Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 68 Dismal
"I'm coming."

Watanabe clapped his hands and reminded his teammates around him.

The students from Pharmacist High School and Municipal University’s senior high school are all out!
As soon as the two teams came on the field, a sharp contrast was formed.

The players from the city's third high school stood straight, each of them tall and strong, and walked into the court in a neat and orderly row.

Clean and neat is a label that can be seen from them.

On the other hand, Pharmacist High School is completely the opposite of the city’s third high school.

No one cared about this grand entrance ceremony. Many people were holding their heads, yawning, whispering to each other, and chatting happily.

"These guys..."

Seeing the state of Pharmacist High School, Hong Lei Zang couldn't help but clench his fists.

The game has started, but I'm not in good shape at all. What should I do?

After both parties stood in place, they began to take off their hats and bow.

Pharmacist High School also lowered his head casually, without even the most basic respect.

This is the tradition of island baseball.

Don’t even care about tradition?
“Are they really a top eight team?”

Seeing the state of Yakushi High School, Sawamura couldn't help but curl his lips, unable to believe that this was a team on the same level as them.

"Yakushi High School is a dark horse this year. Their batting line is particularly terrifying this year."

Chris explained.

Then, Sawamura looked at the scoreboard, his eyes fixed on the position of Yakushi High School.

Qingdao High School has a pretty good idea of ​​the batting order and lineup of the three major high schools in the city, but it has no idea about that of Pharmacist High School.

But when Sawamura saw the fourth batter, his silly look was still exposed.

"That's..." Sawamura was speechless for a moment: "Car? Three cars? Three wheels? Oh! A tricycle!"

Sawamura created the name of this batter based on his own unique understanding.

Is this really a high school student?

Seeing the disgusted faces of his classmates around him, Sawamura also felt embarrassed.

"What's wrong? Is that wrong?"

Everyone looked at Sawamura with caring eyes, and no one said a word.

"That character is pronounced Hong. His name is Hong Leishi. He is a freshman at Pharmacist High School. At the same time, the supervisor of Pharmacist High School is also named Hong."

Chris explained to his "silly apprentice".

Sawamura suddenly realized and nodded.

"Game start!"

The referee raised his hands, and the 4/1 finals, with Pharmacist High School playing against the city’s third high school, officially began!
"Top of the first inning, Yakushi High School is on offense, first batter, right fielder, Hirahata-san."

"Their lineup is so young, there are basically no third-year players in the starting lineup."

Chris said as he saw the Pharmacist High School lineup.

Their leadoff man is Ryo Hirahata, a sophomore and a strong contender to become the next captain of Yakushi High School.

"The starting pitcher from the city's third high school is really hitting the target. It looks like it will be a big blow for the pharmacist."

Chris analyzed.

Manaka Yoshida is the ace pitcher of City University High School and the candidate with the best chance of entering the professional baseball after retiring this year.

The strength is self-evident.

Starting from this game, he might become the starting pitcher for every game of City High School.

At this point, the role of the ace pitcher becomes very significant.

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

With a clean pitch, Shinaka Kaname was the first to get a strike.

"So fast!"

"Awesome!"

Just one goal made everyone dumbfounded.

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

The baseball drew a beautiful arc in the sky and passed by Hirabatake's bat without even touching it.

"nice shot!"

Two strikes!
"Ayao came out firing on all cylinders today."

Tamba and Manaka Kaname were classmates and teammates in junior high school, and Kaname is also Tamba's nickname for Manaka Kaname.

If the city's third high school can successfully advance in this game, then Danbo will definitely get a chance to start in the next game. "Pah!"

"Good ball! Batter out!"

"This ball changes so much?!"

Shinaka used his signature skill on the last pitch, causing Hirahata to strike out without him even touching the ball.

"what!"

After getting the strikeout, Shinaka couldn't help but roar.

Qingdao High School, wait for my revenge!
"Second batter, catcher, Akiha-san."

Kazuma Akiba, the catcher of Yakushi High School.

Although his number is small and his status in the team seems ordinary, he is actually the undisputed first catcher of Pharmacist High School.

At Pharmacist High School, the number on your back doesn't represent everything.

The fourth baton is still number 20.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

"nice shot!"

Qiu Ye hit two straight balls in a row, one inside and one outside, and both of them missed.

Shinaka Kaname's ball speed has already reached 140km/h, and not everyone can hit his ball.

"Whoosh!"

"It's time to slide the ball on the next pitch."

Qiu Ye Yizhen thought about it.

"Snapped!"

"Good ball! Batter out!"

But what he didn't expect was that the baseball actually went straight in, with no intention of changing at all.

Or a straight ball?!
Qiu Ye Yizhen couldn't believe it!
He is still waiting for the ball to change!

No strikeout! What a shame!
Looking at Manaka Kaname's smile, all this seemed to be within his expectations.

Coming up, Manaka got two strikeouts.

From this perspective, Pharmacist High School and the City University High School don't seem to be on the same level at all.

"This is troublesome."

Hong Leizang sat in the lounge with his arms and legs spread out, saying with a wicked smile.

Although he said on the surface that the game was in trouble, he still had a smirk on his face, making it difficult to understand what he was thinking.

"Third batter, first baseman, Mishima-san."

Yuta Mishima, the little fat boy who just talked back to Hong Leizang in the lounge.

Although he is sloppy, since he can be arranged to play in the center line, he is definitely not a bad player.

"Mishima, just hit it out, don't worry about the hits for now."

Hong Leizang didn't even bother to give a secret signal and just spoke directly.

"flagrant!"

Shinaka was getting angry, and veins bulged on his hand holding the baseball.

"Whoosh!"

Before the catcher even threw the ball, Manaka had already thrown it out on his own, becoming more and more like his junior classmate Tenku.

"Qiang!"

Mishima had been practicing baseball with Hong Leizang since a very early age, and he had learned the true skills of batting from Hong Leizang.

Although Hong Lei Zang is an "alcoholic", he always has a high passion and understanding for baseball.

He is very serious in dealing with his students.

“He was kicked out.”

Manaka looked at the baseball.

However, this ball did not hit the center of the ball and was caught by the first baseman.

Step on the next base!
"Out! Three outs! Attack and defense switch!"

Three up and three down!

The city's third high school ended the game without any bloodshed.

Pharmacist High School, which had shown its crazy striking ability in previous games, ended dismally in the first inning.

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Wish you all a happy New Year's Eve
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