"Hit the ball out!"

"I'm going to go to the base!"

Everyone in Toyo Oeji was cheering for the player on the field, Kashiwahara Daiki.

"Gotta score!"

In anticipation, Kashiwahara Daiki was quickly ready in the batting area, waiting for the pitcher's pitch.

Yukiichi also looked at the batter who was standing still in front of him, holding his bat high and waiting for the blow, and he could feel the momentum of the opponent who refused to give up.

For this reason, he gave the Yagami senior a ball with an inside corner slideball, in addition to the speed of the ball, but also to make it difficult for the hitter to play.

"Whew!"

With his hands in front of his chest, he lifted his right foot and stepped forward, grasped the baseball, raised his left hand back from the inside of the case, and then swung it forward, Yagami Yagami threw a high slide ball from the inside corner near the waist to the home plate, and at a speed of 143km/h, it flew past the hitter's waist and crossed the good ball area.

"Huh!"

Kashiwahara threw the bat he had raised in his hand, and when the pitcher's baseball moved laterally to the center of the outside corner, it hit the top of the baseball when it was about to be caught by the capsule's outstretched case.

"Ping!"

The baseball was catapulted into the sand next to home plate in a collision with the bat, then flew high and bounced off the infield area between the third baseman and the pitcher.

"Smack!"

The shortstop ran in from the infield, grabbed the baseball that bounced in front of him after landing in the infield, and then stepped forward to pass to first base.

"Bang!"

As first baseman Kiyokuni Higashi crouched on the ground with his back to the touchline to catch a shortstop pass, runner Daiki Kashiwahara just leaned down on his side, ready to fly to base.

"Porphyry!"

Because it was only after the first baseman received the pass that the runner fell on the base, the first base, not far from them, saw this, clenched his right hand into a fist and raised it forward, announcing the end of the game.

“retire.“

After winning the game, the Qingdao people ran to home plate to celebrate, and waited for the opposing players to gather at home plate before starting to line up.

"Take off your hats and salute each other!"

At the signal of the referees, the players of Seido and Toyo Oeji took off their caps and saluted each other.

"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"

The air raid sirens sounded over the pitch also meant the end of the match, and the players from both sides came together and began to shake hands amid the air raid sirens.

After the handshake, the Toyo Daihime players retreated to the entrance and exit of the rest area on the side of the first base, and watched as the Seido players stood in front of home plate, singing the school song of Seichi to the music playing, and wept tears of pain with envious eyes.

Their summer ended the moment they lost the game.

……

After singing the school song, the contestants of both teams ran to the audience of their school's support group and supporters to bow and salute, and then left the venue to return to the rest area to organize their belongings or warm up with their peers.

Three or four minutes later, the fighters sounded again with the air raid siren, and Yagami handed his bag to Chris, asked him to help him take it, and then put on his backpack and followed the team into the exit passage.

Another five minutes later, when Yagami and Mikoi were also left behind by reporters to be interviewed with Superintendent Kataoka, the air defense sirens sounded again over the stadium, and the side in charge of the first attack began to warm up, and the second game of the day began.

……

After returning to the hotel where he was staying, after lunch, Superintendent Kataoka summoned everyone to a meeting in the conference room.

As usual, he commented on today's match first, and then started talking about the opponent in the next match.

"Our opponent in the semi-finals, as everyone knows, is Chikuro Wakayama." Superintendent Kataoka clasped his hands to his chest and said, "This is the first duel between us and them, but as a regular visitor to Koshien and a traditional school, everyone must not take it lightly, and take a good look at the video of their game in Koshien to get to know the opponent better." ”

"Understood!" Qingdao people replied seriously.

Chikuro and Ukayama are relatively balanced teams, and if Seido goes all out, the possibility of winning is still relatively high, but for the final the day after tomorrow, he must make a choice of candidates, which is the problem.

In any case, in order to advance to the finals, both sides will have to show their strength to prepare for this matchup.

Superintendent Kataoka began announcing the starting lineup for tomorrow's semifinals:

"One stick, guerrilla, Fukuda."

"Second baseman, second baseman, Tanaka."

"Three bats, three basemen, Yuuki."

"Four, first baseman, East."

"Five sticks, Nakanono, Murasuke."

"Six, left fielder, Fujii."

"Seven, right fielder, Ota."

"Eight sticks, catcher, hidden seat."

After hearing the overseer read his name, Kuroza Naoya nodded vigorously: "Yes!" ”

He was overseen as the starter in the semi-finals, which may mean he can't start in the final the day after tomorrow, but at this moment, it's all about getting the team to win tomorrow's game.

"Nine, pitcher, tambo; Above. ”

"Although the opponent is strong this time, no matter how strong the opponent is, I believe that you will definitely do your best to win the opponent! This led to the semi-finals. ”

"Good!!"

"Don't overtrain in the afternoon, just do some basic training, make sure you have a good time to rest, and have enough physical strength to meet tomorrow's game." After talking about the starters and the schedule for the afternoon, Superintendent Kataoka added, "Also, there may be a TV station coming to interview and shoot later, so you don't have to be too nervous, just answer truthfully according to the situation on weekdays." ”

“…… It is an interview with the hot Koshien program group. Superintendent Kataoka's closing sentence made everyone present excited.

"Huh? Hot Fight Koshien! ”

"Who will come and interview?"

"That afternoon's training?"

……

After mentioning Koshien's most popular program, many people began to get excited, and they got together in twos and threes to discuss how to express themselves during the interview and filming of the program team.

Superintendent Kataoka looked at the smiling teenagers in front of him, and turned to leave the conference room with Minister Ota.

At 4:40 p.m., the interview team of Redou Koshien arrived at the hotel where Qingdao was staying, and in addition to filming the training content of some of the players, they also filmed the daily life of many players, some very life-like content.

The reporter who came to interview also invited six contestants, including Higashi Kiyokuni, Murasuke Taiki, Yagami Night, Chris, Miyuki Kazuya and Kuroza Naoya, to do a short solo interview and shooting, and then ended the interview and left.

"Can you see this interview tomorrow night?" After sending off the interview team, someone asked curiously.

"Who knows? Not all interviews will be broadcast at festivals either. ”