Tokyo, Inagi Industries.

This summer, no one chose to go home, everyone stayed and practiced.

The last Inagi Industrial High School baseball team can't be considered a failure in any way.

Although they did nothing on the field in Koshien in the summer.

But in the spring of this year, the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School passed all the way to the end and won the national championship.

It is also for this reason that they are known as the number one giant in the country today, and the ace pitcher of their team, Narimiya Naruto, is known as the strongest pitcher in the country.

Even though he was only in the second grade.

There are many third-year pitchers who are active in high school baseball.

But even so, Narumiya is still recognized as the country's No. 1 pitcher.

His name was thrown one by one with the baseball in his hand on the Koshien field.

The third-year star pitchers who could compete with him all lost in direct dialogue or indirect confrontation with him.

Narumi Cheng Gong officially reached the top at the age of one grade lower.

Zhang Han's results in all aspects are also very good, especially in home runs, and no one can beat the active high school players today.

After all, Zhang Han's total home run has begun to chase historical results. From that moment on, the contemporaries of the same era were no longer competing on the same stage as him.

But his national number one has always been controversial.

There is a very important reason for this, that is, Zhang Han's previous results were won through other competitions, and his record in Koshien was not so brilliant.

No matter from which point of view, Daocheng Industry does not seem to have a reason to be unwilling.

After all, the results they have achieved have already surpassed 99.99% of the teams in the country.

What else are they not satisfied with?

If they are not satisfied with the team that once dominated the country, how will the other teams live?

That's the truth.

But in fact, the friends of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School are just dissatisfied, and they are very, very dissatisfied.

So much so that after the third-year seniors retired, the other main players of the team invariably stayed and chose to practice.

Even though their home was in Tokyo, they didn't go back......

The remaining core and main players of the team all chose to stay and practice, and those members of the First Army who had just been promoted were embarrassed to leave?

Originally, there was a big gap in strength between them and the remaining core main forces. These people choose to practice, but these weak chickens whose skills are not as good as others have left, how will they cooperate in the future?

All the players of the first army stayed, how could the players of the third army of the second army leave?

Do you still want to improve? Do you still want to one day become a member of the main team of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School?

After graduating from the third year, more than 90 percent of the remaining 80 contestants chose to stay and practice.

As for the remaining 10 percent, it is already a broken jar......

They have a clearer judgment of their own strength.

They knew in their hearts that no matter how hard they worked, it would be impossible for them to become the main members of the team.

Even now the 20 members of the First Army are collectively sick and hospitalized, and the hiccups are over.

The team selects a new team from among the remaining players.

They will not be on the list, not even among the candidates.

In this way, they naturally have no way to stupidly pin all their high school dreams on baseball.

"Seido High School baseball team won!"

Facing Narumi Naruto, who was training, the chubby Daifuku said with a newspaper in his hand.

Before the opening battle, they did not watch.

When I got the news, it was already the second day of Koshien's opening.

"Something to be expected!"

Carl Ross disagreed.

Although they have not played head-to-head, they have seen that team show their strength on the field of Koshien in the spring.

According to the opinion of Daocheng's friends, the strength of the other party is just like that, and it can even be said that it is not worth mentioning.

Use them to compare them to the Seido High School baseball team.

Isn't that who's brighter than the firefly or the moon?

It's not a grade at all.

"What's the point difference?"

Shirakawa asked.

“15:3！”

"How much."

The Daocheng friends who were originally very calm, there is no way to calm down this time.

One by one, they looked incredulously at their chubby companions in front of them.

This is still the result of the Qingdao High School baseball team choosing to be merciful in the second half of the game. If they keep the attacking rhythm at the beginning, the score in this game is likely to reach two or thirty points. ”

The opponent is Zhongjing Dazhongjing, one of the top giants in the country.

Playing against such a team, how can the Qingdao High School baseball team still achieve such a big advantage?

The friends of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School were a little difficult to accept this result.

