"I'm sorry, boss...."

Rong Chun has no way to look directly at his supervision, obviously he has been fighting until now, but there are still problems.

Superintendent Kataoka looked at the young man in front of him, and his eyes under the sunglasses were slightly warm.

"No, Sawamura, you've done a very good job, and you've fulfilled your ace's duties, so leave the rest to the others!"

In this game, for Kataoka Supervisor, Eijun's performance was impeccable.

"Yes, thank you..."

Superintendent Kataoka's words comforted Rong Chun's heart a little, and the other members who were still in the rest area also hurried around Rong Chun after seeing that the two had finished communicating.

"Sawamura, do you want a drink?"

"Need a towel?"

"I'll do it for you."

"Thank you....."

With the help of everyone, Rong Chun relieved the fatigue that had just come down from the arena.

After a brief replenishment of water, I did a closing exercise with the help of Kanemaru, and then the other seniors also prepared ice packs.

During this time, Kawakami successfully suppressed the follow-up beaters and returned to the rest area.

Now it's up to the final offense, whether it's a win or a loss!

This time, the line is still the lower line of Qingdao, and the starting hitter is seven sticks Aso.

He didn't hit a hit in today's game.

Because he was forced to replace the ace on his side, there is now a suppressed anger for all the players in Qingdao.

The trump card that was replaced was not because he made a mistake, but because the rest of the people did not give good support, which led to the current situation.

The Qingdao players, who have always had stronger self-esteem than others, are obviously very uncomfortable.

'Wait, Sawamura, it's only one point, we'll get it back for you in minutes!' ’

"Phew!"

"Damn!"

'Your desires are truly ..... It's all in plain sight. ’

"Boom!"

“out！”

Aso tapped his helmet with a bat, his face full of chagrin,

"I'm sorry...."

Some voices without strength reached Kawakami's ears, and Kawakami pursed his lips and said nothing,

'Can't lose, no matter what, you have to get on base!' ’

Kawakami tried to block part of the inner corner route with his body, and when he saw Kawakami like this, Tadano made a secret signal towards Naruto Narumiya.

Seeing the code of Tada, Cheng Gongming shook his head, a little helpless.

'At this time, although the urge to the inner angle is it! That position, even if he is knocked down, is his responsibility.

Since he will block that position, he must have realized something, if he is afraid, he will naturally dodge, it is better not to dodge, just use all his strength to defeat him! ’

Although he felt that there was some danger and did not agree with such Tadano, he succumbed to the insistence of his pitcher.

Just like Narumiya Naruto, although Kawakami was mentally prepared, but in the face of the menacing ball flying towards him, his body subconsciously dodged.

"Good shot!"

Kawakami, who was aware of his movements, clenched the bat in his hand,

'He knew I could dodge, so he used a slider that went from the bad ball belt to the good ball belt.....

The retreat for a while made Kawakami's original courage show signs of fading.

But even if he doesn't fade, Kawakami can't escape the fate of being struck out, after all, he is not good at blowing.

"And one more .... And one more...."

Inami's support seat shouted, and there was only one last number of outs left before Inami's final victory.

"Higasa fights out!"

"Come on, Higasa!"

The solidarity on Qingdao's side is by no means weaker than theirs. At this moment, Rong Chun, who had finished the exercise and was carrying an ice pack, stood at the fence of the rest area, and also worked hard to cheer Higasa.

Higasa, who came to the strike zone, felt the weight of his whole body, and could hear his own heavy breathing.

Even though he knew his teammates were expecting him, he still didn't have much confidence.

"Swing the stick, Higasa-senpai, if you don't swing the stick, you can't fight it!"

Rong Chun's voice struck Hikasa's mind with a penetrating feeling.

Looking at Inami, who already had a good number of balls, he understood that he had to swing the bat, for the team, for the trump card, and for himself!

"Bang!"

"Good shot!"

"And one more ball .... And one more ball...."

"One more ball, Naru!"

"It's going to hit it, Hikasa."

"Up, Higasa!"

"Phew!"

The wish that carried Higasa on the bat and hit!

