After the draw, at the entrance.
Several people from Kinoshita Little League, wearing different team uniforms, gathered together.
"I met you in the first show, Missile-kun!" As soon as Senior Nozawa came out, he took a fierce photo of Kōshū.
Hayakawa stood aside, "What a coincidence, we three teams are in the same group."
In this case, there will inevitably be two teams that cannot qualify.
The memory of training with the same team seems to be just yesterday, and now it has become two sides fighting against each other. How can this feeling not make people feel complicated?
"Then let's take a look and see which of our three teams is stronger!"
Kōshū is full of interest. He is not a person who likes to show off. Even if he becomes an ace, he will not point his nose at others.
Occasionally, his proud expression was shown to Qian Xue. At other times, the pressure from others and his adherence to his own persona forced him to become more mature. That kind of boyishness had not been revealed for a long time.
"When we were on the same team, we couldn't tell everyone's strength in intra-team games. But isn't it just right now? Three different schools, pitchers and catchers, are all located in the most important positions of defense, so we can test our strength!" Everyone is still Regulars.
"Oh~ so hot-blooded!" Senior Nozawa hung on Kōshū's neck, "I just wanted to say, have you grown taller again?!"
"I took a test a few days ago and it was already 190." For some reason, Kōshū's teeth were shining brightly when he smiled.
"Hahaha, you guy, are you planning to grow as high as the ceiling!" Nozawa hit his elbow, successfully making the tallest pitcher bend down, "Childish brat, I must make you cry on Pitcher's Mound!"
"Haha, Kōshū is right. We are not in the same team, so it is very interesting to play together." Senior Ido's eyes were also bright. Watching the juniors reach the top of Koshien, it is impossible for them not to be envious. Since joining Tachikawa Private, he has never doubted his decision, but it would be great if he could use Hagar's runner-up team to verify their strength.
After a brief reunion of 10 minutes, they parted ways.
"See you in a few days!" Senior Ido had something to say.
"Yeah!"
"Kōshū! We must completely decipher you in the next few days!" Senior Nozawa walked away, but his voice was still so clear.
"Haha, kid?" Kōshū couldn't stop laughing. He didn't take Senior Nozawa's words seriously.
Although the two seniors watched him step by step from beginner to introductory baseball, Kōshū truly matured when he served as the ace of the team in the third grade of junior high school. At that time, the two of them were still immersed in the high school adaptation training.
The last ones to separate were Kōshū and Hayakawa, "Kōshū, you have to be careful in the first game. I heard that Senior Nozawa's pitching posture has changed."
When I returned to Seido in the evening, I saw the expressions of everyone in First String and knew that they had also received the group information.
"Didn't Gao Zhiye tell you to look at that Miyuki guy? Why are you so lucky?" Kuramochi caught sight of Kōshū who was just about to shrink his presence.
Shrugging his shoulders and spreading his hands, the meaning was clear.
"Ah - next time we really can't let that guy with bad character draw lots!"
Miyuki, who was being criticized by everyone, passed by and dropped a bombshell, "Maybe Kōshū's luck has already taken effect? Tachikawa Private in our first game, and Regulars in there, are all Kōshū's seniors in Little League~ We have a good relationship!"
"Huh? Kōshū, that's it... Hey, don't run!"
Eijun came to the side and said, "Maybe, brother, just like Senior Miyuki, is a dark-hearted guy, that's why his character is so bad!"
Haruichi stopped him twice. "Be careful if Kōshū hears it, you will be in trouble."
Lang Zhi, who was lagging behind, secretly wrote it down.
After the group draw for Autumn Tournament was confirmed, preparations for the entire competition began. All major schools were actively preparing for the competition and collecting information, and Seido was no exception.
I heard that Kōshū was very familiar with the catcher of the next game. That night, Kataoka called Kōshū to ask about the opponent's situation.
"Because I only stayed with them for less than a year, my understanding is relatively shallow. At that time, Senior Nozawa's ball speed was around 130, and the ball types were straight ball and Slider. In the later period, Coach Ninomiya corrected the axis of rotation for him, so the straight ball was still very effective in the later games."
"Senior Ido is a very good partner with Senior Nozawa. He is good at guiding the team. He was also the fourth bat and captain of our team during the Little League period."
"But I heard that Senior Nozawa's pitching posture has changed. I don't know what form his pitching is now."
As for the rest, there is really no way to understand it. There are only text messages from Nozawa unilaterally complaining.
"Yes, I understand." Kataoka Manager responded simply. Originally, he called Kōshū today just to ask about this matter. What's more important is what Ochiai Coach reported back.
"Why did you leave Bullpen so early these days?"
"Huh?" When asked about this suddenly, Kōshū was obviously startled, and his eyes unconsciously looked at Ochiai Coach sitting on the sofa.
Kataoka Manager's scrutinizing eyes looked through the lenses and looked at the child, but only found a calmness, "I was about to tell you, the supervisor, that my height and weight have increased recently, but the ball speed has been stuck at around 146. So before Autumn Tournament, I plan to practice more lower plate strength to look for the possibility of increasing the ball speed."
"Is that so?"
"Yes."
After a moment of silence, Kōshū successfully escaped from Kataoka's scrutiny.
"Then I'd be rude."
It wasn't until he closed the office door and walked a long way that Kōshū exhaled the tense breath in his lungs, "Really, when you suddenly mentioned this, I was scared to death." '
Originally, Kōshū planned to practice for another two days to see how things went, but now it is the first game against his senior, and this kind of game must not be missed.
'The game is still five days away. By that time, you should have almost rested. If you talk too much now, it will affect the mood of the entire team. '
But Miyuki, my daily partner, couldn't be deceived. "Tsk, this is really troublesome." '
And more importantly, is there any problem with his shoulder? If he hides it from everyone, wouldn't it be terrible if his shoulder cannot recover in the end? This is related to his future career, 'Let's find a reason to go out and check it out these days. '
It's better to resume training these days. Before the test results come out, I can't attract anyone's attention anymore.
A scary thing happened today. I wanted to download something and saw that I could use it to link my school account, so I clicked on it. The page asked me to enter my student ID and password.
After that, I fell into a process where my mind went blank, and I only remembered that it started in 2016..
I quickly asked my classmate which class we were in, and she said it was class five.
I thought to myself, that is 201605
But my classmate said that I still need to join a college, which is 20160505
I don't remember anything after that... It's terrible. In just two and a half years, my memory is completely gone.
In the end, my student number didn't matter anymore. I was in panic all over.