If Nakakyo is really the one they met in the spring Koshien field, it can only be said ......

The current Seido High School baseball team is not a team at all compared to the Seido High School baseball team that played against them two weeks ago.

The other party's progress is very rapid!

And Zhongjing Dazhongjing, after a few months, should not be the one in the spring Koshien field.

Thinking about it this way, the current Qingdao High School baseball team is simply incredible.

"What about Zhang Han, how many home runs did he win?"

Cheng Gongming didn't seem to take these news to heart at all, and asked Zhang Han directly.

"One home run, one hit, the remaining four matchups, all guaranteed! 100% success rate on base. ”

Although as far as this game is concerned, Zhang Han's performance is not very dazzling.

At least in the eyes of the audience, Zhang Han really shined in the audience only two or three times.

But if you take out his data and analyze it separately......

It was glittering.

The chubby player of Daocheng Industry was almost blinded by this glittering result when he saw the report of the record.

"It's him!"

Narumiya's eyes flashed with excitement.

"We've seen the top of the country. It's good that you can see it, so that it is worth being defeated! ”

Seido High School baseball team, temporary accommodation.

"Did you see the newspaper that just came out today?"

The two friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team are like undercover joints, hiding in the corner and chattering.

Zhang Han, who had just walked out of the room, yawned, and then found that the friends around him looked at him very strangely.

"What's the nerve?"

Putting it on someone else, it's something that can't be ignored anyway.

But for Zhang Han, it is a bit commonplace.

Every time something comes out of the newspaper or on the Internet, these guys make it like that.

Zhang Han is no longer surprised!

After all, he now equals the all-time top 10 record for home runs, tied for 10th.

You must know that last year, the Eastern Qing Dynasty overtook and entered the top 10 in history, which has already shaken the whole country once.

After all, the record of the top 10 in history has been held for several years, and it is not easy to break it.

Zhang Han will break through to the top 10, and even go forward.

Everyone has known this for a long time.

Putting aside how strong his current home run momentum is, his status as a sophomore alone is enough to attract attention.

There are too many competitions he can participate in next, relying on the big tree of the Qingdao High School baseball team, Zhang Han will get countless opportunities to play in the future.

Even if he can't sustain the momentum the following year, he will hit more than 30 home runs.

Discounted in half, only won fifteen home runs, and Zhang Han's score was also the best in the past 20 years.

This is something that everyone will count.

But before everyone just did the math, even if it was only one short, Zhang Han was not able to enter the top 10, that is, he was not able to enter the top 10.

It's different now.

Now he has officially tied the record of the top ten in history and is truly recorded in history.

At the end of the game, Zhang Han had already guessed that the movement of this matter was definitely not trivial.

So it's not very strange to see his friends like this.

In the face of such an honor, Zhang Han's best way now is to maintain his previous humility and act as if nothing had happened......

Zhang Han has long been handy with this kind of thing.

Just as he was trying to keep a low profile, Sawamura pushed open the door of his room and walked out.

Everyone was embarrassed to disturb Zhang Han, or they were already immune to Zhang Han's performance, and their reactions were relatively calm.

But it's different with Sawamura.

"You stinky boy, I didn't expect to be so famous!"

Kuramori, who was in the same bedroom, stepped forward with a smile, touched Sawamura's head, and made his hair into a chicken coop.

It can be seen that Sawamura is very proud.

Obviously, there are also words of praise in the newspaper or on the Internet, which makes this little guy very useful.

When he heard the congratulations of the seniors around him, he also deliberately glanced at Gu Xiao.

"The sense of competition is quite strong!"

After Zhang Han saw it, he nodded faintly.

Obviously, he is very much approved of Sawamura.

Although Sawamura played two games, he just completed the task assigned to him by the supervisors and coaches.

But you know, he's just a first-year rookie after all. Able to go to Koshien in the first year, play in the first game of Koshien, and complete the tasks assigned by the supervisors and coaches in the final two innings.

