“Oh, I ate well.”

“Because the snacks here are really good.”

The drinking party ended just when the mood was right.

No one drank too much, no one blindly recommended, so each person drank according to their own amount and finished.

“Did the teacher get hit?”

Still, I felt a little regretful and decided to add one more beer at a nearby pub. While walking, Lee Kwang-ho, who was walking behind me, asked Kang Tae-han insinuatingly.

“Yes, I ate well thanks to you. Especially the fries that came out in the middle go well with the alcohol.”

The fries that came out in the middle, especially the fried oysters, were crispy while retaining the moist flavor on the inside.

At Kang Tae-han’s candid impression, Lee Kwang-ho smiled and nodded.

“I couldn’t tell you anything about it because I was still in a happy mood today… All of us are very grateful to you.”

The team atmosphere of the Hanha Hawks has been at its peak lately. Even though fall baseball had already passed the water, it was because I felt that the fans were happy and cheering.

When your body gets better, you get results, and when you get results, your motivation and passion burn even more… … .

Perhaps thanks to this, the participation rate of the players in training, as well as the behaviors they show in their daily lives, were relatively healthy. The way he abstained from alcohol today could be said to be one of those parts.

“Especially, Giho and I were thinking about retirement. But thanks to you, I am almost in my second heyday.”

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Lee Kwang-ho laughed casually and scratched his head. It was an embarrassing comment, but it was something I really wanted to say.

“It’s all thanks to Mr. Kang. thank you.”

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Lee Kwang-ho paused for a moment and bowed his head. A thank-you note that is not too excessive and feels just theft. At those words, Kang Tae-han smiled.

“As you may already know, I opened a store this time. It’s in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.”

“Yes? Ah yes. I heard.”

It was a bit like a story that fell into Samcheonpo, but Lee Kwang-ho listened to Kang Tae-han and nodded his head.

“If you happen to be in Seoul, please stop by after 8:00. At that time, there are no reservations, so Hanha players will see each other separately.”

Since the season is over, there will be no business trips to the baseball field for a while, but wouldn’t it be a different thing for players to come to the store?

At Kang Tae-han’s words, Lee Kwang-ho hesitated for a moment, then his entire face turned red. Even if it’s only once, doesn’t it mean that you will give a massage separately from the reservation?

“Are you sure?”

“Then would you lie in a situation like this? Oh, of course it’s not free.”

“Of course! Haha, I’ll pass it all on to the other kids, teacher.”

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Lee Kwang-ho, who took out his smartphone and sent a KakaoTalk message with a smile on his face.

Meanwhile, the other players who were walking ahead pointed somewhere, then suddenly stopped and started talking.

“What, why are you standing here?”

“Ah, Gwangho hyung. It’s nothing else.”

Choi Tae-joon pointed towards the back of the alley and said.

“The hyungs suggested that we play only one game at the batting rink with the batters shooting the second time.”

At the place he pointed to, there was a coin betting area covered with green wire netting that was brightly lit even at night.

* * *

A system where you insert a coin and a ball comes out of the batting machine.

“You want to place a bet here?”

“Just one game. It’s good for a break, isn’t it?”

“Because Taejun is a pitcher, except for diced radish kimchi… … .”

Kim Tae-pyeong pointed at Choi Tae-joon and spoke, but looked at Kang Tae-han and paused for a moment.

“What will the teacher do?”

“Hey, of course you have to take out the teacher too!”

“No, that sounds like fun.”

Ahn Ki-ho, who was next to him, interrupted and shook his hand, but Kang Tae-han shook his head and said. A faint smile hung on his lips.

“Anyway, it’s more fun to join in rather than just watch.”

“Ohh, Mr. Kang knows how to enjoy it!”

“It certainly is.”

It was an unexpected answer, but that’s why excitement rises. At Kang Tae-han’s refreshing answer, the players raised their thumbs up.

“Then I’ll try hitting the ball for the first time in a while.”

“Taejun and you too?”

“Teachers do it too, so can a pitcher fall into it?”

“Good, good!”

The batting center where all six players entered.

Upon entering, there was a wider space than expected, with a net in front and a batting machine poking out between the nets.

“Now, if it goes down, it’s a ground ball, if it flies to the side, it’s a foul, and if it hits the net in front, it’s a hit.”

Kim Tae-pyeong, who first suggested going to the batting center, briefly explained the rules by pointing here and there. Then he put in a coin and stood in front of the batting machine holding a bat as if to demonstrate.

“Do you want to go first?”

“The person who said to do this should hit first.”

At that moment, ‘Tung!’ The ball bounced out with a pop.

At the same time, power entered Kim Tae-pyeong’s eyes, and Pang! The ball flew sideways with a sound.

“Even though it’s for advanced players, the ball is a bit faster than I thought.”

“Iknow, right. Isn’t it too fast for a ball shot at a coin betting arena?”

Other players who saw it threw one word at a time. Of course, it was not comparable to the batting machine at the training ground, but it was fast enough for ordinary people.

“I came last time, but this place had a bit of a hit.”

Kim Tae-pyeong hit the flying ball one after another with a loose but tactful posture. A total of 12 balls flew. Kim Tae-pyeong had 11 hits among them.

“Ah, the first time I fouled the ball was a bit big.”

“You hit well, what?”

Kim Tae-pyeong returns to his seat and expresses his regret.

It was none other than Kang Tae-han who took the plate next. When Kim Tae-pyeong decided to take turns while playing the ball, he voluntarily said that he wanted to hit first.

‘I mean, I wanted to try it at least once.’

It wasn’t to the point of visiting a place like this to hit a ball, but I was even more curious when I came to the batting site with this opportunity.

Kang Tae-han felt the weight and balance of the baseball bat in his hand and corrected his posture.

