The cute third graders make someone feel better, even if it hurts a lot when they laugh.
Sendou took a breath and saw Chris talking to Sawamura, so he stood up.
"Hey! Chris-san!" Just when Senior Chris was surprised by Sawamura's new posture, Sendou stepped forward to talk!
"Is it okay? I just saw you looking so tired that you were half dead!" Senior Chris also smiled slightly and said.
It can only be said that it is Sendou. Even though he has little communication with Senior Chris, due to the presence of the third-year seniors, Chris has a good sense of Sendou, so his tone is as casual as if he has known him for a long time.
The scheming Miyuki doesn't get this kind of treatment. Although he doesn't get along with his seniors properly, he still has awe for Senior Chris?
It's hard to talk to him because he's in awe.
"Yeah! That Sunglasses Uncle has no idea why he's so crazy today!
I am really exhausted! "
"The coach must also have his own thoughts!
And you really should exercise more physical fitness, otherwise Summer Training Camp won't be able to survive.
The summer training in our school and Winter Training Camp is a very terrible amount of training. If you are not physically fit, you will not be able to survive it! "
"That's right!"
"That...?" Senior Chris looked in the direction of Sawamura and asked.
"Oh! That was taught by Sunglasses Uncle last night when Eijun was practicing extra!" Sendou said this with the intention of consulting Senior Chris.
Senior Chris is an expert in this area, so if he wanted to call it quits he wouldn't be wrong.
"Really! That child!
However, I feel more at ease with you watching over me! "
"Huh? Is it okay? That amount of training!"
"Well! I can't say it doesn't matter. Your words will definitely stop it when it's dangerous!"
"Okay!" Sendou still couldn't tell, Senior Chris asked himself to help look at Sawamura's meaning.
"But, I didn't expect that!"
"Huh?"
"Although I was at Nagano when I was in junior high school, I still heard the name Senior Chris!
I never thought it would turn out like this when we actually met!
"In Nagano?"
"No, our junior high school played with the Tokyo team, and I heard that there were two ba ke mo no in the same junior high school class! "Sendou Of course I won't say that the two of you are not as talented as myself.
"Really? That's really glorious! I also want to meet you when you were in junior high school!
Your strength is absolutely crushing in junior high school. It would be great to have a game with you! "
"Senior, don't you ask who the other ba ke mo no is?"
Senior Chris shook his head. Besides Zaizen Naoyuki, who else could be as famous as him in junior high school?
Sendou mentioned these past events, which also made Senior Chris feel nostalgic for the past.
"Ba ke mo no and so on are really such a great award! It's nothing compared to you!"
"Joke...! "Sendou said without looking happy.
"No kidding! I also heard about you from Teacher Takashima.
To be able to reach this level by relying solely on physical ability, to be honest, I couldn't even imagine it before! "And Senior Chris rarely interrupted Sendou's kind words.
"Really? That's really glorious!"
"How long our third grade the Last Summer can last, it all depends on you!"
"Well? "Sendou was a little surprised by Senior Chris's words.
"I told Sawamura that I didn't want to hand over our three-year high school career to him, at least he's still too young now!..." Senior Chris said halfway and took a deep look at Sawamura.
"Is it possible that Eijun hasn't been looking for Senior Chris to catch the ball recently, and Senior Chris is a little lonely?"
"Ahem... how is that possible?"
"If not, why are you blushing! "Sendou complained secretly in his heart, but Asasi did not say it out loud, but changed his words.
"It's normal to be used to that guy's noise and not get used to it for a while." (Don't you still mean the same thing?)
Although the meaning was the same, Senior Chris also understood it, but it was not particularly embarrassing. His face was slightly red and he coughed.
"In short, if it were you, we would all believe you, please make our summer longer!"
"Hi! I'll try! "All the ridicule, inappropriateness, and modifying words were transformed into these two words spoken in a gentle tone.
"Then, I'll go back first!"
"Thank you for your hard work! "In the end, Sendou bowed slightly, as if a junior was sending off his senior.
Although Japan has this tradition, Sendou is not like this for everyone.
And Senior Chris..., Sendou wants to do something for him.
After the warm conversation ended, Sendou was almost rested.
In fact, Sendou's training has ended today, so after a break, I started to do some exercises to relieve the soreness caused by fatigue.
night,
During the break (independent practice) time, Sendou was planning to take a good rest, but Sawamura came in and asked Sendou to go to Sports Field.
