"Oh——" Seido Dugout's team members all stood up and gathered around outside, just waiting for Kōshū to come back.
"Nice job!!"
"Damn it, he's obviously a pitcher!"
"Don't bear everything on yourself!"
"Brother, you are the best!"
"Eijun, start driving!"
The performance of Miyuki plus Kōshū, the hunting partner, was like a thunder in early spring, awakening various creatures dormant on the earth. On the field, whether it was the audience, the players on both sides, or the supervisors, there were huge changes in their hearts.
"True or not, Seido won't succeed in revenge this time." Everyone thought of the grudge between the two schools in Xia Jia last year.
"As I said, high school students will always be unstable and get beaten out. So looking at a long game where the outcome is difficult to determine, maybe at some moment it will suddenly collapse into a certain fact."
"Takano is really beautiful."
Such relaxed remarks were loud enough for Dugout to hear, and Kyoma University's and Nitta Manager's brows had already begun to jump.
"Seido, this time I am one step behind. My preparations are not as detailed as yours, but that doesn't mean we will lose."
He muttered, called a messenger to give a few words of advice, and then raised his hand to call a timeout.
"After pitching well, the score is something to consider later - that's what the supervisor said." The messenger imitated very much like Nitta Manager, which was actually a bit funny in such a serious atmosphere.
Renji covered his mouth and said, "Yes, just treat it as if it's just coming on stage."
With no one out and a man on first base, Kōshū kicked him out of the field. He is still in a no-out state.
But Hongo didn't speak. When everyone wanted to poke him on the shoulder, he finally spoke, "Is that ball just now easy to hit?"
Everyone who heard this sentence felt a thump in their hearts, which meant that the pitcher had not recovered from the Home Run just now. The words that the supervisor tried so hard to think about and the words of the people around him had not entered his heart.
At this time, Hongo only had a small ball flying out of the court in his heart.
What's left is an extremely complicated emotion, shock at first, and shame later. If Kōshū was just an ordinary hitter, maybe Hongo wouldn't be so ashamed at this moment, but Kōshū is his friend.
A friend he wanted to suppress was suddenly knocked to the ground.
His arrogant speeches in the past were confident and natural before, but after experiencing this Home Run, he suddenly felt a little uncertain, and even those behaviors had a different explanation, an explanation he didn't like.
That is, Kōshū, as a strong man, has been silently watching him express himself, and after he has finished speaking, he will refute them one by one.
Hongo clenched his fists, and the last thing that remained in his heart was his refusal to admit defeat, "The game is still long."
"Eh?" Everyone in the field looked at Hongo's exclusive translator - Renji, with doubts in their eyes.
Of course, Hongo then began to tidy up the mounds under his feet, making everyone quickly understand what he meant.
"Focus on the rest of the game!"
"Really, Hongo, the state you were in just now was really scary." Because in that state, Nitta Manager would definitely replace the pitcher.
"Hey, Hongo, don't turn around, I'm the captain." Of course, Nishi Hideo's other sentence didn't get a response. He was used to it.
I believe that if he communicates with the captain of Seido, he will get a new understanding, that is, all captains in the world will turn into old mothers in the end and be bullied by the arrogant juniors.
"Tojo! Go on, fight out!"
"Come on!"
The sounds of banging on the railings and shouts from the support bench became even more exaggerated when Tojo hit the bench.
Kōshū's blow greatly boosted the morale of Seido. All of them couldn't help but think, 'Will this duel be different from before? '
But Kyoma University's ace didn't give them any room to think about it. After a short adjustment, the ace regained his arrogant expression, but he was no longer distracted to see who the batter on the other side was, let alone the interesting things Kōshū told him.
His heart became colder and hardened, making it difficult for even the emotions he secreted to stick to it.
'It's so noisy, it's just a six-bat, do you think you can beat it? '
Hongo Masamune will not allow this.
Irritability and anger wrapped around him like a black mist. As the emotion surged, waves of cruelty emanated, moving through it like electric snakes. He wanted to yell that he was not arrogant, he wanted to take the ball and smash it directly into the catcher's glove until his energy was exhausted. He even wanted to rush to Kōshū and ask what Kōshū thought of him.
Tojo stood still on Batter's Box, and his mind echoed, "Follow the ball to the end, be careful to release the bat before three good balls, but accumulate strength to reach a state where you can release the bat at any time." This is the advice of Kōshū.
Originally, he thought that Kyoma University's trump card would be slightly affected and he could use it to play, but now he is not sure, 'Can I play it? No, I can do that. '
"Bump--" A straight ball, a bullet, Tojo's bat only touched the edge.
"Foul Ball!"
"Huh——" Take a deep breath, the position of the outer corner edge.
'Was this pitcher so accurate just now? ' Tojo wasn't sure, but what was certain was that the pitcher's condition was at least not affected.
"Pa—" A high-speed rotating ball suddenly fell from a high altitude, and Tojo's swing missed.
'Damn, the ball speed is so high. ' And with such a high ball speed, it can still drop so much distance, which is simply incredible.
"Good shot!"
In the blink of an eye, the batter has been chased by two good balls, and there is no way out. The only choice is to swing the bat on the next ball. In this case, Tojo is the type to take the initiative.
"Pop -" But this was another finger that almost went down in an elevator.
"Three strikes and the batter is out!"
It was only 2 minutes before Tojo came on the field. Kyoma University The ace had already struck out three balls. Seido Everyone's shouts were suddenly suppressed by something.
At this time, they recalled their fear of Hongo at that time, "I just thought I could beat that pitcher to pieces, and as expected, Koshien's winning pitcher is very powerful."
"Me too... but looking at it this way, it's not affected at all."
Similarly, Nitta Manager stood outside Kyoma University Dugout with his arms folded. He loosened his grip on his elbows and said, "This Hongo finally looks decent, hum!"
The players in Kyoma University also felt this crossing point and began to cheer for Hongo from behind.
'Come on, the bottom line is coming from behind, just get out of the game. '
Hongo nodded. When his emotions reached their peak, restraining his emotions was his weakness. But at this moment, he suddenly understood, 'There are still shots to come, so you need to conserve your energy. '
So when Renji really received a pitch with 80% of his strength, he couldn't help but slap his glove twice, 'Really or not, it's just a Home Run, so our ace learns to restrain his temper? '
In fact, the reason is very simple, that is, Hongo suddenly has to learn to accept seeing himself from the outside world.
His temper has always been, 'I don't care what you think from the outside, I'm the one who throws the ball, what does it have to do with you', etc. But when he has friends and meets them in the same game, he will inevitably face a problem. He will care about himself from the perspective of his friends.
In this way, you are forced to care about the external world, so you will suddenly care about things you didn't care about before.
This kind of growth is necessary and painful for a teenager.
But thinking did not affect the pitching. A few minutes later——
"Three outs, exchange offense and defense!"
I told my boss today about receiving a big gift package
I also talked about the preparations for the future, so the one-one turned into a two-hour chat about life, ideals, and the future.
Then I continued chatting with my colleagues in the evening for another three hours.
After I made the statistics, I found that there are actually quite a lot of time every day, and how can I chat so well??