The Seido High School Baseball Team players, who had just returned, were changing after taking a shower.
Having successfully advanced to the Kanto Tournament semifinals, although the school didn't organize a grand celebration, they did improve the food.
Recently, despite the team encountering many unforeseen challenges, overall, their performance has been quite good.
First, in the Spring Tournament, they successfully went all the way and won the championship.
Although the value of a Spring Koshien championship is not much for a top national powerhouse like the Seido High School Baseball Team, it was still a consolation compared to the Seido High School Baseball Team's slump in previous years.
What's more, Tokyo Television broadcasted this entire tournament, and it was even in the form of a program.
The Seido High School Baseball Team's popularity also rose with the tide.
Even among the newly recruited players this year, many talented prospects came because the Seido High School Baseball Team had already made it to Koshien.
Everything is developing in a good direction.
Two consecutive wins in the Kanto Tournament also gave the school more confidence in the team's Summer Tournament performance.
After winning the game, the players' mindset became very relaxed.
"Now, those nagging reporters can finally shut up."
Kuramochi held his phone, constantly browsing the web.
In this information age, as soon as their game ended, comments had already flooded the internet.
Completely different from the voices criticizing the Seido High School Baseball Team before the game, at this time, media voices praising the Seido High School Baseball Team occupied the absolute mainstream.
"Don't take this seriously. These guys can praise you to the heavens when you perform well, and they can also throw you hard to the ground and then stomp on you three times when you don't perform well."
Coach Kataoka happened to pass by the corridor, heard Kuramochi's comment, and interjected.
Kuramochi's phone nearly dropped from his hand.
He hurriedly hid his phone behind his back and greeted Coach Kataoka.
"Hello, Coach! Are you…?"
"I just finished showering too."
"You even shower yourself?"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Kuramochi's face turned red like a monkey's backside.
Coach Kataoka's expression was originally very relaxed; he had even wanted to take the opportunity to instill in his disciple how to correctly deal with media comments.
Now, after hearing Kuramochi's words, he felt like stomping on him.
He was Kuramochi's language teacher, and he never expected his student to utter such nonsensical words.
It was simply disgraceful.
He coldly glanced at Kuramochi, then said nothing, picked up his stuff, and left.
"You're too bold!"
Zhang Han emerged from his dorm room and gave Kuramochi a thumbs-up.
The Seido High School Baseball Team never lacked audacious guys.
Zhang Han had seen all sorts of arrogant seniors, especially Azuma Kiyokuni's batch.
When it came to boasting, if they said they were second, no one dared to say they were first.
But now, Zhang Han felt that his experience was still too limited.
Look at Kuramochi.
He dared to directly tease Coach Kataoka.
Zhang Han had absolutely never seen such a bold player before.
"I…"
Kuramochi looked like he was on the verge of tears.
After Coach Kataoka returned to his office, he immediately took out the data for the Yokohama High School Baseball Team.
After the Seido High School Baseball Team's game ended, they did not return to school immediately but came back after watching Yokohama's game.
This was Coach Kataoka's decision.
He believed that instead of analyzing Yokohama Kouhoku's data on paper later, it would be better to watch their game properly and experience their style firsthand.
But after watching, Coach Kataoka had some regrets.
On the surface, only two players from Yokohama Kouhoku could truly be called star players.
In contrast, the Seido High School Baseball Team had more excellent players of the same caliber than their opponent.
In all aspects, they also seemed stronger than their opponent.
But the real situation might not be so.
At least from Coach Kataoka's perspective, he believed it was not so.
Compared to the Seido High School Baseball Team's obvious weaknesses, Yokohama Kouhoku, which seemed less dominant than the Seido High School Baseball Team, instead resembled a true powerhouse.
Perhaps individual players, when taken out, might not be striking.
But when combined, this team was incredibly perfect.
They possessed a very distinctive pitcher, an excellent defensive lineup, and powerful offensive capabilities.
They could defend well and score runs when attacking.
The game against Yokohama might be much more difficult than imagined.
"Truly worthy of being a Koshien top eight opponent."
The Kanto Tournament being called half of Koshien is not without reason.
There are about five or six teams in the Kanto Tournament that are at the Koshien top sixteen or even top eight level.
Just look at the teams that made it to the semifinals, and you'll know how strong they are.
They are Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team from West Tokyo; Inashiro didn't have a smooth path to the semifinals either.
They eliminated the Chiba champion, winning the game by a score of 7:2.
The remaining team is Hakuryu from Gunma Prefecture.
This team focuses on mobility and had previously played practice games against the Seido High School Baseball Team; their style is very unique.
They are also the most dominant team among the current four semifinalists.
They eliminated their opponent 8:0.
Finally, there are the Seido High School Baseball Team and Yokohama Kouhoku.
Yokohama Kouhoku defeated their opponent 9:2 in the just-concluded quarterfinals.
Their opponent was not very strong, and Yokohama Kouhoku did not unleash their full power; otherwise, they would have easily scored more than ten runs.
It should be noted that in their first round, they eliminated Ichidaisan Third High School from West Tokyo.
Leaving aside everything else, just by looking at this, one can guess how formidable Yokohama Kouhoku truly is.
This is a team whose strength is hidden beneath the surface.
In their game, the Seido High School Baseball Team not only represents themselves but also Tokyo.
Looking at the teams that made it to the semifinals, it's easy to see how strong they really are.
Inashiro Industrial is the Spring Koshien champion.
Hakuryu High School was a Summer Koshien top sixteen team and a Spring Koshien top eight team.
Yokohama Kouhoku was a Summer Koshien semifinalist and a Spring Koshien semifinalist.
The Seido High School Baseball Team was a Summer Koshien quarterfinalist.
Although their ranking was only top eight, it was because their opponent at the time was Osaka Kiryu, who eventually won the championship.
In terms of strength, they would not be inferior to the previous three teams.
With these four teams competing for the Kanto Tournament championship, the excitement of the games will certainly be no less than that of Koshien.
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