Sendou's parents have been involved in many industries in domestic companies in recent years.
This time I heard that my precious son reached the finals of Regional Preliminaries, and since it happened to be summer, I brought a group of artists from my company who were on vacation to play together. If Seidou won, I would see them finish and then arrange a vacation.
And for some unknown reason, Sendou did not receive any news.
Not only his parents, there are many familiar figures coming to watch the game tomorrow, and Sendou's character doesn't particularly care about these things.
He only has the Narumiya Mei duel tomorrow in his eyes.
Sendou, who returned from Miyuki's room early, found that he was tossing and turning but couldn't fall asleep.
"I'll go out first!" Sendou said and left!
"Hey! It's twelve o'clock now!" Although this time is not very late for the baseball boys, it is also time to go to bed.
Especially the bastard Sendou went to find!
Not long after, this guy knocked on Miyuki's room door.
It happens to be the door opened by Miyuki!
"What's wrong? Didn't you go back to bed a long time ago?" Miyuki looked at the young man in front of him with a puzzled look.
After Sendou opened the door, he saw it was Miyuki.
Without saying a word, he took the blindfold off the still sleepy Miyuki's head.
"I can't sleep! Lend me this!" The confused Miyuki listened to the residual sound in the space, and he wasn't sleepy anymore...
But it doesn't matter, the most important thing Miyuki lacks is an eye mask.
This guy just has a collection of eye patches, and he has all kinds of eye patches.
Miyuki, who felt a little more energetic, just stood at the door in silence for a while.
"This guy..., is he nervous?
No, that bastard doesn't know what nervousness is!
Then I'm so excited that I can't sleep!
What a nice young man!
However, I just took away my Pikachu...
Ah! So sleepy! Don't think about that! "Thinking of this, the relaxed Miyuki felt sleepy again, so he closed the door, conjured a second eye mask from somewhere and put it on.
In fact, Sendou is not the only one suffering from insomnia?
Coach Kataoka, Rei-chan, Head Manager Oota!
Inajitsu's Coach Kunimoto and Head Manager Hayashida, who said that girls would come to him to discuss problems.
Also, Inajitsu's trump card, Kanto's Number One Left Pitcher, Narumiya Mei!
Narumiya Mei, it's not that I'm worried about the competition or that I want to teach that annoying first grade brat a lesson.
On this critical night, his mind will repeatedly play with the explosive shot that led to the defeat last year.
Sendou, who "borrowed" the eye mask, did not go back to his room directly, but walked to the court alone.
On summer nights, even late at night, the stadium is still very bright under the dazzling stars.
Sendou, who doesn't like to hold things, puts his eye mask on his forehead like goggles when walking. It looks very funny in conjunction with Pikachu.
"What are you doing there so late?" At this time, Coach Kataoka's voice came from the side of the stadium.
Sendou turned around. Due to the problem of starlight, Supervisor's Room without the lights was very dark, but Kataoka Coach opened the window and shouted Sendou, so it was still visible.
It doesn't matter at this glance, Kataoka Coach almost burst into tears when he saw Sendou's current appearance.
The main reason is that Sendou's usually mature and steady image is so deeply rooted in people's hearts that even Coach Kataoka will subconsciously regard him as an adult or even a peer.
It can be said that Seidou contacted Ochiai in advance because Rei-chan and Coach Kataoka paid attention to Sendou's opinions.
However, under the moonlight, Sendou's face looked slightly childish.
Below Spiky Hair, above the two eyes, there are two Pikachu...
Because Sendou has long hair and Spiky Hair, when paired with an eye mask, it looks like a headband, which is still cute...
But Coach Kataoka just twitched his hands on the window sill and held back...
And the surface is silent.
"Oh! I couldn't sleep! So I went to borrow this!
I heard that if you move before going to bed, it will help you sleep! "When Sendou said "borrow", he pointed at the eyepatch on his head. He still doesn't know that the eyepatch he borrowed is Pikachu!
At that time, he saw that the person who opened the door was Miyuki, wearing something similar to a blindfold on his head, so he just took it away, put it on his own head, turned around and left.
"Since you're not sleepy, come to Supervisor's Room to chat with me!" Coach Kataoka said with a chuckle.
"Okay!" This guy agreed directly.
The only ones in the entire team who can talk to Coach Kataoka like this are Chris and Sendou.
