Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 114 Desire
"Did you successfully defend this round as well?"

Fujio looked at the situation on the field and said calmly.

He is just a reporter, he doesn't have a home team. The purpose of watching the game is to interview and get some big news from the interviews, that's it.

"Daocheng's swing in this inning was so random that people couldn't tell what ball they were aiming for."

Fujio didn't say anything, his eyes seemed to see through everything.

"How's it going? Is your pitching going well?"

Danbo nodded.

He was in good shape and didn't lose any points in two innings. After the first two innings, Danbo might have gotten hot.

"That's good."

Yukichi smiled and didn't mention the tactics of the follow-up shot.

"What are you waiting for? Aren't you ready to go on stage?"

Director Kataoka turned around and saw Tamba taking off his gloves and preparing to put on a towel, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Ok?"

This time it was Danbo's turn to be confused.

"You continue to play. This time your task is not just two innings."

After saying this, Director Kataoka continued to look at the venue.

Danbo smiled instantly.

He always thought that letting the ace pitcher pitch two innings was not a good idea, and now he finally has the opportunity to continue pitching.

"Top of the third inning, Seidou High School is on offense, the ninth batter, the pitcher, is Tamba-san."

"Hasn't he been replaced yet?"

It was completely different from the previous game, and Harada's head was a little confused, but fortunately he had seen a lot of storms and adjusted himself immediately.

"It's just letting him pitch one more inning, nothing big."

"Tamba's batting ability is just that. He is definitely not strong among pitchers, at least compared to Ming. So the first pitch was..."

Harada placed his gloves high up and motioned for a dropkick.

Narimiya Mei's ball cannot float as high as Fōgiya Akira's, and it is not that easy to trick the batter into swinging.

The hitter was Tamba.

Danbo focused most of his energy on pitching, and his hitting was only so-so.

He probably wouldn't be able to see a bad ball that wasn't particularly obvious.

Even if you can see it, a bad ball won't help, you can just throw it back later.

He had great confidence in Cheng Gongming's ball handling ability.

"Whoosh!"

The white ball flew very fast, like a super laser beam, and Harada was waiting for the baseball with a glove.

"Snapped!"

Harada caught the ball in his glove.

"nice shot!"

In front of Harada's eyes, Tamba swung the bat and the bad ball turned into a good one.

“It worked.”

Harada's guess turned out to be correct. He really couldn't tell the difference between this kind of obviously bad ball and the one he was trying to hit.

"How did you think you were going to swing for this ball?"

Ryosuke was gritting his teeth as he watched in the lounge.

His excellent eye for ball selection allowed him to tell the quality of the ball at first glance. When he saw the movement of Danbo's hands, beads of sweat immediately fell from his forehead.

"As expected of you, I can tell at first glance."

Miyuki looked at Ryosuke with a smile.

In terms of IQ, Miyuki is definitely smarter than Ryosuke.

But when it comes to choosing the eye of the ball, he is definitely inferior.

"Very good, continue in the same position."

Harada didn't dare to take too many risks by matching other balls.

One fresh trick, eaten all over the world!

"Whoosh!"

“This position again!”

Danbo saw the location of the baseball and feared that this was another "trap".

You never know when the baseball will fall.

The fork ball is also one of Cheng Gong Ming's regular ball types, but it has not been used in this game.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

Danbo's swing was outrageous, as if he was deliberately predicting it.

But the baseball did not fall as he thought, it remained in the same position.

"If my thoughts are so easy for you to guess, how did I get to this position?"

Harada did not change his tactics and still placed his gloves in a slightly higher position. Cheng Gongming became more and more confident as he threw more and more.

This trick can really make Danbo run around in circles.

"Whoosh!"

Like the flash of swords, a small white ball flew out.

If Tamba wanted to hit the first two times, this time he was forced to do so.

This time you have to swing the bat.

"Qiang!"

Same position, same bad ball, the difference is that this time Danbo knocked it out.

"Well done!"

The baseball went through the second base and rolled into center field.

Single hit!
"Pretty Tanba-senpai!"

“This goal is so cool!”

Danbo, who is not good at batting, actually hit a single!
At this time, Seidou High School's desire to enter Koshien has reached its peak.

"First batter, shortstop, Kuramochi-san."

"Hip-hop."

The baton was back, and it was Kuramochi's turn again.

In the third game, Seidou High School still wanted to continue scoring.

The more runs they score, the less pressure there is on the pitchers.

Among the batters of Qingdao High School, few have "big hearts" and almost all of them have "glass hearts".

Maybe this is a common problem among pitchers.

"Whoosh!"

The white ball rushed into the strike zone and then went straight down.

"Forkball, I've finally been waiting for this."

Kuramochi was aiming for the fork ball from the beginning, but who knew that Cheng Gongming would never shoot.

Now, it's finally here.

"Qiang!"

The baseball was picked up, and Yamaoka Lu jumped desperately, but he didn't even touch a strand of the baseball.

Another single.

After Tamba advanced one base, Kuramochi took over and reached first base.

No one out, one and two bases occupied.

"awesome!"

“That puts us back in the scoring circle.”

"Just take a point!"

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

When Ryosuke went up to the batter's box, he looked back at the tactics coach Kataoka was discussing.

Today, Coach Kataoka was particularly obsessed with short hits and still gave the secret signal for short hits.

"Whoosh!"

"Ping!"

No one could have imagined that Ryosuke would actually use a short hit at this time.

Towards first base, this will ensure that Danbo can reach third base!

"First base."

Cheng Gong Ming picked up the baseball and threw it towards first base.

"Out!"

They finally got an out, but their situation was also precarious.

If we fail to defend effectively next time, Seidou High School will score again.

The next lineup of Qingdao High School is no ordinary team either.

Both Yuki and Zhou Hui are players with scoring ability.

Both of them ranked quite high in batting averages in this conference, and Zhou Hui only gave up one hit in all his at-bats.

Looking at this situation, Daocheng Industry must lose a point no matter what.

Even if they managed to pass the Jiecheng level, Zhou Hui would not let them feel comfortable.

It is definitely not an easy task for Daocheng Industry to take down both of them.

Everyone in Daocheng Industry was prepared to lose points.

Coach Kunitomo also looked at the court with a serious face.

"Coach Kataoka, you've made great progress. You're probably the only one in West Tokyo who can train such a strong batting line."

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(End of this chapter)