Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 9 Is he the legendary monster?

After chatting for an hour, Zhou Hui had more or less understood both Tamba and Watanabe to a certain extent.

Both of them are the kind of people who have a long and difficult life, and it is impossible for them to have a smooth life.

So after listening to Zhou Hui's resume in junior high school, both of them had the same reaction.

That's envy.

Although Tamba is now the ace pitcher of Seidou High School, his journey has not been smooth at all.

When he was in junior high school, he was the backup for the ace pitcher of the city's third high school, Shinaka Kaname, and always lived in Shinaka Kaname's shadow.

The two were originally very good friends, but because Tamba wanted to get rid of the shadow of Manaka Kaname, he came to Qingdao High School.

This further led to him and Manaka becoming mortal enemies.

This is also inevitable.

And Danbo has just returned to the team recently.

Last fall, Danbo suffered an elbow injury that caused him to miss a long period of time, and he only returned to the first team this year.

Fortunately, Seidou High School's pitchers have always been the worst, and there is no reserve of talent.

So when Danbo returned from injury, he was still the team's ace pitcher.

Watanabe's fate was even worse than Tamba's.

He was admitted to Seidou High School through an exam. He had poor physical fitness and was just an ordinary outfielder on the field. He had no chance to play at all.

But by observing other schools and finding useful information, he gradually became an indispensable player of Qingdao High School.

Although he is unable to play for Seidou High School, he enjoys silently helping Seidou High School from behind.

He gradually accepted this position.

"Wake up quickly."

Early the next morning, Zhou Hui was still having a sweet dream when he suddenly felt someone shaking his body.

Although Zhou Hui has outstanding abilities, this does not mean he is self-disciplined.

He doesn't have the habit of getting up early.
Even when the team has early training, he often can't get up.

Because of this, he was often punished to run.

"Hmm..." Zhou Hui was still sleepy. He rubbed his eyes and looked up to see Danbo: "What's wrong?"

"What's the matter? Do you know what time it is now?"

As he spoke, Danbo took the alarm clock on the bedside table and showed it to Zhou Hui.

"Five twenty."

Zhou Hui spoke unclearly.

He is still in a state of not waking up.

"Then why don't you get up quickly? We have to gather at 5:30 today! Supervisor Kataoka is very scary!"

"Isn't it?!"

Zhou Hui was startled and immediately sat up from the bed.

"Then I'll go wash up first."

"Why are you still washing? If you're late today, you're done! Hurry up and get dressed and come downstairs!"

Danbo said as he put on his clothes.

Now he still doesn't understand why this junior is so careless.

"Put this on quickly and then follow us downstairs."

As he said this, Watanabe Hisashi threw a piece of black clothing over.

The words "Qingdao" are printed on the clothes.

Looks very handsome.

Qingdao High School has a total of two team uniforms, one is black, which is mostly used for training. It has long sleeves and also serves to keep warm.

The other one is white as the main color and blue as the secondary color.

That one is basically worn during competitions.

The black one gives people a cool and handsome feeling, while the white one gives people a more sunny feeling. After changing into training clothes, Zhou Hui hurried downstairs to gather.

"Why are you two here so late today?"

A short pink-haired classmate asked.

He looked very thin and short, and when he stood next to Danbo, he didn't look like they were in the same grade as him.

"Don't mention it. The new guy in our dormitory hasn't gotten up yet at 5:20. I don't know if he can get the attention of Supervisor Kataoka for being so careless."

Danbo explained helplessly.

"Oh? If that's the case, why are you still so concerned about him? Just looking at his lifestyle, I know he won't amount to anything."

The pink-haired classmate squinted his eyes and expressed his opinion.

What Coach Kataoka values ​​is attitude. If you don’t even have a basic attitude, then no matter how well you play baseball, he won’t recognize you.

"He is the hits leader and home run leader in Hokkaido. Under his leadership, their youth baseball team has made it to the national championship for three consecutive years. They even won the final championship this year."

The pink-haired student smiled after hearing this.

"interesting."

"coming."

Danbo looked towards Zhou Hui's position.

Zhou Hui ran over in a panic, without even fastening his belt, looking very funny.

It is really difficult to associate such a player with the titles of home run king and hits king.

"Could it be that the boy is the newcomer in your dormitory? Hahahahaha, this is kind of funny."

At this time, a handsome boy with a bit of a naughty look came over with his hands in his pockets and his back hunched.

If you didn't know him, no one would believe that he was the main shortstop of Qingdao High School.

This is second-year student Yoichi Kuramochi.

Although he is a real starter for Seidou High School, if you have not watched Seidou High School games, it would be easy for some people to associate him with a gangster.

Danbo nodded helplessly.

At this time, a classmate next to him who was of big build took out a piece of paper and wrote on it "At least they are here. Is it really okay not to call that kid Sawamura?"
"It was him who insisted on playing video games with us last night. I wasn't so kind as to wake him up."

This is because Zhou Hui is not here, otherwise he would be thankful for how lucky he is.

If he had run into senior Kuramochi, he might have been late today.

"Is Masuko still punishing herself?"

"Yeah, I don't know what he's thinking."

Kuramochi gave Masuko Toru a helpless look.

"Finally caught up."

After tying his belt, Zhou Hui put his hands on his knees and began to breathe heavily.

Seeing Zhou Hui like this, many first-year students were secretly delighted.

For someone so reckless, his skills must be at the very bottom.

People are selfish. When it comes to interests, no one will consider others.

Everyone is working together for a common goal, and no one will give in for your dream.

While many players were secretly delighted, several freshmen with experience in national competitions widened their eyes.

Although they were all bench players during the national competition, and some didn't even get a chance to play, at least they had this experience, and they were better than most people here.

Even Shinji Kanamaru and Hideaki Tojo, who are considered to be the biggest gains of Seidou High School this year and came from the Matsukata Youth Baseball League, are not worth mentioning in front of their qualifications.

"Why did he come to Qingdao?"

"Who is that?"

"Zhou Hui! The fourth batter of the Eagles! The champion of this year's national competition!"

"Is he the monster in the legend?"

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(End of this chapter)