Volume 3: Hot Summer Chapter 020 The main force discriminated against
It was daybreak.
The friends from Seidou High School baseball team have already gotten up.
"As expected of a wealthy family, the training is too strict."
"I get up earlier than a chicken, eat less than a cow, and sleep later than a dog..."
When first-grade friends get together, they occasionally tease each other.
Even though they have joined the team for three or four months, many of them have not yet fully adapted to the high-intensity training rhythm of the Qingdao High School baseball team.
Although I understand it in my heart, I can't help but complain.
Kuramochi is one of them.
Although he usually trains harder than the other kids, he is not polite at all when he complains.
"Who are those two figures?"
Maezono suddenly asked.
The first graders looked in the direction of the sound and saw two figures walking towards them, talking and laughing, on the dimly lit dam.
Almost at first sight, Kuramochi recognized the identities of the two people. As a leader of his age, this was not a difficult task for him.
"How could it be them?"
Kuramochi's expression was somewhat complicated.
The two people who came were both freshmen. One was Yu Xing and the other was Zhang Han.
Zhang Han was the only one who had extra practice in the morning. After he saw the blessing messages from people in China, his chest was filled with excitement.
When he thought that there were people in his motherland who were silently paying attention to him, he felt endless energy surging in him.
He originally played baseball to realize his dream. Another benefit baseball brought him was that he was able to get a scholarship to study on the Qingdao High School baseball team.
That can only be considered a pleasant surprise.
There is nothing else besides this.
But now, this situation has changed fundamentally.
Zhang Han plays baseball not just for himself, he also carries the expectations and blessings of more than a dozen people.
Although Zhang usually has a cold face and seems difficult to approach.
But he is actually a person with a strong sense of responsibility. If people are willing to believe in him, he will do it even if he has to put in 120% effort.
When he was in Matsukata Little League, he was able to progress from a beginner to become the core player of the team.
A very important reason is because of the expectations that director Ono Binzhi has for him.
In order to live up to the expectations and cultivation, he worked so hard and achieved such achievements.
If it weren't for such a solid foundation, even if Zhang Han had certain talents, it would have been difficult for him to shine when he graduated from the third year of junior high school.
The same is true today.
In order not to disappoint his friends who were blessing him from his hometown, he had to perform well.
Enter Koshien!
To achieve this goal, Zhang Han gets up an hour earlier every day to practice swinging the bat.
Originally it was just him, but later on, somehow, Yu Xing found out about it. That guy insisted on following along, and Zhang Han had no choice.
"People who are better than me work harder than me! That's probably how it feels."
Kawakami, who had just been promoted to the Second Army, scratched his head and said bitterly.
As players of the same age, these players who came to Tokyo from other places to study undoubtedly have the highest awareness.
Before coming to Seidou High School baseball team, they were ready to accept all challenges.
When I first came, I was ambitious and wanted to make a difference in the team and lead the team to Koshien.
But after entering the team, they will find out.
That kind of thinking is completely overthinking.
Let alone making a name for themselves or making a mark, it was extremely difficult for them to just join the army .
And the scariest thing is, no matter how well or poorly they perform, whether they work hard or not, there are always people in this team who perform very well.
Those with poor psychological quality may become completely desperate.
Maezono clenched his fists tightly and said nothing. It was obvious that this incident had a huge impact on him.
After the first round of games, another week passed.
The second game of the Seidou High School baseball team has begun. This time their opponent is the Metropolitan San High School, also known as the Third High School, which no one has ever heard of before.
As the name suggests, it is a public school.
They were able to make it to the third round of the tournament in West Tokyo, so their strength must be very good.
Don’t underestimate the third round. Among the more than 100 schools in West Tokyo, those who can reach this round have basically been eliminated. 3/4 of the teams.
This is what Takashima Rei gave everyone before the competition.
I would like to remind everyone not to be negligent towards this school just because it is a public school.
This is a big taboo in competition.
You know what, my friends really took what I said to heart.
So before the game started, everyone was ready to go, especially the main players, who were ready to go all out.
Just for the tactics against the enemy, everyone has studied several sets in private.
The friends also carefully studied the opponent's information and the video recordings of their first two games several times.
There is no way. During the first game, my friends had suffered enough losses in this regard.
Originally, Seidou High School could have won more easily against the Musashi High School baseball team.
But once the game started, the fight was very close.
Although they managed to save face later on, they were still scolded by Director Kataoka.
As the saying goes, every failure makes you wiser.
This time they said they would never make such a stupid mistake again.
As a result, everyone prepared well, but on the day before the actual competition, Coach Kataoka said.
"Considering that we have consecutive games on Saturday and Sunday, we will make some adjustments. For tomorrow's match against the public school, the main players will not play and the substitutes will play instead."
After all this talk, it turns out that the only ones who truly regard public schools as opponents are the contestants.
From the very beginning, Coach Kataoka and the coaching staff did not take this opponent seriously.
"After all, the other team made it to the third round. Wouldn't it be a bit unfair to do this?"
Captain Tanaka raised a question.
"Just let the substitutes come on first. The others must also be prepared. If the situation gets bad, they should be ready to go on the field at any time."
Kataoka said.
After he finished speaking, he noticed that the substitutes were staring at their captain viciously.
What do you mean? You don’t believe in our strength?
Zhang Han had no intention of intervening in the fight between the third-year seniors. He shrugged and said, "Since I don't have to play tomorrow, can I practice more tonight?"
"Who told you that you don't have to play?"
Kataoka asked.
"Don't you mean the main force?"
"Who told you that you are the main player? Don't think that wearing the number 6 means you are the main player of the team. If you don't perform well, you will be replaced immediately."
I……
Zhang Han opened his mouth but didn't say a word.
