening of May 1st. After self-training, Huangqian Yangyi packed the things he needed to bring into his backpack. He was going back to Kyoto tomorrow, and the anticipation in his younger sister Kumiko's voice on the phone in the afternoon made Huangqian Yangyi feel a surge of excitement.

Early the next morning, Huangqian Yangyi woke up at 6 o'clock and walked out of the dormitory door with his backpack.

"Kazuya! Why are you here?"

Arriving downstairs, Huangqian Yangyi actually saw Miyuki Kazuya also carrying a backpack, wearing a sun hat, standing at the main gate looking at him.

"Hahahaha, Yangyi, I also asked for leave; it's impossible for you to go play by yourself!"

Hearing this, Huangqian Yangyi laughed, "How did you know? Did Senior Chris tell you?"

Huangqian Yangyi had only told Chris about going back to see his sister's performance; even the manager didn't know. Could it be that Senior Chris was a big mouth?

"Don't worry about that. Anyway, I also want to take a good day off," Miyuki said, revealing a row of white teeth.

In reality, when he was studying with Senior Chris, the two of them inadvertently mentioned Huangqian Yangyi asking for leave, and it was only after Miyuki shamelessly pressed him that Chris told him.

"Forget it, let's go, hurry to the station to buy tickets, we're pressed for time!" Huangqian Yangyi was too lazy to complain about Miyuki not giving him a heads-up, and rushed toward the school gate.

"Why are you running! Wait for me!" Miyuki shouted while running behind him.