"There are still two days to go before the official opening of the 78th selection college baseball conference on March 23, and the players of the First Army must grasp this time and adjust their state; The day after tomorrow, that is, on the morning of the first day of spring break, the members of the First Army, the recorder and the assistant team members set off for Xigong City; The others will go to Hanshin Koshien Stadium in batches to watch the game under the arrangement of the school. Superintendent Kataoka finalized all the follow-up club arrangements, "Are you clear?" ”

"Clear!" The Qingdao crowd replied loudly.

"Then disband." Superintendent Kataoka left first.

After the departure of Superintendent Kataoka, the Seido people left the training ground one after another, eating when they should eat, and going home when they should go home.

"Izaki." Many first-year baseball club members gathered around Jun Izashaki, who was standing in place with his head bowed.

"Alright, let's all go to dinner! What to see! Jun Izaki raised his proud head and shouted with a fierce expression, but his red eyes showed his emotions unmistakably.

Ryosuke Kominato walked over and patted Jun Izaki on the back: "Let's go to dinner together, and only when you're full will you have the strength to continue training." ”

At 8 a.m. on March 22, the first day of spring break, the school bus of Qingdao Road came to the open space in front of Qingxinliao, and the first army carried more and heavier luggage than usual on the school bus.

The members of the First Army will travel to Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture today to participate in the 78th Election High School Baseball Tournament, which opened on a cloudy day.

Miss Rei Takashima has contacted the Seido people to stay during the Koshien Festival in the spring.

A guesthouse only two kilometers away from Hanshin Koshien Stadium was chartered by the Seido High School Baseball Club, and during this time, Seido people will stay here. If they're lucky, they might be able to make it to the end of the 78th Selective High School Baseball Tournament.

At the same time, Takashima also contacted a middle school near Zuo B&B, and borrowed their venue for the use of Qingdao people during this period.

"Have we booked the entire B&B?" Qingdao's school bus drove into the front yard of the B&B, and the army that got off the school bus couldn't help but sigh when they looked at the B&B in front of them.

The staff and service staff of the B&B are waiting at the entrance of the lodging building to welcome everyone into the lobby on the first floor.

After introducing the layout of the B&B to the Seido people, the general of the B&B handed over the room card to Minister Ota, bowed, and then retreated.

After the first army members chose their rooms and sorted out their belongings, they changed into a set of clothes and gathered again in the lobby on the first floor.

"Have you all arrived?" Dong Qingguo, as the captain, counted the heads, and after making sure that everyone was there, he left the guesthouse and walked in the direction of Hanshin Koshien Ball.

A moment later, everyone saw the dream of countless people, including them, Hanshin Koshien Stadium.

The outer perimeter of the Hanshin Koshien Stadium is lined with shops selling Koshien goods, and if you walk around the perimeter of the stadium for a short time, you will see the Hanshin Koshien History Museum.

Along the way, the Seido people also met many peers of the same age who came to visit the Hanshin Koshien Stadium in groups like them. After going around the area around Hanshin Koshien Stadium for a long time, the Seido people found the target they had been looking for for a long time, Koshien Suyuen Shrine.

"It's here, hurry up and ask for a sign!" Murasuke Taiki patted the captain Dong Kiyokuni on the shoulder and told him to move faster.

"What's the hurry, don't you see so many people there?" Dong Kiyokook raised his hand and pointed at Mitarai, who surrounded many of his peers, and it is estimated that they are all players from various teams participating in the selection of high school baseball tournaments.

After waiting for a while, the Seido people quieted their hands from Mitarai, and then went to the main hall to cast a coin that made a wish, folded their hands, closed their eyes and prayed, and after doing all of the above, they went to the side to buy an ema similar to a baseball, wrote their wishes, and hung it up.

After that, the others reassembled around the Eastern Qing Kingdom to confirm the auspiciousness and bad luck that the Eastern Qing Kingdom had requested.

Dong Qingguo looked at the signature number on it, and then went to the unsigning office to get the signature.

"Koji."

When they opened the signature, the first thing they saw was the two big characters representing auspiciousness and bad luck.

"For Dong, this time it's okay luck."

After asking for a sign at the shrine, the Qingdao people returned to the inn laughing and laughing along the way, and then took their bats to the middle school that Takashima had contacted before, and began today's hitting practice.

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At 9 a.m. on March 23, 32 schools selected for the 78th High School Baseball Tournament brought their players to Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya City.

The 576 players stood in line on the court of Hanshin Koshien and listened to the organizers' speeches.

Sixty-five minutes later, as the opening ceremony ended, the players from each school withdrew from the Hanshin Koshien Stadium in turn.

After walking out of the Itagami Koshien Ball, the Seido crowd chatted about the next arrangement, because the match between Seido and Hokkaido Sakae was cloudy, that is, the first game on March 24, starting at 9 a.m.

In the morning, before leaving the guesthouse for Itagami Koshien Stadium, Superintendent Kataoka told them that after the opening ceremony, there would be a small half day for them to move around freely, because they would have to devote all their energy to the schedule of the selection of the high school baseball tournament, and there would be no extra time for them to relax.

Therefore, everyone is talking about how to pass the time for this small half of the day.

Some people meet to take a stroll around the neighborhood, some are ready to go back to the B&B to rest, and some people choose to spend this small half day training.

Yagami also has her own arrangements, and his mother, Takako Yagami, specially found time to come over to watch the opening ceremony of the baseball tournament at the selection high school, and had already made an appointment with him to have lunch with him in advance.

"Little Night!"

Yagami Yagami, who was thinking about where to go to meet his mother, suddenly heard his mother's voice, and turned his head to see his mother standing with a middle-aged woman he knew and had a good relationship with, but who shouldn't have appeared here.

Takako Yagami held his friend in his right hand and raised his left hand and waved it so that Yagami didn't see them.

Yagami came to them at a trot: "Mom, there is ...... Aunt Yagyu, you ......"

"Xiaoye, today's mother and your aunt meet again after a long time of not seeing each other, so I have already made an appointment with her to go shopping and eat together, so I don't need you to accompany me."

Takako Yagami said as she took out 100,000 yen from her bag and handed it to Yagami Ye: "This is your pocket money during this time, okay, you go and play with your classmates, let's go first." ”

After Takako Yagami finished speaking, he smiled at each other with Yanagi Miko, turned to leave, and left Yagami Ye, who was standing a little dumbfounded with 100,000 yen in his hand.