Suddenly walking out of the darkness into the sunlight made Kitahara Shuji's eyes a little uncomfortable. However, he followed the pre-rehearsal process, straightened his waist, held the school flag in both hands, followed the leading girl, turned a corner, and started walking towards home plate.
The people behind him raised their legs high and walked with their feet planted on the ground, swinging their arms vertically until they were almost at shoulder level, like robots.
Among them, Xueli attracted the most attention. She was wearing a baseball cap, stomping her feet and waving her arms vigorously, showing a bundle of joy. The ponytail on the back of her head was jumping happily, and the big screen also gave her a close-up shot at the right time——
Now that girls are allowed to participate, the organizers are no longer hiding it, they are just letting everyone take a good look.
Yuki Ri's big deer-like eyes and grinning smile with a happy expression suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes. The stadium of more than 50,000 people immediately fell silent. After a while, students from the private Daifuku Academy and Yuki Ri's supporters began to
They clapped and cheered, and then the applause gradually became one.
Most people still have a good impression of Yuki's miraculously reaching the Koshien main draw. After all, this didn't hurt anyone. On the contrary, it made the game more enjoyable to watch. It feels like a good thing. As for the small number of people who objected,
Everyone kept their mouths shut now - Japanese people are not good at swearing in front of others, but they are particularly vicious when they curse behind their backs.
The announcer started to introduce the private Daifuku team, but after just a few words, he switched to Yuki. The main reason is that Daifuku Private has no historical record and has no bright spots to speak of. Yuri is the first official player.
For girls who have made it to Koshien, that can be considered quite inspiring - Yukiri herself doesn't even know that she is actually one of the Japanese female inspirational idols now.
In the voice of the announcer's affectionate introduction to Yuki, Kitahara Shuji led the team around the home plate. On one side of the home plate was the Kansai Ensemble High School Association, including a large number of girls.
Kitahara Shuji glanced at it and felt that including these girls, plus those holding flags and carrying guidance signs, there were not many fewer girls than boys in this stadium, so why were they opposed to girls playing in the past? And he took advantage of the corner.
Chance glanced behind him again and found that the gazes of more than 50,000 spectators were still very lethal. Basically all of his team members were frozen, and three of them appeared to be walking smoothly. Unlike the robots, they started to look like zombies.
They just turned around in a circle, then entered the infield of the stadium, lined up and stood there. In front of them was a ceremony platform, and the acyanotic flag that they were competing for this time in the Koshien competition was slanted on it, reflecting the
The sunshine looks very charming.
There is not one flag under the golden gun head, but 90 flags, each with a narrow strip. In addition to the competition flag of Koshien itself, there are also school flags from the previous eighty-nine times that won the flag and returned to the winning school - this
The flags are put together, one by one, and it suddenly looks like a large parasol, but if you look closely, it looks like a big broom.
Anyway, the shape is quite peculiar. I guess the person who originally proposed it didn’t expect that this event would be held for nearly a hundred years and would require nearly a hundred flags, so it ended up looking like this.
Gradually, all the participating teams completed the circle and a long rectangular formation was formed here, and the Kansai High School Choir Alliance also stopped playing "March of Youth" and changed it to accompaniment - the Kansai High School Choir League also
More than 40 girls and 20 boys started singing "Light of the Fireflies".
This song Kitahara Hideji is familiar with, which is the Chinese version of "Auld Lang Syne". It was originally a Scottish folk song. Because of its good metaphorical meaning, it has been widely circulated around the world. China filled in the lyrics for "Auld Lang Syne", and Japan
Filled in the lyrics for "Firefly's Light".
After listening for a while, he had to admit that Japan's liberal education had ruined a generation, but the corresponding club activities were particularly active. This group of high school students sang with a professional level, and more importantly, they were really emotionally involved and had an attitude.
Extremely correct, it sounds very resonant.
He liked folk songs and nursery rhymes very much, and you would occasionally force Fuyumi to sing them to him. These people in front of him sang really well, and he was fascinated by them for a while. Xueli stood behind him and looked at those people.
The girls carefully selected from all over Kansai looked at Kitahara Shuji's profile and reminded: "Hideji, I don't mind, but my sister has always been a chick, so you'd better not stare at anyone else."
Girls should watch it, otherwise she will be very angry if she sees it on TV."
I was listening to the music, not looking at the girls! Kitahara Shuji reached out and pushed Yuri's head back, and whispered: "I know if you are not honest during the live broadcast, there might be a camera on you now."
"I'm not afraid of others looking at me!" Xueli was very indifferent. She never cared about what others thought of her and lived quite her own life. Then she snickered again: "Hidetsu, someone is slacking off. Look, that girl didn't open her mouth.
That girl was just humming..."
