King's Green Road

Chapter 4 Part4 Daily and Red and White Battles
After the freshmen's test is over, what awaits them next is the most routine running training. After all, the first-year freshmen who have just stepped into high school baseball cannot catch up with the training of the seniors in a short time. First, run to improve their endurance , although there were a few freshmen who performed well in this test.

For example, Hideaki Tojo, Shinji Kanamaru, and Hiroshige Takatsu, who were relatively well-known players in the youth baseball period, performed well in this test, but they did not reach the point where they could immediately enter the Seido High School baseball club.

Although Jiang Guxiao performed very well in hitting and long-range shooting, other defensive tests were also terrible. After all, because of the speed of the ball, he didn't meet a good catcher in junior high school. In the end, he had to retire and play baseball alone. up.

And Rongchun's performance in this test is also excellent, but after all, he is limited by his current physical fitness. He also went to exercise during the time he came back, but after all, he still only achieved the most basic college level, and he was not as good as he is now. The Qingdao First Army, so it's normal that he didn't get extra favor from Director Kataoka.

The most important thing is that the upcoming spring competition seems to Director Kataoka to be able to cope with the current lineup of the first army, and the situation is really not so severe that it is urgent to promote the first-year players to the player's bench.

To be honest, the first competition that can be played in the first grade is the summer competition. In the original book, such as Yuki Shoji and Yui Kaoru, there are only a few who play in the spring. It is amazing that Furutani can play in the Kanto competition. The freshmen are new, so the current baseball club needs to use the first grade. In the view of the film director, it is still important to wait until the summer competition.It is still best to be under observation now, which will be helpful for the selection at that time.

And after the defense test, what awaits the new students is running training. It takes a lot of time to run down dozens of laps quickly.

And then, after running and training, the first-year freshmen who came to the cafeteria of the baseball club, what awaited them was Qingdao High School's practice--the mandatory rule of eating three bowls of rice every meal.

Among the first-year freshmen, that is to say, Eijun, who has experienced a lifetime, has first adapted to this eating routine at home, and now he is quite happy and able to eat with ease.

Otherwise, he would also be in a state of vomiting. After all, he had to swallow three big bowls of rice just after exercising. own.

The appearance of Rongchun eating three big bowls of rice leisurely also made Xiao Minato Haruichi, a fan-mao classmate, look extremely envious. He looked at the first bowl full of rice in front of him, exuding from his body to his heart. The breath of rejection.

Basically, most of the first-year freshmen are in the same state as Kominato Haruichi. After running dozens of laps just now, it is really hard to swallow.

This made Eijun once again the focus of attention of the first graders in the cafeteria.

This guy obviously doesn't look particularly tall and strong, but why is he so edible? It's really a honey question, and the hearts of the first-year freshmen present are full of doubts.

And what Eijun is going to do after eating is because of the improvement of the speed and power of the ball, coupled with the invisible posture of the ball and the unique nature of the eccentric ball.

If you don't find a catcher to practice catching the ball in advance, the red and white game will be more enjoyable. The beautiful scene can be foreseen, so the next goal is to find a first-year catcher to practice throwing and catching.

In Eijun's opinion, this candidate is Ko Kariba, who used to be a backup pitcher in his previous life and often kindly helped him. This is the best candidate.

In my previous life, I also practiced pitching with his help. Although as a catcher, I didn't have the ability to hit and distribute the ball like Kazuya Miyuki, and even the backup catcher Hiroshi Ono from the First Army was not as good as him, but the solidity of the catch was also obtained. Got very good recognition.

He also hopes that his good friend can have a better future in this life.

After the day's training in the evening, the rest of the activity time is the time for the players to rest and train independently.

At this point in time, as long as the high school supervisors and coaches will not arrange any mandatory training programs for the players, after all reasonable training, the intensity must be appropriate, as for the extra training that the players carry out on their own, as long as they are reasonable It will not be stopped as long as it will not endanger the player's own body.

(Like Chris in the original book is over-training, that’s why he retired from the first army due to injury, and he couldn’t play in all the high school games that were connected. After all, he will still play baseball in the future, so he can only throw and catch occasionally. The training time and the number of balls received are also limited, and in the official game, you can only watch your classmates at the same level fight on the court, and you can't play together.)
Eijun also approached Kariba Kou who was about to leave the court immediately after the evening training.