The baseball didn't fly very far, but because of the clever landing point, coupled with Higasa's hard running and final sliding base, Higasa managed to get to first base.

When he threw himself on the ground, he heard the referee's "safe", and almost burst into tears.

Getting up from the ground, Higasa looked at the rest area, and what caught his eye was the scene of Rong Chun smiling and holding up his thumb.

Then Superintendent Kataoka also made a code, which made Higasa and the base commander look serious.

Kuramochi also touched the brim of his hat to indicate that he had received it. Kuramochi's goal is to push the base pack and get on base at the same time.

Kuramochi observed Inami's defense, presumably to prevent his short hits, so the guard was more forward, but both the second baseman and the first baseman did not move on the base, ready to touch the runner at any time.

There was only one number left left, and both Aodo and Inami were very nervous.

"Come on, Lord Cheetah, now is the time for you to become a hero!"

"Come on!"

It's obviously a very tense moment, but Kuramochi feels strangely calm now.

After exhaling slowly, he looked at Narumiya and waited quietly for his first goal.

"Phew!"

"Out of bounds!"

"Bang!"

"Bad ball!"

"Yo Xi, you can see it very clearly, Kurachi!"

"Good choice!"

"Bang!"

“safe..”

Just as Kuramochi was waiting for the third ball, Narumiya suddenly threw a diversion ball.

It turned out that he had already discovered that while he was entangled with Kuramochi, Higasa had quietly moved away from the base bag.

But fortunately, the base commander noticed Cheng Gongming's actions and quickly reminded Higasa, which made him return to the base in a thrilling way.

"Whew..... It's scary! ”

"Really, it's not good for the heart!"

Narumiya's sudden restraint did not make Higasa cancel the idea of stealing the base, but it was more firm.

Now that it has been discovered, Higasa is blatantly causing trouble for Narumiya.

As powerful as Cheng Gong Ming, after such a long period of high-intensity competition, it is inevitable that there will be distractions.

Under Kurachi's entanglement and Hikasa's troubles, Kuramochi grabbed a missed ball from Narumiya and successfully formed a hit-and-run offensive.

All of a sudden, the field became a situation where there were people on first and third base. Now the runner who tied the score was already standing in the scoring circle, and as for a hit.

But for Inami, it would be good to just suppress the last beater.

Cheng Gongming saw the thin and a little shy teenager in front of him, and then made a move.

At such a critical moment, Inami actually chose to fill the base!!

This move caused an uproar, although it is said that it is not easy to score points when the base is full, but if it fails, it will be directly overturned.

What's more, the next three batters Baizhou has always been a stable scorer in Qingdao, and why Cheng Gongming is so confident to solve this hitter is even more unexpected.

In any case, the full base has been formed, and Baizhou is also standing in the strike zone, and when it comes to the final decisive time, whether it is a thought of heaven or a thought of hell, it will be seen in the end.

Facing Hakushu, Narumiya smiled, then raised his arms high and threw the baseball.

Looking at the baseball flying over, Hakushu waved the bat, and just as he was about to hit, the trajectory of the baseball suddenly changed.

The baseball, which failed to hit the center of the ball, flew head-on. At the same time, Higasa at third base also started and ran towards home plate.

"I'm coming!"

Narumiya's voice exploded in the center of the court, causing Tadano, who was struggling with whether to catch the ball or stay at home plate, suddenly reacted and was ready to catch the ball and kill.

Narumiya, who ran down from the pitcher's mound, had his glove facing forward, and the baseball bounced straight into the glove.

Yu Guang saw Higasa who was about to rush into home plate, and without thinking much about it, Narumiya passed the baseball directly with his gloves, and he also fell down because of his unstable center of gravity.

After receiving the baseball, Tadano faced Higasa, who rushed over, and stood firmly at home plate.

“out！”

“.....”

"Ahhh Naruto, Tadano !! ”

The players in the Inami rest area all rushed to the center of the field to hug the players who brought them victory.

Rong Chun, who was propped up on the fence, and the other players lowered their heads.

Miyuki returned to his rest area from the waiting area and put away his equipment.

gently patted Rong Chun's shoulder,

"They're back, Sawamura...."

