Chapter 118: The Good Senpai

"The current third grade was all trash! Of course, except for you Chris."

Azuma's evaluation of the third-year players happened to be in the ears of two first-year players.

Furuya looked at Azuma in disbelief, he really couldn't believe what Azuma said.

How could these seniors in the third grade be trash?

Even Furuya, who has a high self-esteem, has a clear understanding of how amazing these third-year seniors around him.

"Yeah, they were really bad at first!" Chris laughed along.

At that time, the current third-year player of Seidou High School had just entered the school.

When they entered the school, how did the people around them evaluate these players in the third grade now?

Bad harvest year!

In fact, the third-year players of Seidou High School were that bad when they first joined the team.

Two years ago, when the third-year senior of Seidou High School was just entering the school.

The first thing a player does when he joins a team is, of course, to introduce himself. When it comes to self-introduction alone, these guys are in all kinds of situations.

"I graduated from Kazama Junior High, Sakai Ichiro. The position I hope to be is an outfielder, and I will work hard."

"Okay, next!"

The team's assistant coaches are called in turn.

"I'm Isashiki Jun from Ayakami. I hope that the position is the pitcher, and the pitcher I admire is Nomo Hidio. My favorite first baseman is Ochiai Hiromitsu, my favorite second baseman is Nishi Toshihisa, and the third baseman …"

This long list of self-introductions made the assistant coach directly stupefied.

"Wait, do you want to say every fielder position?"

"Can't I?"

"To be honest, we are not that much interested in you."

"Sorry!"

All the players around at that time looked at him laughed and felt amused.

Isashiki looked directly at him with a fierce look.

"What are you looking at!?"

Such hostility successfully attracted the attention of the Seidou High School coaching staff.

Players, especially pitchers, still need some temper.

If Isashiki has good Pitching potential, then he really has the value of being cultivated.

"I am Masuko Toru who graduated from Ooura Middle School. I hope to become an infielder. Because of the stress of the exam, I have gained ten kilograms."

"…Middle…school…graduated….Tanpa!"

"Be louder, I can't hear what you're saying at all. It's a shame you're so tall."

"I'm Kominato Ryosuke who graduated from Youkou Middle School. I hope to become an infielder. I will never lose to any tall guy."

"I'm Yuuki Tetsuya, who graduated from Akadou Middle School. I don't have a particular position I want to guard. I think I can play every position as long as I can swing my bat. My favorite history drama is Kozure Okami."

"I didn't ask you about it."

***

That was the group of guys who looked disorganized, undisciplined, floppy, and in a state of flux.

They just entered school, and they don't have the look of elites at all.

Of course, there are exceptions.

"I'm from Marugame Junior Baseball Team, Takigawa Chris Yu. I hope to be a catcher!"

"Oh, He is the legendary newcomer!"

For Chris, the attitudes of the seniors were completely different.

At that time, Chris was already the first Catcher in Kanto.

This is also the only point of compensation for the poor harvest year of Seidou High School.

Isashiki swore that he would be the first person in the same grade to become a regular team member.

These guys who joined Seidou High School were also in trouble after they entered the team.

Isashiki, who vowed to become a pitcher at Seidou.

Is just an underachiever when it comes to ball control.

Not to mention Furuya, Isashiki has no ball control, he simply can't put the ball into the strike zone.

Nine out of ten balls did not appear in the strike zone.

"Even if you pitch blindly with your eyes closed, your probability will not be this low!"

The catchers unceremoniously complained about him.

Takashima also said that although Isashiki has strength and ball speed, he has such poor ball control that he cannot be a pitcher at all.

On the contrary, Tanpa, who has a timid personality, showed a Nice Pitching talent.

But with such a character, he was as shy as a little girl, and it was hard to imagine that such a person could become the Ace of Seidou High School.

Next is Tetsuya!

He promised to be able to defend in every position, and naturally, he was arranged in various positions during training.

As a result, it cannot be any worse.

His defense in every position was the same, and he didn't know anything about it at all.

"You're a complete newbie on defense!"

"Miyauchi, you have to exercise more muscles, otherwise you will be knocked off by runners, try to eat protein as much as possible!"

"Masuko, stop eating!"

"Is your jersey the wrong size?"

"It doesn't matter, I will grow up anyway!"

"Recognize the reality, you are this height."

***

Except for Chris, the third-year players at that time, one counts as one, are all problematic children, and they are in a lot of situations.

When President Ota saw them, he always broke into a cold sweat for them.

"Will this work?"

Yeah, can this work?

No one knows the answer, no one knows.

Even Kataoka, the Coach, was distressed when he saw these newcomers.

As a senior at that time, Azuma Kiyokuni said the longest sentence to Chris.

"You will have it hard in the future because your generation is all trash!"

At that time, Chris had been promoted to the First String and trained with the First String.

As for the remaining people, the seniors of Seidou High School commented.

A waste with no future!

It's just that Chris himself doesn't think so.

He saw the brilliance of these fellows around him.

Although the strength is still weak, they are all working hard.

As long as you work hard, there is still hope!

To play baseball in high school, you have to join a team that can enter Koshien!

In the first grade, you get the back number first, and in the second grade, you become a regular team member of the team.

In the third grade, you became the main force of the team and led the team to enter Koshien.

Everyone has ambitions, and a little bit of struggle.

This is the time when the players face the assessment.

Right now, the first graders of Seidou High School did not choose to give up but moved forward bravely.

It is this spirit that brings the essence of the third-year players to a different level.

Isashiki Jun and the others joined Seidou High School in their first year, and they had not joined the first team in the summer competition that year. And can only cheer on those extraordinary seniors from the stands!

In their eyes, those seniors who were as powerful as monsters finally lost to their arch-rival Sankou High in the quarterfinal match.

'Such a strong Senpai, actually lost?'

Looking at these Senpais, crying like children, Isashiki will never forget that scene.

Not even the Senpais could do it, will they really be okay?

The pain of failure is over in the blink of an eye. Whether it is Seidou High School or the players, they have to face the future.

After that, Takashima Rei deliberately found Isashiki Jun to talk to him.

"Your shoulders are very strong and you are very good when you hit. I hope you can make use of these advantages for the team."

Takashima Rei bluntly told Isashiki that it was difficult to become a pitcher for Seidou with his ball control.

"Allow me to think about it!"

Right now, Isashiki Jun knew the cruelty of high school giants.

The gap between reality and dreams is huge.

As players, they can only run forward with gritted teeth.

During one morning practice, Sakai, who was determined to become a starting outfielder, was exhausted.

'No, I can't continue like this!'

Short of breath, and exhausted, sweat fell to the ground like raindrops.

At that time, Sakai felt like he was about to die.

That was the moment he was closest to giving up, no matter what, this is all useless.

Once a person's will is broken, it is difficult to stand up again.

At this moment, a hand grabbed him.

Sakai opened his tired eyes and looked at the tall figure.

"Isashiki…"

"You are not the only one who feels pain! But if you want to survive in this team, you must move forward."

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