Jingu Stadium.

By the time the bus of the Qingdao High School baseball team arrived, the position at the gate of the stadium was already full of reporters.

"So many cameras?"

There was a little fan who came to watch the match between Daocheng and Qingdao, and was directly stunned by the formation in front of him.

He had never seen so many media reporters at one time.

"There's no way, who made the next race called an early national championship battle."

The early national championship race was, of course, a joke.

But if you think about it carefully, you will be very surprised to find that not all of this joke is a joke.

There are still a lot of things in this, which are worth thinking about.

Take the next two teams to play each other, and the feelings of Tokyo fans towards them are very complicated.

One of them is Inagi Industries, who has just won the national championship for Tokyo in the spring Koshien field.

According to common sense, these Tokyo fans should support Inagi Industry without hesitation, after all, they are the most promising to continue this legend.

Although it is said that the team that won the championship in the spring league, the probability of continuing to dominate in the summer Koshien is slim.

In the more than 100-year history of Koshien, the total number of times this kind of thing happened was no more than a slap in the face.

But you still have to admit that the team that is most likely to continue to dominate the country today is still the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team.

The other teams, no matter how brilliant they played, were still a little worse after all......

As for the team that played against the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team today, it is also the culprit that makes fans in Tokyo feel entangled.

Also from Nishitokyo, the Seido High School baseball team.

First of all, Qingdao is the same as the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School, and it is the top giant in the country.

The second is the strength of this team, their strength is no worse than the Baseball Team of Daocheng Industrial High School, and even won against Daocheng Industrial at the Kanto Conference not long ago.

The champion of the Kanto Convention, the top team in the country, the team with the strongest attack power in the country, and the team of the fastest pitcher in the country......

These are the Qingdao roads!

If you don't consider Inagi Industrial, there is no doubt that the Seido High School baseball team is the team in the Tokyo area that is most likely to win the Koshien championship and dominate the country.

In the past, if there was such a team in Nishitokyo, the fans in Tokyo would be crazy.

But now, there are two teams with the same strength.

This would have been a gratifying thing, and it is estimated that other regions will not find such a good thing with lanterns.

But the fans in the Tokyo area were not happy at all.

With such two teams, they are reluctant to let them throw any of them.

No matter which team is eliminated, their hearts are like grinding meat, and they are so uncomfortable that they are going to die.

"It's unreasonable to have only one place in Nishitokyo."

"I really should tell the organizers that given the fierce competition in Nishitokyo, it is completely possible to increase the number of places by one."

"It's useless to add a place, these two teams met in the semi-finals."

Adding one place is also a qualification for the champion and runner-up, and it is impossible to qualify for the first and third places.

"Then add two."

"When did you become the organizer of the Koshien event, can you count it?"

Although the fans in the Tokyo area have a million reluctance in their hearts, they also know it.

There is no way to avoid and change a situation like this.

No matter how reluctant they are in their hearts, no matter how unfair they think this format is, there can only be one team that can finally represent Nishitokyo and enter Koshien.

"How do we make a trade-off?"

"I can only hope that the winning team will continue to make great progress."

The fans looked at the Qingdao athletes who walked off the bus and consciously burst into fierce applause.

"Bang bang! Bang Bang Bang !! ”

"Zhang Han ......"

"Hansang!!"

"Yuuki ......"

There are even many fans who directly call out the names of the players of the Seido High School baseball team to express their love and support for them.

Of course, the most shouted are Yuki and Zhang Han, the two top fighters in the country.

Especially Zhang Han, the voice of support for him is the most.

"Thank you!!"

The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team also raised their hands very politely to greet the fans around them.

In today's game, the Seido High School baseball team was very passive.

Not only is it tactically passive, but also in terms of the support of fans, it is also passive.

Compared with Inagi Industry, which has dominated the country in Koshien in the spring, although the honor won by the Seido High School baseball team is not small, it is not as prominent as the national championship after all.

Therefore, most of the fans at the scene, especially those neutral fans, still stood on the side of Daocheng Industrial.

The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team, before they actually play, also hope to win over one by one.

Through this detail, it can also be seen that the little friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team have different attitudes towards today's game.

