Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 197 The Invincible Zhou Hui

"It's okay, it's okay. It doesn't matter if we get one hit."

Kamado stood up and comforted his brother.

The batter Tetsuya Yuki is indeed not that easy to deal with for them.

He was once the fourth batter of Seidou High School. Although he didn't like to hit home runs, he was the most stable hitter of Seidou High School.

Although Zhou Hui was demoted to the third baton, his strength cannot be ignored.

For other teams, being hit by him is still a "nightmare" level existence.

Apart from Zhou Hui, he is the most difficult hitter to deal with.

Before the game started, a problem was pointed out in the meeting of Yamamori College.

Should we recommend Zhou Hui and Yuki?

It's better to let both of them get on base than to let them score together.

The combination of the two of them can definitely break through the other team's defense.

Especially Zhou Hui.

He showed strong dominance in his first grade, and the only way to limit him was to be admitted without recommendation.

I believe that before long, there will be teams that choose to walk Zhou Hui even if the bases are loaded.

Kamizuru Hedou looked at Zhou Hui who was about to walk out of the reserve batting area. To be honest, he was a little scared.

Zhou Hui is the best hitter among all the high school students in the country.

This may be a bit conservative, so it would be better to expand the scope to the entire world.

I believe that even so, Zhou Hui will still have a place.

No reason, just because he has the ability.

His strength lies in the fact that up to now, no one has discovered his weakness.

This aspect is undoubtedly the most terrifying.

Without weaknesses, a nearly perfect person.

Conquering him has definitely become the biggest challenge.

This problem has troubled junior high school supervisors across the country for three years and has not been solved.

The reason why Zhou Hui is so invincible is that he is very good at covering up his shortcomings, which helps him move to a higher stage.

Once upon a time, Zhou Hui's biggest problem was his speed.

When he was in junior high school, Zhou Hui had not yet received professional training, and his body shape was not as perfect as it is now. He was very plump, like a little fat boy.

If you put Zhou Hui at that time and Zhou Hui now who is like the "devil muscle man" together, you can't tell that they are the same person.

Because of his body shape, Zhou Hui's speed became a "stumbling block" that prevented him from becoming a better person.

Although he showed excellent strength and extraordinary ball sense at that time, he was not the kind of person who could run fast.

With a hit to center field, he could only get to first base despite trying his best.

Physical strength is also a big problem for him.

After two at-bats, he began to pant.

This is the impression Zhou Hui’s first game in junior high school gave to the outside world.

Zhou Hui also knew that if he continued like this, this shortcoming would hinder his development, so he made up his mind to lose weight.

Zhou Hui went through high-intensity training every day, and after finishing, he didn’t even know how he managed to hold on.

Hard work pays off. After a month, Zhou Hui finally dropped to a normal weight. His body shape became perfect, his muscles began to bulge, and he was like a completely different person.

After that, Zhou Hui achieved the achievement of dominating the whole country.

This is Zhou Hui!
After he discovers his shortcomings, he will try his best to cover them up so that they will not be revealed and he will always maintain a perfect personality.

If this happens, other teams will have no way to deal with him.

Although this thing is easy to say, it is not so easy to actually achieve it.

There is no perfect person in this world.

It takes a lot of effort to cover up your own shortcomings.

But Zhou Hui did it.

He hides all his shortcomings deep in his heart and only reveals his terrible side, giving people the feeling of being a big devil.

"Fourth batter, left fielder, Mr. Zhou."

"Zhou Hui is here!"

Suddenly, a "red ocean" surged up in the audience, attracting the attention of the entire audience.

With such a strong sense of team honor, perhaps no other fan group can achieve this except China.

"This is?"

Zhou Hui was also dumbfounded.

Although he has a lot of fans and they are crazy, every time it is his turn to strike, the audience just shouts and cheers him on.

The most outrageous thing is undoubtedly celebrating with bare chests and clothes off.

It was the first time he had seen such tacit understanding and such a grand ceremony to cheer him on.

Zhou Hui always believes that his fan group is a group of "brainless fans".

I can only scream desperately.

They thought that the louder their voices were, the easier it would be for Zhou Hui to notice them, so they were always competing with the people around them in terms of loudness.

