He's Back? (1)

Ken was one of the last to alight from the bus, wearing a stark expression. He'd been looking forward to this day ever since he'd embarked on his personal training with the coach.

Amongst the Yokohama team there were quite a few new faces since the 3rd years had already retired to focus on their entrance exams.

Tatsuya, Jun, Hiroki, Akira, none of them were present, making the team look completely different. This was a common occurrence in High School sporting clubs, requiring flexible coaching from the staff.

He could hear the excited chatter from the first years as they looked forward to playing their first game.

Since his system was not online, it was difficult to assess the potential of the first years, though it was rather obvious who stood on top.

Mamoru Sugimoto, the first year who had taken over as the relief pitcher. While similar in build to Ken, he was a few inches shorter and viewed Ken as someone he looked up to.