Chapter 14: The Most Familiar Stranger

"It's not scientific!"

Akagi won the first round without a fight, so that Feng Liang Zhengtai, who had done a good job of data analysis and was ready to give the first opponent a head-on blow, was a little unacceptable.

Akagi West, how could he retire?

"I heard Xiao Mu say it."

Xiaomu was also a friend who graduated from elementary school in Sawamura at the beginning, but he didn't come to Akagi with everyone, but went to Akagi West, which was closer to his own home.

Nobu Nakagawa said: "It seems that Akagi Nishi went to drink because the main pitcher and catcher went to drink together, and he also made an appointment to fight with the players of the club, and things were very bad and he was disqualified by the organizing committee. Unexpectedly, our opponents in the first round turned out to be them. ”

Sawamura was stunned for a moment, and only smiled bitterly.

There are hundreds of people, all kinds of people.

The soft ball league, not to mention people, there are also 8,000 teams alone. Naturally, there is a mixture of fish and dragons, and there are all kinds of things. Every year, there are not 100 but 80 people who are disqualified for various reasons.

Among them, the lack of players, drinking, and fighting are the three most common reasons.

Sawamura has also been in the baseball circle for so many years, what haven't you heard? Naturally, we know a lot about this kind of thing, not to mention this kind of regional competition, even if it is a school that has already qualified for Koshien to participate, it is not uncommon for it to be disqualified because of these messy things.

It can be that before he only heard about it, never seen it.

This time it's good, not only did I see it, but I also became a beneficiary in disguise.

"So we're the top 32 in Nagano, right?"

Mr. Sano said with a ruddy face.

His new girlfriend is getting along well with him, and he has been happy recently. Not only is his love rewarding, but his career is also good, and according to reliable inside information, he has been nominated for promotion. Now, even the baseball club where he is named has broken through the first round of the tournament......

Sano felt that if life could be like this, he would not be dissatisfied. Of course, if the hair on the top of his head stopped falling out and could grow back, his life would be more perfect.

Sawamura glanced at Sano, holding back not telling him the truth of the matter.

Sawamura knows all these things that Sano has been worried about recently. Although he thought he had a good girlfriend, he didn't know that that girl was not just his boyfriend. Director Sanno was promoted, but two years later, with the merger of the school, he was worthless as a director.

In the end, the hairline he was most worried about did not stop falling off, and by the time Sawamura graduated, the hairline was about to break through the sky.

Akagi won the first battle without a fight, and it was logical that they became the top 32 in Nagano Prefecture, and their opponents in the next battle also appeared.

This opponent can be regarded as the most familiar stranger to Nagano.

Nagano Prefecture, Tokoron Junior High School.

It was Akagi's opponent in his first practice match. It's just that at that time, it was the second army they had just established that was competing with Akagi's friends, and now it was Shi Lun's first army that was going to compete with them.

This opponent made Sawamura very difficult.

Shi Lun's strength is good, but he is not the type that Akagi can't deal with at all. Although the probability of winning is not very high, there is always some hope.

Feng Xiangao turned to look at Sawamura.

Sawamura understood what he meant, the opponent was Shi Lun, and if he could unlock the speed ball, there was hope for him to finish them.

If Sawamura can finish Shi Lun's hitter, then as long as the playing line can match to score a point, they should easily win this victory.

Nagano Prefecture Top 16!

Looks like it's at your fingertips.

Sawamura hesitated a little and shook his head decisively.

Aside from that, he didn't plan to unlock the Variation Ball before the straight ball was fully practiced. Even if he unlocks it, he will only win one or two games, which is completely meaningless in Sawamura's eyes.

Originally, he wanted to run in with everyone for two years and act as a super dark horse in the last year, but now that Hosho Okuichi and Oda Honsheng have joined, Sawamura's plan has to be adjusted.

Their chance to show their strength should be the 'Wenchen Cup' next spring and the national competition in the summer, not now.

Now his straight ball still needs to be sharpened, and the changing ball has not been practiced, and it will not be of practical value.

"Now my weapon is only a straight ball."

"The ultimate weapon, unlocked only when it's needed most."

Sawamura smiled lightly.

Feng Xiang Aoyi saw the unfathomable from his immature and cheerful face.

"Then we're going to have a game to play."

Time passed, and soon the day of the tournament began.

Several prefectures in the Kanto region have to play the Kanto Tournament, so the schedule is much denser than in Tokyo.

Tokyo plays six or seven rounds a month, while the rest of Kanto starts a little earlier. But at most, it will not be more than a month and a half, and in this month and a half, their schedule will be divided into two parts.

The first stage is the Nagano Prefecture Race, and the second stage is the Kanto Regional Competition. It takes 10 rounds of competition to finalize the quota for the national competition.

With such a dense schedule, all teams in Nagano, as long as they advance, usually play twice a week. That is, one game on Saturday and one game on Sunday, in case of abnormal weather or unarranged, it may even be added to the weekend, that is, Monday to Friday.

So despite Akagi's victory without a fight, he broke through the first round and advanced to the round of 32 in Nagano. But they still have to compete directly on the second day and compete with Shi Lun for the qualification to advance to the next round.

On Sunday, June 23, the sky was clear.

The Akagi baseball team, which has just been established for less than three months, ushered in their first official game.

There were only a few hundred spectators at the scene, and most of them were supporters of Shi Lun. As for Nagano's side, no one came at all.

Most of Akagi's friends have little experience and don't know that this kind of thing can be notified to their families to cheer them on. As for Sawamura and Feng Xiang Okuichi, they didn't take this game too seriously.

For them, it is not glorious to win, and it is even more humiliating to lose.

In this case, they naturally do not inform their families.

So, there was no one who came to cheer for Akagi Middle School today.

A team like theirs, in addition to being a blockbuster in the comic world, has a much greater probability of being slaughtered in the real world. At least the hundreds of spectators at the scene were not optimistic that Akagi would be able to defeat Shi Lun.

"Shi Lun's luck this year is too good, Akagi West could still pose some threats to them, but now it is ......"

"Akagi West is self-inflicted, drinking bars, and fighting. No one would sue them. ”

“……”

On the eve of the start of the game, Akagi's friends were extremely nervous. In half an hour, the mountain pass has already gone to the toilet three times. The Yamazaki brothers have been hiding to the side, whispering.

Sawamura listened closer, and almost didn't laugh.

Koyamazaki: "Brother, you can do it." ”

Oyamazaki: "Brother, you're fine. ”

"Brother!"

"Brother!!