Ace of Diamonds Golden Boots Silver Rod

Chapter 125 State ups and downs

The Chicheng people who were defeated and returned home hardly spoke. Most of them threw themselves on the bed and continued to be sad.

The only exceptions are Sawamura, Wakana and Sendao.

But even the heartless Sawamura couldn't cheer himself up. It can be said that this was the most painful Sunday.

……

at night,

"Huh!" Xiandao, covered in sweat, sat on the wooden board outside the window to rest.

(What is more common in Japan is that there is a wooden board outside the floor-to-ceiling window, like a seat.)

"Ding dong!" Then the phone rang!

"Fumino! Is there anything this guy can't do? She's been working very hard recently." Xiandao muttered and opened the phone and saw the message on the line.

"Are you tired?" There were only a few words on the phone.

"Huh?" Xiandao saw that he was a little confused and started typing!

"what?"

"Aren't you practicing your swing?"

"..."

"Why do you know these things? Did you bribe my grandfather and turn on the camera in my house?" Xiandao replied exaggeratedly, but he was really curious.

"As expected! Who do you think you grew up with? What can you hide from me? Huh! Tsundere.jpg"

"You guessed it!" Xiandao replied immediately after seeing the answer.

"Angry.jpg means understanding you!" Fumino emphasized.

"Okay! Then why do you think so? Did I do something?" Xiandao still didn't believe it, thinking that he had done something to make her feel this way.

"No! It's intuition! I think you would do this if you wanted to! Tsundere.jpg"

"Okay! Keep it a secret from those guys!"

"Why? Now that their morale is low, wouldn't telling them help boost their morale?"

"No need! They will come out, I have always believed it! I have no plans to participate in the official competition in the fall! I will let them return it next year! All! Not double!"

"That's it! Well behaved.jpg"

"Is it possible?" Xian Dao found something wrong with Fumino. Just as Fumino understood Xian Dao, so did Xian Dao.

"Hey! Stick out your tongue.jpg

Well, I just told Wakana that you might enter the competition!

……

Feel sorry! Put your hands together.jpg”

"Okay! I'll leave the aftermath to you!"

"Understood! Salute.jpg"

"Is there anything you can't do today?"

"have!

A cat rubs against another cat.jpg (Haha, I wanted to laugh when I saw this text introduction with an emoticon.)”

"Wait until I go take a shower and talk about it when I get back!"

"Understood! Understood! I'll go talk to Wakana! Hehe!"

"Really, it's completely different from usual! Where did you get so many expressions from?"

"secret!"

"There's nothing we can do about you!" For some reason Xiandao felt that his daughter wouldn't grow up. (Straight man of steel!)

If Fumino knew the idea of immortality, he would probably go berserk!

The next day,

"Good morning!"

"Hey, Sendao! Yesterday's game was such a pity!" As soon as Sendao came to class on Monday, his classmates gathered around him.

"well enough!"

"Um, is that okay? I think Ohno and the others are a bit...!" A classmate asked when he saw that Ohno and the others were unhappy in the morning.

"No problem! They need some time!"

The first day after the defeat was also a day of silence for members of the baseball club.

After school, Sendao simply said hello to everyone and asked them to go home directly.

But Sawamura was the only one running outside. (need dull bgm here)

Sendao glanced at Sawamura who was alone, smiled slightly, and went back.

……

The others did not let Sendao wait too long and began to come back one after another to run with Sawamura after three days. Seeing that their mental state was still not good, Sendao did not allow them to train.

Time flies, and a week passed quickly.

On Saturday, Sendō took everyone to watch the Tokugawa Middle School's final match, which was an 8-to-4 game.

The whole game was played at a fast pace. It could be said that Tokugawa was beating their opponents. After the victory a week ago, their state was obviously very high.

"Are you still sad? Did you see it? We are actually quite strong!" At the end of the game, Xiandao said to everyone.

"But, we still lost, just by a little bit!" Aoki replied.

Even though a week has passed, Aoki's heart feels abnormally painful when he mentions that game.

