The next morning, on the road near the school gate.
Kato Yusuke, who was wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater vest, saw the slender figure not far ahead and hesitated before walking up.
"Good morning, Kato-san."
Yusuke said hello.
"Ah, good morning, Kato-kun."
Hui Ze, who turned around, responded to him naturally, with no abnormalities at all on her beautiful face.
Kato Yusuke thought for a moment and said, "I'm sorry for yesterday."
"Sorry?" the girl asked doubtfully.
Yusuke nodded, "It's just what happened in the health room yesterday. I'm sorry for causing trouble to you."
"Oh, that's what you mean."
Hui's eyes fluctuated slightly, and then she shook her head and said, "Yeah~~ It doesn't matter. Kato-kun didn't mean it anyway, and I'm not angry either."
"Aren't you angry?" Kato Yusuke looked at the other party with some confusion.
Regarding this.
"Well, rather than saying he's angry, it's better to say he's a little scared."
The girl just said in a calm tone: "After all, this is my second time having close contact with a boy like this."
"Is this so..."
Kato Yusuke's steps paused slightly, and he nodded his head slowly, his eyes thoughtful.
The two of them walked towards the school together, with Hui keeping her pace slightly behind Yusuke with a clear and shallow smile on her face.
When she smiles, the lines on her face become more vivid and soft.
The girl asked the former: "Speaking of which, does the injury on Kato-kun's hand not matter?"
"Well, it's no problem." Kato Yusuke responded, and raised his hand to show Kei.
Looking closely, he saw that the bandage was no longer on the boy's hand, and the scratches on his skin yesterday had already formed scabs.
It really looked like there was no problem.
So the girl nodded slightly and said, "Well, I recovered very quickly."
"Because it's not serious in itself, but thank you for helping to bandage it yesterday."
"Hey, Kato-kun. As for that, I think it's okay if you're a companion and you don't need to be so polite."
While talking, the two of them followed the crowd into the gate of the campus.
And just when Yusuke was about to respond to the girl's words...
"Three, two, one, together——!"
The loud slogans rang in their ears.
""""Good morning——! Thank you for your hard work——! Brother Kato——!""""
His thoughts suddenly stopped.
The originally lively crowd suddenly became quiet and stopped one after another.
Looking around, he saw two tall boys standing on either side of the school gate.
It was obviously a hot summer day, but they were wearing black stand-up collar uniforms. Through the open collars, the white shirts on their chests were wet with sweat, as if they had been standing here for a long time.
If it were just like this, everyone would find it a little strange at most, but they wouldn't be too surprised.
But if coupled with the 90-degree bowing posture and the words that seemed to be greeting someone, it would be impossible not to make people think more about it.
"What, what's wrong?"
"have no idea……"
"Could it be the Yakuza?"
"No way?"
There was a murmur among the crowd, and a large space was immediately cleared.
For a time, there were only two people left in the center of the venue.
"Yu...Yusuke, what exactly is this?"
Hui was at a loss and pulled the boy's clothes.
"have no idea."
Kato Yusuke responded with a dull expression.
"Yu... Yusuke, they seem to be looking at you!"
Megumi, who hid half of her body behind the boy, continued.
"No, there is no such thing."
Yusuke continued to deny blankly.
Seeing their unnaturalness, the eldest brother among the four hesitated and walked over while rubbing his hands.
"Yu... Yusuke, someone is here! It seems to be from the baseball club yesterday... uh~~"
"…………"
In the young man's silence, the man also stood in front of the two of them.
"Good morning! Thank you for your hard work——!"
Immediately there was another salute.
The corners of Kato Yusuke's eyes twitched.
Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what the next flavor will be.
But today, Kato Yusuke felt that he had the worst taste.
Seeing this scene, the onlookers were in an uproar.
"Hey, is that person a third-year student?"
"Isn't it completely the other way around to salute first-year students...?"
"Speaking of which, who is that boy?"
All kinds of eyes were cast on Yusuke, as if there was a weight on his shoulders.
Looking at the boy in front of him, Kato Yusuke took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice: "What do you want to do, senior? Is this a new way of making trouble?"
"No! No!"
The boy who raised his head immediately said loudly: "After what happened yesterday, we really want to follow you! If you can, please agree to our request. Please -!"
“Please——!” x3
The other three people immediately echoed.
The high-pitched voice echoed in the sky, and the front of the school gate was filled with a strong atmosphere of Yakuza.
Regarding this, Yusuke's face was filled with gloom and he said without thinking.
"I reject."
After saying that, he grabbed the girl's wrist and prepared to leave the scene of social death.
At this moment, a cold word suddenly came from behind.
"What are you doing?"
The slender figure suddenly pushed aside the crowd and shouted to several people on the field: "As a member of the baseball club, please straighten your waist!"
The moment he finished speaking, Kato Yusuke clearly saw the body of the boy in front of him tremble.
"Ishikawa..."
The boy raised his head and said, while also revealing the identity of the person coming.
Upon seeing this, Yusuke's eyes showed a clear look and he said to the girl beside him.
"Let's go, Kato-san, and let them solve the rest by themselves."
"Um……"
Megumi, whose eyes fell on her wrist, responded softly.
The two of them walked forward together, and the boy in front of them didn't stop them.
Just when Kato Yusuke thought they could just leave.
"Hey, wait a minute, the first grader over there."
Ishikawa's voice reached his ears again.
In response, Yusuke continued walking forward as if he didn't hear it.
Ishikawa's face immediately turned ugly. Looking at the non-stop walking figure, he took out a baseball from his pocket, weighed it twice in his hand, and then threw it directly towards the boy.
"Brother Kato——!"
The boy who was confronting him immediately warned loudly: "Be careful!"
But it's already too late...
When the boy turned back, the fast and straight baseball was already flying towards Kato Yusuke, and it seemed that he would have a close contact with the back of the opponent's head in the next second.
Judging from the rapid sound of breaking through the air, if it was hit hard by this, it would be inevitable to lie in the health room for at least a day.
And how fast can a person react?
From the moment Ishikawa throws the ball to the boy turning around to remind him, this process only lasts a short second.
The first one to react was the girl who was not noticed by anyone at first.
Almost instinctively, Kei, who was originally being pulled away by Yusuke, immediately blocked the boy's back.
Along with a dull sound, the sound of a baseball hitting the body rang out on the field.