Volume 2: Dormant Rebirth Chapter 009: Demon Senior, Ryosuke Kominato
Zhang Han and his team showed extraordinary strength when doing defensive exercises.
This made Minister Ota and others very emotional.
Compared to last year's failure, Qingdao this year has welcomed many new players with potential.
Although it is not a big harvest, compared with before, there are already several good seedlings that can be used.
Compared to the current second and third graders, perhaps the supervisors should put their hopes on the current class.
At least now it seems that they have hope.
I just don’t know if the school can still give Supervisor Kataoka that much time?
Even though the team had not made it to Koshien for several consecutive years, the principal and the school's directors were still willing to trust Kataoka.
There are also a lot of rumors behind the scenes.
He said that the team was able to enter Koshien in his first year as coach, all thanks to Coach Sakaki. Most of the players in that class were trained by Coach Sakaki.
Kataoka just picked up what was available.
Since he actually started coaching, the team has never made it past the semi-finals, not even to the finals.
If he continues to fail to make it to Koshien, even the school directors and principal who trust Kataoka may not be able to protect him.
Ultimately, a top team will have to rely on its strength to speak.
This strength not only refers to the players, but also to the supervisors and coaches.
Any tolerance has its limits.
Although Minister Ota looks careless, he is actually a very meticulous person.
But no one can understand his delicate thoughts.
Whether it is the spectators outside the venue or the second-team players training together.
Their eyes were all focused on the freshmen who had just joined the team and were practicing together.
The newcomers performed well, and the seniors' looks became complicated.
At some point, Coach Kataoka came to the training ground. Looking at the freshmen who performed well, he did not show any satisfaction on his face, but rather looked a little unhappy.
"Are you guys just scratching your itch? You've increased the number of people on defense, so why not increase the number of people on offense?"
Hearing what Supervisor Kataoka said, the third-year leader of Team 2 broke out in a cold sweat.
This training intensity is basically their usual level. It is enough for them and they can perform well.
If the intensity increases any further, the newcomers will definitely make a fool of themselves.
But it won't just be the newcomers who will make a fool of themselves. Many of the veterans won't be able to adapt to that kind of intensity.
"Add two more guys! The infield hits will be twice as often."
Supervisor Kataoka seemed not to notice the painful look on the third-year student's face as he gave the order coldly.
The original three batters became five, and the strength of the infield doubled!
In fact, several freshmen, including Zhang Han, have just tried their best.
They were just barely keeping up.
If they speed up at this time, one can imagine how embarrassed they will be.
"Supervision!"
Even Minister Ota couldn't stand it anymore and walked up to Kataoka. What did he want to say?
But he was scared back by a cold look from Director Kataoka.
"If there's no way you can survive this practice, then no one will be able to participate in practice matches before the orientation match."
"But the second army's match has already been decided. When the time comes..."
Minister Ota didn't finish his words, but his meaning was clear.
With this level of training intensity, there may be less than 9 people left by then.
"We'll keep as many as we can, and if we're not there, we'll pick from the first team's reserve pool."
Director Kataoka has already made up his mind.
Is the pressure on the army so great?
Minister Ota is not completely ignorant, especially since he has worked with Kataoka for several years.
Coach Kataoka seems so anxious, it seems that the spring competition is not going very smoothly.
They had just won the Tokyo round of 16 and successfully secured a seed spot for the summer tournament.
Isn't this the way Director Kataoka should be?
Thinking of this, Minister Ota suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked a very important issue.
That is the Spring Tournament, their next opponent.
It happens to be the third high school in the city, where morale is high.
It seems that Coach Kataoka went to watch the game video of the Municipal University Third High School before.
Zhang Han and the others had no idea what Minister Ota was thinking.
All they knew was that their suffering began with the issuance of Supervisor Kataoka's order.
Baseballs come flying at you almost one after another, leaving you no time to react.
Before, Zhang Han had made three or four mistakes in total. Since he sped up the pace, he made more than 10 mistakes in less than half an hour.
The other two newcomers, Kuramochi and Hakushu, weren't much better.
Their mistakes are all increasing.
And this is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is the speed at which physical strength is lost.
Half an hour of high-intensity exercise is no less than running for half an hour continuously.
The rate at which physical strength is lost is even faster.
Sweat dripped down drop by drop, and the whole person seemed to be drained dry.
Zhang Han breathed in big gulps of fresh air, and his consciousness began to gradually become blurred.
It was not until this time that the gap between them and the second and third year seniors gradually became apparent.
Those guys make fewer mistakes.
Not only that, they all have a lot of physical strength.
Of course, most of their situations are only slightly better than those in the first grade.
Apart from these, there are a very small number of contestants who are still full of energy.
"Come again, bastard! I haven't had enough fun yet!"
Next to Shirasu, a senior with a mustache stretched out his hand to ask for the ball.
In sharp contrast to him, Baizhou was completely exhausted.
Because of his mistake, Kuramochi fell to the ground, his muscles trembling, and he couldn't get up for a long time.
Compared with the two of them, Zhang Han's situation is slightly better.
The core player of a famous junior high school baseball team can barely keep up with the ordinary players of Qingdao Second Team.
“Damn it! Damn it!!”
Kuramochi had never felt so helpless as he did now.
Apart from fighting and baseball, he seemed to have nothing particularly good at since he was a child.
Therefore, baseball has always been Kuramochi's belief and pillar.
In his hometown, his baseball skills have always been something that others have been chasing after.
This was the first time he realized so clearly that there are always people better than you.
"Is that not enough?"
A senior student who was not very tall and had narrowed eyes came to Kuramochi's side. He smiled and spoke in a kind tone.
"If you feel tired, just go and take a rest."
Such a gentle senior made Kuramochi Yoichi feel a warm current flowing through his heart.
If it weren't for the senior's last words, he might have been really touched.
But just in time, those words came out of the mouth of this seemingly gentle senior.
"There are still many people around who want to replace you!"
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