King's Green Road

Chapter 27 Part27 Ace
The day after the unexpected Tamba injury incident that day. . .

The seniors of the third-year baseball club were very depressed after such a thing happened, and the loss of the third-year ace, Tanba Koichiro, was quite a blow.

In this way, once the summer competition started, it would be too late to catch up with Tanba's injury. With the two pitchers in the first grade and the three juniors in the second grade, Kawakami, they were still quite uneasy deep inside.

This kind of trust and stability can only be given to them by Tamba who has worked hard with them until now and is also a third grader.

It can be said that it is a fantasy for the third-year players to believe in the juniors without reservation. They feel that their summer seems to have ushered in the early end of the announcement at that moment.

"The lottery draw is today, right?" All the seniors of the third grade in Class B of the third year gathered together, and Jun Isashiki broke the silence first.

"Ah, Yuuki and the Minister have gone to the venue to draw lots today."

"right!"

"Our final summer of high school is about to begin!"

Every third-year player couldn't help but have such an idea in his heart, but how much hope is there for winning?It feels so unreal.

I'm looking for Director Kataoka to talk about Tanba's impact on the third grade. They need to adjust their mood as soon as possible, fearing that it will affect the next summer qualifiers.

Minister Ota brought Yuuki Tetsuya into the staff office from the outside, "Coach, we are back, the summer team has been arranged..."

"Go and call the players of the First Army Baseball Club to gather in the indoor training ground and announce what's going to happen next."

"Okay, I know."

After a while, all the first-team players from the Seido Baseball Club gathered in the arena.

"Wow, there are so many schools participating!"

Eijun couldn't help but be amazed as he looked at the densely packed schools and battle groups on the summer battle table.

"It's relatively easy. Tokyo is divided into the East and West districts. There are regions across the country that are more intense than ours. We've already figured it out."

"1... 2... We are a seed school and we only need to participate in five games." Jiang Gu who was next to him also came over to have a look, and by the way counted the number of games his school needed to participate in.

"But there are still a lot of schools! All the schools in Nagano add up to not even half of this."

"Tokyo is a well-developed city, so it's different, Eijun-kun." Kominato Haruichi also chatted with a smile, "The main seniors don't look energetic at all."

After speaking, he glanced at the third-year seniors gathered around his brother.

"It will be fine. After all, Tanba-senpai is also a third-year senior. It is possible to feel empathy for him when he is deeply hurt. Maybe this is a good thing."

Rong Chun understands that the little friend is worried about his brother with empathy, so he still comforts Haruichi.But when he said the last half sentence, his eyes and tone made people feel a little erratic and cold.

"Rong Chun, I didn't quite hear what you said at the end just now." Chunshi was stunned for a moment just now, as if seeing Rong Chun changed into a different person just now, and in the blink of an eye, he was still the same little friend, a bit uncomfortable sure.

"Hahaha, it's nothing. Anyway, the seniors are very strong, and this difficulty can't beat them."

"Uh-huh."

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came, and it turned out that Supervisor Kataoka brought Minister Ota and Rei Takashima in.

Facing his proud disciples, Supervisor Kataoka said straight to the point, "I believe everyone has heard that yesterday's touch ball caused Tanba's palate bone to break. Fortunately, there was no fracture or brain injury, but it still can't be done. Too late to participate in the preliminaries."

The seniors present all tensed up when they heard this, their faces were ugly and they didn't want to face it.

"To be honest, I was a little hesitant at first. Danbo finally started to have the self-awareness of being an ace. I believe he is also very upset now. The decision I made next was based on the identity of the team supervisor and absolutely no personal feelings."

"I decided to hand over the back number of the team's trump card to Danba. Before he comes back, I hope you can work together to fight to the end." Supervisor Kataoka then firmly announced his decision.

The players of the first army present, especially the seniors in the third grade, were indescribably shocked and supervised him. . .

Sure enough, senior Tanba is the spiritual core of this team with third-year players as the main body. It would be impossible to choose any other pitcher without him. Letting the underclassmen pitcher be competent has a grudge.Only Tanba is the most suitable, and Supervisor Kataoka has also painstakingly arranged it.

Eijun looked at the seniors who started to cheer up, and he didn't feel any guilt for not avoiding the scene caused by Senior Tanba yesterday. There are some things he can choose to avoid, but some setbacks also allow the team to break through the obstacles and move forward. motivation.

"Whether it's Kawakami, Furutani or Sawamura during the period, I believe that the two first-year pitchers will play more time, so I hope you can support them a lot during the game."

"please!!"

After speaking, Supervisor Kataoka bowed deeply.

"Yes!!"

After that, it was announced that it would be disbanded on the spot. The seniors had to train themselves in a limited time, and they had to be stronger.

