[Comprehensive] Kazuya's happy life

Kazuya received a gift from Tatsuya on the bus to the semi-finals.

Unpacking the bag, it turned out to be a brand new baseball glove inside.

He couldn't help turning his head to look at Tatsuya with a smile:

"Is this a return gift from before?"

Tatsuya sat upright with a serious face.

"It's okay if you want to think that way." He didn't look sideways, and he resolutely didn't meet Kazuya's eyes. His tone was super calm and steady, which made people feel very calm when they heard it! (In fact, it is not) "Or, it would be good to regard it as a congratulatory gift to wish victory."

"Eh~ Brother is so confident? This time, the opponent is Terashima-san, who is said to have been paid close attention to by professional scouts?"

Kazuya played with the new baseball glove in his hand, and said that although he said so, he didn't look like he was about to face such a powerful person. Not only did he not feel any stiffness, on the contrary, He seemed very relaxed and casual. Although the lingering excitement and fighting spirit were obvious, it could be seen that Kazuya himself, who teased Tatsuya for being "so confident", was actually the most confident the one.

Tatsuya snorted lightly:

"What are you talking about, even professional scouts are very concerned about it, isn't it the same for you yourself, Kazuya-kun."

——Except for the third round of the preliminaries, which fell into a hard fight due to weather, in the four games that ended before, the other three games were easily won by relatively large scores, and without exception, they led a team that was previously unknown. The team miraculously broke into the semi-finals of the regional preliminaries, the miraculous twin pitchers, the Uesugi brothers of Mingqing Academy!

This is how Kazuya and Tatsuya are currently evaluated in the industry.

"So in terms of the degree of attention, we don't lose to our opponents at all."

Tatsuya had a straight face, his tone was still serious, it seemed that he had made up his mind to show others with such an image all day today.

He couldn't help but burst into a chuckle.

"Yeah, brother is right." He purposely put on a stern face, with a smile in his voice, but he deliberately said very seriously: "We are the Uesugi brothers, the powerful pitchers of the new generation! Even if two people fight against each other It's a shameless two-on-one, but who told us to be like this from birth..."

"puff!"

This time, Lun Dao couldn't help laughing out loud.

What Kazuya is quoting is a post-match comment made by the pitcher of Ming Qing's last quarter-final opponent, Inomata Gakuen, who was depressed and ashamed after the game.

"There are two Uesugi brothers! For a matchup between starting pitchers, it's two-on-one. It's not fair at all!"

——That's what the other party said at the time.

However, Mingqing is not the first team to adopt the double ace pitcher tactic, nor will it be the last.In addition to the starting pitcher, all teams will have at least one backup pitcher, which is the most basic common sense in professional leagues.

Only ace pitchers in non-professional games (such as junior high and high school nationals) actually play the full nine innings when needed, and both Kazuya and Tatsuya are Mingqing's starters -- in other words It is also commonly known as the ace pitcher - this point makes attacks like "This is not fair!" It can only be said that Zhu You's pitcher is really angry, and he is too disappointed and embarrassed to lose the game. the point.

After Kazuya's joke, Tatsuya's intentionally tense appearance could not be maintained at all.

He watched Kazuya sitting next to him, concentrating on playing with the new glove he just gave out, although he was very happy that Kazuya liked his gift, but——

"You don't plan to use this glove later in the game, do you?"

He frowned.

"What's wrong?" Kazuya looked puzzled, "This is a gift specially given by my brother to wish me victory. Is there anything better than using it to compete and win?"

Tatsuya reached out to snatch back the baseball glove from Kazuya:

"No! If you don't get used to the feel of this new glove, it will be difficult to throw the usual feeling. I didn't pick the right time to give it to you just to let you use it in this game! "

"What... I thought my brother just wanted me to use it for the game..." Kazuya dodged Tatsuya's scrambling movements a little "wronged", "Besides, it takes enough time to go all the way to the stadium if you want to get used to it Come on, brother, don't worry too much, okay?"

"No! In short, it is not allowed!"

"Brother is stingy."

"You're stingy for your size! You're so stingy that I wouldn't give you this kind of thing! It's very expensive, do you know that!"

"Well. Thirty-five thousand yuan. It's super expensive."

"……How did you know!"

"That's because..."

——Because, this is what my brother bought with the salary he got after working hard for a month as a helper in Uncle Junfu's shop.

I wanted to cherish and use it very much.

Thinking about taking it to Koshien together, if possible, I want to use it to fight until the end and win the championship.

However, when it was only one step away from Jiashien...

Kazuya closed his eyes, and shook off the memories of the past that began to surface in his heart frequently because the day was getting closer.

"Because, the gloves I gave to my brother before were just like this."

