Seeing Director Kataoka crying while bowing to everyone, everyone was moved. This was the first time they had seen Director Kataoka like this.
Dong Qingguo walked up to Director Kataoka, "If it weren't for the guidance and teachings of Director Kataoka, who trains with us from morning to night every day and never gives up on any of the potential players among us, we wouldn't be where we are today.
At this step... we should be the ones to say thank you, thank you, Supervisor, for your long-term guidance." Dong Qingguo bent down and bowed to express his gratitude to Supervisor Kataoka.
Behind Dong Qingguo, others stood together and bowed to Director Kataoka, "Thank you, Director, for your long-term guidance!"
Takashima Rei looked at the scene in front of him with uncontrollable joy on his face; Minister Ohta was so moved by them that he shed tears and applauded together with the female managers next to him.
"Today is a day worthy of congratulations. Let me toast you all first." Director Kataoka took out a handkerchief to wipe away the tears on his face, picked up a drink from the table, drank it in one go, and then prepared to lead Minister Ohta and Takashima
Miss Li left.
"Next is the time for free activities. We will train as usual tomorrow. Remember not to make too much trouble!" Supervisor Kataoka told everyone in Qingdao before leaving with Director Ohta and others.
"Yes!" Everyone in Qingdao responded loudly.
"Cheers!" Dong Qingguo stood up with a cup filled with juice after Kataoka supervised their departure.
Others followed suit and shouted: "We won! Cheers!"
"Behind are the Mingye Shrine Conference and the Spring Koshien Garden," Dong Qingguo said loudly as others watched: "The goal is to win!"
"Winner! Winner!!" Everyone in Qingdao shouted.
"Okay, sit down and eat! I'm starving!"
Putting down the drinks in their hands, everyone who was already starving began to wolf down the food.
After all, they had just finished a physically exhausting game, and had gone through various interviews and trips back, so they were already starving.
The Autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference has ended, and the Meiye Shrine Conference will begin twelve days later on November 12th. The only time they can relax and rest is today.
After filling their hungry bellies with various delicacies, their celebration feast was basically over.
Except for Yuki Tetsuya and Yagami Yagami who were day students, the rest of the people returned to the dormitory, brought clean clothes and went to the bathroom to take a bath.
After Yagami completed basic training in the afternoon, he left school and went home alone.
"I'm back."
"Welcome back, congratulations on entering Koshien!"
As soon as they walked into the house, they were greeted by their mother who came back from get off work to congratulate them on entering Koshien.
Yagami Ye chatted with her mother Takako Yagami for a while, and after finishing the daily necessary parent-child interaction, she returned to her room, sat on a chair, and took out her mobile phone from her backpack.
There are many congratulatory text messages on the phone, and Yagami starts replying to each other one by one. If they are close, they will chat more; if they are distant, they will end it with a simple reply.
Thirty minutes later, Yagami put down his phone, took out the clothes he had changed after today's game out of his backpack, and went downstairs to take a shower.
After taking a shower, Yagami threw all the dirty clothes into the washing machine and went back to the room to prepare for the next day's homework.
The next day, that is, Monday morning, no one in the army who had just won the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Games was lazy. They all got up early for a morning run and did basic exercises as usual, which made Director Kataoka, who also got up early, feel very happy.
At 8:10 in the morning, a group of team members who had eaten breakfast gathered in a row at the edge of the stadium, waiting for Supervisor Kataoka's lecture.
Director Kataoka looked at the young men standing in a row in front of him and felt filled with emotion.
Although he has always been strict with them with the goal of winning, he has actually prepared in his heart the possibility that they will be defeated at the Tokyo Metropolitan Games in the autumn.
But unexpectedly, this group of children, who had stumbled along the way, actually persisted until the end, allowing Qingdao to win the autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Conference again after six years.
"You have done a great job to win the Autumn Tokyo Metropolitan Games this time."
Listening to what Director Kataoka said and recalling the excitement after yesterday's victory, many people had happy expressions on their faces.