"Furuya, Sawamura, you will work harder next time. You will be the main force this summer, but there are still many problems that you need to improve, especially Furuya." Chris also came to the first grade at this time Beside the trio, looking at the two pitchers who were still a bit at a loss, they didn't expect that the first grade would shoulder a heavy responsibility.

"Hahaha, that's right, Senior Chris, these two guys need to train hard." Miyuki came over at some point.

"Before this summer, the two must train well."

"That's right, Furutani and Sawamura, are you ready?" Miyuki looked at the two juniors who were not in the situation. To be honest, they are both good seedlings of top pitchers, but they all have their own immature place.

Especially Fuguya, but to be honest, Sawamura's problem is whether there is a major problem or not, and there are minor problems, and what he discovered that day, after that, the more he understands Sawamura, he has a sense of danger. It's as if he's been locked by some beast, and he'll be lost if he understands it, but that's interesting, isn't it, ahahaha.

"Yes, I will work hard." The two replied in unison.

When everyone present was not paying attention, Eijun sensed a breath that was not good for him. He clenched his left hand and then released it with a smile. He already knew who it was from. It doesn't matter, no one can tell .

Then they went to the stadium outside to start training, and the person in charge was Senior Chris.In this regard, Chris can be said to be the most professional and understanding instructor.

First, let the two people lie flat on the ground of the court, each throwing the baseball up and down with the pitching hand.

Watching the movements of the two practicing, Chris watched from the side, "Be careful not to use too much force. The most important thing to pay attention to is the rotation of the ball. You can also practice like this when you have time in the future. Although it is monotonous, it is a way to practice the sense of the ball." The best way."

"When practicing in the room, try to throw it up as much as you can, but don't touch the ceiling."

"Yes!" The two people just replied that Senior Chris understood, one threw the ball high and high, and the other passed it sideways.

The scene fell silent at this moment.

What followed was a series of exercises, such as pivot foot jumps, forward rotation, card throwing exercises, tire strip pulling exercises, and dumbbell lifting exercises, etc., and a series of physical exercises were carried out.

But he didn't let two people touch each other even once when he threw the ball, so Eijun didn't care. Although he didn't find any catcher from the first army to catch and practice for him recently, he still had other friends who could help him, unlike Jiang Gu. Except for the two catchers of the first army, this guy can steadily catch almost all of Jiang Gu's balls, and the other catchers are not good.

His pitching is milder than the downhill pitch. After all, the ball speed is only about 140km, but the power and quality of the ball are heavy.He is not that picky about the catcher, so he is not necessarily obsessed with Miyuki, he is not himself in the previous life, although Miyuki is really good as a catcher.

In this boring and monotonous exercise, Jiang Gu is a little eager to go to the bullpen to pitch early. This activity is his favorite and only activity.

Chris looked at the different performances of the two people, and understood the general idea,

"You don't need to be too impatient, some things can't be done overnight. Today's training is over here, tomorrow's training will be discussed tomorrow, and the final exam is coming soon, you have to work hard!"

After speaking, he turned and left without waiting for the two of them to respond.

For the final exam, now the two of them only had this one thought in their minds, and their faces turned pale in an instant, what a pity! ! !

The two of them looked at each other with a tacit understanding, and they understood that they were the same people. Anyway, the training was over, so they should hurry back and make up for it.The two of them were not in a hurry for the next extra training, they rushed back to their dormitory and started to fight in Xuehai.

The next day, the two followed Chris past the indoor training ground.

"How is it, Miyuki, my dragon cannon throws the ball?"

"I didn't hit the strike zone at all!" Yuyuki said that catching such a ball was really inferior, and it was so bad.

"Obviously passing the ball back to the home plate can pass into the strike zone, so let's change it, Chun, you have to pitch like me." Yucheng Tetsu also made up the knife silently beside him, and demonstrated it by the way.

"What? It's not the way the outfielder throws the ball." Isashiki Jun curled his lips and complained.

"Kawakami, if you don't vote, let me vote instead!"

"I'm going to vote!" Kawakami was taken aback by Isashiki Jun, and hurriedly prepared to throw the ball, "Miyauchi-senpai, I'm going to vote!"

"Hurry up if you want to vote!"

Miyuki was originally surprised that Jun-senpai and Yuuki-senpai appeared here and wanted to throw a ball. Now it seems that the supervisor has talked to them and asked them to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the team to boost the morale of the team. .The two already have a strong sense of responsibility and will naturally perform desperately for the whole team.

Eijun and Furutani heard the pitching and Isashiki's characteristic loud voice coming from inside, so they looked around quietly.

Seeing the two of them standing still at the entrance of the training ground, Chris asked, "What's the matter?"