Everyone else was in awe, just like in the third grade. A group of people rushed into the bathroom and saw Coach Kataoka and Captain Tetsu taking a bath. Their faces were blue when they entered.
Even Natural Airhead and Captain Tetsu were just held in, and they sank in the end!
Being able to chat with the coach so openly is like being a friend for many years. Only Sendou and even Senior Chris have a somewhat subordinate tone.
"What's wrong? Are you too excited to fall asleep?" Coach Kataoka, who knew Sendou's character, naturally wouldn't think that Sendou would be scared.
"Yeah! After all, this is the first time I'm facing an opponent I feel I can't win. I'm so excited that I can't sleep!"
"Really? But I don't think you will lose to Narumiya now. I can see your progress in the last few games!"
"???"
Progress is something that the person concerned has the least real sense of. It is like a person who is unusually fat and whose body has been obviously deformed, and he may not realize his obesity.
If it were the protagonist in the anime, Cross Game, when he saw the report, he realized that his ball speed could no longer be described as 150 kilometers.
Therefore, Sendou feels that apart from changing his attack mode, his technical level is similar to that of Summer Training Camp.
"You... are very strong!
If you are now, you can hit Narumiya Mei ball! "Seeing Sendou's expression, Coach Kataoka didn't explain too much. This sentence is enough.
"Click!"
"Huh?" Just when Coach Kataoka was about to say something else, Supervisor's Room's door rang.
"It's really here!
Sendou, it turns out you are here too! "The ones who interrupted their conversation were Rei-chan and Head Manager Oota, and the one who spoke was the minister!
"Yeah! I was called in while I was walking."
Only then did the two people notice the image of Sendou and hurriedly began to adjust their facial expressions.
"Supervisor! And Sendou, you two should probably go take a rest!" Rei-chan pursed his lips and said.
"This is a terrible line!" Sendou cursed in his heart.
"Tomorrow's game! What do you think our chances of winning are!
If it's 50%, isn't it too much to underestimate the other party? "Coach Kataoka completely ignored the presence of Sendou and said what was in his heart that the players should not know.
It can be seen how relieved Coach Kataoka is about Sendou's maturity. Even Miyuki would not say depressing words in front of his face. Children are easily affected by such depressing words.
"That's not the case! The players in our team can definitely...!" Head Manager Oota said.
And he also looked at Sendou. On the one hand, his words were sincere, but on the other hand, he was very concerned about Sendou's condition.
Head Manager Oota is an enthusiastic person after all!
"That's right! To be honest, I think it's six or four, and we're at a disadvantage!
Of course I'm looking forward to it, but if we get a lot of points from that Narumiya, it will be very difficult for us to line up!
The key to the game is our pitching staff!
How many points can the Inajitsu line be suppressed? "Rei-chan interrupted Head Manager Oota.
Coach Kataoka is not the only one who does not regard Sendou as a child. Rei-chan has always regarded him as a peer.
"It's not good for us?" Head Manager Oota was a little shocked and confused in his heart. It was the first time he realized this kind of thing.
"Jianggu pitched five innings, Tanba came to finish.
This is what I think is the most ideal form without taking risks.
Of course, I think there will be a situation where Kawakami-kun and Sawamura-kun need to appear. "
"Hmm! What do you think? Sendou!"
Head Manager Oota can understand the pattern mentioned by Rei-chan. This is also the normal thinking pattern of ordinary people, but it is not the thinking pattern of a general.
"Sendou? Saying such depressing words in front of Sendou is too...!" Head Manager Oota was so frightened by the previous topic that he forgot about the environment he was in. Only then did he realize that Sendou was still in the room.
"It's okay! Minister!" Sendou said.
"That's not how you watch a baseball game! Sunglasses Uncle!
You can't lose if you don't score, and you can't win if you don't score. Although this kind of thing may happen if there is an absolute difference in strength, baseball is not shogi after all.
Players' status, game situation, psychological changes, emergencies, etc. may affect the outcome of the game.
If you think you are at a slight advantage in advance, you will really be at a disadvantage.
You don't know what competition is like if you haven't played it before!
We have a headache with Inajitsu's hitting, as well as Narumiya Mei's pitching. What about the opponent?
We have four pitchers in the opponent's eyes, although each has their own weaknesses and will certainly be targeted.
But their pressure is just as huge. We have enough pitchers, so they must quickly attack our pitching staff.
Because there is no telling when the line-playing thing will break out, and the same goes for the other party.
