Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 77 Slow-burning trump card

"Top of the first inning, Pharmacist High School is on offense, first batter, third baseman, Hong!"

This time, Yakushi High School unexpectedly chose to let Honglei City be the first runner, instead of their original first runner Hirabatake Ryo.

This substitution left some spectators who didn't know much about football a little confused.

But some veteran baseball fans have already seen through the little tricks of Pharmacist High School.

They heard the "wishful thinking" of Pharmacist High School in the audience.

"It looks like the pharmacist wants to fight us today."

Yuki said while sitting in the lounge.

He is now the most prominent player in the Qingdao High School lounge, and no one can compare to him.

His strength is there.

He was once the No. 1 catcher, but it was a bit ugly to be demoted to the backup position.

But as Chris's substitute, he has nothing to say about it.

"You can see it too."

Director Kataoka's voice came.

He didn't look at Yuki, his eyes were fixed on the game field.

"Yes, putting Lei Shi in the first batting position is to let him play more at-bats. In this way, the pharmacist's scoring rate will be greatly increased."

"Yes, you are right about this. It seems that the pharmacist is well prepared for this match."

Sometimes, Director Kataoka actually looks down on Hong Raizo.

Although he was once a professional baseball player, his private life was not decent at all. He did not know how to manage money. After retiring, he lived a life of debauchery and alcoholism. It would be strange if his wife did not run away after he went bankrupt.

No one can deny the achievements that Hong Lei Zang has made in professional baseball, but the way he looked after his retirement made many men look down on him from the bottom of their hearts.

In order to satisfy his own desires, he turned his son into a "cash cow".

But you can't say he is a failed supervisor.

Although his tactics seemed to be arbitrary every time, such as catcher Akiba or first baseman Mishima becoming the starting pitcher, sometimes even Hong Leishi had to go to the pitcher's mound.

But you have to admit that this style of play sometimes does work wonders.

Each time Hong Lei Zang's tactics are simple, but each time they have unexpected results.

"kick off!"

The referee announced the start of the game.

In the audience, Akiko Yamato began recording the event, while Daocheng Industry nearby also set up its own camera, ready to take it back and observe more slowly.

The first game of the summer tournament for Seidou High School's ace pitcher is about to begin!

"Just after coming back, you should be steady first. The first ball should be a straight ball high inside corner."

Chris placed the glove on Thunder City's chest.

"Whoosh!"

On the pitcher's mound, the tall Danbo did not feel clumsy at all when he was pitching. Instead, he looked unusually light.

"Qiang!"

Honglei City doesn't give any chances at all, they just hit the baseball when they see it.

He just has that ability!

Even though people often used lobs against him, it was useless because he would hit every baseball he saw.

The current Honglei City has such a powerful striking capability. I wonder what it will evolve into in the future.

By then, perhaps the only way for pitchers to deal with him is to give him a walk.

The sound of the baseball and bat colliding was particularly obvious, and it seemed that there was also an air wave. For a moment, Hong Leishi seemed to be half-kneeling on the ground, using all his strength.

"Center and outfield!"

"This kid used all his strength right away. Isn't he afraid that he won't be able to handle it later?"

Isajiki Jun ran while complaining.

If I don't run faster, I really won't have a chance to catch this ball.

Just now, after Isashiki Jun saw with his own eyes the collision between Tamba's inside corner kick and Hongleishi's bat, he realized that Tamba was no match for Hongleishi at all.

In that instant, the baseball flew to him, an exaggerated ability. Fortunately, the baseball did not fly out as Hong Leishi thought and hit the scoreboard.

Instead, it reached a very deep position and began to descend straight down.

Isajiki Jun and Zhou Hui both tried hard to run in this direction.

If there are two people, maybe there is still a chance to catch the ball.

"Zhou Hui, let's fight to the death!"

"I see."

Zhou Hui nodded, and Isajiki Jun also gritted his teeth. Both of them seemed to have made some kind of decision.

After Zhou Hui made a big jump, Isajiki Jun jumped over right after him.

The two men's gloves seemed to have the same idea and stretched out towards the white ball at the same time.

The advantage of doing this is that if one person makes a mistake and misses the call, the other person can follow up and make up for it.

But the downside is that if the ball results in a hit, it will be difficult for either of them to pass the ball back to limit Hong Lei City.

So, Hakushu also tried hard to run here from the right outfield position.

Baseball drops!

Hit!

The baseball slipped from Zhou Hui's glove and he didn't get it directly.

"shit!"

Zhou Hui was the one who stretched his glove further forward, and he thought he could catch it easily.

"Hakushu!"

When Isajiki Jun saw that the baseball was about to hit, he immediately lowered his head to look for Hakusu.

He didn't pay attention to Baizhou's location just now, but just felt that Baizhou would definitely come.

Sure enough, he was right.

Baizhou came to help the two of them "cover their retreat"!

"Pretty!"

Isajiki Jun secretly thought it was a great move, at least it avoided a situation where they could score directly.

After Baizhou picked up the ball, his eyes began to pay attention to Honglei City's base running.

Now Honglei City is very close to second base, and it is clearly too late to pass to second base.

There was no other way, Baizhou could only pass the ball to third base, preventing Honglei City from continuing to run.

Even though Hong Lei Shi was crazy, he could still understand simple things like this.

After reaching second base, he did not move forward and stopped at second base.

Double.

"Pity."

Zhou Hui smashed his gloves with his right hand, looking annoyed.

If you can catch it, that's enough.

The moment the baseball fell in, Zhou Hui's first reaction was not to close the glove quickly, but to consider how to land safely.

This caused Zhou Hui to miss the opportunity to kill Hong Lei Shi directly.

But this also shows that Danbo's condition is not there.

Although it is not that difficult for him to find his form, he is still a slow-warming pitcher. However, compared with other slow-warming pitchers, he gets into the form much faster.

But this does not mean that he can find his form right away in the first game.

In the first at-bat, Hong Leishi hit a long hit that would have made anyone feel uncomfortable.

"This shot is totally unlike your style, Danbo."

Chris said silently.

This inside corner ball was not sharp at all, as could be seen from the flexibility of Hong Leishi's swing.

This ball was completely bitten!
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(End of this chapter)