Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 205 That Monster
Shenzu Yuto waved his hand and hit a beautiful home run.

This home run also helped Yamamori Academy to keep chasing and continue to close the score.

The score was 4:3, and Yamamori Academy was only one point behind.

At the moment the home run was hit, everyone thought that Kamisama Yuto's mentality was over, but who knew that not only was it not over, but it even improved.

Yuto Kamisada stepped over the bases and returned to home plate, scoring for Yamamori Academy.

"Well done, brother!"

"Brother played well, otherwise we wouldn't be only one point behind at this time!"

After returning to home base, the two also high-fived to celebrate.

A home run is the most difficult achievement to achieve on a baseball field.

Generally speaking, as long as the pitcher is strong enough, strikeouts are easy to come by.

But home runs are different.

He tests multiple aspects of a hitter.

A home run is more difficult than a strikeout.

Even with this level of difficulty, there are some batters who can still hit a home run in every game. You can imagine how terrifying he is.

Danbo is in a very bad state of mind now.

From the beginning of the game, after watching Tamba's performance in a few matches, I had a sufficient understanding of his abilities, Kamisaki and Toto.

He only played three at-bats and got a hit.

With this ability, no one would not envy him.

In fact, he had a chance to hit a home run in this at-bat.

The intention of Tamba's first pitch, a straight ball, was very obvious. As long as Kamiya Kazuto swung the bat with all his strength, it would not be difficult to hit him out.

But Shenzu and Dou didn't do that.

He just wanted to show Uehara how easy the ball he thought was unsolvable was in his hands.

It's just that he didn't hit a home run, just one hit.

Otherwise, Uehara's face would have been slapped even harder.

Although Yuto Kamisama does not have the batting ability of his brother, it can be seen from the power of his pitching that his batting ability is not necessarily bad.

He is more like the sixth batter of a team.

In addition, the straight ball thrown by Danbo this time, plus the fact that his mentality had been broken, all these factors combined together made it possible for Kamisada Yuto to hit this home run.

He definitely has the strength, but luck is also an indispensable part of his game.

Both are indispensable.

"I must make up for the points I lost myself!"

After returning to the lounge, Kamisama Yuto said to his brother.

Kamado and Toto nodded.

Although this sentence sounds like he has not grown up yet, his actual actions tell Kamizuru and Toto that he is already capable of being an ace pitcher.

"It's good that you have this awareness. Your mind is becoming more and more mature."

Director Suda also applauded for Yuto Kamisada.

This time, the applause was not only for Shenzu Yuto's mind, but also for the home run he just hit.

This home run was amazing!
At this moment, Tamba was not the only one feeling depressed on the baseball field.

Zhou Hui, the left outfielder, was also very depressed.

Watching a baseball fly over his head and turn it into a home run is indeed not a good thing for an outfielder.

Now he finally understands how those outfielders felt when he hit home runs against them.

They also wanted to try hard to catch the ball, and they didn't want to let the baseball fly out.

But things always go against our wishes.

If the ball had not landed so deep, Zhou Hui would have given it a try no matter what.

But this was something he had no control over, so he could only let the baseball fly out.

A feeling of powerlessness came over him. When did Zhou Hui also have this feeling? How strange!
This would make sense if it was still the Hokkaido Hawks.

Although the Hokkaido Eagles have several good players, overall it is still a single-core team led by Zhou Hui.

At least for those three years of the Hokkaido Hawks, only Zhou Hui stood on the Koshien stage.

There was no one standing here except him.

It is no exaggeration to describe the starlight as dim.

But Seidou High School is different from the Hokkaido Hawks.

Although Seidou High School has not made it to Koshien for many years and is about to be eliminated by the three major giants in West Tokyo, they still have the hard power.

They have cultural background and recruiting students is not a problem.

Especially recruiting outstanding students is not a difficult task for them.

In such a team, everyone can do their own tasks well, and the ace pitcher is also well-known in West Tokyo. Zhou Hui's feeling of powerlessness is really strange.

"Pass the order."

Coach Kataoka called a substitute player over and asked him to go to the pitcher's mound to convey his orders.

