King's Green Road

Chapter 449 [Daocheng] Opening round
On August 8, the temperature was cool.

Today is a significant day for high school baseball juniors.

This year's National High School Baseball Players Conference (Summer Koshien) will be held at the Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture at 9 o'clock today.

With 49 colleges and universities and a game schedule of more than ten days, the dreams of baseball players finally ushered in the moment when they bloomed on this day.

Before the opening ceremony started at 8 o'clock on August 7, the infield and infield of the auditorium were also opened early, followed by a large number of spectators who came in one after another.

Today is the opening ceremony, and all the 49 schools that won the national and regional competitions will appear, so today's audience attendance can be said to be the largest except for the number of spectators watching the top-notch collision competition, with about [-] people.

At 9 o'clock, under the watchful eyes of the stadium audience, 49 colleges and universities entered the stadium one by one holding their nameplates.

Among them, the most eye-catching one is probably the first to enter the Koshien Stadium, that is, last summer's winner Osaka Kiryu, whose main player and ace Hiromi Kane walked in the forefront, holding a pennant representing the Koshien victory in his hand.

Then the rest of the schools started to enter the venue in an orderly manner from south to north according to the geographical location of each school.

After the teams from each school entered the field, they began to line up one by one from the direction of first base and walked sideways into the field, then slowly passed the order of home plate and third base, circled the field for a week, and finally walked to the outfield to line up.

After all the teams have arrived, they collectively walk to the infield position of the stadium, and then stand ready to hold the flag-raising ceremony and speeches by the leaders of the sponsor.

"It's so hot!"

"It's not over yet!"

"Is it a little too long-winded?! It's so inspiring to stand under the sun and listen to the leader's speech in such a hot weather!"

Cheng Gongming tugged at his collar, and muttered unbearably hot.

"It's really like this every year, and it's not too troublesome."

The other Daocheng team members also smiled knowingly when they heard their ace's speech. Although they didn't say anything, they agreed with it very much.

"Please be quiet!"

Harada was convinced by Ah Ming, since he knew it was all the same old way, why don't he bear it?I have to complain here, alas... What a child.

Cheng Gongming: "Hmph—"

Eijun was standing in the queue, and his back number had been changed to No. 17, and Tadanoki had also been changed to No. 18.

Perhaps their back numbers will change after the end of the summer, but there is no doubt that they can play in Koshien in the first grade. The meaning that the team values ​​is obvious. Eijun is basically sure to be the ace successor after Narimiya Ming , and Tadanoki is naturally the successor of Masakone Harada.

Eijun also felt that this year's summer was very hot, especially under the scorching sun, they had to listen to speeches from leaders who were better than nothing.

However, being able to stand on the land of Jiaziyuan in the summer of the first grade, he felt that even if he had been to Jiaziyuan, he was still very excited.

The heart beats extremely fast too! o(≧｜≦)o
At this time, it was the turn of the final stage of the opening ceremony.

[Next, the captain of Xibang High School, Shuzo Sano, will be invited to take the oath on behalf of all the athletes present on the podium. 】

Sano: "In the long and glorious history of the past, the seniors worked hard with all their strength. And we, the younger generations, will also uphold the will of the seniors, never give up, believe in our partners, believe in the future, and move forward step by step."

"Oh, I'm so envious! The representative is taking an oath..." Narimiya Ming listened to Shuzo Sano's words on the radio, and couldn't help curling his lips enviously.

The sour tone is something everyone can understand.

"After all, he belongs to one of the teams that are very popular for winning and defending the title of Koshien this time, and I also have the title of monster hitter, who is the focus of this year's professional baseball. I think if you have the title of winning pitcher this year Maybe you will be able to speak on stage next year, as long as you don’t feel ashamed when you speak.”

Bai He spoke the truth calmly.

"The victory must belong to us, absolutely!"

At this time, Cheng Gongming's expression was extraordinarily firm, no matter what, he must fulfill this wish this time.

I will definitely not repeat the mistakes of the past and retreat in embarrassment.

It's still early, they will meet each other one day, and when the time comes for the actual competition, we will know who is the more skilled one.

He also didn't think Daocheng was worse than the other party.

