Sawamura didn't have high expectations for Akagi Junior High School's first trip to the competition.

In this country, the popularity of baseball is unimaginable to ordinary people. It's like a rural place like Akagi, where there are so many people who don't know anything about baseball. But wherever it is a little more developed, most people in schools know about baseball, and even many people have been exposed to baseball since childhood.

This proportion is so high that ordinary people simply can't imagine it.

Why did Tokyo, Osaka, and Kanagawa become fierce battle zones?

Of course, the large number of people is one thing, but the most important aspect is that most of the students here have played baseball, and only a few have not been exposed to it at all. About one-third of those who have played baseball have been in baseball or have studied baseball systematically.

This is the real reason for the formation of the fierce battle zone. Compared to the people in Nagano and Chiba, they are professional.

Even in Nagano, there are several junior and junior baseball clubs, and although the players they train cannot be compared to the young leagues in Tokyo, they still have an overwhelming advantage compared to those around Sawamura who have no knowledge of baseball at all. There are hundreds of these players every year, and most of them are scattered among a few baseball schools. What kind of strength such a school has, you can imagine.

Even if he played against Akagi before, there are several people in the team who have transferred from the young club.

It is precisely because of such a new force that joins every year that Shilun can stabilize in the top eight and top 16 in Nagano.

Akagi Middle School is not at all comparable to these schools. Even if Sawamura has the advantage of being reborn, he is confident in his pitching. But he didn't think he could beat these guys with his pitch of 12 approaching 13 alone.

Therefore, Sawamura's requirements for the first year of Akagi's competition are very simple.

It's all about participating, feeling the atmosphere of the tournament and learning how some of the best teams play......

Of course, it would be perfect if you could win one or two games in a big tournament.

Although Sawamura knows that a new team like them that has just signed up should be the weakest link in the seeding system, and it will generally be directly distributed to the seeded team as a victim. But he still hopes to win one or two games, after all, people always have to be a little bit of a pursuit.

The competition is approaching, and the training at Akagi Middle School is still going according to schedule.

Such a relaxed state quickly aroused the doubts of Fengxiang Aoichi and Oda Motosheng.

"Didn't you say you wanted to dominate the whole country? Like now, an hour of exercise in the morning, an hour and a half of training in the evening, and there are only a few practice games, how is this enough? ”

Feng Xiang Aoyi has been in Shaoba, and he is very clear about Shaoba's training system. Sawamura's arrangement, although not negative, is definitely not positive. Isn't it true that a team that really aims for the whole country has to work harder?

"That's it, good!"

Sawamura was indifferent.

Akagi, except for Fengxiang Okuichi and Oda Honsheng, who suddenly appeared, are all his friends in his previous life. The Yamazaki brothers and Nakagawa Shin don't talk about it, it's all his hair, and when the baseball club was established, they chose to be with Sawamura without hesitation.

The same goes for Yamaguchi and Kazuryo, both of whom are teammates in the former Broad and Bright Village. Otherwise, with the physical fitness of the two, if it weren't for Sawamura, other sports clubs might not want them. A height of one hundred and fifteen, a weight of one hundred and fifteen, and a sissy with no meat on her body.

These are all old members of Sawamura's team, members of the seven-member team of the Akagi Baseball Club.

Why Seven?

It's very simple, the former Shize Village didn't have enough nine people in the end, otherwise it wouldn't have let the club manager Cangyue participate in the competition. At the time of the competition, there were two members who actually wore many parts, and they came to help the game because they couldn't refuse Sawamura's enthusiasm.

These little friends, Sawamura knows their physical fitness too well. Not to mention practicing five or six hours a day like Qingdao. Even now with more than two hours of practice, they are already approaching the limit of their physical strength.

Some things have to be gradual, and it is impossible for a person to become fat in one go. Although Sawamura himself is a training maniac, he doesn't want his friends to feel that playing baseball is a very painful thing because they can't stand the training plan he gives them.

He still hopes to lead everyone to the national competition, and even dominate the country.

But only if everyone is happy.

If he makes everyone miserable because of his own dreams, Sawamura would rather give up his first wish.

After being reborn, in addition to his dream of baseball, Sawamura's biggest desire is to play baseball happily with his friends.

Of course, victory is still to be pursued.

If the game keeps losing, then what's the joy?

Sawamura's explanation made Feng Xiang Aoichi powerless to refute.

"Then you're not going to use the Variation Ball either?"

Feng Xiang Aoyi said.

He has fought Sawamura one-on-one, and he knows the true strength of Sawamura's pitching. Otherwise, he would not have obeyed Sawamura's words as a senior.

Sawamura's straight ball is sharp, but with that kind of ball alone, they may not be able to win even a round.

Sawamura's pitching is fast, but it's just a little higher than the average for middle school pitchers. Strictly speaking, this is not a fast ball.

"Of course, it's about participation."

Sawamura nodded.

Feng Xiang Okuichi knew very well that Sawamura was already planning to give up this tournament to let the team accumulate experience.

He knew very well that there was nothing wrong with Sawamura's approach. But I still can't help but feel a pity, it's really a pity, if Sawamura is willing to show all his strength, they may not have a chance.

"There is no chance!"

Sawamura's ruthlessness is even more powerful than Feng Xiang, a person who came out of the young stick.

Sawamura knows too well the difference between professional and amateur.

For two teams of similar level, a player makes a mistake and is likely to make their side doomed.

Akagi's friends, how many mistakes will there be?

No matter how strong Sawamura and Aoichi Fengxiang are, it will be difficult for Akagi to go far in the first tournament.

Even, Sawamura thinks that Akagi may not be able to win a single game.

Their previous practice matches looked dazzling, with seven wins and one draw in eight matches.

But in fact, the winners are all teams in the first round of the competition, and the opponents who are really weighty have never been encountered. If you meet a seeded team in the first game, then ......

Just when Sawamura was worried, the grouping of the game came down.

The moment he saw the grouping, Sawamura's whole person was stunned.

In the first round of the Nagano Prefecture tournament, Akagi's opponent was Akagi Nishi next door.

On the table of this group, Akagi West has been crossed, which means that they have withdrawn from the competition for unknown reasons.

In the first round of the Nagano Prefecture Competition, Akagi Junior High School VS Akagi West, Akagi Junior High School won without a fight and reached the top 32 of Akagi Prefecture.