Chapter III
"Ready? Young-chan, come on for the game, I'm sorry I can't go to the scene. Sawamura's mother looked apologetically at her son, feeling a little guilty.
"Don't worry, Mom, everything will be fine. Well, I'm out there! Rong Chun smiled and comforted Sawamura's mother, then carried the bag and left.
"Be careful on the road, come on." Hearing her son say this, Sawamura's mother could only hold back the uneasiness in her heart, "Is there really no problem with that child?" "Worriedly, this Rong Chun is gone.
Speaking of Osawa Village, I have been training with everyone around yesterday, watching my friends work hard, and the memories of the past are gradually coming to my heart, and what I thought I had forgotten turned out to be just buried in my heart and carefully preserved. Perhaps, some of them are really not suitable for baseball, and even not good at sports, but they still work hard because of themselves, and they will also fall in love with baseball in the future, although they have no talent, although they are tired of training, and even until the best grades in the third year of high school, they can only be a bench player, but whether they are sad or painful, they still love baseball, and that wonderful feeling makes people can't let go.
He stood beside Rong Chun, put his arm on Rong Chun's shoulder, looked at the empty arena with him, and said softly, "Come on." ”
"Coach, this way, this way, it's so slow, we've all been there for a while." Rong Chun looked at the coach Mr. Sato, who came late with a big bag and a small bag, and made a noise, "We came very early."
"It's noisy, it's still early for the game, why are you here so early, I haven't seen you so serious in my studies!" Mr. Sato sighed helplessly. (Mr. Sato, who was disliked by his students, still wants to give up the baseball club today.) )
"Alright, everyone, get your things, let's go into the rest area to check in!" Mr. Sato gathered everyone and watched them finish taking the things on the ground, and the whole team led them into the rest area. Mr. Sato skillfully sent everyone into the rest area, and then went to the referee to hand over the contestants' entry sheets.
In fact, the rest area is really difficult to find in the winding room, and Mr. Sato was afraid of something unexpected, so he came here a day in advance to step on it, whether it was the rest area, the infirmary, or the bathroom, he walked through it several times to make sure that nothing was missed. Mr. Sato is probably the kind of person who says don't want it, but the actual body is very honest.
"It's our opponent on the other side, and he looks very physical."
"It looks like it's fast with a swing of the bat!" Looking at the opponent's warm-up exercise, everyone couldn't help but be nervous again, except for the naturally hot-blooded stupid Rong Chun, of course. After all, they've been on a two-year tour in a row, the last year of high school, and as the last student at this school, they want to make some good memories.
"Hahahaha, don't worry, they're all the same as us, they're also middle school students, we won't necessarily lose to them, didn't I say it, we just need to play our own baseball, and we'll win." Looking at Rong Chun's cheerful smile, Shinji and Wakana shook their fists, their expressions relaxed, not nervous, as a catcher, Shinji asked Rong Chun to go out to warm up with the pass and catch the ball, and the others, checked whether the bat and water dispenser were normal, and then also came out to warm up.
When everyone heard the air raid siren sound, they lined up and rushed to the infield area, and after the two sides saluted, the game officially began.
Akagi Junior High School as the first attacker, Oda as a bat, first observed two balls, one good and one bad, and hit the third ball, but the bat was slightly squeezed and did not play well, and was picked up by the second baseman and blocked at first base. Then the second baton Chai Qi hit the first ball, crossed the third baseman, and successfully went to first base, and then the third baton went downhill, played out and sacrificed, and went into the first base. But unfortunately, Toyokawa hit the ball to the front of the third baseman, three outs, and changed defenses.
"Damn, almost, sorry, everyone." Toyokawa, who missed a first spot, was a little sad
"Don't care, don't care, it's only the first game. The next defense has to be won steadily. Rong Chun patted Fengchuan on the back and said with a smile.
Rong Chun stood on the pitcher's mound, looked down at the pitcher's mound, looked at Shinji who was squatting in front of him, grinned, and then took a deep breath, raised his head high, raised his arms high, and shouted, "I will be constantly beaten out by them, and everyone who is guarding will rely on you!" ”
"Oh, Rong Chun, let them call."
"Call me more." Everyone who was infected by Rong Chun's straightforward personality couldn't help but want to respond to Rong Chun's expectations, and they all shouted loudly, and their morale was greatly improved for a while. Sawamura Eijun, who was standing in the rest area, looked at himself who was making a big 'statement' on the pitcher's mound, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
Taking advantage of everyone's high momentum, Rong Chun first struck out and hit a bat, and then the second baton hit the third base high flying ball, and the three bats hit the ball to the second base, all of which were perfectly received, no points were lost, and the first inning was sealed with zero base.
At the beginning of the second game, Shinji Gobaat grabbed one of the opponent's missed pitches and hit a subtle rolling ball, followed by Rong Chun's three "Yo Xi!" was struck by the joyful strikes, although I was very dissatisfied and muttered something to the end, but to be honest, everyone didn't care too much about Rong Chun's blow. Looking at his immature way of blowing, Sawamura Rongchun couldn't help but stroke his forehead, after all, it was still quite ashamed to watch himself swing in the air, but in the future, Sawamura Rongchun still found a way to hit that suited him, and it was quite effective, and there was a blow support song that he had always envied.
In the end, Honda was lucky enough to hit a right fielder, and Shinji took advantage of the opponent's mistake in passing and receiving the ball, rushed back to home plate, and won the first point of the game, and then Mizuno and Wakana of eight and nine bats were entangled with a few balls, and they were helplessly knocked out. However, everyone was still immersed in the joy of scoring first.