They seem to care more about competition than unity and cooperation.

This kind of behavior is just deceiving yourself.

No matter it is the Koshien competition or any other type of competition, it is definitely not silent.

The thing that is most abundant on the sports field is cheers.

There is no sports field that is not noisy.

It is because the scene at the stadium is so noisy that the players playing on the field simply ignore it.

They don't care where the sound comes from, and it's useless to care.

It's good enough that they can hear the specific content clearly, but it would be a bit difficult for them if they want to know where the sound comes from.

On the contrary, it is this behavior that will attract Zhou Hui's attention.

In the audience seats on the left, almost one-third of the people stood up, wearing red vests, and began to do the same cheering gesture in unison.

The person in the front was waving a huge five-star red flag in his hand!

Zhou Hui also knew it at this time.

These people are his fans in China!
Zhou Hui was moved and relieved at the same time.

Baseball as a sport is not well-known in China.

China doesn’t invest much in baseball, and no one takes the professional league seriously, not even a dedicated system.

In that kind of environment, it's hard for a baseball player to emerge who can have an impact on the world.

The people who watch baseball are not in the majority at all.

There is no broadcast of the World Series in China, so how can this sport become so popular?

Even though Zhou Hui shined in Koshien, there were very few reports from China.

But today, there was such a large group of Chinese baseball fans in the audience who came to cheer for Zhou Hui.

Zhou Hui must be excited.

Regardless of whether they have come all the way from China or are international students studying in an island country, it is a comfort to Zhou Hui.

"Come on Zhou Hui!"

"Come on Zhou Hui!"

"Come on Zhou Hui!"

"Come on Zhou Hui!"

The uniform shouts of encouragement in Mandarin reached Zhou Hui's ears.

Uniformity and loud voice, this is the tacit understanding of the Chinese people!
The texts you learn in elementary school are not read in vain.

No matter how noisy the scene was, Zhou Hui could hear the sound very clearly.

Looking at the five-star red flag fluttering in the wind, Zhou Hui even felt like he was home.

At the other end of the audience, Zhou Ma and Director Matsuoka also watched all this.

"Is that a guest from your country?" Supervisor Matsuoka said, pointing to the place where the five-star red flag was.

Mother Zhou also nodded, her face full of pride.

"Of course."

Although there was pride on his face, the tone of the following sentence was slightly disappointed.

"Huihui has been playing basketball for so long, but this is the first time that the cheering from our country is so big."

Mother Zhou shook her head helplessly.

There is no way, since this is the darkest moment for Chinese baseball.

In order for their child to have a better future, after discovering Zhou Hui's talent, Zhou's mother and father's first thought was to let Zhou Hui play basketball or football.

Because no matter how good you are at playing baseball, it will be difficult to find a job when you return to China.

But football and basketball are different.

As one of the top sports in the world, as long as you meet the standards of a national athlete, you have a certain chance of becoming a national player.

At worst, you can still make a living from this sport.

But Zhou Hui rejected this idea.

He still chose baseball, which was his dream.

His current success is closely related to his choice.

Even if it is difficult to find a job in China in the end, Zhou Hui can choose to stay in the island country to play professional baseball, or even make it to the major leagues.

Now Zhou Hui has been noticed by a professional baseball team. His future may not be smooth sailing, but he should be able to make a living.

Zhou Hui looked at the Chinese fans who were cheering for him and nodded heavily.

In the next game, he must use an oversized hit to thank the fans who came all the way here.

"Are those all Zhou Hui's fans?"

Looking at Zhou Hui's fans, Sawamura's eyes were filled with envy and began to light up.

When I think about my own fans, they are all brothers brought by my grandfather. Compared with Zhou Hui’s huge number of fans, they instantly feel pale in comparison.

This is because Akihiro Jōgō is not here. If he were here, he would definitely envy Zhou Hui for having so many fans.

Walking slowly to the batter's box, listening to the cheers of the fans, Zhou Hui raised the bat above his head.

"bring it on!"

I don’t know what happened, but as soon as Zhou Hui stepped into the batter’s box, Kamisaki Yuto on the pitcher’s mound felt a powerful aura instantly enveloping him.

