"Knock ding, ding!" The music bell rang for class, and the male and female students of all classes of the future university had already entered the classrooms. The whole campus suddenly fell silent.

The door to the first-grade class A was opened, and the head teacher walked in, followed by a male student with a school bag. He is about 178 centimeters tall, because he is half a head taller than the head teacher who is 165 tall and the height data is already known to the whole class.

On the podium, the class teacher motioned for the boy to stand on the left hand side of the class teacher, facing the class head-on. The head teacher didn't speak, turned around and wrote on the blackboard, and the girls below took the opportunity to start whispering:

Girl A, "Who is this?" He's handsome! ”

Girl B, "I think I'm a new transfer student, right?" Girl B nodded, "Uh-huh! The eyebrows are clear, and he is indeed quite handsome. ”

Girl C observes an important point, "His nose is so high!" Girl C began to think, "Pinch, isn't it a mixed-race?" ”

Girl D observed another important point, "It's a pity that it's a single eyelid, and the eyes are not too big. And keep going deeper, "Well, the eyes are very elongated, and the eyebrows are curved. "And then it was as if a new world had been discovered," and the mouth shape looked like that of a girl, and the lips were quite thin. ”

The focus of Girl E's observation is more unique, "The ears are quite cute." ”

"How many points can you score?"

"Nine points can't be more."

"I'm nine too."

"One point is deducted for fear of his pride."

"Huh? Ninth? "Isn't that the same score as Yukawa-kun in the next class?"

After the head teacher finished writing on the blackboard, he turned around and nodded to the standing boy, and then the head teacher propped his hands on the podium and said the opening words with a condescending majesty: "Yes, students! Although it has been less than a week since the start of school, everyone is new to this year, and although the time spent together for a week is short, everyone must have gradually begun to understand each other. ”

The head teacher's god turned, "Today is a good day!" Reaching out and pointing at the boy who was standing, "We all have a new classmate!" ”

"A big handsome guy." The head teacher was humorous, "To be honest, I ...... the teacher Full of jealousy for the height and looks of this new classmate. Humorous self-deprecation, "This classmate stood beside me, and the teacher suddenly understood the reason why I am still single......"

The classroom was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly there was a burst of good-natured laughter, and the atmosphere suddenly became Showa.

"Okay, okay...... the head teacher clapped his hands, the laughter gradually subsided, and the head teacher stretched out his hand to the bottom of the podium, "Please say a few words to the new students......

"......" The boy turned his head and glanced at the head teacher.

The head teacher smiled and prompted and encouraged, "Well, you can simply introduce yourself......"

In front of everyone, the boy didn't seem to think of saying anything for a while, and the head teacher continued to encourage, "Don't worry, everyone is new to this year." "Sell yourself to everyone, and you might be able to make friends in no time!" The head teacher deliberately covered his mouth with his hand, trying to cover it up and said, "Maybe it's a girlfriend!" ”

The boy couldn't help but smile a little shyly, girlfriend?

Girl A, "Kawaii! ”

Girl B, "I'm fascinated by this smile!" ”

"Look...... the head teacher seemed to point casually, "there are a lot of cute girls in our class." ”

"I'm sorry, the teacher said the wrong ......" the head teacher said funny, "The girls in our class are the cutest in the whole school!" ”

Tonight's game is the first meeting of the series (usually three games in a series), and winning the first game is important for either team, after all, getting off to a good start and getting a good start is a welcome pass in any country.

The two sides have been rivals for many years, so the game is very ...... from the beginning Passionate.

“Bang！” Suddenly, the little giant who attacked after the attack relied on three bats to hit a Yangchun home run in the first inning, and he scored the first point. Then, our old comrade of the Lions Army, the pitcher Yongi, stabilized his position in time with the support of his teammates and did not give the Giants a chance to expand the score in this inning.

In the second inning, the third batter of our Lions Army, with a full number of balls, tore through the Giants' guard and hit a second home run. However, then, the four-stick main gun and the five-stick secondary gun were knocked out by the opponent's pitcher three times in a row, and the good situation suddenly took a sharp turn. Fortunately, the six bats seized an opportunity and hit a hit just right to tie the score in the first half of the second inning.

A game that was decent at the beginning, but it turned into a fireworks show in the second half, but fortunately, both teams had their own brilliant scenes, otherwise they would not be scolded to death by the fans at the scene. The score of 15:16 has never been seen in my memory of Isamu Nishiki's professional baseball career so far.

However, this kind of "fireworks debriefing show" conducted by the two teams together, according to general speculation, will not use any relay pitchers. After all, there are only five pitcher candidates in the cowshed (pitcher preparation area), and if the places are burned out today, what will happen to the next day's game, and the rational supervisor will not burn out the cowshed in the long run. Because a pitcher who is on the board needs at least two days off before he can be on the board again, which is common knowledge in professional baseball circles. It's a series, game after game, day after day, it's not a life-or-death game, and you still have to keep it in mind.

In this way, the pitchers on standby in the cowshed, such as Isamu Nishiki, had a leisurely night.

Yes, I was still thinking this leisurely a minute ago, and the optimistic myself has further divergent thinking, extending to consider which izakaya to go to for supper after tonight's game...... Well, Lao Tzu didn't invite guests this time, and he was alone and chic.

With a bang, the protective door of the cowshed suddenly opened, and it was the pitching coach who rushed in, bringing sad news.

"Yongjing is not good, Nishiki, hurry up and prepare, and go to the field immediately!" The words of the pitcher coach were like a bolt from the blue.

“？？？” With a bewildered face, I was chopped after all.

I didn't have enough time to warm up, so I just hula and board......

And it's in a scene where both sides are red-eyed and their hands are hot...... Boarding the board.

This is a bottomless pit.

What's the horse? You say this is the overseer's trust in me Isamu Nishiki?

Baba baa!

There's no way, since it's the final decision that can't be changed anymore...... Therefore, at this time, I, I, Nishiki Yong, must not panic, and I have to make full use of the limited warm-up time. And that of course includes the number of balls I can try to throw on the pitcher's mound when I step on the pitcher's board and the referee hasn't raised his hand to signal that the game is going on.

It's just a few balls – and I'm going to make good use of that little window of time. There can be no waste in the slightest, because there is no capital to waste.

At this time, the only thing I can trust is the baseball in my hand!

I don't have time to explain! Drive!

"Bang!" The sound of a baseball smashing into a catcher's glove is the source of my confidence in Isamu Nishiki, although ...... It's just a trial pitch.