Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 172 The Man with a % Batting Average
"Fourth batter, left fielder, Mr. Zhou."

After seeing Zhou Hui coming up, the students and fans of Qingdao High School all breathed a sigh of relief.

There is no doubt about Zhou Hui's ability. Once he takes the field, there will definitely be a hit that will resound through the sky.

The sound of Zhou Hui's bat hitting the baseball is definitely the most beautiful sound in this dazzling baseball field.

The full-force blow after swinging his arms is Zhou Hui's attitude towards baseball.

"I should be able to get a hit next time."

Director Kataoka felt relieved.

Ryosuke and Yuki were repeatedly defeated by Yokohama Kohoku's terrifying defense, which made him sweat.

But the moment he saw Zhou Hui wearing batting protective gear and going on the court, he felt like he was pulled back from an abyss.

Zhou Hui is his "tranquilizer".

Although Qingdao High School now has an advantage in the score, this is definitely not a reason for them to relax their vigilance.

It is obvious from the first game that Yokohama Kohoku still has something in their hands.

Yokohama Kohoku is a nationally famous high school, and their baseball team is even more nationally famous.

There aren't many baseball teams that can say they are 100% sure of beating Yokohama Kohoku.

In the field nationwide, they have always been among the best.

Although baseball is not the mainstream in Yokohama Kohoku, people will think of the word strong team when Yokohama Kohoku is mentioned.

Yokohama Kohoku's main focus is on their education, but it doesn't invest much in baseball.

Compared with the performance of their baseball team, Yokohama Kohoku's admission rate to higher education can only be said to be going up and not down.

Even though they are not valued and the school is unwilling to invest in them, they can still enter Koshien year after year.

Even so, compared with cultural students, they are still not valued.

There is no way. Learning is the main theme of Yokohama Kohoku, and the good development of the baseball team is just icing on the cake for them.

"I met him again."

Takeda looked at Zhou Hui who was standing straight, and felt a little panicked for a moment.

He is not an easy hitter to deal with.

They have witnessed Zhou Hui's terrifying striking ability.

It can attack from any angle, with no blind spots.

He couldn't do anything with the balls in the four corners, and Takeda didn't dare to try the "Nine Squares".

Although the range of the "Nine-square grid" is larger than the four corners, Takeda did not dare to take the risk.

With Zhou Hui's ability, the "Nine-square Grid" may not be able to do anything to him.

They were lucky to get a hit before, but this time they might lose a home run.

Losing one point is very disadvantageous to them.

"Or else just recommend him!"

Takeda thought of many countermeasures, but it seemed that there was a solution to each countermeasure.

There is no way, the opponent is Zhou Hui.

The tactics he thought of might seem foolproof to him, but in Zhou Hui's eyes they might be full of loopholes.

Zhou Hui is no longer a player of this level.

Takeda slowly stood up and walked towards the left batter's box.

"Send him in as a security guard. This is our only option."

Zhou Hui was recommended to face off against Isajiki Jun.

This would have seemed ridiculous last year.

Last year, Jun Isashiki had already demonstrated his impressive offensive abilities, and with this year's good fortune, his strength will only be stronger than last year.

But when this tactic was used this year, no one dared to say anything.

Both the audience and the players from other teams thought this was a very reasonable tactic.

Maybe Zhou Hui is really too strong, to the point where he is unrivaled.

Sending him off as a free pass seemed like a very normal tactic to others.

When Guan Lin saw Takeda's actions, his face changed immediately.

From a pitcher's perspective, walking a batter is an act of cowardice.

Although sometimes doing so can really help the team win, no pitcher is willing to intentionally walk a batter.

Unless the pitcher had been devastated in the first few at-bats, it would be impossible for him to do such a thing. What does this mean?
Guan Lin has a very strong sense of self-esteem and is unwilling to recommend Zhou Hui.

Guan Lin shook his head on the pitcher's mound and motioned for Takeda to squat back.

In the match with Zhou Hui, he only used his straight balls.

His "secret weapon" - the forkball - is not useful yet.

"Cough cough."

Coach Yokohama Kohoku coughed and wanted to convey something.

He is the supervisor and cannot speak directly, let alone call a timeout to arrange tactics.

He could only watch for some small secret codes and the tacit understanding between him and his disciples.

Takeda turned around immediately.

This year is his third year as a member of the Yokohama Kohoku Baseball Team, and he knows what his coach wants to do.

Supervisor Yokohama Kohoku nodded and pointed at Guan Lin.

Takeda understood immediately.

Just listen to Guan Lin's advice.

Takeda couldn't refute it, as this was the tactic of his own supervisor.

No matter what he does, he cannot go against his supervisor.

Takeda had no choice but to squat down.

"Oh? I'm going to face off against Zhou Hui!"

"Great! I've been waiting for this moment!"

The audience is lucky to see the head-on confrontation with Zhou Hui.

Watching Zhou Hui's attacks was a real pleasure for them.

"As you say, use the forkball."

Of course Takeda knew what Guan Lin meant.

He had kept his fork ball hidden and had never used it on Zhou Hui, so this time he would do as he wished.

If he gets beaten out again this time, he will have a reason to be promoted to the next game against Zhou Hui.

Pinch the white ball on the line with two fingers, aim at the position of the glove, and make a move directly.

"Whoosh!"

The baseball came straight towards him, and it looked like he had no bad intentions at all.

But before he enters the strike zone, Zhou Hui cannot easily draw conclusions or swing the bat easily.

Zhou Hui is generally very rigorous in doing things.

"coming."

The baseball enters the strike zone, and then it begins to fall toward home plate at a moderate speed.

He fell from the top of the strike zone to the bottom edge of the strike zone.

"It's not in the strike zone, you can play!"

Zhou Hui noticed the moment the baseball fell, and the bat in his hand was ready to swing.

He kept waiting for the ball to stop falling.

He has a strong dynamic vision, so this level of drop will not cause him to swing and miss.

The last time Zhou Hui's swing missed may have been in the previous game against Cheng Gongming of Daocheng Industrial.

If Zhou Hui is used to define the strength of a pitcher, then the strongest pitcher in the country must be Cheng Gong Ming.

"Qiang!"

The metal bat knocked out, and Zhou Hui hit the baseball in a picking manner.

He didn't choose to cut.

After flying about eighty meters, the white ball landed under the attention of the entire audience.

A hit to left field!

Zhou Hui's batting average of 100% remains the same!

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(End of this chapter)