On a train bound for Tokyo in Nagano.

The friends of Akagi Middle School are bored scrolling through their mobile phones.

The national competition uses the method of drawing lots, and everyone will not know who their opponents are until after participating in the opening ceremony of the lottery ceremony. However, the list and introduction of all participating teams in the country should be updated.

"Baseball Boy" has never been willing to do this kind of thing.

I don't know what's going on this time, it's been a week since the list came out, and "Baseball Boys" has not released the information of these teams for a long time.

"I wonder what happened to Yokozuna's match against the Tokyo runner-up?"

Ashin said without words.

As soon as he spoke, he saw that the friends around him were looking at him like idiots.

"Well, I'll admit I said a bit of nonsense."

Ashin raised his hand to surrender, and he also knew that with Yokozuna's strength, it would be difficult not to win.

Only when you really fight will you understand the horror of Yokozuna.

Although Akagi won the game against Yokozuna, everyone knew in their hearts that if they were to compete again, they might not be Yokozuna's opponents at all.

It's too strong!

It's as if there is no heavenly reason.

"Let's hope we're lucky this time and don't run into Yokozuna at the beginning."

Wakana said with palpitations.

Sawamura, who was sitting in his seat and had been recuperating with his eyes closed, opened his eyes when he heard Wakana's words.

"Don't worry, we shouldn't run into Yokozuna before the quarterfinals."

"Why?"

The wind is cool and the face is incredible.

The national competition is 32 teams, and the lottery is drawn on the spot. What number did you draw, and who can say for sure?

It's not good to say, Akagi drew Yokozuna in the first round.

Sawamura chuckled, "No! ”

This was secretly revealed to Sawamura by Yasu Fukuda when he interviewed Sawamura before.

There are sponsors for the national competition for middle school students, and since there is sponsorship, the sponsor of course wants to recover the cost as much as possible. TV broadcasts, commercials, various promotional ......

These things can make money, and if you get it right, the organizers not only don't have to pay for it, but they may be able to make a lot of money. But only if your game is exciting.

If the game is flat, who will watch it? No one reads, how can advertisers place ads? How is it possible for a TV station to buy the rights to the broadcast?

The most important thing for the organizers is, how to make sure that the competition is exciting?

In the first round, let the first and second strength stagger, and then eliminate one, this will definitely not work.

The powerful ones have been eliminated, so what is the suspense of the rest of the game, there is no suspense, what is the look?

In order to keep the game watchable, and to let the high-profile teams go further, the organizers will definitely play tricks when the draw is made. Of course, their trick-making methods are more clever.

They will distinguish the strength of all the teams, one grade for the top four and one grade for the top eight.

Based on these, four big-seeded teams and four small-seeded teams are selected, and the other twenty-four teams are freely matched with them.

Naturally, there will be unexpected strength showdowns, and even upset matches.

This is not unacceptable to the organizers, and even such a competition will bring unexpected joy. And at least the vast majority of the powerful teams have qualified, and the watchability of the game is still undiminished.

The draw for the European Championship is in full swing every year, why?

It's their unique grading system.

The organizers of the middle school national competition are just drawing scoops according to gourds.

Of course, nominally, all teams participating in the national tournament are still equal, and the organizers will not use this method in private. But when the draw is made, they will definitely do it.

Akagi Junior High School is the champion of the Kanto Convention, and by virtue of this name alone, Akagi is sure to be one of the big seeds.

Not to mention that there is also the big demon king Sawamura, as long as Sawamura is there, the topicality of the Akagi competition will continue, and the attention of the national competition will not decrease.

The people who eat melons must also be curious about how far the Great Demon King can go in the country.

How could the organizers be willing to let such a team be eliminated prematurely?

Therefore, Sawamura expected that the organizers would never let Akagi encounter such a hard stubble as Yokozuna before the Battle of the Four Powers.

Although Yokozuna lost to Akagi in the second round of the Kanto Conference, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Yokozuna's strength is higher than Akagi. In addition, they are the overlords of the Wenchen Cup in the spring national competition.

So Yokozuna is not surprising, there should also be a big seed slot.

It's either the semi-finals or the finals!

Yokozuna VS Akagi!

The battle of kings, the battle of revenge.

Sawamura himself can imagine how sensational it will be when the time comes, and how the organizers are willing to give up and not arrange.

"The information is out!"

In the cool mobile phone, the data was finally refreshed.

"Baseball Boy" is "Baseball Boy" after all, and the information is still very detailed.

Friends, while flipping, they were amazed again and again.

Only Sawamura sat alone in his seat and continued to close his eyes and recuperate.

"Don't you see?"

Wakana leaned over to him and asked softly.

"Thirty-two teams, representing thirty-two overseers, four or five hundred players. I'll probably see it there, but I'll talk about it after the draw is over. ”

Most of the players in the soft ball league have never heard of Sawamura in his previous life.

It's hard for Sawamura to be interested in these players, at most, before the game, when the information is referenced.

He didn't know that in this information, there were really acquaintances from his previous life.

The train drove to Tokyo, and the little friend stayed for one night.

The next day, the friends gathered for the opening ceremony, and then drew lots.

The result of the draw was exactly the same as Sawamura had expected.

Tenryuji, Akagi, Yokozuna, and Gunma, all of which are powerful in Kanto, are all divided into different areas.

According to the grouping arrangement, if nothing else, Akagi will face Yokozuna in the semifinals.

As for Tenryuji, once again the luck of the sky and Akagi were divided into completely opposite groups.

Before the final, Tenryuji will not touch either Yokozuna or Akagi.

"Hirata's luck is really strong enough."

Akagi's friends couldn't help but complain.

In this regard, Sawamura did not care.

Tianlong Temple was originally the Guan Dongya Army, one of the top four in the country. With their strength, it's not surprising that they've been given a big seed. Even if there is no big seed slot, there must be a small seed slot.

Everyone is also seeded, and it is natural that they can't meet each other in the first two or three rounds of the competition.

"Who is the opponent in the first round?"

"Hokkaido, Kukomaki Junior High School."

Kukomaki?

Sawamura was stunned.

To be honest, this name is too familiar to him.

The alma mater of his good friend.

Hokkaido's famous baseball school is said to be very strong.