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Most of the time, “ei” is pronounced as just “ee”. It’d be pronounced separately in cases where they form different morphemes (食べている) or in loanwords/foreign terms (ベイブレード).
English has a similar thing; “SH” usually makes a specific sound, but the letters are pronounced separately in, say, “mishap” because the word is composed by “mis-” (a prefix, just like in misunderstand or misspelling) then “hap” (old-fashioned word for luck/chance/fortune). They’re different morphemes, so they’re pronounced separately.