Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 29 The First Official Match

In the week that is about to usher in his first starting game, Takano’s string collapsed tightly, just like Coach Ninomiya often said, it’s nothing to be able to shoot in the bullpen, only during the game A pitcher is considered a good pitcher if he can shoot, so in daily practice, being able to suppress his teammates is nothing. Whether it can be used in games against other teams is the key to measuring whether a pitcher can take on a big responsibility.

Therefore, these few days, Gao Zhiye has pushed himself tightly. He needs a victory to convince the coach and himself.

"Hey——" Lang Zhi, who is considered to be experienced in many battles, saw Gao Zhiye's abnormality, "Don't push yourself too hard, it's just a practice match."

"Tsk, please put your things in your own room!" Gao Zhiye slid the chair over and kicked Lang Zhi's pouting buttocks.

"Hey, hey, are you sneaking up on me? It's immoral!" Lang Zhi got half of his body into the cupboard and stuffed the cardboard box full of comics into the innermost part. When he exited screaming, he could read There was almost a mess around him, all of which belonged to him.

"Hurry up and put my things in order!" Gao Zhiye's long legs were eager to try again, wanting to jump over the obstacle and kick Langzhi again, but Langzhi moved quickly, and he piled up in front of Gao Zhiye Two layers of things to block Gao Zhiye's harassment.

"Hey - don't be so anxious, that, for example, you should lie down on the bed first!"

"..." Gao Zhiye felt that he was much more patient now. If it was before, he would definitely drive this person out. No, he would never agree with Lang Zhi's idea, or he would not let Lang Zhi in at all. .

"You don't want to put all the boxes of things you got out of the storage room with me..."

Gao Zhiye thought about returning home today, and saw Mr. Sasaki lying on the sofa with absent-minded eyes, and the storage room that had not been opened much at home was opened. Because Mr. Sasaki, who was still a bachelor before, would put everything under the dining table when he bought it. When the dining table couldn’t reach his feet, he would pack it up and move it to the small room on the first floor where no one lived.

In this way, Mr. Sasaki, who has been single for many years, stuffed a lot of things by himself. When he met Shen Qing and visited his home, he had no time to clean up due to the image he had when he was not married. Clean and tidy, just put a lot of messy things in it, and then lock the room. As for things that are stuffed in and can’t be found, don’t worry, just buy it again.

Therefore, after Shen Qing got married, she was surprised when she opened the room that had never been opened before, but it was the busiest period when she came to Japan, and the things in this room were simply piled up. When his mother went out, she brought all kinds of things from childhood to adulthood, and put them in this room without opening them. In this way, no one in this family has contributed to that crowded storage room. There is only Takano.

"It's really self-inflicted!" Gao Zhiye read his heartfelt voice in Chinese. If he hadn't asked Langzhi to do the seven tasks, Langzhi would not have suggested tidying up the baby room. If Langzhi hadn't suggested When tidying up the baby's room, adults don't take a day off to clean up. If they didn't clean up, they wouldn't find so many things, and Lang Zhi wouldn't come to his room with a bunch of things to clutter them up.

"Huh? Are you speaking Chinese? What do you mean?" Lang Zhi felt that Gao Zhiye's tone might not be a good word.

"I'm saying, you are such a filial child." Gao Zhiye replied without any sincerity.

"Cut." Lang Zhi didn't continue to ask, he put another box into the back of the cupboard, Takano didn't have anything, even when he came to Japan, he only brought all his clothes and a small change of clothes , It is said that all the things were thrown away by the landlord. Of course, he is not a person who likes shopping, so the cabinets are always empty, which makes Lang Zhi very jealous. He just took this opportunity to occupy Gao Zhiye's cabinets.

In terms of weight, there must be books in two boxes. Gao Zhiye thought that the next box would be something else, but it turned out to be a box of books as Lang Zhi struggled.

"Is this box a comic again?"

Lang Zhi looked in through the gap of the tape, "No, it's a textbook."

"Huh? Primary school textbooks?"

"Hi!" Lang Zhi replied very stiffly: "I have never thrown away all the textbooks I have been handed out since I was a child."

"Oh, what a strange habit."

"What's so strange, many people will keep it." Lang Zhi said duplicity, and he put these things in Gao Zhiye's room with a little thought of hiding them, "You are strange, why do you keep these things? so little."

"That's because you haven't moved yet. When you start moving, you will have to choose to throw away some things. If you move a lot, you will buy fewer and fewer things and throw away more and more things." , naturally there is nothing left.”

"I don't like moving house either, but for me, I still carry what I should bring." As he spoke, he took out the brochure of his same class when he was in elementary school from an open box, and began to flip through it , without reading two pages, he closed it under Gao Zhiye's threatening eyes.

"I see, my things are stuffed in the bottom, and your things are still in place." Lang Zhi drawled his voice, working swiftly with his hands.

Gao Zhiye looked at the book by himself, and didn't care anymore.