Usually when playing against other teams, even if the Qingdao High School baseball team is not as good as others in some aspects, the friends will not find a way to make up for it.

As the top team in the country, they have absolute self-confidence, even if they are inferior in some aspects. When it comes to the real game, they can also rely on their strong strength to defeat their opponents hard.

But today, the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team don't seem to have that kind of confidence.

Before playing against the Baseball Team of Inagi Industrial High School, they had to go all out to fight for even the slightest thing that might change the situation on the field.

Even if they can't get it themselves, they must not give such things to those guys in Daocheng Industry.

Every inch of land counts.

The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team have already had sufficient awareness.

The outcome of their game against the Baseball Team of Inagi Industrial High School is likely to happen in the slightest.

In other words, the final score difference between the two teams is likely to be very small.

So even if it's a point, they have to fight hard.

Even if it's the support of a fan, they have to fight for it!

The reporters raised their guns and cannons in the faces of Kataoka and the players, hoping that they would be interviewed.

The semi-finals in Nishitokyo will be broadcast live on the sports channel.

This alone can basically see how exciting this competition is. How many fans did this showdown touch?

They can't wait to find out a little bit about the game.

Before the start of the official competition, they didn't have much intelligence and information to obtain, and if they wanted to earn a gimmick, they had to interview the supervisors and players of the two teams.

"The Inagi Industrial High School baseball team is a very good team, and their previous performance in Koshien in the spring has already proved their strength and status."

When Superintendent Kataoka spoke, he was more modest.

Speaking from facts, Kataoka Supervisor is not completely modest, and in the past ten years, the honor won by the baseball team of Inagi Industrial High School is definitely excellent.

Especially this year's Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team, simply using the word excellent, I am afraid it is not enough to describe their strength.

This is the most powerful team of Daocheng Industry in the past ten years.

This is also the only team that Daocheng Industry has dominated the country for more than ten years.

Inagi Industries, which has dominated Nishitokyo for more than ten years, has now encountered their strongest time.

How can such an opponent not be respected and feared.

The words of praise given to them by Inspector Kataoka at this time were not exaggerated in the slightest. Strictly speaking, it's just a matter of seeking truth from facts.

Although Superintendent Kataoka was seeking truth from facts, the reporters who interviewed him were obviously not satisfied with such an answer.

They immediately asked sharp questions.

"Superintendent Kataoka also thinks that the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team is the team that is most qualified to represent Nishitokyo?"

There are many fans in Nishitokyo, including those in Tokyo as a whole, who think this way.

Some people even helped the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School to promote it on the Internet.

Those who advertise it on the Internet did not take a penny from the Baseball Team of Daocheng Industrial High School. The reason why they did this was because they sincerely believed that the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team was the team that was most qualified to represent Nishitokyo.

It's not surprising that any fan, including supporters of the Seido High School baseball team, can think so.

But the superintendent of the Seido High School baseball team and the players of the Seido High School baseball team must not have such thoughts.

If they think so from the bottom of their hearts, what's the point of the game?

The friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team can now completely disarm and surrender and give up the game.

Since they didn't do that, it means that they didn't give up on the game.

Or rather, they don't think that the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team is the most qualified team to represent Nishitokyo.

Superintendent Kataoka's answer just now is a very good official answer.

Anyone who listens to it will probably not be able to find any problems or faults.

It's just that this kind of answer is not liked by journalist friends. Since the supervisors of the two teams are not willing to belittle each other before the start of the game, they create their own conflicts.

Although this kind of sowing discord is not very clever.

But as long as it works......

Even the supervisors of the two teams have good self-control and will not lose their temper because of the provocation of reporters.

But, what about those players?

Can those sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers sit firmly on the Diaoyutai like the superintendent of their family?

Apparently impossible.

The faces of the players of the Seido High School baseball team are getting greener and greener.

Say they can't compare to the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team, why?

Just because Inagi Industry once won the final victory in the spring Koshien selection competition?

Who doesn't know that the gold content of such a selection tournament is just like that, and the name of the champion of Koshien in spring sounds good, and the real public recognition is not at the same level as that of Koshien in summer.

In addition, the Seido High School baseball team has not won any honors.