This aura was invisible and intangible, but it made him feel extremely exhausted, and breathing seemed to become a problem.

Kamado and Tou felt the same way.

This may be what Zhou Hui’s fans created for him!

"kick off!"

The referee didn't care about that and immediately stretched out his hand to indicate that Kamisama Yuto could start pitching.

The two of them still chose the strategy of sending out secret signals at the same time.

This cannot change even when facing Zhou Hui.

"It's not easy to deal with someone like Zhou Hui. There's no blind spot when attacking him. Even if Youdou can get the ball into every corner of the strike zone, it won't work. All we can do now is see if we can suppress him with the power of the ball."

Kamisaki and Dou hit a low-angle straight ball.

Although Zhou Hui has no blind spots when hitting, many strong hitters are annoyed by low-angle straight balls.

There is no other way. To deal with a batter like Zhou Hui, you can only avoid him.

"Snapped!"

The younger brother's ball fell into the older brother's glove.

"Bad ball."

The first ball was a bad one, Zhou Hui's sense of pressure was indeed extraordinary.

Although the angle of this shot was good, the ball control was not good.

“The ball was too low.”

Of course, Shenzu Yuto knows this.

He deliberately lowered the ball.

If the ball path was raised, wouldn't Zhou Hui just hit it out directly?

He did not dare to neglect Zhou Hui's striking ability.

One bad ball, no good ball.

Although there were two outs and a runner on second base, Yamamori Gakuin's heart was still pounding.

It’s because the batter in front of him is Zhou Hui.

If it was someone else it would be fine.

"For the next ball, use a straight ball high outside the corner."

The two people's secret code was once again consistent.

It would definitely not work against Zhou Hui's corner kick.

A hitter like him who has both power and skill can only be dealt with with the outside corner ball.

Just make it difficult for him to play, the two Shenzu brothers never expected to strike him out.

They also knew that this was impossible.

He was only struck out once in the entire summer tournament, and had a 100% batting average in three Koshien games.

Even if they were in the same grade as them, they wouldn't dare to talk about strikeouts or anything like that.

"Whoosh!"

A small white ball whizzed out, and a white flash appeared in front of Zhou Hui's eyes.

"Qiang!"

At the moment of swinging the bat, the baseball has a slight upward floating motion.

Zhou Hui, who had originally targeted the center of the baseball, hit the bottom part of the baseball because of the slight change in the baseball.

There was no time to adjust, so I had to bite the bullet and pull the baseball out.

Of course, it's not just a stupid pull, it's more about relying on skills to pull the ball out of bounds.

If the ball was in bounds, without hitting the center of the ball, Zhou Hui didn't dare to say where he could hit the ball or what kind of hit it would result in.

Even though he knew his own strength, he still chose to be cautious.

"Out of bounds."

Zhou Hui pulled the baseball hard and it fell behind the catcher, becoming a foul ball.

Two strikes.

Although Shenzu Yuto pushed Zhou Hui to the edge of the cliff, he still didn't feel any relief.

After two strikes, Zhou Hui hit quite a few terrifying hits.

No matter what he said now, he couldn't relax.

"Next pitch, slider."

This is the tacit understanding between twins. The two of them have always been in sync with each other, as if they can see through each other's thoughts.

For the next ball, both players chose the same route.

"Whoosh!"

The white ball drew a curve in the sky and then fell into the strike zone, but the change was too fast. With Zhou Hui's dynamic vision, he could easily lock on to the ball.

"Qiang!"

The moment the bat is swung, swords and sabers flash!
The baseball flew up from the spot without any intention of stopping and flew away. The audience felt that the ball seemed to be able to fly away.

In fact, the audience felt that every ball Zhou Hui hit could fly out, but every time they were disappointed.

It's the same this time.

The baseball didn't fly out and hit the left outfield protective wall, but it was still a little short!
However, Yuki successfully returned to home base and Zhou Hui reached second base.

Qingdao High School scored first and took the lead by one point!

Zhou Hui's performance can only be described in one word, that is "invincible"!
The invincible Zhou Hui!
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(End of this chapter)