Absolute on the Mound

4.

Migratory Fighter Strikes!

Oh, it worked.

A striker grabs the ball and sings it. Get out!

I was so exhausted by the swing, the previous relay player.

Police Department Baseball vs. Angels Group 2 3rd Annual Battle.

Yesterday, the police force, Angels and both teams, they didn't make it, but they did it well in the first place.

That's why baseball is so hard. I don't know anything about baseball, do I?

The battlers on both teams who scored a huge score 12: 14 in the first place were showing helplessness in the second round and the third round that is going on, as if the first battle was a one-night dream, as if the first score was all they could make.

Naturally, the faces of police headquarters baseball and Angels' batsmen hardened as Inning piled up.

‘Dammit, if you can't hit the home run on the wall, you're not a hitter.' ’

‘We have to show them a good look somehow. Maybe after this, we won't have a chance for a while. ’

It's not anywhere else, and it's not in the best interest of the batsman, so you can't score on a baseball field that deserves a home run because you have to take it seriously.

Of course, there was a real problem.

Yesterday and today, both team batsmen are just out of their minds.

Kim Jin-ho and Lee Jin-yong sat on a doughout bench and watched the grounds game, knowing the real problem better than anyone.

Everyone's trying their hardest to hit the ball with a pencil. The swing is getting bigger without me knowing it. Even more psychologically driven, they're trying to leave even more impressive results. Crucially, both team benches don't give signs or advice to those batsmen.

Kim Jin-ho, who was speaking, looked at Angels' Doug out with a slutty binary dragon and the coaches there.

Lee Jin-yong followed Kim Jin-ho's gaze.

Then I realized Lee Jin-yong.

Doug was very quiet today, unlike usual.

Especially that the striking coach, who always signs on the bench busy, often crossed his arms more than he signs today.

I don't even want to pay attention to those who can't solve their own problems.

With that, Kim Jin-ho smiled coldly.

That's kind of creepy, right?

And Lee Jin-yong's back froze cold.

‘Everything really is a test. ’

The Futures League is nothing but a fierce battlefield for the Second Army to face the stage.

However, the struggle within it was never simple, and it was not pure.

The coaching staff were pointing and advising athletes on everything they did throughout the game, while also scoring everything they did.

‘No matter how good the score is, if there is no place in Group 1, if there is a place in Group 1, if it does not meet the criteria you want, you will be disqualified even if your skills and grades are good. ’

What was even more frightening was that there was no standard or outcome presentation for this scoring.

It can't be easy to do something for money.

A world of professionals.

Lee Jin-yong could feel himself standing in the middle of the cruelty of the world that he had only heard about.

If you try hard, you'll know. Don't expect the same thing.

And Kim Jinho did not say a sweet, warm word for Lee Jin-yong in the harshness.

If you don't get the results, you have to take off your clothes.

I knew better than anyone that such crude warmth was the cruelty of the professional world.

You want to live, you make a result, you make a grade. If you want to climb, you're better than everyone else.

‘Kim Jinho is right. ’

Lee Jin-yong also tightened her heart instead of frowning at Kim Jin-ho's words.

‘No matter how good or impressive my results are, if I simply put physical and restraint, rectification, papercutting, and papercutting, I am still the youngest of the fighters in the Second Army. ’

He calmly judged his situation to fit into a cruel world.

‘Above all, it's not a growing age you can expect to grow taller and have more restraints. ’

Thanks to that.

‘This makes it clear that I don't need to be in Group 2 anymore to go to Group 1. ’

Lee Jin-yong was able to clearly understand what she needed to do at this moment.

At that moment, Lee Jin-yong immediately activated his Stats window.

[Lee Jin-yong]

Max HP: 78

Maximum Binding: 126

Holds: 4th Fastball (E), 2th Fastball (A), Changeup (B), Slider (B), Curve (F)

Owned Skill: Daily (E), Daily (E), Rising Fastball (E), Magic First Inning, Iron Arm (F)

[Daily effects have increased your slider's globular rank to B rank.]

‘Iron Arms.’

It was the newly acquired Platinum grade skill, Iron Arm, that caught the eye of such a binary dragon by spinning the Gold Wheel this time.

[Iron Arms]

Skill Grade: F

Skill Effect: HP +30 on 6 inning digestion

A skill that dramatically increases HP for its Iron Arm.

The peculiarity is that conditions apply.

‘In fact, if I can survive up to 6 inning, my maximum health will be 108. ’

Of course, even conditional was truly a thousand skills for Jin Yong.

Skill that greatly covers the health of binary deficiencies!

‘The important thing is to finish 6 innings. If you digest 6 innings with a stamina of only 78, you will have to use magic innings. ’

However, Lee Jin-yong did not just want to be satisfied with that fact.

‘But if you are satisfied there, it will just end there. ’

With Kim Jinho's teachings, he had no intention of embracing the word satisfaction.