Looking at the smiling faces of the teenagers, Director Kataoka did not say anything to attack them as usual, but encouraged them directly: "Qingdao's current achievements are inseparable from your own efforts... Therefore, we must do the same in the future.
Believe that your own efforts will not deceive others, and sprint towards your dreams!”
"Yes!" Everyone in Qingdao responded loudly.
"Next, there are twelve days until the Mingye Shrine Tournament. You will face strong teams from all over the country. Are you ready?"
"It's done!" Everyone in Qingdao continued to respond loudly.
"The Meiye Shrine Tournament is the last official competition before the winter break. Everyone should work hard and achieve good results." After Supervisor Kataoka finished speaking, he said to the team's captain Higashi Kiyokuni: "In the afternoon, the captain will go to Meiye with Minister Ohta.
The drawing of lots for the Shrine Conference.”
"Yes!" Dong Qingguo replied.
"Disband, Jinguji and Chris will stay for a while." Director Kataoka asked everyone except Chris and Jinguji to disband and move around freely.
After everyone else had almost left, Director Kataoka said to the remaining ace pitcher and main catcher: "Tomorrow afternoon, a magazine will come over to give you an exclusive interview. If you have anything you don't understand, you can ask Ms. Takashima. I
I won’t say much more.”
"Yes." Chris and Jinguji nodded their heads, indicating that they understood.
…
"Minister Towa Ohta is back, please show us the lottery list."
Dong Qingguo, who returned from participating in the lottery with Minister Ohta in the afternoon, was blocked at the door by a group of army members who were waiting for him.
"Yes, starting from the second round, you only need to win three games to win the championship." Taro Fukuda took the form handed over by Dong Qingguo and looked at Qingdou's ranking: "It seems that our captain has rare luck.
Not bad, if you get into the second round, you can play one less game."
"Is the opponent in the first game Gifu Castle North?" Yuki Tanaka looked at the school names on the match list and studied: "If everything goes well, the opponent in the semi-finals should be Komadai Tomakomai, and the opponent in the final should be Kansai
The winner between and Luzhengshe."
"No matter who the opponent is, we will defeat them!" Takashi Fujii expressed the sentiments of the entire army.
After reading the lottery form, the others returned it to Dongqing Kingdom and continued the previous training content.
…
The next morning, everyone in the army and Director Kataoka gathered in the conference room and began to comment on yesterday's game.
The first was announced by Kentaro Matsuda, who recorded various data about the Red Sea Sugata and themselves:
"Counting: Red Sea Osugada is 33, ours is 30"
"Hits
: Red Sea Osugada is 10, we are 8”
"Taking care of
:Red Sea Osuda is 3, we are 4”
"Double hit: Red Sea Osuda is 2, we are 2"
"Third base hit:...(the data here are both 0, so they are omitted)"
"home run:……"
"Strikeouts
:Red Sea Osuda is 12, we are 13”
"Four bad balls: Red Sea Sugata is 5, we are 4 (the key point here is that there will be several bad balls in every normal baseball game, unless the strength gap between the two sides is too large)"
"Sacrificial fight
: Red Sea Osuda is 3, we are 1”
"Stealing a base
: Red Sea Osuda is 1, we are 0”
"Remaining Barrier: Red Sea Osuda is 10, we are 5"
"Mistake
: Red Sea Osuda is 0, we are 2”
"Fighting: Red Sea Sugata is 1, we are 2"
"Blow shot
:……”
"Pitcher's foul
:……”
"Capture Yi
:……”
"Better:..."
"..."
(Note: Data like this will not appear again for a long time in the future, unless it is copied from real game videos in the future.).
After the interview with the magazine ended in the afternoon, everyone in Yijun did not talk too much and focused mainly on the upcoming Mingye Shrine Conference.
Although the value of the Meiye Jingu Tournament is not as high as the spring Koshien and summer Koshien, it is still an important national competition, and they still hope to win the Meiye Jingu Tournament. This chapter has been completed!