"This is a chorus, divided into parts, and it's not their turn to sing!" Kitahara Shuji was so angry that her liver ached. Her girlfriend, a good-for-nothing, was always fighting and eating. She was a good singer, but she had no common sense at all.
They chatted secretly, and soon they finished singing "The Light of Hotaru", and then the Kansai University Choral Union sang "The Sound of the Mountain" and "The Sound of the Sea", praying for peace and prosperity for the country and the people, fewer earthquakes, fewer typhoons, and fewer
There were mudslides and at the same time, he wished for world peace - balloons and doves of peace were also released at the venue.
This is what a general sports competition should mean. Then the player representatives came up to the podium and began to swear an oath on behalf of all the participating players. They were also some clichés - fair play, try your best, respect your opponents, show the style of college students, etc.
Kitahara Shuji was not so interested in these words, but he looked around and was a little impressed - not by the representative players on the stage, but by the fact that there are no adults in such a big game so far.
Showed his face.
The adults have all disappeared behind the scenes, and except for a few technical staff, the stadium is now full of college students.
The hosts are two college students, a man and a woman, the announcers are a group of female college students, the flag holders are female college students, the usher is still a female college student, and even the performers are all college students, not even a teacher is seen.
It's really a college competition, and all the people on the stage are college students, which makes people feel a bit awesome.
Kitahara Shuji waited until the player representatives finished taking the oath, but he didn't see any leader coming out to say a few words, and then left the stage.
Instead of exiting according to region, they will all exit according to the result of the lottery - Private Daifuku will have the opening match next, and will exit first together with the team from Izumo International High School. At the same time, the announcer begins to announce the start time of the match.
According to the arrangements, who will start explaining to the audience at what time on which day.
Kitahara Shuji led the team back to the players' tunnel with the flag, and Suzuki Noki was already here to greet them, and then led them to the locker room and started to do pre-war mobilization - it was not to be played right away, some music would be played on the court
The documentary, as well as the introduction of the two teams and advertisements, and the live TV broadcast are the same. It is a good opportunity to insert advertisements. One second is really worth a thousand dollars.
But this is none of Kitahara Shuji's business. Suzuki Noki closed the door of the dressing room and gave An Yunai a wink. An Yunai shook a bag and poured a bunch of bottles and cloth bags into it.
In the middle of the dressing room, there was a commotion of clanking.
Everyone couldn't help but look over, and then looked at An Yunai. The female manager An Yunai quickly waved her hands and said innocently: "It's not me who rummaged through everyone's personal belongings..."
It is impossible for an angelic persona like her to do such a wicked thing, but Suzuki Noki answered the question without any politeness and sneered: "I did it!" She stood on her head with her eyebrows raised and looked around at everyone fiercely, "
Don’t blame me for invading everyone’s privacy, I just want to ask why you brought these things!”
Everyone was confused for a moment. Yuma Uchida coughed and took the lead: "Um... Coach, isn't this tradition?"
There are indeed many traditions in the Koshien competition, such as sounding air raid sirens before and after the start, and providing free support seats to participating schools. After the winner is determined, the losing team will shed tears and kneel
He dug up the black soil from Koshien as a souvenir of the competition to prove that he had also fought his way through the regional competition and stepped onto the Koshien court.
This is a very common scene in TV broadcasts. When Yuma Uchida and the others are here, they naturally have to prepare bottles and bags so that they can take away the souvenirs if they lose.
Noki Suzuki took a folding fan and hit Yuuma Uchida's head with a blow, and shouted angrily: "Are you here just to lose?"
Yuuma Uchida rubbed his head and said nothing. These are all elite teams from various prefectures. There are no underdogs at all. Isn't it normal to lose? But Noki Suzuki didn't think so. She finished the game.
Uchida Yuuma looked at everyone in turn, and after looking at them for more than a minute, he smiled and said: "I know what you are thinking, you think it is enough to visit Koshien for the first time.
It doesn't matter whether you win or not later on, you were even prepared to lose before you came..."
"In fact, this is not surprising. I know that the outside world is not optimistic about us. There are many people who say strange things, and you will definitely be affected! Female coaches, female scorekeepers, female managers, female players, first-time competition inexperienced, private Daifuku is a team of two
As an individual team, even the newspaper gave us a very low rating, 1b4c. The only B rating was for the sake of Beiyuan and Xueli. After Beiyuan's physical strength was exhausted and Xueli was sent out by the four bad guys in succession, we
It’s time to lose…Is that what you think?!”
No one answered, and then Suzuki Nozomi shouted loudly: "You must be thinking so, but you won't be given too many missed opportunities in life. If you don't devote 100% of your strength to win now, maybe you will
There will never be a chance to win!"
"Now you can just deal with it and finish the battle happily, then get out and go home. The price you pay is that you will regret this moment in the future and regret not trying your best at this moment! I want to remind you here.
