Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 248 The Final Duel, Zhou Hui vs. Hongo
"In the bottom of the ninth inning, the giant troll Otomaki is attacking, the fourth batter, the pitcher, is Hongo-san."

The game has come to an end.

Hongo's strength was fully demonstrated in the second half of the game, and the students from Qingdao High School did not gain any advantage at all against him.

Isn't it said that the temperature in Hokkaido is very different from that in Hyogo? How come this guy has no effect at all?
There is no intention of being dehydrated at all!
The score is still 2:1.

Qingdao High School was leading by one point thanks to Zhou Hui's home run.

The game has come to the final round.

As long as they can take over Hongo, Qingdao High School will be able to dominate the country.

Even though there are still two more matches to come, as long as we get rid of Hongxiang, is there any need to watch the next ones?

Therefore, the performance of Hongo's attack this time will directly affect the situation behind the Troll Vine Scroll.

Now it is Zhou Hui who is still standing on the pitcher's mound.

The two men's strength is quite close, and both are the pride of this era.

They are all first-year young people, and the future of Koshien will inevitably revolve around them.

It’s just that this confrontation made the audience a little disappointed.

Although it was a duel between two geniuses, it lacked some color due to the change in positions.

The local batter and Zhou Hui the pitcher.

If the positions were changed, I believe it would be a thrilling duel.

Now neither of them is in the position they are good at, which makes the audience feel a little disappointed.

But this is the Koshien final after all.

Even after seeing this scene, no one would leave early.

This matchup is interesting, isn't it?

On one side is the batter who is the best pitcher in this year's Koshien, and on the other side is the pitcher who is the best hitter in this year's Koshien.

No matter how you look at it, it's really exciting.

"Hongo has a very strong arm. Even a ball as fast and heavy as Furuya's can hit a home run. So my straight-line ball can't deal with him at all."

Zhou Hui muttered to himself.

He was right. His ball speed of 140km/h was not even on the same level as Kouya Aki's.

His ball power is not strong at all, and he has no way to deal with Ben Xiang at all.

"Want to use the butterfly ball?"

As soon as this idea came out, Zhou Hui gave it up.

The butterfly ball is his secret weapon, and it must be used for the last ball no matter what.

Who will use his secret weapon to shoot the first ball?

Everyone keeps something back, and it's not good for you to reveal too much too early.

Zhou Hui was completely devastated and didn't know how to face this powerful competitor.

Being a pitcher is not a good thing either, he needs to think more.

In Zhou Hui's current situation, he is actually very glad that he did not choose to be a pitcher in junior high school.

Supervisor Matsuoka’s decision was indeed the right one.

"Take it slow, just go at your own pace."

Chris said in his heart, hoping that his words could reach Zhou Hui’s mind.

This was the first time the two of them had worked together, and there were no secret codes at all. Seeing Zhou Hui's expression, all Chris could do was pray silently.

"Then let's try this ball first."

As he spoke, Zhou Hui changed the way he held the ball.

His straight ball has no special features. If he wants to face a player of Hongxiang's level, the only thing he can use is a changeup.

"Whoosh!"

With a smooth pitching posture, a beam of white light was captured by Zhou Hui's hands.

Or change the speed of the ball.

"Very good. If we face a hitter like this head-on, we will be in trouble."

After the white ball entered the home plate, there was a beautiful change.

This is the change of the slider.

The baseball slid right out of the strike zone.

This is what Zhou Hui wanted, everything was as planned.

Just slide out to the strike zone and let him swing.

Drop ball!

Even though Akira Kotani had already shown that his lobs could not pose a threat to Hong Xiang, Zhou Hui still chose to do so.

Because he is a changing ball pitcher, the biggest function of his changing ball is to slide out of the strike zone and trick the batter into swinging.

If he doesn't do this, he won't have any room to show off.

"clang!" Hongxiang thought the same as Zhou Hui and hit the ball as soon as he saw it.

What Zhou Hui didn't expect was that he actually hit the ball.

The ball has already fallen to the bottom of the outside corner bad ball zone, and it is not realistic for him to pick it up.

But Hongo chose to swing the bat, he was unwilling to miss any ball.

The immaturity has already been revealed, it’s really an age issue.

At this time, Hongxiang's self-esteem was overflowing.

After the baseball hit the ground, it bounced directly behind Chris.

Chris in the catcher's box stood still like a mountain, without any unnecessary movements, just squatting there.

"Out of bounds."

"Don't miss any ball?"

After receiving a new baseball passed by Chris, Zhou Hui began to think.

Now he seems to be the catcher.

Not wanting to miss any ball, Zhou Hui's idea was to use tricky balls to make him swing the bat, and then rely on his teammates behind him to finish the job.

But when he thought of Fōgatsu Akira's goal, he began to feel confused again.

Don't know what to do.

"Okay, let's bet on this."

Thinking of this, Zhou Hui grabbed the baseball with five fingers.

This is his last weapon!
He lifted one leg and stretched his body apart, without exerting much force with his right hand, as if he was doing it on purpose.

The baseball was gently released and flew away with the wind.

"Whoosh!"

The little white ball danced in the air like a butterfly. Looking at the trajectory of the baseball, Hongo held up the bat, not knowing where to hit the ball.

Zhou Hui smiled slightly, but not so obviously.

"Damn it!"

"Qiang!"

He swung the bat, but the baseball was still hit out.

It was just high, not far away, not far above Zhou Hui's head.

"Just leave it to me."

"Snapped!"

"Out!"

Solved!

Their toughest hitter has been dealt with!

Masamune Hongo has been solved!

"Great!"

“Good throw!”

"Their strongest hitter is gone!"

The fans of Seidou High School began to celebrate, and at this moment they seemed to have won the final championship.

They have already seen the Koshien champion flag waving towards them.

Director Matsuoka was also very excited.

The disciple he trained finally won the Koshien champion!

Their Hokkaido Hawks team also has players of historical level.

Zhou's mother, who was sitting in the audience, also began to wipe away tears.

It is impossible for him not to be excited since his son is so outstanding.

His son is like a hero now.

But only Zhou Hui's emotions were the most stable.

He knew the game wasn't over yet and now was not the time to celebrate.

"nice shot!"

"nice shot!"

"Good ball! Batter out!"

"nice shot!"

"nice shot!"

"Strike! Batter out! Game over!"

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(End of this chapter)