Sendou really didn't want to go, and Sawamura didn't need him for his current training, but after getting Sawamura's promise to just watch him practice, he reluctantly followed.
"Isn't that my Tire? "However, as soon as he arrived at Practice Field, Sawamura saw Furuya snatching his aibo, so he abandoned Sendou who was following him and rushed to argue. No, the theory went away!
Sendou was a little sleepy and wandered slowly behind.
"It fell here! "Furuya replied with such a gentle (introverted) tone as always.
"Don't use it casually! Give it back to me!
And that's my posture! (I'm talking about wearing Tire around your waist)
It seems like you've always wanted to try it! "
"Um! "Furuya also admitted it very frankly.
"What?"
"Give me back Tire!"
"Don't want!"
"These two guys really started quarreling as soon as they met! "Sendou also knows that Furuya is extremely envious, admiring and even worshiping Sawamura, so he observes and imitates Sawamura like an idol.
What a lovely couple!
"It looks like these two guys are going to be arguing for a while, I'd better go back first! "After Sendou discovered that Sawamura's attention was not on him at all, he decisively chose to run away!
On the way back, he unexpectedly met Tanba-san and Senior Chris, so Sendou left quietly without disturbing the two people's show of affection.
And tomorrow is the last chance to become the last two First Team members. The second army will face Practice Match from the famous East Tokyo family Kokudo Hall.
This is the competition arrangement that Sendou accidentally saw from Rei-chan.
I just told Senior Chris about these two geniuses today. I really didn't expect to see them the next day.
When he saw Practice Match's arrangement, Sendou suddenly realized that summer was coming before he knew it...
"Seniors the Last Summer, where will it suddenly end? "Sendou Such thoughts came to mind.
But no matter what, Sendou will perform as always, doing his best to wait for destiny, and that's all he can do.
This is why, when he answered Senior Chris, he used "will do his best" instead of "absolutely".
He is not naive enough, and he can easily dominate the game with one more person. After entering high school, whether it is because he cannot adapt to the high school rhythm or for whatever reason.
Although he has never encountered a pitcher who can stabilize him, he has never crushed a pitcher as easily as he did in junior high school. He relied on his smart brain to persevere in every at-bat.
After all, First Team's Practice Match object doesn't have a good team.
If you are facing opponents from the second army, those rookies, if you let him play, it will simply give him a chance to farm Home Run, okay?
Practice Match is not there to torture the players, but to train the players. How could Coach Kataoka leave the players in the second army not to train, and allocate First Team's main force to brush up the data?
"Yo! Sendou! You actually came to training so honestly today! "The next day, the entire First Team players took a break and actually gathered together to practice independently.
"Nothing! It's a bit boring to be alone in the room today! After all, Practice Match is being fought outside!
Decided to check it out! "
"Ha? What does this mean? Say it and listen! "Jun-san starts making evil faces!
"Nothing! Just come here for a walk, and then go to Practice Field to watch the game!"
"...!"
"You guys, if your physical strength is so weak, why don't you practice hard for me? Why are you watching the game? "Jun-san strangled Sendou's neck and started to say viciously.
"Pure..., Jun-san!..., you... can keep... me... my people, but you can't keep... my... heart!
Give up! "However, this sounds like a person shouting, my mother hasn't hit me in three days, I will be in trouble."
"Na~ni~?"
Under the intimidation of Jun-san, Sendou reluctantly practiced playing for a while!
"The game is about to start, don't you want to watch the game? Go quickly! It just so happens that we are also going to Indoor Practice Field. "It was estimated that the game was about to start, but Jun-san was the first to notify Sendou.
"I know!"
And if this group of people Practice Field, the game just started, so Sendou entered the stadium to watch the game!
"That guy is also very energetic today! Let the seniors of the Second Army be surprised!
Eijun! "
Sawamura changed his pitching posture, which really surprised Seidou. The most surprising thing was Ono, because the original posture where he couldn't see the ball release point had completely changed to a posture where his entire arm couldn't be seen, and the ball seemed to suddenly appear out of thin air.
After the first ball was thrown, although Strike Zone could not control the ball, Ono was completely unable to adapt to Sawamura's ball.
Now the ball speed of Sawamura is about 130, but in this case, it gives the catcher the illusion that the ball speed is 140 to 145 kilometers like Furuya.
