Just when Miyuki was giving his inaugural speech, in the West Tokyo area, a practice match no less than the final level of Koshien was under intense preparations.
The two sides of the competition were Inagi Industries, the runner-up in West Tokyo, and Yakushi High School, one of the top eight in West Tokyo.
These two high schools are well-deserved strong schools.
When Qingdao High School was still immersed in the joy of national domination, the two teams that lost to Qingdao High School magically got together.
"I didn't expect so many people to watch it!"
Akiko Owada looked at the dozen or so colleagues around him in amazement, as well as dozens of spectators.
"This also shows the popularity of these two high schools!"
Fujio said.
Now Tokyo, when it comes to baseball is second to none, of course it is the national hegemon, Qingdo High School.
Not only in the Tokyo area, but in the whole country, there is now a whirlwind called Qingdao.
Great Demon King Sawamura Eijun, passionate supervisor Kataoka, five star players...
Their news is getting hotter and hotter, and it has been more than a week after the incident, and the popularity has not declined, but has an upward trend.
Now, during the daily training of Qingdao High School, there are countless reporters, professional baseball managers and scouts who come to visit.
In such an atmosphere, the game between Daocheng Industry and Pharmacist High School can still attract so many people to watch. It has to be said that it is a very magical thing.
"After Qingdao High School wins the nation's championship, there are only two teams in front of me who can still pose a threat to Qingdao High School in the same area."
Fujio was so emotional.
Although Daocheng Industry's performance in the practice competition was very average. But their combat power is indeed very complete. The entire main lineup has retained a full half. Even if the third-year players have all retired, there are also excellent players in the second year.
The only problem is the catcher.
Tadanoki was also a famous star player in Tokyo when he was in middle school. It's just that his current level, with Cheng Gongming's partner, is still a bit lacking.
It is believed that as long as the Tadano tree grows, Daocheng Industry will immediately have the same combat power as before.
In contrast, after Qingdao High School removed the third-year players, the second- and first-year substitutes obviously couldn't make up for the gap left by the third-year.
The weakening of Qingdao High School's strength is predictable.
Under the circumstances of this change, Daocheng Industry is definitely the rival of Qingdao High School, which has re-entered Jiaziyuan.
The other one is Pharmacist High School!
The experience of the pharmacists is also very legendary. Their explosive power is not inferior to Qingdao High School.
In addition to Sawamura, Qingdao High School had three very powerful pitchers at that time: Danba, Furuya, and Kawakami.
The only one who defeated the three of them was the pharmacist!
If it weren't for the big problem with their pitching lineup at the time, it's hard to say who would die in that game.
In this summer, the people of Pharmacist High School have not been idle. Under the leadership of their supervision, they fought in the north and south, and played practice games with the wealthy colleges and universities all over the country. So far, Hao has won 33 consecutive victories.
Such a terrifying record even attracted the attention of the media.
"A crownless tyrant!"
This is the Pharmacist High School.
These two teams are rivals in the same region and are supposed to never meet.
But I don't know which string is wrong for the supervisor of Yakushi High School, Hong Leizang, and he even applied for a practice competition with Daocheng.
The moment he saw the application, the head of the baseball department of Daocheng Industrial High School thought it was April Fool's Day, just kidding.
Looking at the calendar, it's already August, it can't be April 1.
"Maybe your brain is hot and confused!"
The head of the Daocheng Baseball Club, like a joke, told Guoyou to supervise it.
"If they want to compare, it will be on the morning of August 31st."
Hearing the words of the director of Guoyou, the head of the Daocheng Baseball Club was at a loss for words.
"Supervisor, we, we are rivals in the same region. When it comes to the autumn competition, it is very likely that we will be the targets of each other."
"Do you think we can advance from the autumn competition with our current performance?"
Guoyou Supervision asked.
These words made Daocheng Baseball Department head bewildered.
To be honest, he thought it was difficult.
Judging from Inagi's current performance in the practice game, it may be difficult for them to defeat Qingdao led by Sawamura Eijun.
Don't look at the outside media saying that there are six of the nine main players in Qingdao High School. In the fall, the combat power was severely weakened.
But as the main competitor of Qingdao High School, Daocheng's research on Qingdao High School cannot be so shallow.
Qingdao High School is a giant no matter what, even their substitute players and even the players from the Second Army are very good. The most terrifying thing is that the main structure of Qingdao High School has not changed.
Qing Dao's shooting partner, ace Sawamura and main catcher Miyuki. Even if the strength of the cooperation between the two is not stronger than when Sawamura and Chris teamed up before, they will not be worse than before.
With the two of them here, the original Qingdao High School retained at least 60% of its strength Simply speaking, it retained at least 80% of the original Qingdao High School's defensive ability.
The only problem at Qingdao High School right now is the wiring.
As long as this problem is solved, even if Qing Dao is not stronger than before, it will not be much worse.
Therefore, relatively speaking, the problem of Qingdao High School is easy to solve.
On the contrary, Daocheng, the catcher's lack of strength, directly became a fatal injury!
The importance of a good catcher, for the team, is decisive.
This is the problem Daocheng faces.
Also because of the incompatibility between Tadanoki and Narimiya Naruto, the whole Daocheng was in a downturn.
In such a state to face Qingdao High School, it would be good not to be bloodbathed!
Not to mention winning.
"But?"
The reason, the head of the Daocheng baseball club also understands. But he always felt that it was not suitable for him to compete with Pharmacist High School.
"Ashu is a very talented catcher. The reason why he can't cooperate with A Ming is not that his strength is really that bad, but that after A Ming played with Qingdao High School, especially after the game with Sawamura. , the strength has suddenly grown a lot. Even if Ya Gong is really replaced now, their cooperation will not be as handy as before."
Saying that, Superintendent Guoyou shook his head and made a creaking sound.
"It's time for the players to understand this for themselves!"
Before Daocheng lost, the score of the loss was not really big. If the batter works hard, it is not impossible to get the score back.
But they seem to have lost their energy!
This is not enough, you must find a suitable opponent and stimulate them well.
This is the real reason why Superintendent Guoyu agreed to practice the competition at Pharmacist High School.
In this way, a practice match no less than the final level of Koshien began.