Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 203 Koshien Second Team
"No one is out, and there are runners on first and third base. Seidou High School from West Tokyo has a considerable advantage. And the next batter is Zhou Hui, the player with the highest batting average in this year's Koshien! Yamamori Academy is in real trouble!"

The narrator also began to worry about Yamamori Academy.

Any pitcher who encounters Zhou Hui will be skinned alive by him, and even a pitcher like Kamisama Yuto is no exception.

What's more, Yuto Kamado himself is not a particularly strong pitcher.

After several rounds of attacks, the most intuitive feeling given to everyone in Qingdao High School may be that Kamizuru Yuto's pitching may not be as good as Narimiya Mei's.

What concept?
The teams that made the Koshien semi-finals are not as good as a team that made the regional tournament finals.

Actually, there is nothing wrong with this.

After all, they are in different divisions.

West Tokyo, where Qingdao High School and Daocheng Industry are located, is a real battle zone.

None of those who can stand out there are easy to deal with.

Either the ace pitcher is ridiculously strong, or the batting line is very smooth and has a certain amount of explosiveness.

Both points are indispensable.

The teams there will do one of these two things to perfection, while maintaining the other at the top level in the region.

This is what Qingdao High School is like.

Their batting line is well-known across the country.

Perhaps the only high school in the country that can compete with them is Kiryu High School.

Who is Kiryu High School?
National runner-up!

They only have one pitcher, Guangmei Guan, but their batting line-up is extremely luxurious.

Of course, Guan Guangmei’s ability is not bad either.

These are what Qingdao High School relied on to get to where it is today.

As an ace pitcher, Danbo's strength is at the bottom of the top, but their batting line is among the best in the country.

As long as the ace pitcher is at the top, even if he is at the bottom, a sufficient batting line-up can bring the team to the national stage.

You can not have it both ways.

A "leader" at the top of the batting line and a "leader" at the top of the pitching staff rarely appear on the same team.

These are all low-probability events.

The strongest pitchers and hitters in the region must be separated.

"Huihui is here, Huihui is here."

Mother Zhou was in the audience and had already picked up the camera.

He must record the entire game of his son.

Ever since Zhou Hui made it to Koshien and became a rookie respected by the whole country, Zhou's mother's face has always been shining.

Wherever she goes, she is labeled as "Monster Mom".

Although Zhou's mother hated this nickname, she was still proud of her son.

"Hahahahahahaha, I'm so envious."

Supervisor Matsuoka looked at Zhou Ma with emotion.

"Envy? Envy of what?"

Mother Zhou felt confused.

In his memory, Supervisor Matsuoka should have children at home, and more than one.

His father is a youth baseball coach, so his son should play baseball. His ability is not necessarily bad.

Although his strength is definitely not as good as Zhou Hui, it’s not enough to say the word “envious”!
"Don't mention it. I wish my two disappointing sons were half as good as Zhou Hui."

As he spoke, Director Matsuoka covered his face.

He is now very disappointed with his two sons.

Although the Hokkaido Hawks' performance had not been good before Zhou Hui's arrival, they could not be considered a weak team.

At least they are in the upper middle level.

As the coach of an upper-midrange team, Coach Matsuoka earns a lot of money.

In addition, there are commissions for each game and each result, so Coach Matsuoka's family is relatively wealthy.

At least I don’t have to pay the mortgage every year, and I don’t have to worry about food and drink.

His two sons only need to study hard and have some reasonable hobbies.

This is the only request that Supervisor Matsuoka makes of them.

There was no requirement that they even play baseball.

But how could a child who grew up in a "honeypot" behave like this?

They were born into wealthy families and did not have to worry about food and clothing. Their father was also a talented person, which led them to start squandering at a very young age.

My eldest son has been skipping classes every day since he started junior high school, and Supervisor Matsuoka arranged for him to transfer schools twice in just three years.

Uneducated and unskillful has become a label for this child.

The younger son wasn't much better.

When he was born, coach Matsuoka saw his talent in baseball and believed that he would achieve great things if he played well.

It is also because of this that Director Matsuoka obviously favors him a little more.

