But it's not all bad news for them.

Only when the team encounters an unfavorable situation can these substitutes have a chance. Not to mention, the third-year senior has left the team now.

Each of them is extremely positive.

The most outstanding performer here is a player named Maezono.

Since the end of the summer competition, he has been practicing from morning to night as if he was cheating.

Even Kominato Haruichi, who shared a dormitory with him, was affected.

Today, when they got up early to practice together, they heard news about their rival.

"Have you already advanced to the top 16?"

"Who is your opponent in the next match?"

"Can you stop the medicine man?"

"The other party is also very strong! But the current pharmacist has even defeated Team Universe. It's hard to say..."

The teams that can participate in Koshien are originally the champions of each county and district, and their strength cannot be bad.

Even if there are a few fake ones occasionally, we have now reached the top 16 and will soon be the last game of the group stage.

All teams that are just trying to make up for their mistakes will not be able to appear here.

A strange phenomenon occurred in Koshien this year.

There are actually two dark horses among the top 16. You must know that in previous years, there was at most one, or even none at most.

90% of those who can reach here are wealthy families, and the remaining one or two are either dark horses or powerful teams.

All in all, among the teams that can reach here, no one is bad.

This year's situation is special, and there are two.

Moreover, the performance of these two dark horses is very eye-catching.

But which one is more eye-catching?

He must still be a pharmacist!

Although they all defeated powerful enemies cleanly.

However, the Yakushima High School baseball team defeated the Cosmos team, while the other dark polo team faced an ordinary top-tier club in the country.

Through this, it is not difficult to see the gap between the two teams.

At least in terms of momentum, the pharmacist is stronger.

But these are just these two dark horses. The remaining 14 teams are either the top players in the country or the top players in the region.

There are no weaklings and not too many exceptions.

"Those guys became an instant hit."

“It’s so enviable to be able to participate in Koshien as a first grader!”

If you say that the players of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team are just jealous.

Those guys on the Seido High School baseball team are definitely jealous.

And it’s the kind of jealousy that causes pink eye.

"Don't discuss them anymore. They will also be opponents we must defeat in the future."

After Maezono heard what his friends were talking about, he immediately yelled at everyone unceremoniously.

From his point of view, he thinks that no matter how well the Yakushima High School baseball team performs on the Koshien field?

Their relationship with each other will not change. They are competitors. To put it more bluntly, they are enemies.

It was precisely because of the emergence of the Yakushima High School baseball team that the opportunity to advance to Koshien was stolen from them.

You know, in the regional competition at that time, they were once tied, if not for the extra round, they were attacked by the opponent.

Then they are the ones who advance to Koshien.

That's why the Seido High School baseball team has such intuitive emotional expressions.

This is also human nature!

People will not be jealous of those who are too far away from them and out of their reach.

For example, a person's monthly income is 100,000, but he knows someone else's monthly income of one million.

After hearing this, he would only complain a few words in a low voice without thinking too much.

But if it's his friend, or his cousin, or neighbor.

Make millions a month!

Then the feeling is completely different.

The players of the Seido High School baseball team are actually not exempt from the rules.

They also have this kind of plot, and even this kind of plot in them is more serious than that of ordinary people.

After all, among ordinary people's friends and neighbors, there is no direct conflict of interest, just pure jealousy.

They and the Yakushima High School baseball team are real competitors.

After Sawamura Eijun and the others arrived, they gritted their teeth when they heard the news about the Yakushima High School baseball team.

"Our competition from now on is our Koshien. We can't lose to those guys."

At this stage, it seems that the one suffering the biggest loss is the Seido High School baseball team.

After a year of practice and adjustments, this team may be able to show its strength again next summer.

Kataoka’s ability to supervise and educate players is pretty good.

Almost every year, he can coach a group of outstanding players.

But this fall.

It's probably hard for the players on the Seido High School baseball team to make a difference.

And as a reflection on not being able to enter Koshien.

Supervisor Kataoka has officially submitted his resignation to the school board of directors.

He believed he was no longer fit to serve as supervisor.

After all, they haven't been able to reach Koshien for so many years. If it were an ordinary team, that would be fine. For a top team in the country like Seido High School Baseball Team, this kind of mistake would not be tolerated under any circumstances.

As a supervisor, he cannot absolve himself of the blame.

Although the principal and dean tried their best to persuade him to stay, Kataoka also knew that the two had contacted other supervisors privately.

Just waiting to replace him.

"After that, you will continue to contribute to the team as the head coach. And after the new supervisor comes, he is not familiar with the team's situation, so let him learn with him for a while."

Although Kataoka no longer serves as director.

But after all, he is from Qingdao High School, so he still has to worry about his face.

Not to mention his relationship with the school director's daughter...

In addition to these two teams, other strong teams in Nishi Tokyo are also silently paying attention to the performance of the Yakushima High School baseball team.

They also want to find opportunities to bring down the pharmacist.

But they knew in their hearts that even if they were lucky enough to defeat Yakushi, they wanted to stand out in the autumn competition in Tokyo and the summer competition in Nishi-Tokyo next year.

It is also a very difficult thing.

It can even be said that they basically have no chance.

This is not because they boost the ambitions of others and destroy their own prestige.

It is true that the competition in Nishi Tokyo is too cruel.

This level of cruelty has far exceeded their ability to bear it.

The players on the Yakushima High School baseball team actually knew in their hearts that their old friends in Tokyo must have started sharpening their knives against them.

But at this time, the Yakushima High School baseball team couldn't care about them at all.

They also have to prepare for the next game.

The opponent in the next game is Hakuryu High School in Gunma Prefecture.

In terms of team style, this is the team that Yao Shi least wants to encounter, bar none.

This team's ace pitcher is not very strong.

Their overall striking strength is not outstanding either.

But their mobility.

It’s completely different!
Chapter completed!