Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 54 Dark Horse Mingchuan

Chapter 54 Dark Horse Mingchuan
"How's that Shunomi? That pitcher's pretty good, right?"

In the audience, a teenager wearing the uniform of another school leaned on the railing and asked the man with glasses behind him.

The man with glasses did not reply immediately. Instead, he just kept trimming his nails.

The people traveling with him were all wearing school uniforms, except for him who was wearing a white shirt.

"He's just a plain, simple guy with nothing to show for it. He's just a pitcher who got here by brute force. There's no need to be afraid of him."

The man with glasses said, obviously not taking Fōgō Aki seriously.

"In that case, is there no one in Qingdao who can pose a threat to us?"

the young man asked excitedly.

"how is this possible?"

The man with glasses smiled coldly, as if he was laughing at the boy's stupidity.

Finally, his eyes focused on Zhou Hui who was packing his things.

"That kid from the mainland, it seems I can't do anything about it?"

The man with glasses muttered.

Then, after Qingdao High School left the field, this group of people also left and ran to the next field together.

"Everyone, take your lunch boxes and go to the next stadium to eat. We're not going back to school, we're going to watch the game directly!"

Director Kataoka said.

Everyone nodded.

Coach Kataoka's tone is so cold, the opponent in the next game will definitely not be an ordinary opponent.

Although it is only the third round of the competition, Coach Kataoka can already feel enough pressure.

If they don't work harder, they might really lose in the summer competition.

The bus of Qingdao High School drove to a football field in the suburbs, and the game here had just entered the warm-up time.

In one of the lounges, a supervisor looked extremely anxious, as if he had encountered some urgent matter.

"Supervisor, here we come."

At this time, three teenagers walked into the lounge, including the man with glasses.

"You are finally here, go change your clothes quickly."

After seeing the three people coming, the supervisor breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked the man with glasses and others to change their clothes.

It was almost too late.

“Will their winner become our opponent in the next round?”

Zhou Hui asked, crossing his legs.

Chris nodded and began to introduce the two teams.

"That's right. This time the two teams are Mingchuan Academy and Shenheshan High School. Shenheshan High School's record in previous years has always been above average, but Mingchuan Academy is the dark horse this time to defeat this place."

"So, it seems that our next opponent will be Kamiyayama High School, right?"

Sawamura asked stupidly.

He didn't believe that Mingchuan Academy could remain dark forever.

"Since Mingchuan Academy can fight to this extent, it proves that they are definitely capable, right? Otherwise, according to their previous records, they would have been eliminated."

It's obvious that Haruichi's brain is smarter than Zemura's.

"Yes, that's a very good point. Mingchuan Academy has a better chance of winning this match."

Chris laughed.

Then Chris took out his notebook and began to introduce.

"Kamiwayama High School was one of the top 16 last year, so they are certainly strong, but their main third-year players have retired, especially the retirement of the third-year ace pitcher Makimoto, which has greatly weakened their strength. It was very difficult for them to get to where they are now."

"Compared to them, Mingchuan Academy's positions are not as balanced, but their ace pitcher is a star-level player. Shenheshan High School lacks a star player to lead the team, and Mingchuan Academy has an advantage in this regard."

After Chris said a lot, he looked at the man with glasses who was warming up at Mingchuan Academy.

He is the ace pitcher of Mingchuan Academy and a pitcher that Chris pays attention to.

"His name is Yang Shunchen. He is from Taiwan. After coming to the island country to study, he was deeply attracted by the baseball culture here and fell in love with baseball. He also led Mingchuan Academy to achieve excellent results step by step."

"Huaxia..."

Zhou Hui muttered.

It looked like he had run into a fellow countryman! He was already looking forward to the next game.

"What are his characteristics?"

Zhou Hui raised a fatal question.

"Don't be anxious, you will know everything if you watch slowly. In short, he has something that both Sawamura and Furuya lack." Upon hearing this, Furuya Akira and Sawamura both looked at Chris.

Something we are all missing?

"kick off!"

Before we knew it, the game had already begun.

Yang Shunchen bent down with a cold face, looking very gloomy.

"Whoosh!"

Yang Shunchen's pitching posture is relatively relaxed, without any special movements, and is very standard, just like a textbook.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

A straight ball low to the outside corner.

The batter didn't swing.

Sawamura and Fūya Akira still don’t understand, what’s the big deal?

Xiao Jiangu was even more speechless.

His ball speed doesn't even seem to be 140km/h. How can we compare with him?
"This is a really tricky shot."

Zhou Hui said this unintentionally.

"Tricky?"

Sawamura and Fūya Akatsuki seemed to have discovered something.

Could it be that Chris was talking about controlling the ball?

The two were not sure and continued watching.

"Whoosh!"

The next ball, same spot, almost no deviation.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

With two consecutive balls hitting the corners, the batter didn't even dare to swing.

Pitchers like Yang Shunchen have always been the type that referees hate the most.

Because the referee needs to make a judgment the moment the baseball enters the glove, it is absolutely torturous for the referee to not be able to tell whether the ball is good or bad.

If this ball was shown to a professional baseball umpire, they might be able to quickly determine it, but it would be a torture for a high school umpire.

Yang Shunchen's invincible ball control is only at the high school level. There are countless players who are better than him in professional baseball.

The last ball.

"Whoosh!"

"Still the same location?"

The batter couldn't believe it and was even very panicked after seeing the baseball.

It is very easy to make mistakes when swinging in a panic, and it is difficult to hit the ball even if the ball speed is not increased.

"Snapped!"

"Good ball! Batter out!"

Strikeout!

Three low straight balls from the outside corners!

The batter couldn't even believe that these three balls were in the same spot.

"hiss."

The batter took a breath.