‘If you want to complete the match, you must save the magic inning until the end. ’

After forgetting the satisfaction, Lee Jin-yong's eyes turned into the eyes of a beast who was hungry.

Lee Jin-yong looked at the ground with that look.

And he looked at Lee Jin-yong with a smile on his mouth.

Yeah, don't forget my advice.

After covering his mouth towards Kim Jin-ho, he carefully said in a small voice.

“But you've been saying that all along. I'm your brother now, aren't I? ”

5.

After a three-way battle with the police department baseball team, the fleet of Angels II returned to two thousand.

There was no rest.

The Futures League was on a tight schedule, and everyone wanted to be the protagonist of that tight schedule.

However, in such a situation, rest came for Jin Yong.

“Jinyong, I don't have a backboard for a while, so in the meantime, take care of yourself. ”

With Tutsu Coach's notice, Jin Yong's name was cleared from the entry.

However, Jin Yong did not complain about it.

Lee Jin-yong knew that it was not neglect, but the time to prepare for the pitchers to face the storm.

Finally something to come.

Kim Jinho, thanks to his repeated warnings and advice.

We're now going to reset the selection rotation once we've rotated it. In the meantime, your back panel will be set. And when the date is set, the director will call you.

And Kim Jin-ho's expectations have come true, as they have so far.

On April 17, Lee Jin-yong dominated Group 2 Director Woo Ji-wook.

6.

Holidays are Monday for pro baseball players.

It is absurd for sports players to rest on weekends when more spectators come to the baseball field than ever before, and of course, weekends are a holiday for hard-working athletes.

The Futures League was no different.

Monday was a holiday, except when professional baseball rested on Monday and relaxed the Future League using the relaxation in the station's broadcast schedule.

On Monday, April 17, Group Angels II celebrated the holidays.

Some athletes came together for the holidays to take a taxi or a car to 2: 00 p.m., while some athletes stayed in their accommodations and literally rested, and some showed a very keen attitude to train while others were resting.

“Phew.”

And Lee Jin-yong was breathing in front of the supervisor's office.

Jin-yong, do as you were taught.

Kim Jin-ho coached Lee Jin-yong, who breathed like a coach, giving advice behind a boxing player in a match.

I'm just going to walk through the door and I'm going to hold my fist in front of the director. Director! Please put me on the board and I'll show you how it's done! Once I'm elected, I'll rob the place clean and leave the club!

It was not helpful coaching and, of course, Lee Jin-yong lifted his fist, ignoring the coach neatly.

Knock, knock!

“It's for Lee Jin-yong!”

Lee Jin-yong knocked on the door with his fist.

“Come in.”

Immediately, I heard a voice outside the door, and Lee Jin-yong turned the door hook and opened the door.

As soon as Lee Jin-yong opened the door, the director of Group 2, Woo Ji-wook, who was sitting in front of the desk, stood up.

A second-in-command director standing up pointed to the couch in front of his desk.

“Have a seat.”

Immediately, two men were seated on the couch, and Kim Jin-ho moved toward the desk of the director of Group 2.

The conversation started right away.

“In the meantime, I want to compliment you on your performance. Three innings in three matches. You've completely stopped all the batsmen. ”

“Thank you."

“The least you could do, as you said. ”

Minimum qualification.

It meant that the three backboards proved to Lee Jin-yong that he was qualified to remain in Group 2, no more, no less, and that he should not want anything more than that with the three results.

Lee Jin-yong smiled at the fact.

It was a relaxing smile.

“So, next time, I'm going to put you on the list. ”

The director of the 2nd Group threw a terrifying saddle at Lee Jin-yong's smile.

That was it.

The director of Group Woo Ji-wook II did not mention the fact that Lee Jin-yong had been drastically demolished after 5 innings at the Goyang Stars games, and there had never been more than 6 innings since Lee Jin-young retired from high school baseball.

After spitting it out, I looked at Jigsy, Lee Jin-yong.

I looked at Lee Jin-yong's reaction.

“Which team will you be running against? ”

Lee Jin-yong, who looked at the director of Group 2, was very bold.

It seemed like he was expecting this situation from the last time he expressed his joy in the notification that he would be listed as a finishing pitcher at the first meeting.

“You don't seem to mind. ”

“The selection opportunities aren't easy to come by, are they? Of course we should seize this opportunity. ”

“Are you confident? ”

“I didn't come to the professional world to leave myself and become a pitcher who only loses matches and goes back to the bench. ”

In response, the director of Group 2 was surprised.

‘Fantastic.’

Director Woo Ji-wook II always called in potential pitchers to inform the selection board.

And that was the last test.

Testing how to mount a batsman in a difficult situation and then send him out for a selection to test against the batsman and not the batsman.

However, until now, among those who had received this notification from Group 2 supervisors, there was one who remained bold.

Most of them were hardened and hard-working.

No one pretended to be bold and genuinely accepted the situation.

