"I can definitely do it!"
Sawamura said with a firm tone.
Jinguuji looked at the confident Sawamura and gave a thumbs up. "I just love Sawamura's unprovoked confidence."
If it were an ordinary person in Sawamura Eijun's situation, they would probably have already quit the team. Even experienced players like Jinguuji only vaguely guessed that Coach Kataoka might be looking at Sawamura differently. But this method of training was a bit too cruel.
They had been with the team for almost three weeks. For these three weeks, Sawamura had only one task: to run around the baseball field. If Sawamura hadn't been able to freely use baseballs, bats, and tires during his private practice sessions, even Jinguuji would have thought that Seido's coaching team had given up on Sawamura and didn't want him as a player anymore.
However, Sawamura, no matter what kind of difficulties he faced, never wavered. When he first received the punishment, his will was a bit downcast. But now, from his eyes, there was no longer any sign of negativity. He just kept at it, catching up step by step. By now, Jinguuji could even vaguely hear Sawamura's footsteps catching up.
But even if Sawamura had a chance, even if the coach looked at him differently, Sawamura's path to becoming an Ace was full of difficult challenges. Not to mention the third-year Ace pitcher, Tanba. Sawamura would at least need to face two almost impossible opponents to defeat.
One was Zhang Han.
Zhang Han was not only the core player of the team, but also capable of throwing a Light Speed Ball exceeding 155 kilometers per hour. Jinguuji had missed the last game due to diarrhea, which he greatly regretted. However, he heard from his teammates that, barring any surprises, Zhang Han would be the future Ace of Seido High School Baseball Team.
Jinguuji also watched the broadcast on Tokyo Television. How did the commentator evaluate Zhang Han? A super genius pitcher seen once in a decade. Going back 20 years, only two players had appeared who could match Zhang Han's ball speed.
One stirred up a storm on the Koshien field. The other, although he couldn't make it to Koshien, was widely reported by the media, causing countless fans to lament his absence.
Facing such a super genius pitcher who appears only once every ten years, most people would probably not even entertain the thought of competing. But Sawamura Eijun did not flinch.
Of course, he was a year behind Zhang Han. Even if he couldn't pull Zhang Han down from the Ace position, Sawamura could continue to work hard and strive for it when they reached their third year.
But what was most despairing was precisely this point.
Among their batch of new recruits, there was also a player with an exceptionally fast ball speed who caused a great stir at Seido. The coaching team privately tested him with a speed gun, although they didn't share the final results. But Jinguuji could tell from the shocked expressions of the coaches that the ball speed must have been remarkably fast.
Moreover, that player's Fastball was different from Zhang Han's Fastball. Zhang Han's Fastball, among all Fastballs, was the most common and ordinary. If its speed hadn't reached the level of a Light Speed Ball, it would be hard to say whether his Fastball could become a lethal weapon.
But that young man's pitching was different. His Fastball had high quality, a fierce momentum, and even greater power. Most importantly, the pitch itself had a natural break. In short, he didn't even need to mix in other breaking balls. That young man's Fastball alone was enough to be a powerful weapon.
This young man was Furuya Satoru, and he was also one of the most eye-catching pitchers at this stage. This was only because Zhang Han was suppressing him. If Zhang Han wasn't there, with the pitching talent Furuya Satoru displayed, he might have been directly promoted to the First string.
Among pitchers of the same grade, there was such an Ace-level opponent. How much hope did Sawamura still have of becoming the true Ace of Seido High School Baseball Team? Even if there was, that hope would undoubtedly be very slim.
Zhang Han, Furuya Satoru. With these two big mountains pressing down, most people would probably have despaired and given up long ago.
But Sawamura did not.
Not only did he not give up, but he also worked hard in his own way, step by step.
"Why don't we go practice? I haven't caught your pitching in a long time..."
"It's only been three days."
Sawamura said indifferently.
His connection with Jinguuji and Furuya Satoru was quite odd. He had gone to the baseball field to do extra practice while the First string and second team were away. For Sawamura, watching other upperclassmen on the team sweat it out on the field was meaningless.
Only when he was promoted to the First string would he pay attention to those things. As long as he hadn't reached the First string, his goal was to train hard and improve himself.
It was on that day that Furuya Satoru was late and Jinguuji had diarrhea. In the end, the three of them became the team's left-behind children.
As left-behind children, they certainly couldn't just stand by and waste their time. So the three of them practiced together.
Catching and throwing. Pitching. Hitting. Two pitchers, one batter.
Although the practice was slightly affected because there was no catcher, all three of them successfully completed their practice tasks and deeply remembered the other two who practiced with them.
For Furuya Satoru, it was the first time in a long while that someone had hit his ball. For Jinguuji, he couldn't gain any advantage while facing the two pitchers.
Against Sawamura: two hits, four outs, one strikeout.
Against Furuya Satoru: one walk, two outs, three strikeouts.
Genius cherishes genius. It was as if some inexplicable magic appeared among the three of them, binding them together.
Among them, Furuya Satoru's ball speed and Sawamura's quirk ball left a deep impression on Jinguuji. As a hitting fanatic, facing two players of the same age inexplicably made him feel hot-blooded. This was also the reason why Jinguuji had been clinging to Furuya Satoru and Sawamura recently.
The only minor regret was that he hadn't had the chance to witness the legendary Light Speed Ball. However, Zhang Han would definitely make a comeback, and with the talent Furuya Satoru displayed, he might even be able to catch up to Zhang Han in the future.
Jinguuji had never been so grateful to be at Seido as he was now. If he hadn't come to Seido, how would he have met such interesting pitchers of the same age? And how could he have witnessed the legendary Light Speed Ball?
As they spoke, they found a quiet spot and began to play catch, using the light from a streetlamp.
From afar, a tall figure was observing the people under the streetlamp through the glass.
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