"Sawamura, under the recommendation of the coaching team and the captain and vice captain of the previous term, we have decided to be the captain of this year's team."

Sawamura Eijun, who was called over during training, was still thinking about what he had done wrong recently, but he didn't expect a big pie to be thrown on his head, and he was a little stunned for a while.

"Hey, is it me?"

Thinking of such a burden to himself, Sawamura Eijun couldn't help but get nervous, and even his eyes turned into cat's eyes.

Seeing the familiar panic Sawamura, the supervisors were relieved, if Sawamura really calmly took over the captaincy, the supervisors would have to worry about Sawamura's state instead.

"You have been moving forward step by step steadily, not only have you won the recognition of everyone in your class, but even the first-grade children are willing to get close to you, attitude, strength, you have all of these, Sawamura, I don't require you to be the best pitcher to lead the team, but when the team is in a desperate situation, you must be the one who saves Aomichi, just like you did before, just like the former captain of Akagi Middle School, with an optimistic spirit to lead and inspire everyone, if it is you, There must be no problem. ”

Hearing Takashima-sensei's words, Sawamura felt a little strange, but being appointed as the captain was a recognition of him. Ignoring the weirdness in Mr. Takashima's words, he looked at the supervisors seriously,

"Yes, the contemptible Sawamura Eijun will definitely work hard."

Looking at Sawamura Eijun's serious eyes, and the somewhat irrepressible joy, Coach Kataoka remembered that this child has been one of the golden pitchers of Qingdao from the beginning to the current Qingdao, and the sadness and tears along the way, Sawamura Eijun is probably like the slogan of Qingdao shouting with the most sweat and tears, just for one goal. Although I can't bear it, I still want to tell him what I should say, and tell him alone in advance, probably for his last tenderness and cruelty,

"Sawamura, one more thing, based on the previous games, the coaching staff decided that the pitcher lineup will be centered on Akira Shibuyani in the future."

Supervisor Kataoka's voice was exceptionally clear in the small supervision room, and Sawamura Eijun thought that he had misheard, but looked at the serious Inspector Kataoka, the minister and deputy minister with pity in their eyes, and Juncao who twisted his head and pretended not to be here.

Sawamura Eijun stood quietly, feeling as if time had passed for a long time, and he wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be blocked and he couldn't make a sound.

The overseers didn't say anything, just waited for Sawamura Eisun's questioning, and there was silence in the supervision room.

Sawamura Eijun finally found his voice, his voice was hoarse, and his voice was still trembling,

"What the overseer means is that the valley will be the trump card in the future, is that what it means?"

"Ah, if there are no accidents, this autumn tournament will allow Akira to carry the ace to experience, he has the experience of the ace, and this time he may perform better. Of course, I will still adopt the mode of following the pitch, and our goal is to win the championship in the summer league. ”

Sawamura Eijun lowered his head and listened to Kataoka's arrangement, perhaps also an explanation. Originally, I thought that the overseers would make themselves captains in the hope that they would lead the team with strength like captain Yuki and captain Miyuki, but it turned out that Takashima-sensei would say that he would not ask himself to be the best pitcher, not to let me relax, but to say that someone else would lead the team.

Sawamura's hands on either side of his pants were tightly clenched, and his well-trimmed nails from pitching did not cause any damage to his palms, leaving only a faint mark.

"In that case, the captain should be done by the valley, and it will be better for the ace to lead the team!" It was so uncomfortable, he couldn't breathe, he wanted to vomit, Sawamura Eijun's voice trembled, and even he didn't know if it was because of pain or anger.

"You are also very aware of the strength of the valley, his talent has blossomed, and there are few high school baseball players who can compare with his speed and ball power."

