"Eijun, Ms. Takashima is here to pick you up, hurry up."

"Hmm........" Rong Chun, who got up when he heard his mother's voice, shook his head and felt his head heavy.

"It always seems a little weird..."

"Hurry up, Rong Chun."

Takashima looked at the silent child beside her, a little strange, according to her observation that this child has always been spiritual.

"Sawamura-san, what's wrong, is it motion sickness? Please hold on a little bit, it's coming soon. ”

"No, it's just a strange feeling."

"Huh?"

"Nothing." Rong Chun felt that he was a little strange, he had an inexplicable feeling since the morning, the closer he got to the so-called Qingdao Road, the stronger and excited that feeling became? Resist? The sound of the heart kept coming to the ears, getting louder and faster.

"Alright, Sawamura-san, this is Qingdao."

Rong Chun looked at the baseball stadium not far away in a daze, and his heart suddenly quieted down, reassuring, comfortable, and that strange sense of familiarity.

As we got closer, the sound on the baseball field became clearer and clearer, the sound of the bat hitting, the sound of the ball falling into the glove, running, and the shouts of the guards gradually became clearer...... Rong Chun suddenly poured out a kind of I belong here, and I found it here, but there was still a trace of sadness entangled in me.

Seeing Rong Chun's strange expression, Takashima Rei, who thought he was shocked by high school baseball, couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.

"Well, this is the stadium equipment that the school is proud of. There is also a driving range for rainy days, and most of the players live together in the dormitory. ”

Rong Chun, who was suddenly interrupted by Takashima's voice, suddenly came to his senses, and began to scream in his heart, "How am I, how can I have a sense of belonging to a place I came to for the first time, is it God, no, is it the earthbound spirit who sleeps in this place?" It's scary, Qingdao, it's scary. ’

After the introduction, Rei Takashima watched Eijun's face change back and forth, and felt a little funny, "This kid is definitely thinking of something strange. ’

Rong Chun, who came to his senses, also began to look at the baseball club seriously, looking at the strange machines placed on the sidelines, he couldn't help but be curious, what is it, I have never seen it. And the most important thing is that the people on this field, with loud shouts, skillful movements, and unrelenting swinging of the bat, even if he has a heart that wants to provoke, he has to say that this baseball club is very good.

Takashima Rei was not surprised to see the eyes she wanted to see, the eyes of Eijun who were shiny and full of curiosity. and the flush on his cheeks that seemed to be infected, all of which filled Takashima Rei with a sense of pleasure, and Rong Chun on the side felt the strange aura coming from his side, and couldn't help but restrain himself, but the flush on his face couldn't be eliminated,

"I.... I wasn't impressed, I was just a little scared, a little bit! ”

Takashima Rei looked at Rong Chun, who was arguing with a red face, and said indifferently, "Yes." ”

"First, even if you don't spend that much money, you can still play baseball. I think eighty percent of you are also looking for some great players everywhere, and it is natural that you will be strong. And.... I don't want to die losing to your elite team of all-you-go-fits-all. ”

Feeling Rong Chun's envy and jealousy for them, Takashima Rei smiled slightly,

"Perhaps, as you said, half of our members are from other places, which is called baseball study abroad."

Rong Chun's expression was really not what I expected, but Takashima's next words also shocked him a little.

"However, now that everyone in Japan's high school baseball is called the number one in the world, even major league scouts will come to Koshien to dig up new talents, and want to play baseball better than anyone else, a 15-year-old boy who adheres to such a spirit and leaves his family and hometown in order to exercise and strengthen his ability, for this kind of player with determination to win and upward experience, I admire them from the bottom of my heart."

Hearing this, Rong Chun turned his eyes to the players in the field, who were only one or two years older than him, but there were firmer hearts than anyone else, so what about him, what did he want to do, play ball with his partners, no, in addition to this, he also wanted to enter the country with everyone and complete the unfinished dream of the country. However, these seniors in front of him have far exceeded Rong Chun's imagination in terms of both blows and garrisons, has such a team not entered Koshien for four years? Is there any hope for them?

"Kura, Kawakami, what kind of half-hung pitch is this, can't you shoot a more powerful ball? It's only a few balls that you're tired like this, and it's because of your virtue that you can't even get on the bench. ”

"I'm sorry."

"If you don't want to fight, go back to the country, pighead. There are so many pitchers like you that we can't name them. ”

"I'm sorry, I still want to continue."

A very burly man with a bat roared at the ball feeder, and the other juniors next to him were also discussing, although everyone knew that Senior Dong was a good person, but he really didn't have much habit of that kind of loving education.

