Maruhaku-kakuichiro, Maru-Haku-jiro, Maru-Haku-saki Saburo, three white balls. It should be clear from the names that my father gave our three brothers that my father was an avid baseball fan, and all three of us brothers inherited our father's love for baseball.

Since the junior baseball period, I have formed a pitching game with my twin brother Qiu Jiro, and I am also a little famous among players of the same age. As for Ball Saburo, probably because he is two years younger than us, he has a lot less intersection with him in baseball.

Unfortunately, Qiu Jiro and I don't seem to be favored by God in terms of physical development. My father was obviously 180 tall, but Qiu Erlang and I didn't grow much when we were in the second year of junior high school, and Qiu Saburo surpassed us in height when he was in the sixth grade of elementary school. Qiu Jiro has always been obsessed with his height, after all, our brothers have long been determined to play professional baseball, and professional baseball games are very physical. However, I don't care much about my height, and since this is already the case, it is better to use my strengths and avoid weaknesses and develop my strengths in other areas.

My name is Kuichiro, my brother's name is Kuijiro, we are pitchers, and based on this information alone, many people take it for granted that I am a pitcher, and Ballojiro is a catcher. If you make such a conclusion, it will be a big loss. Ball Jiro and I have been swapping shots a lot since we started playing baseball, so we can both be pitchers and catchers. It's just that in terms of pitching skills, although I can throw faster balls, Qiu Jiro's skills are more comprehensive. So at that time, when we were playing, we even secretly swapped identities to confuse our opponents.

Speaking of why they decided to aspire to professional baseball so early, in fact, it is also because both brothers are looking forward to a professional baseball player, who is Yuncho Nakano, who once played in Major League Baseball. In the fall of our second year of junior high school, Nakano, who had just retired from the army, accepted an invitation from Hyogo to become the coach of the baseball club there, and the news caused a sensation in the baseball world of almost all of Japan, and it also shook our hearts.

At that time, we were all thinking: in the next year or so, let's prepare well, go to Mingshi Chaofeng, and then enter the baseball club, so that we won't become the apprentices of idols?

So Akashi Chaofu's special student exam, we didn't hesitate to sign up for it. Although we have been playing soft ball for three years in junior high school, we are confident in our own strength.

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The exam is divided into two days, and the first day of the preliminary test tests the basic ability. Sure enough, as we expected, this level of exam was not difficult for our brothers, I got the fourth place, and Qiu Jiro won the second place, and there were 18 places shortlisted for the second day's re-examination, so our ranking can be said to be quite high.

"Brother, our rankings are good, and tomorrow's retest will be fine! After all, the announcement said that there are 10 admission places this year, and our current ranking is already within the qualifying places!"

"yes, as long as you play normally tomorrow......

This is not the first year of Akashi Chaofu's special student exam, but it is the first time that two rounds of selection will be conducted in two days, which means that no one knows the content and format of tomorrow's exam. In previous years, there were only 5 finalists, and this year it has doubled for the first time. If you want to say the reason, in fact, it is not difficult to guess, after all, the new coach is a well-known Nakano player, and there are too many people coming to him, so there are many people who sign up this year.

In previous years, when only 5 people were recruited, maybe the top 5 were directly passed, but ...... For some reason, there was always a sense of foreboding in my heart.

With this uneasiness, the next day's exam began.

"Let's announce the process of the next day's exam. The 18 candidates will be divided into 3 teams: red, white and blue, with 6 people in each team; The three teams conducted a round-robin mini-tournament of 3 rounds each, and the final team with the first place team passed the exam, the second team with 3 people passed, and the third team with 1 person passed, with a total of 10 passing places; The 6 men are only responsible for the capture and the garrison of the infield, and the outfield is guarded by our own troops. In order to ensure the balance of the strength of each team, the group method is to divide into three brackets according to the ranking of yesterday's preliminary test, and two people from each bracket will be selected to form a team."

I roughly understand the rules of the retest, and I probably know what the anxiety that arose in my heart yesterday is. Other words

, even if you are at the top of the initial test yesterday, you are very likely to be eliminated! At the same time, another uneasiness arose in my heart.

"Please come forward and draw the color balls in order!"

Subsequently, yesterday's No. 1 Ichiwen drew a ball.

"No. 1 Ichi-kun, White Team! Next!"

After that, it's the turn of the ball to be drawn.

"No. 2 Maru Hakuku-kun, Blue Team! Next!"

"No. 3 Yagami-kun, White Team! Next!"

Two of the top six players have already been drawn white, which means that I can only draw red or blue. Please, at least let me draw the same color as Qiu Jiro!

"No. 4 Maru Hakuku-kun, RED! Next!"

I couldn't help but sigh, the bad premonition really came true again, and Qiu Jiro and I were separated. Ever since he started playing baseball, no matter who shoots or catches, we have never dismantled the match in an official game, because after the match, it is difficult for us to play our original strength.

But it's already here, and there's no way around it. If our two teams can get the top two, maybe there is still a lot of hope that we can qualify, but I am afraid that one team will be at the bottom...... If I can't qualify for both, at least I'd like to give him this spot......

"First game, BLU vs. RED! The blue team strikes first, and the red team attacks last!"

Before I could think about it, I was going to face off against Qiu Erlang as soon as I came up.

"Brother, don't think too much, fight as much as you want, I actually want to compete with you for a long time."

"Okay, I got it......

As I expected, Qiu Jiro and I were going to throw each other. As a pitcher, it couldn't be easier to let go of the water and let the ball Erlang win, but now that the five candidates on my team have handed over the power of life and death to me, I can't do such a despicable thing no matter what!

As a result, I accidentally used my best strength and didn't let my opponent score, after all, it is difficult for anyone other than Qiu Jiro to catch my ball in one or two seats. The catcher who partnered with Ball Jiro seems to be the last Nikaido.,It's pretty good to catch Jiro's ball for the first time to reach that level.,It's just that I caught a flaw in the end.。

「gaset！ 1-0, RED wins! Then the second game is played, the red team plays the white team, the red team attacks first, and the white team attacks later!"

Although I'm a little sorry for Qiu Erlang, I don't have time to think about it, because we have to play the second game, and it's good that the white team didn't see the game just now, otherwise we would really suffer a big loss.

(To be continued)