On August 8th, the sky suddenly cleared, as if the heavens had arranged it.

After 17 months, Shiiichi finally set foot on this land again.

Since August this year, it seems that it has rained alone, but this time the opening ceremony was officially held without even a rehearsal.

The march sounded, and the contestants entered. The first to enter was last year's champion team, Akashi Chaofeng Gakuen, and Daisuke entered with the winning pennant of the tournament, but he didn't have a teammate behind him. Although Shikiichi was a little far away from Daisuke, and there were other teams in front of him, he still vaguely saw Daisuke's lonely figure.

This year, we will enter the school in order from south to north, and Okinawa Agriculture and Forestry High School, which represents Okinawa, will enter first.

"Hyogo Representative Seikaze High School ......"

Seikaze High School followed Nara's representative Chimian Nara for the 20th entry. Shikiki held the Hyogo Prefecture Victory Banner in his hand, and as he marched with the flag, he realized how heavy the flag was. The streamers on the top fluttered in the wind, and he immediately saw a lot of school names, the most common being Akashi Chaofeng, in addition to the West Second High School and Kobe Industrial ...... A moment later, he caught the two streamers that read "Riding the Wind". He couldn't help but clench the flagpole.

"Kanagawa represents Yokohama University of Technology High School...... Nishitokyo represents Imperial Capital Nishi High School...... East Tokyo represents Meiji Industrial High School...... Chiba represents Narashino Higashi High School...... Saitama represents Sakurasaki Tokuei High School......"

The name of the school reported by the female announcer has entered the Kanto region, and then, finally, the mysterious team has appeared......

"Gunma represents Genfu International Gakuen High School ......"

- Here it is.

Shikiichi couldn't see them moving, but he still felt a chill run down his back.

- Is this some kind of aura that they have released? Or am I just scared of them because of the psychological effects?

The entrance ceremony ended with the completion of the admission of Hokutoshi High School, the representative of Hokkaido. After the flag-raising ceremony and the opening speech of the president of the tournament, it was Daisuke's turn to appear. He took off his hat, walked to the front of the stage with the winning pennant in hand, handed it over, and returned to the queue of his own after receiving the replica.

- The winning pennant must have been heavier, but our names weren't there in the streamers. Must ...... this year

After the speeches of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, and Chairman Takano, it was the final part of the opening ceremony where the contestants took the oath. Shiichi was glad that he didn't come to this session, because what he was not good at was speaking in front of so many people, even if it was a pre-planned speech. Two years ago, it was Senior Maekawa who took the oath, but he made a big mess, so much so that he was spoofed on social networking sites.

"Now for the contestant oath. The player's representative, the captain of Genkaze International School High School, Takeshi Koji, walked the horse!"

Shi Yi thought that it didn't matter who would take the oath, but he didn't know if it was the arrangement of fate, but it was the people of the team who came to the stage to take the oath.

At the lottery meeting, he had seen that warrior path once, and he was indeed not very tall, but even so, his strength was enough to hit a home run, and he was also the command tower of the team.

"Take the oath! Why do we run after that white ball under the blue sky? Why are we willing to sweat and tears for this stage? Why are we here on this stage? It's because of the strict guidance of the coach! It's because of the tenacious struggle of teammates who love baseball! It's because of the understanding and support of my family! We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who has supported us! I hereby pledge that we will turn this support into strength and fight to the end with dignity! August 8, Heisei 2x. Player Representative: The captain of Genkaze International School Park High School, Takeshi Koji!"

Although the oath was not long, it turned into a very high-grade speech in the small intersection of warriors, and the rhetoric of the comparison hit everyone wave after wave like a stormy wind.

As he stepped off the stage, there was a moment when he looked at him. At that moment, he was convinced that the chilling feeling behind him just now was his ghost.

- Could it be that he's keeping an eye on me, too?

***

When I left, the rain began to fall from the sky again.

Today's opening match is Kyoto's representative of Kyoto's Great Reikaze vs. Nishitokyo's representative of the Imperial Capital. Because of the first-round bye, the first game was about to wait for a few days, and it started to rain again, so the whole team immediately returned to the hotel by car.

When I returned to the hotel, the opening game was about to start, and the whole team watched the broadcast of the opening game.

Although Chengfeng High School has not fought against the imperial capital West High School, they are also frequent visitors to Koshien, and whether it is West Tokyo or East Tokyo, it is a famous fierce battle zone in the country, and it is naturally good to stand out from there. The winner of this match will face the favorite Meiji Kogyo from East Tokyo in the second round, and the outside world is also widely optimistic about the imperial capital west, and even the TV broadcast is building momentum, constantly recalling the Tokyo Metropolitan Derby in Koshien's history.

In the first half of the game, Imperial Capital West showed its strong strength and took a 3-0 lead. However, Kyoto Da Lingfeng never gave up, and finally got 4 points in the 8th game to reverse the score, and in the 9th game to seal the victory. 5-3, Kyoto Dareikaze won a wonderful comeback, but their next game against Meiji Kogyo in East Tokyo will still be a severe trial.

The afternoon game was almost always in the rain, and there was a break of almost an hour in the middle due to the heavier rain. In the second match, Fukui defeated Echizen High School 6-3 against Miyazaki Hinata Hinata 6-3.

Then the third game was the debut of Xuanfeng International. Coach Shikiichi and Hisakabe broadcast the game from beginning to end, and in the end, Genkaze International relied on four well-timed second home runs from Huang Zheng to win 1-0 over Akita Daidate Industries. The whole game was so undisturbed that the audience even fell asleep watching it.

"The four-bat, which could have hit a home run, didn't fly over the fence...... Coach Hisakabe sighed.

"Is that so?" Shiichi wondered, "That is, they threw the dice before the game and threw a 1?"

"I guess that's it," Coach Hisakabe said, "Have you noticed anything compared to that?" The Taiwanese 4 bats, which could have hit a home run just now, deliberately left it behind."

"Huh?" Shiichi was surprised. Actually, I don't see it.

"He's pretty good at acting, but he can't hide it from my eyes......

- Is this a master's move? It's no wonder that Xuanfeng International wants to hide its strength.

The eyes of the coaches of the lower part of the sun are like fiery eyes, which the members of the department who ride the wind are deeply aware of this, as long as they have a little fault or redundant movements during training, they will be found and corrected by the coach. It is precisely because of this that everyone's strength will improve so quickly.

"Their e is also very stable, otherwise, they wouldn't dare to play like this......" Shiichi said.

(To be continued)