First string? Yes, first string!

Shigeno looked at the gentle face of Chris-senpai beside him, and the glint of excitement in his eyes didn't even bother to hide it at all.

"Then, Shigeno, you'll be the first in line for the afternoon training."

After Coach Kataoka left, Chris-senpai turned his head and looked at him, not concealing his excitement at all, with a gentle smile, he said to him in a warm voice.

"Yes, Chris-senpai, I understand!"

he immediately raised his chest and replied loudly.

The answer was very energetic, and the words were filled with obvious joy, and Chris-senpai also nodded gently, then walked away.

At this time.

Kazuya quietly leaned over and hugged his neck.

with a proper "indignant" expression.

"Kazuya, I think you can enter the television industry, to become an actor."

he shrugged off Kazuya's arm angrily and said in response.

"Hey, isn't this a special way to congratulate you on your early entry into the First string?"

As expected, as soon as a second, immediately changed back to the original Kazuya, completely ignoring the expression of disgust on his face, or very casually taking his shoulder, smiling and saying.

(Sure enough, there's no other way to make this guy normal than baseball.)

he thought inwardly with helplessness.

However, even though the tone was joking, more or less, he could feel a hint of desire and envy in Kazuya's heart, no matter what kind of a character Kazuya have since he is a high school student since he is a powerful team like Seidou High School.

Then there is no doubt that the goal is only one.

That is to wear the uniform of their team, representing the glory of the school, to go to the field to fight, to fight for their youth, for the team, for the glory of the school.

First String.

This is the only choice the teenagers have.

At this point, Kazuya is not an exemption.

"With your level and potential, it's only a matter of time before you enter the first string, isn't it? Only, It's just that your patch it's much more difficult than mine with Chris-senpai as the main catcher, hehe....."

He pouted towards Chris-senpai not far away and said to Kazuya with a slightly malicious smile.

"So, you guy, you're the same as me in essence, right!?"

"Bwahahaha."

'Shigeno Shin joined the first string.'

During the lunch break.

The news was like a whirlwind that instantly swept through the entire Seidou High School baseball team, and everyone knew about it.

Indeed, Coach Kataoka did not officially announce that Shigeno had joined the first string, nor did he give Shigeno his first string back number, which strictly speaking does not mean that Shigeno had joined the first string of Seidou High School.

However, at this juncture on the eve of the spring competition.

Let Shigeno join the training of the First string, and get familiar with all the configurations of the First string.

This is already a pretty obvious signal.

Moreover, it is a well-known thing that the overall strength of the pitching lineup of the Seidou High School team is relatively low, and the two pitchers in the pitching lineup are inadequate compared with their super-strong lineup. In addition, generally, a strong team's pitcher configuration will be around two to three more.

In a baseball game, it is never possible to rely on a pitcher to pitch all the games, such a pitcher, if the team round trip even if, if it has been winning, the fastest a season, the slowest more than a year, the pitcher's shoulder will have problems, serious, direct scrapping is not something impossible, professional players are still like this, not to mention the growing body of high school students.

So, it is customary for a team to have two or three relief pitchers on hand.

He was selected for the first string because of his strength and potential, and the overall strength of the 2nd and 3rd years, not to mention the other pitchers in the 1st year, and no one can compare with him. It seems that It's a matter of course.

After a short period of surprise, the baseball team accepted the fact.

he also quickly accepted this fact.

However, those freshmen in his class, in the afternoon training, really saw him and the senpais of the first string doing defense training.

The complex emotions in their hearts are not enough for outsiders to understand.

Less than half a month after joining the team.

he joined the First string.

Deserve the nickname of one of the twin star pitchers of the Kanto - Shigeno Shin.

Looking at him, who was on the pitcher's mound, swinging his arms freely and running on the field, most of the freshmen could not help but feel a touch of discouragement in their hearts.

Sure enough, I'm still not as good as this guy, right?

"Haaa!"

"Swish"

"Bang!!!"

"Swoosh"

"Bang"

"Ohhhhhh, the ball is very powerful, Shigeno, that's the momentum, come on, come on, pitch a few more balls, brat!!!"

The shadow of the ball swept out with brute force.

The terrifying fastball that had left many senior teams' 4th batter helpless during their middle school days was repeatedly intercepted by the senpais of Seidou High School at this afternoon's practice.

Especially this silk-haired dog beard senpai - Isashiki Jun.

Every blow was to go head to head with him.

The metal bat that hit the ball hard, the violent sonic boom sound, and the shadow of the ball that speed out also made him realize the strength of Seidou High School's lineup.

It was powerful.

It is the background of Seidou High School as a prestigious and powerful school.

"Yes, Isashiki-senpai!"

he is on the pitching mound, breathing heavily, answered in a loud voice.

He cannot lose.

he absolutely cannot admit defeat in terms of momentum, and even more so in terms of strength, he absolutely must keep up with this team's pace, with the Seidou High School lineup as the set goal.

To constantly strengthen their strength.

If you want to set foot on the top, you must have the corresponding consciousness.

"Haha, a pitcher with perseverance is the best, Shigeno, I like you a lot, brat!!!"

"YES!!!"

"Haaa!"

"Swish"

"Bang"

"Haaa!"

"Swish"

"Bang!"

Just enjoying the process.

Even though he had been blown out by the 3rd year senpais, he was enjoying the process, honing more his fastball control with the blows of the senpais.

With a limited ball course and a limited defense simulation training.

Getting blown out is the normal result.

Such training itself is also a way for Chris-senpai to see how far his fastball can be thrown in the face of his lineup.

According to the results so far.

It's pretty good.

Except for Azuma and Masuko, who could suppress his ball power, the other batters, even Tetsu and Isashiki, could not suppress his ball simply with their power alone.

During his middle school days.

his fastball was called a railgun by most people.

Such a powerful ball.

It is no joke.