"Kariba-kun."

"Hey, is Sawamura-kun okay?"

Kariba Kou also noticed the self-introduction of the same grade that attracted a lot of attention this morning. After all, as a catcher, he still pays a lot of attention to the pitcher.

Eijun didn't feel surprised that Kariba Ko called out his name, after all, he was quite a showman when he introduced himself in the morning.

He also feels very strange about the friends that Eijun has not seen for about ten years.

The corners of the mouth were raised slightly, a pair of honey-colored eyes stared at Kariba Kou in front of him, his mouth was parted and his white teeth were exposed, and he smiled heartily,

"Kariba-kun introduced you as a catcher before, so I want to form a shooting partner with you. Would you like to practice shooting and catching with me?"

I was also quite confused about how Sawamura-san in front of me asked him to form a shooting partner. After all, in the previous self-introduction of the first grade, he was not the only one who was a catcher.

Because of this doubt, he also asked directly.

"I'm not the only catcher in the first grade, why is Sawamura-kun the first to find me?"

"Hahaha, just call me Sawamura. The reason why I found you is to see which one is the most pleasing to the eye among the first-year catchers. After all, the composition of the shooting partner is to find the one that makes me feel the most comfortable. Isn't it?"

Eijun is an optimistic person like a little sun no matter in his last life or now, coupled with his smile that makes people feel illuminated by the sun, it is really involuntary to get close to him.

Kariba Kou in front of Eijun was fascinated by such a warm smile. I feel that Sawamura-san is really a person with a warm smile, and his personality should also be a warm and kind one.

So it was very logical to accept the invitation of this shooting partner.

"It's great of you to promise, without further ado, let's find a place to start now!"

After hearing Kariba Kou's agreement, Eijun's face showed obvious joy, after all, it was the first time we met in this life.

It's a blessing not to be rejected by Xiaohang. Sure enough, Xiaohang is still so considerate. I don't want Miyuki Kazuya to be that black-bellied and vicious catcher. There are still more kind-hearted catchers like Miyuki Kazuya, and there are still a few like Miyuki Kazuya.

"Oh, now? Tonight?"

"You heard me right, I can't wait any longer, hehe, when the time comes, I'll let you see my pitching, it will definitely surprise you."

"..."

Well, it seems that I am really confused by his smile. This guy is basically a stupid and cute character. The warmth and warmth are all imagined by myself, but Sawamura-san really wants to experience the pitch , After all, he is the one who claims to be the trump card.

After Kariba Ko agreed to form a shooting partner with Eijun that night, he was very excited to find someone to accompany him to practice throwing, and finally he could practice throwing to his heart's content and practice his ball control.

But for our catcher-Kariba Kou, it can be said to be a disaster level. At that time, I saw the first ball thrown by Eijun. The posture of the release point was invisible. The actual speed of the ball was about 140km.
Because of the added posture, the speed of the ball has increased by at least 5km when it is visible to the naked eye. The most shocking thing is that the ball power and tail strength are really heavy guns, even if it has been received in the ball sleeve. Still scurrying around with full strength, if you don't control it, you will throw the ball cover. Anyway, in the days to come, Kariba Kou will miss at least ten balls or at least seven or eight balls, which is really quite for him unfriendly.

However, after training for a period of time, he has been able to miss at most two or three balls out of ten balls.

It can also be seen that as a catcher, Ko Kariba still has very good potential in catching the ball.After the shooting combination during this period, he also understood Eijun's pitching characteristics quite well, and had a fairly high understanding of Eijun's strength as a pitcher.

Regarding his declaration of becoming a trump card at that time, and understanding his confidence, he is really a candidate for a trump card.The ball control has also stabilized a lot from the unstable four corners at the beginning.

During these days, because of this extra training time, Eijun returned to the dormitory very late every day, Kuramochi Yoichi and Masuko Toru were quite surprised that Eijun trained so hard.

The reason why I can see it is because Rongchun must be sweating profusely and panting every time he comes back.

