Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 125 West Tokyo Champion

As soon as Harada, the fourth batter, came on, the cheers in the stadium increased instead of decreasing.

For Seidou High School, the only thing missing from entering Koshien is this one at-bat.

But for Daocheng Industrial, if they want to enter Koshien, they not only have to face this match well, but also have to ensure that the subsequent matches can be played continuously.

For them, this is the only way to have a chance of survival.

Now they don't need to win, just want to enter overtime.

After entering overtime, the initiative was still in the hands of Qingdao High School.

The only pitcher Daocheng Industrial can use is Cheng Gong Ming. Although his condition has not declined significantly, he is definitely no match for Zhou Hui and Yuki.

If they walk both of them, with no one out or one out and runners on first and second base, that will be enough for them to get into trouble.

After entering overtime, Qingdao High School will definitely choose to make substitutions.

Their relief pitcher Kawakami is still in the bullpen ready to go.

As long as Sawamura can handle this at-bat, Kawakami won't have to play.

How the game develops actually depends on Sawamura.

"pause."

After a timeout, Yukichi ran to the pitcher's mound.

The last timeout of the game.

It is obvious that Miyuki attaches great importance to Harada.

"You weren't like this when you faced me before."

Seeing Miyuki's actions, Harada couldn't help but laugh.

It seems that he is making progress too.

"Harada is indeed a problem for you. If you walk him and face Yamaoka directly, it might be a good choice. Now it depends on what you think."

After running up to the pitcher's mound, Miyuki told Sawamura his thoughts.

It is indeed a good idea to avoid a head-on confrontation with Harada and face other hitters.

But with Sawamura's style, he definitely wouldn't do that.

"No need. I can fight him head-on without any problem. Our special moves won't be gone, right?"

Sawamura looked up, saw Miyuki's astonished eyes, and smiled confidently.

"You kid, you are even more confident than me."

Some pitchers are like Sawamura, whose personalities are gradually influenced by the catchers.

Although Sawamura has always been very confident.

But his previous confidence was all mysterious, and it was completely different from what it is now.

"hey-hey."

Sawamura smiled foolishly and urged Miyuki to go back quickly as the game had to continue.

Seeing that Sawamura was so confident, he didn't want to break Sawamura's spirit, so he had to start playing the ball silently.

"what happened?"

This time it was Supervisor Kunitomo's turn to be surprised.

A first-year going head-to-head against Harada?
But this is a good opportunity for them, he just admires the courage of Miyuki and Sawamura.

Harada just hit a home run in his last at-bat, so his touch is still hot.

One more hit is also very likely.

"I can't beat you, so I'll try a corner kick first."

Miyuki moved the glove to the low outside corner.

"call!"

At the moment of pitching, Sawamura put down all his burdens. He no longer thought about going to Koshien if he won the game. He just pitched according to his heart and mind.

Feeling the initial joy that baseball brought him.

"Whoosh!"

The characteristic of Sawamura's outside corner kick is that it is slow.

This is also the case in Harada's eyes.

The baseball had clearly entered the strike zone, but in Harada's eyes it seemed to be still some distance away from him.

But these are all illusions.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball."

"What kind of ball is this?"

Harada had never seen such a strange ball path.

Although it was a bad shot, it gave Harada enough pressure.

"The ball is a little further inside."

Miyuki thought to himself: Great, this will probably give Harada a scare.

He was verbally admonishing Sawamura, but actually he thought the ball was of good quality.

At least judging from Harada's reaction, this is correct.

Next ball: The next ball follows the same path.

“Swoosh!” “Again!”

Harada got a headache when he saw this ball. It was completely different from Sawamura's inside corner kick.

So slow.

"Snapped!"

Miyuki pressed it down, and the baseball stopped spinning inside Miyuki's glove.

"nice shot!"

The referee also gave a good shot.

"Well done, this shot went really well."

One good and one bad, the two outside corner kicks have put some pressure on Harada.

But Harada is not an ordinary hitter. As soon as the two outside corner balls came down, I'm afraid he had a certain impression of the pitch path.

If you dare to shoot the next ball, you will undoubtedly be courting death.

"So, next is the high inside corner shot."

This is also one of Sawamura's signature shots.

"Whoosh!"

The sharp straight ball flew out from Sawamura's fingertips, turned into a white light and penetrated into Miyuki's gloves.

"Qiang!"

"So sharp?"

"Foul ball!"

The straight ball was so sharp that Harada almost pulled himself down when he swung the bat.

After three balls, it was Sawamura who had the advantage.

The pressure came to Harada.

With just one more good ball, Seidou High School will advance to Koshien.

"I must hit the next ball!"

Harada pulled the bat behind his head, and leaned his whole body upward with the bat hanging below the back of his head.

This ensures maximum swing power.

"Are you ready for a fight to the death? Then let's do it too, changeup!"

Miyuki made a secret signal that had never been used in previous competitions.

Changeup!

For this game, the two first-year pitchers of Seidou High School still had some tricks up their sleeves.

Fōgatsu Akira's is a forkball, and Sawamura's is a changeup.

The two of them usually compete with each other, provoking each other, and neither of them is willing to give in to the other.

This actually stimulates their potential.

Sawamura smiled when he saw the secret signal, then grabbed the baseball with five fingers.

This is his unique changeup grip!

His right leg was raised high, with his head almost touching his knee.

Land hard!

He stretched his body away, using his broad shoulders to block his left hand behind him.

Harada had no idea where the ball would land.

"Whoosh!"

The baseball was thrown and the white ball lit up.

Harada used all his strength to swing the bat towards the white light.

"Come on, my full-strength attack!"

Just when Harada felt he had it all figured out, the baseball seemed to lose its power and suddenly fell to the lower left.

"what?"

Harada couldn't believe it.

Sawamura developed a changeup!
"Snapped!"

Miyuki pockets the baseball, and Harada swings and misses!

After hearing the "pop" sound, none of the students at Qingdao High School could contain their joy.

"Strike! Batter out! Game over!"

"Great!"

“Champion!”

"Koshien!"

As soon as the referee announced the decision, the students of Qingdao High School began to celebrate.

Aoshiji and his friends enter Koshien again after five years!

At this moment, they are the absolute kings of West Tokyo!
When it comes to baseball, no one in West Tokyo can shake them!
They are the champions of West Tokyo!
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(End of this chapter)