Seido has also won honors, and he is the champion of the Kanto Convention. And in the final, he also defeated Daocheng Industry.

Don't these guys have eyes and brains?

When the reporters saw the anger in the eyes of the players, they were very excited.

A child is a child, and if you tease it a little, you will be furious.

It looks like their news material is about to arrive.

Just when these excited reporters wanted to interview the players, Superintendent Kataoka suddenly reached out and summoned Minister Ota and the coaches.

"I'm really sorry, we still have to rush to the competition, and the interview will be talked about after the players are finished."

Minister Ota rushed over with the coaches and pulled the reporters away.

Superintendent Kataoka and the coaches of the Seido High School baseball team apparently didn't want the players to reach out to reporters so quickly.

So pull people directly and separate the two sides.

No matter what kind of emotions are generated during the interview, it may affect the state of the players.

If it was any other game, the high-witted Seido High School baseball team players would definitely be able to exert 120% combat effectiveness.

However, when playing against the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team, Superintendent Kataoka didn't want his players to be too excited.

Once the players get too excited and forget how to brake, they are likely to get into a big disaster.

In the game against the baseball team of Inagi Industrial High School, any slight mistake can be infinitely magnified.

This is not alarmism, but seeking truth from facts.

Once the players get carried away during the game, they will definitely suffer in the end.

It doesn't need to be more, the gap of one or two points is widened, and it is likely to evolve into the final game score gap.

So Superintendent Kataoka made up his mind this time and would never let his players be disturbed by reporters before the game.

"Forget all the gossip and concentrate on preparing for the game."

The players were forcibly pulled away, and they all had expressions of unyielding defeat on their faces.

Although Superintendent Kataoka was very relieved, his disciples could have such a strong fighting spirit. But he is also afraid that the players' mood swings will affect the normal mood of the game.

Hurriedly spoke out to advise.

Then Kataoka saw the little guys on the Seido High School baseball team, and they all looked at him with a very strange look.

Do you have anything dirty on your face?

If it weren't for the sake of maintaining the dignity of the overseer, Kataoka would have wanted to touch his face.

Fortunately, he restrained this impulse.

The players all left, and Superintendent Kataoka touched his face.

Nothing but fine beard stubble.

If there was anything out of the ordinary, it was that he felt the temperature on his face a little higher.

Is it not only the players who are affected, but also him, the overseer?

The opponent is the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team, and I think of the performance of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team in the summer tournament in the past ten years.

To say that Superintendent Kataoka has nothing in mind would be a lie.

Although last summer, they had already beaten Inagi once again.

But at that time, everyone on the Seido High School baseball team didn't have any messy thoughts in their hearts, and they didn't have any worries.

The Seido High School baseball team, which had not been in Koshien for several years, had only one thought in the minds of both Kataoka Supervisor and the players at that time, and that was to pull down the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team and advance to Koshien.

Encouraged by that momentum, the friends basically played at a super level.

At that time, they were challengers and were not qualified to look ahead.

At that time, they were fighting the country, they had nothing, and they didn't have to be afraid of losing anything.

However, the current Seido High School baseball team is not only the champion of last year, the quarterfinals of Koshien, but also the champion of the Kanto Conference.

They are no longer the declining giants of last year, but a resurrected super giant.

A team that has the potential to dominate the country.

Under such circumstances, it was difficult for Superintendent Kataoka to maintain his usual normalcy.

Perhaps because he thought about it too much, he had unconsciously trapped himself in it, without knowing it.

If it weren't for the way the players looked at him, he might have waited until the end of the game, and Kataoka himself might not have been able to notice it.

"Those guys who need to be taught and spurred to know how to move forward. has grown into a reliable player unconsciously. ”

Kataoka, who was originally a little apprehensive in his heart, suddenly felt calm.

He has more confidence in this year's team than in last year's team.

What about the strongest Inagi Industrial High School baseball team?

What about the champion of Koshien in spring?

They are all standing on the same stage, and they are not necessarily the ones who go home in the end.

Superintendent Kataoka, who returned to the locker room, looked at the friends who had changed their equipment and was very satisfied.

"Get ready to play!"

He was at the front of the line.