After all, it was a situation where everyone thought they were about to win, but the weak beater's blow almost broke their hearts!

"Probably! However, the result of last week's game was just good luck. There is still a huge gap between us and them. It just happened that our collective condition was very good that day. As a player, sometimes the condition is good and sometimes not. It's normal.

We were weaker than them so we lost and that was it. Xiandao replied, pointing to the field.

After hearing this, many of my friends lowered their heads.

“So that game itself was a big profit if you won and got lucky, and no loss if you lost.

The baseball game itself begins with two outs in the final inning, and the so-called advantage means nothing until the game is over!

It's just that we returned to normal levels, so we lost, and at that time we would not be able to suppress the opponent's lane.

So what we want to pursue is real strength.

It's not about relying on illusory things like luck and status, but it's about being able to compete with them as long as you perform normally. You are truly powerful! "

"Really powerful?"

"That's right! We are only in the second grade, and there is still next year.

Watch it! We will definitely get this debt back next year!

Remember the unwillingness a week ago! "

"Yeah!" The eyes of several people finally became firm. "Just wait! We will definitely win it back next year!!!" At this time, Sawamura suddenly shouted with a loud voice.

You know Sawamura's voice, the whole audience heard it.

"Baga! Shut up! Everyone has heard it!" Before, the fairy who was calmly pointing out the immortal way of Jiangshan panicked and wanted to stop Sawamura's mouth!

This middle-class soul makes Xiandao so embarrassed that he wants to hack him to death!

Others also feel better inside.

"Haha! It's so loud! Those are the students from Chicheng Middle School, they have regained their energy."

"Come on! Chicheng, we will cheer for you next year!" No one in the field laughed at them, but sincerely cheered for Chicheng after recognizing them.

"Thank you!" Xiandao just thanked him numbly. He couldn't help it anymore and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.

What they didn't know was that Tokugawa Junior High School, which had just won, heard Sawamura's voice very clearly.

They didn't say anything. A few sophomores just clenched their fists secretly, as if they wouldn't know until next year.

But no one, not the audience nor anyone at Tokugawa Junior High School, could think they were overestimating their abilities, and last week's intense battle felt like yesterday.

It is true that everyone knows that Chicheng is obviously weaker than Tokugawa Junior High School. Moreover, although most of Tokugawa's main players, including aces and center hitters, are sophomores.

However, last year, Chicheng was like a group of amateurs who didn't even understand the rules of baseball, but they have grown significantly this year.

Don’t forget, all the main players of Chicheng are second-year players. This means that they will still have the same lineup next year and continue to get stronger. However, other teams will have to break up and add new players to adjust and reorganize. Considering Chicheng’s growth rate, we really don’t know next year. Who wins and who loses.

Of course, this is just a guess. It is not certain what kind of players other teams will enter next year. The growth of the team is also just a guess.

But it was enough for everyone to give Chicheng enough respect.

This farce ended with Sawamura's voice and being forcibly dragged away by Xiandao, but for others, not being decadent is more important than anything else. It is true that Xiandao guessed that the state may be in a sluggish state for a while, but they are not bad at this. a few days.

Although there are competitions in the fall, they are basically just competitions for teams to adjust and experiment with lineups. They have little value. The highlight will be next summer.

After returning from the stadium, Sendō announced that they would start training again tomorrow and disbanded.

Only Wakana glanced at Sendao with a smile when he left.

……

the next day,

Sure enough, as Xiandao guessed, everyone was in a bad state. From time to time, they would have the problem of fear of catching the ball, which led to a significant decrease in the reaction to catching the ball and the fielding range.

Xiandao could only try his best to cheer them up and slowly find their form through training.

The subsequent games were basically one round per week. Xiandao arranged the time in detail. When there was a game, he would take all the players to watch the game and videotape it, and then go back to continue training.

There was basically no suspense during the competition. Tokugawa won the championship smoothly. At this time, everyone felt a little better.

……

at night,

Sendō held the bat as if he was waiting in the strike zone and remained still with his eyes closed.

