Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 331 Alone
"Top of the first inning, Yakushi High School is on offense, first batter, shortstop, Anze-san."

"Good afternoon, dear audience, dear audience, the East Region Men's Baseball Tournament, the Autumn Tournament Finals has begun at the Meiji Jingu Stadium!"

"The two teams in this match are the top four teams in the summer tournament, Yakushi High School, and the Koshien champion Seidou High School. Let's see who will win."

The sun is shining brightly in the sky, with not a single cloud in sight.

The stands at the Meiji Jingu Stadium in western Tokyo were already packed with people.

The voices of commentators rose and fell in the audience seats, and countless cameras were aimed at the court, wanting to witness this scene.

This is the final of the Tokyo regional autumn competition.

The finals in the fierce battle zone will definitely be more exciting than those in some ordinary small areas.

And the person standing on the pitcher's mound right now is the strongest hitter in the country, Zhou Hui!

The strongest hitter and the pitcher's mound are linked together. Although it is a niche concept, it has indeed been achieved.

Coach Kataoka kept his promise and directly put Zhou Hui in the starting pitcher position.

But he is not too crazy.

At least he asked Sawamura and others to go to the bullpen to prepare early.

If Zhou Hui shows signs of not acclimatizing well on the pitcher's mound, he will definitely be replaced immediately.

After Zhou Hui took the pitcher's mound, the first baseman position was replaced by Maezono.

With this lineup, the offense can be said to be at its maximum.

Even Aso Takashi, who was the fourth batter in junior high school, was relegated to the ninth batter position.

"Hello everyone watching on TV, I am Tsuyoshi Yamada, a reporter from West Tokyo Radio. I am now at the Meiji Jingu Stadium in West Tokyo. In this stadium, the most exciting high school men's final has begun."

"What surprised us a little bit was that the starting pitcher for Seidou High School in this game was their strong hitter Zhou Hui."

"We have all heard of Zhou Hui's pitching ability, but this is his first time as a starting pitcher in such an important game. We will have to wait and see what kind of performance he will have."

"nice shot!"

While Yamada was commenting, Zhou Hui on the pitcher's mound had already thrown two good balls.

Both were tricky outside corner shots, and the speed of the balls was extremely fast, reaching 150km.

Zhou Hui may be the first person who can control the ball at such a speed and yet be so steady.

"The next ball should still be of this speed, right?"

An Zexiu guessed.

It was obvious that the pride on his face was gone.

Before, An Zexiu was like a rich young master who was looked down upon by everyone.

But now his face was full of seriousness, and he was completely different from before.

"It turns out that this kid would become like this because of the opponent's pitch. How funny. Hahahahahaha."

Hong Lei Zang laughed.

There are not many pitchers who can threaten them, but they didn't expect that Zhou Hui, who is a first baseman, would be one of them.

"Whoosh!"

For the last ball, Zhou Hui shook his wrist lightly and kicked the ball out.

Seeing this, An Zexiu also swung over.

Just pass through the flowers without getting a single leaf on you.

The bat didn't hit the baseball, but it did suck away most of the air around him.

"Snapped!"

Yukichi held it firmly.

"Good ball! Batter out!"

"The last ball was not a fast straight ball, nor a butterfly ball, but a curve ball that couldn't be more ordinary?"

An Zexiu said lightly, and walked back with great regret.

He didn't expect that he would be fooled by Zhou Hui.

Thinking of this, An Zexiu became even crazier.

Zhou Hui’s first position wasn’t even a pitcher. Now he finally understood how those players he defeated felt.

The game continues.

"Second batter, catcher, Akiha-san."

"The second one is Qiuye?"

Zhou Hui was stunned.

Compared to the summer, the lineup and the number of matches of Pharmacist High School have changed a lot. This kind of unconventional play is really hard to understand, and for a moment I don't know how to deal with it.

And he was the starting pitcher in this game.

If he were just a first baseman, he wouldn't have to consume so many brain cells and wouldn't have to think so much.

But who put him on the most sacred pitcher's mound?
"Don't be afraid. No matter how many tricks they come up with, they can't beat your hard power. Trust me, just shove it into his chest."

As he said that, Miyuki directly hit a straight ball to the inside corner.

"boom!"

A powerful whirlwind wrapped the baseball and flew out. Zhou Hui, who was no longer hiding, was quite terrifying.

"Snapped!"

This ball caused Qiu Ye's bat to miss.

"nice shot!"

"Great, next pitch I'll use a quick fork ball to trick him into swinging."

This time, Yukichi once again chose a tricky position.

He is absolutely sure about this position.

Even if Akiba swung the bat and hit it, it would most likely go out of bounds.

If you hit it, it's out of bounds; if you don't hit it, it's a good ball.

Zhou Hui loves this position so much.

"Whoosh!"

The baseball flew out with the wind and slowly fell down with a spin.

However, the speed of the ball and the extent of its fall made it impossible to tell that it was a breaking ball.

"Qiang!"

Qiu Ye's palm shook, and he was unable to control the baseball at the first moment, so he could only let the baseball fly by itself.

"Out of bounds."

That makes two good balls.

It's this situation again.

In fact, Qiu Ye had no idea what Zhou Hui's next ball would be.

He only knew that the next ball would not be so easy to guess.

"You can take out that ball now."

Miyuki gave a secret signal.

Zhou Hui has too many changeup balls, and sometimes remembering the secret codes is a big test for him.

After all, he is not a professional pitcher, and the number of times he has been on the pitcher's mound can be counted on one hand.

So, when it comes to remembering secret codes, he is sometimes not even as good as Sawamura.

There was no way, there were too many secret codes between him and Miyuki.

It would be impossible to remember it all if I just relied on sign language.

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

After flying around in the air for a few rounds, the baseball went into Miyuki's glove. Akiba, who was swinging the bat, didn't seize any chance at all.

This is the ball type that Zhou Hui is famous for, the butterfly ball!

The secret weapon of butterfly ball is not something that anyone can conquer.

"Good ball! Batter out!"

Another strikeout.

At present, Zhou Hui has already got two strikeouts.

It can be said that he has the momentum to single-handedly take down the entire Pharmacist High School.

"Third batter, first baseman, Mishima-san."

"nice shot!"

"nice shot!"

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

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(End of this chapter)