He turned his head, smiled and met Tatsuya's eyes:

"But since my brother said that it is not allowed, then I don't use it for the time being. Anyway... there will be better opportunities to use it in the future."

——on the dream field that he once wanted to board but missed in the end.

Tatsuya also heard the meaning of his words.

He raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

"Ah, that's what I said."

— and the last two games.

They are only two steps away from Koshien, the sacred place in the hearts of high school baseball players across the country.

***

The weather is fine.

The summer afternoon sun is very hot, scorching the unsheltered stadium.

Kazuya finally arranged his cap and gloves, exchanged a hug with Tatsuya, turned his head, and set foot on the field with his teammates.

Regional preliminaries semi-finals.

Ming Qing vs. Saijo.

Kazuya pitches first, and Saijo goes first.

Taking a deep breath, Kazuya stood on the pitcher.

"Uesugi! Uesugi!"

"Uesugi! Uesugi!"

The entire stadium seemed to be in a certain frenzy, and before Kazuya even started to throw the first ball, the voice of chanting his name had already resounded throughout the audience.

He looked sideways at the stands behind Mingqing's bench.

There, the girls who were wearing the uniform of the cheerleaders who were calling his name vigorously took the lead, and after seeing his gaze, they shouted even harder!

"Uesugi!! Uesugi!!!"

He also raised the corner of his mouth slightly, but soon, he restrained all the emotions on his face.

Turning back, he took the first ball out of his pocket...

straight line!middle!Totally straight!

"nice shot!"

Spin!down!Sink the fastball!

"nice shot!"

Spin!fall!Nice slider!

"nice shot!"

"The batter is out!"

"Wow—"

There was a huge uproar and discussion in the stadium.

Without him, it was just because Kazuya quickly struck out Saijo's first batter with three completely different types of pitches and at an incredible speed as soon as he came on the field.

"Straight ball, sinker, slider, isn't Mingqing's first-year kid too good?! Are these skills that a first-year rookie can master?"

"Hey, don't you know that? That's Uesugi——Uesugi Kazuya."

"It is said that even in the professional team, many people are very interested in him and his twin brother after watching the final of last year's middle school competition. Haven't you read the report that Morikawa was interviewed before? When asked about the recent When there was no junior whom he paid more attention to, he called out 'Mingqing's Uesugi brother' by name!"

"Eh? Morikawa player?"

"Yes. And Mingqing was a weak team that stopped in the first two rounds of the preliminaries until last year. Last year, the current captain Kuroki was poached from a foreign school and there was no big change-no way, the overall strength and the traditional strong school The difference is too much. But this year, as soon as the Uesugi brothers joined, they immediately broke into the semi-finals of the preliminaries! It can only be said that these two first-year brats are so strong that it is a bit outrageous!"

"Oh...the one sitting in Mingqing's bench who looks exactly like Uesugi on the field is his brother?"

"Well, that's right. Uesugi Tatsuya is also a very strong pitcher. But unlike Uesugi, he takes a straight ball route, and he is almost never seen changing the ball. His straight ball is very fast, which is different from Uesugi just now. The straight ball he threw for the first time was very similar, crisp, neat, and fast, even if he knew the way of the ball, it was difficult to hit. In a sense, the degree of difficulty to deal with is no less than that of his brother."

"Huh? But if you change to a strong hitter like the four-bat Nitta-kun who joined the team this year, it will be easy to deal with straight balls, isn't it?"

"Not necessarily. Tatsu Uesugi is also the kind of pitcher who can throw the straight ball so that the batter can't do anything. If it's just fast, I wouldn't say that he is as difficult to deal with as Kazu Uesugi. "

"Is that so... Then it looks like Saijo's current situation is very bad?! Difficult pitchers, they met two at once..."

"Yeah. And one of them is Kazuya Uesugi...he has a straight ball on par with his brother, and at the same time is very good at changing the ball... Hehe, Uesugi, Uesugi, what a scary first-year kid... ..."

…………

The noises outside the court did not have any impact on the peace on the court at all.

Straight ball!

Curve ball!

Changeup!

"Three strikes! Batter out!"

Straight ball!

Straight ball!

Straight ball!

"Three strikes! Batter out!"

—Strikeouts in a row!

No hits, no hits, no balls!

Saijo's first game was less than 5 minutes before the game officially started, and it ended quickly in such a way with 0 points.

The whole stadium suddenly fell into a strong cheer of "Uesugi! Uesugi!"

On the high platform passage at the highest part of the auditorium.

Amidst the deafening shouts, the casual attire in a black shirt and beige trousers made the whole person look more calm and handsome. The handsome first-year hitter Sumiko, who hit the four-stick strong Nitta, lowered his eyes and followed closely From the figure of Kazuya who was walking down from the pitcher——

"It really...showed off a lot of skills. Uesugi."