"Phew!" I imagined Kanda's slider in my mind, and the bat suddenly swung out.

"Huh!" He took back his wave and waved again.

In recent weeks, Sendao has been training like this after completing his daily training. Sendao, who has never played a change ball, will not wait for future games to consider the change ball.

"Good practice! Another 20 times!"

The sound of whirring sounded again in the yard, and Xiandao would swing about 200 almost every night.

It can be said that his condition has been adjusted very well.

But this guy didn't tell Coach Nakanishi that he was going to join the team to play baseball, otherwise, the uncle would have probably found time to fly over.

"It's a bit boring! Let's find some other videos of changing balls someday!" Xiandao said to himself after the practice.

He did it as soon as he thought of it. He contacted Coach Nakanishi and asked for some video materials. However, he did not say that he would use it. He said that the team would do imagination exercises before the summer vacation.

Since the end of the summer competition, Sendō has started to contact Sano for practice matches, but he basically only contacts teams in the first and second rounds. Of course, these do not include those who were unlucky to be eliminated like Oao.

After discussing with Sano, we decided to contact him because he was in a sluggish state, so as to avoid misunderstanding and bullying.

For the same reason, applications for practice matches from many teams were rejected. However, because of this, rumors began to spread among Nagano schools that Chimai had lost all his status after being hit in the battle with Tokugawa, and turned back into a fish belly overnight. rumors.

However, these rumors were only spread among schools, so not many people knew about them. Chicheng didn't know about these rumors, but he probably wouldn't care even if he knew.

It's a fact that there is no state, and that's it. Everyone's mentality has recovered. As for whether it is fish belly, no one knows.

In the world of baseball, actual performance and records speak for themselves after all!

The practice match started on time. In fact, even if there were rumors, not many first- and second-round teams were willing to play against Chicheng.

The battle between Xia Tian Chicheng and Tokugawa was really too tough, and the other teams were all new, so they were really afraid of being psychologically affected.

The result of the game was not satisfactory. The Chicheng Baseball Club was really in a sluggish state, and the first-round team easily won.

But those second rounds were a bit difficult, and one game was almost evenly matched throughout. The reason for this result was that there were more mistakes.

Of course, there is also a good side, that is, Xiandao found that everyone did not suffer from mental illness as he thought, but their movements were just a little stiff.

In this case, Chicheng's complete resurrection is not far away, and everyone's mood and mental state are also beginning to recover.

It can be seen that the stiffness of the game should be because they often think of that game in their daily life, that is, in dreams and the like.

After a few games, I figured out the situation of my teammates, and stopped practicing. I only conducted daily training and continued to adjust everyone's mood and mentality.

As for the improvement of technical strength and other aspects, everything is waiting for the summer training camp. Everyone resumed the previous training every day, including fielding, bunts, running bases, etc., fielding combination drills, and real-person hitting drills.

During several big holidays (Japan sometimes has three days off on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), I went camping with everyone.

Eating delicious food in the wild and sleeping in a tent can cultivate your sentiments and change your mood.

The effects of these activities are gratifying. Those guys have very few nightmares. On the contrary, nightmares from time to time will make them more motivated to train. So two months after the end of the summer competition, which is July before the summer vacation, The Chicheng Junior High School Baseball Club has completely overcome this difficult time.

Maybe two months is too long for high school students, but for these immature junior high school students, this is already a good result.

When he saw that everyone was completely restored to form, Xiandao rescheduled the practice game on the schedule, but like last year, the time was after the summer training camp.

The opponent is Sakura Women's University.

Coach Mitani's eyes lit up when he learned that Sendō had decided to join the baseball team.

So I proposed that if I happened to be in Tokyo, I would let Sendao take everyone to the campus training ground of Sakura Women's University for a three-day competition.

They don't have to leave, they just happen to live there and return to Nagano after the fight.

However, Xiandao couldn't help but blush when he heard that he lived in the same place as those girls.

And the summer vacation has quietly arrived without even realizing it!

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