"What's wrong? I see you're distracted today!" As soon as he got on the bus the next day, Wakaba saw Sendou sitting alone by a window and didn't know what to think, so he went up and asked.
"What is being distracted? I'm just thinking!"
"What?"
"Fumino That guy suddenly got angry yesterday! Really! Stingy!"
"Why is she angry?"
"Who knows?"
"What did you say last?"
"Well..., she said I was a pervert, so I said, what's there to see in you! Yeah!"
"..."
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
"You idiot! How can you say that to a girl?"
"Didn't she also say that I'm a pervert? I was just refuting it!"
"That's not how you retort!"
"Why? It's just some jokes! It's not true."
"Hey! Akila! As for girls, there are some things you shouldn't say even if it's just a joke!"
"It's so troublesome!"
"..."
"Hahaha! What are you talking about anymore? Sendou! Wakaba!"
"Nothing?" Wakaba returned, but the conversation with Sendou could no longer continue.
"Oh!" So he directly occupied the seat next to Sendou.
"Hey!..." Sawamura just said the first sound.
"Dismissed!"
"I haven't said anything yet!"
"Reject everything you say!"
"You don't bring this kind of thing, do you?"
"Tell me! Sendou! What kind of team is Nakamoku Middle School?"
"Like us, we have always been a first-round team."
"I'm really looking forward to it! The competition!"
"You really like the competition! It's just a round trip, but it won't be as strong as the teams you met before, won't you be disappointed?"
"Why?"
"Ha! This way it's no problem!"
"Huh? What are you talking about? Sendou!"
"I'm telling you! If you have this kind of mood, it will be fine to face the competition!"
"What's your mood?"
"Don't underestimate your opponent! I'm in such a mood! Now don't disturb my sleep!"
"..., damn it!" Looking at Sendou who was curled up on his seat, Sawamura still didn't bother him, but just gritted his teeth in his heart!
There were no surprises on this day. Although Takeda came on, Sawamura had to restrain his pitching power, and the opponent did not use Wooden Bat like yesterday.
Basically, Akagi Middle School, whose fielding ability is still very poor, handled hitters one after another steadily.
Ball Trajectory, who started to catch some opposing pitchers in the second round of the attack, began to score, which wiped away the depression of being a spectator throughout yesterday's game. In the end, the game ended 4-8 in the seventh inning, and Little Sano became more and more cheerful.
In this way, this week's Practice Match is over, and the intense training has begun. Even though they have been practicing for so long, their defensive actions are a bit sloppy, and their reactions, ability to handle the ball, and defensive range are far behind.
Facing Deming next week, Autumn Tournament only has two weeks left for them.
"Here, including the game between Deming and Sakura Women's University, Video Tape has four games in total here." A few days later, on Wednesday, Wakaba compiled the game videos and gave them to Sendou.
"Thank you for your hard work!"
"That's all I can do."
"Don't say that, it's already a big help!"
"Right!"
"What's wrong?"
"How's it going with you and Fumino-san? Is she still angry?"
"How is that possible? She still has to study!" Sendou said with a smirk on his face.
"Hey! This guy is hopeless!" Wakaba thought to himself.
Training still requires training, and as Batting Practice Pitcher, Sendou has set his own rules and the number of balls he needs to throw has finally shown signs of increasing today, nearly a week later.
Sendou cannot break his own rules or forcefully increase the speed of the ball, which will not be of any help to his partners.
So Sendou just thinks that he needs to exercise regularly.
What a lame excuse! In fact, Shuhuang got bored! I needed Sawamura to recommend a new book, so I made a little compromise secretly, but Sawamura himself was still kept in the dark. I felt that Sendou had made great progress, and finally there was some improvement!
After knowing that Sendou was short of books, he generously introduced some good books to him.
Friday, Autumn Tournament's battle list has also been released, and Sendou has given the battle list to everyone.
"Who is your opponent in the first battle? Mizuki Comprehensive Academy Middle School, what a long name!"
"I don't know! I didn't care about this before, so there's no point in asking me!"
"I checked this school and it is a new school. In recent years and in the next few years, Nagano has merged schools and expanded its enrollment in many schools.
For example, this school Mizuki General, and Kirishi Middle School, that school used to be a girls' school. "Little Sano has the best say in this kind of matter. After all, he has been a teacher for several years.
"Huh? Girls' school?" Sendou's eyes lit up!
"Crack!"
"Pay attention!" Wakaba held the book directly and pointed it at Spiky Hair.
"It hurts! This has nothing to do with you, right?" Sendou muttered silently, but did not make a sound.
"Is it this?" Sawamura said, pointing to a group of schools next to Akashi.
"Pfft, it's true! What the hell kind of grouping is this? They're all together!" Little Sano said.
"Not necessarily! Is this Wuxi very strong? We have to play them in the third round, which is when we advance to the top 16. And we may not be able to advance to the top 16!" Sendou said in frustration.
"Don't say depressing words!" Sawamura shouted.
"How is that possible! It's true. Even if we win, we can't touch them. And we don't necessarily win!" Teacher Sano ignored Sawamura and answered Sendou's words.
"What a pity!" Sendou said regretfully.
"What's a pity? And why is even Little Sano so pessimistic!" Sawamura came over curiously.
"Little Sano, what do you think of this grouping? Are we lucky? Or are we unlucky?" Sendou also ignored Sawamura and asked.
"This grouping is the worst!"
"Huh?" Sendou was a little surprised!
"The seed of our group is the first seed! That is, if we win Mizuki General, then we will be the first opponent of the first seed Tokugawa Middle School!
Although our Nagano is not much different if it is a seed or not, the only exception is the first seed De Chuan!
If it weren't for your recent good grades, I wouldn't know about this.
In the past ten years or so, as the representative of Nagano, the schools participating in national competitions are all Tokugawa Middle School!
This team has always had a tradition of poaching outstanding players from the Little League through recommendations, and also directly invited Little Senior League players to play games on both sides!
De Chuan has always maintained its strength through these methods. "