NOVEL NEXT Chapter 22: No-Kings-Fight?
Chapter 22: No-Kings-Fight?
“Senpais, is there something I can help you with?”
Sawamura looked at Yuuki Tetsuya and the others strangely, but he didn't think they were here to kick his face or something.
As the seniors of Seidou, they are not so low.
“There is!” Yuuki nod.
“Please say.” Sawamura’s eyes narrowed.
He hesitated for a while but finally didn’t say anything.
Isashiki next to him can’t stand it anymore, he has always had the temper of saying what is on his mind: “Kozoh, we have to settle the account two years ago. If you are tired today, we will not bully you. Find a time, let’s play again.”
After Yuuki, Isashiki Jun’s face was very firm. Obviously, they thought about this for a long time.
“Ryosuke-senpai, is that what you want too?”
Kominato Ryosuke smiled and said nothing.
His attitude was obviously to go forward and retreat with Tetsuya and Isashiki.
“Of course I’m fine, but are you sure you want to do this?”
Sawamura asked seriously.
Hearing this, Yuuki hesitated for a while, with a trace of struggle on his face, and finally said, “Jun, Ryosuke, let’s go.”
After speaking, he left first.
Isashiki Jun and Kominato Ryosuke chased after him puzzled.
“What’s wrong?”
“Didn’t you say that you want to fight again no matter what?”
Yuuki didn’t answer and walked all the way to a remote corner.
“The coach won’t agree.”
“Why?”
Isashiki asked strangely.
Kominato Ryosuke suddenly laughed.
“Ha-ha, I didn’t expect that we would be taught this by a first-year Kohai.”
“What do they call it, No-Kings-Fight?”
Isashiki hates others who play dumb riddles in front of him and show his IQ.
As if he, Isashiki, was a caveman.
“The rules in the big clubs, No-Kings-Fights. It’s just that Seidou didn't have a decent pitcher for a long time, and this has been forgotten.”
Kominato Ryosuke explained with a smile.
“The so-called No-Kings-Fight means that the strong Batters in the team must not easily play against the Ace in the team.”
Ace? Sawamura!
“That arrogant kid.”
Isashiki Jun was very upset. Sawamura had just entered the first string, and he even regarded himself as the Ace.
“What kind of rule is that, how can the Coach control such a thing? As long as he is willing to be a hitting pitcher during training, no one will say anything.”
“No, it’s not that simple.”
Ryosuke Kominato said with a smile: “The Coach will definitely not agree.”
With No-Kings-Fight, unless the head Coach of that team has a hole in his head, he will never let his Ace play against Cleanups directly. This is like the businessman with the strongest spear and the strongest shield in his hands. If he insists on letting the two collide, he will definitely lose money.
If the Ace and the team’s strong Batters play against each other, and no matter who wins the other, it is very likely to destroy the other. No matter the Pitcher or the Batter, they all pay attention to one state. If the person who was abused before the competition can’t be in his best form, the Coach will cry?
Of course, this means that in the team, the Ace and Cleanup Batters have a certain level of strength. If there is a clear gap in strength between the two sides, then of course there is no problem, and it will not have much impact on the mentality.
As the captain of Seidou, when Sawamura raised this question, of course, Tetsuya must focus on the overall situation.
As for the knot in his own heart, it doesn’t seem so important now.
It’s all for the team!
Yuuki and the others left, but Sawamura was very troubled.
He wants to slap himself and his big mouth. He could say it would be good for him to play now, why should he talk too much?
It was also Sawamura’s own wish to go against the current Cleanups.
'How can you say that and then you leave? It’s too unprincipled!'
Seeing Yuuki leave, Sawamura himself chased after him again.
“Senpai!”
They turned their heads and looked at Sawamura in confusion.
“Stinky boy, is something wrong?”
Isashiki asked angrily.
“What do you say about the duel?” Sawamura asked with a smile.
After the Yuuki Tetsuya, Jun Isashiki and Kominato Ryosuke looked at Sawamura stupidly, not understanding what he meant.
'Didn’t they just say ‘let’s have a duel’? As soon as they turned their head, they forgot about it.'
“Of course, the Coach won’t allow it, but we are fighting in private, and he doesn’t know. At the right time, it will be there will be no problem”
“What time is okay?”
Since Sawamura is not afraid, of course, there are no hesitations in Yuuki.
“After the semi-finals of the Spring Tournament, isn’t there no need to train on the day? Our duel is scheduled for that time. It just so happens that we all have time, and the coach will not check.”
“But in the school, people are training everywhere.”
Isashiki said hesitantly.
Even if the main force does not need to train in the afternoon and evening, there will still be the Second String, the substitutes, the Third String, and the freshmen…
There is no such place in Seidou, it is really clean.
No matter where they fight, someone will see them. At that time, if the coach came to stop it, it would be too disappointing.
“There is a small stream next to the school, which is very quiet normally. Although at night, there are players from the Second String who practice swinging there, but no one is there in the afternoon.”
Sawamura also thought about the location.
“And there’s also a catcher to be your partner!”
Sawamura himself was very excited, so he would have fewer partners, otherwise, everything would be in order.
“Chris is back, and he’s going to play that day. You can ask him to be your catcher.”
'Chris-shisho is back!'
Sawamura’s face was immediately filled with surprise.
“Really?”
“Come to school tomorrow, you should be able to meet.”
“His injury?”
“Healed!”
“Chris won’t be stumped by that little injury.”
…
Chris is back, healed!
For the first time since knowing that Chris was injured, Sawamura was frustrated. Knowing that Chris was injured earlier, Sawamura felt regretful. He visited Seidou a few times before, and his friendship with Chris was also forged during that time.
“This time, I will partner with Chris-senpai.”
Yuuki Tetsuya just entered the third grade but was directly nominated by professional baseball.
With such strength, Sawamura naturally wanted to see it.
Sawamura also wanted to know what level his pitching was now.
This is a good opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
For this matter, Sawamura’s attention is far more than this in-team battle.
When Sawamura returned to the dormitory, Kuramochi and Masuko were already asleep, and he quietly got into bed and fell down.
That night, Sawamura couldn’t sleep soundly no matter what.
He was so excited, so excited.
Pitching with all his might, ever since he had graduated from middle school, Sawamura has never done it again.
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(T/N: I don't know about the No-Kings-fight rule came from. in fact, I don't know if it was the right name for it but it is likely the right name. I tried searching for it in baseball Wikipedia but got nothing, so I think it is something the Author came up with. Well the rule is logical after all so I think it is okay.)
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T/N 2: The Third Chapter as I promised.