But this preference made it a little hard for him to accept.

Every day is high-intensity "devil training".

Although he has talent in this area, he is unwilling to work hard or put in the effort.

Just waiting for delivery.

It was because of this that he could not bear the training of Supervisor Matsuoka. Coupled with the influence of his brother, he also became unlearned.

What made Director Matsuoka feel relieved was that although they were developing in the direction of being thugs, they were not so bold.

At least don't touch the bottom line of the law.

Director Matsuoka is already very satisfied.

After all, Supervisor Matsuoka heard at his friend's house today that his son was detained, and he will hear at his brother's house tomorrow that his son was sentenced. Supervisor Matsuoka is still very worried.

But fortunately, his two sons did not do so.

Director Matsuoka just hopes that it can continue like this, and he doesn't care about anything else.

After hearing what Supervisor Matsuoka said, Mother Zhou seemed to have thought of something and immediately stopped talking with an embarrassed look on her face.

It is true that not everyone can be like his son.

Being a baseball player, you can earn extra money for your family and you also know how to be grateful.

These are the blessings she earned in her previous life.

Maybe Zhou Hui is the most sensible child among Zhou Ma’s circle of friends.

"It's okay, it's okay. I haven't wanted to care about them for a long time. You don't have to take it to heart and don't blame yourself."

"it is good."

Back on the court, Zhou Hui was ready and walked into the batter's box.

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

Zhou Hui stood in the batter's box, holding the bat, inhaled a breath of foul air and immediately exhaled it.

His eyes were fixed on Yuto Kamizaki on the pitcher's mound, with no intention of looking anywhere else.

His target was obvious, the ball thrown by Shenzu and Dou.

Whether it's a straight ball or a changing ball!

Just send them all out to him!
"This guy has really muscular body. How did he train it?"

Looking at Zhou Hui's muscles that could not be covered by his clothes, Shenzu and Dou looked at their own thin arms and legs.

I immediately started to feel envious.

If he also had such physical fitness, I wonder what heights he would reach.

But he didn't have time to think so much. The most urgent task was to get rid of this kid.

The main feature of Zhou Hui’s attack is his explosive power.

As long as they could sweep the ball and it flew in front of the outfielders and landed, they would be lucky.

In many cases, after Zhou Hui picked up the ball, the baseball would fly without slowing down until it penetrated or landed at the home run position.

The former is more likely, as Zhou Hui has rarely hit home runs, at least in these few games.

On the contrary, it was the other players of Qingdao High School who scored more goals.

Zhou Hui, Miyuki, Isa Fukijun.

These are the three batters from Seidou High School who have hit home runs in Koshien so far.

And it was three games in a row.

If someone can hit a home run in the game against Yamamori Gakuin and the next game, it is possible that the Seidou High School baseball team will create a new historical record.

Although no one has yet to set this record, it is undoubtedly very difficult to achieve.

The history of Koshien over the years is probably unprecedented.

This time, Kamisama and Kazuto didn't hesitate. They squatted in the catcher's box and started throwing the ball.

There was an uproar in the Qingdao High School lounge. They obviously couldn't believe this action.

"Oh?"

"This is?"

"He wants to face Zhou Hui head-on!"

Sawamura shouted very loudly, obviously he couldn't believe this scene at all.

"Kid, keep your voice down!"

Kuramochi punched Sawamura on the head.

Although he did not believe in the decision of Yamamori Academy, it actually happened after all.

It's right in front of you, you can't help but believe it.

"It's too fake."

Others also expressed disbelief.

No matter which team they were playing against before, they would see Zhou Hui’s extremely terrifying striking ability in the first at-bat, and when they saw Zhou Hui in the next at-bat, they would choose to pass the ball.

There are rarely any head-on confrontations.

Because they know that a head-on confrontation with Zhou Hui is no different from giving up a hit.

And there was someone on the base. What's more, there was someone on third base!

It would be fine if there was no one on base facing Zhou Hui.

As long as he doesn't hit a home run, Qingdao High School won't score any points for the time being.

Even if you hit a home run, it's only one point.

But it would be different if there were people on second and third base.

