King's Green Road

Chapter 10 Part10 Kanto Contest
The bright sunshine and the cloudless sky ushered in the beginning of this year's Kanto Tournament. For this kind of tournament, all members of the baseball club of Seido High School are required to participate.

Moreover, Eijun has been selected into the first army now. Although he has not yet practiced with the first army, his back number has been assigned and reported to the organizing committee, and the official jersey of the first army has already been obtained, so he will follow the seniors Enter the bench together to participate in the game.

I also want to see if there are any details that I didn't notice in my previous life.What's more, this is the first stage show that I regard as my lifelong opponent.

As the runner-up of the Tokyo Metropolitan Spring Competition, he sent a substitute to play in the final and lost to the opponent.According to the practice of the Kanto Contest, the champion of other regions has always played against the runner-up of the other side.In this way, the more interesting schools can be well preserved.

Therefore, as the runner-up, Seidou High School will face the champion from the Kanagawa area in the first round. Yokohama Kohoku Academy, who has attended the spring and summer Koshien many times, is a very interesting first round match. There are also a lot of spectators. .

Although Qingdao High School has not entered Koshien for five years, as a famous wealthy family from the fierce battle zone, there are still many seniors and supporters who graduated from Qingdao.It's just that the reputation is still lower than Yokohama Kohoku College, which has entered Koshien many times.

At this time, everyone in Qingdao arrived at Meiji Jingu Stadium in two buses. As the largest baseball stadium in Tokyo, it was very majestic at first glance.The first army who got off the car followed Kataoka Supervisor into the player channel and entered the stadium, while the other freshmen and the second army entered through the audience channel.

As soon as I stepped onto the bench, I heard the enthusiastic shouts from the supporters of the two teams from the audience echoing on the pitch.

"Qingdao, Qingdao, come on!!"

"Hengxue is number one, Hengxue is the best!!!"

"Ino, Furano!!"

"It's done, Isashiki!!!"

"Xiao Minato, Zeng Zi!!!"

"Director Kataoka!!"

"Miyuki, come on Kuramochi!!!"

"Seidou must work hard this year, and work hard to go to Koshien!!"

Eijun also felt quite nostalgic when he heard the cheering sound. It had been about ten years since he had heard it. This was his first official game after entering high school for the first time in his life.Although there is absolutely no chance to play by myself today, alas, I really want to play, especially for the obsession with the pitcher's mound, every pitcher wants to monopolize it.

"How about it, isn't it spectacular? This is the atmosphere of a high school game!!"

At this time, Miyuki Kazu who was on the side also saw Eijun's amazed look, and stepped forward to ask Eijun.

"Yeah, but it would be even better if I could compete in this kind of field. Unfortunately, I am destined to be a spectator today. I really envy Jiang Guxiao. I will have a chance to play today."

Eijun looked at Miyuki and expressed his thoughts, but he felt that Miyuki would definitely make fun of him in the next second.

"Hahaha, that's right, just sit on the bench and take a good look at the demeanor of the seniors!!"

Eijun rolled his eyes at this, sure enough this guy just had nothing good to say, and it was a rare thing he said to him in vain.

Sure enough, Miyuki is like this. Apart from his skills as a catcher, Chris is indeed the most ideal type of catcher for all pitchers.

But it seems that Jiang Gu is the representative of the abuser, tsk tsk, really.

The whistle sounded in the air, and the players of the two teams lined up and rushed towards the field.

"Two teams!!"

"Please advise!"

Qingdao attacked first, Hengxue attacked later, and the game began.

……

"Wow, Qingdao is actually behind!!"

"After seven innings, the opponent is 4 points behind..."

"Danbo pitched well in the first six innings, but it's a pity that the seventh inning was blown up by Hengxue!!!"

"The key to the game really depends on the pitcher's combat power."

In the auditorium, the audience was discussing enthusiastically about the match that seemed evenly matched in the first half, but it was a pity that the avalanche began in the second half.

Inside the Qingdao bench, Eijun looked at the sweaty Tanba senior, and was also very emotional. To be honest, the performance of the pitching performance was very good, showing the ability of a wealthy ace pitcher, but the number of balls was in the seventh inning. After more than [-] goals, his strength began to decline. Originally, the power of straight balls was not very strong. After such a weak performance, he was chased and intercepted by Hengxue, and lost points on a large scale.

But at that time, the supervisor himself had no intention of changing players. After all, this was just the Kanto competition and it was not related to Koshien. After hitting a two-run home run, he was followed by consecutive hits by Wubang Zecun and Liubang Xiaocun, starting an avalanche state.