Ah, is it because my talents didn't blossom? Speaking of kinky balls, is it really my talent? This can't be blamed on the superintendent.,This year's trump card is me.,Obviously do the best of yourself.,But it's still not as good as the valley.,The better performance in Koshien is also the valley.,The game with Jumo Da Fujimaki finally missed the championship because of his own loss of points.。

Genius, it's really a cruel word, stronger than others, and it also separates others, and Tsukiya didn't enjoy baseball properly because of his talent in junior high school, so he came to Qingdao, just to find the same genius Miyuki. Sawamura Eijun also thought he was talented at first, but now it seems that the talent is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, does he still have the ability and the valley ratio?

Unwilling, even if he puts the facts in front of him, he is not reconciled, Sawamura Eijun wants to tell the superintendent not to give up on himself, in the autumn tournament he will let the superintendent see his performance as an ace, as a captain, as long as he is given a chance, the last time,

"You will be in the third grade next year, and the coaching staff wants to take this opportunity to train the junior pitchers, and the catchers have Okumura and Yui, both of whom have experience in competitions, but the pitcher formation is still a little weaker, so we should take advantage of the autumn to hone it."

Rong Chun, who heard these words, let go of his clenched fists, juniors, when the seniors are there, they just need to do their best, but now there are no seniors, the former juniors have become seniors, and they must become seniors....

Takashima Rei looked at the decadent Sawamura Eijun, a little unbearable, this child was dug out by her, she has been looking forward to the moment when he becomes the real trump card of Qingdao, but Qingdao also has Akira Tsuki, his sense of presence is too strong, dazzling to cover everyone, not only Sawamura, but also Kawakami. In high school baseball, the subtlety of the change ball is far less than the attraction of a one-goal soul, and under the guidance of the audience, everyone's eyes unconsciously attracted to Akatsuki Shibuyani and Hongo, and the personal record was refreshed, and the Koshien record was also refreshed.

"Knock knock..... Knock knock...."

A knock broke the silence in the room,

"Please come in."

Kanemaru and Takatsu, who approached, felt the unusual atmosphere in the room, and unconsciously became nervous, and when they saw Sawamura Eisun standing in front of them trembling slightly, they subconsciously slowed down their breathing, and something seemed to be beyond their imagination.

"Overseer you come to us."

"Ah, Kanemaru, Takatsu called you over today to tell you that after the retirement of the third year, the captain of this year, Arisawa Mura will take over, and the two of you will help Sawamura manage the team as vice captains."

"Me and Takatsu are vice-captains?"

Kanemaru was a little surprised, Sawamura didn't have any doubts as the captain, but he didn't expect that he and Takatsu would be the vice-captains, could he get along well with Takatsu?

Gao Jin on the side didn't react much, he has always been calm and self-contained in front of others,

"Any questions?"

Hearing Kataoka's rhetorical question, the two hurriedly answered,

"Yes, we'll try."

Then, after the superintendent explained other things, the three of them walked out of the supervision room together, and Kanemaru couldn't suppress his excitement a little.

"Ah, congratulations, I've become the captain, Sawamura." I happily brought out all the nicknames for a while.

Takatsu was a little reserved,

"Congratulations, Captain Sawamura."

Sawamura, who found that someone called him, turned his head and looked at the two of them blankly, and Kanemaru and Takatsu, who were excited, noticed the abnormality of Sawamura Eijun, and since they came to the present, Sawamura Eijun has not said a word,

"Hey, Sawamura, were you stupid or happy when you became the captain?"

Sawamura Eijun, who heard the word captain, seemed to have touched some mechanism before he came to his senses, and when he saw his friends in front of him looking at him worriedly, he grinned,

"Of course I'm happy, this is the captain, the captain."

"Your expression is distorted."

"I'm so happy."

"But your tears are coming out."

"I'm so excited, ah, don't say it, it's too embarrassing, I invite you to drink juice, you have to keep this matter a secret."

"Crying because of being the captain."

"Don't mention it again!!"