At this time, the pitcher's condition is undoubtedly a big problem.

Pitchers all have fragile hearts. It is hard to find a few who can keep a good attitude and look cheerful after being defeated.

Those kind of people are generally heartless.

During this year's spring competition, although Tamba was defeated by the city's third high school by more than ten points, it did not collapse at all. But you have to know that this was because Qingdao High School's offensive firepower was also strong.

The combined scores of the two teams were over 20 points. It was a complete offensive battle and had nothing to do with the pitcher.

That's why he didn't feel like he was in a broken mood.

What's more, when he was on the verge of collapse, Kawakami came to the rescue.

"Tell Danbo to prepare to leave."

Supervisor Kataoka said to the student who delivered the message.

The student who delivered the message was shocked.

It's only the fourth inning and the ace pitcher is already leaving the game?

Is this a little too fast?
Although Tamba's condition was not very good, it was Miyuki who was squatting in the catcher's box after all.

Although he doesn't have as much influence as Chris, it is not difficult for him to calm the pitcher's emotions.

It is always right to trust Miyuki at this time.

Minister Ota also naturally walked to the phone and asked for Supervisor Kataoka's opinion.

Because of this, the game was suspended for a period of time.

"Changed vote?"

After seeing the student who delivered the message go up, Fujio had his own opinion.

"That shouldn't be the case. Although Tamba-san got hit with a home run, it doesn't mean he needs to change pitchers. Coach Kataoka won't change the starting pitcher so easily, especially when he's an ace pitcher."

After Yamato Akiko said this, Fujio rolled his eyes at him, thinking that he had been slacking off again and not working properly these days.

This problem is really too big.

"What year's newspaper are you reading?"

Fujio couldn't help but ask.

Does your partner live in such a muddle when you're not around?

"what?"

"Coach Kataoka is no longer the coach who used the ace pitcher as the core of the strategy. Now he has begun to use the relief pitching strategy. Pitching to the fourth inning is already a lot for Tamba. Although Sawamura also pitched a lot of innings in the last game, it is obviously a thing of the past. In the future, there will definitely be no pitcher from Seidou High School who will pitch as many innings as Sawamura."

Fujio said to his partner.

As the number one reporter in West Tokyo, how could he have such a partner?
Sawamura must be one of the candidates for the future ace pitcher of Seidou High School considered by coach Kataoka.

This can be clearly seen from the match against Yokohama Kohoku.

Coach Kataoka values ​​Sawamura as much as any other pitcher. He even used the ace pitcher tactics that he hadn't used for a long time.

Coach Kataoka's ace pitcher strategy is to use one pitcher to the end.

The last time it was used was on Danbo.

In the opinion of coach Kataoka, Sawamura already has the potential to be an ace pitcher.

Although his hard power is still a little bit inferior to that of Akira Fōgaya, he already has the potential to be an ace pitcher.

Perhaps the next ace pitcher of Seidou High School will not be Fōgaya Akira, but most likely Sawamura.

These are all things for later.

The last game also had a significant impact on Sawamura's condition.

In the final moments, Sawamura was unable to stabilize the situation, which should have had a significant impact on his psychology.

So before the game started, coach Kataoka had never thought of letting Sawamura play.

Let's wait until his condition calms down first!

But seeing Sawamura sitting in the locker room in a restless manner, it is difficult for people to make a correct judgment about his condition.

No one dares to draw a conclusion as to whether it is good or bad.

"Tamba-senpai, your body is too stiff. Now you need to stretch. Follow me."

As he said that, Miyuki stretched out his arms and was about to move Tamba's body.

In the pitch just now, Danbo was so stiff that it didn't look like a standard pitching posture at all.

In fact, Miyuki's exercise can't make much difference to Tamba's body stiffness. It mainly helps him relax his mind.

Just as Tamba was about to follow suit, he saw Director Ota talking on the phone in the lounge of Qingdao High School.

Now he already knew that Director Kataoka was extremely disappointed in him.

The first game after returning ended with a loss of three points.

Danbo himself now thinks that he is not worthy of the title of ace pitcher!

He even wanted to tear off the number cloth!