"Tanba, I am very disappointed with your performance today. Is this what you have learned in baseball for three years?" Director Kataoka looked at Tanba Koichiro who walked into the bench and blurted out stern words, "I am very disappointed. Come down to the valley and you go up."

Danba's face turned pale because of Director Kataoka's words, and he squeezed the towel in his hand tightly.

The others all looked at Danbo because of these words, and they looked very worried, especially the seniors in the third grade. After all, they were all in a poor harvest year, "Danbo..."

Jiang Gu was very excited when he heard that he was called to play, and his body was full of burning flames.

At the same time, the on-field broadcast also broadcast Qingdao High School's substitution decision, "In the first half of the eighth inning, Qingdao High School changed pitchers one by one"

The auditorium was very confused because Qingdao's decision was full of theories.

"Huh? Want to change the pitcher?"

"Aside from Tamba, is there any other pitcher in Seidou who can handle Yokokaku's line?"

The broadcast continued, "Pitcher Akatsuki Fuguya is replacing the eighth bat Tanba."

The auditorium was also in an uproar because of this result, "Xiao Gu! Hey, this kid is only in the first grade!!!"

"This kind of big scene actually replaced the first grade..."

"Has Qingdao given up on the game?"

In Qingdao's own refueling area, the freshmen, the second army and everyone were all surprised from ear to ear, "Really, this guy is really going to play."

The supervisor on the side of Hengkaku is also very angry. I really look down on him. He actually treats the freshmen as pitchers to deal with their Hengkaku players. You must show Qingdao some color, and then look at Hengkaku The players said, "Let that kid taste the baptism of high school baseball!!"

"Yes!!"

It's too arrogant to send a first grade to deal with them.

Standing in the strike zone now is Henggaku's ninth pitcher Yi Neng, and by the way, he chatted with Yuyuki who was squatting behind the home plate, "That kid is so skinny, he hasn't trained well... Qing It's really miserable every year..."

Miyuki also didn't refute this, and said, "Hahaha, then you can release the water!!"

And on this day, that is, at this moment, all the people from all over the Kanto region firmly remembered this man! ! !

At this time, Jiang Guxiao on the pitcher's mound touched the powder bag, threw the powder bag aside, lightly blew the powder on his right hand, raised his hands high, stepped forward with his left leg, and the baseball in his right hand at the same time With a huge roar like light, he rushed into Miyuki's ball sleeve, and made a "boom!" sound like a cannonball, which shocked everyone present.

After a moment of silence, there was a loud noise at the scene...

"Whoa whoa--!!"

"OMG—!!!"

"Qingdao, come on, it's ok!!!"

"..."

Afterwards, it seemed to be the performance time of Yugu, one ball after another, all the hitters in Hengxue kept swinging, as if as long as they didn't swing their bats, they would be swallowed up by the power of the ball. Bring them a sense of security.

The Hengxue supervisor of the third-class side bench was quite annoyed by the player's performance, "What are you doing!! This is only a first-year freshman!! Don't hit such an obvious high ball!!"

With such momentum, Jiang Gu struck out five Hengxue hitters in succession.

"Wow……"

"That kid struck out the hitter of Wuming Hengxue in a row, how could this happen!!"

"Qingdao High has such a monster pitcher."

"Which junior high school did he graduate from, why hasn't he heard the name Jiang Guxiao?"

"If you're so powerful, why not strike out the last one too!!"

"Three strikes, three strikes!!"

"Three strikes, three strikes!!"

"One more, one more."

The audience was also excited because of Jiang Gu's pitching performance, and kept shouting for him to continue to strike out the only remaining hitter.

The supervisor of Hengxue on the third base side looked at the tense appearance of his own players on the field, and was very surprised. The one leading now is our school!They practiced batting against the pitching machine every day, but they would even swing the bats he threw.Could it be that this kid's pitching really brought them such a lot of pressure? !

In the blue lane dugout on the first base side

"Thanks to Miyuki, Suriya is really a general!" Director Ota was also very excited, "It seems that the two of them are really good partners!"

Supervisor Kataoka next to him also embraced his hands, and was very satisfied with Furutani's pitching performance this time, with a rare smile on the corner of his mouth, "Yeah."

Eijun, who was at the railing in front of the rest area, squeezed the railing tightly amidst the voices for Jiang Gu and the supervisor's affirmative words for Jiang Gu. Sure enough, such a high-speed ball and ball power are the most arousing people's blood perception.

The performance of strength is clearly shown, and the natural talent is not like the previous self. As soon as he plays, he is questioned whether he can bring victory to the team.

I'm really envious, even if it's him now, what he most wants to prove is that even a softball pitcher can't lose to a fastball pitcher, and speed is not everything.

