Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 240 Emotional Pitch

"Fortunately, it was prevented."

Itai in the lounge breathed a sigh of relief.

It was surprising that they were able to catch Fōgaya Akira's pitch in this inning, but the final result was still good.

Aya Fōtani used an incredible posture to complete a double kill.

When Fōgō Aki used that posture just now, everyone in Qingdao High School started to panic.

But fortunately, the ending is good.

Such a creative posture doesn't look like something that Fōgō Akatsuki would use.

Maybe this is his progress.

"The trajectory of that ball just now was within Senior Chris's expectations, right?"

Seeing Chris coming back, Yukichi hurried over to help take off the protective gear.

"That's right. I was thinking that the ball would roll to Furuya's feet after it was hit. I didn't expect that he would actually make it. It's just..."

"It's just that Furuya's action at the end caught you a little bit off guard, right?"

Miyuki saw what Chris was thinking.

"Yes."

Chris nodded.

Miyuki is increasingly looking like the best catcher of Seidou High School.

Becoming more and more mature.

On the other side of the troll Daitojuan, seeing his teammate being double-killed, Hongo reluctantly walked back to the locker room with his baseball bat.

He was just one step away from equalizing the score.

In the reserve batter's box, Hongo's observation of Fūya Akira's pitching path can be said to be thorough.

He was just one chance away from hitting a home run.

But who knew that it wouldn't be his turn even when there were people on base in this inning.

"Hongo, I'm sorry. It's us who didn't give you a chance to play."

After the third batter came off the field, he immediately apologized to Hongo.

This team has always been carried by the local community.

If they had half the strength of their hometown team, the Troll Vine would become a nightmare for other teams across the country.

But it seems that all they can do is hold back their fellow villagers.

"Damn it!"

Hongo slammed the bench in the lounge hard.

This scared everyone except Old Man Nitta.

"If I hadn't been double-killed, I would have had a chance to tie the score!"

"Are you sure you can hit a home run?"

Mr. Nitta raised a rather fatal question.

A home run is not something that can be achieved by just talking about it.

This is something you can only do if you have absolute ability. Even someone as strong as Zhou Hui doesn't dare to say that he can hit a home run in every at-bat.

"I can!"

Hongo was very unconvinced and glared at old man Nitta fiercely.

"wrong!"

Old man Nitta also started to look serious.

"Home runs aren't some childish game. You think baseball is too simple!"

After hearing this, Hongo stopped talking.

He didn't want to waste his breath trying to reason with the old man, as he had never won before.

What Mr. Nitta said was not completely wrong, he just thought baseball was too simple.

This is also because he did not lose points in the previous rounds.

But baseball is much more than that.

The simplest example is that every year, whether it is the J-League or the Major League, the champion is not static.

One person, or even a team, cannot master the sport of baseball.

Putting on his gloves, Hongo ran to the court.

"When will this child grow up?"

Old man Nitta looked at Hongo with disappointment.

Compared with Hongo, Zhou Hui is definitely his favorite.

Even if he is not the troll vine.

Zhou Hui's strength, skills, mentality and maturity are more than one level higher than Hong Xiang's.

For Coach Kataoka to get a player like this, it must be the good deeds he had done in his previous life. "Top of the fifth inning, Seidou High School is on offense, the eighth batter, right fielder, Hakushu-san."

"Is this game going so fast? It's already the fifth inning?"

"What's going on? I thought the finals would be exciting, but it's already the fifth game in half an hour."

"Really boring."

The audience in the auditorium became dissatisfied.

Seidou High School and Giant Troll Daifujimaki, as the two teams in the finals of this year's Koshien, naturally represent the strongest fighting force of this year's Koshien.

The audience thought that the two teams would present a match like a collision between Mars and the Earth.

But who knew that the pace of the game would be so fast.

Apart from Zhou Hui's hit and home run, it seemed like a feast of strikeouts.

Although it seems interesting, the pace is also accelerating.

The game is about to end before I can get enough of it.

Standing on the pitcher's mound, Hongo was still immersed in the bickering with Mr. Nitta.

He could never accept the way old man Nitta looked at him.

Before being recruited to the Giant Troll Vine, Old Man Nitta said all the good things he could think of. Why did he change after he came here?

No, he can't accept it!

"boom!"

The white ball flew out of Hongo's hand and went straight into Yasuda's gloves.

Although the ball speed was still there, Hakushu could clearly feel that the power of the ball had weakened.

"Qiang!"

Faced with such a good opportunity, Baizhou naturally did not want to let it go.

Don’t worry about whether it’s a feint or not, just strike out first.

There are not many opportunities for Hongxiang to make mistakes, and he must seize every opportunity if he wants to win.

The baseball bounced behind the shortstop, and Hakushu dropped the bat and immediately ran to first base.

No one is out and there's a runner on first base!
"Beautiful!"

"Good hit!"

Hakushu took advantage of Hongo's emotional pitch and hit a great hit.

Although such opportunities are rare, we must seize them if our opponent gives them to us.

Shirasu has always been unknown in Qingdao High School, but it's not because he doesn't have enough strength, he is just such a low-key person.

Low-key life, high-profile work.

In this way, in addition to Zhou Hui and Chris, someone else from Qingdao High School hit a hit and reached base.

"Ninth batter, pitcher, Furuya-san."

Just as Fūya was about to go up, he turned around and looked at Director Kataoka.

The other party also gave him a secret signal.

“Bonding and hitting, steady progress.”

This is not Akira Jōgō's style.

He has the ability to hit a hit, so naturally he doesn't want a bunt.

But this was an order from Supervisor Kataoka, and a junior like him didn't dare to disobey it.

Looking at Shirasu on first base, Hongo naturally felt uncomfortable.

It would have been fine if Zhou Hui just got a hit, but this guy even got to base.

Where would he put his reputation as the country's top pitcher?

"boom!"

Turn around and face Fōgiya Akatsuki.

Fōgaya Akira took a short hit and lightly tapped the ball out.

"Ping!"

Xiao Jōgō was also quick to drop the bat and run towards first base.

"Okay!"

“Well ordered!”

"Let's charge forward in one go!"

Hongo quickly walked forward, picked up the baseball, and looked at Yasuda's instructions.

This is the first time he trusts Yasuda so much!
"Pass to first base!"

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(End of this chapter)