Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 48 High School No.
Meiji Jingu Stadium.

The match between Qingdao High School and Mishimon High School has begun.

The cheerleaders of both teams also began to cheer for their own teams.

"Qingdao! Qingdao! Qingdao!"

"We must win! We must win!"

"Down with them!"

"Qingdao High School!"

“Number one in the country!”

The cheerleading team of Qingdao High School, which is a powerful team, is naturally not bad either.

The first-year students, represented by Kanemaru, sat together, and they were the ones with the loudest voices.

Since I can't help Seidou High School on the court, I'll just shine in the stands.

The Qingdao High School cheerleading team is also fully equipped.

They have cheering sticks, cheering drums, and small speakers.

Compared with Qingdao High School, Missimen High School seems shabby.

The number of people in their baseball team is far less than that of Seidou High School.

Their baseball team is very small, and the division between the second and first armies is not that clear.

Almost everyone on the baseball team was on the field.

There were only a few cheerleaders left in the audience.

The atmosphere was different. Almost all the cheers in the Meiji Jingu Stadium were for Seidou High School.

"Supervisor, why can't I hear the cheers for us?"

The players from Missimen High School asked their supervisor.

You can ask this question, and I believe everyone knows why he plays basketball at Mississippi High School.

"These are all imaginary things, we don't need to care about them. As long as we can beat Qingdao High School, those cheers will be ours."

Obviously, Chiba, the supervisor of Mishimon High School, didn't care. He leaned on the stool and was still daydreaming.

"How is it? Nice atmosphere, right?"

Yu Xing asked Zhou Hui.

This is Zhou Hui's first time participating in a competition of such a large scale.

The high school regional tournament is incomparable to the junior high school national tournament.

At least when Zhou Hui was competing in the national competition, there weren't so many people in the audience cheering for them.

That’s the atmosphere in high school baseball.

Although it is not the most enthusiastic compared to professional baseball, it is definitely the purest.

Coach Kataoka spoke to the players in the locker room, but the players obviously didn't listen carefully.

The opponent is Missimen High School, a team that was eliminated in the first round and does not need coach Kataoka to arrange tactics.

"Top of the first inning, Seidou High School is on offense, the first batter, shortstop, is Kuramochi-san."

"Kuramochi-senpai, you must get on base."

Zhou Hui has high hopes for Kuramochi.

It shouldn't be difficult for Kuramochi to get on base in the first place.

"Hee-ha, it's a piece of cake."

Kuramochi smiled and walked up.

He didn't take his opponent seriously either.

"Watanabe, do you have any information on this pitcher?"

Director Kataoka looked at Watanabe next to him.

After Chris joined the first team, Qingdao High School lacked a game scorer.

This position was tailor-made for Watanabe.

Since his talent and ability are not enough for him to play with the team, then becoming the team's scorer may not be a bad choice.

Recording game content and investigating opponents are things he is good at.

"Yes, the ace pitcher of Missimen High School is called Kikunaga Masaaki, a sophomore pitcher who is not very good at ball control. But the one who took the mound today was the third-year Minamihira Mamoru, who had no record of taking the mound in previous games. This may be a problem for us."

Coach Kataoka listened to Watanabe's words and looked at the pitcher on the mound.

A pitcher who never waited at the plate.

I'm afraid that the opposing coach Chiba has also put a lot of effort into this aspect.

"kick off!"

The referee announced the start of the game.

As the first batter, Kuramochi's job is to get on base.

But they had no information about the opponent in front of them, which made it a bit tricky for Kuramochi.

Being the first runner, the pressure is really great!
"On base! On base!" "Hit! Hit!"

"Whoosh!"

When he saw the batter lower his body, Kuramochi realized how much thought Coach Chiba had put into dealing with Seidou High School.

The problem with Nanping is not just that they don’t have the information.

Still a hook shooter!
"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

Facing the first ball, Kuramochi chose to watch it go.

“Is the first pitch a curveball?”

He used a changeup ball right at the start, it seems that Nanpingshou is very confident in his ball control.

On the second pitch, Nan Pingshou chose a slider.

Surprisingly, Kuramochi's swing missed.

After two good balls, Kuramochi was immediately forced into a desperate situation.

Are you kidding me? This is Kuramochi!

"Hahahahahahaha, Qingdao High School, enjoy it! This is the surprise that Chiba Ichiru may have specially prepared for you!"

"What was the last pitch? The slider or the curveball?"

"Whoosh!"

Seeing the baseball flying towards him, Kuramochi realized that he couldn't think too much.

"Qiang!"

Kuramochi swung out his short stick and hit the ball out.

However, the third baseman had anticipated this and had already run out, so Kuramochi could only hit the ball to first base.

"Snapped!"

"Out!"

Since the hit was towards first base, it became easy to get out.

"The second batter, second baseman, is Ryosuke Kominato."

Facing an opponent of this level, Ryosuke did not choose to use the grinding tactic.

He didn't feel that way.

So when the first pitch came up, he swung the bat directly.

"Qiang!"

"Snapped!"

But he hit this ball as a flat fly ball, and the third baseman jumped and caught it.

"Out!"

"Is it too straight?"

Ryosuke was not discouraged by his elimination this time. Instead, he spoke out his problems with a smile.

With such a good mentality, he must be full of confidence in the next games.

Next, it was Yuki's turn to bat third.

Yuki is the captain of Seidou High School, and his hitting is not as impetuous as others.

Although the number of home runs is small, the advantage is that it is steady and solid.

"Qiang!"

Swinging the bat, Yuki carried the ball out.

It went through left field!
A hit to left field!

Double hit!

Seidou High School's first hit! Yuuki gets on base!

Two outs, man on second base!
But even so, many people still believe that Qingdao High School can get the first point.

"Fourth batter, left fielder, Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Hui!

The first time he appeared, he was a starter and the fourth batter!
This achievement would be an amazing achievement for any team, let alone a top school like Qingdao High School!

After Zhou Hui entered the batter's box, coach Chiba started to get furious in the locker room.

"What the hell? Why would they let a first-year kid be the fourth batter? They look down on us!"

Chiba clenched his fists and shouted towards the pitcher's mound.

"Nanping, strike him out! Let them see the price of looking down on Misimen! Strike him out!"

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(End of this chapter)