Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 118 Forkball

Even though Seidou High School had the most luxurious batting line-up in West Tokyo, they still failed to score a single point in the top of the fourth inning and continued with a score of 1:0.

But fortunately they are still in the lead now.

Danbo's condition was surprisingly good today. He didn't lose any points and didn't allow many hits.

At this time, Coach Kataoka even thought about not changing players.

But considering Danbo's shoulder injury, he had to make this decision.

The match against Daocheng Industrial was their last game of the summer competition.

They set their goal very long-term, at Koshien.

The Koshien competition has not yet ended, and any injury to anyone will be detrimental to their Koshien competition.

The ace pitcher Danbo is no exception.

"Go check if Furuya is ready?"

Director Kataoka glanced at Director Ota out of the corner of his eye.

The latter immediately called the bullpen.

This kind of miscellaneous work is usually done by him as the minister.

Although Minister Ohta is nominally the assistant supervisor of Seidou High School, he is actually not as good as Chris.

"Notification of substitution from Seidou High School. Pitcher Tamba-san is going to rest, and his replacement is Furuya-san."

The radio came on, announcing the substitutions.

Akira Jōgō is ready to go into battle!
"We have been waiting for this kid for a long time."

Supervisor Kunitomo said, with an unusual smile on his face.

It’s hard to imagine that Supervisor Kunitomo, such a serious person, would laugh like this.

It can also be seen from the expression of director Kunitomo that they have done a lot of homework for Akira Fōgaya.

"Bottom of the fourth inning, Daocheng Industrial is on offense, the second batter is the shortstop, and it's Shirakawa-san."

Baihe is the first player of Daocheng Industrial to play this time. His role is of course to test the strength of Jōgō Aki and see if he has prepared any "weapons" for the final, or has been hiding something.

It can be seen from Kouya Akira's ball speed that Kouya Akira has top-notch talents in both static and dynamic aspects.

With such a high talent for baseball, it shouldn't be difficult to learn a changing ball in a short period of time.

"Come on, show them what you are capable of."

Miyuki put his gloves in place and gave a secret signal.

There is no need to move the gloves deliberately, just follow the movement of Fōgō Akira's ball.

His balls would float up, a ball's length above his glove every time.

"Whoosh!"

He opened his arms and a terrifying airflow swept over him. Baihe, who was in the strike zone, was frightened by the airflow and closed his eyes.

Such terrifying pitching is unique in the entire West Tokyo.

He has obviously never received any formal baseball training, but he is so strong.

When it comes to talent, sometimes you really can’t reason with it.

With monsters like Zhou Hui and Jōguchi Xiao around, people would have the illusion that all efforts were useless.

"so fast."

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

Kouya Akira's ball control became more and more skilled. This ball only floated up half a ball's distance and was still in the strike zone.

"How terrible."

Baihe was shocked by this goal.

Even though they are a well-known wealthy and powerful club, they cannot guarantee that they can score this kind of goal 100%.

At least that's the case for Baihe.

It’s hard to say about others.

After all, Shirakawa still trusts Harada very much.

"Same ball path, keep this state, do it again."

Seeing that Fōgatsu Akatsuki was in such good shape, Miyuki certainly didn't want to try other balls.

His straight ball is enough, the other balls are a bit redundant.

They have to keep the other balls as "secret weapons" and they must not use them now.

"Whoosh!"

With the power to destroy the world, the baseball spun towards Miyuki's glove.

The rotation is very fast, so the ball speed and power will naturally not be bad.

This is the aura of Seidou High School's next ace pitcher.

Fōgiya Akira wants the position of ace pitcher more than anyone else.

"It's coming so soon again." Bai He widened his eyes.

"Snapped!"

This time, Baihe did not sit still and wait for death, but chose to swing the bat.

Only when the baseball had already entered the strike zone did Shirakawa swing the bat.

By the time he swung the bat, the baseball had already gone in, leaving him no chance.

"nice shot!"

Even if he swung the bat, Baihe couldn't hit such a terrifying ball.

Even though they are a wealthy and powerful team, a Koshien team, they still seem so small in the face of the talent gap.

Baihe no longer dared to speak, and the game was about to end after the last ball missed.

"Try that ball."

It was rare for Miyuki to type out a secret code.

When cooperating with Fōgatsu Akatsuki, Miyuki rarely gives any secret signals, at most he would just put the gloves somewhere randomly.

This code is very meaningful.

It’s just that Yuki’s attack was very covert and no one in Daocheng Industrial noticed it.

Otherwise, the one who would be panicking now would be Daocheng Industry.

"Don't you use this ball often in training? It's for now."

"Okay, let me try."

When seeing this secret code, Xiao Jiangu was shocked at first, and then he felt nervous.

But in the end, he overcame his nervousness and nodded.

This is the confidence of Akira Jōgō.

He usually looks silly and seldom shows any fear.

Hold the baseball firmly between two fingers, pull your arm away, and throw the baseball.

"Whoosh!"

Judging from the visual, the ball speed is still 150km, which is no different from his normal straight ball.

Judging from the speed of the ball, no one could tell it was a changing ball.

Why is the forkball the most suitable ball for Akira Fōtani? The first hit is exactly the same as the straight ball, this is the reason.

The baseball hits the strike zone.

After observing two balls, Shirakawa has a pretty good understanding of Akira Fōgaya's straight ball.

He was confident that he could hit the ball when he swung the bat.

"Snapped!"

It’s a pity that Shirakawa seized the opportunity well this time, but Fōgiya Akatsuki was also improving.

The baseball was not hit hard as he expected, but slid down directly and finally hit into Yuki's glove.

"Good ball! Batter out!"

Xiao Fōgaya got a strikeout right at the start.

Even if his opponent is Daocheng Industry, he is not afraid.

This is the courage that many first-year pitchers lack.

"nice shot!"

"nice shot!"

"Good ball! Batter out!"

"Whoosh!"

"Qiang!"

"First base."

"Snapped!"

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

Yoshizawa was struck out by Fōgaya Akira, and Harada hit Fōgaya Akira's straight hit on the third pitch, but it was just a fly ball to first base.

Daocheng Industrial was up and down three times, and was firmly controlled by this freshman pitcher.

"I really don't want to be a strikeout on the last ball."

Fōgiya Akira muttered to himself, a voice only he could hear.

Today, Akira Jōgō has lofty ambitions.

Even if it was Harada, he felt he could fight him and even strike out.

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(End of this chapter)