“…… Deceive me like this! ”

After the game, Yukiichi Ya, who was debunked by Kenta Maezono and Yoichi Kuramochi, who had problems with the ball, was angered by Shiichi Mingumo.

"Miyuki, I'm going to break up with you!!"

"Hehe..."Yuki Kazuya, who was grabbed by Nangumo Shiichi by the collar and kept shaking, hurriedly defended himself: "In order to make you stronger!" I'm going to..."

……

On August 28th, Qingdao Men's Hard Ball Club Court A.

"Bang!"

Chris reached up to catch the pitcher's in-corner, and at the same time, the batter from the Bright Star Academy swung his bat.

"Good shot, hitter out!"

"Really... It's amazing. "Overseer Kanazawa of Guangxing Academy looked at the female high school student named Nozomi Yanagi on the field and was shocked by their three up and three downs.

"It's only the first grade, it's so strong, it's worthy of being a monster who can get the attention of the whole field ball world!"

It is no wonder that the Seido Women's Hardball Club, as a start-up club, was able to win the championship in the National Women's Hardball Tournament in Colleges and Universities, and Yanagi Nozomi is the absolute trump card.

With a height of 178cm and a maximum ball speed of 152km/h, Nozomi Yanagi easily solved the first and second rounds of the line of Guangxing Academy, as well as the upper position of the third round of the line, and did not lose any points in the first seven innings, and was only hit by 2 teams.

Generally speaking, in the high school fieldball, it is more important for the pitcher to use the high-speed ball to reduce the ten, and the continuous high-speed straight ball often makes the non-professional high school hitter unable to start, which is why Yanagi was able to lead the team to win the National High School Women's Hardball Tournament when he formed a shooting partner with Rin Nishio, an excellent catcher of the same age.

On the other hand, the risk of the pitcher who is the main body of the change ball is greater, and once the change ball is guessed by the opponent, it is easy to form a long shot and lose points.

(PS: Nozomi Yanagi has no specific prototype in the real world, only some of the settings refer to Langxi Sasaki, which is my satire on many fandoms to the same protagonists; On the contrary, Rin Nishio, who is partnered with her, has a female high school student who is also a strong shoulder catcher and core four sticks in the middle school wild ball club as a prototype in reality. )

"Yanagi, your mission has been accomplished." Superintendent Kataoka turned to the female pitcher behind him.

"Understood!" Nozomi Yanagi nodded in agreement with Kataoka's arrangement.

"Tamba, it's up to you to pitch in the next game."

"Yes!" With a snort from the bench, Koichiro Tanba, who stood up, replied loudly to the superintendent.

Sitting on the bench to rest, Yanagi Nozomi didn't care if she could finish this practice match, if it wasn't for the rare opportunity to play against the men's strong team, she wouldn't have agreed to Superintendent Kataoka pitching on the board in this practice match, after all, she had just burned herself in the national conference not long ago, and what she needed most now was to rest for a while.

If you're a professional, a two-week tournament like Koshien usually only plays twice, with a total of about 200 to 250 pitches.

In the United States, pitchers between the ages of 16 and 18 are allowed to pitch a maximum of 110 pitches in a game and are allowed to play a maximum of two games per week. If you pitch more than 62 balls in a single game, you must rest for at least five days before you can play again.

In the week-long event on the 16th ~ 23rd, Yanagi played a total of 5 games, 2 of the All Japan Women's Hard Ball Players Conference (the quasi-decisive and decisive two games were postponed to September 18 because of the rainy weather), and the National High School Women's Hard Ball Players Rights Conference 3 games (one time of bye), there was only three days of rest in such a periodic event, and these five games were all completed by Yanagi Nozomi alone, and the consumption can be imagined.

……

"Hello!" In what he thought was a cool tone, Tian Jiu Guangsheng, a third-year student at the city university, said to the Qingdao people who were doing stretching exercises: "Who is the starter?" ”

"We have to pay back the revenge of the summer conference tenfold!!"

At the same time, Superintendent Tahara, a junior in the city, was talking with Superintendent Kataoka of Seido.

"Thank you so much for coming all the way today."

"Whereever, Kataoka BOY, we suddenly proposed to have a competition." Superintendent Tahara said as he stretched out his right hand to Superintendent Kataoka, "Please be merciful." ”

……

"The fall meeting may meet the junior year of the listing."

In the manager's room, the one-year manager Yui Natsukawa whispered to Takako Fujiwara, the senior sister next to him, "Is this really good?" ”

"It's not the win or defeat that matters, it's the content of the game." Takako Fujiwara's answer was very simple, "Everyone is also high-spirited, so it should be fine." ”

……

"Kimura, you pitch the first three innings." Superintendent Kataoka began to arrange the selection of starting pitchers and relay players: "Then they will play in the order of Tanba and Nagumo. ”

"Yes!" After replying to Kataoka's supervision, Takuya Kimura was very satisfied that he was the starting pitcher: "I'm the starter. ”

"Great, it's the first strike." Ichiro Sakai was delighted to start his game as a left fielder.

"Take advantage of this opportunity to win the selected position in one go." Jun Izagiki, who was standing next to him, reached out and patted Sakai's shoulder and said, after all, he hoped that the nine starters would all be second-year students.

"I can only fight!" In the face of Izagi's rare encouragement, Ichiro Sakai made his attitude clear to him.

……

"There's no need to be tempted..."Supervisor Tahara looked at the Qingdao player opposite, he knew very well the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides, "A head-to-head duel, suppressing the other party with strength is really strong!" ”

"Line up!"

"Ahh

With the order of the chief judge, Qingdao and the city junior rushed to the field together, and then lined up on both sides of the home plate.

"Please advise!"

On August 28th, at 1:30 p.m., the practice match of Qingdao vs City University officially began.

……

In the first seven innings, Takuya Kimura and Koichiro Tanba lost a total of three points; In the eighth and ninth innings, under the guidance of Takigawa Chris Yuu, Shiichi Minamigumo won the last six outs with only straight balls and variable speed balls, and won the practice match with the third of the city university with a score of 4:3.

Correspondingly, it also made the city junior and first-year student Tianjiu Guangsheng, more determined to defeat Qingdao as the direction of his later efforts, and after losing to Qingdao in the Xia Jia qualifiers and unable to enter Koshien, the tears of regret left by the principal of the real middle school were revenged.

"Thank you for your advice today." Superintendent Kataoka stretched out his right hand as he spoke, "I learned a lot from discovering various problems through the competition. ”

"No, Kataoka boy." Inspector Tahara also stretched out his right hand to shake hands with Inspector Kataoka, "We are the ones who have been taught." ”

"Well, whether it's summer or spring, or the upcoming Tokyo Metropolitan Government Games in autumn."

"If we encounter it in the formula battle, let's go all out! Kataoka BOY."

"Hmm!" Superintendent Kataoka nodded vigorously, indicating that he would also do his best.

"Go back, boy." Superintendent Tahara shouted to the junior contestant who was resting.

"Yes!".

……

After today's two practice matches, it was a routine post-game summary, although Qingdao and Aomori Prefecture's strong school Guangxing Academy played a big score difference of 7:0, but that was mainly due to Nozomi Yanagi. On the contrary, it was the later game with the city junior that was their most real level.