In order to prepare for the Koshien main game, after the summer vacation on July 20, Suzuki Nozomi summoned the members of the baseball club to start a training camp that lasted for more than half a month. Finally, they strengthened their fighting strength, and then on the morning of August 8
So I took everyone with me to Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Kansai, and stayed at a small hotel in Airchi Town - next to Koshien Town, which is very close to Koshien Stadium.
The opening ceremony is scheduled for August 10th, and there will be a rehearsal on the 9th, but there will be no leisure on the 8th. Various procedures need to be completed, and the meetings held by the organizing committee need to be attended. The most important thing is to draw lots for the groups.
The first draw will only draw the first three rounds, and there will be another draw in the quarterfinals. There is a chance to get a bye in the first round, but the supervising teacher Suzuki Hanako has a bad hand, so he just didn't get it. Private Daifuku can only get one.
Fighting hard round after round.
This is not the worst thing. The worst thing is that their first round match is scheduled to be the opening match. This is probably because Xueli is paying more attention to it.
The organizing committee has allowed girls to enter the venue, so naturally they have to take advantage of the popularity of the topic and strive to achieve a new high in ratings.
The draw was a mess, and everyone was disappointed but also nervous. They originally thought it would be their turn to compete on the 11th, but they didn't expect that the competition would be on the 10th!
You can't just go home on the day the game starts, right?
The next step is to deal with the interview team designated by the organizer. This will be used as material in the TV show. Noki Suzuki feels a little annoyed, but the participating members of the first army are very excited, and every camera crew is warmly received when they come.
, but he was very shy when he answered, showing his true nature as a young man.
After a busy day on the 8th, everyone on the 9th went to the Koshien Stadium at the agreed time to participate in the rehearsal. The main reason was that it was the first time for the private Daifuku Academy to participate, so the organizer was a little worried, fearing that they would make some joke during the live broadcast.
, that’s why I specifically asked for it.
Most of the people in this group went there with the mentality of pilgrimage, and the expressions on their faces were very excited. After all, Koshien has a history of almost a hundred years. The name itself represents baseball in Japan, and it is also the largest baseball stadium in Japan.
It is also the home ground of the famous football team Hanshin Tigers.
Kitahara Hideji didn't have such a pilgrim mentality, but he was quite curious, but he was disappointed at first glance - why is it so broken?
Koshien Stadium looks really shabby and tacky. "Hanshin Koshien Stadium" is written in big white letters on an emerald green background. If it wasn't big enough, it would look like a small Chinese street supermarket, and the gray curved walls are climbing up
It's covered in ivy, and it's probably a bit spooky at night. What's even worse is that there are still unfinished scaffolding on some of the outer walls, which seem to have just been repaired.
It's disappointing and feels like it doesn't live up to its name.
Suzuki Noki noticed his gaze and explained to him with a smile: "Koshien will be renovated in the next two years and planned to be transformed into a modern stadium. It will look better in the future."
Kitahara Shuji nodded, feeling that it really needed to be renovated. It was almost a hundred years old and it was really an antique. No wonder it looked so shabby.
He was disappointed, but others were excited. After all, only a few of the millions of college students could play here, and there were 30 to 40 million viewers across the country who would watch their games through television broadcasts. Just thinking about it gave people adrenaline.
The secretion of hormones begins.
Yuma Uchida was trembling uncontrollably, looking at Koshien and murmuring: "Are these the 381 ivy trees in Koshien?"
"It should be, it looks better than I thought!"
"Shall we take a photo?"
"We may not have the chance to take a group photo together tomorrow!"
This group of people started to take photos in front of the stadium as if they were on a trip. It was obvious that they were extremely guilty and not very confident about winning the game tomorrow. Suzuki Noki was so angry that she went up with a folding fan and beat her up, cursing: "
We can play again after rehearsal, now get in here."
She drove the group of people into the stadium, and then led the staff through the process of the opening ceremony. Although there was no one in the audience, many members of the First Army were still shaking with excitement as they walked around the stadium.
They collectively felt like their dream had come true.
