King's Green Road

Chapter 54 Part54 Pharmacist Battle ([-])
"It doesn't matter, we still have the advantage now, as long as we can finish off one hitter, we can end the round of defense, Ah Xian, you have to hold your breath, that ball was just an accident."

Miyuki spoke first and broke the silence.

"Hehe, yes!"

Kenshi Kawakami pulled a smile slightly stiffly, completely losing the look and state he had when he first played.

Seeing Kawakami's state, Miyuki narrowed his eyes slightly, and his heart sank again and again, it was really the worst situation.

The friends around him also realized that Kawakami, who was completely offline at the moment, had been struck deep in his soul by the blow from Honglei City, so they all spoke to comfort him, but Kawakami, who was completely immersed in his own world, was completely at the moment. I didn't appreciate the kindness of my friends.

"It seems that Qingdao is in trouble this time. The pitcher who followed the pitch was completely defeated by Honglei City's swing!" Captain Takahiro Ohmae, who was watching the game with the city's ace Shinaka, saw the scene The situation on the road is also a sweat for Qing Dao.

"Yes, I was defeated because of this at the beginning..."

City King Manaka looked faintly at the pharmacist's rest area.

"If we change pitchers, we will only be left with the ace Tanba and the first-year left-hander. There are still six innings left. If this pitcher can't make it through, there must be some hidden danger that Danbo won't be able to play. Trouble. .”

Several other City University players watching the match were also talking about it.

"Yes, maybe Qingdao will also overturn."

"Probably."

. . . . . . . . .

"What to do, what to do... Kawakami was kicked out as soon as he played." Director Ota, who was in the rest area of ​​Qingdao on the side of third base, also turned around anxiously when he saw the result, and turned his head to look at the stool sitting on the bench. Tanba, is it really necessary to let Tanba play?

"Supervisor, isn't it..." Minister Ota stepped forward and asked cautiously if he was going to change the cast next.

"Danbo, you are ready to play in the next game."

He casually glanced at Tanba who was sitting behind, and said his arrangement decision.

"Uh... yes!!"

Although Danbo was stunned for a moment, he got up and went to the bullpen to warm up and prepare
After Supervisor Kataoka arranged the rest area, he stepped outside the rest area, yelled towards the court, and made a few signal signals.

"Miyuki!"

The crowd gathered on the pitcher's mound also heard the shout of their supervisor at this moment, and they all turned their heads to look over.

Kawakami was even more shocked by this voice, because he was the one who caused this situation. He failed his supervisor's expectations and was hit by the opponent as soon as he came on stage.

Miyuki looked at his supervisor's hand gesture, understood his supervisor's plan, and pinched his hat to indicate that he understood.

"Ah Xian, the supervisor has no plans to replace you now, no matter what, this round must end with you, understand?" At this time, Miyuki looked seriously at Kenshi Kawakami, who was obviously not in a state yet. .

"You don't want to continue to disappoint the supervisor, do you! Cheer up!"

After he finished speaking, he patted Kawakami on the shoulder, and the timeout was almost up, and at the same time, he signaled his friends to go back and continue to defend and start the game.

Kenshi Kawakami, who lowered his head, trembled when Miyuki patted his shoulder, and squeezed the baseball in his hand.

Before Eijun returned to the outfield, he looked at Kawakami-senpai and sighed. There is really no way to overcome this weakness of character. At the beginning, Dong-kai selected Senior Kawakami to practice pitching to train him, but it also had little effect.

"Second bat, left fielder, Akiba!!"

At this time, everyone in Qingdao, who had returned to their defensive positions, also ushered in the follow-up attack from the pharmacist.

The second best pharmacist, Qiu Ye, is also pharmacist's current center hitter. In the previous pharmacist's game, he also scored three points and three hits. It is much simpler than the previous Honglei City.

but. . .Yuxing came here first to look at the mound. Ah Xian, who is still looking out of his mind, really feels his head hurts even more. How can such Ah Xian finish the game? It is really not easy for him.

Then let's not confront each other head-on, and punched the glove. After attracting the attention of the pitcher Okami Kawakami, Miyuki put the glove to the outer corner.

At this time, Kawakami also wanted to cheer up, trying to block the bad memory in his mind.He kept implying that he had only lost two points. Once he got through, the supervisor still believed in him.

You must bounce back after such a blow, and the most important thing is to solve this hitter and win this game.

"call out!"

A white light burst from the mound, heading straight for home plate.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

how so? !Kawakami glanced at his right hand in disbelief. He actually mishandled the ball. Obviously he had tried his best to calm himself down and throw the ball well.

"Don't worry about it, just take your time and throw the ball."

Miyuki got up and passed the ball in the glove back to Kawakami, and comforted Kawakami by the way. Now Axian can't stand the attack of his poisonous words, so he can only use the soft strategy. He is really too difficult.

