"Ah... Ma-chan went on a school trip to the Shonan coast!"

"She's so beautiful! I wish I could have legs as beautiful as hers!"

"Don't be envious, if you had a body like Ma Jiang, you could also be a girl!"

"By the way, Arata seems to be very familiar with Majiang, is it Arata?"

…

"Um...we communicated several times while working!"

During the lunch break, many classmates who liked Miyazawa Masami were passing the time scrolling through Instagram! Some people even came to ask Arata about the celebrity. This made Arata feel a little troubled, firstly because they were talking about Ma-chan.

It involves privacy, and the other person is still his friend. On the other hand, Arata also wants to save more time to review the information Mr. Ito gave him.

"but……"

"Woooo..."

As a cell phone vibrated in the study room, Arata quickly put down the information in the textbook, then picked up the cell phone and left the classroom silently.

"Eh"

When Arata took out his cell phone, he saw that the caller was actually Takamatsu Shizuka, who had left her contact information that night. Arata couldn't help but feel a little surprised!

"Miss Takamatsu?"

"Ah... I'm really sorry, Arata... for contacting you so presumptuously!"

"It's okay, may I ask...what can I do for you?"

"Well...if it's okay, I...I want to meet you..."

"Meet?"

…

Hearing Shizuka's nervous breathing on the other side of the phone, Arata quickly realized that there might be something special. So he quickly said simply:

"Uh... Okay then! But where should we meet?"

"If it's not too much trouble, could you please come to Takadanobaba in the evening?"

…

Although Arata was confused when he heard the other party's request, but...reminiscent of the warm reception he received from the other party at the Takamatsu family's manor that day, Arata happily agreed.

…

During the club activities in the afternoon, Arata said hello to Liangzi and said he would have to go back late tonight because he had something to do, and then went to train with the field ball club.

Now that Kato Aya has the help of Ushijima-senpai, she can finally have a decent training plan that can be implemented. The outfield catchers and infielders have more targeted training plans. Arata and Ono-kun also have

Training for pitchers and catchers began.

"Whoa!"

"159?"

"Eh? No way!"

"That's great, Arata! You set the fastest record again!"

Looking at the number displayed on the speedometer, Kato Aya jumped up excitedly. Even though she was just the manager of the team, she knew exactly what this number meant.

"This is a ball speed that is enough to disdain Koshien! Arata, you are really the killer weapon of our team!"

"Thank you for your praise, but unfortunately... the curve ball practice is still not going well!"

"It doesn't matter, the first step is to enter the finals of the Musashino Human Rights Conference!"

…

According to Ushijima-senpai's instructions, pitchers like Arata can practice up to 100 pitches a day. If more, it will cause harm to the body. Therefore, the practice between Arata and Ono is not based on quantity.

Instead, focus on improving skills and strength. So

It almost only needs to be done during the club activity time in the afternoon! However, no matter how hard Arata practices during this period, he still cannot master the change-up pitch that Ushijima-senpai taught him. The ball he throws does not fall too early.

, it’s just that the force is too light and it’s easy to get hit.

In this way, under the gaze of Kato Aya, Arata and Ono contacted a few more balls. Seeing that the time was almost up today, Arata said:

"Kato-san, how about... let's stop here today!"

"Okay! Starting next week, you need to add some more curve ball exercises!"

As Kato Aya said, she wrote down something in her training record, and then went to check other people's training. Arata said hello to Ono-kun, then picked up his schoolbag, took the train, and arrived.

The agreed place.

When Arata walked out of the station, he went to the square in front of the station as promised. Looking at the people coming and going, Arata kept guessing in his mind whether Takamatsu Shizuka asked him out.

For what reason.

Just when Arata was pacing back and forth in the square and suddenly turned around, a passerby who was passing by with his head lowered suddenly bumped into him. When Arata saw this, he immediately subconsciously wanted to apologize, but soon he heard

The other party whispered to him:

"Please come with me over here, Arata!"

"Eh!"

He saw the other party suddenly leaning towards him, then raised his hand and put Arata's hand on her waist. Seeing this, Arata felt a little strange, but he also noticed that the other party seemed to be avoiding something.

"Miss Takamatsu, you..."

"Sorry, please take me out of here as soon as possible! Please!"

Hearing Miss Takamatsu pleading with her in an anxious tone, Arata was confused, but she also understood that now was not the time to find out the whole story, so she quickly hugged Miss Takamatsu, like a couple, and slowly

He disappeared into the crowd of people in the square in front of the station.

The two of them walked forward quickly like this. They didn't know how far they had gone before Arata realized that Miss Takamatsu in her arms was trembling unconsciously, as if... something extremely terrible had happened.

.

"What happened?"

"Please...please take me to a safe place, please!"

Seeing that Takamatsu Shizuka seemed to be in some big trouble, Arata naturally didn't dare to ask any more questions. Arata first took Takamatsu Shizuka and hid in a milk tea shop. Then he hesitated for a while before taking out the phone.

, dialed the number of Master Miki Nakamura!

"Santa, have you finally remembered to contact me?"

"I'm so sorry, senior! Well...can I go find you now?"

"Now?"

"Um...I might even bring someone with me!"

"Did something happen?"

"I haven't figured this out yet!"

Miki agreed without hesitation on the other end of the phone. After she put down the phone, she asked the driver to take her back to the apartment.

As for Xintai, he left the milk tea shop, then passed through a department store and stopped a taxi on another street!

When the two finally got into the car, Arata told the driver the address of Miki's house. Then the car drove to Miki's apartment. Shizuka Takamatsu leaned on Arata's shoulder, unable to restrain herself.

left tears.
Chapter completed!