Jiang Gu pointed to the inside of the indoor training ground.

Chris raised his eyebrows, and understood what the two of them were thinking, but, "You guys want to pitch! But no matter how much you beg, I won't let you pitch today. You should reflect on your own mistakes before you talk Well, it’s hard for a crappy pitcher with such poor pitching knowledge to perform in the summer preliminaries.”

"Ehhhh!!!!"

The background behind the two is bleak. Is this the gentle senior they know.

Thinking about Chris, he said before that if he wins one more game, it will last longer in the summer. When he returns to Danbo in the first army, now these teammates will wait for his ace to return to the team. Danbo, you have to work hard!

"Hurry up and follow me to the side of the field to practice, and forget about pitching now."

"Yes!" The two men hung their heads and followed Chris step by step, starting their day of training today.

. . . . . .

It was another new day of class time, and the two people who were being supplemented by Chris every day with the basic knowledge of pitching were still struggling to absorb the knowledge with the books in their hands as the final exam approached.

"Kinmaru, you have to help me!! My final exam is really over without you, woo woo one by one"

Holding the textbook, Eijun couldn't learn anything at all. He didn't know where to start, so he could only cry and look at Shinji Kanamaru, a good student in his class, sending out light waves for help.

Kanemaru Shinji was really defeated by Eijun's scumbag. Since the last red and white battle, the relationship between the two has become better and better, but one of them is in the first army and the other is in the second army. Busy with the training camp, except for the rest of the class, there is a little less communication. He really didn't expect that Eijun, who looks like a well-behaved student, can be so scumbag in his studies.

It's not that he's bad at every subject, there's one subject that this guy outshines the crowd, and that's almost perfect scores in English exams every time, and he actually said that he can do it just by looking at it.But apart from this, the others are really scum, and none of them exceeds 40 points, which is also terrible.

"You can help me too." Jin Wan still didn't want to see his friend fail the exam, "This is the exam notes I sorted out, even if you cram for a while, you have to memorize them all, you know."

After speaking, he handed the note to Eijun.

"Hmmmm!!!" Rongchun held the note like a dog with a meaty bone, his eyes sparkling and twinkling.

"Kinmaru is so sweet, I love you to death."

"Then...how can..." Kanemaru was a little embarrassed when he was hit by Eijun's direct ball attack.

On the other side, Jiang Gu, in his own classroom, started to sink with him while holding a book.In the sweet dreamland, I slept quite well, my nose was bubbling, and my head was nodding.

Xiaomina Haruichi, who was behind him, looked at the sinking Jianggu, and sighed, "Sure enough, it still doesn't work, so I have to give up."

At the moment before the summer preliminaries, every senior began to gradually recover from the accident in Danba and began to move forward.

The drum band, the cheerleading squad, and the team managers are all using their abilities to cheer for the players of the team.

In such an atmosphere, Eijun and the others also ushered in the announcement of the final exam results.

"Wow, oh, I have passed all my grades!" Eijun's surprised voice came from the teaching building.

Eijun, let's take a look at the report card of the hero Shinji Kanamaru to see what he has learned.

The corner of Jinwan's mouth twitched as he looked at these report cards, all of them flew at low altitude, only English was actually full.Forget it, this score of 40 points is already a good result for Eijun, and I can't ask for more, but I don't know why, but I still feel that I have missed the notes I prepared, and my heart hurts.

On the other side, when Jiang Gu was giving up and sinking into books, he received a failing report card as a matter of course. Looking at this report card, Jiang Guxiao was really petrified, it was too difficult. . .

As a friend and classmate, Kominato Haruichi was also silent for a moment when he saw the result. To be honest, Furuya, a guy who passed the general exam, did not expect the first final exam to be so bad. up.

"Don't worry, there will be make-up exams." Chunshi patted Jiangu on the shoulder to express his comfort.

Today is not only the day when the results are announced, but also the day when all the back numbers are announced.

During training in the afternoon, all the members of the First Army assembled as a team, waiting for Supervisor Kataoka to announce the ownership of the back numbers.

"Now the back numbers will be announced, and the contestants whose names are called should come and claim them one by one."

After speaking, Director Kataoka took the No. [-] back cloth from Takashima Rei, "First is No. [-]...Tanba Koichiro!"

Tanba Koichiro in the queue was stunned, he couldn't believe that the trump card would be given to him, who was injured and not a combat power.

"What's the matter, hurry up and get it!"

"Yes, yes..." Danbo hurried out of the queue to take over the sacred number.

"Don't worry, heal your injury first."

The seniors in the second and third grades all smiled knowingly, and were very happy that the little friends would fight side by side with them.

