"General...... General? Captain! ”

When he came back to his senses, Shikiichi realized that it was Agni calling him.

- General...... I'm not used to him calling me that.

"Really, why did you fall asleep in the car? Is it just a lack of sleep? Agni said coldly.

"No...... Sorry ......"

"Cheer up, Minami," said Coach Hisakabe, "you are the starting pitcher and 1 batter today, which should have been avoided as much as possible, but for the sake of future considerations, we can only use today's game to test the tactics." But I believe you, it's entirely possible that you're up to the task! Don't worry, in order not to overburden you, I won't let you finish this game today. ”

Generally speaking, it is taboo to arrange the starting pitcher as a 1-bat. Coach Kusakabe knew this but still did it, and it was quite bold to arrange it in such a single-elimination game.

- Am I such a special being?

Shiyi looked at his hands, then took a deep breath - it seemed that there was nothing wrong with his body. And he remembered waking up early, washing, eating breakfast, and boarding the bus to school, and it seemed that he was not dreaming now, and that he had indeed escaped from that terrible dream.

- No, it's not so much that I escaped from that dream, but that I broke that dream on my own initiative.

Because before the dream ended, he seemed to have made the right choice......

***

The light on both sides was equally dazzling, and even so, he could see it clearly—on the left was the weapon, and on the right was his teammates led by Agni.

It was supposed to be a difficult choice to make, but for some reason, he involuntarily walked to the left.

"You can't replace Dongguo, but if it's the other way around, Dongguo's classmate can't replace you either. Why do you have to be a substitute for him? ”

Then he heard a voice from the other side, the voice of the coach of the Hisaka Department. Once upon a time, coach Kamibeppu used to say the same thing.

He stopped, and then quickly felt that the device in front of him seemed to be seducing him by sending some kind of signal.

- I'm afraid this is another trap set by Li Yuan, right? Indeed, until now, I wanted to replace him and become him, because I had spent all these years longing for him. Wait, I'm really just longing for him? No, I'm just trying to take shortcuts and be afraid of taking detours...... For me, he's a ready-made success story.

"If I could become like you......"

- If he can become a weapon, then he can do twice the result with half the effort no matter what. But......

"But I was wrong, it's just a coward who disguises his cowardice......"

- I'm such a coward, I'm always afraid that I'm going down the wrong path, so I'm afraid to do whatever I do......

"I know now, you must have taken a much longer detour than I did, right? And you know it's a detour, but you're still going to choose that path, really, what did you teach me? ”

He once thought that if the instrument disappeared on this road, then this road must also come to an end. But in fact, the road is still extending, but he doesn't have the courage to go down.

"But now I'm going to go down! Even if there is a detour ahead, I will go on! Just like you were at the beginning...... I know you can't go with me anymore, so now I'm going to say goodbye to you here......"

He turned and walked to the other side. Then, he did hear the voice behind him:

"That's fine, that's the right choice......"

***

"Nan, it's been a long time, and the last time we met was at the draw ceremony of the county competition last fall."

The captain of Santa Salikchia is still Shimura Kikage. However, when he saw him again, Shikiichi found that his appearance was completely different from that time. If anything, Shiiichi felt that his face seemed to have become much refreshed, and he didn't know what he had been through in the past ten months.

"Yes, I haven't seen you for a long time, you can pull down a strong team like Dade, it's really a lot stronger, it seems that we have to go all out today."

"Wherever we are, we are just lucky, if we just bet on luck, sooner or later we will run out of luck." Shimura said with a smile.

"Then, the captains of the two teams, please decide to attack first." The presiding judge said.

The next guess was immediately divided into winners and losers, and Shikione's stone won Shimura's scissors.

"Then I'm going to attack ...... first," Shikiichi said.

"Strike first?" The referee also seemed a little surprised and confirmed.

"Is that good? Give us the right to attack the back. Shimura asked.

"Of course," Shiichi said, "but don't get me wrong, I'm not underestimating you, I'm just trying to strike first." ”

Shiyi didn't lie, but what he dreamed about in his dream yesterday was told to others, and I'm afraid no one would believe it.

- Anyway, the successive attacks are different, and what I dreamed about yesterday should not be able to come true.

***

- Is this courage?

As he came into contact with the light, he felt his whole state of mind change.

When he looked back at the light on the other side, he saw that the light was gone.

"Just now, I really ...... Did you make the right choice......" he sighed.

When Shikiyoshi turned his head to look at the monster repeatedly, he saw that the monster had become much smaller, not small enough to give people any sense of intimidation.

"Is this my inner demon? Once you no longer feel fear in your heart, you will become so short! Shi Yi couldn't help but sigh.

***

"In the first half of the first inning, Chengfeng High School attacked, and 1 pitcher Nanjun."

[This game is the comeback game of the captain and ace south of Chengfeng High School, and the coach of the Hisakabe unexpectedly asked him to take on the responsibilities of starting pitcher and pioneer captain at the same time, let's look forward to his performance!] 】

[The ball is out!] The ball flies far away, what happens? Fly out! Chengfeng High School opened with a home run! Nan announced his perfect comeback with a kick in the opening game! Chengfeng High School leads 1-0! 】

- It's said that you can't have both a batout and a starting pitcher, but if you hit a home run at the beginning, then there's no problem.

This home run basically set the tone of the game, and in the next game, Chengfeng High School's line was frequently successful, and the defense was also leaky, although Santa Salickia played very tenaciously, but after the first half of the 7th inning, Chengfeng still took a huge 7-0 lead.

***

"Why...... Why can you see through my trap! Li Yuan said incompetently and furiously.

"Because I got courage from my buddies, and if I hadn't kept playing baseball, I don't think I would have met so many buddies! So, I'm thankful for Baseball that allowed me to meet so many friends! I love baseball! "I'd like to ask you the other way around, why did you play baseball?" Do you really love baseball? ”

"I ...... Of course I ......," Li Yuan said, and he was speechless.

"What's wrong? Why don't you go on? Do you feel untenable? Then I'll tell you for you! Shiichi raised his voice and said, "Baseball is just a tool for you to form a faction, and you are just a tool for your father, so how can you really like baseball!" ”

"You...... You are talking nonsense, if it is just a tool, why don't I choose football or something, baseball? Of course I ......am," Li Yuan argued.

(To be continued)