Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 97 The End
"Second batter, shortstop, Anze-san."

It was the top of the ninth inning.

Qingdao High School only has this last at-bat left before it can advance to the finals and face Daocheng Industry.

On the pitcher's mound, Kawakami stood on it.

The batter he faced was An Zexiu!

The final battle is about to begin!

The current score is 9:4.

After Sawamura left the game, Hong Leishi cooperated with other batters to score a point against Kawakami.

Fortunately, Kawakami adjusted quickly and did not give Yakushi High School any hope of overtaking the score.

After the eighth inning, Sanada finally fell on the pitcher's mound and was replaced.

Iwai came up and took the glove from Sanada and suppressed the batting line of Seidou High School, allowing them to end the bottom of the eighth inning with zero runs.

This is the last match, and it depends on the cooperation between Kawakami and Miyuki.

"The game has come to an end. This is likely to be the last at-bat for Pharmacist High School. Can Pharmacist High School rebound and even drag the game into overtime?"

The commentary has already started its own nonsense literature.

With this score, only the die-hard fans of both teams were left at the scene. No one really listened to the commentary.

Although he said this, his voice was getting farther and farther away. It was very likely that he was already packing up his documents and his attention was no longer on the game.

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

An Zexiu chose to swing at the first pitch, but unfortunately he missed!
Side pitcher Kawakami is already the relief catcher for Seidou High School.

The four pitchers of Qingdao High School all have very distinctive characteristics, and no two people are the same.

“So sharp.”

This is Anze's impression of Kawakami's ball.

Kawakami didn't play very often, and compared to Tamba, it seemed that Kawakami was the "secret weapon" of Seidou High School.

"Just let him call!"

"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid at all!"

"Throw it boldly, any kind of ball is fine!"

"You guys are so noisy, don't I know how to play ball?"

Miyuki smiled bitterly.

It’s really troublesome to be teammates with this group of simple-minded fielders!

Yukichi had no intention of mocking them, he just disliked the noise.

Even if they are simple-minded, they are only compared to Miyuki.

"It's okay to let him hit the outside corner ball. Just trust the fielder behind him."

“Come on, Senior Kawakami! Let him hit it out! Xiao Huihui in the outfield is still waiting for the ball!”

Sawamura stood up and shouted, and there was no time to take off the cold towel on his body.

"Sawamura-kun, calm down."

"Xiaochun, we're almost in the finals, how can you ask me to calm down? I can't calm down at all!"

As he spoke, Sawamura raised his voice to the maximum.

"Kawakami-senpai!"

"Whoosh!"

As Sawamura shouted, the white ball slipped out of Kawakami's hands.

Kawakami's pitching feels extremely soft, but his baseball is very sharp, giving people an asymmetrical feeling.

"Snapped!"

This ball was still held down by Miyuki, and Anze Hide once again swung the bat but missed.

136km!

“Is his ball speed that fast too?”

Except for Sawamura, the pitching speed of other pitchers of Seidou High School all exceeds 130km.

Although the ball speed is just average, it at least meets the passing line.

"I really didn't expect Anze to swing and miss this pitch. I was thinking of relying on the fielder behind. In this case, let's just hope for a strikeout."

After thinking about it, Yukichi typed out the final code.

Slider! As long as it's not a sinker, it's not a difficult thing for Kawakami.

Now Kawakami didn't dare to touch the sinker that he had thrown.

It has always been a hurdle that he could not overcome.

"Whoosh!"

The white ball flew at a speed of over 100km, and Miyuki opened his gloves.

Kawakami's pitching posture is the standard low-shoulder side shot.

The baseball was getting closer and closer to Miyuki's glove, and Anze Xiu also raised his bat, waiting for the moment when the baseball got closer.

"coming!"

……

"Woo woo woo woo woo, I still want to keep playing. I still want to keep going."

In the lounge of Pharmacist High School, Mishima, the silly little fat boy, was crying while covering his face while packing his luggage.

He didn't want to leave the summer competition so soon.

"Hurry up and pack up. We are losers. There is no point for us to stay here."

Hong Leizang's temper was ignited at the slightest.

The game was lost, so there was no need for them to stay here.

In the lounge of Pharmacist High School, no one looked up, not even Hong Lei City.

"Furuya, this guy is really interesting. Next time, I must win!"

Honglei City did not go crazy this time. Instead, he regarded Jōgō Akihiro as a powerful opponent.

"This time, Qingdao won."

"Then our opponent this time is Qingdao."

"It's not bad. At least this time we don't have to compete with the city's senior high school or the pharmacist for the last spot. It's still a good thing for us."

The players of Daocheng Industrial also packed up and prepared to leave.

Compared with the city's third high school and Pharmacist High School, Qingdao High School is indeed a "soft persimmon".

In recent years, there have been examples of city university senior high schools entering Koshien, but Yakushi High School is a completely new opponent with no information available.

No matter which one you encounter, it's difficult to deal with.

Qingdao High School is still much easier.

"That last slider was really beautiful, with a lot of variation, it caught them off guard."

The people from Qingdao High School who were packing up their things also started chatting.

Miyuki was praising Kawakami's final slider.

The extent of the change was indeed beyond Yuki's expectations, and he almost missed it.

But fortunately, the final strikeout had a good ending.

Kawakami just smiled and said nothing.

He is an introverted person and will never say a word if something can be solved with just facial expressions.

Just then, a familiar face appeared in the player tunnel.

With the help of medical staff, Chris returned to the lounge of Qingdao High School.

"Chris?"

"Senior Chris."

"Master Chris."

Zhou Hui immediately went up to him without even packing his things.

"We were all ready to go to the hospital for a checkup, but this kid refused to go and insisted on coming back after the game was over."

The medical staff said helplessly.

"Zhou Hui, I saw your home run. It was a beautiful perfect home run."

"hey-hey."

Zhou Hui scratched the back of his head.

There are times when he feels embarrassed.

In any case, Seidou High School defeated the strong opponent Yakushi High School and successfully entered the finals of the West Tokyo Summer Tournament!
The final score is 9:5!

Seidou High School won by four points!

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(End of this chapter)