On the last day of Koshien, the whole country was calm after the game.
Major media outlets are writing articles and editing videos.
The real drama only truly ends when the evening news starts airing.
Seidou enjoyed a luxurious last night under the hotel's warm hospitality.
Sendou was in a bad mood; he couldn't even put his arms in the water while soaking in the hot spring all night.
A large group of people were watching him.
Originally, they didn't even plan to let Sendou go into the water, but due to Sendou's strong protest, some restrictions were imposed.
As for supervision... Seidou has no shortage of people to supervise him.
Miyuki was the one who danced the most enthusiastically.
As revenge, Sendou Miyuki Captain Tetsu into playing Go with him until late at night.
Seidou's trip to Koshien has come to an end.
The next morning, I took a bus back to the stadium that I missed so much.
The third-year students once again fulfilled their vow before leaving, returning with smiles to the court that had been with them for three years.
Then came the holiday. Coach Kataoka changed the original plan during an interview and gave them two days off to recover from their fatigue.
That is, training will resume on the 25th, which is known to all the major media outlets, so the stadium was very quiet.
Given the diligence of the Seidou athletes, they will surely practice on their own.
Especially those players from the second-tier teams, with so many players from the First Team retiring at once, leaving so many vacant spots, they will definitely fight tooth and nail to grab one.
The only ones who truly do nothing and rest are the third-year students and Sendou, who is injured.
Of course, Sendou has already been promised a week's vacation by Coach Kataoka, and given his personality, he definitely won't be participating in training.
The players are the only ones on holiday; the coaching staff is the busiest, working several times busier than usual.
Rei-chan went to prepare to invite new students, while Coach Kataoka and his coaching team studied the new team's training plan and preparations for the Autumn Tournament, such as contacting Practice Match.
Coach Ochiai has officially taken office, but he will be formally introduced to everyone after the players' holiday ends. For now, he is only involved in the formulation of training plans.
With the addition of a new member to the coaching staff, who is specifically responsible for technical aspects, the training naturally needs to be slightly adjusted.
Having observed the players throughout the summer, Coach Ochiai is naturally most familiar with the players who debuted that summer.
Leaving aside the fact that Sawamura's game requires close observation, Coach Ochiai already has some ideas about key players such as Miyuki, Kuramochi, Shirazu, and Sendou.
However, these ideas are still immature, and he shares the same idea as Sendou: Seidou High School, whose batting lineup has been greatly weakened, will operate with the pitcher lineup as the core of the Autumn Tournament team.
After all, he is a newly crowned King. Even if he cannot win the Autumn Tournament, he certainly will not allow himself to lose too badly.
Ochiai's thoughts are also somewhat different from those of his previous life; he is a realistic person.
Moreover, the pitching roster has an ace worth developing, not to mention the promising pitchers like Sawamura and Kawakami.
The only one he couldn't understand was Sawamura, but that didn't stop him from thinking that Sawamura had potential.
After all, Sawamura in this life doesn't have phobias, and he's a very Fighting Spirit and mentally strong pitcher. No coach could possibly dislike him for those reasons alone.
Moreover, judging from the game, so many people couldn't hit his Inside Corner Ball kicks accurately, there must be a secret to it.
In this life, the Ochiai observation team started earlier, unlike in the previous life when they only began their observations in the autumn and were not familiar with the people of Seidou.
All that remains is to see who can be promoted to the First Team and fill the vacancy left by the retirement of the third-year students.
Although Sendou had a holiday, he was still drafted by Coach Kataoka on the first day.
Strictly speaking, Coach Kataoka has already come to regard Sendou as an advisor.
This started a long time ago, after all, with the arrival of Coach Ochiai.
To a large extent, the result was due to Sendou and Rei-chan pointing out the flaws in Coach Kataoka's guidance, which the coach himself acknowledged.
"Excuse me!"
"You're here!"
Let me introduce you. This is Coach Ochiai, who will be coaching our school soon. He will be responsible for guiding the players' technical skills.
We've been evaluating the candidates for quite some time now.
I think I don't need to introduce him in detail, right?
" Sendou Akira, our team's fourth batter!" Rei-chan introduced Coach Ochiai Sendou to Sendoh, who had been drafted into the team.
"I think everyone in the baseball world knows Sendou-kun now!" Coach Ochiai nodded.
"Hello!" Sendou greeted him first.
Coach Ochiai nodded in response.
"Don't let his appearance fool you, he's usually quite disrespectful. I hope you won't mind." Rei-chan, like a protective mother, gave Coach Ochiai a heads-up.
"Certainly!
"I don't particularly like superficial things either," Coach Ochiai nodded.
As for whether it's true or false, nobody knows, but one thing is certain: Coach Ochiai's personality makes him exceptionally tolerant of a genius like Sendou.
"What brings you here this time?" Sendou asked bluntly.
"I'm just asking for your opinion, or rather, if you have any thoughts," Coach Kataoka replied.
Coach Ochiai knows that what's needed now is to listen more and talk less to quickly integrate into and understand the personality, technical characteristics, and role of each player on the team.
So, although he was curious about why he needed to ask Sendou's opinion, he remained silent and watched quietly.
"Understood!"
"So if you're going out, let us know in advance!"
"... The time ahead is very tight, so I plan to arrange a lot of Practice Match to select the First Team members through actual combat and promote their teamwork." Coach Kataoka first talked about the requirements for Sendou, so that he wouldn't go out and wander around without knowing who he was or where his home was, and then began to explain his next plan.
Sendou nodded deeply, indicating that this was a very practical idea.
Coach Kataoka has no doubt about his overall strategic vision.
"But, this...!"
"After seeing this, I'd like to know your thoughts!" Coach Kataoka handed over a piece of paper.
Sendou took a look and found that they were all opponents Practice Match.
However, one of the teams made Sendou's eyes narrow.
Yakushi High School!
Sendou was surprised that this team would come to apply for Practice Match.
Then he figured it out.
It seems that the Yakushi High School have been working together for a long time, with all the core players still there. Now that the working-age period is over, they are even more eager for real matches, and the stronger the opponent, the better.
They must have submitted applications to every strong team they could think of.
However, the situation in Seidou is very special right now.
The Koshien champion team has not only lost most of its main players, but also lacks First Team and hasn't even started training yet!
Don't be fooled by the fact that only four main players retired; these four were all core attackers. The number of substitutes who retired from the First Team is truly staggering.
As expected, my plan to complete everything at once fell through.
Keep up the good work tomorrow! Lastly, please vote for me! Goodnight everyone!