Soon, after Shuzo Sano finished his oath speech and walked off the podium, the opening ceremony also came to the end, and the radio sounded again.

[The kick-off ceremony and today's opening game will be held next. Please leave the field in an orderly manner or go to the stands to watch the game. The remaining two teams stay and prepare to start the game. 】

After spending a few minutes for the kick-off ceremony, today's opening game officially kicked off at this time.

The two teams are also lined up in the rest area on the first and third base side, Daocheng is on the first base side, and Yishan High School is on the third base side.

At this moment, they were all waiting for the head referee to announce the start of the game.

"Game start!"

The two sides rushed onto the field at the same time, and after standing face to face around the home plate, they looked at each other with great momentum.

"Please advise!"

"Woooo-"

At the same time, the air defense sirens above the stadium sounded at this moment.

At the moment when the game officially started, many spectators who watched the opening ceremony basically did not leave. After all, it was too wasteful to just watch the opening ceremony after paying for tickets. In addition, some teams stayed to watch the opening ceremony In the battle, the number of people is only a lot, so the number of people looks quite impressive at this moment.

After all, Daocheng, where Nariya Naruto, the No. [-] pitcher in Kanto, is still very well-known. Although it is not a strong collision, the abuse of food is also entertaining to watch, and the remaining teams will observe Daocheng.

After all, this is also a great enemy.

And Zhengyang High School, one of the teams that must face each other in the second round, will not leave the field, but will stay in the stands to watch the opponent's performance.

I thought it was good luck to get a bye, but who knew that the next opponent would be so devilish, I really couldn't help but mourn for them.

After finally getting into Jiashien, the result is likely to be a round trip, and you have to go home after a game. There is nothing worse than this.

When Yishan High School saw the starting list, they didn't know what words to use to express their feelings. It was really... very complicated.

Are they still honored that the other party played a trump card against them?
Of course not! ! !
"Hey, it's a bit exciting to start the first match!"

Cheng Gongming looked at the opposite rest area, and the eager feeling in his eyes was ready to come out. He had been holding back for a long time since he didn't play in the summer preliminaries and finals.

In this game, you have to make a good shot for everything.

"A Ming, you are too excited!"

Harada Masamori couldn't help but stop talking when his partner was excited. He was afraid that he would have no scruples about pitching when he went to the game next time.

Once this happens, Ah Ming will definitely control the ball!
Cheng Gongming curled his lips when he heard the words: "Cut——"

Is he such a disrespectful person?I'll let you see after the game, the strength of this ace will never be disturbed by emotions.

Although Eijun has entered Koshien now, but in the competition, more opportunities are given to the third-year senior Iguchi Yudai, the second-year Keiji Hirano and the ace Narimiya, especially when the opponents are not too strong. It may be that the third-year backup pitcher Yuguchi Iguchi has a big chance.

After all, this is their last year of visiting Koshien.

With limited opportunities, Guoyou Supervisor still takes good care of these third-year players. It can be said that this is already a common practice.

Just like Narimiya Naruto, the ace in this game, will play the game first, and after confirming the advantage, he will send Iguchi Yuda to the field to throw the ball.

Everything still depends on the advantages that the players can get to determine.

"I really envy the seniors who can play."

Looking at the Daocheng starters who were getting ready, Tadano couldn't help but sigh with emotion. After all, since the regional preliminaries, he has basically been on the bench to observe.

Occasionally, under limited circumstances, he played a few times and then disappeared.

I don't know if he will have the chance to play in Koshien this time. There are really not many players who can enter Koshien in the first grade.

So although I am envious, I am also quite satisfied.

……

Then the game officially kicked off.

The difference in strength between the players of the two sides is also really clear at a glance. Cheng Gongming sent the opponent 3K in three rounds, and he couldn't hit Cheng Gongming's ball in the first round.

It can be said that there is no resistance to being hit three times.

And Daocheng's line play also showed its strength. Relying on its excellent strike ability, it scored two points in three rounds from the ace of Yishan High School.

occupied a favorable position.

So under such circumstances, Guoyou Supervisor decided to make a substitution.

There is basically no possibility of losing this game.

(End of this chapter)