"Whew!"

"Bang!"

Although he knew that the baseball flying over him would not hit him, the first-year hitter still shrunk his neck, did not dare to swing the metal bat in his hand, and let the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound fly in front of his eyes.

"What's the matter, aren't you going to swing the bat?" Superintendent Kataoka looked at the first-year hitter standing in the batting area and said, "If you don't want to swing the bat, go down." ”

"I ...... I'm going to swing it! The first-year hitter hurriedly said to Superintendent Kataoka, and then mustered up the courage to stand in the batting area and make a gesture of waiting for the strike.

Keisuke Miyauchi looked at the beater in front of him again, and then compared the code to Koichiro Tanba. Koichiro Tanba followed his code and threw the baseball in his hand.

"Whew!"

Looking at the direction the baseball flew from, the first-grader gritted his teeth and swung the bat in his hand with all his might.

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

“Strike out.“

The first-year student looked at the baseball that had been successfully caught by the ball sleeve of the senior in the palace, and walked back to the rest area of the freshman with the bat in his head down.

The second hitter on the court was obviously more unconfident than the previous hitter, swung the bat three times indiscriminately, and ran back to the rest area in a gloomy manner.

The third hitter on the court was left hitter Nakatanaka, who walked to the batting area, swung his bat and made a gesture of waiting for the blow.

In the first round, you can't pursue the ball and have to hit it, as long as you can keep up with the pitch of Tanba senior, you can achieve your goal.

Keisuke Miyauchi looked at the junior who was standing on the batting area with a calm expression, his fingers drooped, and then he made a gesture to the Danbobi on the pitcher's mound.

Koichiro Tanba nodded, adjusted his grip with his right hand hidden in the ball case, and then raised his leg and waved his arm to throw the baseball in his palm. Isn't it a curveball?

Nakatanaka looked at the completely different path of the ball and vigorously swung the metal bat in his hand.

Unexpectedly, the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound suddenly floated up when it was about to reach home plate, causing the bat swung out by Nakatanaka to not be able to touch the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound at all.

"Bang!"

“Strike.“

Nakatanaka's brows are furrowed, will it suddenly float up the variant straight ball? It's even harder for him to hit Tamba's senior now.

In the end, Nakatanaka also missed with three swings, allowing Koichiro Tanba to put the first-year hitter up and down three times, ending the first half of the first game.

"Oh! Oh-oh-"

Koichiro Tanba stood on the pitcher's mound looking a little excited, and after calming down, he ran back to the rest area with the others.

At the same time, the audience outside the stadium was also talking.

"That pitcher's pitch is amazing!"

"Haha, you don't know, do you? It was a very exaggerated longitudinal curve, but it was Tanba's decisive goal. ”

"It's rare to be able to throw a ball with such a wide range of variations in Takano."

The noisy audience, the pitchers in a fiery state, and the oppressive seniors seem to be surging towards the new students like a tide.

"Oh, as soon as you come up, let the freshmen go up and down three times."

"Tamba's form today looks really good."

"Haha, isn't that a landslide victory? I thought there would be an accident in this year's Red and White War, so I was looking forward to it! ”

"Isn't it every year?"

In the second half of the first inning, it was the freshmen who defended.

The starting pitcher was Kengo Kawashima, a first-year student, who chose Aodo after receiving an invitation from Aomichi, although he was not invited in as a pitcher; The first catcher is the talent of the catcher, second only to Yukikazu and Hiroshi Ono of Naoya.

Kurosaki squinted at the pale, stiff-mannered defenders on the field, who were gathering on the pitcher's mound and talking in a low voice, his eyes swept over the noisy spectators outside the arena, the seniors with solemn bat wields waiting to strike, and finally landed on the catcher Hiroshi Ono.

At this moment, Ono Hiroshi, like the freshmen gathered around, frowned and remained silent, as if he had no way to lead this team of freshmen.

Is that so?

Kurosaki retracted his gaze from the complex emotions that welled up in his heart under high pressure, looked down at the dark brown pitcher's ball sleeve on his hand, and stroked the lines on the ball sleeve with his fingers. Hiroshi Ono, why did you choose Seido?

“Play Ball.“

With the voice of Kataoka supervision, the second half of the first game began.

It's a pity that compared to the first-year students' lack of results in the first half of the game, the attack of the second- and third-year students in the second half of the game can be described as ferocious.

The atmosphere on the first-year side's side became significantly gloomy, and Superintendent Kataoka took a brief look at it, and did not say anything more about it, and continued with the first half of the second game.

"Come on! Try to touch Tamba's pitch first. Kenta Maezono suddenly shouted at the same level student who was about to strike on the field, but unfortunately it was only exchanged for a look back from the other party who had no fighting spirit, with a look of "you can do it".

Kenta Maezono wanted to say something more, but Kenjiro Hakushu, who was standing next to him, patted him on the back and told him not to say any more.

Kenjiro Hakushu looked at the two Yukiichi and Kuraza Naoya, who were sitting together and observing the situation on the field, believing that they, like him, had already seen it; Most of the players selected by Superintendent Kataoka in the first round are low-level club members, and it is estimated that after playing the second game, at most the third game, they will be replaced, and when the time comes to replace them and play against the seniors, they are trying to perform!

Although this seems to be a bit unkind, it is more important now to get Superintendent Kataoka to notice him.

"The seniors are really serious."

Hearing this, Kurosaki Kazutaka turned his head sideways, and found that the bald boy next to him, who had been wiping his bat, stopped what he was doing, looked at him, smiled, and introduced himself: "My name is Shoji Higasa." ”

Kurosaki Ichitaka nodded, showing a polite smile, looking gentle and friendly: "Hello, my name is Kurosaki Ichitaka." ”

Higasa Shoji smiled and nodded in response, "Wait a minute, let's do it together." ”

Kurosaki Iktaka tried to gain Shoji Higasa's trust with a bright smile, "Well, let's do it together!" ”

As time passed, the attacks of the second- and third-year seniors became more and more ferocious, and the freshmen's garrison was vulnerable, and in the second half of the second game, by the time Kengo Kawashima won the third number of outs in the second game, the old students had already scored another six points on the scoreboard.

Higasa was watching the game intently when a chuckle suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Huh!"

He subconsciously turned his head to look over, and found that the dark-skinned young man sitting next to him no longer gave him the feeling he had before, and the sneering expression on his face that had only shown a friendly smile not long ago swept away.

Higasa Shoji was stunned for a moment, as if he was wondering if he had read it wrong?

The dark-skinned boy on the side seemed to notice his abnormality, Kurosaki Ichitaka turned his head to look at Shoji Higasa in front of him, and smiled politely again, "Higasa? ”