"They really practiced a lot!
...This team!" Kuki, who had been looking after Sendou, watched the seniors on the field, brimming with Fighting Spirit and showing no intention of stopping, and sighed.
"Yeah!
The Third Years always stayed until the very end!" Asada nodded along.
"Whew! Because this is their last summer!!" Sendou said after catching his breath, leaning against a pillar.
"Huh?" The two first-years looked at Sendou, who seemed a little angry and no longer had that half-dead look from before.
"They want to become the ace, the cleanup hitter, a regular player, and play in games!
Everyone who joined this team had similar ambitions.
But... reality was cruel!!
This team had around a hundred players including the first-years, but the First Team only had twenty. If they went to Koshien, there would only be eighteen.
Not to mention the fixed starters. Including the main rotation, there were only around ten spots!
In other words, over a hundred people had to compete for those few positions!!
Only those who produced results could survive here. The rest could only wait for their next chance!
And the Third Years no longer had another chance. Either they produced results at the very end, or they spent their last summer watching their teammates shine from the bench, or even the stands, entrusting all their dreams to the games as they waited for summer to end.
There were plenty of people on this team who had never played an official game in all three years!!
But for those who came to this school, no matter how much they loved this team and the teammates around them...
Who would be willing to end their high school life like that?
The only thing they could do... was work hard!!
You still have more than two