After the end of the three rounds of the battle with Yasuda Gakuen,Qingdao people immediately took the school bus back to school.,Except for the day Yuki Tetsuya and Yagami night,The dormitory team members returned to the dormitory to put the ball equipment,Only to the conference room to gather.。

At the same time, the members of the second army who went to another stadium to record the opponent's game also returned, and they gave the video and scorebook of Inagi Industry vs Seikon Gakuen to Superintendent Kataoka before leaving.

"Let's review it later in today's game, first take a look at the video of Daocheng Industry against Chengkong School Park, and learn about the opponent of the semi-finals." Superintendent Kataoka turned on the TV and sat down to watch the video of the game.

Nariko Gakuen (the prototype here is Horikoshi High School, the actual date of the game is October 23) as a famous baseball powerhouse in West Tokyo, in this game with Inagi Industry played back and forth, the two sides finally played a full nine games with a score of 5:4, Inaki Industry won the three rounds with a narrow advantage of 1 point, and entered the semifinals.

After the video was broadcast, Superintendent Kataoka first said what he thought of the players who performed better in this game, and then asked people to play the video of Seido's match against Yasuda Gakuen.

During the playback, Superintendent Kataoka put his hands behind his back and kept walking around the Seido crowd.

After the video was broadcast, Superintendent Kataoka walked in front of the Qingdao people and stood still, looking at the group of teenagers in front of them.

"I watched the previous games and saw that there was a problem.

Everyone in the first army looked at Superintendent Kataoka standing in front of everyone in silence.

'In the first three games you looked really good, but when you get a headwind, your defence can be scattered and your blows weak. Superintendent Kataoka's gaze swept over the nine starters.

"You've had a lot of luck so far, you haven't faced a strong opponent, will you start to get complacent about reaching the semi-finals?"

Supervised by Kataoka said this, because the game was over, the players who had begun to relax sat up straight.

"Think for yourself, are you really doing so well that you're doing it impeccably?" Superintendent Kataoka clasped his hands in front of his chest and said loudly, "Every opponent in the future will repeatedly study your previous matches and come up with various ways to break your defense!" If you only have that quality, it's only a matter of time before you lose. ”

Superintendent Kataoka is worthy of being a former baseball fool, and he likes to strike them accurately when these baseball fools are in full swing.

But they forgot that they are just a group of teenagers who urgently need to be recognized, and if they blow too hard, they may not even be able to play at the level they should have.

Minister Ota on the side and Yagami in the team felt that Inspector Kataoka's criticism was too harsh at this time.

"I know you've been working hard to improve yourself and have made a lot of progress, but on the field, you should be a team, not a piece of sand, don't just think about doing your part, always pay attention to the situation on the court, and know what you should do for it!"

"Only by constantly honing their own skills and strengthening the ability of teamwork can we overcome one strong opponent after another and achieve the ultimate victory."

There was silence in the conference room, and only the voice of Supervisor Kataoka kept ringing, "In the semi-final with Inagi Industry, I am going to let Sakai take the lead, and Jinguji will only be able to play after the seventh game." ”

Hearing this, Hirokazu Sakai and Jinguji both looked up at Superintendent Kataoka, however, the latter did not explain this,

"When the heart of the guard, the ace, is not there, let me see how far you can go."

"Yes!" The people of the first army replied loudly, and at this moment, everyone except Yagami had the so-called determination to 'keep winning'.

Superintendent Kataoka is worthy of being a Japanese language teacher, and in just a few words, while waking up some of the players who were fluttering after winning the game, he also completely stimulated the competitive spirit of the teenagers.

"For the semi-finals on October 29, I will wait until the 28th to announce the remaining starting list except for the pitchers, and I hope you can bring victory to your trump card!"

After Superintendent Kataoka finished speaking, he said to Hiroshi Sakai, who was sitting in the crowd and looked up at him, "Sakai, come with me to the office, and the others will dissolve on their own." ”

After Hiroshi Sakai followed Superintendent Kataoka to the office, Superintendent Kataoka found the journal belonging to Hiroshi Sakai from the pile of baseball diaries on his desk and opened it.

"I hope I can have a better mentality, become stronger, and become an indispensable force for the team...... Hopefully there will be more opportunities to play. After Superintendent Kataoka finished reading Hiroshi Sakai's diary, he turned his head to look at Hiroshi Sakai who was standing aside, "You're the starting pitcher for the semifinals, I hope you can do what you say!" ”

Yu Sakai lowered his head and replied in a low voice, "I'll do it, Supervisor!" ”

"Sakai, you're lucky compared to Jinguji."

At Kataoka's sudden words, Yu Sakai could only raise his head and look at him in confusion.

"When the third grader is not retired, you can retire when you can't stand the pressure; When the third-grader retires, you can still retire when you can't stand the pressure, but at this time, Jinguji can't retreat, because he is the trump card, and if he also retreats, then Qingdao will lose the game with the opponent. ”

"Yagami was knocked out of a home run in the previous match, and you hit a home run in the final of the qualifiers, but you and he played completely differently after that. You are running away and giving up on yourself, but Yagami is facing up to your mistake and overcoming it. ”

"I can keep giving you a chance to play, but there are only so many games in Koya, and if you can't take those chances, then — I'd rather leave the chances to those who can."

"Overseer......" Hiroshi Sakai looked directly at Superintendent Kataoka in front of him and said loudly, "I will work hard, thank you Superintendent, willing to give me another chance."

"It's not enough to just say it, you have to prove it to me with practical actions! In other words, in the semi-finals against Inagi Industry on October 29, how long you can stay on the court as a starting pitcher depends on your own performance. Superintendent Kataoka folded his hands on his chest and said in a very serious tone.

"Yes!" Yu Sakai replied loudly.

Superintendent Kataoka nodded, pointing to the location of the door, signaling for Hiroshi Sakai to leave.

After Hiroshi Sakai left, Superintendent Kataoka took out the list of the Second Army and circled the names of several members of the Second Army with a pen to see if he could be promoted from the Second Army to the First Army after the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly in the fall.