Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 247: The th time on the mound
"Seidou High School's substitution notice: Pitcher Kawakami moves to left field. Left fielder Zhou takes the mound."

The radio sounded again.

Kawakami was forced to leave the pitcher's mound without getting a single out.

The person who replaced him was Qingdao High School's left outfielder, Zhou Hui!
"Zhou Hui?!"

Hongo was shocked.

How is he so good, able to pitch and hit?

"Interesting! I didn't expect Zhou Hui to be such a hidden talent. But Coach Kataoka is amazing! He has discovered Zhou Hui's potential as a pitcher. Isn't he afraid of exhausting this genius?"

Watching Zhou Hui running step by step to the pitcher's mound, coach Matsuoka in the audience said nothing.

It was he who persuaded Zhou Hui to give up the pitcher position before, but now he has appeared as a pitcher twice in Koshien.

Could it be that he really has some magical powers?

Coach Matsuoka now feels that he has ruined a young pitcher who had the opportunity to change the landscape of high school baseball.

After Kawakami moved to left field, Seidou High School's offensive firepower instantly dropped.

Their lineup's striking capability is further weakened.

Kawakami's striking ability can only be said to be slightly better than Sawamura's.

If it was Akira Fōtani who was substituted to the left outfield now, the offensive firepower of Seidou High School's lineup would still be terrifying.

I should have kept Akihiro Kou on the field earlier.

"I didn't realize you were a pitcher."

It was a bit strange for Chris to see other disciples besides Sawamura on the pitcher's mound.

"The types of shots I can throw are basically the common changeup plus a butterfly shot. If I want to throw the butterfly shot, Master just needs to give me this signal."

Ignoring Chris's words, Zhou Hui spoke while gesturing.

Now, what he desires most is victory.

Chris was sweating from embarrassment.

"You guys really don't like to listen to me."

Since this was the first time the two worked together, there were no secret codes between them.

Therefore, the task of matching the ball fell entirely on Zhou Hui.

Apart from the butterfly ball, all the rest just needs to be caught by Chris.

After all, the catcher needs to be mentally prepared for the butterfly ball, otherwise it will be impossible to catch it.

This needs to be guarded against.

The seventh batter, the troll Da Tengjuan, was still able to stand up, and when he ran to first base, there was no sign of anything wrong with his legs.

It's ok.

Then next, Zhou Hui will face the opponent's eighth batter.

No matter what, we can't lose points in this round.

It was surprisingly quiet in the lounge of the troll Big Vine.

Originally, the bases were loaded which was a good scoring opportunity, but considering that Seidou High School had not scored with the bases loaded before, they did not shout it out.

"kick off!"

Returning to the pitcher's mound again, Zhou Hui simply stretched his muscles.

"coming soon."

According to muscle memory, he lifted his left leg, stretched his body, landed heavily on the ground, put his chest forward, held the baseball in his right hand, and threw it directly.

"Whoosh!"

"That's what it feels like."

"Snapped!"

Zhou Hui's ball control in the first goal was very good, and he controlled the ball at the very edge of the outer corner of the strike zone.

"nice shot!"

"His condition seems to be much better than Kawakami's."

"The ball is 140 kilometers per hour and has excellent ball control. Is this all you have?"

The eighth batter of Troll Da Tengjuan was once a pitcher. He is currently in the second grade and has always been the starting pitcher of Troll Da Tengjuan.

The strength of the Giant Troll Vine Scroll had always been very weak, so after coming to the Giant Troll Vine Scroll, this guy directly became the ace pitcher of the Giant Troll Vine Scroll.

There was no way, at that time the Troll Vine Scroll didn’t even have a second army.

But since Hongo came, he began to give way.

"Whoosh!"

For the second ball, the baseball flew past slowly, as slow as a snail.

"It's a changeup at first glance, stop looking down on me!"

That’s right, Zhou Hui’s ball was indeed a changing ball.

But can the batter really guess what ball it is?
"Bang!" As expected, the batter did not guess the type of ball.

After the baseball passed the strike zone, it fell into Chris's glove.

"nice shot!"

"Slide ball?"

The batter has already made a preliminary judgment.

The next ball must be a sliding ball!
If the ball is fast, it is a straight ball; if it is slow, it is a slider.

He thought too simply of Zhou Hui.

Think about it too.

After all, Zhou Hui is just an outfielder. When he suddenly came to the pitcher's mound, he naturally didn't know many types of pitches.

But what he didn't know was that Zhou Hui had been training in pitching.

Therefore, his changing ball has long exceeded the hitters' imagination.

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

The baseball fell straight down and landed in Chris's glove.

And above the batter's box, the batter swung and missed!
"Good ball! Batter out!"

The batter would never have thought that in addition to the slider, the kid in front of him could also throw the forkball!

so horrible!

In addition to hitting, he is also good at pitching.

The batter of the Troll Big Vine Scroll went from looking down on Zhou Hui in the beginning to feeling shocked now.

It only took three balls.

His fastball was obviously not that fast compared to other high school pitchers, and his changing balls were not that exaggerated, but he just couldn't hit them.

Next, the ninth baton of the troll Da Tengjuan came on the field.

After three balls, Zhou Hui has already unleashed his physical functions as a pitcher, and the rest of the game will be easy.

Butterfly ball, it’s time to start.

Thinking of this, Zhou Hui gave Chris the butterfly ball signal.

Next, I'm going to use the butterfly ball to deal with the batter below.

Chris nodded as well.

He wanted to see what kind of skills this butterfly ball pitcher had.

"kick off!"

Zhou Hui took a deep breath and prepared to pitch.

"Whoosh!"

After making the butterfly ball gesture, Zhou Hui "bounced" the ball out.

The butterfly ball is different from other balls.

The other pitching methods are to throw the ball out, but the butterfly ball is the only one that bounces out.

That's what makes him different.

The baseball was thrown and began to dance in the wind.

The butterfly ball depends not only on the pitcher's throwing method, but also on the role of air flow.

The baseball flew erratically in the air, making it impossible for people to know where it would stop.

"Qiang!"

The batter also swung the bat in a hurry.

He did hit her, but it was on Zhou Hui's face.

"Snapped!"

"Out!"

When Zhou Hui caught the ball, the runner on third base was the farthest from the base.

"Whoosh!"

When Zhou Hui passed the ball back, the runner on third base also rushed over.

"Snapped!"

Masuko Toru immediately pressed down and pressed the glove on top of the runner's head.

The third base umpire was also stunned for about two seconds.

"Out! Three outs! Attack and defense switch!"

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(End of this chapter)