The discussions between Kataoka and Sawamura played a planning role in the direction of Sawamura's future progress.
Ball control, ball speed, ball power, Moving ball!
If these can really be fused together, of course, it will become a very terrifying weapon.
But such a ball naturally increases its dependence on teammates!
If you want to get a solid number of Outs, it's not up to the pitcher alone…
Solve the battle by yourself, or cooperate with your teammates to solve the battle, this is the question.
As far as Sawamura's own situation is concerned, of course, it is easier and more in line with his characteristics to cooperate with his teammates to solve the opponent.
"The next focus is to hone the accuracy of throwing the Moving ball into the corner!"
Superintendent Kataoka said that if you practice the Moving ball seriously and treat the Moving ball as the Winning Shot, you may have unexpected gains in your own ball speed. On this point, Sawamura only thought that Coach Kataoka was joking.
Unexpectedly, this has become a valuable key to breaking the ball speed limit.
Of course, this is a story for later.
After training, everyone ate and rested early.
Tomorrow is the match against Sensen. Even if they want to, they won't be training too late right now.
The night has not completely enveloped the Seidou High School.
Summer nights are always like this, and it gets dark a lot later. The sun, which had set on time at less than six o'clock, now it is almost seven o'clock, and the afterglow of the setting sun can still be faintly seen.
The view is beautiful.
On the edge of the Seidou baseball indoor field, there is a bulletin board. On this bulletin board, some important things are often registered.
like now.
"There are still two games to go to Koshien, three days. I hope all players will work together!"
On the 29th, they will play the semi-final with Sensen. If they win, they will join the winner of the other semi-final in the final.
Can they win?
When it comes to the finals, No one dared to pat their chests and say that they would definitely win. Although Seidou has a great advantage, they are not stupid enough to do so.
In front of the bulletin board, a not-tall figure looked at the news on the bulletin board, dazed.
Starting pitcher: Tanpa!
Starting catcher: Chris!
"Only three days left?"
"Aniki!"
After the team disbanded, his brother did not leave. This naturally caught the attention of Kominato Haruichi. He came forward and talked.
The figure in front of the bulletin board was naturally Kominato Ryosuke.
Hearing this, he turned his head and looked at Haruichi.
The little guy who ran behind him all the time had grown into a teenager.
'Even taller than me!'
It hurt him a little, that he couldn't touch his little brother's head like before and say something like a big brother.
"Today is twenty-eight, the match against Sensen is twenty-nine, and the match against Inashiro is thirty-one. After today, there are still three days! All the answers will be revealed in three days. Whether to enter Koshien or not Retire."
Kominato Ryosuke said to Haruichi in a gentle tone.
'Brother.'
Kominato Haruichi stared blankly at his elder brother, his eyes full of wonder.
In all of his fifteen-year memories, his brother Ryosuke was never a sentimental person.
'Why are you so gloomy now?'
Even when he chose to join the Seidou at the beginning, he had never done so.
Kominato Ryosuke, who had just graduated from middle school, suddenly said that he would leave his hometown alone and go to Tokyo to study. This made Kominato, who had been inseparable from him since childhood very sad.
-"Why? Kanagawa also has a lot of famous baseball teams"
With the strength of his brother, it is no problem to join any Famous School.
In fact, he didn't know that Kominato Ryosuke was in an embarrassing situation at the time, although his school had strongly recommended him to their Famous School partner, none of those Famous High School admissions directors accepted him.
Compared to him, those Coaches clearly appreciate the taller players!
Of course, Kominato Ryosuke would not tell his brother this. Not for any deep reason, he didn't want his brother to see him helpless.
-"There's no special reason. Since I've been planning to play baseball wholeheartedly for three years in high school, of course, I want to go to a place where I can train myself better. That's all~"
At that time, Kominato Haruichi knew that his brother had changed.
He also felt that his brother was so cool.
It is also for this reason that after graduation, he refused the invitation of the local Giants and went to Seidou.
"This is also the last chance for the two of us to go to Koshien together!"
Kominato Haruichi whispered softly, "I want to go to Koshien with my brother!"
Kominato Ryosuke is in the third grade, and after this summer, he will retire.
Therefore, Kominato Haruichi knows that this is their first and last chance.
Two brothers, playing at Koshien together.
Kominato Ryosuke turned his head and looked at his brother in surprise.
What did he just say?
Go to Koshien, two brothers together?
"Idiot, I'm worried about you the most!"
Kominato Ryosuke muttered, then turned and left. It seemed that he didn't plan to say anything to Haruichi Kominato the whole time.
"Worried about me? Why?" Haruichi was puzzled.
"There are only 18 places who can represent the team and compete in Koshien, Not 20 like the Tokyo competition. 20th isn't in the first 18. If you can't be promoted, one of the two people who will be eliminated will be you."
Seidou is really going to Koshien.
'Instead, you will be brushed down by the team!'
'This is what my brother is worried about the most.'
"I will not!"
Despite the three first grades who joined the First String together, Kominato has the weakest sense of existence. But he never thought that he was any less than them.
They can, and they can't be pulled down.
On the list of people who can represent Seidou and participate in Koshien must have his name.
