Chapter 164: Park Encounter, Poaching!

"Ohhh!!!"

When the broadcast announced the end of the game and Seido's victory, the spectators in the stands cheered in unison, with various shouts and the sound of gongs and drums ringing out together.

"Final Four!!!"

"Seido!!!"

"Champions!"

After someone shouted "champions," the cheers from the Seido fans throughout the venue slowly turned into the same chant, and the earth-shaking cries of "champions" spread from the stadium to the outside.

The Seido team rushed onto the field to celebrate together. The gloomy mood that Director Kataoka had felt due to Tanba's poor performance vanished at this moment. The Final Four! Even when he had first become the Seido director and taken over the previous director's team to reach Koshien, he hadn't been able to make it into the Final Four.

This current result was already the best performance he had achieved as a director.

"Hahaha, we made the Final Four, Director." Department Head Ota was so happy that his hands were trembling and he couldn't even speak clearly.

Hearing this, Director Kataoka silently took a long breath and said with a very calm expression, "It is too early to celebrate now; there are still two games left!"

"Two games... Right! Two more games!" Department Head Ota realized, and then he mimicked Director Kataoka, putting on a dismissive expression as if the Final Four were nothing.

"Heh."

Takashima Rei smiled from the side.

On the other side, the players from Honghai Da Sagami knelt on the field with tears in their eyes, all of them sobbing uncontrollably.

"Let's go, it's time to line up."

As the Captain of Honghai Da Sagami, Maya Yamato said to his teammates in a low voice. This was his final Koshien; with this, his summer and his high school baseball career had come to an end. Although he felt unwilling, facing Seido, he could consider himself defeated and convinced.

The players from both sides came to the center of the field, took off their caps, and shook hands.

"Thank you for the game!"

"Thank you for the game!"

After the game ended, Huangqian Yangyi returned to the locker room with the team, and as soon as he came out, he was surrounded by reporters again.

In this game, Huangqian Yangyi's performance was nothing short of brilliant. He started the game, pitched 4 innings without allowing a run, and also made a great contribution to the team on the batting side: a double, a three-run Home Run, and a two-run Home Run.

It could be said that if not for Huangqian Yangyi, the score gap in this game would not have been this large.

After a few simple questions, when asked how he viewed the performance of his teammate, the Pitcher Tanba Koichiro, Huangqian Yangyi was stunned for a moment, then realized the malicious intent of this reporter.

If he answered poorly, he was afraid that these reporters, who lived off traffic and controversy, would take his words out of context or even fabricate rumors out of thin air.

Fortunately, at this moment, Director Kataoka pulled Huangqian Yangyi behind him and stared at the reporter with a fierce look, "Sorry, the team needs to rest now."

After saying this, the entire Seido team walked past the reporters, each of them staring at the reporters with a smile.

Back at the hotel, Huangqian Yangyi lay on the bed without moving after taking a shower.

Their next opponent, Osaka Kiryu, would play their game tomorrow, and today's second game was a match from another group. Director Kataoka did not organize everyone to watch the game together, but instead let the players rest well to recover their strength.

Seido's victory caused heated discussions on the internet and in reality, but Huangqian Yangyi didn't pay any attention to it at all; he didn't even eat dinner and lay on the bed, sleeping until the sun went down.

It wasn't until dinner time that Kazuya returned from eating, carrying a bento he had brought for Huangqian Yangyi.

"Yo, you're awake?" Kazuya placed the bento on the table.

"Yeah, I accidentally fell asleep." Huangqian Yangyi climbed up from the bed and immediately leaned over after seeing the bento on the table.

"Not bad, not bad, I'm just hungry."

"Heh, if you keep sleeping, you won't be able to sleep tonight. If your biological clock gets messed up and you can't maintain your condition, you'll regret it," Kazuya said.

"Then why didn't you wake me up?" Huangqian Yangyi rolled his eyes.

Kazuya took out his bat and said while wiping it, "Hurry up and eat, then let's go for a walk after you're done."

"Oh? We can go out? It's full of reporters outside."

"Heh heh, won't a mask do the trick?" Kazuya chuckled, his eyes flashing with a white light.

"Fine, fine, fine, let's just go to the nearby park for a walk. I've been about to suffocate these past few days," Huangqian Yangyi said vaguely while eating a large mouthful of food.

A few minutes later, after finishing dinner and changing into light sportswear, Huangqian Yangyi and Kazuya avoided everyone's sight like thieves and reached the first floor via the fire escape.

"Hey, how did you know there was a back door here?"

After reaching the street, Huangqian Yangyi asked Kazuya curiously.

"Hee hee, I looked at the fire safety layout of this hotel," Kazuya said with a smug smile.

"I'll give you that."

Huangqian Yangyi gave Kazuya the highest praise in the world of men.

"Let's go, let's head to the park and see if there's any good local food along the way."

The two arrived at a small nearby park. Most of the people they met along the way were here to watch the games, wearing their respective team jerseys, baseball caps, and some even had team logos painted on their faces.

"This is too lively," Huangqian Yangyi exclaimed, looking at the brightly lit street that was as bustling as a festival.

"It's the annual Koshien, so of course there are a lot of people," Kazuya laughed.

Passing through the crowded streets, the two walked until they reached a public baseball field nearby.

"Yo, people are still playing ball this late at night."

"Probably a pickup team; there are people of all ages," Kazuya said.

"Hey, Kazuya, look at that kid, that play is kind of cool!"

"This guy is pretty good, his reaction is fast."

"He also has his own ideas about observing the situation."

The two turned into scouts right outside the field and began to comment on the game inside.

A few minutes later.

"Whoa! What a sharp swing, this kid has some talent."

"His running speed is also fast, and his fundamentals are very solid."

As he watched, Huangqian Yangyi was already leaning against the backstop netting.

"Kazuya! Let's go! Time to scout!"

"What?!"

Miyuki hadn't even reacted yet, but Huangqian Yangyi was already walking toward the stadium gate.

Just then, a woman wearing a long skirt rushed out from the side in a flurry.

"Ouch!"

Huangqian Yangyi, who had just turned around and taken a few steps, was knocked to the ground.

"Sumimasen!"

Realizing she had bumped into someone, the woman hurriedly bowed to apologize.

Huangqian Yangyi rubbed his backside as he climbed up from the ground and looked at the woman before him; she had long golden hair, big eyes, and was very pretty!

It was just that she looked like she was over thirty years old.

"Hontou ni sumimasen!" Seeing that Huangqian Yangyi didn't speak, the woman thought he was angry and hurriedly apologized again.

"I'm fine," Huangqian Yangyi said.

"Hontou ni?"

"I'm really fine."

Huangqian Yangyi nodded helplessly, while Miyuki, standing to the side, was secretly laughing with a gloating expression; he wasn't the least bit worried that Huangqian Yangyi would be injured or anything from a collision like that.