I (30), Who Works for a Black Company and Died While Regretting My Gloomy Life, Started Over From High School!

Chapter 53: The Struggle of the Athletic Dullard (1)

TL: Helena

ED: Animu

53.The fools are going to the game.

It was the last day of the ball game.

The softball team was gathered on the field under a sunny sky with no clouds.

Ive been playing softball for a while now. If it was soccer or something like that, you could still be cool by just chasing the ball around

The guy next to me in gym clothes, Ginji, complained in frustration.

He belonged to the computer club, and like me, he was not very good at ball games like this.

In fact, sports are considered too sacred to be healthy and educational. Whats with the enthusiastic look on your face, Nihama-kun? Dont tell me youve improved your athletic skills after your academic skills?

My athleticism isnt going to get any better. Im just a little bit more prepared for this game.

To tell the truth, what I did as preparation couldnt be considered little. Because the other days softball catching practice turned into an unexpectedly intense training session.

After I finally managed to catch a fly Fumihashi-san ignited my sporty spirit and turned into a Spartan coach from the Showa era.

I was thrown a lot of ground balls, liners, and flies.

The never-ending hell of catching the ball made me realize how unathletic I was, but it was still a great help in improving my skills and raising my motivation for the game.

(I cant thank Fumihashi enough for helping me that much, but I was physically dead that day. Well, it was much healthier mentally than working overtime at a desk that I didnt enjoy at all.)

Oh I got the gist of it. Im sure youve been practicing hard to look good for Shijoin-san again.

How did you know? Youre an esper!

I know how you act when youre in love. Your responses have changed to Ill work so hard Ill die for my favorite only, with the previously available, Shut up and Give up disappearing.

Ginji said with a dumbfounded look.

I had such a straightforward and predictable action pattern from the beginning?

There are many people for a mere ball game

As Ginji said, there were a large number of students around the ground to observe the game.

After all, just like in my previous life, people are gathering to watch the winner of the final game.

Whats more the excitement is quite high.

Lets get it over with! If we win this, we win the tournament!

Boys of the softball team! If you win, the teacher will buy you juice, so do your best for the class!

Im betting my lunch that my class will win! You better win!

The cheers I heard before the game started were from the visitors of my class.

The fervor in their voices is more than I can remember from my previous life, and the softball team, too.

Well, weve won so far, so lets keep it up!

Yeah! I get really fired up when girls cheer me on!

Yes! My one-legged batting technique is about to catch fire!

Akazaki, youd better reflect on the last time you did that and fell down in the batters box.

The morale was quite high, even if it was a bit of a joke.

What? In my previous life, there was a lot of excitement, but I dont think it was enough to get people cheering before the game?

Whats with all the excitement, even if it is the finals

What are you talking about, Nihama-kun? Youre the one who created this atmosphere.

What?

Didnt we all have a fun at the festival you organized? Since then, our class has become closer in spirit, and the camaraderie has grown stronger overall. Thanks to this, the atmosphere is easy to relax and easy to get along with, and when it comes to the championship game of a ball game, the atmosphere can be as high as this.

So thats what is this all about.

I thought that the unity of the class had become a little stronger, but I did not realize that the cultural festival had such an impact on the atmosphere in the class.

But if the unity of the class is growing, the game will be more exciting, but when you lose, the disappointment will be worse

Hmm? Thats

I saw Shijouin-san in her gym uniform sitting among the people from my class who were sitting on the ground cheering for the team.

Kazamihara and Fumihashi, who seemed to have started talking to each other a lot lately, were on either side of her.

She seemed to notice that I was looking at her, and Kazamihara said, Oh, Nihama-kun is looking over here Well, please do your best to look cool in front of Shijouin-san, okay? She grinned at me and said, Youve done a great job with your training! Good Luck!!! As if to say, Im going to do it, she thrusts out her left and right arms and gives me a double thumbs-up.

Shijoin-san seemed to like this kind of event as well, and seemed to be very excited about this atmosphere of class excitement even before the game started.

(Oh)

And then my eyes met hers.

It was as if we were both looking for each other, and we were certainly looking into each others eyes.

Id like to think that it wasnt an illusion.

The moment our gazes intertwined, Shijoin-san smiled like a flower blooming.

She said, Im rooting for you so much! Please do your best! and as if to say, Good luck!, she waved her hands vigorously at me.

It was a straightforward expression of an innocent heart to support me.

Oh, oh, oh! Did you see that, guys! Shijoin-san just waved at me!

Huh? Whats with the ego, man! It was for me!

Dont start a sad fight when you know you wont get an eye!

But Shijouin-sans in a good mood! Youll get a chance if you play well!

Ah, it looks like its time to get serious!

Boys are sadly simple creatures, and a smile and a wave from a beautiful girl is enough to boost their morale. And I am no exception to this rule.

Hey, hey, look, Nihama. Every single one of them is making the tension too high.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Im gonna do it Im gonna do it!!!

So, youre the one whos the softest?

Youre being a jerk, Ginji.

The girl I love the most on earth smiled and waved at me.

What man wouldnt be burned up by this?

And as I was doing this foolish thing, a broadcast sounded on the ground.

The time has come for the second grade softball game between 2-B and 2-D of the tournament to begin. Please line up in the center of the field if you are going to play.

Lets go, Ginji! Lets do this!

As I ran to the line up point, the other guys said, Hey! Im going to hit 100 percent, so watch this! Hyah! Im gonna do it! Its the perfect opportunity to get the girls to cackle! and Shijouin-san rushed out with her head still red from cheering for me.

Wait, its not fair that youre the only ones acting like youre drunk!

I felt a little sorry for Ginji, who was the only one who couldnt be an idiot and seemed to be the only one who kept a straight face at the drinking party.

Anyway

The game, which had become an abominable memory in my previous life, started with a surprisingly large amount of motivation.

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