That, in itself, is pretty remarkable!

Coupled with the team's importance to him, how could those pervasive reporters let go of such a good material?

Not to mention, the Seido High School baseball team is already known for being rich in talent.

Last year, it was Zhang Han and Yu Xing......

This year it is Sawamura and Kominato Haru.

No one knows what the Seido High School baseball team thinks of its own people. But outsiders have a very high opinion of them.

If you look at the current Zhang Han and Yu Xing, you will know that if the two newcomers trained by the Qingdao High School baseball team are now able to have the ability of Zhang Han or Yu Xing. Even if it's only half of what they can do.

Qingdao High School's baseball team, when the third-grade seniors graduate, don't worry at all.

This team is really rising!

If the Qingdao High School baseball team is only Zhang Han and Yu Xing, the two of them, plus the generation of third-graders.

Qingdao High School baseball team, other players can't.

The Qingdao High School baseball team is not on the rise.

Because of the appearance of a certain talented player, or because of the appearance of a certain group of talented players, a team suddenly shines.

Although the probability of this kind of thing is not very high, it does occur occasionally.

But such a team often becomes famous because of geniuses, and it will also fall because of the retirement of geniuses.

After all, high school baseball is not a professional baseball, and with the retirement of outstanding players, their combat effectiveness will naturally be greatly reduced.

Only the real giants, because there have always been good seedlings to join, coupled with the fine traditions of the team itself.

It is possible to continue to be strong.

For example, he has participated in Inagi Industry in Koshien more than a dozen times in a row.

Before the rise of the Seido High School baseball team, the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team was basically the dominant player in West Tokyo.

Their strength stems from the fact that they are the top giants in the country.

Will the Qingdao High School baseball team be able to rise again? You can't just look at the results of these two years, but also look at their metabolic ability after that.

As it seems now, the Qingdao High School baseball team has a lot of members, especially in the cultivation of core players in the lower age group.

Already at the forefront.

It was Zhang Han before, and now it is Eijun Sawamura.

Because of this, whether it is on the Internet or in paper media, the evaluation of Sawamura Eijun is very high.

The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team watched it, and although they were happy for the elementary school brothers on the same team, they were inevitably disappointed......

For example, the mustachioed senior is very indignant in his heart.

He witnessed the success of the Seongdo High School baseball team players one by one.

The first to rise was Yuuki, who was promoted in a year and won a home run in the first game.

He was followed by Zhang Han, the monster newcomer of Koshien.

Although Chris is now a substitute for the team, he was also the No. 1 catcher in Kanto that year.

Followed by the demon beater Ryosuke Kominato, and Mr. Key Miyukiichi ......

That's all.

Although he doesn't admit it, Jun Izaki knows very well in his heart, what rank is the strength of these guys?

But now, with the end of the game just now, Cheetah Kuramochi Yoichi and his successor, Eijun Sawamura, are all famous.

His golden retriever's name is still not known to many people.

Shi can be tolerated, who is unbearable.

"You kid!"

Thinking of the depression, he pressed Sawamura Rongjun's head again, and made this guy's head that had just been good as a whole into the shape of a chicken coop.

It seems that if this is not the case, he will not be able to relieve the depressed emotions in his heart at all.

"Pure mulberry!"

Sawamura Eijun looked innocent.

The rest of the Qingdao High School baseball team laughed.

Their vibe is nice.

Zhang Han also laughed.

It's just that after he laughed, the friends around him secretly looked at him from time to time.

Isn't that right?

Because they get along day and night, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team don't have too many other thoughts about Zhang Han.

It's like a classmate, or a friend or something.

One day, all of a sudden, you read in the newspaper that your classmate or friend has become a nationally known star.

That kind of mood is almost the feeling of the Qingdao friends now.

But this feeling, which is a momentary thing, and when the matter is over, everyone will return to the original relationship.

In the past, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team had similar reactions after seeing the news report.

They would look at Zhang Han in amazement.

