Chapter Seventy-Two: Heroes Behind the Scenes
"Pause!"
Aoki shouted a timeout.
Qingdao High School's match against Wenjing High School was very surprising.
In the second half of the sixth game, the score of the two sides was still 1:0, and King Qingdao High School was never able to pull the score away.
Looking at this game from the perspective of Qingdao High School, it is naturally not pleasant. Being entangled with an opponent who is not very strong to this point can even be said to be a bit embarrassing for Qingdao.
Of course.
If you look at this game from a different angle and look at it from the perspective of Wenjing University, the feeling is completely different.
As the previous top 16 teams in Tokyo, at most they are in the quarterfinals. was able to compete with Seido High School, which had dominated the country in a row in the arena in Koshien before, and played evenly with it.
Wenjing University is proud enough.
Even on a national scale, teams that can do this level are rare.
They Wenjing University turned out to be one of them.
Just thinking about it makes them excited.
During the competition, the players from Wenjing University kept their eyes on the electronic scoreboard from time to time. Looking at the score shown above, they were intoxicated. Not only ordinary players, but even Aoki Shan, the captain of Bunkyo High School, has not been able to avoid vulgarity.
Although these top students cover it up well, the traces are finally revealed.
Ever since his first day of high school, he has been fantasizing about this scene all the time.
One day, he leads his brothers to challenge the strongest team in Tokyo.
The imaginary enemy in the past was Daocheng Industrial High School, and the current imaginary enemy is naturally Qingdao High School.
Aoki Sugi often fantasizes about this moment, and after nine rounds of fierce battles, it is finally evenly matched......
Had to play an extra game, and finally in the 15th inning, he personally won the goodbye home run.
If others knew that Aoki Sugi had such thoughts, they might laugh at him for daydreaming.
But dreams, that's nothing more than that.
When it's not possible, no one cares about it. But what when it's possible?
Naturally, you have to do your best and enjoy the process.
Aoki is in such a state now.
All the buddies gathered around the pitcher's mound.
A few exchange students looked at the third baseman who had just made a mistake from time to time.
According to their previous values, whoever makes the trouble will naturally be blamed. At least 80 or 90 percent of the blame for that goal should be attributed to the third baseman.
"What were you thinking?"
Their attitude is so obvious that even Aoki Cedar can't ignore it.
He could only ask in as flat a voice as possible.
The third baseman of Bunkyo High School looked ashamed. I muttered for a long time, but finally didn't say a word.
How is he going to speak?
Just before he guarded, he took a deliberate look at the electronic scoreboard.
The score of 1:0 was like a mountain, and the whole was overwhelmed by him.
At that time, he was very aware that he could never lose points, and once he did, everything would be over.
Now there is a gap of one point, although they have not yet thought of a way to attack Sawamura Eijun, but there is always a chance.
The blind cat can also touch the dead mouse, and they continue to swing the stick to hit Sawamura Eijun's quirk ball, believing that there is always a chance to hit the ball out.
As long as there is a hit, there is a chance to tie the score.
However, this is limited to the situation where the difference in the score is one point, and once the score continues to expand, the situation is completely different.
It's just that I haven't seen Sawamura's pitching before, but since I've really seen Sawamura's pitching, the third baseman at Bunkyo High School knows it clearly.
Once the score is different, more than one point.
They simply have no power to return to heaven.
Kidding aside, even if you want to score a point, you need a lot of luck. Lady Luck is not their godmother, and it is impossible to take care of them all the time.
If you lose one more point, you won't be able to recover.
The players of Wenjing High School, while enjoying the sense of honor brought to them by the score of 1:0, also had to guard against Qingdao High School destroying this honor for them.
After all, they also knew that something that was extremely honorable for them was a great shame for Qingdao High School.
In this case, it is impossible for the players of Seido High School to remain silent forever.
Sometimes things are just so wonderful. The more you are afraid of something, the more it will happen.
The nervous little expression of the third baseman of Bunkyo High School was captured by Yoichi Kuramochi.
What is most important when it comes to a group fight for someone who has been on the streets?
Pick up the soft persimmons and pinch them off first, which is the most important thing. Otherwise, if you encounter hard stubble at the beginning and become evenly matched, the original soft persimmons will also rush up.
How experienced is Kuramochi's combat experience? Before you know it, you've honed a skill that seems close to a miracle in the eyes of others.
He could tell at a glance who was easier to bully.
On the baseball field, he can also see at a glance who is most likely to make mistakes and who is the opponent's biggest vulnerability.
