Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 47 The Fourth Bat

"West Tokyo Baseball Tournament, Summer Tournament, first round, third game, Qingdao High School vs. Mishimon High School. Both teams please hurry up and enter the stadium. Please take your seats in an orderly manner. The game will begin soon."

The radio sounded.

In the locker room of Seidou High School, all the players had taken off their warm jackets and sat in a row waiting for coach Kataoka to speak.

Today's starting lineup has not been announced yet.

Coach Kataoka said before the game that this time's starting lineup would be different from the original one.

He was neither the starting player in the match against Kiryu High School nor the starting player in the match against City University High School.

Now that things have come to this, everyone actually knows what it means.

It’s nothing more than Coach Kataoka putting Zhou Hui in the starting lineup.

But no one can guess exactly where he is.

Zhou Hui is a solid infielder, responsible for first base.

When he was with the Hokkaido Hawks, he also served as the team's starting first baseman.

Since then, he has never played any other position.

This is nothing, but the problem is that this is Qingdao High School.

The starting first baseman of Seidou High School is Yuki!
Yuki is the fourth batter of Seidou High School and also the captain of Seidou High School.

It is really difficult for Zhou Hui to snatch the starting position.

But for other positions, Zhou Hui may still be the kind of player who knows nothing about it.

Even though everyone knows that Zhou Hui will start, no one knows which position.

"Supervisor, we have ten minutes before entering the venue."

Takashima Rei glanced at the high-end watch on her wrist and said to Director Kataoka.

She is also urging Kataoka to supervise.

"I know."

Coach Kataoka responded and looked at the players.

Everyone is already eager to make their debut.

"Next, I will announce the starting lineup this time."

Director Kataoka said with his hands on his hips.

Logically speaking, the starting lineup should have been announced yesterday, but Coach Kataoka delayed it until now.

It’s because of Zhou Hui.

As the strongest first-year player, coach Kataoka wanted Zhou Hui to quickly experience the atmosphere of the summer tournament, so he directly promoted him to the starting lineup.

The purpose of the current training is to catch the opponent off guard when facing the city’s top three high schools or Daocheng Industry in the future.

If Zhou Hui grows up, he will be a "nuclear weapon" level existence.

At that time, whether it is Cheng Gongming from Daocheng Industrial or Zhen Zhongyao from the third high school in the city, they will have to consider whether they can do it when facing Zhou Hui.

Therefore, allowing Zhou Hui to quickly feel the intensity of the summer competition will help him grow faster and also help Qingdao High School dominate West Tokyo in the future.

Perhaps Director Kataoka can really become famous because of Zhou Hui.

Ever since Coach Kataoka took over Seidou High School, his coaching ability has been criticized.

He didn't develop even one truly dominant player.

not a single one!

Perhaps it should be the Eastern Qing Kingdom.

The strength of Tosei Country is indeed not to be underestimated, but Qingdao High School did not make it to Koshien in those three years.

Strictly speaking, the Eastern Qing Kingdom did not have sufficient ruling power.

If Seidou High School can make it to Koshien and win the championship under the leadership of Zhou Hui, then there is no doubt that Zhou Hui will be the most dominant player in the country.

Director Kataoka's reputation will be greatly enhanced.

By then, he will no longer be the supervisor that people question.

His salary at Qingdao High School might even double.

In recent years, Coach Kataoka has been under constant questioning. The top leaders of the baseball team have been patient for a long time and have given Coach Kataoka many chances.

If there is no way to enter Koshien this year, Coach Kataoka may be fired.

The position of baseball team coach is very popular in Seidou High School.

They are not afraid of not finding the right person. Many people have fought hard but still failed to get the position.

"First batter, shortstop, Kuramochi."

"Second batter, second baseman, Ryosuke Kominato."

There is nothing wrong with these two batting orders, they are the most basic for Seidou High School.

No matter how the lineup changes, these two positions will not change.

Shortstop Kuramochi is the fastest player at Seidou High School and can run the 11 meters in less than seconds.

This speed is enough to win a medal on the track and field.

He is well-deserved to be the "pioneer" of Qingdao High School.

The second batter, Ryosuke Kominato, is also the unshakable second batter of Qingdao High School.

Although the striking ability is not strong, the method of striking is disgusting enough.

He is very good at sticking to the ball and usually won't stop until the pitcher is exhausted.

The pitcher clearly had hope of striking him out, but every time he just fell short at the last hit.

It was because Haruichi Kominato grasped the idea of ​​a pitcher that he gradually became the main force of Seidou High School.

"Third batter, first baseman, Yuuki."

"what?"

The players of Qingdao High School couldn't believe it, and some even raised questions.

Yuki has been demoted to the third place!

Who on earth could replace him?
Chris?

It seems that he is the only one who has this qualification, and others may not be competitive compared to Yuki.

However, the starting first baseman position has been given to Yuki, so it remains unknown what position Zhou Hui will be assigned to.

Now there is one spot left in the infield.

That's the third baseman.

As to whether this position will be given to Zhou Hui or Zeng Zi Toru, it is now an unknown.

"Fourth batter, left fielder, Zhou Hui!"

Hearing this arrangement, everyone looked at Zhou Hui.

Perhaps Chris would be the best choice for this round, but no one expected it to be Zhou Hui.

A freshman.

How could he squeeze out the captain and secure this position?
But Coach Kataoka's words are really binding in the baseball team, and no one dares to question them.

I held back everything I wanted to say.

Seeing that the students’ reactions were not that big, Director Kataoka continued to announce the starting lineup.

The fifth batter is catcher Chris.

After Chris returned to the first team, he naturally took over Miyuki's position and became the team's first catcher.

The sixth batter was given to center fielder, Jun Isashiki.

Isajiki Jun did not expect that after Chris returned to the first team and Zhou Hui was promoted to the first team, he would come to this position.

Seventh batter, third baseman, Toru Masuko.

Eighth bat, right fielder, Hakushu.

The ninth batter, pitcher, is Akira Fōtani.

In this game, coach Kataoka chose Akira Fōtani to start.

There is nothing wrong with this.

It's just a pity for Banjing.

As soon as Zhou Hui joined the first team, he didn't even have the chance to start.

"Okay, this is today's starting lineup. Let's make quick work of the first battle!"

"Yes!"

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(End of this chapter)