Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 108 Stifling Defense

"Top of the first inning, Seidou High School is on offense, the first batter, shortstop, is Kuramochi-san."

"Kuramochi! Kuramochi!"

"On base! On base!"

The cheerleading team of Seidou High School cannot be idle from the beginning of the game.

They will try their best to let Kuramochi hear the voices cheering for him so that he can be in a better mood.

Not to mention letting him hear the cheers, at least to drown out the cheers for Daocheng Industrial and the boos from their cheerleading team.

Everything is done to allow Kuramochi to attack in the best condition.

"Come on, Kuramochi-senpai!"

Zhou Hui stood in the lounge and shouted.

This scene made Kuramochi turn around in surprise.

Is this really Zhou Hui?
Zhou Hui has always been a cool person and seldom cheers so loudly.

It seems that he changed his personality for Koshien too!

In order to enter Koshien, you should have this positive energy!

The cool and aloof personality is just to deceive young girls; being crazy is the side you show in front of your good friends.

"kick off!"

The bald referee raised his right hand and the game began!
Now that the competition has just begun, the atmosphere in Daocheng Industrial is relatively harmonious, and there will be no flaws in the cooperation between Harada and Narimiya Ming.

Harada only needs to assist him with the ball and is not afraid of him shaking his head.

First ball: a straight ball slightly below the center.

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

In the first ball, Cheng Gong Ming fired at full speed and the speed of the ball may have reached 140+.

For a high school student, shooting 140+ right from the start requires a lot of physical strength.

Many pitchers are accustomed to controlling the ball speed at around 130km at the beginning, but Cheng Gongming is not like that.

Harada didn't have too many requirements for this.

Otherwise, Cheng Gongming would not act so recklessly.

“The ball is moving very fast.”

"The ball speed should be around 140 kilometers per hour."

"Compared to last year's Koshien, Narimiya has made a lot of progress."

"He's only in his second year. Won't he be the top pitcher in West Tokyo in the future?"

"You never know. If Seidou's Furuya can master ball control, Narimiya's position will be in jeopardy."

"That's true."

"Aren't you shocked by the speed of the ball?"

Harada's plan was shattered in an instant.

His original idea was to rely on Cheng Gong Ming's fast pitch speed to give Qingdao High School a warning and disrupt their rhythm.

But who would have thought that they were unmoved by Cheng Gongming's ball speed.

"It's funny. Furuya's ball speed is much faster than yours."

After getting used to watching Akira Fōgani’s ball, the students of Qingdao High School were able to quickly adapt to watching Narimiya Mei’s ball.

"In that case, let's see if you can make a move, Hongzhong."

For the second ball, Harada boldly hit the red ball.

The batter was Kuramochi, and the red ball was not a big threat to them.

Daocheng Industrial doesn't take Kuramochi's long-term ability seriously at all.

"Whoosh!"

"very good."

After seeing the baseball position, Harada laughed.

It was almost exactly the same location as he had imagined.

This way it depends on whether you swing the bat or not!

"Ping!"

Yes, Kuramochi really couldn't resist the temptation and made a short attack.

The short bat was raised almost at the same time as the baseball came over, and Daocheng Industrial's third baseman Hideaki Yoshizawa hadn't even moved at that time.

"no!"

The moment the baseball landed, Yoshizawa moved towards the baseball.

No matter what, he can't get on base.

If he gets on base, it will be difficult!
"Snapped!"

The baseball and Kuramochi arrived almost at the same time, and the umpire didn't know how to judge whether it was an out or a safe one.

The moment Riku Yamaoka received the ball, it was right in front of the referee.

Referees also need to think.

Without VR equipment for replay, the referee simply cannot make a quick judgment using only the naked eye.

But baseball umpires don't have time to think too long and need to make judgments immediately.

Whether it was the home plate umpire or the first base umpire. "Out!"

Finally, the referee clenched his fist, waved it down, and announced the out.

The number of outs given is really ambiguous, and in fact, no one would say anything if it was a safe baserunner.

"What bad luck."

Kuramochi walked away with a resentful look on his face.

"The second batter, second baseman, is Ryosuke Kominato."

"nice shot!"

"nice shot!"

After Ryosuke entered the batter's box, almost all pitchers had only one thought in their minds.

That is to earn good goals quickly and not give him any chances.

“It seems Daocheng has done some special homework.”

Miyuki said calmly.

Whether it is the reaction to Kuramochi or the tactics against Ryosuke, it can be proved that they are absolutely prepared for Seidou High School.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

"Still not swinging?"

This bad ball was obviously not that obvious, and was even close to the good ball zone, but Ryosuke remained indifferent.

They choose the eye of the ball, it seems, just like the referee.

"Then let's make a quick decision."

As he spoke, Harada gave the code for a straight shot.

"Go to hell!"

Cheng Gongmei cursed and the baseball flew out of his hand.

There is no need to be polite to a "dog-skin plaster" fighter like Ryosuke.

"Qiang!"

Ryosuke finally swung the bat, and the baseball flew out of bounds behind Harada just as he had expected.

He was ready to hit the next ball, but Harada stood up and threw his helmet next to the batter's box.

"Snapped!"

At the last moment, Harada caught the falling baseball.

"Out!"

A close call!
Another out.

Daocheng Industry started with full firepower from the beginning, unwilling to give up any opportunity that might get an elimination.

Daocheng Industry's desire for Koshien has reached its peak.

"Well done, Captain Harada!"

"Keep going!"

"Just one out!"

"Third batter, first baseman, Yuuki-san."

"Yuki is already the third batter? Who is their fourth batter?"

Harada was confused.

Although he knew about Zhou Hui's existence, he still couldn't believe that Yuki was demoted to the third place.

"No matter what the order of attack is, as long as we take them all down, it will be fine."

There was no expression on Cheng Gongming's face. He was now just a "machine" that could play games.

The "wild pitching" that happened last summer must not be allowed to happen again this year.

"Whoosh!"

After a good and a bad throw, a slider was thrown to the outside corner.

But Yuki failed to predict this change and regretted it after swinging the bat.

"Qiang!"

He didn't hit the center of the ball, but he still used his superb hitting skills to swing the ball to an ideal position.

"It's going to go through!"

The students of Qingdao High School were all very excited.

"Snapped!"

A white figure rushed out and Baihe caught the flying baseball.

"Out! Three outs! Attack and defense switch!"

"Well done Shirakawa!"

"As expected of you!"

"Daocheng's defense is so suffocating!"

Yuki swallowed and smiled bitterly.

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(End of this chapter)