In that situation, if it was Zhou Hui's turn to bat, he might lose two or three points.

This score gap is still unacceptable.

"But this is good for us, isn't it? We can reverse the score."

Chris said calmly.

Moreover, he did not add the word “maybe”, which shows how much he believed in his disciple.

When Zhou Hui gets to base, he either gets a hit or runs!

This may have become an iron rule in Qingdao High School.

If you want to get rid of Zhou Hui, you really have to have some skills.

When the students of Qingdao High School heard what Chris said, they looked at each other and fell silent instantly.

It seems to be true.

Just now they were marveling at the boldness of Yamamori Academy and completely forgot that this was very beneficial to them.

Facing Zhou Hui head-on, with a runner on third base, scoring was not difficult at all.

And this is with no one out.

To take a step back, even if Zhou Hui hit a high fly ball to the outfield, Isashiki Jun on third base would have the possibility of running back.

What's more, Zhou Hui was unwilling to make a high-flying sacrifice.

Even if he was forced to take points, he was unwilling to do so.

He will help Qingdao High School score points through hits or home runs.

To put it bluntly, Gao Fei's sacrifice hit and forced scoring were not something he was willing to do.

Even if he was willing, Director Kataoka would definitely not be willing.

He arranged Zhou Hui to play as the fourth batter, the most important batting position, because he was waiting for him to get a hit and a home run.

If you hit a short hit to force a point, why would I put you in this position?
Why should you, a center batting lineman, do something that a back line batting lineman can do?

"The angle has to be tricky. It doesn't matter if the ball flies out of the strike zone, as long as it makes him feel uncomfortable."

Kamisaki Yuto nodded slightly, then raised his leg high, exerted visible strength with his arm, and threw the white ball in his hand out.

"Whoosh!"

The force used in this pitch seemed to be more than twice that used against the others.

Even in the fight with Yuki, he didn't use this much strength.

Just to make Zhou Hui feel pressured!
The little white ball whizzed over, and Zhou Hui immediately locked the position of the baseball.

Although the ball was not in the strike zone, he swung without hesitation.

As long as there is a good opportunity, he will swing the bat regardless of whether the baseball is in the strike zone or the ball zone.

"Oh, how confused!"

Kuramochi couldn't bear to watch anymore.

He could see from the locker room that this ball was a bad one, but Zhou Hui still swung it without hesitation.

Why are you so anxious?

Don’t he know that you can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry?
"Don't worry, Zhou Hui usually doesn't swing at bad balls, so his swing is not normal."

Chris said.

There is no rule in baseball that says you can't swing at a bad ball.

As long as you are like Gibbon, as long as you are in the reasonable striking zone and don't step on the home run, you can swing the bat even if the opponent hits a long ball.

It's your ability to hit it.

It's just that no human being can do it.

But this ball was not so exaggerated. Zhou Hui could still touch it by stretching out his arm.

All of Zhou Hui's strength burst out in an instant, and he swung his arm and smashed it hard on the flying white ball.

"Qiang!"

For a moment, the friction sound of the metal baseball bat was deafening, and some spectators even felt tinnitus for a second or two at this moment.

It can be seen how powerful Zhou Hui is.

Even some power hitters from other teams don't rank high in Zhou Hui's eyes.

If there is a hitter in the history of Qingdao High School who can be compared with Zhou Hui.

Maybe it’s only the senior from Dongqing National University who has already graduated and competed in the professional league!
As luck would have it, Dong Qingguo was sitting in the audience at that moment.

The games in Koshien are separate from the professional leagues. Even though Dongqingguo has become a professional player, he can still come to Koshien to watch the games.

He didn't want to come at first, but Qingdao High School made it to Koshien this time.

It would be inappropriate for him not to come.

The baseball flew out at high speed, like a meteor, heading toward the outermost part of the baseball field.

It flew over the center fielder's head.

The center fielder of Yamamori Academy was a little scared, as if something bad was about to happen, and he seemed extremely panicked!

"Snapped!"

The baseball hit the scoreboard!

home run!
Zhou Hui's second home run in Koshien! It's here!
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(End of this chapter)