Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 180 Intelligence
"The first pitch was a horizontal curve ball."

After seeing Takagi's pitch, Watanabe silently recited and wrote it down.

"His ball is far from being that simple. I'm afraid he won't even use a straight ball in this at-bat."

Supervisor Kataoka analyzed.

During the trial pitch just now, Coach Kataoka noticed Takagi's pitching.

There are almost no straight balls, only changing balls.

The purpose of doing this is obvious. It may be to send a signal to Qingdao High School that it is not easy for Qingdao High School to defeat them.

It can also be considered as a way to give myself courage and boost the fighting spirit of Qingdao High School.

But if they are so easily scared, Seidou High School should not play in Koshien.

A team that can be scared by a few changeups may not even make it out of the first round of the regional tournament!
"Although the first ball was a bad one, the change was very sharp. Well done."

Yamada said silently.

He was becoming more and more proud of his disciple Takagi.

"After all these years, you still care so much about this kid."

A voice that sounded familiar to Yamada came.

Yamada looked back and saw a girl who was about the same age as Yamada, wearing a white sportswear and white sneakers. Although her appearance was not stunningly beautiful, she was still pretty. She was walking towards him.

"Sunhye? Why are you here?"

The visitor was Yamada's girlfriend, Shunhui.

Both of them graduated from Yokohama Kohoku. After graduation, Yamada went to the Southern University League to continue his baseball career, while Shunhui went to a key university in Western Tokyo with her excellent grades.

The time they had to meet each other became quite limited.

The two of them officially confirmed their relationship when they were in their second year, when Yamada was not yet the ace pitcher of Yokohama Kohoku.

When two people are together, it's purely because their hearts have found each other.

Yamada also promised Shune that he would marry her after he became a professional player.

However, this promise now seems a little difficult.

Although Yamada is a very capable pitcher in his university, it is difficult for him to be selected by any team in the final draft due to his height.

"Can't I come?"

Shunhui sat down next to Yamada very naturally and crossed her legs.

The two of them are about the same height, and Yamada often feels a sense of self-contrast because of this.

How can I have a girlfriend who is as tall as me?

"No, I mean aren't you writing a paper for your major? How do you have time to come to Koshien?"

"Because my father is going to Hyogo on a business trip, my whole family is here with him."

"So this is ah."

"It seems that Yokohama Kohoku still has a big gap to catch up with."

Soon Hye said as she glanced at the electronic scoreboard.

Shunhui knew a little about baseball. After all, her boyfriend used to be an ace pitcher, so she must have been influenced by him.

She is different from other girls who only look at the scores.

"That's right, but now that Gao Mu is here, I feel much more relieved."

Yamada lay back and sat very naturally.

"You still care so much about him."

Shunhui rolled her eyes at Yamada.

Sometimes, Shunhui really felt that Yamada cared more about Takagi than herself.

Shunhui has suspected that Yamada has a problem with his sexual orientation more than once.

The situation on the field was a bit ugly.

Zhou Hui held back from swinging at Takagi's ball.

It was because Zhou Hui did not swing the bat that Takagi was forced to have three balls with no strikes.

The situation has been developing towards the admission of Zhou Hui.

I just don't know if it was intentional.

The trajectory of each ball changes exactly half a ball away from the strike zone.

"In some ways, his ball control is pretty solid."

Yuki smiled in the lounge.

To deal with Zhou Hui's three balls, Takagi used three different balls.

The first pitch was a cutter, the second was a curveball, and the third was a slider. As a pitcher with a strong changeup ability, Takagi fully demonstrated all his strengths.

"Next pitch, if it's a good pitch, should you swing at it?"

Zhou Hui turned around and looked at Supervisor Kataoka and asked for his opinion.

He was so impatient that he had to swing the bat in his hand to "quench his thirst".

Director Kataoka thought about it and shook his head.

"Swinging after a full count."

The information says that Takagi is a pitcher with a lot of changeups, but it doesn't specify which types they are.

That’s also because Takagi’s appearances were limited in the summer tournament.

It's for rescue.

Basically, you only have one chance to play against your opponent.

Therefore, Zhou Hui’s purpose of playing this time is to help Qingdao High School collect all of Takagi’s changing balls.

That's it.

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

For this ball, Takagi raised his right hand high and threw the baseball.

Although the ball did not fall as far as Guan Lin's, it could still be seen as a fork ball.

"nice shot!"

Four kinds of balls.

Zhou Hui still had no intention of swinging the bat.

As long as he is waiting for a bad ball, he can be walked. Whether he swings the bat depends on how the next ball is thrown.

Was he forced to a full count, or was he a walk?
"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

The next ball was another good one, also of a different type.

This time it's a jet ball!
There was not a single straight ball, which indeed put an invisible pressure on the Qingdao High School students in the locker room.

"Carter, jet, curve, slider, fork, that's five pitches in total."

Watanabe was shaking as he held the pen. It was indeed rare to find a pitcher who could throw so many changing balls.

But Zhou Hui had a nonchalant expression on his face in the batter's box.

So many changeups are commonplace for him.

He can also throw it out, there's nothing new about it.

"Whoosh!"

He swung his right arm hard, and with a sound of breaking through the air, Takagi's last ball came.

After the baseball flew out, it quickly entered the strike zone.

The speed of the ball doesn't look like a breaking ball at all.

Then I saw the baseball change laterally, but the change was very small and could be ignored.

This kind of ball has little impact on the batter. At best, the batter just feels that the angle of the ball is wrong and the ball is not hit well.

Otherwise, it will not pose any threat to the attacker.

The line doesn't change much, and this changeup is no different from a straight ball.

This is a two-seam ball.

"Qiang!"

Any change is insignificant in the face of absolute power.

Zhou Hui raised his hand and hit the baseball far away, landing on the grass in left field.

No matter how big the changes of the ball are, it will be useless when facing Zhou Hui's extraordinary strength.

Double hit!

"Watanabe, did you record the last ball?"

Watanabe nodded.

The information has been almost collected, and now it’s time to swing the bat with all our strength!
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(End of this chapter)