"I've heard that you've won the city of Tsuru Island..."The third-year and second-year students who had retired got together and chatted.

"You're the winner, aren't you? Chris..."Dong Qingguo reached out and patted the shoulder of the junior in front of him, and said to him: "He is worthy of being a person who has received our attention from the beginning of his enrollment!" ”

"Not bad!" Murasuke Daiki agreed with Tokiyokoku's view.

"I've always believed in you." Takashi Fujii also gave his opinion.

"Thank you!" In the face of the seniors' praise, Chris expressed his gratitude to them.

"But if it had me, I would have hit the ball in the stands a long time ago." Dong Qingguo raised his right thumb and pointed at himself.

Yagami Yagami, who saw that Senior Higashi was starting to be arrogant again, shook his head and prepared to pass by silently from the side.

"Yagami! Did you just shake your head? Dong Kiyokuni, who felt that his majesty as a senior had been provoked, yelled at Yagami Yagami, who was about to slip away quietly.

"No, no... How could I possibly provoke my seniors? Yagami waved his hand again and again while defending himself.

"It's better not to!"

"Otherwise... Even if your right hand is injured, I will let you know what kind of price you will pay for provoking your senior!! ”

"Higashi-senpai..."

……

On the evening of October 15th, Qingdao Wild Ball Club, Qingxinliao Canteen.

"The starting pitcher is Tanba... The other starters will be announced tomorrow. ”

Superintendent Kataoka clasped his hands over his chest and announced his decision to the crowd of players in front of him.

"Although the opponent is a strong school in East Tokyo, it has weakened in recent years, but until we win, we must not relax."

"Yes," everyone replied in unison.

"Over, disband."

……

In the match that started at 2 p.m. on October 16, in the three-round match of Seido vs Kanto Ichi, the Seido players did not receive the same pressure as the day before yesterday against Tsurunoshima City, and Koichiro Tanba lost 2 points in the first six games, and Takuya Kimura lost 1 point in the last three games, and finally won the three rounds with a score of 6:3.

After the three-round battle, the quarterfinals with Nisho Gakusha Daitoke (possibly the prototype of Nioh Gakusha) were five days later, and after a brief rest at the school, the Seido people returned to the school for a brief rest and began the day's practice until 7 p.m.

Because of the long rest period, several people in the first army asked Inspector Kataoka for half a day off to deal with their own affairs.

After school ended on October 19, Chris, who had already asked Superintendent Kataoka for leave, left school at 3:30 p.m.

Later, he accidentally twisted his left foot while going out with his parents, and needed at least 2 weeks of rest to recover, forcing Kataoka to choose a main catcher between one-year-old Yukikazuya and two-year-old Keisuke Miyauchi to start the next three games.

Eventually, it was the one-year-old Koichi Mikoichi who was approved by Kataoka to take over the position that had been vacated after Chris's injury.

Because Chris was injured, the three-year-old did not leave the cafeteria after dinner, and gathered around the captain Tetsuya Yuuki.

"It's a problem for the team." Jun Izaki yelled at Tetsuya Yuuki, who was the captain.

"If you don't make it clear, I'll tell you... Hum!! Jun Izaki stretched out his right hand and pointed at Tetsuya Yuuki with his index finger, a little emotionally excited.

"Calm down, y'all." Ichiro Sakamoto hurriedly stretched out his hand to Izoshiki next to him to calm down.

"It's getting more and more complicated by you." Kadoda Shoaki told Izaki not to complicate things.

"If you speak, Ah Zhe!" Ignoring the persuasion of others, Jun Izaki is still struggling with Tetsuya Yuuki.

……

At 4:15 p.m. on October 20, Qingxinliao Canteen.

"You can't take your opponent lightly, but we should do it as usual." Superintendent Kataoka said to the people in front of him with a serious expression.

"Guarding, attacking, running bases... No matter which aspect, you have to overwhelm each other! ”

"Yes...", the members of the Qingdao Men's Hard Ball Club replied in unison.

"And Takigawa's foot injury..."

Everyone followed Supervisor Kataoka's words and turned to look at Chris.

"It's an ankle collateral ligament injury and I need to rest for two weeks..."

"The situation in Takikawa will need to be observed for a while, but everyone should be mentally prepared..."

"The next three games may be less than Takigawa's combat power, so you have to be ready from now on."

"Leave it to me!!" Miyukiichi, who was sitting with Kuraza Naoya, also gestured to Yuu-senpai to give him a gesture of relief.

"Not at all to be happy about!" Looking at the smile that Yusenpai can make people feel warm, Naoya Kuraza, who was sitting next to him, was uncomfortable, and suddenly felt that the three-month recuperation period after breaking his right collarbone was too long.

"The next step is to practice on the guard, and the outfielders run directly."

"Yes...", the members of the Wild Ball Club replied in unison again.

……

"I'm going to... Free-spirited. ”

Miyuki'ichi shouted as he swung his bat vigorously and knocked the baseball thrown by the pitcher into the air.

"Ping..."

"Why do you come to see everyone's practice?" Yagami said to Chris, who was sitting on the bench in the rest area behind him.

"You should get some rest now." Yagami felt a little uncomfortable with Chris's restlessness.

"Leave the team's affairs to the overseer and Yuuki, and they can just worry about it... The top priority is to heal the foot injury. ”

Seeing that Chris looked like he didn't eat oil and salt for the team, Yagami Ye's next words also took on the nature of anger.

"If 'glory' can only be achieved by sacrificing your body and my body and even the future, it is okay not to win such a game."

"Even then... There's no way around that..."Dong Qingguo, who was the former captain, appeared behind them for some reason.

"As the team's ace pitcher, are you going to surrender and go home like this?!"

As a part of the moral education of Japanese society, the key is to convey to the teenagers the spirit of not being afraid of sacrifice, if they are afraid of being injured and losing their future and escape from difficulties, how can this lack of "perseverance" teenagers become the pillars of society?!

"Yes!" Yagami was completely different from the baseball education that the rest of the department received, and he did not have the slightest sense of identification with the traditional values of Japanese high school field football, and it was absolutely impossible for him to sacrifice his future for the sake of winning or losing one or several games.

"Take on a lot of pressure with a tired body, and then bury the injuries that can ruin your career in Yuu's body..."

"How can this approach be acceptable?!" Even if the other party is a senior, Yagami no longer retains the so-called respect.

"Yagami, you kid!" Dong Qingguo's face was gloomy, staring at the junior in front of him.

"You two calm down." Takashi Fujii, who came to visit the injured junior brother (Chris) with Dong Kiyokoku, hurriedly came out to persuade him.

"Don't complicate things too much."