Rong Chun's body under the palm of Miyuki's hand shook, then lowered his head and wiped his eyes with his arm, raised his head, cheered up, and smiled at the returning players.

"Great work....."

In the third game of the autumn competition, the score of Inami vs. Qingdao was 2--1, Inami entered the quarterfinals, and Qingdao was defeated.

Everyone lined up to thank the audience for their support, and Rong Chun listened to the constant messages from above,

"It was a great game."

"You've done a great job!"

“.......”

So what, the game was still lost, and in the end it was lost in terms of strength. ’

Rong Chun's hanging hands clenched tightly into fists,

No matter how exciting the game is, if you lose, you lose, the result will not change, if we accept the current defeat, then we will not improve in the slightest. ’

On the bus back to school, everyone was silent, some people cried silently, and some people leaned against the window and stared blankly at the outside world.

This silence lasted for a long, long time, and Inspector Kataoka and the others knew that the students were very clear about the current situation, so they didn't say anything.

The competition is over, but the school life of Rong Chun and others is not over yet.

The classmates also learned about the games of the baseball club, especially some of the people who went to the scene to see the baseball club players better understood the feelings of the baseball club players, and they comforted the players who lost the game in their own way.

Although there was a bit of silence due to the defeat and Supervisor Kataoka felt that the players should be given a period of rest, everyone still came to the training ground on time to prepare for morning training the day after the competition.

There is no supervision, no minister, just a group of teenagers who do not admit defeat and continue to forge ahead.

In addition, the team conflict caused by Abian and others has still not been resolved, but it is also because everyone is not in the mood to solve it now.

Looking at the sluggish juniors, the seniors of the third grade are ready to move.

"It's been a great time to compete in the fall.... Is the winner this time Inami? ”

"Yes, I'm sorry....."

"Huh!? What are you talking about! ”

Iza looked at the front garden that apologized to him with an unkind face.

"There is no need to apologize to us at all, you are the current players, we have retired, you are only sorry for yourself!

Also, it's just a game, as for being so sluggish? If you lose this time, you will find it back in the next Summer Liga qualifiers and the Kanto Tournament, and you still have a lot of time.

Take advantage of the time of the rice game, desperately enrich yourself, just like the rice market has done, practice yourself to vomit, practice to death, and then next time, hit Cheng Gongming's ball hard against the home run wall! ”

Izaki said viciously, but this attitude made Maezono and the others feel much better.

"Yes, there is really no opponent to deal with, and we have to continue."

Miyuki touched his nose and said seriously, Izawaki looked at his juniors with a smile, he knew that this setback was nothing to them.

"But Sawamura is really good, how is he doing? Did you cry because you lost the game? ”

"It seems like I cried a little at the end, but the expression behind me has always been calm."

To be honest, they are also more worried about Rong Chun's state, obviously he is a crybaby, but after the game, he is comforting everyone.

"Well, we'll go over and train with you later, let's see how Sawamura is doing."

"Then it's going to be a hassle for seniors."

In addition to comforting ways like Izaki, there are other third-year seniors who also said,

"But then you can go on a graduation trip, and if you have a girlfriend, you can create a lot of memories."

When Menda-senpai said this, it should have been in a tone of joy and ridicule, but his face and tone revealed another feeling.

It seems that the seniors didn't go on the graduation trip last year, so it seems that there is a sense of resentment. ’

Izoshiki senior on the side waved his hand and said,

"Don't think about it, this group of people won't have girlfriends."

Izanoshiki had a fierce look in his eyes, as if he was saying that whoever among you has a girlfriend will kill whomever he wants.

The juniors couldn't help but bow their heads, although they really don't have a girlfriend, even if they have now, they can't say it!

Just when everyone was about to separate, Miyuki looked at the back of the knot,

"That, forming a senior, can I delay your lunch break for a while?"

Yu Xing said with some apprehension, and stared at him for a while, then raised his arm and made a chess move,

"This?"

"It's not about shogi, absolutely not!"

This action made Miyuki reflexively want to escape, and he suppressed the instinctive feeling of his body and quickly retorted again and again.