Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 37
That night, Nishitokyo City had fallen into a deep sleep. The sound of passenger planes passing by was hidden in the background during the day, but it was especially obvious at night. Flying farther, the sound gradually disappeared. This was the same as the pain of cramps at night. I endured the pain until it reached its peak, and then it gradually eased, and I could go to the ground.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts." Takano muttered, pushing aside the book on his chest, and the orange desk lamp that he forgot to turn off showed the current time, "It's past 12 o'clock."

He came to the kitchen softly, opened the refrigerator, and looked at the kettle next to it. Sasaki's family has two habits, one is Chinese style, and the other is Japanese style. For example, chopsticks have pointed ends and flat ones. Sometimes Takano is very hungry, and only halfway through eating will he find that he has mixed up his chopsticks. It is also like the water in the refrigerator at home is frozen, but there is also a kettle next to him for drinking hot water.

Gao Zhiye thought about his cramped calf from the cold, and poured himself a cup of warm water out of a wish for good luck.

Then when he raised his head to drink water, he saw the light in the adults' room.

'Are they still asleep? 'Takano leaned over.

"...the number of sports students is limited." This is the voice of Mr. Sasaki, "I was admitted to Qingdao back then. I remember that the deviation value was more than 50 at that time, which is completely okay."

"You are really leisurely." Shen Qing took out the enrollment brochure angrily, "When you talk a lot, you have a set, but the result is not for me to worry about."

Mr. Sasaki didn't dare to answer. He has too many examples of this kind, and he has no confidence to refute.

"The highest this year is 65, and the average deviation is about 60."

"Well... Takano's exam is no problem at all, except that Japanese history needs to be tutored, but Langzhi is a bit dangerous." Mr. Sasaki also looked at this year's latest enrollment brochure.

"Ah, you ordered this again yesterday, it's amazing." Mr. Sasaki complimented.

Shen Qing ignored him and continued: "I asked her if she had ever visited the Kinoshita Little League. She said that she admired Coach Ninomiya's coaching philosophy, so she would come to see the Kinoshita Little League many times every year. The scouts were not allowed to influence the players, and they were only allowed to observe from the coaching room, and in the later stage, the players were also called into the coaching room to meet with the scouts in three ways."

"It's really thoughtful. Children will take some polite words from adults seriously." Mr. Sasaki sighed, and then asked the question he was most concerned about: "Has she ever investigated Gao Zhiye and Langzhi, can she You can’t give them the places for sports students.”

"She seems to have more impressions of Gao Zhiye, and less about Langzhi, so I guess Langzhi is more dangerous."

"Is it Langzhi again? Hey——" Mr. Sasaki sighed, "So it's better for Langzhi to pass the exam and get in, but we discussed earlier, and his grades have always been like this. Maybe we can only start now Give him tutoring?"

"I have to play baseball and have tutoring, so I might be too busy." Shen Qing said worriedly.

"So, why are the grades so mediocre? Is it because I cared less about him since I was a child?"

"Why do you start talking like that again?" Shen Qing patted her dejected husband, "Or let Gao Ye make up lessons for Lang Zhi, anyway, they both studied and took the same exam."

"Hey, I suddenly feel that otherwise, don't embarrass the children. After all, I just have that obsession all the time, and the children don't necessarily have to go to a school..."

Afterwards, Gao Zhiye didn’t listen to it anymore, and now the problem is obvious, how can he enter Qingdao through special enrollment, the special enrollment can exempt tuition and miscellaneous fees, it sounds very good, and how Langzhi can enter Qingdao, This guy has already awkwardly expressed the meaning of 'I will go wherever you go'. If you finally throw him to another school, it will be very uncomfortable to think about it.

"Hey——" Isn't it just tutoring, Gao Zhiye thought very easily.

He took out his mobile phone. He currently knows someone who entered Qingdao through the special enrollment quota. Although it was already past 12 o'clock, he didn't feel guilty at all for sending the message.

"Senior Miyuki, how did you get into Seido through special recruitment?"

After 30 seconds, there was still no reply. Gao Zhiye knocked on the case of the phone boredly, and then made a call without waiting any longer.

A sleepy voice answered the phone: "Gao Jun, what's the matter?"

"Senior Miyuki is interrupting, please check the text message, I'll hang up first." Miyuki who was hung up on the phone was still confused, clicked on the latest text message, laughed loudly, and woke up completely.

He sat up and replied: "What's the matter, Gao Jun, can't you sleep because you want to enter Qingdao?"

"...Hurry up." It was indeed a foresight to hang up the phone, if he heard this sentence with his own ears, he would definitely explode.

"Ri-chan, Qingdao's scout, has come to our games many times. After you start the game as the ace, she will definitely come to watch."

"Oh, and do you know what pitchers who were invited as special recruits before were like?"

"The speed of the ball is around 145, there are sharp straight balls, and there are fork balls and sliders that are difficult to adapt to." Miyuki replied directly to Takano without seeming to think much.

