Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 130 Weird Debut
The opening ceremony is over.

This year's Koshien also immediately entered the theme.

The official competition is about to begin!

To be honest, only cheerleaders like to watch Koshien.

When they see their own team come out to play, they beat drums and gongs in the audience, that's all.

Few of the audience came for the opening ceremony.

What they want to see more is a head-to-head showdown between the strongest high school students in the country.

"This year's Koshien has officially begun! First, we begin the first game of the first round, which is also our opening match of this year's Koshien! The two teams are Homei High School from Kyushu and Seidou High School from West Tokyo."

Koshien's chairman, Kurosawa, announced the start of the first game of this year's Koshien as a representative.

The first game represents a good start, which cannot be introduced by the commentators alone.

They are not qualified yet.

Seidou High School and Homei High School feel honored to be introduced by President Kurosawa.

Qingdao High School and Baoming High School come on the court!
Both teams look like they have the potential to win the championship, but in terms of momentum, Seidou High School is still better.

They are the champions of the West Tokyo region.

Small places like Western Tokyo and Kyushu can't compare.

Baoming High School is the overlord of Kyushu area, and it is Baoming High School that represents Kyushu area in almost every Koshien.

But West Tokyo is different.

In every Koshien, the team that West Tokyo enters Koshien changes.

Even if there is no change, few teams can win the title for three consecutive years.

Last summer it was Daocheng Industry, and in the fall it was the city’s third high school.

But this summer it became Seidou High School.

I don’t know if there will be a replacement in the fall.

But judging from Zhou Hui's amazing performance, it is not impossible for Qingdao High School to win the championship again.

The names of the two teams were displayed on the electronic scoreboard.

Baoming High School is on top and Qingdao High School is on the bottom.

Baoming High School was the first to attack.

The players of Seidou High School were the first to come on the court to warm up and prepare for defense.

It was just the starting lineup this time that surprised many people.

The starting lineup of Qingdao High School was all written on the electronic scoreboard.

First batter: Shortstop, Kuramochi.

Second bat: Right fielder, Hakushu.

Third batter: Center fielder, Jun Isashiki.

Fourth batter: First baseman, Zhou Hui.

Fifth batter: Third baseman, Toru Masuko.

The sixth stick: catcher, Miyuki.

Seventh bat: Left fielder, Itai.

Eighth bat: Pitcher, Kawakami.

Ninth bat: Second baseman, Chun Shi.

This is the starting lineup of Qingdao High School today.

It can be said that it is completely confusing.

The first and biggest change is their infield.

The two third-year head coach, Ryosuke and Yuki, both became substitutes.

Both of them are important starters for Qingdao High School.

Ryosuke is the main second baseman of Seidou High School, and his playing style is the killer move of Seidou High School.

When Kuramochi is unable to get on base, his grinding style of play can help Seidou High School gain a certain advantage.

His on-base percentage is the highest in Qingdao High School.

Although he is small in size, his defensive area is extremely impressive.

It's not something a player of his height can do. Not to mention Yuki.

The captain of Seidou High School, the fact that he was sent to the bench alone was enough to surprise people.

It’s just not as unacceptable as Chun City.

After all, it was Zhou Hui who replaced him as the starting first baseman.

The batting leader of the Western Tokyo Conference.

In the entire summer series, he only had three at-bats without a hit and was struck out once.

The only flaw might be that Jingyuan didn’t recommend me for admission!

A walk proves that you are a strong hitter that everyone admires. The opponent doesn't want to face you head-on, so he came up with a way to minimize the loss.

The fact that Zhou Hui has never been treated with respect doesn’t really mean anything.

It's just that no one believed that a first-year hitter had such strong hitting ability.

Moreover, no wealthy family is willing to admit defeat in the confrontation between them.

The one who gives in is the one who should be looked down upon the most.

In the match against Yakushi High School, didn’t Qingdao High School fail to be admitted to Honglei City?
When facing Daocheng Industrial, Harada was not recommended by Qingdao High School.

It's all the same principle.

But the most difficult thing to understand is their starting lineup, which is the most outrageous.

Kenji Kawakami!

Did something go wrong?
Kawakami has always been a relief pitcher at Seidou High School, and there are even rumors that he will become a relief pitcher recently.

The level has dropped another level.

Can such a person really become a starting pitcher?

What a starting pitcher needs is absolute physical strength. If he doesn't have a certain level of physical strength and can't even finish after three or four innings, he can't be considered a qualified starting pitcher at all.

Of course, except Qingdao High School.

Akira Fōtani and Tamba definitely have the ability to pitch the entire game, but coach Kataoka doesn't allow them to.

But even so, Kawakami, who has been a relief pitcher for many years, definitely does not have the physical strength to pitch a full game!
Doesn’t Director Kataoka know this?

Of course he knew that this was what he had deliberately arranged.

They, Seidou High School, don't have such a deep concept of ace pitchers.

Seidou High School all uses the relay pitching tactics, so to be honest, the significance of an ace pitcher is not that great.

But people were somewhat dissatisfied with Kawakami becoming the starter.

The audience was like that.

It would be strange if they could laugh since they couldn't see any exciting games at first.

This is especially true for Baoming High School!

After all, they are a Koshien team and the dominant force in the Kyushu region.

This is definitely not something that Qingdao High School can underestimate!
Putting out such a weird starting lineup, it's nothing but contempt.

The supervisor of Baoming High School was furious.

"Just because you come from a big city, you can look down on others like this? If that's the case, don't blame us for being rude."

The supervisor of Baoming High School clenched his fists.

He wouldn't say anything even if Zhou Hui replaced Yuki in this game, but isn't it a bit too much that the second baseman is a freshman whom he has never met?

"Listen up to me, you guys. Qingdao High School's lineup totally looks down on us, so get angry. Beat them to a pulp!"

The supervisor of Baoming High School commanded angrily.

In the first game, the coaches should have taken it seriously, but there was an exception at Qingdao High School.

Is it reasonable to start "training" directly?
"Dahe, we are changing our tactics now. Your goal is no longer to get on base. You don't need to hit the ball on the grounder and bet on Masuko's processing speed. You are responsible for hitting the ball as far as you can and as fast as you can!"

"Yes……"

The player named Dahe obviously had no momentum, and was not even sure whether he could complete this tactic.

Suddenly changing tactics is a big taboo in baseball games!

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(End of this chapter)