"I'm the captain, I can't show my confusion, even if I'm not a trump card, I'm also the backbone of Qingdao, don't show it, I have to smile and encourage everyone to move forward like before, this is the captain, this is my responsibility." ’

"Superintendent Kataoka, wouldn't it be bad to tell Sawamura about the ace's decision so early, that kid has always been aiming for this, and now let him be the captain, but it's ....."

Minister Ota thought of the child who he was not optimistic about at first, and how much effort he had put in to get to this point, everyone saw it, and the result was too cruel for him.

"He'll do it." Superintendent Kataoka looked at the three people downstairs who were already laughing,

"Although Sawamura has been noisy and looks very childish, he is indeed a down-to-earth man, and he is also a very responsible and determined man. Although it is cruel to him, no one will be more suitable for him this time. ”

The launching ceremony of the new team was as simple as before, the appointment of the captain and vice-captain was announced, and it ended after the captain's speech, and Sawamura tried his best to ignore the joke-like third-year students next to him, and read the speech according to the script.

The new team hasn't changed much, everyone is completing their training step by step, preparing for Autumn University, and the valley is still the rampaging locomotive of the green road, and if you don't say a word, you can release gas, and Xiaominato's belly is more and more like Ryosuke's predecessors, digging a pit for people to jump from time to time, Kanemaru's mother is still paying attention to everyone's appetite, and is getting more and more verbose, and Takatsu's swing is more and more like a senior, becoming a qualified four-rod. Sawamura's voice was as loud as ever, but the captain's work was still increasing, guarding and swinging the baton more than the time in the cowshed.

In the cowshed, I also paid attention to the pitching situation of the juniors, and was complained by the little wolf cub that he should pay more attention to himself, and when he was invited to pitch, he would refuse nine times out of ten.

"The first two captains are very strong in both garrison and attack, I don't want to lose to them, don't worry, I was 120,000 when I was in the cowshed, hahahaha."

On that day, on the eve of the start of the autumn tournament, Akira Shibuyani was the first to take over the back number from the supervisor, and the captain Sawamura became the No. 10 player on the bench.

"Congratulations, Downfall, you're going to make the best start tomorrow, but don't blow yourself up because you're too excited."

Looking at Sawamura Rongjun, who was smiling and blessing the valley, everyone realized that something was wrong with the faint feeling recently.

"Hey, Sawamura, you wouldn't have known about it a long time ago, would you?" When there were only three of them, Kanemaru asked, Eijun Asawamura, who was a little angry,

"What, why are you so angry?"

Looking at Sawamura Eijun, who was still smirking, Kanemaru and Takatsu became more and more angry,

"It must be a trump card, an ace."

"Well, uh... I knew from the beginning, the day I would be the captain. Sawamura Eijun shrugged his shoulders with a relaxed appearance,

"Then you still ....."

Kanemaru looked at Sawamura Eijun, who still has an indifferent face, shouldn't it be like this, you shouldn't have such an expression, as the partner who has cooperated with Sawamura Eijun for the longest time except for the catcher, he knows too well Sawamura Eijun's dedication to the trump card, obviously he has put in so much effort, but, why can you still laugh!

"Sawamura-senpai, the overseers called you, saying that they were discussing tomorrow's tactical arrangements."

"Oh, I'll do it."

"Hey...."Kanemaru wanted to catch Sawamura who was leaving, but was stopped by Takatsu, who shook his head at him and said,

"He's the captain."

Hearing this, Kanemaru's tears suddenly gushed out, and his head rested against the wall on the side,

"Damn, is the captain in such a heavy position?"

Takatsu didn't answer him, just silently looked in the direction Sawamura left,

"That day, he didn't cry because he became the captain."

"Hmm."

"He's actually pretty uncomfortable, isn't he?"

"Hmm."

"Damn!!"

"Kanemaru, Sawamura is now walking on a dark and lonely road, we can only keep up with him if we step up our efforts, he has chosen to move forward, and as the deputy, we have no choice but to keep up. We can't leave him alone on that road. ”

"Well, let's move forward."