Chapter 59: Kawakami (1st Update)
PPS: Today I first went to relatives, and then relatives came, just finished busy, so I wrote it relatively late, I hope you can Haihan. In addition, I would like to thank Little Snowman, Snow Rabbit, and Ben's sister for their generous rewards.
If one were conceived with Kawakami as the protagonist, the title of this one would probably be "The Unluckiest Days of Those Years", or "The Forgotten Substitute".
Every player who tries to join a big high school is under a lot of pressure. Some even call this practice a golden indicator to test their own strength.
To put it bluntly, it is a mule or a horse that comes out for a walk, and only after such verification can we finally determine whether you can really eat a bowl of rice on the road of baseball?
There is no doubt about Kawakami's talent!
When he first joined Qingdao High School, the team had not yet completely declined, and there were still a lot of powerful players.
At that time, the ace of the team, strong and scary. Compared to others, Kawakami is as immature as a primary school student.
Painful training process with no future in sight......
All this deeply devastated the young man's heart.
At that time, Kawakami often thought that maybe he shouldn't have come to Qingdao High School at all, and he would never have a future here!
In fact, not only Kawakami, any player who comes to Seido High School can't avoid this confusion.
Such negative emotions deeply devastated them and consumed their fighting spirit.
It was like hell for Kawakami.
Fortunately, he survived!
It was also from that time that Kawakami was often in the restaurant and received small notes handed to him.
The content of the small note is very simple and unpretentious.
The handwriting is beautiful, and the feelings are simple~
Even in high school, I didn't want to be in a relationship. Kawakami, who was confused at the time, had no way to refuse the softness of his heart.
There was a girl who was silently watching him, seeing his efforts and encouraging him not to give up.
Come to a country boy, at this moment, moved!
This even became the motivation for Kawakami to persevere.
It wasn't until later, when he received the last small note, that Kawakami realized that the girl who had been watching him silently, handing him a small note, and encouraging him not to give up was not a classmate or the manager of the team as he imagined.
Originally, Kawakami really thought so.
This little note is either a prank by the seniors, or a manager or classmate of a certain team. As for someone having a crush on him, Kawakami never thought about it that way.
To be honest, he doesn't belong to the type that is popular with girls, and he has never received a love letter from the opposite sex since he was a child.
But looking at the beautiful font and the gentle words, the young man was still moved, even if the other party was just a simple kindness, Kawakami was also very moved.
It was precisely because he didn't have too many expectations in his heart, so he knew the object later, and knew that the big sister who had been handing him a small note was just helping in the kitchen, and Kawakami didn't have too much disappointment in his heart.
On the contrary, this incident has been silently encouraging him not to give up no matter what difficulties he encounters.
"Now I, have I done it?"
Pitcher mound, Kawakami asked himself.
To tell the truth, Kawakami really didn't have such confidence before, and he didn't dare to pat his chest and say that he really did it.
Now, facing a huge crisis of one out, second and third base.
The opponent is still the most restrained senior Chris.
Such a crisis situation, no matter what Kawakami thought before encountering it? When he actually met him, his current thoughts speak for themselves.
After actually encountering him, he was far more brave than he imagined.
He can now finally pat his chest and say that no matter what kind of crisis he encounters, he will not back down, absolutely not.
Despite his bad luck, he rotated in the team and was not even second.
But he still won't relax and demand from himself.
Forward!
Forward!!
Forward!!!
It doesn't matter who's standing in front of you? Regardless of the current situation, all he can do is give his all to throw every ball he throws.
The firm thoughts in my heart affected Kawakami's momentum to a certain extent.
With the infielders coming forward, he resolutely threw a ball of his own.
The ball didn't escape in the slightest, and went straight to the inside corner of the good ball belt.
"It's good to come!"
Chris in the striking zone secretly praised in his heart, and then waved the bat in his hand without hesitation.
The timing of his swing was neither early nor late, just right.
"Ping!"
The little white ball suddenly changed before it entered the good ball belt, that is, before it hit the hand.
This is Kawakami's famous stunt, the corner change ball.
The ball is thrown into the corner of the good ball belt, and there is a certain degree of variation. It's hard to hit a ball like that.
And Chris hit Kawakami's fame ball, and it didn't seem to have any pressure, and he easily hit the ball out.
The white ball flew high and landed outside of third base.
"Out of bounds!"
The first ball was kicked out, although the ball did not fall into the stadium and did not win the score smoothly.
Chris's strong attack is still amazing.
"It's hard to imagine that this guy has a year's gap in baseball."
"Even if it's blank for a year, you can keep up with Yukichi in the position of catcher. It's really hard to imagine that if he hadn't suffered any injuries before, what kind of strength would he have until now? ”
"I'm afraid no one will be able to answer you."
"Worthy of Chris's senior!"
Not only the audience, but even the most of the people in the Qingdao High School baseball club only focused on Chris.
In their opinion, in the duel between Kawakami and Chris, even if Kawakami used all his strength to eat, it was impossible for Kawakami to win Chris.
So when they were discussing, they were almost always singing praises to Chris.
However, the development of things is a bit beyond their understanding.
In the previous performance, Kawakami, who had been tepid, suddenly became powerful.
A pitch that condensed all his essence and just threw it.
In this pitch, there are all the hopes and dreams of Kawakami.
"Even though I've lost the opportunity to be an ace pitcher on this team. But I will never lose my ambition and motivation to move forward because of this. ”
For yourself, for your dreams.
Keep casting!!!
"Whoosh!"
The small white ball appeared abruptly in the good ball belt like a laser light.
Kawakami's determination, Chris doesn't understand.
As an opponent, all Chris has to do now is to hit the small white ball that flies over!
"Ping!"
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