End of the Trials (1)

After some time, Chris seemed to have calibrated everything correctly and gave the thumbs up to Hiroki. He could tell the the kid was a little nervous, but he wasn't surprised.

As Ken watched his friend walk up to the batters box, he couldn't help but say a silent prayer. He knew just how much Hiroki had improved this year, particularly after breaking through his limited potential.

He wasn't sure who had been in the National Team this year in his previous life, but he knew that both Hiroki and Daichi were certainly not in the squad.

Now that he thought about it, he had almost forgotten that they all used to play for Yokohama in his previous life. It was no wonder why none of them had received an invitation to the tryouts after getting knocked out so spectacularly in the first round of Koshien.

Yet this time around, the effects of his regression and the system had made an indelible mark on each of their lives.