Chapter 379: Tokyo Selection Tournament

"Teito is really bold. To think both pitchers didn't give Huangqian a Base on Balls and challenged him head-on every time—aren't they afraid of being traumatized by getting hit?"

"Actually, Teito's pitchers are still quite good; it's just that Huangqian is too monstrous."

"Base on Balls? What a great opportunity to face the strongest batter in the country; choosing to walk him now would be insane. It's meant to be practice anyway, so what would there be to practice if you walked him?"

"But, getting hit for so many Home Runs, wouldn't that look too ugly?"

The score was 11:2. Starting in the sixth inning, Sawamura and Yui Kaoru were sent in.

After 4 innings of play, the coordination between Yui Kaoru and Sawamura could only be described as barely passable. They gave up 5 runs over the 4 innings, and the final score was 18:7. Seido High School won the championship of this Spring Tournament.

After the game, Yui Kaoru didn't say a word on the way back to school. In his view, it was clearly he who held Sawamura back today.

"Don't be so gloomy. Didn't we win the game?"

Back at the dormitory, Huangqian Yangyi comforted him.

"That's right, it's just giving up some runs. You already performed very well today; at least you didn't have any passed balls," Arima Kazusa laughed.

Although Sawamura's pitches weren't as fast as Furuya's, they were genuinely difficult to catch. Yui Kaoru being able to reach this level was already quite impressive.

Yui Kaoru clearly didn't take the two seniors' comfort to heart, and in the days that followed, he trained even harder.

During the time before the Kanto Tournament began, the Seido Second String and the First Year freshmen held a Red and White Match. Without a doubt, it was a crushing defeat of the newcomers by the seniors.

On the night the freshman game ended, several more people were promoted into the Second String, such as the wolf cub Okumura Koshu and his best buddy Seto Takuma.

Although they weren't in the First String, the newcomers in the Second String actually had more opportunities for practice games. Watching the performances of Yui Kaoru and Yuki Masashi in the Spring Tournament, Okumura Koshu was already feeling anxious. He made up his mind to perform well and work hard in the Second String, striving to enter the First String as soon as possible.

April ended, and next was the Kanto Tournament.

In the Kanto Tournament, Seido began their campaign with Sawamura and Furuya as the two main pitchers.

The performance of both improved as the number of games increased. Although they gave up runs in every game, it wasn't much.

As for Huangqian Yangyi, he continued to steadily refresh his Home Run count in the batting lineup, reaching 126 after a few games.

It is worth mentioning that under the manager's arrangement, Huangqian Yangyi rotated through the three outfield positions every game. Otherwise, if he always occupied one spot, like Left Fielder, then Aso Takeru would be too pitiful.

Having won the Kanto Tournament championship, Seido next prepared for the Summer Tournament. Whether it was the First String or the Second String, many practice games were arranged.

As a team that had won Koshien 4 times in a row, almost no school would refuse any practice game invitation sent out by Seido.

And on this day, Huangqian Yangyi and Miyuki were called to the manager's office.

"Tokyo Selection Tournament?" Miyuki looked puzzled.

"Boss, do I have to go too?" Huangqian Yangyi asked.

Manager Kataoka nodded: "It's good to go and see. You will definitely enter the Major Leagues in the future. In this Tokyo Selection Tournament, there will be two games against the USA Team. Going to see the baseball over there will be beneficial for both of you."

Hearing this, Huangqian Yangyi shrugged. If that was the case, he was a little interested. Besides, with people from so many teams forming one squad, he would be able to see quite a few old acquaintances.

Thus, Huangqian Yangyi and Miyuki accepted the task. One week in total: the first three days were for training camp, and the rest were for playing games. It looked pretty good, but what Huangqian Yangyi couldn't accept was that the venue was at Inashiro Industrial, and Inashiro was just too damn stingy—they didn't even provide accommodation, so they had to run back and forth between Seido and Inashiro every day.

On June 1st, after school in the afternoon, Huangqian Yangyi and Miyuki each packed their things and took a car to the gate of Inashiro Industrial.

"Why are you standing here?"

Seeing Huangqian Yangyi standing motionless at the gate, Miyuki asked curiously.

"Hmph! Just walk in like this? No way! Someone has to come and pick us up!"

Huangqian Yangyi plopped down on the ground and started acting like a diva.

Miyuki leaned over to take a look; on Huangqian Yangyi's phone screen was the chat box with Narumiya Mei.

Not long after, a furious-looking Narumiya Mei came to the school gate with a crab-like gait.

"You bastard, chestnut-hair freak!"

"Hello there, little blondie."

"Hmph, not good at all. You bastard came to our Inashiro and are still acting like a diva; see if I don't fix you." As Narumiya Mei said this, he rushed over and hung onto Huangqian Yangyi, biting down on his left shoulder.

The Catcher Tadano Itsuki, who followed Narumiya Mei out, and the Inashiro Captain Fukui Kento both felt super embarrassed seeing this scene.

After the horseplay, led by Narumiya Mei and the others, Huangqian Yangyi and Miyuki finally entered the campus of Inashiro Industrial.

"Yo, your Inashiro's hygiene is actually not bad, just a bit worse than our Seido."

"The girls' uniforms are also quite good-looking, just a bit worse than our Seido."

"The field is also very big, just a bit worse than our Seido."

Along the way, Huangqian Yangyi's mouth never stopped.

"Are you annoying or what, you bastard?" Narumiya Mei couldn't stand it anymore.

"Hmm, the ace's temper is also a bit worse than our Seido."

"You bastard!!!"

Bullying Narumiya Mei always brought Huangqian Yangyi a unique kind of pleasure.

"Senior Mei and Senior Huangqian really have a good relationship."

Tadano Itsuki said softly, watching the two of them bickering all the way.

"Mutual appreciation, I suppose," Captain Fukui Kento said.

Soon, when Huangqian Yangyi and Miyuki arrived at the baseball field, they discovered that people from other schools had already arrived.

The Fourth Batter of Ichidai Sanko, Hoshida.

The Fourth Batter and Catcher of Teito, Inui Kengo.

The ace of Ugumori, Meigong.

And from Mingchuan High School, Yang Shunchen!

Of course, the most numerous were still from Inashiro: Narumiya Mei, Yamaoka Riku, Carlos, and Shirakawa.

Huangqian Yangyi believed from the bottom of his heart that Inashiro was playing favorites for their own players.

"Yo, they're here, they're here."

"The Overlord has arrived."

"What a grand display, the Inashiro ace, the Captain, and the starting Catcher all going to welcome them."

"How bold, aren't the two from Seido afraid that Inashiro might bury them?"

"Now that you mention it, isn't this walking right into the tiger's den?!"

"A murder case at the baseball field?!"

A crowd watched as Huangqian Yangyi and Miyuki actually came to Inashiro, feeling that something was off; they were clearly rivals, and who didn't know about Inashiro's resentment toward these two? Yet they still dared to come.

"Hi, everyone."

Before even getting close, Huangqian Yangyi raised his hand and greeted the crowd with a smile.

"Quite a few acquaintances here," Miyuki also said.

"Is that so? I'm not good at remembering those I've defeated."

Teased by the crowd, Huangqian Yangyi's tongue was sharp, launching an indiscriminate attack directly at everyone.