"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.

When a new batch of new students enrolled, Sawamura Eijun and others were still struggling on the field of Koshien in the spring.

Just like Sawamura Eijun did when they first became seniors, the freshmen watched their games to get to know the seniors.

Half a year was a very short time, and it slipped away before I knew it. Everyone has grown a lot since then. I don't know if it's the sense of responsibility as a captain or the real awakening of baseball talent, Sawamura's strikes and garrisons have gradually become famous, and he is no longer the captain of the cold bench. The sturdy right field defence is often the last bulwark to protect everyone, and even if he doesn't pitch on the field, just standing in the right field can make people feel extremely reassuring.

When they returned to their own arena after a long absence, everyone relaxed. At this time, Rong Chun still had to busy the handover of the new students, and it was already late when he returned to the dormitory.

"Isn't Sawamura-senpai still sleeping?" The freshman Tanuma looked at the third-year seniors who had just come back and opened the books to study.

"Sorry, did you make a noise?"

"No, no, I just think my seniors are so powerful, I train so hard every day, and I have to come back to study at night, I am almost exhausted from even simple training. Study or something, and then worry about it before the exam. ”

Hearing this, Rong Chun was stunned for a moment, turned his head and looked at Tian Nuan and smiled very gently,

"You will definitely be a little uncomfortable when you first enter the Qingdao Road, the training intensity of high school is really great, but you can only overcome it slowly, even if you are in pain, you have to eat well every day, you have to secretly give food to others these days."

Tian Nua knew that his predecessors had noticed his small movements a long time ago, but he didn't say it, and smiled embarrassedly,

"If you study, you still have to use snacks, our supervisor is a strict person, if you fail the exam, you won't be allowed to play, I don't have such a leisurely mind as you, this year is my last year, if you don't study quickly, you can only go home and farm."

Hearing what Sawamura Eijun said, Tanuma was a little puzzled,

"The seniors are members of the First Army, or the captain, and they have entered Koshien, so the seniors should have a place recommended by the university."

"I have a school I want to go to, but it's not on the list of recommended schools, so I have to work on my own. I used to think that studying was very tiring and boring, and I relied on the help of Kanemaru for my grades at that time. Otherwise, you might be repeated. Thinking of the painful study life, Sawamura's smile became happier and happier.

"Liar, aren't you very good at learning?"

"Hahaha, when I was a junior, my study was poor, I have always been the focus of everyone's attention, and then no one urged, but I have self-consciousness, and now for me, learning is not only a way to get into college, but also a way for me to calm down, which can make my thinking clearer."

Tian Nua didn't understand how studying could calm down, it would only make people feel irritable, but he was embarrassed to disturb him again when he looked at the serious side face of his senior.

When the morning sun had not yet sprinkled the earth, Sawamura Eijun had already packed everything and prepared for training. After slowly running around the outside of the course, he came to a bridge next to Course B, where he was waiting for him by a hunter of the same level as him.

In the past, they often trained together, but later because of the addition of new players, he was more of a run-in with new catchers when he was the main pitcher of the first army, and slowly trained together less. It wasn't until Sawamura retired as the main pitcher to focus on right fielding that they trained together again. Two people who were not chosen sharpened themselves in the cold morning. They all knew it was all in vain, but none of them wanted to give up.

The tradition of Qingdao is still the same, the red and white matches between the new and old students, and then the practice matches outside the school, and the members of the first army are selected to participate in the summer qualifiers. The hunting ground was once again defeated, and now there are already two catchers in the first army of Qingdao, so there is no need for additional additions.

Sawamura Eijun's juniors deserve to be called the predecessor killers, and the twenty main positions, except for Sawamura, Shibuyani, Kominato, Kanemaru, Tojo, and Takatsu, the rest are all juniors. Even though he knew that the rules of Qingdao were for capable people to live in, but looking at the third-year students who were left alone by the supervision, Sawamura's heart couldn't help but feel uncomfortable and sad.

After the members of the first army are determined, it is the final garrison training of the third-year students who have been brushed down. Everyone stood on the sidelines, looking at the figures who were desperately chasing the ball, looking at the movements that were already out of breath but did not want to stop, their summer Koshien was over before it even began.

Sawamura took Kanemaru and the others to help them back to the dormitory one by one, and there were no words on the way, because everything was nothing.

The juku begins, the final hellish training before the Hagar trials. Sawamura pounced again and again, shouted again and again, and brought everyone forward with a huge voice, as long as the overseer did not stop the bat in his hand, he had to fight, and another front sliding shovel to catch the ball, helping to intercept the flying ball from the third baseman and shortstop.

"One more goal!!"

Looking at the members who are full of desire to fight, Coach Kataoka is attacking ball after ball, the sky turns from bright to dark, I don't know when, the lights on the training ground have been turned on, and the number of people on the field is getting smaller and smaller, first one or two sophomores, and finally there are only third graders left on the field, Kanemaru at third base, desperately using his body to block the ball that he wants to pass, and he who was hit by the ball, bent over and endured the pain.

"What's going on, Kanemaru, can't you continue? That way you can catch a few balls, and the balls have to fit well in the glove. ”

"I can go on and have one more goal."

"Minato, isn't your body very flexible? If it rusts, replace it with someone else. ”

"I... I can. ”

"Sawamura, aren't you the last line of defense of Seido? How many times will you be pierced at such a speed! ”

"Yes!"