Just tell me, it is impossible to repeat life again, and there is no option to regret!"
"The fact that we can stand here already means that we have the strength, and if we have the strength, why not go for victory? Why let the honor fall into the hands of others? Try your best, even if you lose, there will be no regrets, and there is no need to dig.
What a bastard, that is the behavior of a coward. If I want to take away a souvenir, I will choose and only choose the cyanotic flag! What do you choose?!"
She was panting after shouting, and then stretched out her foot to kick a bottle at her feet. The bottle rolled a certain distance and then stopped there, trembling slightly.
The needle drop could be heard in the locker room, and everyone looked at each other for a moment. Kitahara Shuji tidied his baseball gloves and stood up, saying softly: "I want to win when I come here. I will use all my methods to suppress the opponent's line. I can hold on until
Finally, please believe me, but baseball is not a one-person game, it is a game for all of us, and the choice is up to you whether you want to play well or not!"
Yuki had already put on protective gear. She curiously stood next to Kitahara Shuji and looked at everyone's faces. She scratched her head and said, "I promise Naiki that if I win, I will definitely fight well. As long as the other party gives me a chance to fight, I will
We will score, please believe me!"
Everyone looked at each other, and Yuma Uchida gritted his teeth: "Yes, fight hard and don't be a mess! As long as I can play, I promise not to be nervous and guard the defense with Shimoda!"
"I will do everything possible to get on base so that the opponent does not dare to walk Xueli-san easily."
"The same goes for me. I will push the person on base forward to create opportunities for Yuki-san to hit."
"If Xueli is walked, I will do my best to send her back to home plate to score."
"I will not slack off. I will do a good job of defensive work in the outfield so that Kitahara-san can pitch with peace of mind."
"me too!"
"Leave the infield to me!"
"Fight well, fight well, we must win!" The hands in the locker room were clasped together, and everyone began to encourage each other. The bottles under their feet were kicked around, and the bags were trampled to a mess, but no one cared at the moment.
Already.
There is a rare opportunity in life to reach the top. It would be stupid to give up because of laziness. Now that you are here, try your best to fight so that you will not have any regrets even if you lose.
Suzuki Noki prepared the pre-war mobilization, and everyone encouraged each other's morale. Yuki took the lead and rushed out of the door with a bat in the air, as if leading the younger brothers to a group fight.
An Yunai followed behind, preparing to see the water dispenser, while Nozomi Suzuki patted Kitahara Shuji at the back and said with a smile: "Let the people of Izumo see how powerful you are!"
Kitahara Shuji nodded, took his gloves and went out.
After he walked out of the tunnel, Xueli was already warming up by swinging the bat on the sidelines of the bullpen, and he called Xueli over and started to practice pitching and warming up. However, the practice time was not long, and the game was about to officially start - the scene
The audience is still waiting. To participate in the opening ceremony, the opening game must be watched. Anyway, they are all here.
The air defense siren sounded, and the players from both sides saluted each other and the referee. Then both sides guessed coins to decide who would attack first. Noki Suzuki hoped to strike first, but unfortunately, fate did not follow fate, and they defended first.
Kitahara Shuji stood on the pitcher's mound, sucking the sweat from his hands with a pink bag, and moving his wrists at the same time. He looked at the bat of Yun International. He was a relatively short boy. He probably started relatively quickly and was good at short distances.
As for his sprinting type, it stands to reason that his ability to hit long balls is not good. It would be better to control the pitch and let him hit toward first base. But for Kitahara Shuji, it doesn't matter - Suzuki Noki gave him a signal and asked him to hit it.
Use all your strength to give Cloud International a show of strength.
This is the first time Kitahara Shuji has appeared in the main competition, and it is also the first time that the private Daifuku Academy has appeared in the main competition. It must be impressive and morale-like.
Kitahara Shuji glanced at Yuki again, and Yuki clenched her fist to show that she was ready and could throw it at will. She could catch it no matter where it was tilted.
So, after Kitahara Shuji took a deep breath, he went all out and threw a ball directly, preparing to start with a beautiful fast straight ball to score a good ball first, allowing Izumo International to see how powerful they are.
The ball was as fast as lightning, but it didn't fall into the catcher's mitt in the snow like before. It just exploded into a ball of white feathers in front of the strike zone. I don't know what a pigeon was thinking. It suddenly passed by at a low altitude.
In front of the strike zone, the ball was also very fast. Kitahara Shuji discovered it only after he released the ball, but it was too late.
The pigeon died heroically on the spot. It didn't even scream before its feathers were flying around, its tendons were broken, and it crashed directly. The 50,000 spectators in the audience were collectively stunned and couldn't react to what happened for a moment - this was
Did you shoot down the bird?
At this time, the speedometer displayed the value on the big screen: 166 kilometers per hour.