Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 28 Competition between Elite Schools

Zhou Hui was sitting in the lounge of Qingdao High School with a very standard posture.

He came to watch the game, so he took it very seriously.

The match between Seidou High School and the Koshien runner-up level team is not something you can watch at any time.

Although Seidou High School has the habit of playing practice games with other schools before every tournament begins.

Previously, because of Sakaki Eijiro's qualifications and the fact that Seidou High School was strong itself, they were able to often have practice matches with some of the Koshien schools.

At that time, Seidou High School was also a school in Koshien, and many teams were eager to play against them.

In the past, it was Qingdao High School that chose the opponents, but now the situation is completely reversed.

The consecutive failure to enter Koshien made Seidou High School a weak team in the eyes of the world.

Many Koshien teams are unwilling to play practice games with Seidou High School.

They think it is a waste of time and totally unnecessary.

Even if you beg for it shamelessly, people won't take it too seriously.

Many times even their ace pitcher would drink tea in the lounge.

Strong teams can’t ask for it, and weak teams don’t look down on it.

This is the current situation of Qingdao High School’s practice matches in recent years.

Fortunately, Coach Matsumoto of Kiryu High School gave face to Seidou High School this time.

Not only did they come for the appointment, but the starting pitcher was their ace pitcher.

Museum Guangmei!
The ace pitcher of the Koshien runner-up team will definitely help Seidou High School improve.

"Game start!"

The referee of Qingdao High School raised his hands and shouted, and the game officially began!
Zhou Hui also took out a notebook from his pocket, ready to write down his thoughts on the game and some technical tips.

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

Seidou High School's attack is a very terrifying existence in West Tokyo.

A representative of strong offense and weak defense.

As a batter, Zhou Hui naturally wants to take a good look at Qingdao High School's offense.

"coming soon."

Zhou Hui held his notebook and watched Qingdao High School's first round of attack carefully.

First ball: Shoot it towards the inside, inside corner.

"Whoosh!"

The tactics of the Kiryu High School catcher are somewhat redundant.

Those who are familiar with Seidou High School know that the first batter Kuramochi will hit the short bat 80% of the time no matter what pitch he faces.

Kuramochi's speed is top-notch, he must be able to use it.

"Ping!"

With a crisp sound, the baseball turned into a ground ball and went to third base.

The third baseman stepped forward, picked up the ball, swung his arms, and passed the ball, all in one go!
It can be seen that this skill has been integrated into his bones and is very smooth!
"Safety on base!"

"Is Kuramochi-senpai so fast?"

Zhou Hui's eyes lit up.

This speed made him very envious.

"interesting."

"Beautiful, taking first base!"

"Don't be affected, take your time."

Guan Guangmei suddenly raised his head and revealed a devilish smile.

"very scary."

Even the catcher of Kiryu High School couldn't help but get goosebumps when he saw the expression of his ace pitcher.

This is actually a manifestation of Guan Guangmei's enjoyment of baseball, but it is indeed unbearable.

The second batter, second baseman, Ryosuke.

Zhou Hui looked at Liang Jie above the batter's box, and then looked at Chun Shi next to him.

Although he didn't say anything, Haruichi already knew what he was thinking.

Before Zhou Hui could say anything, Chun Shi explained it himself.

"That's my brother."

Ryosuke is a rather disgusting fighter who speaks rather venomously. Compared to the gentle and refined Haruichi, you can't tell at all that they are brothers.

"Bad ball!"

"The outside world!"

"Out of bounds!" "Bad ball!"

From this goal on, Kiryu High School felt something was wrong.

It seemed as if Ryosuke had no intention of hitting a hit from the beginning.

Wasting energy may better explain his style of play.

"Ball! Ball! Walk!"

In the end, Guangmei Tate was defeated. The last ball was slightly out of the strike zone, and Ryosuke was walked to get on base.

"Good job! Now there's no one out and there are runners on first and second base."

Zhou Hui was particularly excited.

The first reason is that his own team has an advantage, and the second reason is that he has not seen such a high-quality game for a long time.

It was the center batting line's turn for Seidou High School.

Center fielder, Jun Isashiki!
A senior with a mustache.

This was a senior whom Zhou Hui didn't know very well. They didn't have much interaction.

After Isashiki came on the court, Seidou High School immediately started its next tactic.

"Whoosh!"

The moment Tate Hiromi shot, Kuramochi took a step and ran to third base to steal a base.

"nice shot!"

The catcher of Kiryu High School stood up and just as he was about to gather strength backwards, Kuramochi had already run to third base.

No one is out and there are runners on first and third base.

Stealing success!

This provides great protection for Jun Isashiki, who mostly uses brute force without any skills.

"A-Chun, now you can swing the bat as you like."

"what do you mean?!"

Isajiki Jun was still angry when the baseball came flying towards him.

"Qiang!"

"So heavy?"

Jun Isashiki obviously underestimated the power of this ball, and he lost his explosive power the moment he shot.

"Second baseman!"

The second baseman of Kiryu High School had a flawless defense. After the second baseman stepped forward to block the baseball, he made a wonderful cooperation with the first baseman.

"Out!"

"Out!"

Double kill!

Fortunately, Kuramochi ran back to home base, which gave Seidou High School the only comfort.

Now the situation for Qingdao High School has become two outs and no one on base.

Even though Yuki hit a single steadily, Toru Masuko hit a high fly ball, ending the first inning.

Seidou High School only scored one point in the first inning.

"As long as we can defend it, this point will be enough. Just defend well. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

After Coach Kataoka arranged the tactics, the players of Seidou High School ran up one after another.

No matter who the opponent is, they only have to do one thing now, and that is to defend the opponent! Perfectly implement the tactics of Director Kataoka!
Kiryu High School's hitting is also top-notch, and their hitting is not bad either.

Compared with Seidou High School, it is more like a plus version of Seidou High School.

Not only is their offense better, they also have an outstanding ace pitcher, proving their defense is not bad either.

The combination of offense and defense can better describe them.

This is the second time that Tamba will face a strong enemy after the spring tournament.

After being injured in his sophomore year, it has become a fact that he cannot return to his peak, so his defense in this game did not show the dominance he once had at his peak.

Kiryu High School scored three consecutive points and overtook them in one fell swoop.

The first game ended with the score between the two sides 3:1!

Coach Kataoka curled his lips off the field. It was really not enough to rely on Tamba's pitcher's mound alone.

But after seeing the progress of the game, Zhou Hui was excited.

Is this the showdown between famous families?
It made his blood boil again!
The wish to join the first army has once again reached its peak!
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(End of this chapter)