A full ten to fifteen kilometers difference.
But the sudden appearance of the ball will cause the catcher to react a moment slower, making it more difficult to catch the ball.
Except for Sendou, no one could have predicted that in this case, the faster the ball speed of Sawamura would give the catcher and the batter the faster the illusion.
In fact, even Sendou is glad that Sawamura will almost never be able to throw Fastball with an average speed of 155 kilometers. Otherwise, any hitter in the world would not have to play with him at all and just surrender.
Just as Sendou was in a daze, Ono and Sawamura were suffering. Ono had no way to deal with Sawamura's ball, and even his mind was a little confused.
And Sawamura is facing too much pressure and is full of bad balls.
It is very unfair for pitchers in baseball to face the pressure from the batter almost alone, but also from the entire team.
Sendou accidentally turned over the baseball rules. There are no fouls committed by the catcher. Therefore, the foul committed by the catcher must be recorded on the pitcher and recorded as a foul on the pitcher. Do you think this is unreasonable?
Sawamura is a fool and doesn't know how to adjust according to the actual situation, so Ono was almost frightened by the continuous bad balls.
Facing such a sudden ball is very scary, and Ono even doubts his life.
Senior Chris and Rei-chan were also surprised. Even if Chris knew that Sawamura had learned a new investment method, he did not expect that it would change so much.
In fact, Senior Chris didn't know what was going on in the catcher's area, but the clues could be seen from Ono's confusion.
After walking the leadoff batter, Hit-by-Pitch was pitched to the second bat.
"It's not the speed that can't be avoided, but it can't be avoided. This is Eijun's weapon! This kind of space gap is also very scary. I want to see his ball at home plate!" Looking at Sendou next to him, he almost wants to catch the ball.
You know, Sendou is troublesome about the catcher position, and he dislikes it for more than a day or two. Even so, he still wants to catch the ball and give it a try. This shows how attractive Sawamura's ball is.
With that said, Sendou walked towards the bench.
"What to do? Coach!
Indeed,
The ball is more powerful than last time.
But I think it's too early for that pitching posture to be used in actual combat!
Although there is no result, he has fully demonstrated the meaning! "
As soon as I walked to the bench, I heard Rei-chan giving advice to the coach.
"Then... that guy is thinking about it, and now he will get the trick in the game!
Please let him keep voting! "Senior Chris also explained and requested for Sawamura a little clumsily.
Rei-chan looked a little surprised at Chris!
"Ha!"
Sendou's chuckle attracted the attention of several "giants".
"But that catcher couldn't catch that ball.
If Eijun is allowed to continue and look for opportunities to evolve, then it is necessary to change the catcher. Apart from Senior Chris, the only catcher our team can achieve is Black-bellied Glasses! "
Coach Kataoka, who originally wanted to give him chicken soup, was directly overtaken by Sendou, and the chicken soup had not been spoken yet.
"Chris! The one who has been catching his balls this month is you!
Can you tap into his characteristics? "
"What are you talking about? Coach Kataoka! Chris has a one-year hiatus due to a shoulder injury, so he can't explain to other players!" Head Manager Oota firmly objected.
"Senior Chris! Is your shoulder injury okay? It will be bad if you get injured again!" Sendou is worried about Senior Chris's shoulder injury.
In the end, Coach Kataoka gave the choice to Chris himself.
At this time, Sawamura has the bases full, and the choice of Chris has already been determined!
Under the persuasion of the seniors of yesterday's hilarious trio, and the words of Sendou, "Senior, no matter what, I hope you can make a choice you won't regret!"
Senior Chris finally chose to play! ...
"Come on! Senior! But please take care of your health!" All Sendou can do is send encouragement and hope that senior will not regret and not do anything that will affect his career.
Sendou has been a man for two generations and strives not to regret anything he does. This is one of his principles. Now he sends this sentence to Senior Chris.
The dialogue arrangement in the original novel is so clever that I don't even know how to change it, so this chapter is less than 200 words long.
In the next chapter, the competition is skipped! It's not that I want to copy the dialogue, it's just that the dialogue is so perfect that I can't bear to delete it.
I feel that without the touching plots of the original work, the meaning of writing a fan novel would be lost. This is why I insist on writing Seidou. Whether it is a fan novel or Sawamura Eijun, more than half of the excitement of this work will be lost.
The ones with lightning and thunder outside retreated first! Good night everyone