Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 243 Becoming the Strongest Player

"What a pity, Master."

When Sawamura saw the giant troll Daitomaki get a double kill, he immediately showed an expression of regret.

The bases loaded was clearly a particularly good scoring opportunity, but Seidou High School came away empty-handed in this inning.

Now they only have the two points scored by Zhou Hui.

Although it seems safe now, they don't know whether the native population will continue to explode in the future.

After all, it can be seen now that Ben Xiang is already showing signs of exploding.

The next few pitchers may have no problem dealing with the other members of the troll vine, but the problem lies with Hongo.

If they can't deal with Hongo, it will be extremely difficult for Seidou High School to win the championship.

In the Qingdao High School lounge, Coach Kataoka also realized this.

But there was nothing he could do.

If everything went according to the best scenario, they would only meet Hongo twice.

The worst that could happen was that he hit two consecutive home runs to tie the score.

This is already the worst outcome.

But we cannot say that Qingdao High School has no chance.

Zhou Hui is also a person who can explode at any time.

What kind of performance he can produce also needs to be taken into consideration.

It may be a little too early to say that Qingdao High School is bound to lose.

The giant troll Otomaki has Hongo, and Qingdao High School has Zhou Hui.

This game is far from over.

"From now on, everyone must focus all their attention on the defensive end. If the ball is hit, you must defend seriously. Try your best, this is what I ask of you. The sweat we put in by Qingdao High School is not in vain."

Qingdao High School is the most qualified to say this!

Their daily training volume is among the best in the country.

It has been like this since Yuki's class.

Yuki's class was the least talented one, but now they can take on the leading role in Seidou High School, which undoubtedly proves their hard work in training.

"Yes!"

The members of Qingdao High School are united as one.

Now that we have come to this place, we must bring back the championship flag.

"There are five more innings to go. As long as we can hold on for five more innings, we will be the champions."

"Bottom of the fifth inning, the giant troll Otomaki is attacking, the fourth batter, the pitcher, is Hongo-san."

Hongo stood up from the lounge with his own baseball bat and walked towards the field.

This time, he has only one goal, and that is to hit a home run and score points!
"Hongo, just try to get on base, and we'll take care of the rest."

Yasuda said from behind.

Although their power is insignificant and they can't help Hongo at all every time, they just want to let Hongo know that he is not fighting alone!
Baseball is a game for nine people, and Hongo never brought the giant troll Daitomaki to Koshien on his own.

No matter how strong his personal abilities are, he cannot stand on this stage if he leads a group of laymen who only know the rules of baseball.

Being able to stand on the stage of the Koshien finals, Hongo definitely has the greatest face.

Secondly, it won’t work without the unity and cooperation of other team members.

This time, their goal is the championship!
Koshien champion!
"You say that every time."

Hongo no longer wanted to say anything about Yasuda's words.

At the beginning, he still trusted Yasuda very much.

In the first few rounds of the summer competition, he was indeed able to help himself.

But when the opponents become stronger, it becomes really difficult for them to help.

Even if Hongo could rely on his strong personal ability to hit a single and get on base, the batters behind him, led by Yasuda, had no way to send him back.

We have become accustomed to the "dead base" in our hometown.

From that time on, Hongo knew that if he wanted to win, he could only rely on himself. Hongo was the undisputed leader of this team.

Faced with the powerful Ben Xiang, Chris considered giving him up.

This was the second blow to Hongo.

The last blow was dealt to Sawamura, but he didn't get any benefit because of Zhou Hui's outstanding performance.

But this time Chris felt different.

Fōgiya Akira and Hongo are the same type of players, and Hongo should be aware of Fōgiya Akira's characteristics very clearly.

For Hongo, it is undoubtedly "looking in the mirror".

If a fight breaks out like this, Hongo, who is more mature and stronger, should have the upper hand.

But no one knows better than him what kind of species a pitcher is.

They all regard their self-esteem as more important than anything else, and they are simply incapable of doing anything to get admitted to a university.

"In that case, just remove the seal. It doesn't matter how you control the ball. Just increase the speed of the ball to the maximum."

Deliberately requiring Akira Kotani to control the ball in the center position did have some "seal" on his ball speed.

So when dealing with this guy from this hometown, Chris didn't ask for any ball control.

Just throw the ball at the maximum speed, don't worry about good balls or bad balls, and if it really doesn't work, it doesn't matter if you give it a walk.

The most important thing is to demonstrate!
Fōgiya Akatsuki nodded heavily.

That's right, that's what he wanted.

In order to control the ball, I slowed down my speed, and it was not comfortable to shoot.

Letting go and investing is his true nature.

"boom!"

When Fōgani Akira shot the ball, his entire expression changed, and he used all the strength of his wrist!

The white ball flew towards Chris's position like a laser beam.

Just by looking at the speed and power of the baseball with the naked eye, one feels as if being swallowed by its power.

Horrible, terrible!

This kind of ball speed and power is totally beyond the reach of an ordinary high school student.

After the baseball entered the strike zone, it immediately floated upward in a large direction.

This is exactly what Chris wanted.

This style of play can protect Akira Jōgō's self-esteem while also helping to eliminate Hongo.

Kill two birds with one stone.

What he wanted was this kind of covert recommendation. If Jingyuan was recommended, he knew that Xiao Jiangu would not be able to accept it.

"Qiang!"

But Chris had planned everything, but he hadn't expected this to happen.

It was a bad ball, and Hong Xiang also swung at it, which caught him off guard.

But it’s better this way. A bad ball is beyond the batter’s striking range, and if you act rashly, there will definitely be no good outcome.

It's better to hit it out.

Chris took off his mask, just as he thought.

The baseball was not flying straight and was about to go out of bounds when it reached right field.

But this ball was very impressive and went over the right field wall without going out of bounds.

This caught Chris off guard, and he stood there in a daze!
"Ben... Home Run?!"

Chris couldn't believe his eyes.

He hit a baseball at such a bad angle and it became a home run!
Now it seems that Hong Xiang wants to become the strongest player no matter what.

Whether it's hitting or pitching.

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(End of this chapter)