Chapter 31: Night and Dreams

"Nagano Metropolis, National Runner-up!!!"

Below the big title is a group of cheering little brats, led by Qi Haiyao and Feng Xiang Aoyi.

To be honest, Sawamura Eijun played baseball in his previous life. But that's just for fun, belonging to the amateur team among the amateurs. The strength of the team in the last year is also considered to be a few points, but it is only the kind that is eliminated in the first or second round.

Eijun Sawamura didn't care about any famous teams or outstanding players in the same county.

He doesn't even know how many high schools he has, and the real giants. Not to mention the so-called strong secondary schools in this county.

But even so, Sawamura's ears have vaguely heard the legend of Nagano's national runner-up.

It's just that at that time, Sawamura didn't put his mind on it, and he didn't care much about these so-called legends.

Precisely because of ignorance, Sawamura didn't know how easy it was for a group of rural teenagers to win the national runner-up.

Only when you really participate in it will you know how difficult it is to advance each round of a competition like this.

At the time, Nagano was a young player, and it was such a blessing to be able to enter the country and win the runner-up in the national competition.

"it's already over!"

Fengxiang Aoyi's face was a little gloomy.

How will it pass?

Sawamura sneered when he heard Feng Xiang's statement.

Even if he joins the major leagues in the future and becomes a well-known rescue pitcher in the major leagues, he still remembers the experience of breaking into Jiaziyuan in high school.

Some memories are unforgettable in a lifetime, and even more so are those memories that accompany dreams.

"Reminisce often, recall that stage, recall, those former companions..."

Sawamura's voice was a little low, as if he was reminiscing about something.

"It doesn't matter, think about the glorious experience in the past, there is nothing wrong, it proves that we are still young."

Sawamura Eijun patted Fengxiang Ouichi on the shoulder as he spoke.

"You will also be proud of your hard work during this period in the future. Senior Feng Xiang!"

I must make it more brilliant than you have been in the past!

After speaking, Sawamura got up and left without waiting for Feng Xiangao to reply to himself.

Feng Xiangao stared blankly at the direction where Sawamura disappeared.

Although the friends from Chicheng Middle School went home early that night, many of them had trouble sleeping.

Saturday, sunny.

The match between Akagi Middle School and Nagano Metropolitan Middle School was put in the morning and it was the first game of the semifinals.

The winning team that finishes the game early can calmly watch the showdown between Tenryu Temple and the other team.

This is probably the last bit of compensation from the Organizing Committee to the Death Group.

Matsumoto Stadium is the largest and most formal baseball stadium in Nagano Prefecture. Originally, the summer game was to be used closely to the high school. There are only more than 40 middle schools with teams in Nagano, but there are quite a few high schools with baseball teams, more than 60.

But because of the different schedules of high school and middle school, the semi-finals and finals of Nagano Middle School are two weeks earlier than those of high school. In the summer Koshien preliminaries, any county is an independent competition area. The winning team in Nagano County can enter Koshien directly without participating in any Kanto conference. So their schedule is not as tight as in middle school, and the semi-finals and finals are staggered.

It is precisely because of this that the semi-finals and finals of the middle school can be held in such a stadium.

The Matsumoto Stadium, which accommodates tens of thousands of people, was already crowded 15 minutes before the game.

There were seven or eight thousand spectators in this game alone. At the same time, there were two local TV stations and one online media live broadcast. There are competitions with this amount of publicity in middle schools, but not many.

Before the start of the game, the locker room of Akagi Middle School.

The little friends behaved very silently, each with a gloomy face, and did not speak.

Sawamura knows that everyone is under a lot of pressure, no matter how confident he is, but his friends have broken their wings in the semi-finals twice in a row.

Strange to say, every time I advance here, the mountain that stands in front of Akagi Middle School always seems to be terrifyingly high. In any case, this was also the legendary Nagano Metropolitan High School session, even though it was only five or six players in that session.

But in the shadow of a person's famous tree, there is no vacuous person under the famous name.

Even if you think about it with your toenails, you can figure it out, this year's Nagano Metropolitan Middle School must be very tough.

"Everyone cheer up, the other party is no big deal."

Teacher Wada squeezed a smile on his stiff face, trying to make everyone relax. But as soon as the words came out, he himself felt that his confidence was insufficient.

If the legendary Nagano Metropolitan session was no big deal, then what are these little friends from Akagi Middle School?

"The other party is just a bunch of little brats, it's really no big deal. I will seal them zero, and the blow is up to you!"

Seeing that Wada's failure made everyone's emotions even lower, Sawamura naturally couldn't stand by and take the initiative to speak.

If someone else said this, it would definitely be regarded as a big talk, or standing up and talking without back pain.

But from Sawamura's mouth, there is an indescribable sense of conviction.

Yes, we have Sawamura, and we have Eijun to lead.

Under the leadership of Sawamura, Akagi Junior High School, which was nothing a year ago, can make Nagano stand upright. No reason, after a year of exercise, they will not be as good as last year?

In the locker room on the other side of the stadium, Nagano Metropolis is also discussing countermeasures against Akagi Middle School.

It's just that the very strange Nagano Metropolitan Middle School did not put itself in the position of a legendary middle school or a strong side.

Instead, they put themselves very low.

"Everyone has watched the game between Chicheng Middle School and Dabei Middle School several times before. You should have a clear judgment in your heart as to what kind of strength our opponent has."

Fengxiang Longyi said, and looked at his disciples.

"Don't be fooled by the names of the three kings, our opponent is very strong, even far stronger than we imagined. He can make Dabei Middle School no hits and no points. Naturally, he can also let us do the same! The scary thing is that we are not a team like Tenryuji Middle School that destroys the opponent's defense with agility, even if we use bunt tactics, the opponent should be fully prepared."

When saying this, the friends of Nagano Metropolitan Middle School could only be silently sad.

Last year, Nagano Metropolitan Middle School was inexplicably defeated by the advanced defense of Akagi Middle School.

It looked as if they didn't have a chance against Sawamura. The scary thing is that even if they face off against Sawamura, there seems to be little chance.