I am practicing in Tokyo

Chapter 78 Golden Foot Farmer

Facing the second pitch of Tomishima High School's starting pitcher, Harada Toru adjusted his emotions and stared at the opponent with all his attention.

This guy Fujii wants to be a hero for one person, but baseball is also a group sport!

Toru Harada, who was always careless, had a delicate heart. When Fujii took him to the Koshien arena alone, he said he was not touched, which was a complete lie.

The opposing starting pitcher threw a pitch, and Toru Harada swung the bat without thinking. The baseball was hit and flew high into the air.

Decisively throwing down the bat, Harada Toru went to first base. Adachi Yun, who was originally on first base, rushed to second base. Tomishima High School's outfielder picked up the ball, but found that there was no contact (when the defense had the ball in hand)

, the opportunity to eliminate the player by contacting the offensive batter).

"Now there are members of the Hachioji High School team on first and second base. At the end of the first round, the situation is not very optimistic for Tomishima High School."

The TV commentator analyzed the situation on the field and Hachioji High School's fourth team came on the field in the second round.

Unlike other teams, Hachioji High School's fourth bat is not considered a strong bat. With an ace pitcher like Fujii, they need to establish an advantage earlier.

But things often backfired. It wasn't until the fifth round that Adachi, who had reached second base early, ran to home plate and scored a point. If it hadn't been for Fujii's steady performance and continued to shut out the opponent's batters, Hachioji High School would never have won in the end.

Contest.

"Hachioji High School won the game with a small score of 5-0. The leading pitcher, Itsuki Fujii, pitched 97 times by himself. It's simply too exaggerated."

In the TV commentary, Fujii Shu rubbed his shoulders and left the field. No matter how strong his physical fitness is, it is still physical. After nearly a hundred high-speed straight balls, it is impossible to say that he is not tired.

The organizers of the Koshien competition have planned a three-star hotel for participating high school students to live in. Rich high schools will naturally go out to stay in higher-end hotels. Hachioji High School originally also had such treatment. Mizutani

The coach sternly refused.

"What's wrong with a man who barely lives? Don't you have any character at all?"

Coach Mizutani at that time rejected the school's good intentions with such righteousness.

"Fujii-san, please give me dinner."

In the hotel, Toru Harada and Shuji Kobayashi brought oden ingredients from outside. During their previous interactions, Fujii gave them a small demonstration of his shocking LV3 level cooking skills.

The hotel itself did not have the materials to cook oden, but the students couldn't resist the wildness, so they bought a complete set of camping kitchen utensils from the second-hand market in Nishinomiya City, the kind with portable natural gas tanks.

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

Fujii cut the radish into slices and put it into the pot to cook first. There was no time and the stock couldn't be prepared. He used udon base and sweetened miso ingredients. Islanders love sweets, no matter how sweet they are.

I can eat even the food.

After that, they simply processed the semi-finished Oden ingredients brought by Toru Harada and others, and put them into the pot one by one. The delicious flavor soon spread out and penetrated into the corridor.

"Um, is it convenient to take one of us?"

The neighbor next door couldn't help but knock on the door. Fujii opened the door. Standing outside were members of the baseball team from the next door Jinzunong High School. There were five or six people, and they were only four or five.

"It's not free, we can provide the ingredients."

"I'm sorry, the smell is so fragrant that I can't resist it at night."

After apologetically offering dried mushrooms and vacuum oyster mushroom packaging bags, Jin Zunong's students rushed into the room.

Country people from Akita Prefecture, cut.

Kobayashi Shuji is very disgusted with this kind of behavior. The baseball team of Jin Zunong is considered to be the country team with the least funds in Koshien. Akita County is a large agricultural county in the island country. In recent years, due to economic reasons, the county has not been having a good time.

, like their Hachioji High School, if it weren’t for a weird coach like Mizutani, they would have arranged for a five-star hotel long ago, and they would not stay in a hotel provided by the organizer for free.

"Today's opening ceremony, we all watched your Hachioji's game in the stands. Fujii-kun is so strong! One person can do this."

Masato Komatsu, the catcher and captain of Kinzu Farm, looked at Fujii with envy, took the oden dish from Fujii, nodded and said thank you.

"The fastest pitch is 160 kilometers per hour, right? Not many Japanese professional baseball players can hit such a pitch."

Their starting pitcher, Daimu Sasaki, also got a bowl filled with oden and started playing without any scruples.

"Is this what you should say? You're also a pitcher, throw a few good balls with a speed of 160km for me, you idiot!"

Komatsu Masato was angry when he heard this. They were both pitchers, but they couldn't compare to his own, so they couldn't use them.

"You haven't missed a few catches, haven't you? Look at my catcher, he hasn't missed a single ball today."

Daimu Sasaki retorted unconvinced, but it was more like a daily fight between them. Shuji Kobayashi felt much better after hearing this, and his eyes towards Daimu Sasaki also became much more pleasing to the eye.

You guys are quite discerning and can discover the advantages of this uncle.

He was a little proud.

"Just today, he used to miss a ball a lot, but if he missed a ball once, he would be punished by running one kilometer."

Fujii mercilessly exposed Shuji Kobayashi's shortcomings. Most of his throws were straight balls. Although they were fast and powerful, catching the ball was actually not that difficult.

Is it really okay to reveal information like this in front of outsiders?

Kobayashi Shuji gave Fujii a strange look, and their conversation began to deepen.

"This is also our first time to participate in Koshien. If we can win the top eight, life will be satisfying."

As the captain, Komatsu Masato is surprisingly not very ambitious. Fujii is here to win the championship, but they are here to see the legendary Koshien.

"There isn't much else in Akita. We have enough watermelons in the summer. I heard from adults that the people from the Agricultural Cooperative Association won't let us sell more. We digest a lot of the watermelons ourselves. We need to go to the fields in the countryside and tell the owners in advance, or leave them.

You can eat all you want for just a few hundred yen.”

"There are swarms of fireflies at night! We often collect them in plastic bottles and put them in the mosquito nets for decoration."

"Really or not? Is the watermelon enough? Is this a good thing?"

Kobayashi Shuji, who resisted country people at first, is now more active than anyone else. The watermelons in Tokyo are not as exaggerated as the prices uploaded on the Internet, but the reputation of expensive fruits cannot be removed. The island country's agricultural products are actually sufficient, but

The Agricultural Cooperative controls prices and intentionally raises the prices of watermelons and other fruits. If you want to eat cheap fruits, you can only choose bananas imported from Southeast Asia. It is one of the few consciences of the Agricultural Cooperative.

Haha, watermelon costs 30 cents per pound, have you never seen it?

Fujii Shu twitched the corner of his mouth, he was an ignorant guy. In his previous life, he would vomit after eating watermelons in the summer.

(End of chapter)