Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

After several days of restorative training, everyone maintained their perfect condition, and time soon came to the opening day of Koshien.

On August 7th, all the powerful players from all over the country gathered at the Koshien Stadium. Standing on this unique black land, each team represents the highest combat power in their region and carries the burden of Not only do they have their own dreams, but they also have the dreams of all the baseball teams in the area. The common goal is to dominate the country.

Hanshin Koshien Stadium, a famous baseball stadium located in Koshien Town, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, is generally referred to as "Koshien Stadium" or "Koshien". It covers a total area of ​​39,600 square meters and can accommodate 50,454 people. The center line of the stadium is 120 meters and the two wings are 96 meters.

Koshien was named by Misaki Shozo, and it was completed on August 13, Taisho 1924 (8). That year was the year of Koshi, so it was named Koshien Grand Sports Ground. In the same year, the 1th National Secondary School Field Baseball Conference was moved to this location, so it was also called the Koshien Field Field.

Since 1924, Koshien Stadium, famous for hosting the Japan National High School Baseball League for a long time, is known as the "dream place" for Japanese young people. Koshien has therefore become synonymous with college wildball. Later, the term "Koshien" was also used to refer to various nationwide competitive activities, such as "Judo Koshien", "Cooking Koshien", etc.

Koshien is the common name of the Japan High School Baseball League, and its full name is the National High School Baseball Players Rights Conference. It is divided into spring and summer; that is, Jiazi Garden in spring and Jiazi Garden in summer every year. It can be said that Koshien is the most glorious yearning for Japanese high school baseball teams. Entering Koshien certainly means reaching the national finals.

Each summer Koshien conference is divided into 49 regions (1 metropolitan area, 1 prefecture, 2 prefectures, and 43 prefectures, of which Tokyo and Hokkaido are each divided into two districts). Each school first competes in the regional preliminaries and wins the regional championship. (i.e. local competition champions) can enter Jiaziyuan to participate in the national finals of 49 teams. The competition system is a single elimination system. The champion team will be awarded a large crimson flag with colorful stripes bearing the school names of previous champion teams.

Different from Koshien in summer, not all the competition teams in Koshien in spring are selected from the competition. There will also be recommended quotas. A total of 32 strong teams from all over the country will be selected for the competition. Sponsored by the Mainichi Shimbun and the Japan High School Field Football Association, the champion team will be awarded a deep purple flag.

Countless high school students have tried their best to compete for the spot to enter Hajia, hoping to spend three years of high school without any regrets. Unfortunately, only 49 colleges and universities can compete in the summer Koshien competition from the regional competition. The gold content is not comparable to that of Chunjia.

However, even so, the strength of each region is completely different, and the intensity of the competition cannot be compared at all. Some teams can only enter Koshien in the first round, while some teams have the strength to be champion candidates but may not be able to break out. Regional competition.

Just like Inami, City University's third high school student, and Aomichi here in Nishi-Tokyo, and now we have to add a dark horse pharmacist and put them in other areas, it won't be number one! It's a pity that here in West Tokyo, they have to fight to the death for a spot in the Koshien Garden. In comparison, Teito here in East Tokyo is completely a single company, and there is no comparison.

Under the scorching sun, forty-nine colleges and universities lined up in neat lines, standing in the center of the stadium and listening to the leaders on the stage delivering their opening speeches one by one.

This is probably like the opening ceremony when you first enter the school! Only two of us were standing and listening, and one of us felt tired! A hot one! Generally speaking, they seemed to have endless words to talk about, they just kept talking!

The leaders stood in the shadows on the high platform, and the players stood under the scorching sun in the playground, not to mention that there were 882 people standing together in rows here! It has been more than an hour since I started talking, and the people around me have begun to make some commotion, and everyone is very impatient.

After all, high school students of this age, and they are all athletes, how can they have so much time to listen to them reciting scriptures? If they have this time, they might as well swing the bat! It's a waste of time, everyone's thoughts are surprisingly the same.

