Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 67 Another Focus Battle
"We won't go back to school directly this time. We're going to Meiji Jingu Stadium now. The game between the city's third high school is also going on. The winner will become our opponent in the next round."

Supervisor Kataoka said to the students who were packing their luggage.

As long as they have not won the championship and have not entered Koshien, they cannot relax.

"Yes!"

The students of Seidou High School had no complaints. After all, they also wanted to enter Koshien and take a look there.

After the game, all the students got on the bus and prepared to go to the next stadium.

"Who is the opponent of the City University No. 3 High School this time?"

"I think they're called Pharmacist. Like Mingchuan, they seem to be a dark horse this year."

"Oh? Is that so?"

"Yes, they were only in the round of 16 last year, but I didn't expect them to make it directly to the quarterfinals this year."

"Amazing."

On the bus, everyone was talking about it.

Although everyone was very interested in the sudden appearance of Pharmacist High School, everyone still agreed that the winner would be the city’s third high school.

That was their opponent in the spring competition, and they naturally knew the strength of the city’s top three high schools.

With Shinaka and Mitsuhisa Amehisa's pitching configuration, it will be difficult for them to find a match in West Tokyo.

Although Tianjiu has big problems with his training and competition attitudes, Manaka Yaoke is very serious.

Manaka can make up for Tenku's attitude, which makes their pitching group basically very stable.

Moreover, they have several good hitters such as Ohmae Hirotaka and Sasaki in the batting line, which makes their advancement smooth.

Naturally, they really wanted to win the match against Pharmacist High School.

As long as they can defeat Yakushi High School, then advancing to take revenge on Seidou High School and entering Koshien will not be so far away.

Half an hour before the game starts.

Inside the locker room of Pharmacist High School.

The players of Pharmacist High School were still changing their clothes casually, with no anxious look on their faces, and it seemed that they did not feel any pressure.

Moreover, these people didn't seem to be baseball players. They were all very lazy. Even when changing clothes, no one stood up. They just sat there.

"Lei Shi, let's go eat pork chop rice after the game."

"Really? Really? That's great! Hahahahahahaha!"

When the boy with a scar on his face heard about pork chop rice, he couldn't help but stood up and laughed.

The magical nature of his laughter makes it easy for people to associate him with Sawamura.

He really is like a "little madman" and doesn't look like a player who can make it to the quarterfinals of the summer tournament.

"Calm down, I'm just discussing this with you. Supervisor Hong might even want us to go back to school to eat."

"No way, are the meals in school for people to eat?"

Before the game started, no one was nervous about the game. Instead, they were thinking about what to eat when they got home.

It’s hard to imagine how they made it to the quarterfinals.

At this moment, a sloppy uncle walked outside the locker room of Pharmacist High School. If it weren't for the Pharmacist High School team uniform he was wearing, it would be hard to imagine what kind of person he was.

If the summer tournament had not explicitly stipulated that players and supervisors must wear uniform clothing, this uncle would most likely have come wearing a pair of flip-flops and a vest.

But who would have thought that this person was the supervisor of Pharmacist High School.

Thunder Hide!
The latest coach hired by Pharmacist High School was once a strong batter in professional baseball.

Normally, as a former strong player, his salary after retirement is enough for him to spend until retirement, and there is no need for him to humble himself and become a supervisor in a high school, especially a middle-class high school like this.

But after Hong Leizang retired, his unbridled spending caused him to quickly spend all the salary he had saved for half his lifetime. He had no choice but to come to Pharmacist High School to become a supervisor.

But to be honest, although Hong Leizang lives an unrestrained life, he is still quite capable in leading a team.

In one fell swoop, Pharmacist High School, which was in the top 16, was brought to the top eight.

Although there is only one round of competition, these are two different concepts.

What's more, most of the main force of Pharmacist High School are still first-year freshmen.

They were all trained by Hong Lei Zang himself and were not relying on the previous supervisor's legacy at all.

Many of these first-year students have been practicing with Hong Lei Zang since junior high school.

Including Hong Lei Shi, who is also the son of Hong Lei Zang and has received education from Hong Lei Zang since childhood.

"The game is about to start, why are you still making a fuss here? You are confident that you can win, right? How about letting the one with the fewest hits today run ten laps?"

Hong Lei Zang was furious when he entered the locker room.

I don't feel nervous at all. I don't know where this bad habit comes from.

"Just relax the supervision and relax."

A little fat man said.

"Mishima, you are very confident that you can win, right? If you don't get two hits today, I will make you run back, okay?!"

"Two hits? You're not mistaken, are you? The opponent is the city's third high school. We've been eliminated now. How can we possibly beat the city's third high school?"

Mishima seemed very relaxed and didn't think positively at all, believing that the outcome of the game had already been decided.

"Yeah, yeah, how can we possibly beat the city's top three high schools?"

Seeing his players in this state, they didn't care about winning or losing at all, and even looked playful.

"Damn it! Hit hard when you get up there! Swing aggressively! Fast! Strong! We have to get into Koshien this year!"

Hong Leizang's whole body was on fire.

"Yes."

But his players all agreed reluctantly.

They didn't think that far ahead and never thought about entering Koshien.

Even if they wanted to get in very much, how could they not know the gap between them and the top three high schools in the city?

If they can beat the top three high schools in the city, what about Qingdao High School? What about Daocheng Industry?
They are all big tests.

"Don't sit there, hurry up, the starting lineup is the same as the last game."

As he spoke, Hong Lei Zang "drove" Pharmacist High School onto the field like driving ducks, with a look of disappointment on his face.

In the audience stands, the students from Qingdao High School sat down to watch the game without even having time to change their jerseys.

Laptops and cameras are all ready, this game is a crucial one.

This is not only a focus battle for Seidou High School, but also for both teams.

The winning team will advance to the semi-finals and compete with Qingdao High School for a place in the finals.

The other three teams of the summer tournament semi-finals have been decided, and the final one will be born in this game!
"West Tokyo Baseball Summer Tournament, quarter-finals, fourth game. City University High School vs. Pharmacist High School, start now!"

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(End of this chapter)