Seido High School Baseball Club, Office of the Superintendent.

It's late at night.

Under the lights, a group of teenagers can be vaguely seen, waving bats.

Standing on the tall building of the superintendent's office, it is actually difficult to see those figures clearly, who are they?

But Kataoka was willing to sit by the window and look at the figures wielding their bats.

In recent years, the team's results have struggled to satisfy the school's leadership. It is also difficult to satisfy the alumni and fans who support the Seido High School baseball team.

Even Kataoka himself was very dissatisfied with such a result.

But it can't be helped, Tokyo is such a place, and it doesn't mean that if you put in the effort, you will be able to achieve results.

If you really want to break out of Tokyo, you must have the ambition to dominate the whole country.

No matter who the opponent is? Sweep them all down!

If you don't have such ambition and ambition, you will have to rely on luck if you want to break into Koshien from this area of Tokyo.

Unfortunately, the Seido High School baseball team has not had much luck in recent years.

This is also the reason why they have not been able to enter Koshien for a long time.

In good conscience, Inspector Kataoka's teachings were not as bad as they were preached.

Although the team's poor results have led to fewer and fewer good players, even so, every year when it comes to the summer tournament, Superintendent Kataoka is always able to bring out a vibrant and powerful team to compete for Koshien tickets.

The two main reasons why they have not been able to enter Koshien for so many years in a row.

The first one is because of the two competitors in the same district, which is really tricky.

Whether it is Daocheng Industry or the third high school of the city, even if it is pulled into Jiaziyuan, everyone is a winning army.

To defeat them, ordinary toughness is not enough.

You have to be pretty tough!

On the other hand, it is also bad luck.

The Seido High School baseball team has no shortage of tough hitters every year.

But their ace pitcher always doesn't seem so good.

At most, they are at the bottom of the rankings among the top players in Tokyo.

The vast majority of cases, like Xiuzawa.

Barely able to squeeze into the lineup of top players, but there is still a gap between real strength and real top pitchers.

If you are not afraid of god-like opponents, you are afraid of pig-like teammates.

It's hard enough to have a pig-like teammate on the team. Not to mention that this pig-like teammate is still the main trump card.

Even if Superintendent Kataoka had the ability to reach the sky, he had to obey.

It's not that he doesn't work hard, it's that he can't take it!

You can't get good seedlings, you can't get reliable trump cards.

No matter how hard they train on weekdays, if they want to enter Koshien, it is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Isn't this clear to Kataoka?

No, he's clear. But what can he do?

Good talent, excellent seedlings.

These things are not what he wants, and people can come.

In his hands is such a group of guys who are not high or low.

In the face of these guys, he can't ask them like a real genius.

So what to do?

Talent is not controlled by man, the only thing man can control is hard work.

The stupid bird flies first and enters the forest early!

Only hard work can be compensated for by artificiality.

That's why Superintendent Kataoka trained the players the hardest. He believed that these disciples under him must have sweated the most.

"What do you think, Superintendent?"

Just as Kataoka was lost in thought and reminiscing, Minister Ota interrupted his thoughts.

When is it now, and is there still time to wander the world?

was exposed to desertion on the spot, even Kataoka, a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, he is wearing sunglasses, and it is difficult for others to see his true expression.

Hearing Ota's question, he was stunned for four or five seconds.

It's not that Kataoka deliberately pretends to be deep, it's really that he doesn't know what Ota's problem is?

He had just deserted, so he didn't hear Minister Ota's question at all.

Fortunately, this little thing can't stop him.

"What do you think?"

It's okay if he doesn't know about it, so he can throw it back.

In this way, as soon as Minister Ota and Rei Takashima speak, won't he know what the problem is?

Minister Ota and Rei Takashima glanced at each other.

Eventually, Minister Ota stood up.

"There were a total of six first-team players who were temporarily kicked out of the team. Now that the orientation game is over, do you want them to go back, or do you want to promote another 6 people? ”

"What do you think?"

"We discussed it before, and it doesn't help our team as a whole to keep those third-year players in the first team."

Needless to say, just a little bit.

According to Minister Ota and Takashima Rei's plan, they are ready to promote some new people.

"Has anyone chosen one?"

"We're going to keep two third-year players and then pick four from the first- and second-year players. Now the problem is, we have 5 candidates. First of all, first-year students Yu Xing and Zhang Han, although the two of them were not able to lead the freshman team to victory. But today's welcome game is definitely the most suspenseful one in so many years. These two people are indispensable. ”

The remaining three candidates are Ryosuke Kominato, Jun Izagiki, and Toru Masuko, who are in the second year.

If it were possible, Minister Ota and Rei Takashima would actually prefer to push these five people out together.

But this is clearly unrealistic.

There are already 6 places in the third grade, and any more is a bit excessive.

Even if it is these 6 places, unless the 6 players who are kicked out, they are really useless, and the newly selected people are all stronger than them.

Otherwise, you have to save some face for the third-year contestants.

Not to mention, not all of the third-graders who were replaced were not unsuccessful.

There are still a few good ones.

In this case, it is all the more necessary to reserve a place for them.

On this matter, Minister Ota and Vice Minister Takashima reached an agreement.

They all agreed that this would be a reasonable distribution, with two players per grade.

It's just that in this way, I'm afraid that Zengzi, who is also top-notch, will have no chance.

Superintendent Kataoka patiently listened to what the two had to say, and then remained silent for a long time.

If it's usual, it's just that, and the newcomers who are promoted are more concerned about future development and the inheritance of the team.

They weren't strong enough to be an important part of the team from the start.

In such a situation, whatever choice is made is reasonable.

It's just the situation in front of you, it's not like that.

It doesn't matter if it's two freshmen, or a few sophomores.

are all qualified to directly become combat power.

In this case, the right choice may give the Qingdao High School baseball team one more chance.

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