On the afternoon of October 7, after the four-day run-in training, everyone in the baseball club stayed at the indoor training ground and waited for the arrival of Superintendent Kataoka.

Soon Superintendent Kataoka brought Minister Ota and Rei Takashima to the training ground, and everyone in the baseball club hurriedly gathered and stood up, waiting for Superintendent Kataoka to speak.

Superintendent Kataoka didn't say any nonsense, stood in front of everyone in the baseball club and said directly: "Now start distributing numbers, and those who call their names will come to the front in order to get the numbers." ”

"First of all, the back number one, Jinguji one."

When the name of Jinguji was spoken, there was only a small commotion in the team, but Jinguji responded with some excitement: "Yes!" Then he walked out of the line, came to Inspector Kataoka, and took the small but meaningful bib number.

"As an ace, in addition to standing on the pitcher's mound to defend the victory for the team, you must also set a good example for the younger generations with your actions!" Superintendent Kataoka said earnestly.

"Yes!" Jinguji nodded, grabbed the bib number printed with "1" and returned to the line.

In the team, Yagami had a little expectation for this, but this was a normal situation, and if Inspector Kataoka really handed over the "No. 1" representing the trump card to himself, he would find it strange.

However, if Qingdao can get into the spring Koshien armor as he wishes, then he will have to work hard for the "No. 1" back number of the spring Koshien.

While Yagami was thinking about it alone, the back number had already been issued to "9", and the previous starting back number was unchanged from the qualifiers for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in the fall.

"Number 10, Hiroshi Sakai." Superintendent Kataoka took another bib from Rei Takashima and said.

Hiroshi Sakai, who was standing in the line, his first reaction was to turn his head to look at Yagami who was standing on the other side, and then walked out of the team with some hesitation.

"Sakai, please continue to work towards your goal, one day, your efforts will be rewarded!" Superintendent Kataoka handed the bib number in his hand to Hiroshi Sakai, who walked up to him.

"Yes...... Supervise! Sakai Yu's eyes were slightly red, and he stretched out his hand to take the number bib with some trembling trembling, and turned around and retreated into the line.

"Eleventh, Yagami Night."

"Yes." Yagami Ye walked out of the line, came to Supervisor Kataoka, and reached out to take the "11" number bib.

"Your excellence has been recognized by everyone, and this is just your starting point, and I am sure everyone is looking forward to your growth." Superintendent Kataoka encouraged.

"Yes!" After receiving Inspector Kataoka's encouragement, Yagami turned around and walked back to the group.

"Twelve, Kentaro Matsuda."

"Yes." Kentaro Matsuda walked out with his head held high, and reached out to take the bib number.

"Behave well!" Supervisor Kataoka encouraged him and handed the bib in his hand to Kentaro Matsuda.

"Sixteenth, Tetsuya Yuuki." Superintendent Kataoka remembers Tetsuya Yuuki's poor performance in guarding when school first started, but after just a few months, his growth is unmatched by other students in his class, including Chris.

"Yuuki, hard work doesn't lie." Superintendent Kataoka said and handed the "16" bib to Tetsuya Yuuki.

"Yes, thank you very much." Tetsuya Yuuki took the bib number with both hands and took Inspector Kataoka's words to heart.

"Nineteenth, Koichiro Tanba." Superintendent Kataoka took the last bib from Rei Takashima and looked at the first-year student who walked towards him, as the only pitcher among the first-year students who could handle it before Yagami Yagami transferred to Aodo, and when the current second-year student retires next summer, the pressure on Aodo in the pitcher line may have to be borne by the two of Yagami and Koichiro Tanba.

After distributing the bib numbers, Superintendent Kataoka looked at everyone again: "I think everyone knows very well that there is no way back in the high school baseball game, and the hard work and tears and sweat shed every day are all so that our team can enter Koshien and do our best to win!" ”

"Yes!" The shouts of the baseball club members resounded in the sky.

On October 8, the time of the beginning of the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, in the afternoon of that day, the superintendent of Katagang asked all the first army to listen to the information about the first opponent.

The video of the opponent's game recorded by the members of the department was quickly played and explained, and it took an hour and a half for everyone to finish watching the video of the game.

"Our opponent is the French Academy, their pitchers are left throwers like Yagami, the ball control level is average, the ball speed is 140km/h, and the decisive ball is Carter; The overall garrison is decent, and the attack is stronger than the garrison. ”

After listening to the intelligence officer's explanation, Superintendent Kataoka nodded and said to everyone, "No matter what the other party's level is, we must go all out, and only then will the victory be ours." ”

"Yes!" Everyone responded loudly.

"So, tomorrow's starting pitcher is ......" Superintendent Kataoka said here, pausing for a moment before continuing: "First-grader Yagami; Catcher, first-grader Chris. ”

Hearing this arrangement, everyone present was stunned.

"I want to make sure you can play in the best possible condition, the importance of a match is self-evident, and I will rotate the following pitches in the game as the situation is appropriate." After Superintendent Kataoka finished speaking, he looked at the team's ace Jingujiichi again: "Jinguji, you have to warm up from the beginning of the game so that you can play at any time and continue to throw, this is your responsibility as an ace." ”

"Yes!" Jinguji replied loudly.

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At 11 a.m. on Sunday, October 9, after the first army had assembled, they formed a circle at the request of Superintendent Kataoka, and after the captain Dong Kiyokuni led everyone to shout the slogan of King Seido, they each took their backpacks and equipment and walked on the school bus and set off towards the stadium where the game was played.

After arriving at Jingu No. 2 Stadium at 12 p.m., when the first team of the Seido Baseball Club got off the school bus, some reporters immediately surrounded them to conduct interviews, but Minister Ota refused to be interviewed by reporters on the grounds that the players wanted to concentrate on the game, and they entered the stadium through the players' exclusive passage.

There weren't many people coming up to watch the game in the stands, and there were only a few scattered people on either side of the stands, after all, it was only the round of 24 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Games in the fall, and not too many people would pay attention. On the contrary, there are a lot of people wearing different school uniforms gathered behind the stands.,Obviously, they came to reconnoiter the enemy situation on Qingdao.。。

"The next thing that will be played is the first round of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly in the fall.,The game of the law and school garden vs Qingdao high school,First base side,Law and school park,Third base side,Qingdao high school; The game will officially start at 10 a.m., and the real-time temperature is 23 degrees Celsius, and the maximum temperature will reach 25 degrees Celsius......"

From 12:25 p.m., the host's voice continued to sound on the radio, repeating the schedule of the following games, reminding the audience who came to watch the game to pay attention to various matters when watching the game.