When Rong Chun saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help frowning, and then the voice of Takashima Rei came to his ears: "You'd better take a closer look at that player's blow, he is a monster with 42 home runs in high school--- Dong Qingguo." The favourites in this year's draft. ”

With a crisp "knock" he hit the ball again for a home run, "Really, I don't feel it at all, Kawakami, go down, give me a substitution." Someone threw this guy out of me, stuffed him in a cardboard box, and sent him back to his hometown. Hahahaha. ”

Although I was shocked by this person's blow, but, "What's that, this kind of body also wants to enter the professional baseball, what are you kidding?" Originally, the voice was very small, but it became louder and louder in the back, and the whole audience heard it, "Look at his big belly, he is an uncle at all." No matter how you look at it, you are over forty years old, are you really a high school student?"

Hearing this, Takashima Rei hurriedly stopped him, and everyone in the audience stared at this daring boy.

"Who, who, has been mocking my charm since just now."

"The charm? No matter how I look at it, it's all a disadvantage! Yahha ”

The enraged senior Dong broke through the barriers of several juniors and came to Rong Chun,

"Higashi-san...., Sawamura-san also quickly apologized."

"It's great to study abroad in baseball, and it's great to have the determination to keep up with the motivation, but is it here that you can do whatever you want if you have the strength? Not only do I look down on the partner who accompanies you in practice, but I even have to drive people back to the countryside in the end, even if the whole world thinks it doesn't matter, I will never agree with it. You can't play baseball with just one person. ”

Rong Chun was taken a step back with his stomach pushed by the Dong seniors who rushed over, but he quickly stabilized and looked directly at the Dong seniors angrily, "This school, which is called a famous family by others, has you even forgotten this basic common sense?" ”

Hearing this, Takashima Rei understood that Rong Chun had misunderstood Dong Qingguo, and she knew that Rong Chun cared very much about the partners who played together, and even refused the invitation of the famous family for their sake, but Dong was not like that. Rei Takashima seemed to think of something, and said with a smile,

"I'm sorry, Mr. Dong, this kid just came from the countryside and doesn't understand anything. This kid is a pitcher, so take this opportunity to show him what the real hit is! ”

was said to be from the countryside and didn't know anything about Rong Chun, and he couldn't help but be hit, although it was all true. Dong Ze said good-naturedly: "I haven't been related yet, but... Dong Senior turned his head to look at Rong Chun and became murderous, "If you don't make this little ghost cry, I won't let him leave the pitcher's hill." ”

Although he was instigated by Higashi-senpai, Eijun still didn't want to be an opponent with such a person, and Takashima took the opportunity to say, "Sawamura-san, don't forget, this is a baseball stadium, if you want to say anything, just talk with a baseball!" Go ahead, get your clothes on. ”

Miyuki, who was hiding from the side and watching the audience, looked at the child brought by Takashima Rei with interest, and said, "It seems very interesting, Xiaoli, can I catch this guy's ball?"

"Who is he?"

"Miyuki Kazuya, a catcher."

"Kura, Miyuki, I don't have your first-year character to speak."

"Hahahaha, I'm sorry. But Senior Dong, I've been a little carried away lately. Playing with young people should be a good idea to get you back to baseball. ”

"You..... Who do you say got carried away. ”

In this way, Rong Chun, who came to visit Qingdao, pit himself on the pitcher's hill, and opened a fateful duel with Miyuki as his companion and Higashi senior as his opponent.

Rong Chun stood on the pitcher's mound and regretted again, "Damn, what am I doing, I really shouldn't have come." Holding the baseball loosely in his hand, he looked at the catcher in front of him who was arranging the protective gear, and he was even more confused, "Qingdao is not only strange in the place, but also strange in people." ’

Later, he and Yukiichi also had a simple warm-up exercise, passing and receiving the ball. When the ball smashed into the glove from the other side, Rong Chun felt the essential difference between high school baseball and junior high school, the baseball was harder, and the stitches were clearer to the touch than the soft ball, holding the baseball and turning it in his hand a few times, somehow, Rong Chun had a feeling that he would throw a great pitch today.

Yukiichi also looked at Rong Chun, who seemed to see a new toy, and quipped, "Why haven't you played hard baseball?" ”

Eijun felt the ridicule from the other side, and wanted to scold him angrily, but when he thought that this was indeed the case, he gave up the idea again, and just threw the ball back to Miyuki Kazuya, pouted, and ignored him. Seeing such a Rong Chun, Yu Yuiichi also secretly laughed, "This little pitcher is really interesting." ’

When the warm-up was over, the senior came to the pitcher's mound to discuss the type of ball with Rong Chun, although he was reluctant, he still said obediently, but the hateful pool catcher actually laughed, although I said it was funny, but Rong Chun felt that he was completely flattened, "What's wrong with only throwing straight balls, the front is my style just now!" Rong Chun-chan, who felt ridiculed, felt very aggrieved. The people in Qingdao were fierce, and they laughed at him and looked down on him, as if they were leaving quickly.