Chapter 319: Rematch with Seibo

"Ryosuke, Haruichi, do you have any problems?"

At this moment, both brothers understood the manager's intentions and looked at each other; there seemed to be tears shimmering in their eyes. Kominato Ryosuke hid it well, while his younger brother Haruichi was moved to tears.

"Yes! Manager!" Kominato Haruichi shouted firmly.

"I have no problems either," Kominato Ryosuke said with a faint smile.

"Good, perform well. Your parents will also be there to watch the game tomorrow," Manager Kataoka said.

"Really?" the brothers said in unison.

"Of course, I just received a call from your mother not long ago," Takashima Rei said, shaking her phone.

Upon hearing this, the Kominato brothers were even more excited. Not only could they stand on the Koshien field together, but their parents would also be there to watch. What kind of development was this? It was too blissful!

Then, Manager Kataoka continued.

"Third batter, Center Fielder, Isashiki Jun."

"Fourth batter, First Baseman, Yuki Tetsuya."

"Fifth batter, Left Fielder, Huangqian Yangyi."

"Sixth batter, Catcher, Chris."

"Seventh batter, Third Baseman, Masuko Toru."

"Eighth batter, Right Fielder, Shirasu."

"Ninth batter, Pitcher, Tanba!"

Yes, that's right, the starting pitcher for the third game is Tanba.

Tanba was so moved; how long had it been, how long had it been since he started, and it was even a start at Koshien.

The previous two games were started by First Years, and to be honest, Tanba was jealous.

As it turned out, it was his turn for the third game. Sure enough, the manager still remembered him.

Manager, you are a good man! A truly good man!

Time flew to the day of the third-round match.

The starting pitcher Tanba performed heroically. After 5 innings, he had given up a total of 7 extra-base hits to the opponent, but only allowed 2 runs. With runners on third base, he no longer experienced the drastic emotional fluctuations that affected his state as he had in the past.

In the dugout, Manager Kataoka was immensely gratified. Such a Tanba, although still some distance from professional baseball, would be an excellent pitcher capable of holding his own after entering university. His future was absolutely bright.

After 5 innings, Tanba was substituted, and Kawakami took over.

When the game finally ended, the score was 21:4.

Huangqian Yangyi hit two more home runs in this game. In his own words, his luck was a bit poor; it should have been 4, but two of his hits slammed into the wall and almost flew out.

But it didn't matter; he had already hit 52 home runs, which made him very happy just thinking about it.

In this game, the Kominato brothers, who played at the same time, also put on a brilliant performance, and the topic of the "pink-haired brothers" also attracted great attention.

After three rounds of matches, Seido entered the top 8.

The next day, all other matches concluded as well.

Unsurprisingly, Osaka Kiryu, Seibo High School, Hakuryu High School, Honghaida Xiangliang, and Seishosha also entered the top 8. In addition, there was that "Ice Legion" from Hokkaido, Komadai Fujimaki.

On that same day, the results of the second-round draw for the Summer Koshien were released shortly after.

Seido High School and Seibo High School were placed in the same half of the bracket.

And it was in the 1/4-finals for the top 8, which was the fourth round about to take place.

"Seibo High School's pitching staff today isn't as good as it was this time last year, but you must be extra careful with their 4th batter, Sano Shuzo. He couldn't play in the Summer Koshien last year due to injury, but even so, his high school career home run count is already 65. This is enough to show how strong his batting is."

"Huangqian! I'm counting on you this time."

After talking about Sano Shuzo, Manager Kataoka turned his head and said to Huangqian Yangyi.

"Don't worry, Manager, I won't let him score." Huangqian Yangyi was full of confidence. He knew about Sano Shuzo; he was a slugger monster. Not to mention his terrifying swing speed and power, his ability to track and select pitches was also superb.

This was an extremely difficult batter to deal with.

If this were the original story, if Inashiro Industrial had Sano Shuzo, Komadai Fujimaki would definitely not have been able to beat Inashiro.

"The rest of the Seibo lineup is also strong; we cannot be careless. No matter who the opponent is, we must fight with all our might to win. We have already reached the top 8, and there are only three games left until the final championship and the goal of a Summer Koshien two-peat. Everyone, from now on, bring out all your skills and defeat every opponent in front of you!" Manager Kataoka's voice was loud, and he looked quite excited.

This was a Summer Koshien two-peat and a Koshien three-peat; such an achievement was right before their eyes.

After the meeting, Huangqian Yangyi returned to his room and checked the date. At this time, his younger sister Kumiko and Kousaka Reina should be at their summer training camp. A few days after Koshien, there would be the wind instrument competition, which was an important match determining whether they could advance to the National Tournament. Huangqian Yangyi didn't want to disturb them at this time, so he sat by the window alone and played games.

Time arrived at the day of the 1/4-finals.

The duel between the two traditional powerhouses, Seido High School and Seibo High School, received huge attention.

In the locker room, Huangqian Yangyi was simply loosening his shoulders. He was the starter for today's game.

It was rare to say this out loud, but as the ace, it was unknown if it was because Seido's pitching staff was too deep or if the manager was too protective of the ace that he only got the chance to pitch in the fourth game of Koshien.

When the two teams came out of the player tunnel into the dugout and the starting lineups appeared on the big screen, the Seido fans in the stadium were finally excited. Their ace, the undefeated Overlord, was finally going to take the mound.

"Sure enough, Manager Kataoka still sent out Huangqian Yangyi."

On the Seibo High School side, the Seibo Manager sighed after seeing Seido's starting lineup. This result was not surprising. If Seido could still not send out their ace against their Seibo High School, that would be the strange thing.

After all, the goal of this Seido team was known to everyone: a Summer Koshien three-peat. It sounded terrifying.

However, this year, they would not be easily defeated by them like last year. He looked at his team's ace, Katsuyama Kotaro, who had also played against Seido last year and had become more mature and steady this year, with increased pitching ability.

Of course, the true core figure of Seibo this year was their 4th batter, Sano Shuzo.

The Seibo Manager believed that this time, they would definitely be able to score off Huangqian Yangyi!

In the Seido dugout, Huangqian Yangyi looked at the figure of Sano Shuzo on the opposite side. This was a guy with a cold exterior; perhaps he was the most formidable batter he had encountered so far.

Just wait, we'll see in a moment whether your bat is stronger or my pitching is stronger.

"Please treat us well!!"

"Please treat us well!!"

The Summer Koshien 1/4-finals, the match between Seido High School and Seibo High School, officially began.