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A week or two after the interviews ended, interviews with reporters from other regions were gradually opened up as well.

January 23rd was the day the players accepted interviews during their break—and the day Seidou waited for news about Koshien.

But when the principal beamed and called for a stop, Head Manager Oota raised both hands and made an O-shaped gesture toward the window.

"Should we do that after all?" Miyuki asked the reporters with a smile after seeing Head Manager Oota's gesture.

They already knew they would be going to Koshien, but receiving the call inviting them to Drawing Lots still made them happy.

"Please!" an unfamiliar female reporter pleaded somewhat ingratiatingly.

"Then please, everyone!!!" Before Miyuki could even turn around, Sawamura shouted at his teammates without hesitation.

"Yeah!!!" Fifty or sixty people answered Sawamura's call and tossed their baseball caps into the sky at once. It was easy to see just how recognized Sawamura was within this team.

The reporters from every outlet present captured the moment as well.

Seeing Sawamura take the lead, Kuramochi wore a vicious expression.

"Why the hell are you the one giving orders?!" After the caps came down, Senior Kuramochi kicked Sawamura right in the butt.

At the same time, Yakushi received the call they had been waiting for.

Yakushi was completely different from Seidou. They had no certainty at all of being selected.

After all, the second recommendation slot was not based on results, but on actual performance in the games played.

In other words, even a team eliminated in the first round theoretically still had a chance.

Like Teitou...

When Yakushi's teacher ran over excitedly and told Raizo Todoroki the news.

Raizo Todoroki's eyelids were covered in tears, and even snot was running from his nose...

On January 25th, Seidou's old