After all, the game is about scoring points to win the game.
The key to victory is which of the two sides can quickly enter the state of play, so they will also be worried.
50% to 50% is a very correct conclusion, and there are still such things as fate and compatibility in this world!
Water and fire are both very scary things. Water can extinguish fire, and fire can also evaporate water!
This is mutual restraint. A cat can easily defeat a poisonous snake. This is Nemesis.
This is where victory or defeat is decided! "Finally Sendou pointed at his heart with his fist!
Matching his image, I always feel...
However, Sendou's words had a subversive effect on the three people in the room.
Pretty much overturned their baseball theory.
"Sunglasses Uncle! Ever heard of talking on paper?
Things on paper are always cold and unchanging, but in fact things in the world are changeable.
In ancient China, there was a military book, the Art of War.
It contains a lot of war tactics and examples, just like the analysis you just mentioned.
However, the sentence that the Art of War impressed me the most is,
[Soldiers are deceitful! ] (In this paragraph, the words in the book title are pronounced in Chinese.)
In other words, when it comes to deciding the outcome, we must attack the opponent in a way that the opponent cannot think of while ensuring that we have no obvious flaws.
Thinking about it from another angle, isn't it another meaning of comparing who can make the correct judgment in the shortest time based on the actual situation, and which soldier's execution is more accurate?
In Chinese, it's called "According to circumstances!" ]"Sendou talked a lot, and even got a little bit involved in it, but actually what he said was very correct.
What a resemblance between a baseball game and war!
"Excluding luck, what determines victory or defeat is the strength of the heart and the leader's decision-making... Well?
And, don't have obvious flaws that are easy to target! "Coach Kataoka murmured to himself.
What Sendou didn't know was that his casual words made Coach Kataoka make some corrections to the game arrangement that he had already decided in his mind.
After all, in terms of overall situation and strategy, Coach Kataoka and Rei-chan tied together are not as good as Sendou.
Sendou is, in some ways, a born leader.
Rei-chan also looked at Sendou with strange eyes.
The eyes contained many meanings that Sendou couldn't understand.
But what I can understand is that Rei-chan has been looking at his forehead.
Then Sendou turned around and glanced at the mirror...
When I saw myself in the mirror, at that moment, Sendou felt that I didn't want to live anymore...
Life is full of love...
"Next, let's see which side the victorious goddess will smile at!
It doesn't matter if you win by luck, or win with difficulty, it doesn't matter!
I want to take those guys... to Koshien! "Just when Sendou was feeling hopeless, Coach Kataoka completed the revision of tomorrow's schedule.
I also thought about some things and finally said emotionally.
If Sendou were still sober, he would probably complain, "I'm still here!" Don't talk about those guys], or anything like that.
But now this guy is thinking about how to solve today's embarrassment!
Although Sendou is good at expression management, no one can see his thoughts on the surface.
"Supervise... supervise! "Head Manager Oota was moved.
"It will be conveyed! Supervision idea!
I believe those children must... "Rei-chan gently persuaded.
"For the speed of decision-making in tomorrow's game, Sunglasses Uncle should go to bed early! "Sendou said calmly.
His expression was as if he had never noticed the funny eyepatch on his head.
"That's right! You too, go for a walk and go to bed early! "Coach Kataoka said as if facing an old friend.
"No, I'm not going!"
"Um? What's wrong? Doesn't it mean that exercising before going to bed belongs to sleep? "Coach Kataoka was a little confused, and seemed to have figured it out. From the corner of his mouth, he looked a little relaxed.
"I'm already sleepy! It seems that even the eye mask is no longer needed! I went back to sleep!"
"Why? Sendou... The eyepatch you are wearing...!"
Head Manager Oota, who had been listening to several big guys chatting and showing off to each other with a confused look before, and then being moved by Coach Kataoka's words, finally noticed that Sendou's outfit was so funny.
"What's wrong? never mind! I'm so sleepy! Sayunala! "Sendou performed a god-level operation and got out of the battle without any sense of disobedience.
Now that the foreshadowing is over, the decisive battle will begin tomorrow. Except for the beginning and the ending, there will be no spoilers. At least look at the title. If you don't read the subsequent title of the next story line after the game, you can't tell who won.
I'm sleeping, but I'm so sleepy!
I was writing this conversation intermittently, writing some analysis, so it's a little late.
Finally, ask for votes.