Chapter 54: The Aftermath
The day after Akagi Junior High School won the championship in Nagano, the whole town was like a festival.
Famous! Famous!!
The year before, Akagi Middle School had stirred up the baseball circles of the entire Nagano Prefecture junior high school.
At that time, many people saw that Akagi Junior High School would never be satisfied with just staying in Nagano Prefecture. There are two main reasons for this. On the one hand, when Akagi won the semifinals in Nagano, most of the main players were first-year. These players, after two years of training, will definitely rise in strength, and sooner or later they will surpass the three kings, on the other hand, because of Sawamura!
They saw that Sawamura was not a thing in the pond, so it was expected that Dingzemura would definitely soar into the sky with Akagi.
But these are all things in baseball circles, and no one else knows about them. In addition to the students of Akagi Middle School, even the families of the contestants, many of them did not know that their children were so good.
Not to mention anything else, as far as Sawamura's parents are concerned, they just know that Sawamura won the top four in Nagano Prefecture last year. They have no concept at all about Kanto, the whole country, and star players.
They didn't see the hardships of the Akagi friends, but they knew that Akagi Middle School won the Nagano championship and represented Nagano Prefecture in the Kanto Conference.
The top four and the champions and runners-up, don't look at the rankings, but they have completely different concepts. No matter how loud the top four are, it is also within Nagano Prefecture, but the champions and runners-up are different. The champions and runners-up have to compete elsewhere, and then there is a full TV broadcast.
Although the Internet has become the number one medium, there are so many things that the Internet can choose from. Simply talking about promotion, or TV is more powerful. There are so many in total, as long as you cover enough, you will definitely become a household name.
It's like Sawamura's national star player!
"Baseball Boy" is the number one leader in the middle school baseball industry, and the 100 star players he selected should be very popular. But in fact, even Sawamura, a player who stands at the top of the second stage, is not very well-known in the country.
Everyone's eyes are still on the Twelve Heavenly Kings of the first level!
As for who will be after the Twelve Heavenly Kings, who cares?
The propaganda of the Twelve Heavenly Kings was done by the TV station. As for the other players, if they are not particularly fond of baseball, or who plays baseball themselves, who will know them all.
Just like an exam, people's focus is always on the first place. As for the second, the strength may not be worse than the first, but so what? He's still the same and can't get out of obscurity.
The same is true of any competitive competition!
Champions are always exciting.
The town of Akagi was celebrated. When I woke up, no matter where I went, my friends were greeted with admiration and admiration.
This feeling is really sour.
"It's just the county champion of the middle school, as for it?"
Feng Xiang himself was a little flattered.
Hetian retorted with a serious face: "As for, of course as for!" Nagano Prefecture is home to dozens of small towns in addition to the city of Nagano. In the past, the champions were all occupied by Nagano City, Daikita Ward, and Tenryuji Ward. Other small places, there is no chance at all. Not to mention big sports like football and baseball. Even small entertainment items such as Go and shogi, they dominate them. This is our Akagi town, the first championship in more than ten years. ”
Sawamura was speechless when he heard Wada's words.
The champion of the prefectural competition, in Sawamura's opinion, is really not an honor. I didn't expect it to make the people in the town so happy.
"It's a good thing!"
Nagano is a landlocked prefecture in the island nation, and although it is close to Tokyo, it is not considered to be developed nationally. In addition to the urban area of Nagano, Nagano has four larger wards, namely Daihoku-ku, Tenryuji ward, and more. These are densely populated and relatively developed places.
In terms of population, Akagi ranks second to last among all the towns in Nagano Prefecture.
To put it bluntly, Akagi belongs to the backwoods of the backwoods! It is the standard rural area of Tokyo.
With such a place winning the baseball championship, it is no wonder that the residents of the town are so happy.
The celebratory atmosphere always flies by.
By Tuesday, the craze had barely passed. Immediately after that, the school office continued to receive calls from the media, and even animation companies and TV production companies applied to compile the story of Akagi into a manga or produce a TV series.
In the face of these, Principal Takada refused with a smile, and of course his reasons for refusing were also very sufficient.
"Kids, take an exam!"
In mid-July, the final exams for the first semester of their second year of junior high school began.
in the classroom.
The friends of Akagi Middle School no longer have the passion on the field. They honestly picked up the pen and fought against the test paper in front of them.
In the classroom where Sawamura is located.
While looking at her roll, Atsuki Wakana couldn't help but start to think of Sawamura's smiling face in her mind.
"Are you happy?"
After the final, Sawamura's face was strange, as if he had lost something important. This made her childhood sweetheart Wakana very worried, so she couldn't help but ask.
Sawamura talks about the whole country every day, why does he not look happy when he wins now?
"Happy!"
At that time, Sawamura turned around and gave her a big smile.
Thinking of that smiling face, Wakana couldn't help but blush. When that guy is laughing, he's pretty handsome.
"Cut, that bastard."
After scolding, Wakana woke up from her memories and looked at the test papers that had been completed, and there was a blush on her delicate little face.
On the other side, Sawamura looked at the test paper in front of him and was dizzy.
"A pool of water, fifty cubic meters of water. When the water is stored, it is 3.2 cubic meters per minute, and when the water is discharged, it is 2.34 cubic meters per minute. How long does it take to turn on the water storage switch and the water discharge switch at the same time and fill a pool of water? ”
Reliving his life, Sawamura really wants to study hard, make progress every day, and live up to God's good intentions.
But while you are storing water, you are also releasing water, is it a wave?
"Hey~"
With a sigh, Sawamura is still a formula, the beginning of a formula.
To be honest, in this life, he has studied seriously, how do you look at this question, or a little dizzy?
The camera zooms out and then drops to the principal's office.
Principal Takada politely refused to be interviewed by the media with a smile and politeness, and at the same time instructed his subordinates to do a good job in the final exam.
On a hot day, there was no air conditioner in the principal's office, only an old-fashioned electric fan, and because it was too hot, Takada opened the window and closed only the sand window.
Outside the window, there are loud cicadas and frogs.
As soon as the wind blew, the curtains shook, followed by a gust of wind that blew into the room, and the papers on the desk were blown open!
"Regarding Nagano Prefecture, the handling of the merger of students."