Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 136 The most familiar location

Haruichi was defeated twice with one strike, and Qingdao High School's offensive wave ended there.

In the bottom of the second inning, Qingdao High School scored a total of two points.

With a two-point lead, Qingdao High School is actually quite stable.

Because it can be seen from one round of hitting that Baoming High School's batting line has no way to deal with Kawakami, let alone other pitchers.

Among the other pitchers of Seidou High School, which one is easy to deal with?

The ace pitcher of Tamba, he has a certain reputation in West Tokyo.

The "monster" Furiya Akatsuki is already well known in West Tokyo. He is even famous throughout the country.

If a high school student can throw the ball at a speed of 150 kilometers, it can spread quickly across the country.

This ball speed is exaggerated.

Now people all over the country are expecting that Akira Furutani can break Shohei Otani's fastest pitching speed record in Koshien during his three years at Seidou High School.

And the chances are not small.

Currently, Akira Furi's top pitching speed is 154km/h.

There is no rival in the whole country.

And he is only in the first grade.

It is because of his youth that fans have endless fantasies about him.

"Yoshida, look at your pitch. The path of the ball is so obvious. Are you really afraid that they can't hit it? Now a primary school student can easily hit your ball!"

The supervisor of Baoming High School began to chatter at Yoshida.

"How many times have I told you to practice changeups, practice changeups, but you never listened. Are you okay now?"

The coach of Baoming High School just scolded Yoshida without considering that this was a competition.

During the game, the coach generally doesn't say too many unpleasant things to the players.

I'm just afraid that it will affect their game state.

But Yoshida's performance today was really disappointing, otherwise the coach of Baoming High School would not have said so.

Yoshida had remained silent the whole time, but now that he was caught in a flaw and scored two points, he was too embarrassed to speak.

"That hitting skill of yours is really good. I thought we had to make a double play to score."

In the Qingdao High School locker room, Kawakami was still admiring Zhou Hui's striking skills.

Even though he is so bad at hitting, he can still contribute to the team.

When Kawakami spoke, he didn't notice Haruichi was beside him, so he spoke without restraint.

"do not talk."

Zhou Hui immediately patted Kawakami and looked at Haruichi next to him.

Haruichi now had a dark face and put on his gloves.

"Um... Kominato-san..."

"It's okay, Senior Kawasen."

Before Kawakami could apologize, Haruichi ran up to him.

Kawakami shook his head, feeling a pang of guilt.

He didn't mean to talk about Chunshi.

"Top of the third inning, Baoming High School is on offense, the seventh batter is the pitcher, and it's Yoshida-san."

After arriving at the pitcher's mound, Kawakami was still adjusting himself.

He has always been brooding over that incident.

Chun Shi is just a first-year student, and his psychological quality may not be that good.

A casual word from you might lead to disaster.

"Whoosh!"

But now he had to focus on the batter in front of him, and Kawakami followed Miyuki's instructions and threw the first pitch.

A high straight ball to the inside corner.

"No more ball power?"

Miyuki was a little panicked when looking at Kawakami's ball.

As long as this ball gets hit, a hit would not be a problem unless the fielder performs exceptionally well.

"Qiang!"

You can still touch it.

Yoshida swept the ball towards first base!

The ball flew to first base, and its trajectory was very high, almost twice as high as a level flight.

With this kind of ball, even if you bring in a major league first baseman, you can't guarantee he'll catch it 100%.

This not only requires the fielder to react quickly, but also requires him to raise his arms when diving. How high he should raise his arms is also a science.

The height when lifted horizontally is simply not enough.

This ball should be a sure hit.

But some people still refuse to accept.

Zhou Hui is one of them.

He swooped over, raised his arms high, and stopped the baseball from continuing to fly. The baseball was powerful enough and was still spinning violently inside the glove, but Zhou Hui still stopped it forcefully.

It didn’t fall out, so the elimination is valid!

"Out!"

Kawakami patted his chest.

Fortunately, there was no hit.

The next batter goes on to play.

From the previous ball, Miyuki noticed that something was wrong with Kawakami.

This is not Kawakami's normal state at all.

Even if he is introverted, he can't be restrained in an occasion like Koshien.

The most urgent task is not this, but to help Kawakami find his form.

In this state, facing Baoming High School's top batting line is a big problem.

But Yukichi must have overthought it.

After this game, Qingdao High School may make changes.

There was no way Kawakami could continue to stay on the court.

Just deal with the next batter.

In order to adjust the condition, Miyuki gave Kawakami a slider.

Get a feel for the ball first. It’s okay even if you slip into a bad ball zone.

At least it's not a particularly sweet ball for others to hit.

"Whoosh!"

When Kawakami made the move, he already knew that there was something wrong with his hand shape.

The slider is not gripped in the right area.

"Qiang!"

It was called a breaking ball, but it looked like a straight ball with no tail power, and it went out with a light tap.

The flight trajectory of this ball was similar to the previous one, but this time it flew out of bounds.

It’s still a difficult line to connect.

Kawakami was ready to throw the next pitch.

Even Zhou Hui didn't believe he could score such a difficult goal twice in a row.

"Snapped!"

But this time, Zhou Hui opened Kawakami's eyes again.

He actually caught the ball.

He rushed forward, blocked the flight path of the baseball with his glove, and pressed it down hard.

All in one go.

There was just some more dirt on Zhou Hui's body, nothing else.

"Out!"

Another kill!

Such exciting kills happened twice in a row, and the fans of Koshien were really feasting their eyes.

But this group of fans does not include the cheerleading team of Baoming High School.

It's impossible to advance, and it's impossible to defend.

The trip to Koshien didn't seem to be as smooth as they had imagined.

The ninth batter was once the first batter in the upper batting line of Baoming High School and had a great advantage in speed.

He had just returned from injury and his performance was not very stable, so Baoming High School arranged him to be the ninth batter.

But because of the solid foundation, there is definitely some speed.

After Kawakami struck out, the batter immediately threw out a short stick.

"Ping!"

The moment he saw the baseball being hit, Zhou Hui immediately abandoned first base and rushed out.

Although he is still in the stage of returning from injury, it can be seen that this hitter still has speed.

After Zhou Hui picked up the ball, he immediately ran back to first base.

Kawakami was still in a daze on the pitcher's mound at this time.

Now is the time for Zhou Hui to compete with his opponent in speed.

Zhou Hui’s speed was not bad either, but it was always overshadowed by the light of his attack.

Head down, speed up, and sprint!

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

The last out, a sure win!

Sure enough, first base is still the position Zhou Hui is most familiar with.

The three outs were all related to him!
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(End of this chapter)