I am practicing in Tokyo

Chapter 74 Preliminary Selection

After a frightening night at the campsite, Fujii and Uncle Amami returned home. Miss Kamiya Rin, who was always late and absent from class on Monday, sat at the desk early for the first time for the first time.

"Good morning, Fujii-san."

"Good morning, Kamiya-san."

After a polite response, the two stopped communicating. Kamiya Rin arranged for the newly conquered Shinnosuke to stay at the shrine. She didn't know yet that it was Fujii Shu who indirectly contributed to this.

The baseball club's training continues as usual after school in the afternoon. Ever since Fujii saw the existence of the tanuki monster, he has become a little more motivated than before.

"Boom!"

Toru Harada had a rare hit on a straight ball thrown by Fujii Shu. The ball speed was about 150 kilometers and after a brief contact with the bat, it flew straight out of the field and disappeared.

"Yeah, that's a home run!"

Toru Harada, who had hit dozens of good balls in a row, became excited. This was indeed a standard home run, although in the game, the entire team's batting opportunities would not be able to achieve such a home run.

"Does it count if you are fooled? Keep practicing for me."

Naomi Hayakawa unceremoniously pinched Toru Harada's cheek, flipped her fingers, and pulled him back to catcher Shuji Kobayashi.

Throwing the baseball again, Fujii saw that Toru Harada's movement of swinging the baseball bat was obviously a beat slower, and he knew that he had failed again.

"Good shot, keep going."

Naomi Hayakawa heard the sound of the baseball and catcher's mitt touching and supervised the entire training process.

After practicing the four-seam fast ball for a period of time, Fujii changed his ball-holding method to a two-seam ball. The speed of this ball is a little slower than the former, but it is stronger and easier to hit ground balls.

, is an option for implementing catch-and-kill tactics (deliberately hitting easy balls to eliminate batters who are running on base).

After a boring training day, when Fujii Shu dragged his somewhat tired body home, he found that Uncle Tianhai was entertaining guests in the living room again. This time, it was Teacher Bacai alone.

"The theatrical version of EVA is released. We plan to watch it tonight. Do you want to go?"

As senior EVA chefs, Uncle Amami and Mr. Hatsai both put on the same uniforms as Commander Ikari and were chatting and laughing on the sofa. When they saw Fujii Shu coming back, they asked specifically.

"No, you go ahead, I'm tired today."

Fujii no longer has the energy to go out and play. Even if his body is 2.4 times the size of an ordinary person, after practicing pitching for several hours, his arms are sore and sore. He has watched the theatrical version of EVA in later generations. The Riddler Hideaki Anno used

After telling a riddle for more than 20 years, he was able to defraud a dead house in an island country out of so much money. There are so many big grievances.

He went to his room upstairs and turned on his computer. Recently, he was more interested in the legendary monsters. Having seen abnormal events with his own eyes, he began to collect information about monsters and anecdotes on the Internet.

After checking for a long time, I found that it was all fake news. There was a cat whose eyes glowed at night, and when the lights were turned on in an abandoned hospital, it turned out that they belonged to homeless people. The imagination of the islanders is no worse than that of any other country.

The days passed like this, and soon it was July, the eve of the Koshien local competition.

Just like football, if you want to participate in the national Koshien competition, you must first fight your way out of local high schools. Tokyo is also divided into two divisions, AB. You must defeat six rounds of teams to get tickets to Koshien.

In other words, even if you just want to take away Koshien's memorial soil in one round, you will have to win at least six rounds of opponents.

After more than two months of training, Fujii's baseball level has reached LV3/47%. He has mastered four-seam and two-seam straight balls, as well as OK balls and fork balls. The latter two have changes in speed and direction.

As for his ball skills, he planned to use them on opponents who couldn't deal with straight balls.

The first round of Hachioji High School is scheduled for the 9th of July, and the six rounds will be played in the remaining twenty days. It is also a test for the physical strength of the baseball players. Although almost every year, there are those who are very strong.

The bridge code appeared as the whole team moved forward.

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"Our opponent is Hachioji High School, which was very popular in the football program last year. Their football ace, Itsuki Fujii, only joined the baseball team in April this year. I heard he is a famous pitcher."

The enemy in the first round was Hirano High School. As a high school that had been eliminated by Hachioji in football, in baseball, it was much better than Hachioji High School, which had always been weak. The coach held a strategy meeting in the conference room before the game.

"Switching from football to baseball? No matter how talented Fujii is, what can he do in more than two months? He is too naive!"

Osaki Nobusada, the number one player in the Hirano High School Baseball Club, crossed his arms and looked a little dismissive. If he played football, he would definitely not be as good as Fujii Shu, but he disrespected baseball so much and tried to achieve results by training for more than two months.

He will never give a good look to this guy.

"We will entertain them well. The football club has lost face. This year our baseball club will get it back."

Another starting pitcher, Teppei Kawagoe, added with confidence that this confidence will be maintained until the day No. 9 takes the field.

"Well, everyone is very motivated! Let's teach Hachioji High School a lesson. Tell them that we, Hirano High School, have a baseball club and can easily defeat them."

After listening to the speeches of his players, the coach of Hirano High School was inevitably a little confused. It was already known to everyone that Hachioji High School was weak. He was really lucky to meet such a team in the first round.

Whether you will regret it after the competition is another matter.

July 9, 2013, Hachioji Municipal Baseball Stadium.

Fujii, who has been practicing baseball for more than two months, finally has the opportunity to show his strength in front of everyone. He is now the No. 1 starting pitcher. The baseball game has a total of nine innings, divided into two halves. Each team has a pitcher.

In a nine-man game, they serve as the offensive and defensive sides. A strong enough starting pitcher has the ability to end the game alone.

The Hachioji team got the chance to pitch first and was regarded as the defensive side. Fujii Shu, wearing a white baseball short-sleeved shirt, walked onto the pitcher's mound, stepping on the soft sand. This was his first time on the baseball stage. There was only a few people on the side of the field.

There were hundreds of spectators sitting there, and the popularity of the first round of the local competition was just like this.

Watch me hit a home run!

Osaki Nobusada, the number one bat of Hirano High School, is keeping an eye on Fujii Shu. This guy's body type doesn't seem to be powerful at first glance. He will definitely be able to throw a changeup or a changeup later, right?

When dealing with opponents in the first round, try not to reveal your cards.

Fujii made up his mind, adopted a four-seam fast and straight ball grip, straightened his baseball cap, folded his left leg, raised his hands high, and started moving instantly.

(End of chapter)