September 11th, Autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly 2nd, one qualifier, one round, Setagaya Ward, Kuroshikan Stadium, Seido vs Setagaya Gakuen.

The problems exposed in the previous practice match, as well as the first formula battle of the new team, the Seido people came to the Black Shikan High School with all kinds of uneasiness.

"Bang!"

As the batter swung misses, Chris's glove in front of his crotch catches Tanba's longitudinal curveball.

"Good ball, hitter out."

For the performance of the new ace of Qingdao, Koichiro Tanami, the players of Setagaya Gakuen opened their mouths wide and were surprised.

They thought that after Qingdao changed their trump cards, they would be able to fight with each other, but they thought that the reality was still so cruel.

"It works!"

"It's not over yet!"

The Setagaya students who supported Setagaya Gakuen were shouting desperately, but unfortunately the final result was that Seichi ended the game early with a score of 12:2 in six games.

"The level is completely different." Setagaya Gakuen (who was lucky enough to enter the Autumn Tournament before) is an ordinary strong team, but compared to the summer Aodo, who reached national dominance, it can only leave such an impression on the audience.

……

"Yesterday was crazy."

"You mean Damba, right?"

"Yes! It's the first time I've seen Tamba so desperate. ”

"I'm afraid I want to compete with Yagami for the back number of the ace after the pre-selection."

"If Tanba's performance can continue to be so good... Maybe this autumn conference, he can play well alone! ”

"Anyway, I really don't understand why the injured and unrecovered Zangza can enter the army as a substitute."

"Even Yagami is now in the Second Army, why should he let Zangza stay in the First Army?!"

"He can't even participate in training now!"

The two second-year students, who were chatting very excitedly, didn't notice that Yagami was standing behind them.

"Yagami?! You... How much do you hear? ”

When they found Yagami standing behind them, they were a little embarrassed to talk about others behind their backs: "Hehe..."

"I didn't hear much... But it's not good to talk about people behind your back. With that, Yagami turned around and walked away from them.

The reason why Yagami stayed in the Second Army was because he asked Kataoka Governor to stay in the Second Army for a while longer to eliminate the fatigue accumulated in Koshien before.

After agreeing to Yagami's request, Superintendent Kataoka chose to let Tanba serve as the trump card in the first preliminary election for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly in the autumn, to see if he could become a trump card in the second army after he retired in the third year and the students of the same rank stayed in the second army to eliminate fatigue.

……

On September 17th, Setagaya-ku Kuroshikan High School, Autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference, one qualifier, two rounds, Seido vs Nakadaifu.

"Damn, is he really only in the first grade?"

"Qingdao defeated all of us just by relying on the new ace and the substitute year."

(PS: Koichiro Tanba pitched the first three innings, Takuya Kimura pitched the last three innings.) )

As a team with ordinary strength, the players were full of unwillingness and regret for losing to Qingdao with a score difference of 11:1 and ending the game in the sixth game.

"I didn't expect that in addition to Yagami, Qingdao also has pitchers like Tanba and Kimura, if you train it well, it will not be a problem for Xia Chun to even dominate Xia Jia twice."

……

Sunday, September 18th, Qingdao High School.

"Uhhhhhh

On the afternoon of the day after the end of the second round of the qualifiers, Vice Minister Rei Takashima brought a teenager in a yellow sweatshirt to the Seido Men's Hard Ball Club.

"Wow!!"

The boy looked at the huge field and all kinds of equipment, and showed a look of envy.

"It's the pitch and the equipment that our school is proud of." Rei Takashima introduced the situation of the wild ball club to the boy: "There is also a driving range for rainy days... Most of the players live in dormitories. ”

"Oh, what kind of machine is that?"

"Lots of things I haven't seen before."

The young man, who was excited about the situation in the Wild Ball Club, seemed to notice the gaze from behind him, and immediately stiffened his mouth, "I... I wasn't excited, I was just a little surprised. ”

"Ah, really?!" Rei Takashima smiled slightly after hearing this, and rested her right hand on her waist.

"Besides, you don't have to spend that much money to play baseball."

"Anyway, you're recruiting some good players, right?"

"That strength must be incredible!"

"Then again... I don't want to lose to this kind of elite group that has everything! ”

Looking at the emotional young man in front of him, Takashima Rei smiled slightly, reached out and pushed his glasses, and said to him:

"You're right..."

"About half of our staff are from other counties, which is called baseball study abroad."

"Sure enough, people were picked from all over the country!" Hearing this, the boy turned his head to look at Rei Takashima.

"But..."

"The level of high school field ball in Japan is now the best in the world. There are even major league scouts who come to Koshien to find their favorite players. ”

"I want to dominate the high school field! With this belief, the 15-year-old boy is away from his parents and exercises his abilities. From the bottom of my heart, I respect these players with faith and ambition. ”

"Faith..."The boy was still a little puzzled by Takashima's words, but when he saw the members of the team who were struggling on the training ground, he seemed to understand something?

"Indeed... This nerve-wracking tension..."

"Hey, Kawakami!" At this moment, someone's arrogant roar came from the training ground: "What are you doing with this flimpy ball?" Can you exert some force? After throwing so many balls, I can't stop panting, no wonder I can't even choose a substitute! ”

"I'm sorry!!" Kenshi Kawakami apologized to Higashi Senpai while wiping his sweat.

"Senior Dong has started again, and he is too strict with those juniors who are targeted by him." Qingdao second-year students are not surprised by this.

"If you don't want to vote, go back to the country! You idiot! Pitchers of your calibre, we're all over the place! ”

"I want to vote well..."Before Kawakami Kenshi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Dongqingguo, "Then hurry up and vote!" ”

The boy turned to look and saw a stout man holding a bat, pointing at the pitcher in front of him, and scolding the other in a fierce tone.

"You'd better take a look at that person's batting moves," Takashima said in a serious tone, "The 'monster' of 49 home runs in high school, Dongqingguo... It is one of the nominated candidates for this year's professional draft. ”

"Ping!" Dong Qingguo swung his bat and flew the baseball thrown by Kenshi Kawakami over the iron net and flew outside.

"I don't feel it at all," Dong Qingguo shook his right hand and said to the pitcher in front of him: "You can't beat me well!" ”

"Kawakami, you still forget it... Substitutions, substitutions..."

"Who's going to drag him away for me? Stuffed into cardboard boxes and sent back to the countryside. ”

"Hahaha!!" Dong Qingguo crossed his right hand on his waist and laughed.

"What's that going on?"

The young man looked at Dong Qingguo's behavior, and an emotion called anger rose in his heart, and he shouted directly to Dong Qingguo: "It's really laughing to death that kind of body type to participate in the profession!" "With a merciless tone, he scolded the East Qingguo.

"Huh?!" Dong Qingguo heard someone talking about him, and turned his head to look in the direction where the voice came.

"Look at that belly, are you a middle-aged greasy uncle? Hahaha! The young man in the yellow sweatshirt put his right hand on his stomach and laughed while patting his stomach.