Baseball: A Two-Way Player-Chapter 421 - 64: Dream Baseball Feast (Super - )

Only when he heard from Ko Matsumoto, who had participated in many similar events, did he realize that for these die-hard fans who spent a lot of money to buy entry spots, the organizers naturally needed to give them more time to interact with the players.

"As I understand it, this fan meeting requires not only an entry ticket priced over 20,000 yen but also meeting various complicated spending and viewing conditions before you can participate in the lottery!"

According to Lin’s observations, although there were quite a few elderly fans and men, it was the middle-aged and young women who made up the majority—they had already bought a pile of various team and player merchandise.

Even though his career wasn’t as long as the other two seniors, in terms of popularity, Lin’s line was just as long; in fact, when it came to attracting female fans, even the accomplished Ko Matsumoto and Tanaka paled in comparison to him.

Standing in the middle to the back of the line, the short-statured Akane Kujo kept tiptoeing and jumping around, eager to see how many people were left in front of her.

As an ardent fan of Lin, she not only bought the best seat for the evening main event, right next to the Pacific League players’ zone, at this All-Star game held in her hometown, but also managed to snatch a ticket to this fan meeting through various means, exhibiting her dedication and deep love.

She was already a bit impatient to have a face-to-face conversation with Lin!

"Lin! It’s so great to finally meet you in person! I’ve been following you since your first tournament at Waseda Jitsugyo!"

After interacting with the fans in front for quite a while, an already slightly tired Lin looked up to see a girl in her early twenties wearing a SoftBank team jersey occupying his line of sight. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Is that so? Haha, thank you so much for your support!"

Hearing these words from the fan, Lin eagerly responded with enthusiasm and extended a hand toward Akane’s direction.

Since it’s an expensive fan meeting, a handshake between idols and fans is naturally an indispensable part; seeing her favorite player reaching out, Akane promptly extended her hands to grasp it.

"Compared to his handsome appearance, Lin’s hands are much rougher. These calluses must be traces of the hard training exclusive to a baseball player, right?" Akane thought, feeling the warmth from his palm.

"Ah! Lin, could you sign these photos for me? We have a fan club just for you..." Akane quickly took out a prepared marker and photos from her bag, handing them over to Lin, her face showing a bit of embarrassment.

Even though she paid a hefty price to get in, the number of photos in this stack was quite a lot—if it weren’t for the requests from the fan club members, Akane would never trouble Lin personally like this.

"Sure, no problem at all." Lin gladly agreed to the fan’s request; however, upon seeing those photos, even he looked a bit surprised.

"If I remember correctly, this photo... should be from the game against Chukyo University when I was in my first year, right?"

"Yes, yes, that’s the one—I watched that game live at Koshien, Lin’s first time pitching at Koshien during his high school career, and I watched the whole thing!"

Seeing her little secret discovered by the player himself, Akane giggled excitedly.

"Those were the memorable days... May I know your name?"

"Ah? Oh! My name is Akane Kujo, Lin, you can just call me Kujo!"

Lin nodded, and then began to swiftly sign his name on the photos with the marker. After a moment, he handed the signed photos back to Akane Kujo, saying, "Here you go, Miss Kujo!"

Akane Kujo took the stack of photos from Lin’s hand, and with just a glance, she couldn’t take her eyes off them—on the top-most photo, Lin had specially written a dedication:

"To Miss Akane Kujo, thank you for your support and love. I will strive to give back for the affection from you all, and I hope you will continue to support me—By Lin Guanglai."

Akane Kujo felt so happy that she almost fainted from excitement.