The reason why he is so tired is that apart from the consumption of pitching, Eijun is still the same as in his previous life, dragging his tires and started running. After all, this way helps him increase his endurance. Isn’t it just like this in his previous life that he can rival the physical strength of his predecessors? Well, I have been trained under such circumstances, so I will naturally not give up in this life.
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I am the time dividing line——
The spring competition has also quietly arrived with the passage of time in Eijun's daily training. April is the month when the Tokyo Spring Competition is held. In this event, which can be said to be the seed spot for the summer competition group, all teams from Tokyo will participate , and the eligibility to participate in the spring competition is determined through last year's autumn competition.

More than 300 high schools were qualified through the autumn competition, and only a mere 100 high schools were qualified to participate in the spring competition. The spring competition and the subsequent Kanto competition are the best previews before the summer competition.

Prestigious colleges and universities will use this spring competition to adjust the team's lineup, as well as adjust the strength of the lineup, experiment with certain tactics, and so on.

Although Qingdao High School lost to the city's top three high schools in the same area in the autumn competition last year, and regrettably stopped in the semi-finals, it was also qualified to play in the spring competition.

At this moment, the stadium is very lively because of the arrival of the spring competition.

"Tomorrow is the spring competition."

"Can we go and see?"

"Of course it's okay. Our first graders go to the game as a support team, and there is a dedicated bus."

"Haha, I really want to see how strong the seniors are in the competition. I really can't wait. There is no seed system in the spring competition. This time, our Qingdao will meet the city's third high school in the first few rounds. The last autumn competition Is it because I lost to the third high school in the city?"

"Qingdao will definitely win the championship this time, it's just that he didn't adjust well last time!!!"

"Yeah, we can still hear the slogan of our baseball club."

"There's nothing wrong with that. I just joined Qingdao because I yearned for that slogan."

Regardless of the stadium, the freshmen and the players of the second army are all looking forward to it, whispering together from time to time, about this spring competition, after all, for the freshmen who have just joined, this is their youth. It's the first big game for a member of Dow High's baseball club.

All the freshmen had looks of anticipation on their faces.

But this time in the spring competition, Eijun didn't pay much attention to it in his previous life, so he only knew that Qingdou had qualified for the Kanto competition. After all, didn't that guy Fuguya become famous in this competition?
But he remembered that something seemed to have happened because of this competition, and the red and white battle followed.

But it was really at this time in the previous life that I was deeply involved in the sad incident of the chain effect of being late and committing stupid things.

I vowed to work hard, so I didn't even go to watch the game. Anyway, I heard from senior Kuramochi that the game went smoothly.

For now, my main goal is the next red and white battle, and I must seize this opportunity.

As for the spring competition, after all, is the home of the seniors, the key is to improve their own strength as soon as possible.

When the next spring competition was in full swing, Eijun asked Kariba Kou to take more time to accompany him to practice throwing and catching the ball to maintain the stability of the ball control and the stable throwing of the existing balls.

The news of the red and white battle also reached the ears of all the freshmen at this time.

Although Qingdou successfully won the spring competition this time, the weakness of the pitching line has indeed been further displayed in the eyes of all Tokyo universities. The line is still as strong as ever, but the pitching line's ability to lose points is also quite terrifying. .

It can be said that the number of points scored back is at least the point where the opponent will score as many points.

This also made Supervisor Kataoka determined to select players full of possibilities in the remaining first, second and third grades.

Players who performed poorly in the first army Koichiro Tanba, Kenshi Kawakami, Keisuke Miyauchi and Toru Masuko were supervised and transferred to the second army. They will also play in the red and white battles of the first and second and third grades.

The news of the red and white battle made the atmosphere between the first grade and the second and third grades visibly scary to the naked eye. The first grade didn't understand the eyes of the seniors looking at them like wolves, but the second and third grades knew that this year's last A chance to join the First Army.

In their eyes, the first-year freshmen have become obstacles that prevent them from entering the first army, and they must be eradicated.

Under such gazes, the ignorant first-year freshmen at least seem to feel that this is not a simple coaching practice match between the upper grades and the lower grades, and there are many things that they can't understand when they just stepped into high school.

(End of this chapter)