"...Aren't you talking about Cheng Gongming?!" Was he also invited by Qingdao? ?

"If you can reach Ming's level at the end of the third year of junior high school, you will definitely be invited by Qingdao, or you will definitely be invited by many schools."

"Senior Miyuki, I suspect that you are talking nonsense. If you can guarantee that you can reach that level, I won't ask you. So, where is the minimum to attract the attention of Qingdao scouts?"

Miyuki still didn't give a direct answer, but just replied one last sentence: "If you want to come to Qingdao, no matter if you are a special recruit or a general exam, you will definitely meet Narimiya Naruto later, are you afraid, or are you not aiming at Yijun?" Pitcher or ace pitcher? Then I advise you not to come, go to the public school and play happy baseball."

Then Miyuki Kazuya never replied to messages again, and Takano was shocked that the catcher who was always fooling around would be angry one day?At the same time, I also reflected on what I said just now, and some rash actions tonight.

People are so strange, a person who can express dissatisfaction at the right time will be more respected.Of course, Takano found out later that Miyuki fell asleep while waiting for a text message that night, so he didn't reply later, and that sense of respect instantly diminished a lot.

"Using Naruto Ming as a template?" He compared his current gap. The highest speed is 134, the average speed is 130, there is only one straight ball, and he has not learned the change ball. The only thing that can be called great is his pitching Accuracy, whether this can be maintained after his ball speed is greatly improved is another matter.

In less than a year, at least he can be close to this year's Cheng Gongming. . .Perhaps, it would be better to communicate this goal with Coach Ninomiya.

The next day, Takano came to the coach's office, which is often visited by players.

"You want to learn to change the ball?" Coach Ninomiya is a one-sided person on the court, but in private, he is very willing to give the players room to speak, "Tell me what you think?"

"I want to enter Qingdao High School through special sports enrollment, so in addition to ball speed, I want to hone one or two change balls as soon as possible, which can come in handy in games."

"Yeah." Coach Ninomiya nodded, "Then which change ball do you want to learn, do you have any ideas?"

"Carterball or slider. I only have vertical variation right now and want to increase the possibility in the lateral."

"Then Takano-kun, do you know why we didn't let you learn the change ball before?" Coach Ninomiya asked back.

Gao Zhiye had no pressure, he thought for a while: "Let's fix the posture, including that I use a fixed posture to throw the ball now, just to let me, a beginner, quickly develop the habit of my body through repetition."

"Then why did you choose these two types of balls? Because have you seen others shoot?" Coach Ninomiya seems not to let Gao Zhiye go today, and Gao Zhiye has a hunch that if he doesn't say one, two, three, probably the coach will still Don't worry about yourself, after all, in their eyes, I am only a second-year student.

"For Carter, I have seen Shibazaki-kun's grip, which is almost the same as a straight ball. The swing and the point of release are also very similar, and it will not affect my straight ball. For the slider, the way of shooting is also similar to the straight ball, and the changes are more. Big, it can increase the power of my pitch, so I'm going to learn from one of these two balls."

After hearing this, Coach Ninomiya didn't show any expression. He just nodded and said he would discuss the matter with Coach Fujii. When Gao Zhiye was about to go out, he stopped Gao Zhiye and said that next week he would conduct monthly In-team physical test.

Gao Zhiye heard the meaning of Coach Ninomiya, which probably means that if the result of the physical test has reached Gao Zhiye's goal for this year, then it is completely fine to start learning in advance.

'In other words, when I said I wanted to go to Qingdao, Coach Ninomiya didn't respond at all. 'Sure enough, if you want to qualify for special enrollment, you still have to rely on your strength.

"How is it?" Just as he went downstairs, Gao Zhiye was stopped by Lang Zhi and asked.

"It's definitely possible. My ball speed has already reached the target." Gao Zhiye avoided Lang Zhi's expectant eyes.

"What about me, have you asked me about special recruits? If I want to reach the level of special recruits, how should I make a training plan?"

As soon as Gao Zhiye closed the door of the coach's office, he realized that he had forgotten to ask Lang Zhi, so he said with a straight face, "This kind of thing can only be asked by yourself..."

"Liar, you obviously agreed."

"Ah, is it?"

"Don't play dumb over there!"

The two fought and fought, bid farewell to Grandma Gu Yue who was counting the number of people at the door every day, and went home arguing all the way.

　People who don't know, seeing this title, thought the protagonist had already learned it. .

　　As a result, I just raised my mouth here. . . .

　　Today I learned a "three-act structure" writing method, that is, "set goals-set up obstacles-overcome difficulties to achieve goals", I didn't seem to follow this structure before. .

　　Afterwards, I really need to arrange the plot well. I seldom thought about this when I was writing in Jinjiang before. I didn’t even need an outline when I wrote tens of thousands of words. Now my life depends entirely on the outline. . . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)