Chapter 140: Semifinals

When old friends reunite, their conversation deepens with every passing moment. Suddenly, they find that time has flown by in the blink of an eye.

The phone in Sawamura's hand never stopped ringing.

The answering of the phone only gave Kuramochi-kun's weasel-like roar.

"Stinky boy, where are you? Come back quickly! If you don't come back, I will be eaten by the Coach!"

Hearing this, Sawamura felt a chill.

But look at the time, it's past eight pm.

"Sorry, I should go back."

After saying goodbye to Hosho and Oda, Sawamura walked towards the hotel dormitory.

Hosho and Oda looked at his back and waved at him.

The heart's knot has unknowingly unraveled, or perhaps there was never a knot, instead, they might have tangled themselves in a dilemma.

They had nothing to say after losing to Seidou High School, especially to Sawamura Eijun.

Now, they can only quietly hope that Sawamura and Seidou will advance further.

"They will win the championship, right?"

Oda's voice was mixed with a bit of jealousy.

"Of course." Hosho is also very confident about this.

They will leave Koshien tomorrow. Hoshiryu is not a private wealthy School, and they do not have any money for sightseeing.

When they returned to the hotel where they were staying, Nanami came up with the same answer to the same question.

Just kidding, how can Seidou High School not be a champion? They beat him Nanami!

Hosho Ryuki re-examined the lineup of Seidou High School and was convinced that he lost.

You have to say that this team of Seidou High School is indeed terrifyingly powerful.

Among the main forces of Seidou, none is merely for display. Hoshiryu High School may be considered an all-star team, yet when compared to Seidou High School, they slightly fall short in all aspects of their all-star caliber.

In this game, except for the pitcher Nanami, Hoshiryu High School's other positions were less than the opponent.

Even as a pitcher, Seidou High School still has an Ace to play. You can't say that there isn't a pitcher better than Nanami Haruka at Seidou High School.

In other positions, his precious son Hosho Okuchi must be a lot less than Takigawa Chris from Seidou High School.

Matsumoto at first base is also a talented player with good strength, but compared with Yuuki, he was expecting too much from his own player.

On second base, Keiba Sato is not as good as Kominato Ryosuke.

On the third base, Masuko Toru is way stronger than Tsuchihara.

Shortstop, Oda is not as good as Kuramochi.

Not to mention the outfielders.

Sawamura, Isashiki, Shiratsu…

Hosho Ryuki even doubted that the outfielder was so gorgeous that they could go pro.

Seidou High School is like an enhanced version of Hoshiryu High School.

Losing to them is a matter of course.

Of course, Hoshiryu High School also has the advantages of Hoshiryu High School. For example, in the main lineup of Seidou High School, there are as many as six third-year players alone.

This also means that after this summer Koshien, the team of Seidou High School will undergo a major change.

Can the replaced players still maintain such a level?

That is definitely not possible.

As for Hoshiryu, it has only been two years since its establishment, and all of their main players are second graders.

When these second-year players are promoted to third-year, it is time for them to show their brilliance

"Let them have it this time, next time we will definitely get revenge."

Hosho Ryuki felt sure and confident.

He couldn't believe that he couldn't win against a little brat like Sawamura Eijun.

While Coach Hosho was planning for revenge, Sawamura was having a hard time.

By the time he got back to the hotel, it was already 8:30. Those crazy fans and reporters had been scattered.

They're not crazy enough to stay up late.

Sawamura easily bypassed them and returned to the dormitory.

In the hall, the atmosphere was a little serious.

Coach Kataoka, Coach Ochiai, President Ota, Deputy President Takashima.

The four supervisors of Seidou High School stood at the top, and the other Players sat down with their backs straight.

The moment Sawamura stepped through the doorway, he was struck by the unexpectedly serious atmosphere that enveloped him.

'What is going on?'

"Didn't you say you would take an hour off? What time is it?"

Coach Kataoka asked with a blank expression.

Sawamura looked up in embarrassment and looked at his watch.

[8:40!]

It has been more than two hours since he left.

"I deeply apologize!" Sawamura said that after bowing to the ground, He knew that words would be futile at this moment, so he chose to acknowledge his blunder without reservation.

No matter what is the mistake, the attitude of admitting mistakes must be good.

Sawamura's attitude made Coach Kataoka very satisfied.

Although they have been waiting for more than 20 minutes.

"Okay, let's talk about our opponents in the next game."

Seeing that the coach did not continue to get angry, Takashima immediately started talking about the information she had just collected.

"This is too eccentric!"

In this regard, Kuramochi has a lot of opinions. He had been only 20 minutes late, but he had been punished for thinking about it.

'Why was Sawamura more than an hour late, but nothing happened?'

Sawamura noticed the bitter gaze and immediately gave Kuramochi a bright smile.

Kuramochi asked with a pout.

"Where's the gift?"

Sawamura was stunned for a moment, then he became embarrassed~

He forgot.

Kuramochi called him in such a hurry and said that Coach Kataoka was looking for him. Where will he find the time to bring gifts to Kuramochi?

"Our opponent in the next game is Hirotaka High School!

Hirotaka High School is also a national giant, and their strength is very high. This time their players are relatively average in strength, but their cooperation is top-notch.

Moreover, their offense is very powerful, and it can be said that they are very active with their attack.

When stealing bases, there was no hesitation. When we were sorting out the data, we found another very interesting thing. That is their scoring rate in the first inning is terrifyingly high!"

"In the previous four games, they had three games where they took the lead away in the first inning…"

Rei took great importance in introducing Hirotaka High School.

They do look like a tough opponent.

Against such an opponent, Seidou High School naturally has to go all out.

"Considering the semi-finals, it may be applied to various restraints. So I plan to send Miyuki to play as a catcher in the semi-finals."

After all the information is integrated, the next step is to announce the starting list.

The first to be announced was not the pitcher, but the catcher.

In the semi-finals, he plans to send Miyuki to play.

In the game at Koshien, the only team that could switch catchers so easily was Seidou High School.

After talking about the catcher, naturally the next is the pitcher.

"The starting pitcher is Sawamura, and the pitcher's rhythm must be controlled to prepare for the final battle."

"Yes!"

Sawamura has no doubts about this choice.

Tanpa-senpai and Furuya have relieved him of a lot of burden, and he only needs to prepare for the semi-finals and finals with all his strength.

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