The previous shock still couldn't be resolved at this moment, and even possession of the ball made such a fatal mistake at this time, Miyuki looked at his supervisor again, indicating that it is best to change at this time.

However, Supervisor Kataoka did reject Miyuki's proposal at this time, and still insisted on his decision, and will only change players in the next round, and let Kawakami vote for this round.

Regarding this, Yu Xing could only sigh. He really didn't feel very good about Ah Xian's state. Although they were the ones who were leading, but facing the powerful pharmacists, the bigger the difference, the better. If they continued to lose points, Not good.

His own supervision is sometimes cruel and harsh, and sometimes has a different kind of gentleness and warmth. I guess I still want to see Kawakami can show a good performance in the face of such a powerful lineup as the pharmacist.

He could only try his best to help Ah Xian finish the game smoothly.

It's a pity that the situation is indeed collapsing a little bit. . .

"call out!"

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!!!"

. . . . . . .

"Bad ball!!"

"Four balls, walk to base!"

"Ah, one by one, at this time, four bad guys are actually recommended!"

"Could it be that Qingdao is about to follow in the footsteps of the listed juniors!"

"My God, what happened!"

"Brother Feng, what's going on here!" Akiko Owada was really surprised by this development. He would walk in this situation. Is it the pitcher's own behavior or the decision of the Qingdao supervisor.

"It seems that Qingdao is also in crisis. It should be the beginning of the pitcher's self-destruction." Fujio can still see that Qingdou has never been the kind of team that avoids hitters. "Next, except for Kawakami on the field, There are only two pitchers left in Seido—Ace Tanba and a lefty first-year pitcher.”

"Ah Yiyi, isn't Qingdao dangerous?!" Yamato Akiko couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard the senior's explanation.

Fujio just nodded solemnly in agreement.

"Supervisor, Kawakami actually hit four balls, do you want to change Tamba..." At this time, Director Ota couldn't help but suggested to Supervisor Kataoka to change the ball immediately.

"No matter what the result is, Kawakami must finish the round."

Director Kataoka coldly rejected Minister Ota's proposal, and just watched his own players fighting on the court.

Many players in the rest area and Minister Ota were very puzzled. Why didn't they switch pitches? They still had a choice. If they kept Kawakami on the mound, it seemed likely that they would continue to lose points.

Compared to most of the people in the rest area who don't understand the intention of Supervisor Kataoka, Chris really understands the intention of his own supervisor, and wants to train Kawakami more, because later they will meet a team that is similar to or even stronger than Pharmacist. .

"Third batter, first baseman, Mishima!!"

After the four bads walked the second-battered Akiba, it ushered in the third center hitter of Pharmacist.

Aberdeen Mishima, send this pitcher one last ride.

As long as we destroy their follow-up investment strategy, the momentum will gradually turn to our side.

After Mishima stepped onto the strike zone, he looked at the pitcher on the mound with a bad face, remembered what his supervisor said just now, clenched the bat in his hand, and looked at Kawakami sinisterly.

Kawakami was panting non-stop at the moment, he was so tired that he hadn't even finished a game.

After seeing Miyuki's signal, he adjusted his breathing and made a coherent sideways throwing motion.

"call out!"

"Chong!"

"The outside world!"

Mishima didn't hit the ball well and went out of bounds at third base.

Kawakami on the mound also breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his face, and was about to start the second pitch.

Ah Xian, yes, the next ball is a low ball from the inside corner.

Miyuki also heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the possession of the ball had recovered a little bit, but fortunately, it hadn't really collapsed to the end.

Well one by one, Miyuki narrowed his eyes, and saw Yakushi's second batter Akiba who was sneaking around and not staying at first base, got up ready to start stealing bases.It seems that he really doesn't have a long memory, and he moved his right hand slightly to signal Kawakami to throw a pinch ball at first base.

Kawakami nodded, and was about to make a throwing motion when he saw Miyuki's motion to hold him back.

Without hesitation, he turned and threw the baseball towards Yuuki, who was on the first base.

"Safety!"

Akiba, who was about to get up to steal the base, changed his expression the moment the pitcher turned around. When Yuuki got the ball and turned around to tag himself, he jumped back to the bag of first base one step ahead of time.

Fortunately, Miyuki reminded himself, otherwise the runner would have been on second base.

Because of Yakushi's steal this time, Kawakami's attention was inevitably distracted a bit. Although Miyuki at home plate was watching, it was impossible for Kawakami not to care about the guy who was eagerly trying to steal a base on first base. .

"Don't worry about it, Xian! Leave the runner to me, and you can just concentrate on dealing with the hitter." Miyuki still gestured to Xian who was overly attracted.

The next ball is still the same ball as before.

"call out!"

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!!!"

Very good, this is two strikes, and it seems that the hitter can be easily dealt with.

Ah Xian, throw the decisive shot and win the round here.

Kawakami pursed his lips tightly, nodded to show that he understood, and once again put all his will on this goal.

"call out!"

Here comes the pitcher's game-winning pitch.

