Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 257 Group of Death
Arriving at the entrance of the hotel where the draw ceremony was to take place, Zhou Hui straightened his clothes.

"It's coming, the lottery ceremony."

Zhou Hui walked straight in.

This hotel, located in the most luxurious city center of Tokyo, is also the first five-star hotel in Tokyo.

It plays a pioneering role in the prosperous development of Tokyo's tourism industry.

It can be said that it is a great honor for them to hold the draw ceremony for the autumn competition here.

This place witnessed the rise and fall of the Tokyo area.

This is enough to show the significance of baseball to Tokyo, and the Tokyo government still strongly supports it.

Especially this time, the Koshien champion is Seidou High School from West Tokyo, and they have made further efforts to develop the status of baseball in West Tokyo.

"Student Zhou Hui, right?"

As soon as Zhou Hui entered the hotel gate, the receptionist recognized him at a glance.

Zhou Hui is so recognizable.

In West Tokyo, there is almost no one who doesn't know him.

"Yes."

Zhou Hui nodded.

"Come with me."

The receptionist took Zhou Hui to the hotel lobby, which was decorated with baseball elements and there was a small sign above each table.

The names of the schools are written on the small signs.

The table of Qingdao High School was placed in the center of the lobby.

He is the Koshien champion, so he deserves this honor.

There weren't so many tables here before, they were all prepared for the draw ceremony for the autumn competition.

"Mr. Zhou Hui, your position is here."

"Okay, please."

Zhou Hui sat on the chair very straight, not crooked at all.

This is in stark contrast to the representative students around him.

There was not a single student who came to participate in the lottery without crossing his legs.

"This guy must be Zhou Hui."

"Today I finally got to see the real person."

"Is that Zhou Hui who had a 100% batting average in Koshien?"

"This physique really lives up to his statistics."

"that is."

"But I never expected that the new captain of Qingdao High School would be a boy who is just about to enter the second grade."

People around were talking about it, and they were also very curious about Zhou Hui's arrival.

But those who were discussing this were all captains from unknown schools.

Apart from them, many teams present have the potential to compete with Seidou High School, so there is no need to discuss it at all.

Zhou Hui ignored them and instead looked towards other places in the lobby to see if there were any acquaintances he knew.

It has always been Zhou Hui’s habit to look for people he knows when he comes to a completely new environment.

Of course, he did not visit other schools, but focused on visiting those famous schools.

Zhou Hui didn't know until he looked, and he felt very embarrassed.

He is the last captain to arrive among the top teams in these two regions.

This can't help but make people think about it.

You just won the Koshien championship and now you’re acting like a big shot?

This kind of captain is really ridiculous!
This time the player from the city's senior high school was their new ace pitcher, Tian Jiu Guang Sheng.

"This guy is actually the new captain of the city's third high school."

After seeing Tian Jiu, the corners of Zhou Hui's mouth began to twitch.

He was very clear about Tianjiu's attitude.

I didn't expect that such a person would become the new leader of the city's third high school after Ohzen's retirement.

The next thing he paid attention to was Daocheng Industry.

Even though Harada had retired, Zhou Hui still did not dare to underestimate the strength of Daocheng Industry. It was because of the presence of Yamaoka Lu, Kamiya and Cheng Gongming that they did not dare to underestimate Daocheng Industry.

Especially Cheng Gong Ming.

The title of the best pitcher in West Tokyo is not a lie.

Cheng Gongming is one of the few people who has struck out Zhou Hui, and he should not be underestimated.

But this time, it was not Cheng Gongming who came from Daocheng Industrial.

It was their new starting catcher, a little fat guy.

Kento Fukui!

This is also a very normal thing.

He believed that coach Kunitomo would not choose Cheng Gongming, who had not grown up and had a childish temper, to be the new leader of the team.

Nothing else.

The one who came from Teito High School was Kengo Inui, and the one who came from Yakushi High School was Sanada...

Among this group of people, Zhou Hui is actually interested in Qian Xiangang.

After all, Mukai Taiyo caused Zhou Hui a lot of trouble when he was a youth baseball player.

It was also within his expectation that Qian Xiangang would become the new captain of Didong High School.

During the Koshien period, Kengo Inui had the potential to become a captain, and it was obvious to him.

Before Zhou Hui could think more, the hostess came up.

"Hey Hey hey."

After testing her voice in front of the microphone, the hostess showed her signature smile.

"Thank you all for coming to the draw ceremony for the Tokyo Regional Autumn Competition. Without further ado, let's begin today's draw ceremony."

After that, a medium-sized cardboard box appeared on the field.

The battle schedule also appeared on the large screen at the back.

"Inside this cardboard box are dozens of baseballs. Your region and number will be written on the baseballs. The grouping for the autumn competition will be based on this."

After a brief introduction to the rules, the drawing ceremony began.

Before starting, Zhou Hui noticed that many captains were praying.

But they are all teams with weaker strength.

A wealthy family like Daocheng Industrial just sits there quietly.

The first person to come on stage to draw lots was Zhou Hui.

Zhou Hui walked up directly before he even had time to sit down.

As the Koshien champion, Seidou High School has the status to draw lots first.

After greeting the hostess, Zhou Hui put his hand into the cardboard box.

Based on his feeling, he took out a baseball.

"Left, 7."

Zhou Hui read out the words above.

Then, on the big screen, the name of Qingdao High School was displayed at position 7 in the left half.

"Qingdao High School is in the left half, right?"

"As long as you don't get picked to the left half, it's fine!"

……

"This draw ceremony is now over. Captains may leave now."

After the draw ceremony, Zhou Hui did not leave, but stared at the match schedule with wide eyes.

Their first round opponent is the champion of East Tokyo in summer, Teito High School!
If nothing goes wrong, we will face Daocheng Industry in the third round.

Next up is the winner of Wanggu High School, Xianquan High School and Chengkong Academy.

The left half can be said to be the group of death!
Almost all of the strongest representative teams from West Tokyo and East Tokyo are gathered in this half.

Compared with the left half, the right half is very harmonious.

The strong ones in this half of the area are the third high school of the city university, Pharmacist High School, and Mingchuan Academy.

There is no feeling of being a death group in the left half at all!

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(End of this chapter)