The rest of the people watched quietly from the sidelines, and apart from the roar of Superintendent Kataoka, only their weak answers and gasps remained. The only man left on the pitch was the man standing far away in the field, his neck raised so high that he couldn't see his expression, but his master's exertion could be seen in his visibly undulating chest.

When he lowered his head again, put himself in a posture, and shouted with laughter,

"One more goal! I can continue, and if the overseer can't move, I'll change someone. Hahahaha"

This is the First Army, and this is Sawamura Eijun.

The week-long training for Hell Week is over, and Sawamura Eijun and the others are back to their usual training and competitions. Compared to the previous fatigue, the training is now easier. Looking at the full crowd of people in the throwing area, Sawamura was a little bored, and suddenly he said,

"Is someone going to hit my pitch?"

The members on the side were stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that Sawamura Eijun hadn't pitched for a long time, and he hadn't played at all when he was in Chunjia, and after he came back, he focused on garrison training and didn't enter the cowshed.

"I can't ask for it, it's rare for the captain to feed the ball."

In fact, when that sentence blurted out, Sawamura regretted it a little, but Takatsu answered without giving him time to regret it.

When Sawamura was preparing, the entire baseball club spread throughout the entire baseball club in just ten minutes, and for some reason, everyone was crowded into the shooting area.

"Huh? Captain Sawamura is going to pitch, isn't he a right fielder? ”

"It's just a simple feeding of the ball, Sawamura's pass is straight and accurate, and the speed is good, so it should be able to be used for practice."

Hearing these discussions of the freshmen, the heart of the three years somehow felt a little sour, Sawamura Eijun also once led the team to participate in Koshien as an ace, how many of the freshmen can know about it.

"Sawamura's pitching is amazing. Although it was only for a while, he was indeed Qingdao's former trump card. Although he hasn't played for a long time, he is also the main pitcher of Seongdo. ”

After saying that, Kanemaru and the others walked away from those freshmen and walked to Sawamura's side, looking at the seniors who seemed to be angry, and the freshmen didn't dare to talk about it casually.

"It's been a long time since I've seen you pitch, Rong Chun."

"Well, I suddenly wanted to vote, why did so many people come."

"If Sawamura-senpai wants to pitch, it's better to come to the cowshed to pitch."

"Hahaha, no, you guys better hone your cooperation in the cowshed, I'll play here."

"Then I'll pick up ....."

"Sawamura, I'm ready, let's get started."

"Oh, I'm sorry for you, Hang."

Standing on the mound in the pitching area, Sawamura Eijun touched his restless heart, no matter how he changes, Sawamura Eijun is a pure pitcher.

Sawamura took strike strikes one after another under everyone's attention, and the people standing in the strike zone changed batch after batch, but few people scored points in Sawamura's hands. The freshmen looked at the scene in front of them in shock, and they couldn't believe it, the Qingdao line is famous all over the country, but after a few rounds, there was not even a long hit, let alone a home run.

"Is Sawamura-senpai so strong?"

"Why haven't I seen Sawamura-senpai pitch at the game?"

One gorgeous ball after another completely opened the eyes of the freshmen, who had only been shocked by a ball in their eyes before, but they didn't know that in the strong, everything was the strongest weapon.

After a day of training, when Sawamura returned to the dormitory, he saw that Asada and Tanuma were chatting very hotly.

"Oh~, I'm very happy, juniors, what are you talking about."

Seeing Sawamura who had returned from training, Asada and Tanuma hurriedly greeted each other, and when they heard Sawamura's seniors who asked them, Tanuma replied,

"I and Asada seniors were talking about the second-year ace of the seniors in Sawamura, and I didn't realize it at all, the seniors turned out to be the former trump cards."

Asada on the side actually had a bad feeling when he heard Sawamura's question, but he didn't expect the junior in the same dormitory to really say it with a big grin, and he stared nervously at Sawamura Eijun's face. Hearing Tanuma's words, Sawamura paused for a moment, and then smiled,

"It's not a big deal, in fact, he served as an ace when he was in the first grade."

Sawamura skimmed over the matter lightly, and then diverted the topic,

"You don't have to study today, let's have a game conference together."

Asada, who was afraid that Tanuma would mention this matter, quickly echoed Sawamura, and Tanuma went to play the game.

In the dead of night, Tian Nua suddenly reacted to what he had done, and he shouted softly,

"Sawamura-senpai, Sawamura-senpai."

"What's the matter, Tanuma, what's the matter?"

It was not Sawamura but Asada who answered him, and Tanuma looked at Sawamura's bed in the dim room and found that he was motionless, thinking that his senior might have slept.

"That, Senior Aada, did I say the wrong thing today, and asked him about the trump card period in front of Senior Sawamura."

"Don't worry, Senior Sawamura won't be angry."

"Why aren't the seniors trump cards anymore, I see that the seniors' performance is very strong today."

"I don't know, by the time we knew, everything was over, and no one knew why. Okay, go to sleep, there's a practice match tomorrow. ”

The room fell silent, and Tanuma and Asada also fell asleep with unknown emotions, leaving only Sawamura Eijun, who was staring at the upper bunk in a daze.

Why isn't the trump card me? ’