Regarding the Maezono, Kataoka has his own considerations.
"Coach Ochiai, you have not observed him for long, you might as well observe him for a little longer and I am sure you will have a different judgment."
Instead of being stubborn and having Ochiai follow his instructions, he persuaded Ochiai to observe a little more.
At the Kanto Tournament, although Seidou High School reached the end, it was because the players were outstanding.
It can't be said that Coach Kataoka didn't do anything, but his contribution to the games is not really big.
When they faced a difficult or unexpected situation, they either thought of a solution themselves or overcame it with pure power.
At that time, Kataoka realized his shortcomings, so he asked the school to find a coach with rich experience in Koshien to be an assistant.
Ochiai's experience fully meets Kataoka's requirements.
Therefore, he attached great importance to Ochiai's suggestion.
Nevertheless, attaching importance doesn't mean he will obey Ochiai's words. The style of Seidou High School itself cannot be lost. This is the bottom line.
Therefore, he hopes Ochiai can observe the player through his own will. If he were forcibly to do it, Ochiai would also be dissatisfied.
If Ochiai is dissatisfied it will affect his work …
Then Kataoka deliberately asking the school to invite Ochiai to Seidou will be meaningless.
As the competition draws closer, the players of Seidou High School still have an important mission to accomplish.
That is the final exam.
Players who do not meet the passing scores are not allowed to participate in the competition on behalf of the school according to the school's regulations.
After returning to the past, Sawamura was probably most proud of this exam results.
He has exceeded the passing grade by a lot, and among the players of Seidou, his scores are also among the best.
In fact, most of the players in Seidou High School's first string barely passed the tests, at least they did not have any problem reaching a passing grade.
If you want to be able to reach the passing grade even for Kuramochi level, you can see how low the passing grade of Seidou High School is set.
Nevertheless, even in this case, the accident happened. In the final exam, Furuya had four red marks.
Kataoka, who originally planned to focus on cultivating Satoru, was speechless.
"Right now, your most important task is to study hard."
In order to allow Furuya to represent the school in the summer, Kataoka even suspended some of his training.
Anyway, he is not the main force of the summer competition. The main reason why Kataoka put him in the first string is to hope that he can grow as soon as possible. After the graduation of the third grade, he can cooperate with Sawamura to carry Seidou High School's flag.
Now, Kataoka already had a hunch that after graduating from Seidou High School this year, Seidou High School is likely to transform into a team with pitchers as the core.
Although Seidou High School has always been known for its offensive power before.
However, after this, looks like it will not be the case!
With the constant help of Sawamura and Haruichi, Furuya finally passed the make-up exam.
Among them, Sawamura spent many brain cells.
He was very skeptical about how Furuya passed the general admission test of the Seidou.
"You didn't cheat then, did you?"
Even though he knew it was impossible, Sawamura couldn't help but doubt it.
It's really that Furuya's grades are so bad, it's unimaginable.
"I studied hard for a year!"
Furuya pouted and defended himself.
After one year of studying, you can be admitted to Seidou?
This person is also quite scary in terms of learning capability.
This realization made Sawamura very jealous.
Apart from these trivial matters, Seidou High School is wholeheartedly preparing for the upcoming summer competition.
One week before the start of the summer competition.
Seidou High School's training has normalized, and they are no longer working as hard as before.
The summer competition of West Tokyo, including the upcoming Koshien competition, lasts about a month and a half.
If you want to play to the end, you must play thirteen or fourteen games in such a short period.
In the middle, you have to collect intelligence, hone tactics, etc…
This is a very long and torturous process.
Nevertheless, among them, it contains the dreams of hundreds of thousands of players across Japan.
In the week before the start, the players of Seidou High School have to reserve their physical strength.
Therefore, their training pace slowed down.
At this moment, a strange matter came to Seidou.
At the gate of Seidou High School, a group of people suddenly came.
There are dozens of people in this group.
Some held cameras, some held lampstands, some held microphones, and some held reflectors. …
It is like a crew that is going to make a TV series.
Of course, this crew is relatively small.
Although the crew is small, there is no shortage of everything that should be there.
"What is this for?"
There is also someone on duty at the gate of Seidou.
Seeing that these people wanted to go to the campus, he stopped them immediately.
"Our school doesn't allow… mass filming?"
The person on duty was very nervous. He really didn't understand, why such a group came.
The school did not say that it would hold a press conference.
Besides, even though Seidou High School is the top Giant in the country, it is only a high school after all. No matter what kind of high school they are, there can be no such thing.
Normally, there are only scattered reporters. However, in the days when Seidou just won the championship at the Kanto Tournament, dozens of reporters a day were common.
The person on duty thought that he had seen the big scene.
Nevertheless, he couldn't help being surprised when he saw the scale of the entire crew.
"Hello, this is Seidou High School, right?"
The leader handed a business card to the gatekeeper and then explained his purpose.
"Commercials?"
The guard was directly shocked by this word!
In Japan, an actor or a star studying in high school is not uncommon.
However, such star students usually go to international or special schools. It is difficult for a traditional Famous School like Seidou High School to admit such people.
Moreover, Seidou High School is not willing to admit such people and cause trouble for themselves.
Every school has its educational purpose. As far as the educational purpose of Seidou High School is concerned, it is inappropriate to accept entertainers.
They are not compatible with Seidou High School courses.
Since there are no such entertainers or stars in the school, who are they looking for to shoot commercials?
Moreover, even if there is such an entertainer or star, shouldn't they go to the studio instead? Why is it the opposite?
The more the person on duty thought about it, the more wrong it became, but he couldn't hold back his sincerity, so he had to call the principal's office.
As soon as the call was made, the principal was excited.
The principal dragged his plump body to the school gate like a rolling ball.
"Welcome, welcome! Didn't we already say we would shoot twice a year? We've been waiting for you to come, but we didn't expect to have to wait until now."
"This is something that can't be helped. Sawamura-kun said that he has been busy with training before, and he has finally made time for it recently…"
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T/N: The Second Chapter!