I probably want to think in my heart, is this guy really as powerful as the newspaper says?

But today, the feeling is very different.

In the past, everyone had a moment, and then it will soon return to normal. In addition, Zhang Han has already become famous, and ordinary reports, friends may not take it to heart.

Now Zhang Han is basically 100% sure that today's media reports are certainly extraordinary.

"What's going on?"

It's not okay to ask other people about this kind of thing, you can only ask familiar people to ask.

In the team, Zhang Han is of course most familiar with Tojo and Kanemaru from the same team.

The two little ones were not members of the First Army, but the overseer and coach intended to promote them and let them live here with the First Army to help them fight.

Getting up close and personal with these Koshien players helps them improve and improve.

"Haven't you seen the news that just came out today?"

Tojo asked in surprise.

In his impression, Hansang has always been a person who pays attention to gathering intelligence.

During each tournament, he organizes and gathers information that can be gathered around him.

During the competition, the first thing Zhang Han did when he woke up was to read the newspaper.

Zhang Han was speechless.

As soon as he got up today, the friends around him looked at him as if they were going to the zoo to see the orangutans.

He didn't even have the heart to read the newspaper.

"You should have one here, right?"

Tojo obediently handed over the newspaper in his hand.

Zhang Han noticed that the little guy's eyes were full of stars.

"Which bastard wrote a report that had such a big reaction?"

Zhang Han picked up the newspaper in front of him.

It's the latest report on Koshien that details yesterday's game.

The headline on the front page is that the Qingdao High School baseball team is back strongly, and this time the ambition is not small.

"On the back!"

Tojo reminds.

Zhang Han subconsciously frowned.

The reports about him are basically on the front page. And it was a report that caused such a big sensation, Zhang Han originally thought that it must be some big news.

I didn't expect it to even be on the front page.

Zhang Han flipped the newspaper over, and then the expression on his face was directly stunned.

It occupies half of the space on the back, first of all, 1/4 size, his personal close-up.

He then gave a detailed account of his achievements and a series of brilliant achievements he achieved when he joined the Qingdao High School baseball team.

These are actually okay, although they are highlighted and described, but they are all news that everyone knows, and there is nothing to make a fuss about.

The point is that the next words of the report, plus the headline, are very intriguing.

"There is no one of the best players in high school baseball today!"

"Although in terms of strength, you can still find a few people who can compete with him, but these players are basically third-year."

"Judging from the players who have appeared in the second year, he deserves to be the first."

"After this year's Koshien is over, he will be the best choice for the first person in the future high school baseball world."

The content of this report is basically the same as the column Fujifu wrote to Zhang Han before.

It's a little rhetorically exaggerated, but it's not much of a difference.

The key is the paragraph later in the article.

In order to avoid controversy, all reports on Zhang Han are actually very cautious. If you change to a native, judging from Zhang Han's achievements now, he will already be the first person in high school. It may even be the best performer in the past two decades. ”

"It's roasting me on the fire!"

As Zhang Han equaled the historical record, in fact, many people began to have such ideas.

Why is a man who can tie the top 10 of the all-time record, and he is also a sophomore player. It doesn't feel very strong, right?

This kind of thing, it's okay to think about it.

But when someone says that, and in a place like a newspaper.

The meaning is completely different.

Zhang Han instantly became the target of public criticism and became the target in the eyes of all players.

Not only this tournament, but in the future, he will not have a smooth sailing.

After the third-year players graduate, those second-year players, who are the same age as Zhang Han, will also regard Zhang Han as a target that they must defeat.

"With such a big commotion, who is our opponent in the next game?"

Zhang Han flipped to the table below.

He already smelled the wind and rain coming.

Zhang Han dared to guarantee 100% that the next opponent that the Qingdao High School baseball team would encounter next would be absolutely extraordinary.

When he saw that name, Zhang Han immediately understood, why did the reporter suddenly make such a report?

It turned out that the opponent was it.

"This is really, the road is narrow."

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