"Shh!"

At this time, Mishima's eyes lit up, he raised his leg and stepped forward, and swung the bat in his hand fiercely.

"Chong!"

White light burst from home plate, echoed the pale face on the mound, and flew toward the outfield sky.

"Center, right field!!!"

At this moment, Yu Xing really couldn't hold back any longer, the ball must not go out, or the blow would be too great, he could fully imagine that Ah Xian's cowardly character was simply unacceptable.

"Are you kidding, Baizhou must stop it, and I will support you from behind."

Jun Isashiki couldn't help being furious at this moment, commanding Hakushu, who was closer to the speeding baseball route than himself, and ran towards that side with all his strength.

"boom!"

"Snapped!!!"

But fortunately, although the ball was not blocked immediately, the ball did not go out. It hit the railing of the right field in the middle of the field, and then bounced and fell to the ground of the field. The first drop was caught.

At this moment, he knew that this was a far-reaching hit. Yakushi, who was on first base, had already passed third base, so he could only grit his teeth and pass the ball to Ryosuke Kominato at second base, preventing Mishima who was about to approach second base. .

"Safe on base!"

"Snapped!"

"Safety!"

"Damn it, it still allowed them to hit base."

Everyone in Qingdao who was guarding the scene had a rather ugly face.

A far-reaching hit from center right field by Yakushi's third bat, Mishima, made Yakushi break again, and he even made a thrilling second base under such a strong defense by Qingdao.

The electronic scoreboard also displays Yaoshi's score in a timely manner. Currently, Yaoshi is 3:5 to Qingdao.

"amazing!!!"

"Pharmacist Yiyi! Pharmacist Yiyi!!!"

At this moment, unprecedented loud cheers erupted on the court, and the agitated sound echoed in the sky above the court. At this moment, it seemed that all the audience had become loyal supporters of Pharmacist.

Kawakami on the pitcher's mound even bowed his waist and lowered his head amid such cheers. His right hand holding the brim of his hat was trembling slightly. He was really completely defeated this time.

He was afraid of seeing everyone's disappointed eyes, and he was even more afraid of seeing the harshness of the supervisor. He didn't even finish the round and almost lost the points scored by his teammates. He was really useless.

Yuxing looked at the depressed Ah Xian on the mound at this moment, and it seemed that there was nothing he could do.

Turning to look at Supervisor Kataoka in the rest area, this time the supervisor did not refute his opinion again, and nodded in agreement.

"pause!"

"We're going to change the pitcher." Miyuki signaled to the head referee, made the first forced decision of the game, and changed the players on the field again.

"Now change the players on the field, No. 10 Chuan on the eighth pole, No. 1 Tanba on the field, No. 1 Tanba on the eighth pole!!!"

"Qingdao has changed pitchers again, it's their trump card."

"Really!"

"It seems that the previous pitcher is no longer good."

"Qing Dao is fine, but he was forced into this state. Pharmacist seems to be really strong."

The words on the radio heard in the auditorium were also whispered, very lively.

"Koichiro..." Manaka Yasuto from above the auditorium on the third base side looked at his friend who had finally entered the field, and couldn't help being worried, hoping that Seidou would not really embark on their road of no return.

"If Qingdao, who played as the ace, can't block the aura of Pharmacist's line-up, Qingdao can really be said to be doomed, and it might be." Fujio saw that Qingdao was really forced by Pharmacist before even one round. After changing the pitcher, I was full of emotion.

"Brother Feng, do you think that Qingdao's trump card can block the current lineup of Pharmacist?"

At this time, Owada Akiko was also slow to perceive the bad atmosphere on the field.

"It's hard to say, let's continue to watch the game. No matter who wins in the end, this game will be a very exciting and worthy event."

"Yes!!"

At this time on the field, Danbo also stepped onto the mound under the attention of everyone.

Facing Tanba-senpai who was handing over, Kawakami just handed him the ball silently, and when he walked by, he said softly, "I'm sorry, Tanba-senpai, for leaving such a bad situation to you."

When Kawakami, who was depressed, walked to the rest area, he saw Supervisor Kataoka opposite him.

"I'm sorry, supervisor..." Kawakami lowered his head, not daring to meet his supervisor's eyes at all.

"This is your inadequacy, which has affected you until now. I hope you can overcome it next time, regain your spirits and move on. You can perform better in the following games. Now look at your teammates on the field performance."

Supervisor Kataoka is disappointed with Kawakami's performance, but what needs to be given to Kawakami most at this time is not harsh words, but words and deeds that motivate him to move forward.

At this time, Kawakami could no longer hold back the tears in his eyes, and they fell drop by drop, and supervised him unexpectedly. . . .What I thought was a reprimand turned out to be. . . . .

I'm really angry at myself for being so cowardly, next time. .He won't make such a sad exit next time.

After reviving his emotions, he looked at the matchup on the court that was about to start.

(End of this chapter)