"Two bad balls!"

Koichiro Tanba ran down the pitcher's mound, reached for the baseball that was hit by the beater's short hit, and waved his arm sideways to pass the ball to second base.

"Out!" Shortstop Fumiya Kusunoki reached out to catch the pitcher's pass and killed the runner Kuramochi who had slid sideways to second base.

"Very well, Tamba."

"Well guarded."

“...”

"Don't get carried away!" Looking at Tanba, who was overflowing with excitement, second baseman Ryosuke Kominato shouted at him.

"Listen carefully to Miyuki's command and do as he says." Superintendent Kataoka shouted at home plate.

"Especially this year's Didong has a lot of players with good feet..."

"Be ready between every rhythm and don't do whatever comes to mind."

"In case of crisis, you have to shout for confirmation!!"

"Good shot!" Yukiichi also reached forward and caught Nagumo's low straight ball from the outside corner.

"A straight ball that grazes the edge of the outside corner?" Kenjiro Hakushu looked a little surprised as he looked at the straight ball thrown by Nagumo waving his arm.

"It feels far away!" Yukiichi also turned his head to him and said.

In this respect, Yokohama High School, which can quickly complete part of the strategy against Mingumo Seichi, is indeed very strong, although the main reason is that Miyuki Kazuya's matching ball gives them time and opportunity.

"It was a good shot."

Yukiichi also got up and took out the baseball from his glove, raised his hand and threw it back to Nagumo on the pitcher's mound.

"Smack!" With a blank expression, Nam Yunshi opened his gloves forward and grabbed the baseball that the catcher passed back to him.

……

On October 26th, Qingdao High School Wild Ball Club.

"I think they seemed to be practicing late yesterday," Takashima Rei said to Minister Ota next to him, as he looked at the teenager in front of him who was still training hard.

"Yuuki they... The amount of practice is very large, and it has exceeded the three-year students who have retired. ”

At the same time, Superintendent Kataoka is standing outside the barn of the indoor barn, observing the state of the three pitchers in the barn and deciding who will start the game the day after tomorrow.

……

On the evening of October 27th, Qingdao Wild Ball Club, indoor training ground.

"Tomorrow's starting pitcher, I'm going to send Tanbo on the court..."

"Huh?!" Koichiro Tanba looked a little surprised.

"You can, right?" Seeing this, Superintendent Kataoka asked him rhetorically.

"No problem!"

“……”

“... That's it for the first list. Superintendent Kataoka said to them, standing in front of the five rows of wild ball members.

"Be ready for tomorrow's game and rest early today."

"Yes...", the members of the Wild Ball Department said in unison.

"I'm going to fight!" Because of tomorrow's game, the supervisor let himself start, and Koichiro Tanba suddenly felt that the whole person was burning.

"That's right!" Ryosuke Kominato agreed with Tanba's attitude.

"I'm going to say a few words to you...", and after the discussion of the members of the department subsided, Superintendent Kataoka suddenly said to them.

"The other party is the prestigious Didong, and it is an opponent who will never be able to win easily!"

"But... There's no need to think too scary of each other, and there's no need to do anything different. ”

"You... The biggest enemy is always yourself! ”

"Give full play to your strength, no matter what situation you encounter tomorrow, you must stick to the end, you can't be negligent, and go all out to win the final victory!!"

"Over, disband."

"Thank you, Overseer..."The determination revealed from the words was so strong that everyone secretly made up their minds that they must win the final victory, take their dreams and Superintendent Kataoka, and go to Koshien together.

"The first half of the district is really still Daocheng Industrial on the listing of the junior... The two teams met in the formula match in the summer qualifiers last summer. ”

Takigawa Chris Yuu, a second-year student, led the members of the Wild Ball Club to gather in the Qingxinliao Cafeteria to start the internal meeting before the game.

"Those two teams were really lucky to be able to kill each other first."

"I think everybody saw it on the pitch." After Jun Izagi finished his thoughts on the situation in the first half of the division, Chris continued.

"In addition to the guarding, what we also need to pay attention to is their line, which is not much inferior to us in scoring ability."

"After retiring as a third-year student, I was still able to maintain a complete lineup..."

"It deserves to be a national-level powerhouse who often enters Koshien!"

"There are also a lot of predictions this year that they should be able to get a spot in next year's spring tryouts."

“……”

"There are two main pitchers," Chris said as he played the corresponding video clip on the television, "Ace pitcher Ota and two-year-old Zuo Pitch Akihara ......"

"When hitting, how to master the ball so that it will not be overwhelmed by the momentum of the pitcher will be the key to attacking the opponent's pitcher this time."

"Senior Takikawa is really powerful, and his collection and sorting of intelligence is both concise and easy to understand."

In the face of the praise of the students, Chris said to everyone with a smile on his face.

"Deal with the opponent in front of you first, and then think about the decisive battle the day after tomorrow after winning!"

"Yes..."

……

"It's not easy to finish the quarterfinals." Looking at Koichiro Tanba, who had rushed over after receiving the notice from the overseer, Rei Takashima said to him in an appreciative tone.

"Are you still tired?"

"Thanks for the concern! There was no significant physical fatigue. Koichiro Tanba replied truthfully.

"How?" Superintendent Kataoka stood by the window and looked at the exterior and asked Tanba behind him.

"In the top half of the seventh inning, it feels good to knock out three hitters in a row at the last minute, right!?"

"Hmm!" Nodding vigorously, Koichiro Tanba said in an excited tone, "It turns out that I can cast like this myself..."

"I still tremble when I think about it."

"But what I appreciate most about you in that game," Supervisor Kataoka did not hesitate to give his praise.

"It's the number of balls you use!"

"The four bad balls only dropped points in the top half of the first inning and the top half of the fifth inning." Rei Takashima took over the conversation and spoke.

"Lost five points, and used 96 balls to shoot seven innings."

"As long as you pitch the ball brightly, you can drive the rhythm of the attack, and that's what a pitcher is like."

"Talent!?" Miss Takashima's compliment made Tanba very happy.

"Now you... It should be the happiest time to be a pitcher. Superintendent Kataoka turned to him and said.

"But don't be in a hurry, you are slowly gaining strength now, and you should be more down-to-earth."

"One step... Take your time..."

"I'm sure you'll keep going the same way you did in the past."

"You haven't reached the end yet, have you? Don't lose yourself, you know?! ”

"I see." Motivated by the supervision, Koichiro Tanba felt that his condition was getting better and better.

"That is to say..."

"I didn't play well in the last game, but I was lucky... That's what it means, right? ”

"It's a bit blunt, yes." Superintendent Kataoka suddenly felt a little headache.,Tanba doesn't know who is influenced by it.,There's a tendency for his personality to change drastically.。。

"Thank you for the overseer!!"

"Originally, I wanted to practice other types of change balls... But now, I'm going to review my previous matches and practice the types of balls I've learned even more! ”