Opening

"For the day we reclaim the title of King..." As Miyuki said this, everyone's expressions changed.

"The ones who have shed the most sweat are...?"

"Seidou!!!"

"Dou!!" Sawamura showed off his golden voice and lung capacity.

"The ones who have shed the most tears are...?"

"Seidou!!!"

"Are you ready to fight?"

"Yeah!!!"

"Yaaah!!!"

"Yeah!!!" The substitute players in the stands, even the female managers, all let out fighting cries.

"Yeah...!" At that moment, Ogawa also softly shouted in his toneless voice.

"!!!" Masu Shinichiro heard him and turned back to glare at him.

That look said, You think their shouting is cool, so you want to defect?

"Carry our school's pride! Our goal is national domination!

Let's go!!!"

"Yeah!!!"

With that final cry, every Seidou player, substitute player, and female manager... seemed to pour all their remaining strength into one last roar. Its force pierced straight through the heavens.

Seeing the substitutes in the stands close their eyes and devote every ounce of their strength to that roar was both heartbreaking and inspiring.

The meaning of Seidou was just as its school song described: comrades united as one, advancing without hesitation along a road made of blue-green grass.

Now, every member of Seidou had only one goal!!!

"He just said challengers...!" Head Manager Oota said, half surprised and half delighted.

The alumni who had come to watch were also stirred up by the rousing ceremony.

"The Metropolitan Tournament has finally reached the First Match of the Semifinals!

Will victory go to Seikou Academy and its powerful batting lineup?

Or to Seidou High School, with its powerhouse Furuya and genius Sendou, that monstrous pitching-and-batting duo?

The game is about to begin!

Everyone, stay tuned!!!" As Seidou's ceremony ended, the commentator enthusiastically kicked off today's game.

"That was so cool!!!" Ogawa said,