I am practicing in Tokyo

Chapter 72 Before Camping

After sending Azusa Hase away, Fujii was still thinking about the guitar and her combination. If Azusa Hase can become popular through this, that would be a good thing.

After dinner and lying on the bed, he was still thinking about it. Ten years later, Azusa Hase put on colorful makeup and smashed the guitar while wearing fishnet stockings on the stage. It was very cool to think about it.

After thinking about it, I still couldn't sleep, so I simply got up and turned on the light, put on my coat, sat down at the desk, wrote and copied a later song from memory.

One of the great benefits of increasing your intelligence to 2.0 is that you can completely recall all your past and present memories. This song called Don`t is full of personality and is best used as the first promotional song.

After copying the song, he fell asleep with satisfaction and had a good night's sleep.

The next day, when Fujii came to the classroom and showed the song to Hase Azusa in the back seat, he was rejected.

"I only know how to play guitar, but I can't sing."

"Not at all?"

"Yes, I have been tone-deaf since I was a child."

The submissive Azusa Hase lied, and his plan to develop a singer was temporarily suspended indefinitely.

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After school, I joined the baseball club's training. Yesterday, coach Mizutani had introduced himself to the first team and substitute team members. The number assigned to him was only the number one for the main pitcher.

There was no need for Fujii to participate in the physical training. This time, teacher Naomi Hayakawa hired the best hitter in the team, a slender, long-haired man named Toru Harada, who was a rare creature in the baseball club where the average person had a short head.

The catcher is still Shuji Kobayashi, and what Fujii needs to practice now is to adapt to pitching in actual combat situations, and to make the ball bypass the batter's bat and throw it into the catcher's strike zone.

The so-called strike zone refers to the area below the batter's shoulders and above the knees, which is an area above the home plate (45 cm wide). If a ball is thrown into this area and caught by the catcher, it will be considered a strike. After three passes,

It's a strikeout, which can eliminate the batter.

Fujii didn't want to play tricks, so he still threw straight balls and threw with his arms. Harada Tetsuto, who was holding a wooden bat, didn't even react. The baseball fell into Shuji Kobayashi's glove, and his body shook slightly.

"Good shot, come again."

Teacher Naomi Hayakawa served as a teaching assistant and took notes on the side.

This ball speed? Why do you still come to play student baseball?

Harada Toru was a little puzzled. He could already have a direct pitching speed of more than 150 kilometers. Wouldn't it be better to go to the major leagues to make money?

On the second pitch, Toru Harada swung the bat, but that was after Fujii threw the ball in. This was another good pitch. Once again, according to the rules of the game, he should have been struck out.

Watching Fujiiki's third pitch nervously, Toru Harada's palms holding the baseball bat were sweating. Fujiiki, who was on the opposite pitcher's mound (a piece of sand 18.4 meters away in front of the batter), turned around and shook his arm, and a white dot appeared on the

His sight was infinitely magnified, and he swung the bat subconsciously, but there was no feeling of hitting the object.

"Boom!"

The flying baseball deviated from the home base and hit the barbed wire guardrail behind him, making a huge noise.

"Bounce, continue."

Teacher Naomi Hayakawa personally picked up the ball and threw it to Fujii.

In terms of accuracy, you really need to practice.

Fujii has a clear understanding of hiding the baseball in the pitcher's glove. It is estimated that by the time he reaches LV3, he will not make this mistake again.

The baseball was shot again, Harada Toru swung the bat early, and the white ball rubbed the bat and slipped into Shuji Kobayashi's hand.

"Strike out! Start over."

Ignoring Harada Toru's reluctance and discouragement, Hayakawa Naomi ordered the training to continue. The key now is to improve Fujii's pitching accuracy. In early July, the local competition will only select one winner to participate in Koshien.

With a trump card like Itsuki Fujii, there is absolutely hope of qualifying.

It wasn't until the sky was completely dark that Fujii ended his day's practice, came to the parking shed, and sent Hase Azusa home.

After returning home, Azusa Hase went upstairs to her small room after dinner, and eagerly picked up the Martin guitar. The lyrics written by Fujii Shu were still simple musical notations, and she memorized them in a few dozen seconds.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go. Office workers use their bicycles as chariots, housewives."

I deliberately changed my voice to be naughty and sang while playing.

"Fight with yourself, move forward, dreamer, and working girl who lives with high heels."

As the singing and playing got better, Azusa Hase could feel that this was a highly completed piece, full of youthful personality.

"Ah, Ah, Don't."

Entering the next paragraph, she began to add some variations.

"I'm just tipsy, but I can't help but drink a delicious cocktail."

As she played the guitar, Azusa Hase was immersed in the world of music, shaking her head.

It wasn't until the song ended that she recovered, threw down the guitar in a panic, and buried herself in the bed, head down, like an ostrich being attacked.

It is indeed a good song, Fujii-kun, can you even write songs?

Azusa Hase checked on her mobile phone and found that no one had sung this song before. It was completely "original" by Fujii.

The gap is getting bigger and bigger.

She was a little depressed and began to worry about gains and losses.

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On the other side, Fujii Shu returned home and saw Uncle Tianhai preparing his luggage. He calculated the time and found that it happened to be his annual outdoor camping period.

"Where are you going this time?"

Fujii often goes camping with Uncle Tenkai, and tomorrow also happens to be Saturday. As for baseball practice, he doesn't plan to spend too much time like football. He can throw high-speed balls, so he just needs to practice accurately.

"Before we transferred to another school last year, we went to Mount Fuji, right?"

Uncle Tianhai thought for a while and asked Fujii Shu.

"Yes, where are you going this time?"

Fujii still has some impression of Mount Fuji. Going there once in the spring and during the special football training in the summer is equivalent to going there once. He doesn't want to go there again.

"How about we go to the National Forest Park this time? Let's experience real nature. The air is nice."

Uncle Tianhai took the modular tent out of the utility room and asked him excitedly for Fujii's opinion.

"Okay, are you going to a place with a campsite this time?"

To be on the safe side, Fujii asked specifically. In the past, he had not gone to a camping site to save money, and the consequences were quite unbearable.

"Of course, two days and two nights (night stay) is less than 5,000 yen, and charcoal fire and electricity are provided for free. It's close to Tokyo."

Uncle Amami, who was well prepared, took out a crumpled flyer and showed it to Fujii, who was worried.

Haha, this is another cheap promotion I received, right?

Twitching the corner of his mouth slightly, Fujii Shu secretly complained that he accompanied Uncle Tianhai on the camping trip because he was afraid that something might happen to his only remaining relative in the wild. However, this time, this artificially developed place did not seem to be dangerous.

(End of chapter)