Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 29 Bad News

"Qiang!"

"Third baseman!"

Guan Guangmei's baseball was hit out again.

The third baseman of Kiryu High School rushed over and dealt with Miyuki without any delay.

"Snapped!"

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

"Didn't it hit out of bounds?"

Yuki smiled helplessly, without any regret on his face.

The game has reached the sixth inning.

2: 4.

The score is not big, but just looking at Qingdao High School's scoring efficiency, you can know how difficult it is for them to catch up.

Of the two points scored by Qingdao High School, one was scored in the first inning and the other was scored in the third inning.

The game has entered the end of the second half. If Qingdao High School cannot score, it will end in failure.

Although this is just a warm-up match, losing is always uncomfortable.

Even if we lose to the runner-up in Koshien.

But after Qingdao High School implemented the tactics to score the first point, their offensive rhythm seemed to have stagnated.

The score in the third inning was also due to a mistake made by the Kiryu outfielder, which allowed Seidou High School to get one point.

With a big deficit, the game was almost decided and the result was known.

"Their strength is just like that. If Seidou really makes it to Koshien this year, it won't have a big impact on us, coach."

"That's right, this match is really meaningless. We might as well go play against Daocheng."

The two players from Kiryu High School chattered.

They were very dissatisfied with Director Matsumoto's decision.

When they decided to go to West Tokyo, two schools invited them to play warm-up games.

After all, the runner-up of Koshien came from afar, and there is only one chance, and if you miss it, it will be gone.

But between Qingdao High School and Daocheng Industrial, Kiryu High School chose Qingdao High School.

"Don't say that. The supervisor must have his reasons for choosing Qingdao High School."

The two people who spoke just now were the shortstop of Kiryu High School and the left fielder.

They are all sophomores who just entered the starting lineup this year and have not yet developed their discipline.

As the team leader, Guan Guangmei must take good care of the team.

But Director Matsumoto didn't seem to mind at all.

He is more like an optimistic supervisor.

“Hahahahahahahahahaha, that’s because I also have someone I want to see. Maybe his value is much higher than that group in Daocheng.”

Supervisor Matsumoto smiled with his eyes narrowed.

The fat on his face and the smile had squeezed his eyes into slits.

"What? Is there anyone in Qingdao that the supervisor is so interested in?"

Director Matsumoto nodded.

"That's right, but I don't know why he didn't play today. Maybe it was because of injury, or maybe Kataoka didn't believe in him."

"Don't believe it? That's impossible. He's a person that the coach is optimistic about. The coach of Qingdao should have discovered his shining points anyway!"

"That's true, but even I wouldn't trust a first-year player so easily."

After Coach Matsumoto finished speaking, the people at Kiryu High School seemed to be petrified and no one dared to continue speaking.

"First...first grade?!"

shocked!
A first-year student is actually taken seriously by Director Matsumoto?
What kind of magic does that first-year student have?

Guan Guangmei hurriedly looked towards the lounge of Qingdao High School to see if she could catch the first-year student.

But when he looked towards the Qingdao High School lounge, there was almost no one he knew except the sophomores and juniors.

There are absolutely no new faces.

Even if there were new faces, they all sat at the back of the locker room and there were no numbers on their uniforms.

Obviously he is not from the First Army.

"Who is it?"

Guan Guangmei looked around and set her sights on Jōgō Aki.

It seems like this is the only new face.

But he……

He really doesn't look like a superstar! He's already dozing off during this kind of game. Even if there's no one in the Qingdao High School lounge, Guan Guangmei can't believe it's him!
"I was just saying this as a side note, why are you taking it so seriously?"

"I……"

Guan Guangmei was speechless for a moment.

He didn't know how it happened.

He's just a first-year, why does he care so much?

I still care too much about Director Matsumoto’s evaluation!
"Just play well in the next game and pretend I never said that. Just pitch well and hit well from now on."

That being said, Guan Guangmei doesn’t have the heart to care about these things.

Pitch well and hit well.

How can it be?

Now, his mind is full of that first-grade boy.

"The game is almost over, isn't Sawamura here yet?"

Zhou Hui asked Chun Shi who was standing next to him.

"Uh..." Chun Shi wiped the sweat off his forehead a little embarrassedly: "Is Zhou Hui's eyesight not very good?"

"What do you mean?"

Chun Shi said nothing and pointed a place to Zhou Hui.

Zhou Hui looked at the brick.

"I go!"

Zhou Hui was so scared that he burst into swearing.

Only now did he realize that Sawamura had been sitting next to him, staring at him.

"Ah? When did you come?"

On the field.

Kiryu High School's offensive round ended. Under the suppression of Tamba and the tacit cooperation of Seidou High School's fielders, Kiryu High School did not score any points.

The score was still 2:4 as the game entered the top of the seventh inning.

In the top of the seventh inning, Seidou High School's batting line was their bottom line.

Starting from the seventh baton.

From here on, Seidou High School did not get a single hit in the game.

When playing against strong teams, these batters can only be used as "surprise weapons" and most of the time they are still "cannon fodder".

Whether they can achieve good results depends on their luck.

Anyway, the seventh and eighth batters of Seidou High School and the two outfielders Ichiro Itai and Kenjiro Shirasu did not do it.

The two of them left in disgrace.

The next batter to come is the ninth pitcher, Danbo.

Two outs, no one on base.

Even if Tamba hit a single and reached base, Seidou High School had no confidence in sending him back to score.

This round will most likely end with 0 points.

"Who is that first-year guy?"

Guangmei Tate is still thinking about what Director Matsumoto said.

This matter was all on his mind during this inning, and he couldn't throw a good ball.

If Itai and Hakushu knew about this, it would be a huge blow.

They weren't paying attention and they didn't get any hits.

"Whoosh!"

Guan Guangmei swung his arms and threw the ball.

The baseball drew an arc in the air, which seemed to be a curve ball.

Just this trajectory made Danbo's eyes widen.

"what is this?"

Instead of hearing the familiar figure, the baseball hit Danbo's shoulder directly.

Although not the elbow, the shoulder is enough to put it at risk of injury.

"what!"

Danbo's bat fell to the ground and he fell down, covering his shoulder.

"Damba!"

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