This idea was like a thorn deeply rooted in his heart, taking root and sprouting in his heart, leaving a hidden danger, waiting to erupt that day and bring about a monstrous storm.

The honey-colored eyes are also burning with an unyielding light. Supervisor Kataoka is also happy to see Eijun's performance of active competition. Now is not the time to expose Eijun. Furuya has already shown it in front of the public.

Such a state of competition can well stimulate the healthy development of both parties, and there is no need to deliberately destroy them.

It's just that what Supervisor Kataoka didn't expect was that the idea in Eijun's heart was not just a desire to not be able to get on the mound.

At this time, Miyuki on the court also felt pretty good about Akatsuki Furutani's pitching today. He only focused on the performance of the strikeout hitter. As for the content of the pitch, it can only be, um, forget it. .

It can only be said that the terrifying ball thrown by Jiang Gu will also float randomly. It is difficult for the hitter to catch the center of the ball like this.

Miyuki stretched out his hands and said to Akira Furutani on the pitcher's mound to let go and throw the ball. There is only one person left. You can throw whatever you want, and I will catch it.Jiang Guxiao also nodded excitedly while holding the ball cover.

Then, as expected, Jiang Gu also struck out the last batter really quickly.

The audience in the auditorium were quite emotional, "This kid is really not simple!!"

The scouts from other colleges and universities also looked uncomfortable when they saw Jiang Gu's pitching performance, "It seems that Qingdao has finally ushered in a strong pitcher this year."

"Hey... have you recorded Qingdao's game?"

"It seems that Qing Dao needs to pay attention."

"This year's Green Road doesn't seem to be easy!!"

The moment the players on the field were switching offense and defense, all the other defensive players in Seidou wanted to go up, and Yoichi Kuramochi was the first to come to the mound, "Ahahaha, good job, you kid."

"Good job." The other contestants also patted Jiang Gu's head.

The formation as the captain also has a serious expression, and he said solemnly, "Let's make a big reversal!!!"

"Yes!!!"

In the following process, Qingdao High School worked hard to carry out a strong attack, and regained two points in the hands of Hengxue's ace, and lost to Hengxue with a score of 6-4, and was defeated in the first round That's it, Seido's schedule for this year's Kanto Tournament is over.

Although he lost the game, Qingdao still left a deep impression on the audience.

Afterwards, everyone in Qingdao packed up the things on the bench and prepared to go back to school.

"Sawamura, pack your things and follow up early."

"Yes, I know senior!"

After packing up his things, Eijun followed the seniors to the bus to Qingdao, and looked back at the Palace Stadium. Next time, he will not only be a spectator but also a participant. This is a regrettable and unwilling trip.

Next time... I couldn't help but squeeze the hand that was carrying the luggage tightly, and this expression appeared on my face when I bowed my head for a moment.

After getting in the car, looking at the scenery that kept flashing by outside the window, he became dazed in a daze.

"What are you thinking about? Could it be that seeing that guy Jiang Gu making a big splash for today's game is more reconciled and uncomfortable than I imagined? Why isn't it me, hahaha!!!"

Miyuki suddenly sat over and smiled at Sakae Jun who was in a trance, and was also a little worried seeing Sawamura's unusual appearance, which was too different from usual.

"Yu Xing, you think too much. I can't be reconciled. It's just that the supervisor doesn't want to let me appear in front of the public too early."

Eijun came back to his senses when he felt the vibration from the seat next to him. Miyuki's teasing words were a bit harsh at the moment, but he knew that some emotions should not be shown in this situation.

"Oh——, you really have confidence, then I'm looking forward to your more dazzling performance!!"

"Hmph, that won't disappoint you, just wait, Kazuya Miyuki, I, Eijun Sawamura, will become an indispensable existence in Seidou, don't underestimate me."

"Really, the future ace-sama has to work hard!!" Miyuki also breathed a sigh of relief about this, it seems that there is nothing serious, so there is no need to worry, really.

So he teased Eijun with a teasing and joking tone, but this guy didn't respect seniors again, "Hey, hey, you didn't call me senior, I am senior, respect me!"

"Hmph!!" Rong Chun turned his head and ignored it, but the hands beside him were indeed clenched tightly, and the unrest in his heart was indeed well hidden.The ten years in the major leagues have taught him the most is that he must learn not to be exposed in front of others when he is not at peace.

Miyuki couldn't help laughing at Eijun's performance, it was really childish.

Eijun knew that neither Miyuki nor Supervisor Kataoka was just observing him and did not like him very much.

In their eyes, he was just a freshman who performed well.

In such a car with a calm surface, the car slowly drove to Qingdao High School.

(End of this chapter)