"Smack!"

The door of the locker room at Jingu Stadium was opened, and the friends of the Seido High School baseball team walked into the stadium in an orderly manner.

The fans in the stands immediately erupted in huge cheers when they saw the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team come out.

"Here they are, here they are!"

"The first to walk into the stadium was the Seido High School baseball team from Nishitokyo."

"At the head of the team was their team's supervisor, Kataoka, and it was under the leadership of this young supervisor that the Seido High School baseball team re-entered Koshien after trying their luck."

"The next person who walked into the stadium was the captain of the Seido High School baseball team, Tetsuya Yuuki ......"

As a TV commentator, the commentator in charge of commenting today's game was quite active.

Before the game started, he first introduced the Qingdao players who took on the field one by one.

With profound knowledge and very detailed reviews, he established a professional image for all the fans on the scene.

"It's Mr. Kameshima, and I really know the players of the Seido High School baseball team."

"Where ......"

Onishima waved his hand politely, "I commented on a game of the Qingdao High School baseball team last year, and I can be regarded as half a fan of the Qingdao High School baseball team." ”

Onishima explained seven or eight Qingdao players in a row, and basically commented on Qingdao High School baseball for each player, which was very in place.

Through the television, the names of these players also appeared in the ears of tens of millions of fans.

Onijima, who has been commentating on the players, is becoming more and more unfamiliar when he sees the players, and realizes that the substitutes for the Seido High School baseball team have already played.

But why didn't one of the players play?

His eyes were fixed on the person who appeared, and he waited until the 19th contestant came out, but he didn't see the figure he was expecting.

It's not just Onishima, many people at the scene noticed this.

"What's going on?"

"Don't worry, it's not all out yet......"

"He always comes out early in the morning."

Fans who are familiar with that person are a little worried, afraid that something unexpected will happen.

In baseball, it doesn't happen very often that a player suddenly disappears, but it doesn't happen before.

Those fans who like Zhang Han are really nervous.

Of course, their nervousness was soon replaced by other emotions.

After going out to the last Kominato Harushi City, a figure appeared behind the door again.

Tall figure, delicate facial features......

As soon as that person stepped on the court, he immediately became the center of attention.

The fans, who were originally a little nervous, were greatly relieved when they saw that figure.

Immediately after, there were cheers one after another.

"Hanmulberry !!!!"

"Zhang Han !!!"

"You're the best."

"Let's fight well, there's still one left."

When the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team walked out, they could more or less hear the cheers.

There are many fans who like them and will take this opportunity to send their most sincere wishes.

But overall, the reaction of the fans was relatively calm, not out of line, and no player was able to shake the entire stadium.

The fans cheered at the beginning not to welcome any one of them, but to welcome the entire Seido High School baseball team.

waited until Zhang Han came on the court, and everything changed.

This time, instead of welcoming a whole team, they just wanted to welcome one person.

This person's name is Zhang Han.

At this moment, the cheers on the court were no less than the level of welcoming the Seido High School baseball team before.

Among them, the most eye-catching is the hundreds of female fans at the front of the stands.

They were dressed in neat and simple clothes, and they held special cheering props in their hands, and this time there were not only streamers, but also gongs and drums.

Gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are ringing out, and people are crowded......

This is the impression left by the stands at this moment.

This impression is so deep that it is impossible for anyone to forget it once they see it.

Countless cameras and mobile phone cameras at the scene also invariably aimed at Zhang Han at this time.

"This stinky boy is really popular enough."

At this time, the dressing room on the other side was also opened.

It was only a little slower than the players of the Qingdao High School baseball team, and the players of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team followed into the field.

At the front of the team is their team's ace pitcher, Narumi Narumiya.

The moment they saw that figure, the fans in the stands broke out again into cheers that shocked the stadium.

There are supporters of the Qingdao High School team to set an example in front, and supporters of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School are naturally impossible to admit defeat.

It was at this time that they also burst out with the greatest enthusiasm in themselves, welcoming the players they supported.

The scene that appeared in front of people's eyes was still the noise of gongs and drums and the sound of firecrackers......

The first semi-final of West Tokyo has not officially started, and the fans of the two teams have already met for one round.

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