After a period of training, both the hitter and the pitcher were a little out of breath.

After the practice, everyone sorted out their things together and exchanged baseball by the way.

"Ah, our pitcher team is really getting stronger and stronger, and we haven't been able to score a few points at all."

"That's right, it seems that they have improved a lot since they came back from Koshien."

"Ah, by the way, Kawakami, Sawamura, and Shibuyani, what do you think of our strike training this time?"

Miyazaki asked with some curiosity, but there was an eerie silence.

Everyone else was waiting for the pitcher's answer, but the pitcher didn't, so it was surprisingly quiet.

Finally, in the burning eyes of the others, Kawakami whispered,

"Everyone's swinging posture is very solid, and it doesn't look like it's down in training at all."

Then Rong Chun continued, without Kawakami's subtle feeling at all.

"But overall, no."

"Huh?!"

"Although I know that the seniors are working hard, to be honest, compared to the seniors in the third grade, I always feel that the attack power is insufficient.

Rong Chun's outspokenness made Kawakami break out in a cold sweat, but he didn't expect Rong Chun to call the valley drop.

Then the iron Hanhan of the valley really nodded, and Kawakami's expression was distorted and he turned his head to the other side,

'These two iron Hanhan, I'm really fed up!! ’

Just when Kawakami's heart was a little anxious, Maezono said,

"Is our attack so weak?"

Rong Chun looked at the eyes of the front garden and said seriously,

"If it's the seniors of the third grade, I should be able to blow it out on the second and third times when it's my turn.

To be honest, I'm a pitcher who scores points on the guard, but I had too many strikeouts this time. ”

Hearing this, Qianyuan clenched the bat tightly and said,

"I understand that only Tamba's seniors left the pitcher lineup, and there is not much change for the Qingdao who came up by relying on the following pitch.

The most important thing now is the consistency of the line and the improvement of the guard, which means that we have to improve.

Qingdao is synonymous with strong fighting, and I won't let him change that. ”

Qianyuan's words were very firm, Rong Chun raised his eyebrows, and said meaningfully,

"This is not necessarily, maybe with the efforts of Kawakami-senpai, me and Shibuyani, the synonym of Qingdao will become the pitcher kingdom."

"Alright, Sawamura, let's talk about what we just pitched."

Kawakami urgently diverted the topic, pulled away Rong Chun, who was becoming more and more provocative, and watched the two of them leave, and then Shigu followed, leaving only a bunch of unhappy beaters.

"Sawamura, how dare you say that..."

"But it is undeniable that what he said was in fact, I couldn't see it clearly before, and when he said this, I suddenly remembered the gap with my predecessors."

"There's no time for us to feel inferior, the divisional preliminaries are about to start, so we can only go up!"

On the other side, Kawakami said earnestly to the two juniors who were sitting in front of him,

"Sawamura, I know what you said is the truth, but you can't talk to your seniors so directly, that is, in Qingdao, otherwise you will definitely be taught a lesson.

And you, Shibuyani, don't go along with Sawamura in everything, and think about how to talk about the environment at that time. ”

Rong Chun and Falling Valley nodded very seriously, indicating understanding.

Kawakami sighed and said,

"Why do you want to be so blunt, Inspector Kataoka and Miyuki will also ask this question later, you don't need to be strong."

"But for me, it's more exciting, as a first-year pitcher, I say that, the influence of the seniors is going to be very profound.

The Qingdao Baseball Club doesn't care about these places.,Otherwise, the seniors of Yuyuki wouldn't have stayed until now.,It's been a sack by the seniors a long time ago.。 ”

"Although you are telling the truth, are you taking time to take time out of the black Miyuki."

Kawakami looked at Rong Chun's eyes very delicately, and Rong Chun looked panicked,

"What's the matter, I'm just telling the truth, Kawakami-senpai, you can look at it.

From tomorrow onwards, that inexplicable impetuous atmosphere will disappear completely.

After all, that group of people only has more self-esteem than anyone else. ”

Rong Chun's smiling appearance calmed Kawakami, but what should be beaten is still beaten.

"Don't overdo it, don't you hear it, especially don't look like before the battle against Inami."

Rong Chun paused for a moment and said,

"Don't worry, no, it was a state of extraordinary performance at that time, and I can't do it now."

"That's good, I don't want to experience your poisonous tongue again."

"Hey, hey, understand~~"

"Okay, then let's analyze the content of this pitch, first talk about Sawamura, you ....."

In this way, in their respective training and reflection, the players spent their first training day.

The next morning, after a full set of basic training, the opponent of the first practice match arrived.

Until now, Superintendent Kataoka has not yet selected the personnel of the first army, and the players in the competition are also filled according to their strength.

The members of the original First Army remain unchanged, and the rest of the personnel are supplemented. The seats are not fixed and are changed once per game.

And today's starters are Shibuyani, Miyuki, Kuramochi, Kominato, Maezono, Kanamaru, Aso, Hakushu, and Eijun's left outfield.

This lineup is both unexpected and expected.

Anyway, the first training match began.

The opponent is Michael College, from another county, and it is one of the schools that has come to the expedition to compete with Qingdao.

Michael himself is rarely in Koshien, but he is often among the top four teams in the region.

For Qingdao who is still in the run-in period of the team, this is a very good opponent.

"I don't know who the pitcher of Qingdao Road is today, is it the speedball player or the left shot, or the low shoulder side shot."

"No matter who it is, it doesn't feel like it's easy to deal with."

"I'd like to see the speedball player's pitching, and I've seen the pitching machine's 160 ball speed, but I haven't experienced it in a real person."

"The main thing is that guy is only in the first grade, and I don't know how far he will grow in the end."

While Michael was making various guesses about Qingdao, Qingdao was also making pre-game deployments.

Superintendent Kataoka arranged the various deployments very usually, and for some reason, everyone's expressions were a little nervous.

"Don't worry, I'm in the left field, I can change you at any time."

"No, just stay in the field."

Rong Chun teased a wave of facial paralysis on a daily basis, and after successfully turning him into a gas stove, he happily ran to the outfield.

At the beginning, he got off to a good start by quickly winning three strikeouts with a high-speed ball.

Immediately after that, it was the turn of the Qingdao to strike, and the vanguard of the Qingdao was as reliable as ever, and the combination of Kuramochi and Kominato Haruichi won the first point as soon as it opened.

The next hitter was Maezoen, who had both strength and focus, and hit a hit close to third base, and was intercepted by the Michael guard, who scored a double kill.

Miyuki, who then came on the court, contributed an outfield high flying to end the offensive of the first game when no one was on base.