(Continued)

After the race, I found the gadget. Before the game, I imagined a hundred scenarios of meeting after the game, but I didn't imagine the scene where we lost the game, and finally tears of unwillingness flowed.

"Congratulations on reaching the finals, you will definitely be able to make it to Koshien this time......"

"Thank you......"

"Next time...... The next time we meet, I will definitely take revenge on this arrow in person! With that, I wiped away my tears.

At this moment, Xiao Yi also came over. Speaking of which, the reason why Xiaoqi was able to score a winning score also depended on Xiaoyi's wonderful running at the end. I realized that although Xiaoqi is very powerful, this Chengfeng High School is definitely not a team of Xiaoqi alone, but he alone has made a qualitative leap in the whole team, which is the most terrifying. I'm afraid that the pattern of Hyogo Prefecture will also change dramatically because of this.

After that, Seikaze High School won the finals, and Koki and Koichi also entered Koshien one step ahead of me and reached the quarterfinals. I felt like I had been left behind by them.

***

After the third-year seniors retired, we had a few practice matches, and as a result, the second senior was accidentally injured in the game, so before the fall tournament started, I got the back number 2, which is the position of the main catcher.

"It's great, but in the end, you got the single-digit number before me, and your efforts have finally paid off," Yiwen applauded, "We have a chance to form a surrender in the future, please take care of it." ”

"Actually, if I could, I really didn't want to take the number in this form," I said, "Senior Eryou is more stable and experienced than me, and if he is a regular catcher, our combat power will definitely be stronger." ”

"Don't say that, Senior Eryou told me before, even if he is not injured, he will persuade the coach to give you the position of the main catcher, do you know why?" Yiwen said, "Because you are the only hitter in the team that I can't suppress with ball speed, in this case, you are the trump card for us to deal with Dongguo!" ”

I was stunned: Am I a killer weapon for dealing with gadgets? So, I'm finally back on the same starting line with him?

"We all have to work hard, I don't want to go through that kind of failure a second time, especially to the guy in the same grade as us......"

***

Everything is ready, this new team is about to take off again, this time the goal is of course to get a ticket to next year's Spring League, and then dominate the country again.

However, as the so-called rivalry road is narrow, in the quarterfinals of the fall county competition, we met Chengfeng High School again. If you don't enter the top four of the prefectural competition first, you won't be able to enter the competition after that, and it will naturally be difficult to get an invitation to participate in the spring armor. Therefore, this game can be said to be another battle of Mt. Tenno, which is about Koshien tickets. I wanted to march into Chunjia with them, but fate arranged it like this, so there was no way.

They made it to the top eight in the country for the first time they entered Koshien, so this time we will definitely not take the enemy lightly, but treat them as strong heroes.

As I expected, he became an ace in this tournament, after all, his strength has convinced everyone. However, he did not start this game, and I felt more fortunate at that time than regretful: maybe due to the change of mood, I hope the team can win more than playing against him.

The opponent's ace didn't start, so we naturally wanted to take the opportunity to take a big lead and seal the win. We had a lead in hits from the start, but it wasn't until the fifth inning that I hit a shot that we took the lead. I suddenly realized that the impact of the retirement of the third-grade seniors on us was actually far greater than that of the other party, especially our line, which seemed to be difficult to connect in series.

But the good thing is that my home run has brought momentum to the team, and there is hope for a few more points in this inning. But at this moment, that person was on board, and I finally had the opportunity to face him. But as soon as he came up, he turned the tide of the game again with a brilliant goal, we didn't score again, and in the second half they responded with a spring cannon, and the score became 1-1.

In the bottom half of the 9th inning, Ichijo went on the court as a rescue pitcher and survived the inning, and the game went into an extended inning. Probably due to excessive pressure, in the second half of the 10th inning, when facing the substitute playing the junior one, I had already struck him out, but I missed a key goal, causing him to die and strike out on base. And after that......

[Fly out!] Goodbye 2-point home run! Pitcher Dong Guo personally drew an end to this game! 3 to 1! No one thought that this year's biggest dark horse Chengfeng High School would slash the king Akashi Chaofeng twice in a row in Xia and Autumn! 】

Lost again, lost completely, lost so much that I couldn't find any excuse to refute, and at the same time, next year's Chunjia is also drifting away from us......

Why? Why can't you defeat the small device? What are we missing now?

***

That night, I stayed up late in the bath in my dorm room, still remorseful about my failures during the day. At this moment, a person opened the door, and a tall figure emerged from the fog - it was Coach Nakano!

I was startled and hurriedly stepped out of the bath to make way for a quick escape.

"Nikaido, don't be in a hurry to leave, I have something I want to talk to you about, you should have a lot to say, right?" After saying that, the coach walked into the bath and sat down.

I had to retreat into the bath again, and I was very nervous for a while. After all, Coach Nakano used to be a star-level player, but as a coach, he faded from the halo of a star, and he was like a strict teacher. It's been almost half a year since I joined the ministry, and I haven't been alone with him yet, what will he say to me?

"Nikaido, do you regret coming to Akashi Chaofeng?"

I was stunned and hurriedly said, "How could it be!" ”

"I know, you used to play with Dongguo, Nan, and Pingxing in the same youth baseball, and Pingxing recommended you to take the special student exam here before," the coach said, "but we lost to them twice in a row in one year." ”

"Nothing!" I continued to deny, "I did want to play with them again, but I also wanted to go to the next level! Losing to them only shows that I'm not strong enough, so just get stronger! ”

"I'm relieved to have you say that," the coach said, "you know what? When you took the re-examination, I actually promoted you, because I think attitude is the most important thing compared to talent, and I really didn't think the wrong person......"

I didn't speak for a while, could it be that the coach was testing me with what I said just now?

"But I'm still immature as a coach," the coach said, "and I thought I was great when I won the national championship in my first year on the job, but I'm actually just a rookie." ”