After getting their tickets to Koshien and repairing for a few days, the team heads to Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, which is the home of the Hanshin Tigers of the island baseball professional league, and the draw starts in early August every year, and the same 48 national regional tournament champions will play six rounds over 16 days to eliminate the final winner.

Hachioji's first round of lottery, bad luck or bad luck, was drawn to Toshima High School (Miyazaki Prefecture), which is the first high school to participate in Koshien, and like Hachioji High School, there are no points and cannot enjoy the treatment of a round of byes.

On the day of the game, the organizers will always invite some celebrities to kick off, and this opening ceremony, invited to the court, is the Texas Rangers in the United States Major League as the starting pitcher, Darby Hugh, can be regarded as the opening guest of the previous big names.

"Darby Xiu, who has signed a six-year contract with $60 million, is also a senior who made it to Koshien a few years ago, and he will perform the opening goal of the first round match between Hachioji High School and Toshima High School, and I believe that the audience who often watches Koshien games will also be very pleased."

The TV commentary introduced when the camera turned to Darbyxiu.

The catcher in charge of the opening ball was Shuji Kobayashi of Hachioji High School, who was also the main player, and the batter was Makazu Nakatani, a tall flat-headed high school student from Tomshima High School.

The stadium sounded a terrible air raid siren, Darby Xiu threw a straight ball professionally and neatly, and Makazu Nakatani symbolically waved the baseball bat and let the baseball get into the catcher's bag, anyway, it was just a lively scene ball, and it didn't count the score.

Afterward, a white-clad Fujii tree wearing a ducktongue baseball cap appeared on the pitcher's mound.

"Hachioji High School's starting pitcher Fujii has created an amazing record for the entire Tokyo City regional tournament, and he is said to have an average ball speed of more than 150 kilometers, and he won the national championship in soccer last year, so I wonder if this year I can replicate the miracle."

When Fujii Shu is mentioned, there are obviously more words to comment, such a star player with gimmicks, in the past Koshien games, you can't find the same level of existence.

"Good work, Xiujun."

"Somewhere, just a little favor by the way."

Dabi Xiu, who returned to the VIP seat after the game, sat with Reio Kanhara, the chairman of the Island Baseball Association who hosted Koshien, and exchanged pleasantries for a while.

"This pitcher, very handsome." Dabi Xiu pointed to Fujii Tree, who had just warmed up, and praised.

"Of course, last year's biggest figure in football, several clubs were arguing because of him, and my friend Kozo Tajima, who was the vice president of the Football Association, always complained to me."

Guan Yuan Liyang is an old man, and he replied slowly.

"Oh? What to complain about? ”

Darby Xiu became interested and asked.

"The baseball that complained about me attracted the people he fancied, and I also watched this Fujii-san's TV football game, and he is indeed a famous player."

"I just don't know how baseball is, do I?"

Darby Xiu replied with a clear heart, and the two of them smiled at the same time, so let them wait and see.

Facing Koshien's first opponent, Fujii looked as usual, wiped the surface of the baseball, made a pitching move, stretched his body, and threw a four-stitch fast straight ball.

"157km/h ball speed, good shot."

The TV commentator read out the data on the scoreboard, and Shuiji Kobayashi caught the ball steadily and made a command gesture, and the catcher has the right to temporarily give the pitcher the next step, which is also a tactic.

"It's fast! It's not slower than the starting pitchers of the major leagues. ”

Although Dabi Xiu was separated by hundreds of meters, he could still see Fujii Shu's skills, and Guan Yuan Liyang next to him also nodded in agreement.

"Sure enough, sports still have to have a good body, and when this Fujii-san, when he played football, he reflected an unusual physique, and when he switched to baseball, he really wouldn't be weak."

The next ball, throw the bad ball, test him.

Shuji Kobayashi gestured under the guard, and Fujii knew that he was afraid that his straight ball would be guessed by the opponent, and if he managed to hit such a fast straight ball, it would probably be a home run.

Well, play around with him.

Fujii, who originally wanted to make a quick decision, followed the advice of Shuji Kobayashi and deliberately threw a bad ball on the left side, and Mawa Nakatani, a batter from Toshima High School, who was hit by the first ball, did not hit the bad ball with a curved arc regardless of the swing of the bat, and was caught by Shuiji Kobayashi.

"Good ball, go on."

The referee behind Shuji Kobayashi spoke up, which made Nakatani Makazu break his defense a little, either he was engrossed in preventing Fujii's high-speed straight ball, or he had to guess whether he would deliberately throw a bad ball to trick himself into swinging a good ball, which was too difficult to deal with.

"The execution of tactics is also very thorough, even if you have the strength to easily defeat the enemy with a straight ball, you continue to listen to the command of the catcher, and you are a very calm player."

After Darby Xiu observed, he said another advantage, some pitchers with superior strength tend to go their own way, there are not a few examples of this, Fujii Shu can endure it, it is indeed not easy.

For the third ball, Fujii planned to use a finger fork ball that he hadn't used for a long time, clamping both sides of the ball with his index finger and middle finger, and the moment the ball was released, the baseball flew straight away, and Mawa Nakatani swung the baseball bat with wide eyes, and in the moment before contact, the baseball fell strangely in mid-air, avoiding the baseball bat from falling into the catcher's glove.

"Toshima High School, a stick of Mawazu Nakatani, strikeout, please the next one."

The referee politely reminded the stunned Nakatani Mawazu, and the other party reacted, nodded and bowed, wiping the corners of his eyes.

"Toshima High School, two bats Saku Nagamori, play."

When he took over, Makazu Nakatani patted Saku Nagamori on the shoulder, a stubby and powerful hitter with a quick reaction, who should be able to hit Fujii's ball.

"Whew! Call! ”

Saku Nagamori tried to swing the baseball bat a few times in the air, looking for a feeling, and then signaled to the referee that he was ready.

OK ball, right, down.

Shuji Kobayashi knows that Fujii Shu will have four ball paths, also known as the OK ball with a circle of speed balls, because the stance and straight ball of the shot have not changed, but the ball speed is slower, which is very suitable for yin people.

No, he should be able to hit.

Fujii shook his head slightly, facing this new fighter, he had a feeling that he had to use some strength to pass the opponent's level.

Well, that's up to you.

Shuiji Kobayashi gave up commanding, after all, people have arrogant capital, and he can't say anything.

Whether it's a straight ball or a speedball, I'll hit it all, just watch!

Saku Nagamori, who has a short stature, pinched the baseball bat hard, and his eyes were full of fighting spirit.