Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 276: The Feeling of Akihiro
Meiji Jingu Stadium.

The second round of the autumn competition between Seidou High School and Nanamori High School will begin in ten minutes.

Players from both teams have already entered the field, ready for the game.

There are still as many supporters in the audience stands of Seidou High School as ever.

It almost looked like the entire auditorium was going to be filled up.

On the other hand, at Qishan High School, there were less than twenty people sitting sparsely.

This is still a rest day.

If it were a weekday, the auditorium at Nanamori High School would probably be empty.

The audience seats on both sides seemed to have determined the outcome of the game.

Seidou High School's victory is already a foregone conclusion.

Of course, Qingdao High School also knows all this.

So there was a major reshuffle of the starting lineup.

Except for Zhou Hui and Yuki, all other positions were replaced by substitutes, leaving only the two strongest players on the court.

Seidou High School now has limited catchers, and no matter what kind of game it is, they only have one choice.

That's Kazuya Miyuki!
Zhou Hui was forced to start because he challenged the authority of coach Kataoka.

To be honest, Zhou Hui was quite willing to start in this game.

Because Qisen High School has Azan, he is looking forward to this game.

Zhou Hui is looking forward to whether he has made any progress after stepping out of his comfort zone and how much he has improved.

When the starting lineup of Qingdao High School was placed on the scoreboard, Nanamori High School couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Did Qingdao High School... let the team win?"

One of the players from Qisen High School couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

If you say that Qingdao High School did not let the game go, most of their starting players were rested, but if you say that they did let the game go, the strongest players Zhou Hui and Miyuki have not yet been eliminated.

It’s hard to imagine what their tactics are.

Azan, who was sitting in the lounge, didn't say a word, just looked at the scoreboard.

"Zhou Hui..."

This name is almost equivalent to his nightmare.

The main reason for coming to Tokyo to play baseball was to surpass Zhou Hui, this difficult guy.

……

"Game start!"

After a series of warm-ups and salutes, the match between Seidou High School and Nanamori High School finally began.

In the top of the first inning, Nanamori High School attacked first.

It was because of this that Azan in the locker room noticed that Qingdao High School's starting pitcher today was Zhou Hui.

This didn't occur to him much.

In his impression, Zhou Hui has always been a first baseman.

Even though he has a pitcher's resume, the defensive position he really wants to play is probably first baseman.

I never thought he would become the starting pitcher for Seidou High School.

This also shows how much Qingdao High School looks down on this game.

Zhou Hui also had his eyes wide open on the pitcher's mound, causing the first batter of Qisen High School to tremble with fear.

"What's going on with this feeling?"

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

It didn't take long for Zhou Hui to hook the baseball, which flew out at high speed and landed in Yuki's glove as a red hit.

"nice shot!"

Zhou Hui's pitching speed is about 140km/h, which is not the best among pitchers, but it is definitely enough for Nanamori High School.

After Zhou Hui on the pitcher's mound received the returned baseball, he did not stop and directly shot the next ball.

"Whoosh!"

Being procrastinating is not Zhou Hui's style.

Zhou Hui’s requirement for this match was to end the battle within half an hour.

"Snapped!"

This ball is a straight ball from a high inside corner.

After seeing the position of the baseball, the batter in the strike zone even fell to the ground with panic written all over his eyes. "Good ball!"

The inside corner ball always gives the batter a strong sense of pressure, and the inside corner ball thrown by a pitcher who can use it well can make people's hearts rise to their throats.

This ball is a good example.

Two strikes.

The batter stood up and re-arranged his bat.

Miyuki extended a secret signal.

The next ball was still a straight ball.

After all, the opponent is only Nanamori High School, so if we use the butterfly ball, it won’t be a big deal.

Now many strong schools from outside come to watch Qingdao High School's games, partly to see Zhou Hui's butterfly ball.

There have long been rumors that Zhou Hui not only has a strong strike, but also has a good changeup.

Especially the butterfly ball, it is unpredictable in his hands.

Everyone came to try their luck, waiting for the moment when Zhou Hui stepped onto the pitcher's mound.

Of course, Miyuki also knew it.

Therefore, in the match against Nanamori High School, we planned to give all straight balls to Zhou Hui.

Not even worthy of a changeup.

The purpose is to make those who come to watch Zhou Hui pitch come in vain.

The phrase "little smart but smart" is not only used to describe children.

Now it seems that this description of Miyuki is the most appropriate.

"Whoosh!"

The whole body's strength was applied to the shoulders, and the baseball flew out.

After finding the right position, Yukichi pressed it.

Even if the batter in the strike zone has swung the bat to the back of his head, he still cannot touch the baseball.

"Good ball! Batter out!"

The first strikeout was as easy for Zhou Hui to get as taking candy from a sack.

After taking off the hat and shaking it, Zhou Hui quickly put it back.

"This guy is really good."

Zhou Hui's face is now filled with anger.

He originally had a chance to rest today, but was forced to participate in the game against Nanamori High School.

Depriving him of his rest time will definitely make them feel the consequences!
Unfortunately, Qisen High School became Zhou Hui's punching bag this time.

After striking out the first batter, Zhou Hui is confident that he can strike out the next batter.

"nice shot!"

"nice shot!"

"Good ball! Batter out!"

The second batter was also struck out by Zhou Hui as expected.

Two outs, just like that.

Azan is the fifth batter of Qisen High School and has no chance to face off against Zhou Hui in this game.

This is quite a pity.

The duel between the two can only begin in the next round.

As Zhou Hui thought this, his hand movements were not vague at all.

The baseballs he threw were like white cannonballs, accurately hitting Miyuki's glove.

"nice shot!"

"nice shot!"

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

As the referee announced the switch of offense and defense, Zhou Hui breathed a sigh of relief and ran down.

For him, this game was indeed exciting.

In the eyes of this group of people, Zhou Hui's pitching speed is just like their own Akira Jōgō.

The ball speed of 140km/h seems to be 180km/h in their eyes.

For Zhou Hui, getting three consecutive strikeouts was really cool, and he also felt like he was falling into the trap!
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(End of this chapter)