Chapter 6: Shock sawamura

Seido high school.

Inside the baseball field.

Asad was still jogging around the edge of the field.

And Sawamura Eijun and Furuya played for a while after passing and catching the ball.

Furuya said: "The shoulder activity is open, I want to throw it hard, is it okay?" "

Sawamura didn't think much about it, and nodded immediately: "Of course!" In other words, you are a very good person..."

Because Furuya said that Sawamura was suitable for being a pitcher, Sawamura thought that Furuya was a good person.

I want to say thank you.

But halfway through.

Shout!

A white baseball shot from the direction of Furuya at a very fast speed.

"Uh..."

Looking at the baseball that suddenly came to him, Sawamura Eijun was stunned for a moment.

But previously developed instincts.

Let Sawamura reach out and pick it up reflexively.

Boom!

A bang!

The baseball hit Sawamura's baseball gloves hard!

A powerful propulsion force burst out, and Sawamura, who did not stand firmly, was taken into the air.

Moreover.

The glove didn't catch the ball in the end.

This moment!

Sawamura Eijun thoroughly appreciated the power of the 'high-speed straight ball'!

"Well... So fast! "

With a bang, Sawamura fell to the ground, but his attention remained on the straight ball that Furuya had just thrown.

"Compared to him, I'm still far behind."

Furuya looked at Asad, who was jogging in the distance, with a poker face.

"Huh? You... You mean..."

Sawamura was taken aback.

....

Jingu Second Stadium.

Rely on a strong line-up.

Seido High School finally defeated the third high school of the city.

But.

Although seido has a strong strike ability.

But this way of victory cannot rush into Koshien.

Because!

Another baseball giants in Tokyo, Inagi Industrial High School, has the No.1 pitcher in the Kanto region!

This pitcher is mei Narumiya!

When he was a freshman in high school, he had a record of completely suppressing seido!

This year's he.

One year more training than last year.

The strength has definitely been further improved!

So!

Although the strike lineup of seido high school is national.

But it's still a very difficult thing to get points from Narumiya's hands!

Other words!

When the strike line doesn't work, then it's up to the pitcher!

And Tanba, seido...

They are also teammates, so the members of seido's first army know very well that tanba does not have the ability to suppress Daocheng Industrial University!

One thought of this.

The joy of defeating the junior high school in the city also dissipated a lot.

This also leads to:

On the bus back to school, the atmosphere was very low.

It seems that the school that lost was not the third high school of the city, but their seido High.

...

Seido High.

Inside the baseball field.

ASAD, who was jogging, heard the sound of a bus outside the field.

"Are you back?"

"That is, Koichiro Tanba will be sent to the lineup of the second army like the original?"

"It seems that my time to compete is coming soon!"

"I'm really looking forward to it!"

Asad was excited, and even the pace under his feet accelerated a lot.

...

At night.

The canteen of seido.

Asad and Sawamura Eijun were on their way to cook together, and they heard a conversation about Tanba.

He slowed down slightly, and his ears pricked up.

"I heard that Senior Tanba was sent to the Second Army from below!"

"Really fake? Isn't the game won? "

"Having said that, the biggest credit is Kawakami who stabilized the situation!"

"With less than three months left before the Summer Conference, if Senior Tanba leaves the First Army, what will happen to the pitcher lineup?"

Hear it here.

A smile flashed in Asad's heart.

It seems that the position of the First Army is indeed stable.

...

Although looking forward to participating in the competition sooner.

But Asad was not impatient, and still carried out various trainings according to the arrangement of the assistant coach.

....

These days in daily training.

Asad's physical strength and ball control have also gradually increased.

Just improve a little every day.

But after a dozen days, he was still amazed by the assistant coach and head coach Kataoka.

For head coach Kataoka.

Asad's high-speed straight ball is an extremely terrifying weapon.

But.

If the ball is too poor.

It is difficult for this weapon to play its proper role.

But what makes Kataoka happy is that Asad's talent for ball control is very good.

Same training.

Asad's progress day by day.

Equivalent to someone else's progress in a week.

This means.

Wait until the beginning of the summer conference.

Asad 's high-speed straight ball can be successfully debuted!

Of course.

The premise is that Asad is not like Koichiro Tanba, who is easy to get nervous when he encounters an official match, and then play abnormally.

...

Sunday.

Early in the morning.

Freshmen including Asad.

I came to the players' lounge on Court A.

The freshmen looked at the many spectators outside the venue and sighed with emotion.

"It's still the same, when it comes to Sunday, there are a lot of spectators..."

"Seido graduates, journalists, and all kinds of people have come to visit and train."

"Oops, tense up..."

"Me too, when I thought of competing with the seniors of the second and third grades today, I lost sleep last night..."

Then.

Head coach Kataoka walked in front of the freshmen with the referee's armor on his back.