"It's so hot. There's too much nonsense!" Kurosawa complained softly to Miyuki in front of him. He turned around to look for Furuya and thought about how the boy was doing in such a hot day. Is he okay? ! It's even hotter than Tokyo!

It was over. The boy fell completely on top of Sawamura again. Sawamura was working hard to support Jiang Gu. Xiaochun took out his handkerchief to wipe his sweat. The two of them served him like an old man. Jiangu, what a two little angels! It seems I don’t need to worry too much! Kurosawa turned back silently.

However, with this physique, it seems that Hagar needs to consider letting Sawamura play more. Fukiya's physical strength and the fatigue accumulated in the summer competition are not easy to eliminate, especially for pitchers. He does not want to change because of this. And let him burn up, then I will become a sinner! Kurosawa kept thinking in his mind.

"Just bear with it a little longer! It should be over soon!" Miyuki turned around to comfort him, and then he also saw Feng Gu's condition, "The boy's physical strength is still not good enough!"

"Yes, if you see his condition decline on the court, you must ask the coach to change shots in time! After all, you sometimes judge faster than the coach on the court!" Kurosawa said closer.

"Well, I know! The continued pitching policy is the only way for us to keep moving forward. I will always pay attention to the condition of the pitchers, but the final result must be left to the coach's judgment!" Miyuki said seriously.

"It's too hot here!" Kuramochi kept wiping the sweat dripping from his forehead and whispered to Miyuki behind him. He kept muttering in his heart that Tokyo is already hot enough in summer, but he didn't expect Koshien to be even hotter than that. Woolen cloth!

There is no competition, no defense or attack, and now it is so hot just standing there. The thought of having to compete here again makes me shudder just thinking about it!

"It will be much better during the real game!" Miyuki reassured again. It's true that the two people in front and behind have never experienced the pain of a catcher! Let you experience being a catcher and you will know! I still have to squat at home plate wearing such heavy equipment!

With everyone getting impatient and about to go berserk, the opening speech session finally ended with the leaders still not satisfied.

As soon as it was over, everyone returned to the hotel with the large group and planned to have lunch first. However, Kurosawa had not been here before and was quite curious about the food outside. He usually didn’t have the chance, so he couldn’t help but drag Miyuki to prepare to go outside. Take a walk.

On the way, they met Kuramochi who was looking for the two of them. Hearing that they were going out for lunch, they decided to go with him. At the door of the hotel, they met another mistress who also wanted to go out for a walk, so the group of six decided to have nothing to do anyway. I have nothing to do, so I finally came to Koshien. Let’s take a look around first!

Because of the Koshien Garden, Hyogo Prefecture’s tourism industry is quite developed! All kinds of snacks near Koshien are extremely popular, and the styles are endless. It has been passed down for more than a hundred years and has become a unique scene.

Now it's time for Koshien to start again, and the entire Koshien stadium is densely packed with various vendors and people watching the game. It was really lively in the crowded environment!

There were just enough people for the group of six, and none of us were mysophobic, so we decided to taste each item. If the delicious ones were delicious, we could take some back to share. If not, the six of us would only have one bite each. It was completely no problem!

Then several people came up with an idea. Kurosawa looked around and said, "You can spread out a bit, but don't go too far! Come and meet here later! Make sure your mobile phone is open!"

"Understood Kurosawa-senpai!" the three little ones said seriously, it's you three that I'm afraid of! Kurosawa was worried.

"Okay, let's go, I'll go over there!" Kuramochi walked out first.

"You three, just go over there together! Haruichi is optimistic about them two!" Kurosawa warned.

"No problem!" Harushi nodded seriously with a red face, and then the three of them left together.

"Then let's go over there, Ichiya!"

"Okay!" Anyway, he didn't have anything to eat. If Nanye hadn't pulled him out, he would have been watching the game video now!