And ushered in the second half of the second game defense with a high momentum. Although Akagi Junior High School, whose morale was boosted by the lead, held the second half of the game perfectly, it was deprived of three strikeouts due to the tough pitching of the opponent in the third game. Then Rong Chun's pitch was hit by a batter to the left field when the two were out, one good and two bad, forming a second base hit, and then the second batter hit a surprise rolling ball, and the first baseman ran to catch the ball, but because the guard was not skilled, the runner took the opportunity to go to first base, resulting in failure to go out. Then the opponent hit a long hit in the right field with three bats, and the two returned to base.
The situation of the game was reversed in an instant, Rong Chun looked at the rewritten numbers on the scoreboard board, a little annoyed, and gritted his teeth, "Damn! ”
"Xiaorong, I ........" Toyokawa, the first baseman, felt guilty when he looked at the score that had been overtaken, and if he could have run faster, he wouldn't have caused such a situation.
"Don't care, don't care, the next stick is going to be taken." Rong Chun smiled and comforted Toyokawa, he knew that he was responsible for this matter, but if he ran to catch the ball and pass the first base, he might be able to win the number of outs, but he didn't react, which was the most infuriating.
Rong Chun straightened his hat, threw the ball into his glove, squeezed it twice, and slowly exhaled to calm down. The important thing now is not that the score is overtaken, nor is it because of anyone's mistakes, the most important thing now is the hitter in front of him, Rong Chun stared at the next four sticks viciously. 'Won't let you score any more!' ’
With a strong belief, Rong Chun smashed the ball out, "Bang." "Bang" "Bang", three bad balls in a row. Rong Chun stood on the pitcher's mound and looked at the bad situation he had caused, and his eyes were nervous. It was as if a miserable cat meow could be heard.
Shinji looked at Rong Chun, who was in a mess, turned to the referee and said, "Sorry, pause." "After getting permission from the referee, I ran to the pitcher's mound." Na, Rong-chan, what are you doing, I'm so nervous that I didn't even throw a good ball belt. Shinji looked at the stupid guy in front of him helplessly, and then gathered in the pitcher mound The fielder also looked at Rong Chun.
"Was it really my mistake?" Toyokawa looked at Rong Chun, a little nervous. Rong Chun looked at his teammates who came around, their faces were full of worry, "What the hell am I doing, I am so nervous that I can't even throw a good ball belt..... 'Rong Chun was stunned for a moment, 'No, I'm not nervous, but I think that if I throw in, I will be beaten out, and the guard may not be able to catch it, I ...... I don't trust everyone anymore... Damn, what am I thinking, they who have accompanied me all the way can't be trusted, who else can I trust! ’
Rong Chun, who felt that he had done something wrong, beat his head frantically, this move frightened the teammates around him, "Rong Chan, are you okay?" "Do you have a headache?" "Do you want to call a doctor?"
"No, I'm fine, I'm sorry." Rong Chun bowed to his friend and apologized, "Hey!? *4, everyone looked at Rong Chun, who suddenly apologized, a little puzzled, "What the hell is wrong with you, Rong Chan?" ”
"I'm sorry, everyone, I just thought of fighting alone when I was pitching, and I didn't want the other party to hit a hit, but I was too weak to strike him, so I unconsciously threw all the bad balls, I, I actually thought that everyone's guard could not be trusted at that time, this is really the biggest mistake, ahhhhh After saying that, he began to hammer his head crazy again.
Shinji hurriedly grabbed Rong Chun's evil hand, and then everyone, looking at each other, suddenly laughed out loud, and now it was Rong Chun's turn to look back at everyone with a confused face.
Yamashita wiped the tears that came out of his laughter and said, "I thought something was wrong, I, no, we are all weak, and even if it weren't for Xiao Rong and you pulling us to play, I would probably always look at the court with envious eyes, but Xiao Rong pulled me and said to me, 'Yamashita, I need you, come and play baseball!'" I'm really happy, so even if it's holding back, whether I can't hit a hit, whether I can't save the ball, I still want to stay behind Xiao Rong, and I don't want to give up this position to anyone."
"Hmm" "That's right" "Let me stay behind Ei-chan, I'll do my best." ”
"It's timeout, get back to your defensive position." The referee watched the time and issued a warning to Akagi Middle School.
Shinji turned around and said to Rong Chun before leaving, "Xiao Rong, I'm right in front of you!" ”
Rong Chun watched everyone return to their respective positions, and rubbed his sleeve around his eyes, "It's good to have you here." ’
Rong Chun, who had completely calmed down, carefully looked at the position of Shinji's gloves, and then threw himself into it.
"Bang." "Good shot, hitter out. Three people are out, and offense and defense are exchanged! The home plate referee held up an arm and shouted loudly that the three innings were over.
Rong Chun excitedly yelled on the pitcher's mound, and everyone followed him back to the rest area from all around, "Rong Chun, it's amazing." "After three bad balls, three good balls in a row struck four bats, it's too strong!" Everyone was excited, as if it wasn't the end of the three games, but the game was won.
"It's not like that, it's just that I think it's okay to be beaten out, because everyone will definitely hold on, and when I think about it, I can throw the ball super easily." Rong Chun touched his nose and said embarrassedly.
"Hehe, don't worry about this for now, are you ready? Fight back, score again, and overtake! ”
"Oh!!!" *9, even Mr. Sato was inexplicably aflamed.
"I'm going to have to hit it this time, huh." Young-chun began to swing wildly outside the rest area, hoping that he could hit a home run at his next mat.
"Oh!! , it's up to you, Xiaorong, we will support you with all our might. ”
"Well, that's up to you!"
In the first half of the fourth inning, the game started again.