"First-graders all have the opportunity to play."

"Everyone is warming up and ready to play!"

The instructions are over.

Kataoka put on his armor and walked to the back of home plate, where he was the referee for the game.

"It's finally about to start!"

Asad sat in the rest area.

With his back on his back and his hands on his chest, he quietly waited for head coach Kataoka to call his name.

...

Soon.

The game begins.

The starting pitcher in the second and third years is Koichiro Tanba.

Because he wants to use this game to prove himself.

So at the very beginning, the strongest weapon was taken out - longitudinal curveballs (longitudinal curveballs that fall sharply).

As this trick precedes the change.

It flew straight towards the person.

This leads to.

Standing in the beater's seat, facing the freshman of this move, he was directly frightened and collapsed to the ground.

Of course.

It can make new students subconsciously dodge.

It is also because Koichiro Tanba's longitudinal curve is fast.

And the fall was relatively late, making the freshmen mistakenly think that they would really be hit by a baseball.

"It's a pity that this kind of strength will only appear in practice matches within the team..."

In the rest area, Asad muttered with a slight emotion.

Tanba's strength is very strong.

But he was just a civil war phantom.

"That guy from Tanba has a strong fighting spirit!"

"Maybe being removed from the position of the First Army aroused his fighting spirit, right?"

"Originally, his physical fitness is very good, if that curveball with a large longitudinal curve arc can be made every time, it will not be far from returning to the First Army!"

Viewers who come to see Seido practice on weekends have a deep understanding of Tanba.

On the pitch.

Koichiro Tanba's performance was quite outstanding.

Regardless of who plays in the freshman team, the outcome is strikeouts (hitters miss three shots and go out).

The head coach Kataoka, who served as the referee, frowned slightly.

"It's still the same..."

"I can perform beyond normal in every practice session..."

"But when it comes to the official competition, it is always so crotch-pulling..."

"Without the addition of Asad and Satoru Furuya, I can still let you continue to return to the first army as a starting pitcher..."

"But it's a pity..."

"Your performance in the Metropolitan Competition is too disappointing!"

...

Observation room.

Ota is a slightly chubby baseball minister with a somewhat trembling personality.

At this moment, he was extremely firm in objecting to Vice Minister Rei Takashima: "I still oppose letting freshmen and senior students compete at this time. "

"Although those children did well in middle school, the gap between them and their upper graders is visible to the naked eye."

"If this game continues, it will ruin the self-esteem of those children!"

Rei Takashima, wearing professional women's clothing and glasses.

Raised his slender hand, gently pushed his glasses, and said seriously: "I also know that something is wrong." "

"But..."

"In extremely unfavorable conditions ..."

"A freshman who can't exert his strength can't become the combat strength of our team!"

"Minister Ota!"

"I hope you understand this!"

Takashima's aura was fully open.

Ota standing next to him instantly felt a strong sense of oppression.

And then.

The courage of the first objection dissipated in an instant.

...

On the pitch.

The garrison at this time.

Held by first-year freshmen.

And the pitcher of the freshman team is Hideaki Tojo.

Hideaki Tojo.

Matsukata is from the Young Baseball Team.

Junior High School is a pitcher in the top four in the country.

Just looking at the resume, Hideaki Tojo is still very strong.

But facing the seniors of the second and third grades, Hideaki Tojo was beaten into a sieve.

No matter what kind of ball is thrown.

It will always be easily knocked out of the field area by the seniors.

Moreover!

The position where the baseball drops, just between the outfielders!

So!

Any senior who ascends the beater's seat can easily go to second base!

If you are safe.

It's going up to first base and stopping.

When Hideaki Tojo worked hard to eliminate 3 hitters, he had already scored 12 points in the second and third grades!

And this!

It's just the first game!

The most important thing is!

In the face of this miserable situation, the freshmen's ambition was worn out!

And at this very time.

Sawamura Eijun, who was called 'Little Angel' by many fan's in his previous life, came to the rest area from the cowshed.

Seeing everyone bowing their heads in frustration, they couldn't help but encourage:

"Hey!"

"Why is everyone's expression so sad?"

"The game has just begun!"

"Isn't there still 8 rounds?"

"Cheer up!"

Freshman 1: "??? "

Freshman 2: "Reversal? "

Freshman 3: "Did you watch the game seriously?" Don't say reverse, I don't know how many points will be awarded! "

Freshman 4: "You won't understand if you don't play!" "

There's a conversation going on here.

Tanba on the court.

It has eliminated three hitters from the freshman team, achieving a three-strikeout six-man achievement in a row.

See this scene.

Head coach Kataoka only felt more angry.

With so many official matches, why didn't you have this highlight once?

Somewhere, for a moment.

Kataoka couldn't even help but wonder if Tanba was a spy sent by his opponent.

Otherwise, why do you always 'play' them?

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