On the baseball field of Baishan High School, roars could be heard one after another.

"Hurry up!"

"Fight better! Fight again when you are right!"

"If you are not sure about catching the ball, catch it with both hands. You must not let the ball leak out!"

Supervisor Higashi Takuji walked around the training ground, shouting from time to time to remind the players of their technical moves, and then supervise their training.

On the field, baseball boys are sweating hard, looking forward to one day being on a bigger stage, so that their sweat will not be in vain.

During this period, the Hakusan High School Baseball Club slowly got on the right track and entered into a state of cross-training for competitions.

For White Mountain High School, the upcoming spring meeting is the most important event at the moment. The baseball department just needs a formal game to test their efforts during this period.

The Spring Conference is a local event, generally held between March and June. The specific time and competition format are slightly different in each region.

Mie Prefecture is located in the central part of Honshu Island, Japan. It is a component of the Nagoya Metropolitan Area, one of the three major urban areas in Japan, and belongs to the Kinki region of Japan.

So Hakusan High School is participating in the spring meet in the Kinki region. The winners of the prefectural meet in each prefecture will participate in the Kinki meet to compete for the final winner.

Of course, what Baishan High School wants now is to go further at the county conference first.

Although the spring meeting is only a local event and is not as important as the two competitions competing for Koshien, for Hakusan High School, every official game is a very precious training opportunity and must be taken seriously.

During this period of time, Hakusan High School played a lot of exchange games. Totoji continued to rotate the lineup to give more players the opportunity to practice.

First-year players Tetsu Nishino, Kazuya Nishino, and Taita Iba all got a lot of playing time. In 5 games, Tetsu Nishino served as the starting catcher.

Among these 5 games, Hakusan High School won 4 games. The loser was against the famous Mie High School in the prefecture.

When playing against Mie High School, Tetsu Nishino saw for the first time the strength of a famous baseball team. Even though he and his seniors tried their best, they still couldn't break through the opponent's defense.

The final score was Hakusan High School 0:5 Mie High School.

That game was the most difficult game Tetsu Nishino had ever faced.

Mie High School's line play made their defense very embarrassing, and their line play was cut up by Mie High School and was so scattered that they couldn't connect at all, so they couldn't score.

There is a clear gap between a school that competes in Koshien and a school like Hakusan High School that only makes it to the first round of regional competitions all year round.

But even though the Hakusan game was difficult, Tetsu Nishino's performance was still outstanding.

Higashi Takuji observed along the way and found that he had really improved very quickly. Not only did he quickly integrate into the senior lineup, but his own attacking ability also improved quickly.

In terms of his hitting ability alone, Tetsuya Nishino has almost caught up with his seniors, and his progress as a catcher has been astonishingly fast.

After playing in exchange games, supervisors from other schools would always come over and ask him if he had picked up a first-grade catcher from any youth baseball team, which made Takuji Higashikata not know how to answer.

At this time, in a corner of the stadium, Tetsu Nishino was training with Kazuya Nishino.

Holding a dumbbell in each hand, Kazuya Nishino was doing dumbbell deadlifts with one leg, and he was so exhausted that he was sweating profusely.

If it were Kazuya Nishino in the past, he might have reached a similar amount and then stopped.

But now he didn't stop until his back was soaked.

This kind of training can increase the strength and stability of the thigh muscles and lower back rotation acceleration. The lower limbs are the source of the pitcher's pitching power. In order to ensure the pitching power, the core strength of the lower limbs must be strong.

After the red-white battle that day, Nishino Kazuya, who felt deeply about his own lack of strength, made great determination. Not only did he reduce his daily entertainment time, but he also specifically told Nishino Tetsu not to come to him often to play games in the future. He would do it at home.

Independent practice.

Seeing his friends who are progressing faster and faster, Nishino Kazuya is not willing to fall behind. Tetsu Nishino is not the only one who wants to become stronger and catch up with his seniors!

"Huh...huh...huh..."

After gritting his teeth and finishing the last set, Nishino Kazuya only had the strength to breathe.

"Ah...Azhe, you...why are you looking at me here?"

Sitting there relaxing his joints, Tetsu Nishino said nonchalantly: "I'm done with the striking training, and I'm coming over to see if you're tired and paralyzed."

After resting for a while, Nishino Kazuya regained some strength.

"How is it possible? I trained according to a scientific plan. Everything is within the tolerance of my body."

Suddenly thinking that captain Tsuji Hiroki was currently participating in the lottery ceremony of the Spring Conference, Nishino Kazuya said curiously: "Hey, Azhe, what opponent do you think the captain will draw?"

"It's hard to say, but whichever team is drawn will have to go all out, it doesn't matter."

Tetsu Nishino believes that baseball games are won by strength, and it is the same against any opponent.

"Oh, you don't understand." Nishino Kazuya felt that his thoughts were too simple.

"Signing is also very important. Although our frequent round trips in recent years are due to lack of strength, signing also has a certain impact."

Seeing that Tetsu Nishino still looked noncommittal, Kazuya Nishino curled his lips and said: "Just think about it, if the captain directly draws a team that is at the county level, we will be beaten!"

"My luck can't be that bad. There are more than 70 high schools in Mie Prefecture with hardball clubs, and there are a lot of public schools. It will be more difficult to pick a strong team."

Tetsu Nishino still doesn't believe that their school is so unlucky.

"Hehe, that's not sure." Nishino Kazuya said.

at this time.

Located in Tsu City on the seaside in the central part of Mie Prefecture, in a large auditorium.

If Tsuji Hiroki knew that Nishino Kazuya was frantically planting flags right now, he would have trained him until he was too tired to make a sound before leaving.

The captains of the baseball clubs from more than 70 high schools in Mie Prefecture gathered in the auditorium and took turns on stage to draw lots.

There was a schedule board on the stage, and the hostess put the nameplates of their high schools on it after the contestants drew their lots.

Because there are no seeded teams in the spring conference, theoretically, there may be a strong team conversation or a weak weak conversation in the first round. Therefore, the captains off the field are nervously looking at the draw, hoping not to encounter a strong team too early.

It's White Mountain High School's turn.

Tsuji Hiroki walked up to the stage and pulled out a card from the box with the pattern "7A" written on it. So he walked to the microphone and said: "Hakusan High School, 7A!"

"Ohhhhh!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of noise in the audience. The captains all breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Tsuji Hiroki with strange expressions.

Just as he was thinking about which high school "7B" was, he turned to look at the schedule board. Tsuji Hiroki felt that the sea breeze from Ise Bay was constantly pouring into his heart, and his heart suddenly felt cold.

I saw that under "7B" there was a name of a high school.
Chapter completed!