Chapter 327: Summer Koshien Repeat

"Line up!!" the umpire shouted.

The boys, arranged in two lines, wore completely different expressions on their faces.

"Bow!"

"Thank you for the game!!"

"Buzz—buzz—buzz~!!"

A piercing siren sounded; the 89th Summer National High School Baseball Championship, the final!

The winner, taking the ultimate championship, was Seido High School!

"Who are we!"

"The kings, Seido!!"

As the curtain fell on the final of the Summer Koshien, the members of Seido were beaming with smiles during the awards ceremony.

Click!

The summer belonging to Seido was frozen in the moment they hoisted the championship flag.

This summer was a summer that belonged to Seido.

The third-year seniors had perfectly concluded the final match of their high school careers, with no regrets!

Starting from last year's Spring Tournament: Spring Tournament champion, Kanto Tournament champion, Summer Preliminaries champion, Koshien champion, Autumn Tournament champion, Jingu Tournament champion, Spring Koshien champion, Spring Tournament champion, Kanto Tournament champion, Summer Preliminaries champion, Koshien champion!

A Koshien three-peat, a Summer Koshien repeat.

These would be the achievements and memories that the third-year seniors would never forget for the rest of their lives.

The moment Seido secured the championship, not only the spectators and fans, but all the media across the country erupted, with overwhelming news sweeping every corner.

The winning streak of the powerhouse, the kings defend their title!

A perfect game in the Koshien final.

The Overlord continues the legend of being undefeated.

The game ended, the awards ceremony ended, the interviews ended... Leaving Koshien, on the way back, the Seido group sang the Seido High School school anthem happily and joyfully.

Returning to the hotel where they were staying, the outside had long been surrounded by enthusiastic fans.

"Seido! Seido! Seido!"

"Huangqian-kun!"

"Captain Jiecheng!"

Facing such enthusiastic fans, everyone naturally opened the windows and waved back warmly.

Especially Kuramochi and Isashiki; the two leaned their upper bodies straight out of the window, wishing they could get off the bus and dance with the fans.

Inside the bus, the four First Year substitutes also had proud and excited expressions on their faces; although they couldn't play in the final, the team had won and taken the championship, so how could they not be happy.

Moreover, they were also members of the First String; to them, this was like a dream—having just entered high school, they had followed the team to Koshien and won the championship.

"So amazing, the seniors," Arima Kazusa remarked.

"Yeah, such amazing seniors, can we really catch up to them?" Kominato Haruichi said.

"Haha, we definitely can! I'm going to become the ace!"

"The ace should be me!"

Having watched this final, Sawamura and Furuya had an extreme desire for the ace number, fantasizing that one day they too could lead the team onto the Koshien stage as the ace.

That evening, the Seido High School Baseball Club returned to Tokyo, returned to the school.

The timing was a bit tight, but since the team won the championship, the school had already prepared a grand victory celebration.

That chubby principal held an extremely exaggerated welcome ceremony; every member who got off the bus had circles upon circles of fresh flowers hung around their necks.

That night, everyone was immersed in the joy of winning the championship.

The next morning, when Huangqian Yangyi woke up from bed, his head was still a bit dazed; although he hadn't drunk alcohol, he had stayed up too late yesterday, and now he was clearly sleep-deprived.

"Chris-senpai, you're up so early?"

Huangqian Yangyi looked up and down; Chris had already gotten up at some point and started packing his luggage.

"Yangyi, you're awake. When are you going home?" Chris asked back with a smile.

It was already summer vacation, and the Seido High School Baseball Club, having won the Summer Koshien, naturally had to take a break, not to mention that the third-year seniors were effectively semi-retired.

"I'm leaving at noon."

"Then get up early and pack your things. After the one-week vacation, we'll have to start preparing to build the new team," Chris reminded him.

Huangqian Yangyi grunted and sat up from the bed, "I actually have a 10-day vacation."

Hearing this, Chris shook his head, "You asked the director for more vacation time again."

"So what? It's not a bad thing for me to rest," Huangqian Yangyi said, throwing a pillow at the bed opposite to wake up Arima Kazusa, who was still sleeping.

"Senior, what are you doing~"

"We're going to be late for training!"

"What?!"

Arima Kazusa jumped up, dark circles still hanging under his eyes.

"Hahahaha~"

Hearing the laughter and realizing he had been tricked, Arima Kazusa threw the pillow back.

"Going home, going home," Huangqian Yangyi shouted, then got out of bed and started packing his luggage.

At noon, carrying his suitcase, Huangqian Yangyi boarded the Shinkansen home.

At the station, coming out of the passageway, Huangqian Yangyi saw Kumiko and Kousaka Reina there to pick him up at a glance.

At the same time yesterday that Seido won the Koshien championship, at the Kansai Band Competition, the Kitauji High School Wind Instrument Department also won a gold prize and once again earned the qualification to enter the National Competition.

"Big brother!!"

From afar, Kumiko came rushing over with nimble steps.

After hugging the two young beauties in succession, Huangqian Yangyi said, "Congratulations to you both, Gold Prize."

"Hee hee, congratulations to big brother for winning the championship," Kumiko said.

Kousaka Reina also smiled sweetly: "Brother Yangyi, congratulations."

Huangqian Yangyi nodded slightly: "Let's go, time to head home."

Time is like a man over thirty; in and out, and it's gone.

In the blink of an eye, the ten-day vacation passed, and when Huangqian Yangyi returned to Seido, the team had already been training for three days.

"You guy, you finally came back; every vacation you have to do something special, I despise you."

Outside the dormitory, Miyuki threw a baseball toward Huangqian Yangyi from the second floor with a look of disgust.

"I like it that way, even the manager doesn't care, yet you have so much to say." Huangqian Yangyi tilted his head to dodge the baseball, as he was still pulling his suitcase in his hand.

"Come down and help me move my luggage!"

"Coming, coming."

With Miyuki's help, Huangqian Yangyi returned to the dormitory with his hands in his pockets.

Inside the room, Chris and Arima Kazusa were both there.

Although the third-years had already retired, they still had half a year before graduation; third-years on the team could choose to move out of the team dormitory or choose to stay until graduation.

Especially for players like Chris who had already decided to enter professional baseball, they would not leave the team early; after all, staying here not only helped the underclassmen train, but also made it convenient for his own training, as the facilities of the Seido Baseball Club were very complete.

But conversely, those who would not enter professional baseball, such as Isashiki and Masuko Toru, would move out of the dormitory early to wholeheartedly prepare for the upcoming entrance exams.

It is worth mentioning that Yuki Tetsuya did not enter university to settle down as in the original work, but chose to enter professional baseball directly.