The third baseman of Bunkyo High School has a stiff body movement and a look of fear on his face.
Where can I find a better target than this?
Originally, after the opponent adopted the front guard, he did not intend to use the short-hit tactics, so he did not hesitate to use the short-hit.
and touched the ball in the direction of third base.
This can be a perfect match with Wang Xi to complete the double thief base.
"Well done!"
"Holding !!"
"It's a cheetah from Africa."
Africa?
Listening to the praise around him, Kuramochi was not able to make a happy moment. It's okay to call him a cheetah, what the hell is Africa?
If you really want to say that, Carl Ross of Inagi Industrial High School is.
Pulled away, and then said the pitcher mound.
After Kurachi successfully ran to first base, Wang Xi took the opportunity to steal third base.
The situation became that no one was out, and there were people on first and third base.
At this time, Seido High School had the turn of the core hitter at the beginning of the second bat.
For the players from Wenjing University, it has now come to their life-and-death moment.
The captain of the team, Aoki Shan, was keenly aware of this and called a timeout.
The boys all gathered on the pitcher's mound.
Asked before why the third baseman misses? The third baseman was there and there without giving an answer.
Several exchange students rushed to the championship one by one.
Obviously, such an outcome was not satisfactory to them.
Seeing that the team is about to fall apart.
Aoki Sugi couldn't help but think back to what happened when he first joined Bunkyo High School.
At that time, he had a dream to lead Bunkyo High School into Koshien.
As with the storyline encountered by the protagonist in every hot-blooded anime, he arrives in a world where he knows nothing about baseball.
In this school, all the people around you are concerned about academic performance.
For them, failing to get into a world-renowned university is a failure. In this case, who is in the mood to play baseball exclusively?
Although there is a so-called baseball club in the team, it is only at the level of being eliminated in the first and second rounds.
It was under such circumstances that Aoki Sugi almost single-handedly pulled the team of Bunkyo High School back up and led them to the round of 16 in Tokyo.
But that's about it.
If you want to go one step further, it is a private high wall. One step further is the high wall of the wealthy.
That kind of world is not something that they can access at Wenjing University. It's not his wishful thinking, and he can achieve it with a group of brothers who dare to fight.
In this era when the major leagues will pay attention to Koshien, the real wealthy colleges and universities are only a thin line away from the profession.
A team like Wenjing University is simply not going any further.
It wasn't until the transfer students arrived that everyone saw hope again.
Maybe it can really work a miracle......
However, there are pros and cons to anything.
In one go, four exchange students with super strength came, and all of them were in relatively important positions.
This certainly greatly increased the strength of Wenjing University.
But in the same way, there is another drawback. That is the disparity of strength between teammates.
It's polite to say that they are not equal, they are not at the same level at all.
In such a situation, when you encounter those opponents who are not very strong, of course, you can rely on the strong strength of the exchange students to crush them.
But once you encounter a hard stubble like Qingdao High School, the problem will immediately surface.
Ability to work under pressure, experience, technical ......
All the gaps at a glance.
Seeing that the team was about to fall apart, Aoki Shanshan closed his eyes in pain.
Does it mean that everyone has nothing in common?
No, there should be.
He glanced up at the beaters at Qingdao High School, and the group of people in the rest area of Qingdao High School.
Led by Sawamura Eijun and Miyuki Kazuya, they stood there like beasts preparing to go out to hunt their prey.
And they, Wenjing, are the poor worms.
Poor worm waiting to be eaten.
Since there is no way to suppress the internal contradictions, it is better to transfer the contradictions.
With the thought of breaking the jar, Aoki Sugi spoke.
"I know that everyone has different values and there is a big gap in terms of skills. For you exchange students, the technology on our side is really holding everyone back. But now we're comrades-in-arms, aren't we? Our enemies are over there! ”
When Aoki Sugi pointed his finger at the Seido High School rest area.
Their problem was solved.
Whether it is the original players from Wenjing High School, or the later transfer students.
One by one, they stared at the rest area of Qingdao High School.
At this moment, the original rift in their ranks was quickly repaired.
The team regained its combat effectiveness.
In the rest area of Seido High School.
Miyuki scratched the back of his head with a headache.
"What do you think they're talking about us?"
Turning his head and asking Sawamura beside him.
"It's certainly not a good word!"
Looking at the other party's sharp little eyes, if you want to say that the other party is praising himself now, you don't believe it if you kill Sawamura.
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