Chapter 1: Opening Battle!

The Koshien Stadium was completed on August 1, the 13th year of the Taisho era (1924), which was also the year of kōshi in the Chinese calendar, so it was named the Koshien Stadium.

In the same year, the 10th National High School Baseball Tournament was moved to this place, so it is also called the Koshien Tournament.

A renovation was carried out in 2009 after an earthquake.

Koshien Stadium is home to the Hanshin Tigers of the Nippon Professional Baseball League, It is also the venue for the annual Koshien Tournament.

On August 7th, tyrants from all over the country gathered together and lined up in neat queues, waiting for the organizers to speak.

To be honest, the nonsense of the organizers is really a lot.

Under the scorching sun, even if you are doing nothing, just standing there, the average person will definitely not be able to bear it.

What's more, there are more than 1,000 people crowded here!

"It's so hot, there's too much nonsense, isn't it?"

In the beginning, maybe it was something that he hadn't seen before, so Isashiki was looking forward to it.

After listening to the organizers above talk nonsense for an hour, he couldn't take it anymore. He really can't understand what these organizers want to do, isn't it okay to start the game right away?

Talking so much nonsense is useless.

Isn't there only one team that can finally win the Koshien championship?

"Shut up Jun!"

Although he was also impatient, Yuuki's attitude is obviously much better than Isashiki's.

He just glared at the stage with piercing eyes.

"It's too hot in here!"

Kuramochi kept wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Summer in Tokyo is already annoying enough. I didn't expect that the summer in Hyogo would be hotter than in Tokyo."

Kuramochi couldn't help shivering at the thought of competing here.

There is no activity, it is already so hot with just standing, and you have to defend and hit on the field.

'Thinking about it makes me shudder.'

"When it comes to the real game, it's a lot better."

Sawamura hid behind Masuko's large body, using the body of the Senpai as a shade.

Once the game in Koshien really starts, the players will not care about the heat.

In this regard, Sawamura, who has experienced it before knows this!

The players of Seidou High School look as if they will faint in the next second.

But when it comes to the real game, they will definitely be like warriors alive and kicking.

"Then let's start the game!"

"I can't wait."

"Hurry up and start the game."

The resentment of all the players of Seidou High School was flaring.

This time, the grouping of Seidou High School was not good.

First of all, because the total number of participating teams is 49.

In this way, many teams will inevitably have a bye in the first round.

It is a pity that Seidou High School did not get a bye, not only did they not get a bye, but it was the opening match of the entire competition.

In the opening game of Koshien, West Tokyo Seidou High School will play against Okinawa Konan High School.

Here we have to explain the rules of Koshien to everyone.

There are a total of 49 teams participating in Koshien in summer. They represent the strongest schools in their respective regions.

Three or four days before the start of Koshien in the summer, the 49 teams will draw lots first to decide the situation of the first three rounds.

In the first round of the draw, 15 teams will take a bye and go directly to the second round.

Whether the bye or not depends entirely on luck.

Of course, even if you have a bye, it doesn't mean you are lucky.

After the byes, your opponent will be selected from the teams participating in the match, so you never know which of the two sides your opponent is playing against.

By the time you know, the second round is about to begin.

On the contrary, those teams that participated directly in the first round probably knew who their opponent from the 15 in the bye might be.

They knew three or four days in advance, who might be the opponent, so of course, they can also prepare three or four days in advance.

In this day and age, intelligence warfare is getting more and more attention.

Knowing in advance who you are playing against is very critical.

Just like Seidou High School, although they played one more round than the 15 teams, correspondingly, they knew in advance who might be their target in the second round.

But in fact, these schools too are not at a disadvantage, because after the game is over, they will also know more about their opponents whether they will be Seidou High School or Konan High School.

"It's really bad luck, playing one more game than other teams, and playing against Konan of all teams," Miyuki said with a smile.

But listening to his words, you can know that he is uncomfortable.

Seidou High School did have a reason to be anxious.

Play one more game, and it's the opening game at that.

The opening game means that you simply don't have time to collect information on your opponent.

At the same time, the object of your second round of competition will first find out your information, and it will not be later to know their competition object.

But that is not the worst of it.

The worst of it is the opponent of Seidou High School is Okinawa Konan High School.

This is also a top giant in the country. They just won the championship of Koshien two years ago and dominated the country.

The strength is of course very high!

Seidou High School encountered such a national top tyrant in the first round, which was, of course, a stroke of bad luck.

"It is estimated that Konan High School is in the same mood as ours," Chris said behind Miyuki.

Miyuki did not deny this.

The situation of Konan High School and Seidou High School can be said to be the same, even worse than Seidou High School.

It was two years ago that Konan High School won the championship, and that group of star players had already graduated.

Now, how many star players of this batch of Konan players are still unknown.

But Seidou High School is different.

In the past few years, Seidou High School has not been able to enter Koshien, but this year, Seidou High School won the Kanto Championship in the Kanto Tournament. Therefore, their strength is obvious to everyone.

And it wasn't some seniors or history who won the Kanto championship, but the players in front of them.

So Konan High School has their challenges too.

Finally, the organizer on the podium exhausted all their interest in speaking, and the game in Koshien officially started.

The opening game is Seidou High School from West Tokyo will play against Konan High School from Okinawa.

Everyone else exited the field before the game began.

In the dugout, Coach Kataoka squatted there, and the 18 members of the First String of Seidou High School formed a semicircle and wrapped him in the middle.

"We don't know much about the opponent's information."

Coach Kataoka does not deny this.

"Similarly, the other party has not prepared our data fully. Then don't hold back, use what you learned in Seidou to crush your opponent."

"Yes!"

"Before the game starts, let's do it once according to what we have discussed!"

"Yes!!"

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T/N: Now, the big journey starts!