That was obvious.

When it comes to companies, it's no different than when a supervisor calls a direct report and tests the direct report and tells them that the exam has a very important impact on the promotion.

In such a situation, how many people can really take the situation seriously?

That's why.

‘Looks like we'll need to increase the difficulty. ’

Here, Group 2 supervisor Woo Ji-wook decided to increase the difficulty of the test only for Jin Jin.

“We'll let you know when the day is up. Stay tuned. ”

The second-in-command director didn't tell Lee Jin-yong which team he should hit.

It was never my intention.

It was huge at the same time.

It is very important to tell the linebacker. That way, the pitcher gathers information and prepares for the team he will be facing until it is released.

And in preparation, the fate of the lineman changes.

Even the best pitchers representing the Major League suddenly, unexpectedly, and unexpectedly, can't show the right pitch.

How come you don't tell Jin Yong who will be his first pro career, what team to take on?

The difficulty was not increasing.

The problem is a whole different level.

‘Group 1 calls are always made under unexpected circumstances. ’

Conversely, if even the problem was solved by binary, it was perfect evidence.

‘If this obstacle is even pierced, there is only one stage where binary dragons will run next. ’

Evidence that Jin Yong no longer needs to be on stage in Group 2.

“I look forward to it. ”

Lee Jin-yong nodded his head, and Woo Ji-wook, the director of Group 2, gave the last word to Lee Jin-yong.

“Good work. Get some rest. ”

After he finally got up from his seat, he immediately broke his back to 90 degrees, then opened the door and left.

Bang!

And as soon as I closed the door, the director of Group 2 became droopy on the couch without my knowledge.

‘You've met a great guy. ’

I thought, stretching out like that.

I thought at the same time.

‘If you go like this, you can say that you are good enough to pass the quality start. ’

Lee Jin-yong, it was the moment that he decided to cross the line.

7.

“Phew!”

The moment I left the supervisory room, what I had locked in my chest came out of Lee Jin-yong's mouth at once.

“No, it makes sense that you didn't tell me about the election day when you were selling it as a cast. ”

There were some complaints about the explosion.

“This is crazy.”

The complaint was a reasonable complaint.

‘I won't tell you that day, but if you do, you'll give me two days to prepare. · · · · · · It's too close, right? ’

Usually when the pitcher comes out as the next pitcher, he leaves about 4 days of tumbling.

For four days, the pitcher draws his body and prepares the next backboard.

Even foreheads are stories of monsters' leagues and major leagues, and in the case of Korean pro baseball, on average they have more than 4.5 days of rest because Monday is a holiday.

However, not a single pitcher thinks there are enough pitchers for those four days.

Unlike the Group 1 league, however, there is no shortage of data about the players, and for Jin Yong, the Future League is the first league of his life.

It means that I have no experience.

For him, two days was not enough time to properly analyze the scouting report given by the team.

‘This is crazy. I can't breathe with my iron arm out. ’

On the calendar on the desk, there was an empty rotation for the last match of the 3rd home game with Mars Rangers on April 23. There's a good chance that's gonna be a four-liner.

Kim Jin-ho said something to Lee Jin-yong who was suffering like that.

“Yes?”

Lee Jin-yong was surprised and reacted.

“How · · · · · · · · · Wait! Did you go to your desk to see that? ”

Then why do you think I'm wandering around the director's desk?

“I was nervous because I thought you were doing strip dancing on your desk to fuck me up. ”

Kim Jin-ho stared at Lee Jin-yong with an absurd look and then shaken his head.

Then he asked Lee Jin-yong again.

“So this is how you expected Director Wu to appear? ”

Styles give us answers. Director Woo is the type of person who gives the most difficult problems. In such situations, the only way to make the problem more difficult is to inform the schedule of the selection back board late.

Lee Jin-yong was really impressed by Kim Jin-ho's appearance.

At the same time, I asked questions.

“But can I tell you something like this? ”

What? I'm sorry.

“No, it's not. ”

Kim Jin-ho hopes that Lee Jin-yong will face greater hardship and adversity, and does not hide her insides.

However, it was all because I wanted Lee Jin-yong to grow by experiencing greater hardship and adversity.

Lee Jin-yong couldn't have known that.

But now, Kim Jin-ho showed a different look than usual.

Kim Jin-ho noticed his insides in Lee Jin-yong's reaction and smiled.

It's not my style, it's not my style.

“Yes?”

Maybe Director Wu will give you a pass if you start at quality. There's nothing bad about a six-inning three-point score under the worst of these conditions. On the basis of the player who can do the solo bread when he gets out of group 1. But the pitcher beneath me is a different story.

Kim Jin-ho smiled intensely.

You can either die on the mountain or you can fight your way down on your feet. I can't stand the satisfaction of a quality start.

In that intense gaze, Lee Jin-yong answered with a intense gaze.

“Of course, is there? ”

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