Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Challenger
The sun in summer is always irritating.
Xiao Lin lay lazily on the sofa, unwilling to move.
"Squeak~"
The sliding door was pushed open, and from the bedroom inside, a middle-aged man with a scruffy beard stepped out.
"Dalin, are you going out again today?"
Kobayashi asked strangely.
Dalin is a standard otaku like himself, and in terms of the attributes of the otaku, he is even much stronger than himself. Kobayashi's highest record is nothing more than not going downstairs for three days and staying at home. And Dalin used to soak in the house for two months in a row, staying at home.
Now, for two days in a row, I have been running out.
It's so weird~
"yes!"
Dalin's unshaven face showed a nostalgic smile. He couldn't help but laugh when he thought of the team he watched yesterday.
That team, it's so interesting.
Although they will inevitably lose when they meet Nagano Tsutari, Obayashi still wants to cheer them on.
He likes Akagi and sees them play hard and young. Everyone was like a kid who had just learned to play baseball, ignoring the outcome and enjoying the game.
Even if the players make mistakes, they can tolerate each other.
That's nice!
This reminded Dalin of his boyhood, when their team was also weak, and everyone tolerated each other like this......
"What are you going to do?"
Kobayashi asked puzzled. The expression on Dalin's face was so strange, it was like secretly dating a girlfriend.
The fire of gossip in Kobayashi's heart was ignited, which even overcame his disgust with the heat.
"Go to baseball!"
Lie, it must be a lie.
Xiao Lin looked at Da Lin contemptuously, and guessed with certainty in his heart. Is it so disgusting to laugh at baseball?
"I'll go with you."
Kobayashi made a gesture to stand up. In fact, he just scared the other party, waiting to see Da Lin reject him in a panic.
"Okay!"
Who would have thought, Dalin agreed without any hesitation.
Xiao Lin looked at the sun outside and wept speechlessly.
When the two arrived at Matsumoto Stadium, they saw that many people had gathered on the court.
"I'll go, these people are sick, right?"
Xiao Lin frowned dissatisfiedly, on such a hot day, it was sad enough to accompany Da Lin to the stadium, but he didn't expect him to see so many people who were as sad as him. On such a hot day, why don't you honestly blow the air conditioner at home and come here to bask in the sun? It's sick!
The audience was roughly divided into two camps, one side was in favor of Nagano Metropolitan High School, most of them wore uniform uniforms, and they were supposed to be students of Nagano Metropolitan High School. The students were scattered around the parents of the players, alumni of Tokyo metropolitan high schools, and their fans.
There were one or two thousand people in total, and the entire first base side stand was full.
On the other side, it was different, there were not many people, only three or five hundred. It looks like there are young and old, and there is no uniform uniform, compared to the supporters opposite, it looks like a ragtag army.
"Here, here!"
Da Lin pulled Xiao Lin and came to the ranks of the ragtag army.
Xiao Lin complained in his heart, this is really a group that fits the image of Dalin.
"It's coming!"
I don't know who shouted, Xiao Lin saw that on the field, two teams entered.
These two teams, one wearing a yellow jersey, looked tall and imposing. The other team had several fewer numbers than the opposition, and the jerseys were creamy white, and the players were both tall and short, uneven.
Both teams look similar in spirit to their supporters.
"It's probably who is this, what kind of bird is playing."
Xiao Lin complained in his heart.
But before he finished complaining, he found that the miscellaneous army audience on his side suddenly became restless.
"It's up to you, Akagi Funny."
"It's time to show your perfect defense."
"Let the little cubs of Nagano Metropolitan also see your nonsensical baseball."
……
Xiao Lin looked at the crazy fans around him in disbelief, and then looked at Da Lin aggrievedly.
"Brother, are you sure that the people here didn't run out of the mental hospital?"
On the field, in the team of Nagano Metropolitan Junior High School.
The team's vice-captain, Xiao Chuan, looked at the audience opposite in confusion.
"Is Akagi Middle School so famous?"
Regardless of the supporters of family and friends and their own schools, the number of fans and supporters of Akagi Junior High School can be equal to that of Nagano Metropolitan Tsuritsu, one of the three kings of Nagano.
Of course, the Nagano Metropolitan players couldn't understand it.
"Hmph, you're famous."
Marian, who was wearing braids, sneered.
Yesterday, he deliberately ran to provoke, but he didn't expect a fist to hit the cotton.
Akagi Middle School, like an unknown creature, spied on his side, making him very uncomfortable.
Before the start of the game, the captains of both sides guessed the boxing, and Sawamura once again lost without accident.
Nagano Metropolitan Junior High School chose to attack first.
Before the official start of the competition, the coaches of both sides cheered on their players.
A team from Nagano Metropolitan Junior High School.
Their coach Feng Xiang Long Yi looked at the disciples around him indifferently, and then said, "To win!" ”
"Oh woo woo !!"
The Nagano Metropolitan players roared in unison.
The assistant coach next to him couldn't stand it anymore, anyway, this is also a quarter-finals, a game of eight into four. Isn't it too perfunctory to just say that?
"Coach, tactics, are there any tactics?"
The assistant coach reminded in a whisper.
Feng Xiang Long Yi glanced at him lightly, and then nodded.
Assistant coach, breathe a sigh of relief.
"Win big!"
Then he heard Feng Xiang Long Yi say something that almost made him vomit blood.
To win, and to win big!
Facing Chicheng Middle School, Coach Fengxiang Longyi didn't bother to lay out any tactics at all.
In his mind, the two teams are not on the same level at all.
On the other side, Akagi's team.
Before everyone came on the field, Sawamura walked in front and suddenly turned around and said.
"Don't forget, we're challengers!"
Hearing Sawamura's words, there was no longer any confusion in the eyes of the little friend.
We are challengers!
It's not a big deal if you lose, it's all earned if you win.
Fight for it, so what?
"Let's play!"
Sawamura said.
Behind him, the friends walked onto the court one by one with high morale.
In the first half of the first game, Nagano Metropolitan High School attacked.
"First baseman, second baseman, Ogawa."
"Good shot!"
"Good shot!"
"Ping!"
On the third pitch after two consecutive good shots, Ogawa finally swung his bat, and he hit the ball five meters to the left of the first baseman, and the baseball 'snapped' to the ground.
In front of the baseball, Oda Honsen had been waiting for it for a long time, picking up the ball into his gloves lightly, and then returning to first base.
"Out!"
Ogawa's face was a little ugly.
He passed by his own two bats and exchanged information with each other.
"Cut, haven't you eaten, Xiaochuan?"
Speaking of which, Ogawa didn't play this ball very well, and he was weak.
Xiao Chuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Qiu Wei is much heavier than I imagined, you better be careful." ”