Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 307: A Tidal Attack
"Furuya, you can rest starting from the seventh inning."

Back in the lounge, Director Kataoka said these words to Akira Fūya.

For Akira Fōgani, this was absolutely unacceptable.

He didn't want to go down yet, he still wanted to continue pitching.

Why can't Director Kataoka give me a chance to vote?

"Supervisor, I can still vote!"

Fōgaya Aki stood where he was and did not follow the crowd back to his chair. He looked at Director Kataoka who was sitting in front of him with a very determined look.

Director Kataoka himself is a hostile person, and I still feel a sense of fear after seeing him too many times.

But Akihiro Fōgatsu didn't care about this at all.

He just stared at Director Kataoka without wavering in the slightest.

But after Akira Fōgaya said this, Director Kataoka did not continue to respond.

"Go back and sit down quickly."

When Jōgō Aki heard the answer, he shuddered slightly, but had no other choice but to return to his seat.

The impression that Director Kataoka gave him now was that of a stubborn old man.

If he had worked harder in Koshien, would this ace pitcher be his now?

In that case, wouldn't he be kicked off the mound from time to time?

Since entering Seidou High School, Akihiro Furuya has never pitched a full game.

He was very dissatisfied with this.

Even Zhou Hui, a casual pitcher, has examples of pitching the entire game, so why can't he do the same?
He's a real pitcher.

Although he also played as an outfielder, his professional qualities were still much stronger than Zhou Hui's.

"Bottom of the sixth inning, Seidou High School is on offense, the eighth batter, left fielder, is Aso-san."

As the fourth batter in junior high school, Aso Takashi was the first to step into the batter's box.

Although he is not tall, he has a strong striking ability.

Generally speaking, it all depends on his arm strength.

In the previous game, he, like Tojo, had the ability to pass the ball back to home base from the outfield.

Even though he is at the bottom of the batting order, he is definitely not a bad hitter.

The strength of Seidou High School's batters is not determined by their batting averages.

Take, for example, Qingdao High School last year.

Can you believe that a hitter of Miyuki's level can be ranked seventh?

Therefore, playing in Seidou High School, the competition is very fierce. In other schools, your batting position may allow you to enter the center batting line, and at the very least be the sixth batter. But when you come to Seidou High School, you may be directly pushed to the ninth batter, or even worse than their pitcher.

There’s no other reason, it’s just because Seidou High School’s batting line is so strong.

It is because Seidou High School's batting line has always been nationally famous, which leads to many strong hitters coming here every year.

None of the batters who can make the starting lineup at Seidou High School are easy to deal with. They are all extremely strong hitters.

The best batting line in the country is Qingdao High School.

If Hayashi had just conceded consecutive hits in the previous inning, he would inevitably be intimidated facing Aso Takashi now.

Even though there is only a one-point difference now, that was all in the past.

Since the last round, Lin Hao himself thought that the score difference would be infinitely widened.

This was his first instinct.

But whether it is accurate or not is unknown.

Wakabayashi Hao looked down at the secret signal that Nagata gave him.

The first ball was still the familiar fork ball.

"Whoosh!"

"too low!"

Looking at the position of the baseball, Nagata couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Immediately, he stuck his glove into the ground and barely stopped the baseball, preventing it from flying further backwards.

But the intention and path of this ball were so obvious, as if Aso Takashi was treated as an elementary school student.

The change is too obvious, and it doesn't have the momentum that a baseball should have.

If you really want to call it out, it may not be a difficult thing.

It was just that this ball was too obviously bad, otherwise Aso Takashi would have definitely hit it. "Bad ball."

By this time, it was obvious that there were problems with the pitcher and catcher of Wanggu High School.

Wanggu High School's defense relies on the support of these two people.

Now that both of them have problems, Wanggu High School doesn’t know who to rely on to hold on to this game.

Nagata is okay, after all, all he does is play supporting roles.

But it would not be a good thing if pitcher Wakabayashi Go throws the ball too sweetly, making it too easy for Seidou High School to lock on.

"Whoosh!"

The second ball was a straight ball, which was what Aso Takashi was waiting for.

Seidou High School has a special feeling for straight balls. No straight ball can leave Seidou High School's batting zone alive.

Seidou High School's offense is aimed at straight balls.

This is also the reason why their batting average is so high.

Just aiming at easy balls may sound a bit cowardly, but it was this "cowardly" style of play that helped Seidou High School become the Koshien champion.

"Qiang!"

Got through!

This time, Aso Takashi swung the bat with great force and hit the ball directly through the right outfield of Wanggu High School!

A double to right field!

No one out, second base occupied.

Next, when Akira Fōtani was batting, Seidou High School applied for a substitute.

The one who replaced Fōgiya Akira to bat was Seidou High School's substitute third baseman, Kanemaru!

Compared with several people in the same class, Jinwan is the one with the lowest status.

Among those in the same class as Kanamaru, Sawamura became the ace pitcher, Fōtani Akira became an important player in the team rotation, not to mention Zhou Hui, a nationally famous hitter, captain, and fourth batter. Even his good brother Tojo appeared consistently on the starting list.

And he is still just a substitute in the first team.

At first he looked down on Sawamura.

But now the situations of the two are really as different as heaven and earth.

"Qiang!"

Kanemaru also aimed at Wakabayashi Go's straight ball.

But after he hit the ball, it didn't fly too far and was caught by the center fielder who came over.

"Out!"

The result was the same even though he played as a substitute.

Although Jinwan was used to it, he still couldn't accept it.

One out, runner on second base.

"First batter, shortstop, Kuramochi-san."

"Qiang!"

This time, Kuramochi showed a batting ability that was not consistent with his level, and he hit the ball directly into left field.

A hit to left field.

This hit not only allowed Aso Takashi to run back to home base, but also allowed him to reach third base.

One out and third base occupied.

"Qiang!"

"Qiang!"

Shirasu and Miyuki continued to work hard and hit consecutive hits, sending Warehouse back to home base while also occupying the second and third bases.

3: 0!

One out, runners on second and third base.

The attack from Qingdao High School came like a torrent of water.

"The fourth batter, first baseman, Mr. Zhou."

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(End of this chapter)