‘It felt like this.’

What I refer to is Kim Tae-pyeong’s attitude, who had been betting earlier.

The center of gravity is driven into the back leg, which is the axis, and the knees are slightly relaxed. The moment the ball comes after waiting for a while in that state.

phut!

As I turned my back and swung my arms at the same time, the ball flew with a light sound and a neat curve.

Stance and swing that are not particularly flawed even by experts.

As if trying to say that the swing just didn’t come by chance, Kang Tae-han was hitting successive balls with clean swings.

“… what.”

There was a bit of surprise among the other players who watched it. In Kang Tae-han’s appearance, he didn’t feel the slightest bit of a beginner’s feeling.

“Just swinging, I was feeling like a completely carefree hyung?”

“Have you ever learned to play baseball before?”

“Ah, even if you learned baseball, how come you get that feeling? Who taught you that?”

Although there were differences in the details, in the overall framework, Kim Tae-pyeong’s feeling was felt. To the extent that any player in Hanha could notice it.

“… Did you try and follow Taepyong hyung’s posture?”

“Ah, that’s how the form comes out like that?”

“It doesn’t seem to make sense, but… … .”

But at least that was the most promising idea. In other words, he learned the posture of Kim Tae-pyeong, who had just appeared earlier, and raised it to the level where he could actually use it.

“This is pretty fun.”

In the meantime, Kang Tae-han, who had finished his turn, walked away with a refreshing expression. Although I lost some strength, it was probably because it had been a long time since I had hit something like this, so it felt more refreshing than I thought.

“haha… … .”

“… You play better than I thought, sir.”

The players gave Kang Tae-han a short round of applause with a look of surprise on his face.

Kang Tae-han made a cool hit as the ball flew in.

It was strange that a person who had never played baseball could hit all the balls, but his stable posture and swing were even more unbelievable.

“I won’t lie, you can come out in the next rookie draft.”

Kang Tae-han’s skills were much better and more stable than most active amateur players, Lee Kwang-ho could assert without hesitation.

* * *

“One thing, brother! Are you here?”

“Uh, that’s the case. You were here first.”

A butcher restaurant specializing in Korean beef located in Mapo-gu.

When Lee Han-geon checked the room number and opened the door, Seo Kyung-woo, who was already seated, waved and expressed his delight.

“It seems like we’re getting together here often these days.”

“Anyway, the room is comfortable. There is no other place where the meat is as good as this and the separation of space is clear.”

At Seo Kyung-Woo’s words, Lee Han-Gun nodded.

He always denies that, but Lee Han-geon is one of the celebrities representing the entertainment world.

It was obvious that if my name was called loudly once in a crowded store, I would end up running away after spending a hectic time, let alone a glass of beer.

“What is it, the two of the Blumion powerhouses came first?”

“What is real life? Sit down for now, Daehun.”

“Forgive me for being late. The car is a bit stuck.”

“What, why are you all here so early?”

After that, some time passed, and the other people who were supposed to meet began to arrive one by one.

The five main cast members of the long-running entertainment program Blind Mission and PD Seo Kyung-woo. It seemed that there were quite a few gatherings like this, and there was no formal atmosphere.

“So, PD-nim lives here?”

“What? Beef should be shared, what are you talking about?”

“Hey, if Gyeon says he’ll buy you beef, you have to worry. Because it means going somewhere remote. Don’t even say that.”

“I wonder if it would be better to eat at least some beef rather than just take them to the backcountry.”

“Well, filming this time was also very difficult. What mountain do you want to climb? I thought it was going to be one more disc.”

“The original plan was to go all the way to the top, but I thought of the hyungs and changed it to halfway up.”

“… Who’s the writer who said let’s go to the top? Please tell me your name.”

Jokes that go naturally with a glass of wine and small episodes from the last filming. Along with the meat being cooked on the grill, time passed slowly.

“Oh, but now I feel really unwell.”

In the meantime, the topic of the story naturally moved to health. Son Jae-hyung, who is over forty this year, said while pressing his waist. It was a part that received attention when the disk was judged not long ago.

“These days, if you do a chase mission once, you can really feel your body spreading. I passed out at home during this shoot.”

“Well, it just spread. I ran uphill and downhill like that in the mountains.”

“It’s not like I’m trying to show off by going to the gym every day. Are you trying to survive? I will die first before Blum Mission ends.”

Each person throws one word at a time like a joke. However, everyone present knew that it was not a story to be laughed at.

“By the way, why did you suddenly feel so good?”

In the meantime, Lee Han-geon pointed to Seo Kyung-woo and asked.

When we went out together for a shoot not too long ago, he said he had insomnia again, so he was deadpan, but now he had a fresh face that seemed to have no worries.

“Your face is smooth, and the wrinkles seem to have been smoothed out a bit. Where did you get an injection in your face from?”

“No, why is the PD getting injections in the face?”

Seo Kyung-woo laughed and shook his hand.

“I was going to tell the hyungs, but it ended up like this after getting a massage.”

“… massage? Could it be that effective?”

At Seo Kyung-Woo’s words, Lee Han-Gun tilted his head.

Why can’t I ever get a massage from him? On days when I’m really tired, I make sure to stop by my favorite massage parlour, get an hour-long massage, and go home.

But that made me even more curious. There was no massage that he knew of that had such a spectacular effect that a dying person would turn so bright.

“Once you receive it, you will know. At first, I thought, ‘Ah, no way.’ I did, but when I received it and came out, I was like, ‘Hey, this is real!’ Because I did.”

Kang Tae-han’s casting for a broadcast ended in failure.

That and the first thought, ‘I want to introduce you to broadcasting acquaintances’, were different things. Kyung-Woo Seo showed a shocked expression and praised the massage shop.