After the first round match with Teikyo Junior & Senior High School ended, the members of Waseda Jitsugyo returned to Shuiming Manor. After some post-match relaxation stretching, the entire team, led by Coach Izumi Minoru, watched the second half of the game between Hanamaki East and Yamanashi Gakuin.
Since the time Ohtani Shohei came onto the field, Hanamaki East's morale had indeed been renewed: with an ace pitcher in the lineup, the enormous defensive pressure of the earlier innings suddenly eased — in this era, having an ace with a speed over 150 kilometers per hour is indeed quite a luxury. Yamanashi Gakuin, which swept through the prefecture tournament, was completely silenced before Ohtani Shohei, only managing to score 1 point in the latter half of the match.
After dinner, Lin Guanglai returned to his room alone.