After going through the process, Suzuki Noki announced the disbandment. Now they don't have a field to practice. They have already talked about tactics and other things during the training, so it's better to let everyone relax.
This was the last relaxing moment before the game. Everyone immediately dispersed and went to play together.
Of course, Koshien Stadium cannot be a lonely stadium. It also has ancillary buildings, such as the Hanshin Tigers team office, the Hanshin Tigers historical memorial hall, and the team support store. In addition, there is a souvenir shop.
Naru Shrine.
Because Yamane Naonaka wanted Hideji Kitahara to give priority to the Hanshin Tigers in the future, they didn't have a good impression of the Hanshin Tigers team. Naturally, they were not interested in visiting anything related to the Hanshin Tigers, so they wandered to the shrine.
And go.
Kitahara Shuji looked along the road and discovered that the logo color of Koshien Stadium may be green. As long as the places where color can be painted are basically painted green. This is different from what he expected. People around him have always regarded high school students as
Lord, and Koshien represents youth and passion in their mouths, so he always thought that Koshien should be a red stadium, but now it turns out that it is not like that at all, it is simply green!
They left the locker room passage and turned to the main passage. When they got here, they couldn't walk in the snow and stared at the charcoal-grilled squid. Kitahara Shuji looked at the black and shiny grill and felt that it was not very hygienic, but this was
The traditional snacks at Koshien Stadium may not be available in the future, so I still spent money to buy them for Xueli.
He bought ten skewers for Yuki, and Suzuki Noki extended her hand with a smile. He was speechless for a while and asked: "Don't you have 200 yen either?"
Noki Suzuki said confidently: "How can a person of my status carry change?"
She was talking nonsense, but Kitahara Shuji didn't care about her and bought her a bunch, but she didn't eat it even though she held it in her hand.
Kitahara Shuji was even more surprised, "You don't want to eat it again?"
Noki Suzuki smiled and replied: "Squid is 90% fat. I can't eat it."
"Then what are you doing here?" Kitahara Hideji really couldn't stand this madness.
"There is it in the snow, so I should have it. Doesn't it look good if I hold it?"
Do whatever you want! Kitahara Shuji left her alone, and the skewer of small squids didn't stay in Suzuki Noki's hands for long. After Yukiri finished eating her own, she tricked her into eating the skewer too.
They walked all the way and entered the Suzhanming Shrine. This is the place where the Hanshin Tigers and the college teams participating in the Koshien competition pray for good luck and victory. And because it is right on the side of the Koshien stadium, there are many tourists here and the incense is obvious.
Extremely prosperous.
Even if a god opens a store, he must pay attention to the location, which can be seen from this.
Su Zhanming, also known as Su Zhanming, is one of the three main gods in Japanese mythology. He is the younger brother of Amaterasu. He is ugly and powerful. He is the one who killed the Yamata no Orochi in order to find a girlfriend, and from then on.
The guy who took out the Amazong Cloud Sword from Yamata no Orochi's chrysanthemum - he's not a serious person, he's done something like flying over Amaterasu's head.
It's really La Xiang...
And this unorthodox god is also known as Susanoo no Ming, or Susano'o for short, and Susano means violent. In terms of priesthood, he is in charge of storms and destruction. His territory is in the plains of the sea.
The Japanese God of Poseidon - placed at Koshien Stadium, it probably means that he attacks like a violent storm and directly "destroys" the opponent. He is considered the god of victory.
Suzuki Noki entered the worship hall, rang the bell, clapped her hands and prayed sincerely, and then signaled Kitahara Hideji to put money into the money box. Kitahara Hideji didn't care about the small amount of money, and popped out a coin, and dropped it accurately.
After putting it in the money box, she looked at Xueli again and gave her a five-yen coin, so Xueli happily went to pray for "prosperous military fortune" - Xueli really had no money, but she was still persisting.
When buying lottery tickets, the things she is sure about will never change, so she expects to make a fortune by buying lottery tickets.
Kitahara Shuji didn't believe this and didn't join in the fun. Yukiri stood there with her head lowered and began to make demands to the gods - she had to spend the five yen well worth it. Kitahara Shuji looked at Suzuki Noki and laughed softly.
