"Nagano Metropolitan Government, National Runner-up !!"

Underneath the big headline is a group of cheering little kids, led by Nanami Yao and Feng Xiang Aoyi.

To be honest, Sawamura Eijun also played baseball in his previous life. But that's just for fun, and it's an amateur team within an amateur. The strength of the team in the final year is also a few points, but it is only the kind of elimination in the first or second round.

As for what famous teams and outstanding players in the same county, Sawamura Eijun didn't care at all.

He doesn't even know how many high schools there are, the real wealthy families. Not to mention the so-called strong middle schools in this county.

But even so, Sawamura's ears have faintly heard the legend that Nagano is the runner-up in the country.

It's just that at that time, Sawamura's mind was not focused on this, and he didn't care much about these so-called legends.

It is precisely because he does not understand that Sawamura does not know how difficult it is for a group of young boys from the countryside to win the national runner-up.

Only when you are truly involved will you know how difficult it is to advance each round of a contest like this.

At the beginning, Nagano was a young league, and it was able to make it to the whole country and win the runner-up in the national competition.

"It's all gone!"

Feng Xiang Aoyi's face was a little depressed.

How will it pass?

When Sawamura heard Feng Xiang's words, he couldn't help but scoff.

Even if he joined the major leagues in the future and became a well-known rescue pitcher in the major leagues, he still remembers the experience of playing Koshien in high school.

There are memories that you can't forget in a lifetime, and even more so those that accompany your dreams.

"Think about it often, think about that stage, think about those former companions......"

Sawamura's voice was a little low, as if he was also reminiscing about something.

"It's okay, it's okay to think about the glorious experiences of the past, it proves that we are still young."

Sawamura Eisan said and patted Feng Xiang Okuichi on the shoulder.

"You will also be proud of this period of hard work in the future. Feng Xiang senior! ”

I'm going to make it more brilliant than you've ever been!

After finishing speaking, Sawamura didn't wait for Feng Xiangao to reply to him, and got up and left.

Feng Xiangao was stunned and looked at the direction in which Sawamura disappeared.

Although the friends of Akagi Middle School went home early that night, many of them had trouble sleeping.

Saturday, fine.

The match between Akagi Junior High School and Nagano Metropolitan Junior High School was held in the morning and was the first of the semi-finals.

The winning team after the game early can calmly watch the showdown between Tenryu Temple and another team.

This is probably the last bit of compensation from the organizing committee for the group of death.

Matsumoto Stadium is the largest and most official baseball stadium in all of Nagano Prefecture. Originally, the summer competition was supposed to be used in high school first. There are just over 40 junior high schools in Nagano that have a team, but there are more than 60 high schools with baseball teams.

However, due to the different schedules between high school and junior high school, the semi-finals and finals at Nagano Junior High School were two weeks earlier than those at high school. In the summer Koshien qualifiers, each prefecture is a separate division, and the winning team from Nagano Prefecture can enter Koshien without participating in the Kanto Tournament. So their schedule is not as tight as that of secondary school, and the semi-finals and finals are staggered.

It is precisely because of this that the semi-finals and finals of the middle school can be held in such a large stadium.

Matsumoto Stadium, which has a capacity of tens of thousands of people, was already seated 15 minutes before the start of the game.

The match was watched by seven or eight thousand people alone, and was broadcast live by two local television stations and one online media. There are not many competitions with such publicity in middle schools.

The locker room at Akagi Middle School before the start of the game.

The friends were very silent, with gloomy faces and did not speak.

Sawamura knows that everyone is under a lot of pressure, no matter how confident he is, but the friends have already broken their wings in the semifinals twice in a row.

Strange to say, every time I go here, the mountains that stand in front of Akagi Junior High School always seem to be high and scary. In any case, this is also the legendary class of Nagano Metropolitan High School, although it was only five or six players in that class.

But the shadow of the tree of people's fame, there is no vanity under the fame.

Even if you think about it with your toenails, you can tell that this year's Nagano Metropolitan High School must be very strong.

"Everyone cheer up, and it's not a big deal for the other party."

A smile appeared on Mr. Wada's stiff face, wanting to make everyone relax. But as soon as the words came out, he himself felt that he lacked confidence.

If the legendary Nagano Metropolitan was no big deal, then what are these friends from Akagi Middle School?

"It's just a bunch of kids, it's really not a big deal. I'll keep them clean, and it's up to you to blow it! ”

Seeing that Hetian's failure brought everyone's emotions lower, Sawamura naturally couldn't stand by and take the initiative to speak.

If someone else says this, it will definitely be regarded as a big talk, or standing and talking without backache.

But when it comes out of Sawamura's mouth, there is an indescribable sense of convincing.

Yes, we have Sawamura, and we have Rongchun to lead.

A year ago, Akagi Junior High School, which was nothing, was able to take Nagano to a standout under the leadership of Sawamura. There's no reason why after a year of training, they will not be as good as last year?

In the locker room on the other side of the pitch, Nagano Metropolitan is also discussing countermeasures against Akagi Junior High School.

It's just that the very weird Nagano Metropolitan High School didn't put itself in the position of a legendary middle school or a strong party.

On the contrary, they put their position very low.

"Everyone watched the competition between Akagi Middle School and Daihoku Middle School several times. We should also have a clear judgment in our hearts about what kind of strength our opponents have. ”

Feng Xiang Long Yi said, looking at his disciples.

"Don't be fooled by the names of the three kings, our opponents are very strong, even far stronger than we imagined. He can make Great Northern High School no-hitter and no-score. Nature can make us do the same! The most terrifying thing is that we are not a team that destroys the opponent's defense with mobility like Tenryuji Middle School, and even if we use short-play tactics, the opponent should be fully prepared. ”

When he said this, the friends of Nagano Metropolitan High School could only be silently sad.

Last year, Nagano Metropolitan High School was inexplicably defeated by Akagi Middle School's advanced guard.

It doesn't look like they have a head-to-head confrontation with Sawamura, they don't have much of a chance. The scary thing is that even if they go head-to-head with Sawamura, they don't seem to have much of a chance.