Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 56 Flaw

Chapter 56 Flaw
Two days later.

A key battle is about to begin at Hachioji Stadium.

In the quarterfinals of the West Tokyo Summer Tournament, Seidou High School plays against Mingchuan Academy!
A showdown between traditional powerhouses and emerging dark horses.

From now on, the regional conference has entered the final white-hot stage.

Every game is crucial.

Almost all the teams that have reached this position are top teams.

The city's top three high schools, Daocheng Industry, and Qingdao High School, the "three major giants of West Tokyo", all made it to the top eight without any surprise.

Yakushi High School and Mingchuan Academy, as dark horse teams, have also reached this position.

Pharmacist High School is doing well, and has always been among the top sixteen.

Mingchuan Academy was a dark horse that no one expected.

"Qingdao! Qingdao!"

"come on! Come on!"

"Dominate the country!"

"Mingchuan, Mingchuan..."

The game hasn't started yet, but the cheering groups of the two teams have already started competing with each other.

But compared to Qingdao High School, Mingchuan Academy's cheering group is not just a little bit inferior.

The Seidou High School baseball team, including the secondary team, has over a hundred people, which Mingchuan Academy cannot compare to at all.

In terms of momentum, Qingdao High School is definitely better.

But Mingchuan Academy doesn't care about that at all.

Especially Yang Shunchen.

As long as he wants to win, he will try his best in this game and not go into a losing position.

Even if he lost, he had no regrets!

Qingdao High School and Mingchuan Academy entered one after another.

There were not many changes in the starting lineup of Seidou High School. Akira Furiya was still the starting pitcher, and Kawakami and Sawamura were on standby in the bullpen from the first inning.

As for Tamba, coach Kataoka has not yet decided to let him play.

He has always been the last "trump card" of Qingdao High School.

"Zhou Hui, the ace pitcher on the other side is considered your fellow villager, right?"

Chris put on his protective gear and asked Zhou Hui.

Zhou Hui held his head in his hands, looking indifferent.

"correct."

"Then don't show mercy."

Chris also knows how Zhou Hui feels now.

It is a rare thing to meet a fellow countryman from abroad. Chris was afraid that Zhou Hui would have such an idea.

During the past few days of getting along with Zhou Hui, Chris also discovered that Zhou Hui is a man of loyalty and patriotism.

He is the model of a model student.

"Don't worry, giving it your all is the best respect for your opponent, and also the best respect for my fellow countryman."

Chris felt relieved after hearing this and nodded.

"That's good."

With that, the competition officially began!

Qingdao High School ran up with full confidence. This round was their defensive round.

"come on, come on, come on!"

Yuuki shouted from first base.

This kind of momentum also proves that Yuki regards Mingchuan Academy as a real opponent.

"Come on! Come on!"

"come on!"

Not only the students in the inner field, but also Shirasu, Isashiki Jun and Zhou Hui in the outer field also shouted out their voices after hearing it.

This is the momentum of a strong team!

"It seems that the pitcher is not the only one who has a simple mind but strong limbs."

Yang Shunchen pushed up his glasses and said sarcastically.

Yang Shunchen has always been a very gentle person and has always been very disdainful of such things.

"Top of the first inning, Mingchuan Academy is on offense, first batter, center fielder, Ninomiya-san."

"What? You're yelling before the game even starts. If someone didn't know, they'd think you guys had already entered Koshien."

Ninomiya complained. Baseball games aren't about who's louder. What's the point of just shouting all the time?

Chris squatted there, swinging his gloves casually.

It's good enough to have that intention when giving the ball to Akira Fōgani.

He can't throw to that position anyway.

The only thing that makes Akihiro Kotani stand out in the high school field is his pitching speed and power.

Those who have not received professional or targeted training have no way of hitting Akira Fōgani's ball.

This is why Xiao Fōgō can gain a foothold.

Four words stand out: dimensionality reduction attack.

When everyone's speed is around 130km/h, and 140km/h is beyond most people, your 150km/h is indeed a dimensionality reduction attack.

Just like Zhou Hui’s junior high school days.

Even in the national competition, he was still unstoppable.

If Zhou Hui was not walked at that time, a home run would be waiting for him.

No team can do anything to him.

"Whoosh!"

Xiao Jōgō raised his slender thighs and threw the ball out with his right hand like a "cannon".

The moment the baseball was thrown, it seemed to break through thousands of obstacles and flew towards Chris's glove.

"Can't swing, can't swing, can't swing!"

Ninomiya closed his eyes, controlled his hands, and tried his best to maintain his original posture.

As for the training of Fōgō Akatsuki, they have already trained many times.

The principle is simple.

Just adjust the pitching machine to the highest speed, and then stand in the batting zone to feel the speed of the ball.

The maximum speed of a pitching machine is 160km, while Akira Jōgō's maximum speed is only around 150km.

Compared with the pitching machine, it's still a bit lacking.

Therefore, as long as the students of Mingchuan Academy adapt to the speed of the pitching machine, the speed of the pitches they face against Fōgatsu Akatsuki will be similar.

"Snapped!"

Ninomiya held back and didn't swing the bat!

"Bad ball."

This time it was Qingdao High School that was surprised.

Just now, when seeing Fōgatsu Akira's exaggerated pitch speed, it was Akikawa Gakuen who was surprised.

They also didn't know if Ninomiya could resist swinging the bat.

Because there is still a certain difference between pitching from a pitching machine and pitching from a person.

The pitching of a pitching machine is relatively stable, but if it is done by a person, there will be many uncertainties.

"Oh no! It seems that we are not the only ones who have thoroughly studied Yang Shunchen. Mingchuan has also put a lot of effort into studying Jiang Gu."

Watanabe said while sitting in the recorder's position.

After entering the quarterfinals, Watanabe no longer had to run around. All he needed to do was stay in the locker room and record the situation of Seidou High School.

There are fewer competitions nowadays, so Watanabe doesn't need to record them one by one.

The games were not that dense, and after the game, Seidou High School had plenty of time to rush to another stadium to watch the game.

"Ball! Ball! Walk!"

Ninomiya was walked to first base with nobody out and a runner on first base.

Fōgiya Akatsuki's flaw has been revealed.

If they continue to play like this, it will only do harm to Qingdao High School, not good.

Now Qingdao High School is in trouble.

"The pitcher is in poor condition, and his shortcomings are magnified by the opponent. What would Chris do at this time?"

Yuki sat in the lounge and talked to himself.

This is the first time that I have to sit in the locker room for so many games. To be honest, I am not used to it.

But if he were to be Chris's substitute, Miyuki would be convinced.

Faced with this situation, Yukichi actually had a solution in mind.