Not to mention the various farces in the team, everyone at Seido finally arrived at Koshien Stadium smoothly.
"Hmm - Koshien, I miss you so much." As soon as Eijun said it, he was beaten violently by Kuramochi who had endured it all the way.
"It's already the second game, why are you pretending to me!"
Kōshū had a wooden face.
"No, no, no, it only really begins when Brother comes on stage!" The deafening shouts resounded throughout the Dugout.
Everyone's eyes first focused on Eijun, who looked serious, and then Kōshū, eh? What about Kōshū?
Kōshū is currently squatting behind Haruichi, trying to hide from the limelight.
"You guys, you look down on us, don't you!" Kuramochi became more energetic again.
But the next second.
"Yeah! Last time I could only stand on the support bench and cheer for you." Lang Zhi walked over, and the two brothers met.
Kuramochi For some reason, he chose to avoid the edge.
So only these two guys were left, talking about last year's situation, and the atmosphere was very nostalgic.
Kōshū stood up quietly and received eye messages from different people.
"Are you nervous?" Miyuki came over secretly and asked.
nervous? Is it because it was Koshien's first pitch as an ace?
"Really, you two don't keep reminding me."
Opponent Japanese Shono has always been known for his strong fighting.
Of course it won't be as exaggerated as Yakushi High School, so Kōshū is not that nervous from beginning to end.
'Relax, relax and just use your full strength. '
During the first inning, all the Japanese Shono players were staring at the field on the first base side.
Seido is warming up, and the game has actually started before Air Raid Siren rings through the stadium.
What caught the eyes of the enemy was Seido's consistent and tight defensive practice.
A good team will gradually widen the gap with other teams in terms of basic skills.
"Here!" Lang Zhi raised his hands and shouted.
Then there was a white ball flying towards third base. Lang Zhi caught it with his backhand, turned around and threw it towards first base. A white line ran through the entire infield. It was extremely fast and its trajectory was extremely straight. It landed in the first baseman's glove just right and extremely accurately.
"That's great, this defense." Some uncles already crossed their arms and nodded.
"You can see it in the last game. The intensity and fluency of the warm-up are at different levels."
"As expected, Koshien is a quasi-winner team."
After just such a warm-up, many viewers became even more excited.
Looking at the guerrilla position directly behind the pitcher, a ball bounced irregularly on the ground and deviated from its original trajectory. Kuramochi, who had already rushed to the predetermined position, rolled forward and caught the ball.
Then he threw the ball in the direction of second base in a half-sitting position. The whole set of movements was very smooth. Kuramochi didn't even look at where Haruichi was preparing his movements.
During that long Winter Training, Haruichi seemed to have become an organ outside his body. Although it was not connected, it could receive the position of Haruichi from all directions, and could even 'feel' the other party's movement.
Could it be the wind? The wind surrounding the two people makes the two people become one. The movement of one person changes the direction of the surrounding wind, and then affects the wind around the other person in a domino-like manner.
"Pa—" Haruichi had no idea of catching the ball in his mind. The ball had already found him. He quickly flipped the ball in his glove and he had already thrown to first base.
If once is not enough to apply pressure, so many smooth defenses have begun to attract the attention of the opponent's players.
Look at our first baseman again——
Well, Mr. Yamaguchi did a good job.
Finally, there is the catcher who is feared by many people. After receiving the ball, he immediately stood up. A white light crossed Pitcher's Mound and just pounced into Kuramochi's glove that was lowered to the base bag position.
Someone started to check the watch, "Wow, 1:83."
"Rather than speed, people care more about accuracy."
The buzzing discussion belongs to Koshien.
Winter Training, whose throat feels dry and sore just thinking about it, this group of people have come together, and even people with the most ordinary relationship have an unspoken understanding between each other.
'And these people are the people behind me. '
Gently sweeping the soil on the mound aside, Kōshū focused on looking to the opposite side, where the batter was about to take his position.
He felt that in the direction of the back of his head, in the dark place with a blind spot, there were seven beating light spots, which were his teammates.
"Get used to that pitch in the first round." With the supervisor's instruction, Japanese Shono pointed his bat at the pitcher on Pitcher's Mound.
'150 kilometers of pitching, come on, it's not like I haven't hit it before! '
Just as he was shaking the bat and thinking about Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, a drop of sweat slowly slid down his forehead, and his body felt the crisis before his consciousness.
A cold atmosphere spreads on Pitcher's Mound. Today, I return to Koshien as the ace, with a mentality and confidence that I couldn't match last year.
Standing on Pitcher's Mound last year, as a first-year player, he could not fully bear the responsibility of the game. Every pitching relay match was like dancing on a tightrope. One bad move might cause the whole game to collapse.
This year, he is back with a medal of merit on his chest.
He raised his left foot high and moved his body, and a beast sleeping in his body entered an attack state.
Home Plate After that, Miyuki raised his gloves, his heart speeding up with the pitcher's movements, 'Come on, let them see your progress throughout the winter! '
The ball in his hands went from being stable to roaring danger in less than a blink of an eye.
"That's... what...?"
Japanese Shono's first shot, he completely forgot his original plan and his heart was completely confused.
What followed were the numbers jumping on the electronic scoreboard.
"150 kilometers!"
"As soon as the game starts, go to the top speed!"
"This game is worth watching."
This goal directly added a lot of firewood to the lively auditorium.
Kōshū didn't care about other people's reactions, just asked for the ball, and then stood still on Pitcher's Mound.
"Huh--" He glanced at the batter and saw that the opponent's pace was completely messed up.
'Can't swing the bat? Then just stand and get struck out! '
"Good ball!" It was almost the same as before, but the batter couldn't move his body at all. The first pitch, just the impression of the first pitch occupied his entire brain.
'What kind of pitching was that.. ' Fierce, approaching the vital point.
"Why doesn't the batter swing the bat at all?"
"Good ball! Batter out!"
Ichiba shook his head and left Batter's Box. From the current point of view, there may not be a hit after the second round.
Three pitches and three strikeouts.
Strikeout.
First ball out.
All kinds of hitters came to Batter's Box, and the audience's attention was grabbed by the only constant thing, which was Kōshū's pitching rhythm and his refreshing energy in getting hitters out.
"Three out, switch sides!"
The green on the field quickly converged toward the third base side.
"Tell me, which one is better, Seido's ace or Kyoma University's ace."
"Isn't it their duel last year? Kyoma University won, twice."
"But..."
This conversation intensified in the audience, and everyone seemed a little impatient to watch the game.
Renji turned to look at Hongo, and found that he was staring at Dugout of Seido seriously - they even sat in a position where they could see Dugout, and the arrogance and caution on their faces were equally matched.
This is really strange, Hongo's arrogance has actually dropped a bit.
'At the same age, is it good or bad? ' In the end, Renji didn't make a sound, and followed Hongo's gaze to look at Dugout opposite.
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Speaking of the submitted article, I originally just wanted to revise it, but ended up rewriting one-third, and the length also increased from 7,000 to 9,500+...
I'm so nervous about the one-month review period.