The saga of Reifuin High School is over.

After the retirement of the two seniors of the Kusakabe and Mito Division, the senior of the fire palace became the new captain, and the senior of the Mito Department continued as the acting coach until the end of the autumn tournament that year. Although the strength is not as good as before, we still relied on the foundation we have saved in the past few years to get the ticket for the second year's Spring Armor.

After the Mito department senior also stopped acting as a coach, he also found a regular coach with good quality to hand over, but the team still couldn't escape the fate of collapse, not only did the spring armor end in a fiasco, but even the summer tournament stopped in the third round of the government competition. qs

It wasn't until that time that I really felt that those two anti-heaven level seniors were no longer there, and it was no longer possible for Lingfeng Academy High School, which had been supported by the strength of the two of them, to continue to write legends.

"Senior Hisakabe was so expectant of me at the beginning, and Senior Mito was willing to sacrifice so much time to guide us, but in the end he could only hand over such results......" Senior Fire Palace said unwillingly, "This baseball club will be handed over to you next, you have to be far more talented than me, I believe you will not be as useless as me......"

No, senior, you are definitely a very capable senior, and you have fully fulfilled the duties of the captain, you have done your best, how can I be better than you? I really look forward to those two seniors because they are so special, and that's the only thing I feel confident that I won't lose to others.

But I knew very well in my heart that I was just an ordinary person. I used to dream of a career in baseball, but it didn't take long for me to start high school and I realized that I didn't have the qualifications to do so. No matter how much you look forward to those two seniors, the power converted is limited.

In the last summer, we lost to Heian High School in the semi-finals of the prefectural competition and missed out on Koshien, but we really did our best.

But something even more ruthless was yet to come. Before I graduated, Reifuin High School suffered a catastrophic loss due to a failed investment, and the death of Chairman Moon Shadow made it difficult for the school to continue operating on its own, so it had to change its legal entity, and it was eventually acquired by Kyoto University, and the name of the school became Reifu-high School affiliated with Kyoto University. The baseball club, which was already in decline, suffered a devastating blow, and failed to recruit new members in the new year, so it was abolished......

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At that time, I blamed myself very much, as the last captain of the baseball club, I had the feeling that the baseball club was ruined in my own hands.

I don't know how long it took for me to gradually realize that there are many reasons for the abolition of the baseball club, and it is more of an adult business, which is difficult to explain clearly in a sentence or two, and the responsibility assigned to my own head is actually negligible.

But even so, I still can't swallow this breath. I've already decided to give up professional baseball, but if I did, I wouldn't say yes. So when I went to college, I joined the baseball club and continued to play baseball, thinking about my future path.

When I was about to graduate from university, I made a phone call to the senior of the lower part of the university.

"Ah, Xiaotu, I really didn't expect you to come and take the initiative to contact me. I think you're pretty much on the verge of finding a job after graduation, right? ”

"Yes, I'm a little entangled now, if I just enter the society like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have the opportunity to play baseball again in the future, and I really can't give up so easily."

"In this way, it's a bit of a pity to miss the draft designation, but there should be a chance in the future."

"Senior, if I could decisively choose to play professional baseball, I wouldn't be so entangled. I don't have the same talent as you and Senior Xiaohei, and when I was still in the baseball club, I fantasized countless times that I could replicate the glory of when you were still there, but I couldn't ......do it."

"Don't always say that kind of frustration, as long as you don't plan to give up baseball, you still have a chance to create miracles, and you don't have to play baseball," the senior said, "The most important thing is to find a path that suits you, it's good not to play professional baseball, at least you won't be bothered by injuries......

I was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Senior, are you injured?" I watched your game on TV and I felt like you were playing very well and I didn't see anything wrong with it. ”

"It's really not a big deal now, but occasionally my shoulders feel sore," said the senior, "and I have to overdraft myself in order to gain a foothold in professional baseball."

I've grown up as fast as I can, and the doctor has warned me that a time bomb has been planted in my shoulder, and I'm afraid I won't be able to fight for a few years before I retire due to injury......"

"Then senior, you have to pay attention to your body, don't force yourself too much!" I am concerned.

"Thank you for your concern, but after entering the professional baseball, I feel more that I can't help myself, I have now become the team's @starting pitcher, the team and the fans are looking at me, I feel like I can't stop now......"

Later, everything was as the senior had a hunch, and the time bomb in his shoulder exploded, and as a result, he only played for five years in professional baseball before he left the game.

The experience of the senior also made me wake up, I really hope to be able to experience that kind of glory again, but even if I am as strong as the sun, the senior will have a time when I overdraft myself, not to mention the vast majority of other ordinary people.

The original intention of playing baseball is nothing more than to exercise the body and mind and surpass oneself, and if you only stare at Koshien or even the national championship, it will be too utilitarian. It's good to be self-motivated, but it's not worth it if you lose a lot because of a small loss, after all, it's a minority of the few who can always win. Even if you don't succeed, you must accept your failures calmly, draw nutrients from them, and let yourself grow.

After realizing this, I decided that I would return to my alma mater to become a teacher in the future, and of course, I also wanted to become a baseball coach and convey this concept to future players.

When I first arrived in Kyoto, my alma mater had not yet established a new baseball club. So I worked part-time as a part-time coach in youth baseball to gain experience, and at the same time discussed with the school about setting up a new baseball club.

Finally, when I was 28 years old, Kyoto Dairekaze finally re-established the baseball club, and I became the coach of the baseball club. Those two seniors created a baseball club at Reifuin High School, which didn't have a baseball club, and then created a legend of the times in one fell swoop, and it wasn't until then that I felt as if I had caught up with them a little bit.

Of course, I knew very well that building a baseball club from scratch would not be an easy task. After all, so many years have passed, and the Kyoto Great Lingfeng is no longer the invincible Lingfeng Academy of the year, and it is normal for the first few years to not be able to produce results. However, the school's student base is not bad, and it can reach the top 16 to top 8 in the prefectural competition, although there is still a gap between entering Koshien, but it is enough to witness the growth of the children.

It's nice to be able to break into Koshien, but the more important thing for me here is to pass on the spirit of the former Reifuin Temple as a link, and Koshien is just a by-product of this process. If the current baseball club has the soul of the team, I believe that in the near future, there will be a genius like those two seniors here. _o_m

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(To be continued).