Chapter 167: News from Nagano!

The next day.

The players from the baseball club of Seidou High School came to the field early and started their morning practice.

By the time Superintendent Kataoka, Coach Ochiai, and the others arrived at the stadium, the players of the Seidou High School baseball club had already completed their warm-up.

It can be seen that the joy of yesterday has not completely faded from their faces.

Coach Ochiai and Coach Kataoka came to the stadium talking and smiling.

"Today, according to the usual routine, the training will be as normal, and the intensity of the training should not be too high, and the training in the afternoon and evening will be canceled. Everyone will start to pack up and prepare to go to Hyogo Prefecture tomorrow."

In the usual training, they have done all the training and preparation that they should do.

Strengthening the training right now has no meaning for these players in Seidou High School.

It's better to play lightly and put everything they learned into play in the game.

Therefore, in the coming week, Coach Kataoka only needs to make sure that everyone recovers and keeps everyone in good shape, there is no need to have them improve or anything.

After everyone went to train, Coach Kataoka called Masuko aside by himself.

Seeing this scene, both Kuramochi and Sawamura breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that this senior in their dormitory has finally kept his main position.

If Coach Kataoka didn't plan to take Masuko to Koshien, he would be too lazy to call him aside to talk with him right now.

Since he is still talking to Masuko, it means that Coach Kataoka plans to bring Masuko to Koshien.

"Thank goodness!" Kuramochi said.

If this is really being brushed off from the main position before entering Koshien, then it is too late for Masuko to cry.

In this country, a baseball player can play Koshien, just as a basketball player can play the NBA.

That is a great honor.

"Did you calm down?"

Coach Kataoka, staring at Masuko seriously, asked.

"Yes!"

"Why were you distracted back then?"

Hearing Coach Kataoka's question, although it was a little embarrassing to explain, Masuko told Kataoka what he had told Sawamura at first, "Only by giving it your all to reach what is in front of you can you think about the next. If you can't even take the next step firmly, how can there be a future?"

Coach Kataoka's tone was very strict.

"If it happens again in the Koshien's game, I'll replace you!"

"Yes, thank you very much, Coach!" In Masuko's heart, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go back!"

Kataoka still reluctantly accepted the answer Masuko gave to him.

He likes his students to have big ambitions.

If there is no ambition, how can the players reach their full potential?

Of course, the most important thing is Masuko's performance after making mistakes.

He didn't get discouraged, he didn't complain, he just worked hard alone and insisted on swinging.

With such stubbornness, Coach Kataoka believes that Masuko will never make the same mistake again after that.

After resolving Masuko's problems, Coach Kataoka returned to his office.

On his desk, there is a small note.

It has five names given to him by Coach Ochiai.

First up are those two outfielders.

Then came Keisuke Miyauchi.

After that is Kominato Haruichi.

Finally, there is Higasa.

This is the five people in the string that can be eliminated.

The Ochiai coaches are ranked in order of their unimportance.

If it was an ordinary coach, he would definitely eliminate an outfielder without hesitation right now, and then eliminate Kominato Haruichi.

The reason for this is very simple, Kominato Haruichi still has a chance, but the two outfielders are both in the third grade.

Losing this opportunity to enter Koshien, they will never have any chance again.

Having taught these two outfielders for three years, Coach Kataoka is not an iron man, of course, he cared for them.

They can enter the first string of Seidou High School, and their usual efforts and personal strength are flawless.

'Do you really want to drop them?'

They are going to Hyogo Prefecture tomorrow, and Coach Kataoka must make this decision as soon as possible.

While Coach Kataoka was still struggling, the morning practice of the Seidou High School players was over.

After Sawamura washed his face, he went to the cafeteria with Kominato and Furuya.

In the cafeteria, they happened to meet Kanemaru and Toujou.

"Why haven't I seen you lately, what are you doing?"

Strange to say, Sawamura hadn't seen these two in a while.

Although they are in the same team, it seems that apart from the simple face-to-face greeting, the two disappear most of the time.

"After Koshien, the third-year Senpai will graduate! We must also work hard to enter the first string!" Toujou said with his usual smile.

Next to him, Kanemaru said in fake anger, "The three of you are not the only first year in Seidou this year."

"Wahahaha!" Sawamura had never thought of this.

It seems that after the holiday, those who did not enter the First String in the second and first grades have begun to silently prepare for the First String.

In fact, this is also natural.

After all, no matter who, no one joined Seidou High School just to cheer on the team in the stands.

"Secretly practice, that's how it should be!" Sawamura gave Kanemaru a thumbs up.

"Humph, why shouldn't it be?" Kanemaru said a bit irately.

"Wahahaha, why are you getting angry? I too am looking forward to playing with you guys!"

"That's our line," Toujou said.

"Be careful and don't burn yourself in Koshien! Or Furuya here will take your back number." Kanemaru teased Sawamura.

"I will take his back number regardless," Furuya added his two cents.

"Hehe, I won't lose."

-You have a text message

Just then, Sawamura's cell phone rang suddenly.

He took out his phone and opened it.

It does have an unread text message on it.

The person who sent the text was Hosho, Sawamura's Catcher in middle school.

-Congratulations, I am waiting for you!

The content is very simple, it is only six words in total.

The corners of Sawamura's mouth turned up involuntarily.

'Nanami and Hosho.'

'It seems that they have also reached Koshien!'

'Nagano's Golden Generation, is it?'

'I'm looking forward to it!'

Sawamura simply typed a few words, which was a reply to Hosho's text.

It wasn't just words, he really looked forward to it.

Nanami and Hosho are indeed good opponents.

But Sawamura wasn't afraid of them, not to mention, Sawamura wasn't the only one at Seidou High School now.

If Nanami Haruka and Hosho's team met Seidou High School early in Koshien, it would only be their unlucky situation.

The morning training soon ended, but all the main players of the first string were a little uneasy.

Even if it is certain that they will stay in the first string, the players who participate in Koshien will not feel well.

The comrades who they fought side by side before, when they were about to fulfill their dreams, suddenly left the team.

The players of Seidou High School were, after all, only sixteen or seventeen-year-old high school students.

They are also a bunch of emotional teenagers.

Right now, no matter what, it is impossible to feel okay no matter who is eliminated from the string.

No one is in a good mood.

"This damn setting!"

Isashiki directly complained.

The competition in West Tokyo allows 20 people, but Koshien only has 18 places.

If this is a normal team, that is probably all the members they have. They may not be able to gather 18 people, let alone 20.

But for a Famous School like Seidou High School, there is bound to be a problem of choice. And no matter which one is dropped, a good player should not be eliminated.

"There is no other way to do this. What we can do is to work hard together for the sake of who couldn't." Yuuki Tetsuya also said.

Players who are not in danger of being dropped are anxious like this, not to mention players who are likely to be dropped.

Kominato Haruichi's expression today is very serious.

To be honest, the possibility of him being eliminated is very high.

In terms of performance, he may not be much better than the third-year Senpais.

In terms of experiences, he is even worse.

In an ordinary high school, a player like him who is not the absolute main force of the team is difficult to be selected right now.

As an older brother, Ryosuke didn't say anything on the surface, but his eyes were constantly looking at his little brother.

"Don't worry too much, your hopes are still high."

Sawamura himself is not sure, what will Coach Kataoka choose in the end.

The most painful choices in life are never right or wrong, but both are wrong, no matter which one you choose, it will hurt the other.

This is the Koshien dream!

How long did the students of Seidou wait for this opportunity?

And now, it is already at hand, who would be willing to give up?

"All assembly!"

At the end of the training, all the players gathered together.

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