Asked: "Do you believe this too?"
It doesn't seem like it. Suzuki Noki is still quite independent and independent, and is unlikely to place her hopes on gods and ghosts.
Only people who are not mentally strong will believe these things, right?
Suzuki Nozomi glanced at him with a smile: "I am an agnostic. It doesn't take much effort to ask for it. What if it works? It doesn't matter if it doesn't work. I haven't lost anything anyway."
Such a practical person, Kitahara Hideji couldn't help but sigh: "You are still the best!"
Suzuki Noki smiled like a flower, like a little fox, and said happily: "Of course, I have been chewed up to the point where no bones are left."
The group of them played at Koshien Stadium for an hour, and then Suzuki Noki gathered everyone and took them back to the hotel, and began to strictly prohibit going out.
The next day, the sky was clear and the temperature was extremely high. This year is a hot summer year in Japan. It was extremely hot early in the morning, and the 90th Koshien Baseball Tournament kicked off.
The more than 50,000 seats in Koshien are full of people, and most of them are fanning themselves with small fans. This shows how hot the current temperature is. This is an old stadium that is almost a hundred years old, and it is not as good as Okazaki Citizen Stadium. This is completely
It's in the open air and no one can escape in the strong sun.
It will probably get better after the renovation is completed, but it will still take a year. The main reason is that the competition cannot be stopped and can only be repaired for two days and rested for two days, so the progress is extremely slow.
It was hot outside, and the player tunnel below the auditorium was even hotter, but everyone was waiting patiently. After the opening remarks, the opening ceremony officially began. The best player of the previous Xia League was the leader and walked out of the player tunnel first, followed by five white players.
The five girls wearing hats, white shirts and black skirts, all of whom were selected college girls from Nishinomiya City, unfurled the flags of the Koshien competition as they walked out of the tunnel and began to parade around the field - the entire process was broadcast live on ABC TV.
Next up were the winning school flags of all time, also held by female high school students from Nishinomiya City. Nearly a hundred flags of various colors were fluttering. After these girls left, the winning team of last year’s Xia League came on the stage, and the audience was filled with excitement.
There was a warm round of applause.
"Kitahara, are you nervous?" Yuumatou Uchida couldn't stop sweating on his face. He looked at the queue in front of him getting shorter and shorter, and he was obviously uneasy - Suzuki Noki is not here, she is in the audience, and she is here now
By default, Kitahara Hideji had the final say, so he could only seek comfort from Kitahara Hideji.
Kitahara Shuji was holding a white flag in his hand - it felt so unlucky, but there was nothing I could do about it. The school flag of the private Daifuku Academy was white, with the word "eight eight" written in pink on it. It looked very funny. But it was also
Okay, luckily I didn't write the word "大福", otherwise the audience across the country might think they were here to sell snacks.
He turned around and comforted: "Don't worry, don't be nervous, no one will pay attention to you."
It was their first time participating in the competition, so they didn’t have many supporters, and it was obviously more eye-catching in the snow. Uchida Yuma was sandwiched in the crowd, and it was very likely that he would not leave any impression on the audience.
Yuma Uchida was speechless. He wanted everyone to see him, but he was afraid that everyone would see him. It was a very contradictory feeling.
They chatted for a while, and then the girl holding the "Private Daifuku Academy" sign in front of Kitahara Shuji turned around and reminded: "Everyone, get ready to appear!"
Kitahara Hideji and the others were originally moving forward while talking, but Kitahara Hideji looked and found that they were not far from the exit. He quickly raised his hand to signal for silence, and then smiled at the usher and said: "We are ready.
alright."
The girl blushed, this guy is so handsome!
She didn't dare to look, so she quickly turned back and took two steps forward. As the people in front of her left one by one, it was finally the turn of the private Daifuku Academy.
She took a deep breath, held up the sign and walked out of the passage. Then Kitahara Shuji waved the school flag and followed her a few steps away. As soon as she stepped out of the passage, there was a burst of dazzling sunlight, and then she heard the sweet voice.
The announcer introduced: "Private Daifuku Academy in Aichi Prefecture, participating for the first time!"