early morning.

The sun is rising, and the flowers are fragrant and the birds are singing.

A bus was parked at the Baishan High School gate. The players were waiting to get on the bus next to the car, and about 200 people were seeing off.

Zhang Zhe was encouraged by Principal Masahiro Hori.

"You can go to Kaziyuan before this trip. There is no need to be pressured. No matter how you fight, you will win glory for the school. People in the town will be proud of you."

After the players got in the car, people on the roadside waved goodbye to the players through the car window, including some young players in uniforms.

The clothes of those young players are consistent with the color matching of the Baishan High School team, and are a schoolboy baseball team formed by local primary schools.

The support of the town people to Baishan High School was not in vain.

The extensive support within the region is inseparable from the activities of Baishan High School to take root in the regional service community.

The members of the baseball department are often transferred to local school-child baseball teams to carry out fun baseball activities, act as instructors, and teach elementary school students step by step.

The children have a good relationship with Baishan players. They always yell to join Baishan High School when they grow up and join Baishan High School to represent the school in Jiaziyuan. Today, they are also here to see you off happily.

The players on the Baishan Mountain smiled and waved their hands to respond to the crowd outside the car until the bus gradually drove out of the street and drove onto the main road.

Although they had to ride a car for a while, the players were not bored. They took out their phones and put on their headphones, listened to music or watched videos to pass the time.

Since the final of the triple conference was confirmed to appear in Baishan High School, many self-made support MVs have emerged on the video website.

Such as "Original! High Burn! This is the White Mountain I love", "Search to the point! This is the reason why we love White Mountain", "White Mountain Mixed Cut - Feel the Hot Blood of Summer", "White Mountain College Supports Suiting for the 2019 Summer", "Japanese No. 1 Low-Kei Army Resulted", "Poetry to You - All Members of Baishan"...

There are many teams and many individuals.

Kazuya Nishino is watching his own personal editing "Shira Mountain bears No. 1 ace "Kazuya Nishino"".

He smiled proudly while looking, "I'm so handsome!"

The narcissistic person does not affect the steady captain.

Zhang Zhe used his mobile phone to browse some recent high school baseball news.

Since all 49 schools have been confirmed, the media's evaluation of the strength of each school has also been released, and 5 authoritative sports media have traditionally used as the highest reference.

The strength evaluation of Jiaziyuan's appearance schools is divided into three levels: A, B, and C, with the highest level A and the lowest level C.

Five schools that are unanimously rated A by the media are often considered to have the ability to win the championship.

There are 6 schools that have received 5A evaluation this year, namely Xi Shino, Tokai Dasaki, Hoshizu, Omi, Rimasaki, and Akashi Commercial.

Baishan High School’s evaluation is 3A2B, which has made a lot of progress compared to last year.

Last year, Baishan only received a 5C rating and his strength was considered to be one of the bottom among all schools.

This year it received such a high evaluation, which means that in the eyes of the media and fans, Baishan High School's comprehensive strength is at least 16.

Well, it’s a bit difficult to keep a low profile now, Zhang Zhe thought.

A few hours later, Baishan and his group arrived at the hotel, packed their luggage and kept their holidays for half a day.

Zhang Zhe took the time to go to Sulu Shrine.

After praying, Zhang Zhe was free and looked for the painting horse he wrote at this time last year.

When he found the painted horse, he was surprised to find another person looking for it.

It's a coincidence that he was the former manager of the baseball department, Wasabi Mori.

The two of them were surprised and started chatting.

It turned out that Moriyama, who was planning to support Baishan, remembered last year's prayer. Today, he came to this shrine again to pray for his wishes and miss his high school years.

Mori Yamamoto's temperament has changed a lot compared to his impression, so Zhang Zhe almost didn't recognize him at first sight just now.

He remembered that his senior sister seemed to be studying in the Kansai area.

There is a subtle difference between high school students and college students. If Zhang Zhe explained, it is that college students have a sense of adulthood.

The two chatted for a long time.

After leaving the shrine, I saw it was still early, Moriyama bought some snacks to eat with Zhang Zhe and walked on the sidewalk by the seawall.

When they parted, Mori Yamaru said generously to Zhang Zhe that she would go to support every game, come on.

When I took the tram back to the hotel, Zhang Zhe thought that college can train people very much. His first goal was to the School of Medicine of Dongda University, and I don’t know if it will be realized in the future.

A few days later.

Baishan High School completed the practice of Jiaziyuan Stadium.

In fact, the so-called field-striking practice has more symbolic significance than practical significance. 25 schools take turns to enter the stadium a day, and each school is only allocated 20 minutes. This practice time can only be said to be better than nothing.

The one who was most excited on the day of the scene was Mr. Toyama Yukini.

I have been coaching high school baseball for the first time in decades to enter the Jiaziyuan Stadium. Although I am not a supervisor, my life is a pity.

The old man Toyama Yuejing, who was in his sixties, talked about a young man and played the coaching ball for ten minutes by himself, which made the Baishan player scream and spent a lot of time on the field.

On August 3, the lottery meeting.

Eighty-eighty-two students who stood out from tens of thousands of high school players gathered at the Asahi Shimbun Osaka Hostel Hall.

Before the lottery meeting began, the captains of each school sat on the stage waiting for the lottery, while the other players were all seated in the audience.

Zhang Zhe found that many school captains are like him, the main generals are the one who are in charge of four sticks and three positions.

The catcher characters portrayed by early baseball anime works are often honest fat men, while in the serialized contemporary baseball anime, there are a large number of catcher characters that combine the strength and appearance of the ball merchants.

Maybe this change comes from reality.

The draw will start on time.

The school with north-south or east-west divisions will be drawn first by Hokkaido and Tokyo appearance schools. After the number is drawn, the school name will be hung onto a large battle map.

The battle picture is only drawn until three rounds of battle, and the draw is again after the quarterfinals are decided.

If possible, Zhang Zhe certainly hopes to draw a first round of bye, just like last year, starting directly from the second round of battle.

For teams with ambition to win the championship, there is a big difference between 5 games in 14 days and 6 games in 14 days.

In fact, Baishan High School, as the only school among the semi-finals last year, has significantly improved its strength and is not too worried about meeting strong teams in advance. Instead, other schools do not want to meet Baishan as a tough guy in advance.

The captains came forward to draw, and the numbers were reported one by one.

While waiting, Zhang Zhe remembered the corresponding number of each school. He had a good memory and got used to it.

""Sanchung, Baishan!""

When the host read it, Zhang Zhe drew out a card with the number printed on it. Even if he didn't look at the battle picture, he immediately knew the opponent in the first game.

【Conference Day 1】

【2nd Trial Combination】
Chapter completed!