"Chengkong, high school?"

Mishima whispered the name of their first opponent.

The name is undoubtedly unfamiliar to them as first-year rookies.

They don't understand.

And the faces of those grade players became extremely solemn.

"Is it so unlucky?"

"It's just that you need to challenge the three giants, and I met Chengkong in the first game!"

The seniors had a lot of headaches.

Looking at the performance of these grade seniors, Mishima also realized that the opponent they met in the first game was afraid that it was not so simple.

"Is this opponent very strong?"

Mishima wondered.

Why, they hadn't heard of it before.

"Of course it's strong!"

Li Lei glanced curiously at Mishima and Thunder City.

He originally thought that no matter how good it was, Mishima and they all had a certain understanding of these powerful high schools in Western Tokyo.

Now it looks like he was wrong.

Mishima, including the other two.

They don't know much about these high schools in Tokyo.

What they really know and are familiar with is probably only a few big families in Western Tokyo.

"You know?"

Mishima looked skeptical.

He's a native of Tokyo, and although he's not too attentive to intelligence, he's been in the youth league anyway.

And it's also the 4th baseman of the team, the absolute core.

When he graduated from junior high school, Mishima received invitations from many teams, including several giants in Nishitokyo.

It's just that he refused.

He, a local, doesn't know, how can Li Lei, a foreign student, know?

Not only Mishima thinks so, but many players on the Yakushi High School baseball team also have similar thoughts.

They stared at Li Lei with suspicious eyes.

Only Sanada and Boom Thunder were the overseers, looking at Li Lei curiously.

With their understanding of Li Lei, Li Lei should not be lost.

"I really admire you, I don't know anything, so I dare to shout to the superintendent that I must enter Koshien."

Li Lei shook his head helplessly.

"Before we enter Koshien, do you want to know a little bit about who our opponents are?"

Li Lei's question is like a slap in the face.

To be honest, a few first-year newcomers to the Yakushi High School baseball team have really never paid attention to this.

"I've just briefly learned about the two ways to get into Koshien. There is only a chance to participate in Koshien twice a year. The first is the Summer Tournament, and only the first place in each regional competition will be qualified. Tokyo, where we are located, is divided into two divisions: East Tokyo and West Tokyo. And our next task is to eliminate all the opponents in the knockout round in Nishitokyo. As for the Koshien spring tryouts, there are only one and a half places in Tokyo. The team that wins the Fall Tournament will advance directly and will automatically receive a spot. The runner-up will compete with the fifth place in the Kanto region for a spot. ”

"Who doesn't know this common sense?"

Mishima dead duck has a hard mouth.

Everyone on the scene knew that this guy knew a rough idea at most before, and he definitely didn't know as clearly as Li Lei did.

But they also really admire Li Lei.

After the freshmen enter the team, they have to adapt to the school life every day, whether it is studying or getting along with the classmates around them, it takes a lot of energy.

As for the rest of the time, they spend almost all of their time practicing baseball.

When it comes to playing, the players are asked to play freely.

How to be happy, how to fight!

But when they usually practice, their training intensity is estimated to be no worse than those top giants in the country.

After all, their goal is to enter Koshien.

Originally, their strength and talent were not as good as those players from wealthy high schools.

If you don't practice hard, won't you have no chance at all?

At this level of training intensity, they simply have no way to take care of anything else.

Compared to them, Li Lei's time is undoubtedly tighter.

As an international student, just to keep up with everyone's homework, Li Lei has to put in two or even three times as much effort as others.

Even if it's a regular practice.

Li Lei, who has to balance pitching and swinging practice, is also more tired than any of them.

In this case.

Li Lei was even able to scout the intelligence and learn about the schedule of Koshien.

You can't admire it if you want to.

And I'm afraid it's not just that, Li Lei should know much more information than they thought.

"Tell us about the team!"

Thunder Treasure Overseer took the initiative to speak.

Other friends are undoubtedly very curious about this topic.

"I don't know much about the team, except for a few big high school games, there are only a dozen teams, I know a rough idea."

"Probably ......"

Mishima's eyes were straight.

He really couldn't imagine that under such high-intensity training, where did Li Lei get the time and energy to pay attention to these?

"I saw a post on the Internet, and I think the analysis of that article makes a lot of sense. Of course, each team will have different changes every year, and the dark horse team is not counted in it. But overall, there are more than 130 teams in Nishitokyo, which can be divided into five levels according to the team's heritage and competitiveness in previous years. ”

Five levels?

The players on the Yakushi High School baseball team had never heard of this before.

They couldn't help but be attracted by Li Lei's words.

"The bottom tier, the bottom one, is basically the teams that play in one round. For them, the regional qualifiers in Koshien are all about participation. ”

Hearing Li Lei say this, the players' faces unconsciously showed smiles.

If calculated proportionally, the teams of this level are undoubtedly the most in the country.

"Going up to the next level, which is the fourth division, they have a chance to win a round or two, or even a third round. However, it is difficult for these teams to have the strength and determination to enter Koshien. Before, our team was probably in this position. ”

"What?"

Before Li Lei finished speaking, the seniors in those grades were furious.

It doesn't matter if Li Lei belittles their strength, and the seniors also admit that their skills are inferior.

But to belittle their resolve, that's absolutely not okay.

Facing the angry senior, Li Lei shrugged his shoulders indifferently.

"I didn't say these words, I said them in that post. According to the above evaluation criteria, we are probably in that position. ”

"How is that possible? Even if we can't get in the second echelon, at least it's in the middle. ”

The players of the Yakushi High School baseball team in those grades couldn't accept such a result at all.

Their eyes were filled with angry flames, as if they were about to devour Li Lei in the next second.

From their point of view, the strength of the Yakushi High School baseball team is also in the upper middle position.

Before, they were able to make it to the third round, and with a bit of luck, they could even make it to the fourth round.

That is, they were able to eliminate almost 90% of their competitors.

With such strength, how can it be ranked in the penultimate position.

It's shady, there's definitely a shady curtain in this.

"I can understand the mood of the seniors, but do you want to listen to the standard of the middle position?"

Hearing Li Lei's words, the seniors of several grades barely quieted down.

But they still stared at Li Lei with the same eyes as a prisoner, listening to his quibbles?

……