"Come and do it with me, Tanba-senpai."

Seeing that Tamba had a gloomy face, Miyuki became anxious and wanted to motivate Tamba to take action.

As a catcher, his most important task is to activate the entire team.

"Notification of substitution of Qingdao High School."

At this time, the radio sounded, and Yuki knew what it meant.

It's not hard to tell from his expression that Danbo might have known it a long time ago.

"You've performed very well, Senior Tamba. Go down and have a rest. You'll perform well in the next game."

Danbo said nothing and walked back to the lounge silently.

The one who brought him on stage was Akatsuki Fōtani.

"That monster is coming!"

After seeing Fūya Akira go up to the pitcher's mound, the sharp-eyed players of Yamamori Academy immediately pointed in the direction.

"really interesting."

Director Suda's eyes also lit up.

What he is waiting for is Akatsuki Fōtani!

In order to deal with him, their Shanshou Academy has put in a lot of effort.

"Come on, let Maeda pamper you first!"

Coach Suda's voice became more and more abnormal, and he also turned his attention to their ninth batter Maeda.

When Tamba returned to the locker room, even though he saw Sawamura had prepared a towel and a drink for him, he did not take off his gloves or sit down. Instead, he turned the door handle of the locker room.

"What are you going to do? The game isn't over yet."

Although Coach Kataoka was watching the game on the field, he took in all of Tamba's little moves.

When Tamba heard the voice of Director Kataoka, he stopped what he was doing and stood there in a daze.

"I'm going to the bathroom."

After finding an excuse, Danbo opened the door.

Danbo had gone to the toilet when his defense ended in the third inning, so there shouldn't be any problem now.

Unless his kidneys are in bad condition.

But as an athlete of the Seidou High School baseball team, how could this problem arise?
Obviously, that's the reason.

"You're not watching the game because you lost points. Are you a coward?"

Director Kataoka said this very rudely.

It doesn't sound like something you would say to your own ace pitcher at all.

Tamba didn't dare to continue speaking. He just opened the door and walked out without responding to Director Kataoka.

In his opinion, what is more uncomfortable is watching his junior schoolmates helping him to "clean up his mess".

"Ninth batter, center fielder, Maeda-san."

After Maeda entered the batter's box, he was very confident, and the smile on his face made people think that Yamamori Gakuin was now in the lead.

"Am I seeing right? Qingdao High School is leading now."

"That's right, then why is he still smiling so brightly?"

"Is Furuya's pitching so bad that even the ninth batter looks down on him?"

Fōgaya Akira looked coldly towards the home plate.

Miyuki, who was crouching right behind home plate, gave the secret signal.

Put the gloves in the middle.

Just throw it anywhere. If you can’t catch it, I lose!

Akihiro Kouya was not polite at all.

"boom!"

With long arms and great strength, the white ball flew out like a cannonball!
Akira Kotani's pitching speed and power are still shocking across the country.

Going all out without considering physical strength is Akatsuki Koyami's style of play.

In fact, Akihiro Kotani's fighting style is very physically demanding, but he has no idea how to allocate his physical strength.

This is why I couldn’t shoot the entire game.

The baseball was so fast that it was no longer visible. In just one or two seconds, it had already flown into the strike zone.

Before Maeda could react, he just felt a gust of wind blowing past him.

He didn't care about anything and just swung the bat and hit the baseball when he felt it coming.

"Snapped!"

This is obviously his fastest reaction speed, but it is not enough for Akira Kogure's ball speed!

Still a long way to go!
It is completely impossible to hit a baseball with this kind of swing.

"nice shot!"

A good shot!

Xiao Fōgani's pitching speed conquered the audience right from the start!
Only at this moment did the Yamamori Academy realize how childish the tactics they had previously researched to deal with Fōgatsu Akatsuki were.

This is mainly because they have no idea about a 150km straight ball, otherwise this would never happen.

"nice shot!"

"Strike! Batter is out! Three outs! Attack and defense switch!"

As soon as Fōgaya Xiao came on, he ended the game with three balls!

The title of monster does not only belong to Zhou Hui!

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(End of this chapter)