Rei nodded and immediately searched for a manual. It wasn't hard to find one when they were at the end of the aisle. He slowly picked one of the manuals off the shelf and returned to Meiko. He handed the manual to the salesman. They followed him to the counter and Meiko paid for them.
It thrilled Rei as he saw the bat being handed over to him. It was his own bat. He started using a wooden bat only a few days back. Sora lent it to him after he asked. But he only used it when he was practicing his swings. In matches, he still uses the metal bat instead of a wooden one. Shirogana advised him to use wooden bats when he reached high school. So until then, he could only take good care of it.
Even back in his childhood, he never had a normal bat, only the plastic ones which his dad brought for him. They exited the shop, with him having the bat and the manual in his hand while Meiko with a glove and a ball in her hand. She brought a ball to play.