Five minutes before 9 p.m., the Seido players had already gathered in the conference room of the hotel they had rented, and Seido's Superintendent Kataoka and Minister Ota were already waiting for them in the conference room.

After briefly commenting on today's race, Supervisor Kataoka immediately focused on tomorrow's opponent, Koma Otomo.

"The last time we played Komakomai was in the semifinals of the Meiji Jingu tournament last year, and we lost 3:5, but that was 10 months ago, so we ......."

Superintendent Kataoka said as he called up the TV video and motioned to the players to watch: "Their ace Tanaka should probably have suffered from heat stroke, and other pitchers should be sent to start tomorrow's game, we must score as many points as possible before Tanaka plays!" ”

Taking the opportunity to score when the opponent's ace is physically unable to play, although it is a little uncomfortable, it is impossible for them to be restrained and lose the game.

"Good!" Everyone in the room nodded their heads to indicate that they understood.

Superintendent Kataoka talked about Komato's garrison characteristics and a few beaters to pay attention to, and after making sure that everyone had written it down, he fell silent and quietly swept his gaze over everyone present.

"There is only tomorrow left to dominate the country, and now that everyone has come here, why not fight for the highest honour? Tomorrow's game, whether it is for yourself or for the honor of the team, you must strive to win the final victory! Do you understand?! ”

"Yes!"

The response from the crowd was sonorous and powerful, and everyone's eyes sparkled with anticipation.

Superintendent Kataoka nodded, then slowed his tone, "Let's announce tomorrow's first list." ”

"A stick, guerrilla, Fukuda; 2nd base, 2nd base, Tanaka; Three, left fielder, Fujii; Four-bat, third-base, East; Five sticks, Nakanono, Muraksuke; Six, first base, Yuuki; ”

In the previous game, the first six sticks were basically fixed, and it can be said that there was no suspense, and those whose names were read by Kataoka Supervisor would nod their heads in response.

"Seven sticks, catcher, Takigawa." Superintendent Kataoka didn't pause too much, and directly said that the catcher who will play tomorrow is Chris.

Hearing this, the second-graders showed happy looks; The previous semi-finals and semi-finals were played by Miyuki and Kuraza respectively, and although they both thought that the final should be a good catcher, they were all a little uncertain before Kataoka didn't speak.

Chris, whose name was mentioned by Superintendent Kataoka, loosened his right hand that was holding the pen tightly, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly; Miyukikazu next to him suppressed the trace of loss in his heart, in the case that he did not defeat Chris's seniors, it was impossible for such an important game supervisor to let him play; Although Kentaro Matsuda (Soda), a third-grader, is also very disappointed, he understands that his strength is indeed inferior to Chris, so naturally there is nothing to fight for; Of the team's four catchers, Naoya Kuraza was the most relaxed, breaking his right collarbone and not even playing in tomorrow's game, or even the Tokyo Metropolitan Games in the autumn.

"Eight bats, right fielder, Ota; Nine, pitcher, Yagami. In addition, Jinguji Temple, do a good warm-up. ”

"Yes!" Jinguji nodded vigorously, then turned his head to Yagami next to him and whispered, "Come on tomorrow." ”

Facing the senior of Jinguji Temple who cheered for him, Yagami said with a smile: "When I throw the ball on the court, as long as I think that there are still seniors here, I feel very relieved. ”

Supervisor Kataoka announced the adjournment of the meeting after explaining some details, and the contestants left the conference room one after another, some practicing the stick swing again and resting, and some went directly back to the room to rest, and soon the entire conference room was empty.

When Superintendent Kataoka walked over to the TV to take out the CD, someone pushed open the door to the conference room and walked in.

"What's the matter? Chris? Superintendent Kataoka asked, looking at the man who walked in.

"I'd like to watch the footage of Komaki Komaki again." Chris explained his intentions.

Superintendent Kataoka nodded in agreement, then picked up the remote control and turned on the TV for Chris to watch the video of his opponent's match, while he sat down by the window.

It didn't take long for the door of the conference room to be pushed open again, and Yagami Ye stretched out his head to look into the conference room, and after finding that Chris was watching the video of the game, he walked over directly with his notebook and watched the video of the opponent's game together.

Superintendent Kataoka looked down at the window, only to see the second-graders who practiced swinging their sticks in the open space downstairs every night.

Minister Ota, who returned to the conference room, saw Superintendent Kataoka, who was sitting by the window, and walked over and whispered, "When I first contacted them last year, I really didn't expect them to come this far!" ”

When Superintendent Kataoka heard this, he rarely smiled: "They are the hardest, hardest, and most persistent in the years that I have been appointed as overseer...... It is also the best generation. ”

"So whatever the outcome of tomorrow will be, it's worth celebrating."

……

Yagami woke up before the alarm clock went off, reached out and picked up the alarm clock on the bedside table and looked at the time, 5:50 in the morning.

Today's race started at 13 p.m., and his original plan was to get up at 7 p.m., then go downstairs for morning practice, wait until 9 a.m. to have breakfast, rest for another two to three hours, and finally board the school bus at around 11:30 a.m. and head to Koshien.

"Xiaoye, are you awake?"

Chris, who was sleeping on the bed next to him, suddenly asked him in a loud voice, causing Yagami to turn over and look at the other side.

"You're awake too?"

"Well," Chris, who got up from the bed, reached out and took off his pajamas, picked up the clothes that had been prepared next to him and put them on: "I usually get up at about this time, since I can't sleep, why don't you go for a morning run?" ”

Yagami sat up from the bed and began to get dressed.

The two of them got dressed, washed up, and left the room and went downstairs.

It's 6:10 a.m., and in the park not far from the hotel, there are a lot of passers-by who get up for morning exercises.

As soon as Yagami and Chris walked to the park's walking trail, they saw a familiar figure running towards them, and judging from the other party's state, they should have been running for a while.

"Tetsuya!" Yagami raised his hand and waved at the other party.

Tetsuya Yuuki, who was jogging in the morning, saw Chris and Yagami Ye and the two of them, stopped, raised his hand and picked up the towel hanging around his neck to wipe his sweat: "Come out and run after waking up, run for another half an hour, and I should almost go back." ”

"Is anyone else out exercising?" Chris asked casually.

Tetsuya Yuuki shook his head: "Except for the two of you, I haven't seen anyone else, maybe I haven't." ”

Yuuki said that he didn't stay any longer, waved his hand at them, and turned to continue his morning run.