But looking at Danbo who had shaved his hair after he came back from the injury, they really didn't expect that this guy would actually have a bald head, it was so funny.

The players in the first army couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Then Director Kataoka announced the rest of the numbers,
"Number two, Miyuki Kazuya."

"Yes!"

"Number three, Tetsuya Yuuki."

"As ordered!"

"Number four, Ryosuke Kominato."

"Yes!"

"Number five, Masuko Toru."

"Uga!"

"Number Six, Yoichi Kuramochi."

"Thank you!"

"Number seven..., Sawamura Eijun!"

When the No. [-] left field back number was announced, it was beyond everyone's expectations. When they heard the name, everyone was shocked, especially Ichiro Sakai, who originally started left field. Look extremely lonely.

Although it was quite surprising that this elementary school boy surpassed him to get the starter, but his defense and hit rate are not inferior to his own, especially the batting average is higher than his own, so it is normal to give him more opportunities to play.

But why does a pitcher boast to grab the outfielder's position? It doesn't matter if he starts the outfield during the game, but now he doesn't even give him a back number.

After silently making complaints about the supervision, Sakai figured it out himself. The elementary school boy also has real materials. Even if he is promoted in this way for the next general training, he has nothing to say. As long as everything is for the good of the team, there is no It doesn't matter if you get the starting number.

Eijun also raised his head abruptly when he heard it, and looked at Director Kataoka who announced the back number in disbelief. Did he start or left field? ! ! !
Could it be that the supervisor really gave up treatment for him because of his performance before, and is going to let him change careers!That's so embarrassing!
"Sawamura Eijun, if you hear it, come and get it!" Supervisor Kataoka urged me to hear this guy with a back number and a stiff figure. It seems that he really has no desire for the pitcher position, or One with the will as a pitcher.

"Yes!" Rong Chun stomped over step by step, and slowly stretched out his stiff hands to accept the unexpected back number.

"Your strength is recognized by everyone. Whether you are the starting outfielder or one of the team's main pitchers, I hope you can play your due strength in the corresponding position. Of course, your most important thing is the team. pitchers are outfielders."

"Yes!" Rong Chun breathed a sigh of relief when he heard these words, it seems that he didn't want to change careers, which scared him to death.

When I returned to the team with my back number, I saw Senior Sakai's resentful eyes towards me, so I could only say sorry silently.

After this episode, the rest of the numbers began to be released normally.

"Number eight, Jun Isashiki."

"Roar ah ah one by one"

"Number nine, Kenjiro Baishu."

"I'll try my best!"

"No. [-], Kenshi Kawakami."

"Yes!"

"NO.11, Xiao Gu Xiao."

Jiang Guxiao walked out of the team and took the back number,
Supervisor Kataoka also took advantage of the situation and added, "Come on for the make-up exam!" After Jiang Guxiao returned to the team with a slightly stiff posture, Eijun couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing when he heard this sentence It's really funny non-stop.

"Number 12, Miyauchi Keisuke!"

"Number 13, Ichiro Sakai."

After that, the numbers of the remaining players were announced one after another, No. 14 Fumiya Kusuki, No. 15 Hikasa Shoji, No. 16 Kadoda Masaki, No. 17 Tanaka Shin, No. 18 Yamazaki Kunio, No. 19 Kominato Haruichi, No. 20 Naoki Endo.

"The last recorder is Chris, please."

"Yes!"

After finishing speaking, Director Kataoka commented on the uniforms of the Seido baseball team from Rei Takashima, "Next is the team managers. You have really helped the team a lot. I hope you will wear baseball team uniforms." uniform as a member of the baseball team cheering on the players on the bench!"

"Yes!" The four managers were so touched that their eyes were red and they couldn't help crying.

"I believe everyone knows that there is no retreat in high school baseball. All the sweat and tears left every day are all for this summer!"

"Then everyone, let's shout out the Qingdao slogan!"

"Yes!"

Twenty first-army players formed a circle, bending over to prepare for the arrival of the sacred moment.

Tetsuya Yuki clenched his fist with his right hand, pointed to his chest with his thumb, and shouted,

"who are we!!"

"King Qingdao!!"

"Who sweats more than anyone else!"

"Qingdao!"

"Who shed more tears than anyone else!"

"Qingdao!"

"Who loves baseball more than anyone else!"

"Qingdao!"

"Are you ready to play!"

"Oh oh oh one"

"Proud of Qingdao! The only goal is to dominate the country!"

At this moment, everyone stood up straight and stretched out a finger, pointing towards the sky, and made their own shouts.

"Let's go!"

"Oh oh oh one"

The next day

The 89th National High School Baseball Championship, the preliminaries of the West District in Tokyo officially started.

(End of this chapter)