After the race, the competitors from both sides ran onto the field from their respective rest areas, and everyone looked happy.

"Salute!"

After standing in line on both sides of the home plate, Aodo and Komachi Otomaki took off their hats and saluted each other under the leadership of the referees.

"Buzz-buzz-buzz-" At the same time, an air raid siren sounded over the stadium at the right time.

After saluting each other, when the two players stepped forward to shake hands with each other, they turned away at the signal of the chief judge.

After leaving home plate, players from both sides ran over to the stands where their support team and supporters were standing to thank them for their support and support.

After taking off their hats and bowing, the competitors returned to their rest area to organize their belongings and stretch after the race.

Yagami and Chris exchanged balls outside the rest area for twenty-five seconds before turning around and walking inside the rest area to sort out the items they had brought with them.

"Seniors are so bad!"

Inside the rest area, Yukiichi, who had just sorted out his belongings, was about to get up and leave when he suddenly heard a voice coming from the side.

Mikoichi also got up and looked over, but Kuroza Naoya, who had injured his right shoulder, still hadn't put his backpack in order.

"Obviously the other party is such a strong opponent......"

"Coupled with the previous game, in such a tired situation, the body should not obey the call."

"But they didn't give up and were determined to win the game."

Naoya Kuraza recalls the process of today's game and gives his own answer: "This is the strength of this team!" ”

"I was often played in the outfield, as an outfielder. Although I was reluctant, this team didn't really need me as a catcher. ”

"After I joined the First Army, I wondered every day, 'What can I do now?'"

Yukiichi also showed a look of surprise, wondering why Kuroza could say such a thing to him, and when he was about to say something, he suddenly saw Chris seniors walking towards them, and his original expression quickly disappeared, and he turned to smile at Chris seniors who came over.

……

The Qingdao people who had packed their backpacks and equipment lined up outside the rest area on the third base side, waiting for the notice to leave the game.

"Thank you for the advice!"

After taking off his hat and bending down, the Qingdao athlete turned around and grabbed his backpack and trotted towards the exit lane, ready to leave.

Outside the rest area on the side of the first base, Koma Otomaki who lined up to take pictures of the reporters also picked up their backpacks and prepared to leave after the Qingdao runners walked into the exit passage one after another.

After all the Qingdao runners entered the exit passage and left, Koma Otomaki and Komaki were led by ace Tanaka Shogun and walked into the exit passage next to the rest area one after another.

……

Reporter: How do you feel about pitcher Tanaka today?

Shodai Tanaka: The fifteen-game game doesn't feel very long, but I feel honored for this game that has left a name in history, and I will cheer for it tomorrow and play a good game.

Reporter: Please say a few words about the pitcher on the other side.

Shodai Tanaka hopes that tomorrow, we can both throw a good game.

Reporter: How do you feel about pitcher Yagami today?

Yagami Yagami: The opponent threw very well, but fortunately, his performance was not too inferior. Tomorrow, I trust my teammates and we have to beat them and win in the end.

After the brief interview, Yagami Yagami boarded the school bus with the rest of the team, leaving Higashi Kiyokuni as the captain and Chris as the catcher to continue the interview with Kataoka Supervisor, and they were the first to return to the hotel where they were staying.

After returning to the hotel and putting away his backpack, Yagami took clean clothes to the bathroom to take a shower, this was the first time he had shot fifteen rounds by himself, and the whole person felt extremely tired.

After taking a shower and putting it in the washing machine along with the clothes he had changed from, Yagami returned to his room and fell asleep.

……

At 07:00 in the afternoon, Yagami woke up after a night, and the whole person seemed very energetic.

Raising his hand and rubbing his eyes, Yagami sat on the bed with his mobile phone to check the messages sent to him by relatives, friends and classmates.

Of the many messages sent to him by others, the only one that made him a little concerned was the one sent to him by Yusa Kento - the Tokyo newspaper (national edition) had been reporting on the Seido victory since they reached the final yesterday, and if they lost today's race, the affected Tokyo people would definitely have a bad impression of them.

After replying to the messages sent to him by the others one by one, Yagami got up at night and went to the restaurant to eat with Chris, who came back from a shower.

……

At 08:20 in the afternoon, the members of the Seido First Army gathered in the conference room of the hotel to start today's meeting after Inspector Kataoka and Minister Ota arrived in the conference room.

After summarizing today's game, Superintendent Kataoka focused on whether his opponent, Komama Otomaki and Komaki, would let the ace start in tomorrow's race.

Admiral Tanaka's form tomorrow will definitely be worse than today's, but even so, it will still be very difficult for them to overcome.

As a result, the best way for Seido to win is to score as many points as possible when other pitchers such as Shota Kikuchi and Naoki Tsushima in the second year and Masahiro Okada in the third year start the board. Aodo could only pull the ace Tanaka out of the cowshed early in the morning with a beautiful preemptive strike, and establish the advantage before Tanaka's engine started, and then lay the end for the fierce battle between the two sides.

"Tomorrow's first mover list will be announced below."

As Superintendent Kataoka began to announce the list of players who would start tomorrow, the atmosphere in the conference room, which had been somewhat floating, quickly calmed down.

"A stick, guerrilla, Fukuda; second baseman, second baseman, Tanaka; Three, left fielder, Fujii; Four, third baseman, East; Five bats, Nakamidfielder, Mumurasuke; Six, first baseman, Yuuki ......"

The first six sticks of Qingdao have basically been fixed, and those who are read their names nod in response.

"Seven sticks, catcher, Takigawa; Eight bats, right fielder, Ota; Nine, pitcher, Yagami. Superintendent Kataoka paused slightly, then said the names of the remaining three.

"Jinguji, go to warm up after the game starts, and if there is an accident in the back, you will get on the board and pitch."

After giving the same starting list as today, Superintendent Kataoka turned to Jinguji, a third-year student, and said that his current mentality was completely different from yesterday.

"Yes!" Jinguji nodded vigorously, then turned his head and whispered to Yagami and Chris behind him, "I must win tomorrow!" ”

"When I'm pitching on the court, as long as I think of seniors here, I'm relieved." Yagami replied in a very affirmative tone: "Regardless of whether there will be an accident tomorrow, winning is a certainty!" ”

After Superintendent Kataoka announced the adjournment of the meeting, the Seido people left the conference room together, some wanted to practice swinging the stick and then rest, and some were ready to go back to the room to continue resting, and soon the conference room was empty.

"It feels like a dream......

In the small group of sophomores composed of the players on the court, Tetsuya Yuuki, Chris, Yagami and Koichiro Tanba, as well as the ball boys on the court, Ryosuke Kominato, Jun Izaki, Toru Masuko and Ichiro Sakai, it is unknown who suddenly said something.

For a moment, everyone in the group fell silent.

yes, it feels like a dream!!

Although both they and the third-year seniors have been saying that they want to win, to dominate the country, and to become the No. 1 team in Japan.

It wasn't until they reached the last step that they suddenly realized that they had come to the end, wasn't this really a dream?