The next day, the twenty-ninth, was the day of the match against Sensen.
The players from Seidou High School still got up early.
Training began at 5:30 in the morning, and the Seidou players who had become accustomed to their biological clocks started to get up one after another.
Although it is not mandatory for everyone to train in the morning, everyone still does a simple warm-up exercise habitually to maintain the state.
Athlete is a difficult profession.
Every day is training, training. What they want to do most is to have time and a place to sleep well.
But no!
As the saying goes, boxing needs a healthy fist, and singing needs a good voice.
The body is amazing. It takes a morning or even longer to recover if you don't move for a day and want to maintain your state. Once you really relax for a while more, it will take a lot of time if you want to regain your state.
In order not to let their bodies rust, even on rest days, the players are maintaining normal warm-up training. For them, it is already equivalent to rest.
Three years in high school, the time to really play baseball is only two and a half years.
There is nothing to waste here.
After the morning practice, everyone went to the baseball club's exclusive cafeteria to eat.
The cafeteria of the Seidou High School baseball club is free. There are a variety of foods in it that are nutritious and healthy.
Third-year pitcher Tanpa, sitting alone in the corner eating.
He was absent-minded about what he ate.
Anyone in the same situation as him will find it difficult to eat calmly.
In the previous Yakushi match, except for Sawamura, the other pitchers in Seidou either lacked trust or were blown up by the monster batter Todoroki Raichi, and performed very embarrassingly after that.
This naturally also includes the third-year Tanpa.
Although he pitched in the last inning he played, he showed a good state. But in that game, he lost a full four points.
Such performance sucks!
Unexpectedly, when the starter was announced yesterday, Coach Kataoka would send him as the starter in the crucial semi-final.
Of course, Tanpa was happy to be so trusted by the Coach.
But he…
A handsome young man pulled out the chair and sat opposite Tanpa.
"Tanpa, how are you feeling?"
What is his status?
When the man opposite said a word, Tanpa felt a surging power emerging from his body.
Tanpa always dreamed of forming a battery with Chris, especially in the last summer of third grade.
When Chris asked him about his condition, Tanpa replied naturally, "I feel pretty good!"
"Excellent!"
Chris nodded with satisfaction: "I think you're in good spirits too. There is nothing we could do about the previous game, Even if we were annoyed, there was nothing we could do, what matters is your performance after standing on the mound."
"I know!"
Tanpa nodded solemnly.
Right now, his forehead appeared even brighter.
Tanpa, Chris!
When the third-year pitcher and catcher formed a battery, the juniors in the Seidou baseball team were all in high spirits.
At this moment, another bald man suddenly came from outside the door.
Uh!
The moment they saw the person coming, the entire cafeteria suddenly became silent.
Everyone wanted to laugh.
It's just that right now, everyone has still restrained themselves, and they don't really laugh.
Sawamura stared at the senior in his dormitory dumbfounded.
While feeling a bit of Deja vu, he remembered that Masuko's hair was fine when he slept yesterday, why did he suddenly lose it when he woke up?
"Masuko-senpai, you…"
Just when Sawamura was about to ask Masuko why he did he shave his head. Takashima walked in with Kataoka.
Kataoka is talking with Takashima about the next team's arrangement.
"After breakfast, we will let everyone do some simple warm-up. We will leave here on time at seven o'clock."
The opponent is Sensen, although they know that the team that can reach the semi-finals of West Tokyo, absolutely no one will give them a win without fighting back. Nevertheless, the gap in strength is clearly there, and no one is worried that they cannot defeat Sensen.
Having such self-confidence makes Seidou's players look very relaxed.
When he turned his head, Kataoka saw the bald Masuko.
uh~
Then he fell silent.
'Coach, what with that reaction?'
Masuko was very embarrassed by Kataoka's reaction.
"Masuko, who are you appealing to?"
Coach Kataoka was calm after all and asked directly while holding back a smile.
"I forgot to put the attachment parts I usually used…"
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!"
The laughter could no longer be suppressed, and everyone laughed.
Kominato Ryosuke, who happened to be sitting behind Tanpa, reached out and pulled Tanpa's clothes.
Tanpa turned to look at him.
"Finally got company!" Kominato Ryosuke joked with Tanpa.
Tanpa was Speechless.
There was laughter in the cafeteria.
After a while, when everyone finally calmed down, Kataoka nodded and said.
"Since things have already happened, there is no way around it. But in the game, remember not to make such stupid mistakes!"
***
Meiji Jingu Stadium.
The semi-finals in West Tokyo, the match between Seidou High School and Sensen High School, is about to begin.
The game starts at 10:00 in the morning, and the second game is scheduled at 12:50.
Game 1: Seidou High School vs Sensen High School.
Game 2: Inashiro Industrial vs Sakurazawa High School.
An hour before the game, there were spectators who came in one after another.
Here, half of the stands have been reserved in advance.
In the four corners, there is a person in one corner, reserving the seats for 2,000 people.
Anyone who is familiar with Seidou knows that this is the members of the Demon-King's Guard and Brotherhood of Red Heart, who have reserved the venue in advance.
…