At this time, the phone received a Line message from Kazuya Nishino.

【Kazuya】: Azhe! Did something happen to you over there?!

Zhang Zhe, who didn't know why, replied what the situation was.

Kazuya Nishino immediately sent several screenshots of the news.

Most of the news content is critical articles about Zhang Zhe written by reporters in the sports section.

After reading them all, Zhang Zhe couldn't help but frown.

Being discussed by the outside world is one of the jobs of a professional player. Zhang Zhe has long been prepared to be criticized when he performs poorly, but he still underestimated the lower limit of some media.

Most of the articles written by the media just discussed the matter, criticizing Zhang Zhe's performance in the practice match for not meeting expectations, and pushing back the prediction of when Zhang Zhe will join the first army to the end of this year's season or even next year.

Perhaps for those who care about Zhang Zhe, the sudden public opinion storm is disturbing, but for the team, such unpopular remarks cannot shake the views of the core fan base.

As long as Zhang Zhe grows up and performs as he should, when the tide turns, the voices of praise will naturally come one after another.

Before tangible results are achieved, the noisy noise will always linger, which is extremely annoying.

If you are troubled by this level of criticism and can't help yourself, it means that your psychological stress tolerance is still far from the requirements of professional baseball.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhe could bear his temper.

The polishing process of technical details is repetitive and boring.

Lead the stick and lift your feet again and again until the memory of the movement is ingrained into the body.

…

March 6, 2021.

Hanshin's second team faced off against the Tenri University Baseball Club at Nariohama Stadium.

During the pre-game warm-up training, Zhang Zhe joined the outfield team and batting team. He will play as an eight-bat right fielder.

"despair!"

"despair!!"

In the batting warm-up area, Zhang Zhe swung the bat and knocked away the baseball that flew in front of him, warming up his body.

When he was warming up, he felt that the long-lost sense of sharpness seemed to be back.

"It's much easier than spring training."

Zhang Zhe was convinced that it was not his illusion.

The changes in his body were significant, the most obvious being the increase in weight. In one month, he gained almost one kilogram of muscle mass, and the rate of muscle growth almost reached the limit of the human body.

The ability to adapt has also been greatly improved. The fatigue recovery period caused by previous training intensity has been significantly shortened, and the body has withstood the test of continuous overtraining.

The whole person's mental outlook has also changed a bit. Now standing in the ranks of the Second Army, it is not so easy to identify who is a newcomer by relying on student spirit.

After the warm-up training, Zhang Zhe walked back to the rest area and waved hello to the audience before entering.

"Come on Azhe!!"

From the stands, Kazuya Nishino shouted while holding a support scarf.

Then he complained to Zhang Zhe's parents and Moriyama Aoi, who were standing next to him: "The Nippon Football League is really a scam. Some ordinary support items can be sold for thousands or tens of thousands of yen. I'm ashamed of myself, but it's still so difficult."

It’s so annoying to grab it.”

Then the game begins.

Student baseball is different from the team of people who make a living from baseball. The strength of the Tenri University Baseball Club is obviously not as good as that of Hanshin Team 2, and may be even worse than the team of people from society.

Tenri University, which struck first, gave Zhang Zhe a chance to field with two outs in the first half of the inning and no one on base.

The ball was hit to right field.

Zhang Zhe chose a steady way to handle the ball and quickly picked up the ball after it hit the ground and passed it back to the infield.

The situation with two outs and one base occupied was so normal that it was not even considered a minor crisis. Hanshin's second team suppressed it without any suspense.

Zhang Zhe's first game started in the second half of the second game. At this time, Hanshin's second team had already taken a 1-0 lead in the first game.

Two outs and no one on base.

Zhang Zhe, who was given instructions to choose his offensive strategy, failed to hit the target.

"Four bad balls!"

"The batter is out!"
Chapter completed!