Lang Zhi finished everything in a rattling manner, and before leaving, he suddenly thought of something, covered most of his body with the door panel, only stuck his head out, and said arrogantly: "By the way, let me tell you, don't force yourself Too tight, no one sees you as an ace pitcher anyway..."

The following words were covered by the sound of the door slamming shut, because as soon as Lang Zhi saw Gao Zhiye standing up, he rushed back to his room and locked the door.

Gao Zhiye stood up and moved around, then sat down again, not looking for Langzhi.

Not to mention, after such a long period of interruption by Lang Zhi, Gao Zhiye's thoughts have long been scattered everywhere, and he no longer thinks about the first game. After all, it is like Lang Zhi said, and now no one Treat him as a real ace pitcher, and he doesn't have to hold the mentality that an ace pitcher can't lose. From now on, every game, just add a brick to his ace road.

Soon, the first game came. On Saturday afternoon, at the outdoor court of the Kinoshita Club, Takano entered the bench for the first time in an official capacity.

I don't know if it's the benevolence of the coach. Gao Zhiye stood on the mound in the first inning and looked back. Between the second and third bases was Sasaki Langzhi. Did he think that I could play the game with more peace of mind? This The old man was as sharp as ever.

Lang Zhi didn't know Gao Zhiye's mood. He was a little nervous after being sized up like this. If he missed the ball, would he be retaliated by Gao Zhiye in the future, or would he choose to stand by and watch when he could help him cover.

"Huh—" Lang Zhi let out a breath.

Yoshino, who was on second base, noticed the abnormality of the shortstop next to him, and shook his fist silently in Langzhi's peripheral vision. Langzhi received it and responded. When I started to cooperate with Langzhi, I couldn't talk about tacit understanding.

On the pitcher's mound, Takano had already warmed up, and a strange hitter was sizing him up at home plate, but Takano didn't care, nodded to Hayakawa's signal, and threw the inside corner.

In the first bat, facing the unfamiliar ace of the Kinoshita Little League, he had no information at all and did not understand the rhythm of pitching. In this case, he could only perform the task of the coach-watching a few more pitches.

So Akira Hayakawa was completely rude, two strikes in a row, and the last corner kick that touched the sideline. The hitter thought he would be called a bad ball, but he was struck out standing up.

He didn't dare to delay the first shot, so he hurried back to the bench and said to the gray-haired coach, "Coach, it's all straight balls, and the ball is well controlled. Any ball that rubs against the outside corner is judged to be a strike."

The coach of the Jiyong Little League nodded. They had to collect enough information in the first inning. His task for the batters in front was to watch a few more balls. It was a bit risky, so he gave the hitter in the strike zone a signal, asking him to regard any ambiguous ball as a strike, and hit it as he should.

The second bat touched the brim of his hat, and he did the hitting again. Since the coach said so, let's focus on finding a good ball to hit.

Hayakawa sized up the hitter, and quickly gave a signal: the outside corner is low. This hitter is not tall and his wingspan is not wide. It will be difficult for him to hit with a low outside corner.

Sure enough, the ball was thrown, and the second bat hit a high fly near second base. Lang Zhi and Yoshino crowded together to wait for the ball to fall, but when they gave way to each other, they let the ball fall through the glove.

Seeing that the ball that must be caught turned into a hit, Gao Zhiye couldn't help but cross his waist, but instantly thought of the "normal heart" brainwashed by Senior Nozawa, and quickly put his hand down. When he looked over for a while, he said in a flat tone: "It's all right."

Lang Zhi didn't respond, just pressed down the brim of his hat, and Gao Zhiye didn't wait for him to respond, the third bat had already reached the strike zone.

One out and one man on first base.

The outer corner was still low, and Hayakawa's glove was in the place where it would be a bad ball. Sure enough, when Takano pitched the third bat, he put out a short bat, and the ball hit the ground in front of the mound. Takano The wild handled it quickly. When he got the ball, he heard Langzhi's shout behind him. Without hesitation, he turned around and threw it to the second base. Langzhi caught the ball and stepped on the base, and quickly passed it to the first base. It started with a mistake and ended with Lang Zhi's double kill.

In the second half of the inning, Yoshinaga's pitcher started the game with a changeup. Kinoshita's first hit was second baseman Yoshino.

The second hit was Ohno in the middle field. The inside corner of the first half of the ball with a speed of 130 was followed by a change ball. The second hit was obviously waiting for the straight ball. Pass to first base for a stab.

In just a few balls, he was already out twice, and Gao Zhiye only took two sips of water.

The third bat was first baseman Nakajima. The first pitch ball was badly thrown to the outside corner, followed by a straight ball from the inside corner.

Gao Zhiye glanced at the paper cup in his hand, there was still a little water left in the cup, and his side was already up and down. Although it was 0-0, the momentum of the start had already reached Ji Yong's side .

　My speed has stabilized now, about 2 and a half hours, 3000 words

　　
　
(End of this chapter)