After the two of them jogged in the park for fifteen minutes, some team members came over one after another, and they warmed up with everyone and then practiced in the morning.

Before anyone knew it, at 8 o'clock in the morning, everyone returned to the hotel for dinner, and then went back to the room to rest and change clothes.

At 11:20 p.m., after sorting out the things they were going to bring, the Qingdao people picked up their backpacks and took their ball bags to the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, waiting for the school bus to pick them up and take them to Koshien.

At 11:30 a.m., the bus printed with the emblem of Qingdao High School drove into the hotel gate and stopped on the parking apron, and the contestants and assistants walked on the school bus one after another.

As the school bus drove out of the hotel, the Seido people embarked on a journey to the final battle of Koshien.

……

After stepping off the school bus, the Seido people followed behind Superintendent Kataoka into the entrance tunnel of the contestants, and after signing in, Higashi Kiyokuni went to the referee to have a pre-match guess with Atsushi Honma, the captain of Komatomaki Koma.

Dong Qingguo quickly ended guessing and walked back: "The other party will attack first, and we will attack later." ”

After the guess, the Qingdao people walked into the field through the players' tunnel and walked towards the rest area on the third base side used by their team in this game.

In the stands on both sides, the support groups of Aodo and Komaomai Otomaki immediately came alive to warm up for the upcoming finals.

After entering the rest area and putting their things inside, the players from both sides took out their spare ball covers and went to the edge of the court to start warming up.

After Yagami and Chris came to the cowshed area, he stood on the mound and scratched the dirt on the pitcher's seat a few times, then stopped and looked up in the direction where the reinforcements were located, but unfortunately it was a little far away, and he didn't see Takako Yagami and Yagyu Miko.

I think the two of them must be in the stands and keep an eye on themselves.

Yagami retracted his gaze, raised his right hand holding the baseball behind his back, and then walked and waved his arm to throw the ball at Chris, who was already ready in front of him.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

"Well voted!"

Chris opened the ball cover to catch the baseball flying from the front, stood up and took out the baseball from the ball cover, reached out and threw the ball back to Yagami in front of him, and then squatted again after making the OK gesture, and continued to warm up with the pitcher.

The players in charge of the inner and outer field guards are either alone swinging the bat, lined up to practice passing the ball to each other, and some stand in front of the rest area and do knee bending and stretching exercises.

"Komaomai Otomaki please start the garrison practice-" After the announcer's voice sounded from above the court, Komaomai Otomaki players poured into the arena from the rest area to begin pre-match practice.

After the warm-up, Chris, who was standing in the inner part of the rest area, looked at his teammates in front of him and said, "It doesn't matter who the opponent is – we have to do our best and fight our way." ”

"Let's rush to the top in one go!"

"Good!" The other eight turned to look at Chris, who was standing behind them, and shouted in unison.

"This existence is exactly... Our self-confidence—" Except for the first graders and Chris, the rest of the people were filled with the following sentence: "Since the summer of first grade, I have been carrying all the pressure...... Brought us all the way here—"

"Because of Chris's existence, we can play with peace of mind!"

"Chris ......" Yagami looked at the teenager in front of him who was about the same height as himself and had the same hair color, if he didn't come, he would have ended his baseball career in high school early because he concealed his injury: "The whole country doesn't know about your existence, it's the fault of the whole country-"

"All I can do is make your presence remembered by the nation on this day!" Accomplish your goals by the way.

"Qingdao High School, please start the garrison practice—"

After the announcer's voice sounded again from the court, the Qingdao players, who had been on standby outside the rest area for a long time, rushed onto the field under the leadership of captain Dong Qingguo:

"Let's go!"

"Wow!"

At the end of the smooth and concise defensive practice, the Qingdao players stood in a line outside the infield sideline, reached out and took off their caps, and bowed to the crowd on the court: "Thank you!" ”

When the court staff had finished tidying up the pitch, and only five minutes before the official start of the game, Superintendent Kataoka gathered the players together.

"In the last race to win and reach the top of the country, show all your skills, give full play, and charge towards the goal of dominating the country!"

"Yes!" The contestants responded enthusiastically.

Superintendent Kataoka was very satisfied with the players who were full of fighting spirit today, and turned his gaze to Dong Kiyokuni, who was the captain, and asked him: "Dong, come and shout our slogan once." ”

"Good!" After responding to the overseer's request, Dong Qingguo motioned for the others to form a circle with him, then leaned forward, raised his right hand and pointed his thumb at his chest.

The others followed suit, and also put their right hands on their chests and bent down, looking seriously at Dong Qingguo, who was the captain.

The actions of the Qingdao athletes made those who were familiar with them also excited, and they paid attention to them, and many reporters turned the camera lens to record this scene.

Dong Qingguo opened his mouth slightly, and a steady and powerful voice came out of his mouth: "Who are we?" ”

"The king-Qingdao!"

"Who sweats the most?"

"Qingdao!"

"Who shed the most tears?"

"Qingdao!"

Because the voice of Dong Qingguo's question became louder and louder, the voices used by others to respond became more and more intense.

"What do you love baseball more than anyone else?"

"Qingdao!!"

"Are you ready to fight?"

"That's it!"

"With the glory of our school in mind, we have only one goal! That's national dominance! ”

"Let's go!"

"Oh oh oh!"

Until finally Dong Qingguo stood up straight, his right hand stretched out to the sky, his index finger raised high, and the others also raised their index fingers upwards along with Dong Qingguo, shouting out their oaths.

"King Qingdao, national hegemony!"

Along with their movements and slogans, the Qingdao cheering group and supporters also waved their cheers and shouted with them.

Many of the fans in the stands who came to watch the game were infected by the atmosphere of Qingdao and applauded them.

After shouting the slogan, the game was about to start, and the Qingdao people lined up under the leadership of the captain Dong Qingguo, and then rushed to the field under the signal of the base judge.

"Assemble!"

(PS: Originally, I didn't want to write more watery content like pre-game practice and shouting slogans, but considering that it is the final next, I can't write it.) ）

Aodo and Komaomai Otomaki lined up from home plate to the pitcher's mound, each lined up in a line, staring at each other.

"Attack first, Koma Otomaki! Rear attack, Qingdao High School! The game starts now. ”

Both teams of players took off their hats and bowed as the referees stood at home plate.

"Salute!".

"Please advise—"

After that, only the players who were in charge of the first half of the game remained on the field, and they each went to their own positions to make the final preparations before the game.