Chapter 192: A New Beginning

Volume Two - Huangqian's Second Year.

At the end of March, the day before school started, the sun was bright and a gentle breeze brushed against the face. In the Seido High School Baseball Club office, Coach Kataoka sat, intently watching the game recording of the recently concluded Spring Koshien selection tournament.

After winning the championship at last year's Summer Koshien, the Seido High School Baseball Club ushered in a brand-new era.

Although the new team's journey was not entirely smooth and encountered some bumps, under the excellent leadership of Captain Yuki Tetsuya and ace Huangqian Yangyi, the Seido High School Baseball Club sang all the way to victory, winning the championships of both the Autumn Tournament and the Jingu Tournament, becoming a well-deserved team of kings.

After the winter break ended, the Seido High School Baseball Club threw themselves without pause into the intense training to prepare for the Spring Koshien selection tournament. After several weeks of hard training, the members were all eager to show their skills on the Spring Koshien field.

In mid-March, the Spring Koshien began. Every team pulled out all the stops, and the competition was exceptionally fierce; many powerhouse teams encountered Waterloo and suffered major upsets in the Spring Koshien.

Seido High School's path to advancement was also not smooth, stumbling their way into the semi-finals.

It is worth mentioning that the runner-up of the Autumn Tournament—West Tokyo's Inashiro Industrial High School—gained an extra spot for Tokyo in the Spring Koshien because Seido had won the Autumn Tournament and Jingu Tournament consecutively after Koshien. As the runner-up, Inashiro automatically received the spot to enter the Spring Koshien, and ultimately met Seido in the semi-finals, unfolding a thrilling duel.

In the end, the Seido High School Baseball Club defeated Inashiro Industrial High School with a narrow advantage, once again proving their strength.

The loss in this game made Inashiro Industrial High School's ace Narumiya Mei very annoyed. After the game ended, Narumiya Mei grabbed Huangqian Yangyi's hair like a little puppy and tugged at it fiercely for a long time.

Afterwards, led by Huangqian Yangyi's pitching, Seido narrowly defeated their opponent in the final with a score of 4:3 to win the championship.

Having won consecutive Summer Koshien and Spring Koshien titles, the attention Seido High School has received during this period is unprecedented since the school's founding.

And as the ace pitcher of the Seido High School Baseball Club and the championship pitcher of the Summer Koshien and Spring Koshien, Huangqian Yangyi has become the focus of everyone's attention.

His outstanding performance in the Summer Koshien and Spring Koshien made people look at his strength with new eyes.

And his game statistics since entering Seido have also been completely organized by people.

In terms of pitching, his maximum speed reached an astonishing 158 km/h, and his average fastball speed was also 155 km/h. In addition, he has mastered a variety of pitches, including the four-seam fastball, Two-seam Fastball, Forkball, Cutter Slider, and Circle Changeup; he is a proper power pitcher.

Relying on his aggressive pitching style and his dominant performance of being undefeated all year, Huangqian Yangyi was awarded the title of "Overlord" after the Spring Koshien ended.

This title is not only an affirmation of his strength but also a recognition of his dominance on the field.

"Overlord, huh?"

Coach Kataoka watched the game recording, and the image of Huangqian Yangyi on the Pitcher's Mound looking like a ruler of the world appeared in his mind; it really is fitting.

Not long after, Coach Kataoka turned off the recording.

"The scoring ability on the batting end is still a bit lacking."

Coach Kataoka frowned as he looked at the First String roster; compared to last year, the current Seido is still not stable enough in batting.

Spring Koshien starting lineup.

First batter, Shortstop - Kuramochi Yoichi.

Second batter, Second Baseman - Kominato Ryosuke.

Third batter, Center Fielder - Isashiki Jun.

Fourth batter, First Base - Yuki Tetsuya.

Fifth batter, Pitcher - Huangqian Yangyi.

Sixth batter, Third Baseman - Masuko Toru.

Seventh batter, Left Fielder - Sakai Ichiro.

Eighth batter, Catcher - Miyuki Kazuya.

Ninth batter, Right Fielder - Shirasu Kenjiro.

Isashiki, who didn't perform very well last year, had a clear improvement in his batting level after the Autumn Tournament. Secondly, Masuko Toru's batting is also very powerful, but he is a bit lacking in his ability to track the ball, and he is not good at hitting outside pitches.

As for Miyuki and Shirasu, the former can still perform extraordinarily when there are runners on base, while the latter can produce his expected level no matter when, being incredibly stable.

Just then, Takashima Rei knocked on the office door.

"Coach." After Takashima Rei entered, she placed a roster on the desk.

Coach Kataoka nodded, opened it, and took a look; it was the enrollment list for the Seido High School Baseball Club this year.

These are the freshmen who were confirmed to join the Baseball Club in advance, so they naturally reported early, and after school starts, there will still be some people joining the Baseball Club through club applications.

After flipping through it casually, Coach Kataoka closed the document and asked: "The newcomers arrive tonight, have the accommodations been arranged?"

"Yes, everything is arranged." Takashima Rei nodded in agreement. They had actually struggled with the matter of room assignments, specifically what kind of roommate to give Huangqian Yangyi.

Cheerful? Taciturn?

In any case, someone with a bad temper or personality issues definitely won't do; they must not let anyone affect their ace's mood.

Sawamura is too noisy, Furuya Satoru is too dull, neither of these two will do!

That evening, at the gate of Seido High School.

After the Spring Koshien ended, the new semester followed immediately, so the Baseball Club did not have extra holidays for everyone to go home; Coach Kataoka could only give everyone a short two-day break at school.

However, heaven never closes all doors; Huangqian Yangyi couldn't go home, but his younger sister took advantage of these two days to come to Tokyo.

"Nii-chan, hurry and go in. Don't worry about us, Reina and I will call you when we get to the station." Kumiko pulled two large suitcases with both hands, all filled with various clothes Huangqian Yangyi had bought for her.

"Huangqian-kun, don't worry, I will take good care of Kumiko." Kousaka Reina was also carrying two suitcases; the two girls standing together looked like they had come to Tokyo for a shopping spree.

Huangqian Yangyi nodded. He was also carrying the clothes his sister Kumiko and Reina had picked out for him; of course, he was the one who paid.

Returning to school, Huangqian Yangyi took the opportunity to pick up the new baseball bat he had customized online.

Unlike the previous bat, which was for games, this bat, due to the difference in material, weighed twice as much as the bat he used before and was specifically for practicing swings.

Whoa, so heavy!

After returning to the dormitory, Huangqian Yangyi took out the bat and swung it lightly in his hand; this thing would definitely be very helpful for improving swing speed when used for practice.

At this time, Chris also returned from outside, and seeing Huangqian Yangyi like this, he asked curiously: "A newly bought bat?"

"Yeah. Customized. Would you like to try it, Senior?" Huangqian Yangyi smiled and handed the bat over.

Chris took it with a puzzled look and immediately felt the weight of the bat.

"Weighted?" Chris was a bit surprised.

"That's right, I want to strengthen my batting," Huangqian Yangyi said.