Didn’t you say you were just using me as a substitute?

They all knew that Kitahara Takashi was very good at throwing the straight ball, but throwing well on the training ground and throwing well on the game field were two different things.

On the training ground, you are surrounded by teammates, and not many people will come to watch the team games. If you don't perform well, at most you will be criticized by the coach.

But the competition is different.

There were 50454 spectators sitting in Hanshin Koshien Stadium.

There are tens of millions of viewers watching Koshien on TV and on the Internet.

Under the eyes of such a large number of people, your every word and action will be magnified infinitely by the audience with a magnifying glass.

If you don't shoot well on the court, you won't have a chance to try again.

Your teammates will stop here because of your poor performance, your classmates will look at you with blame and death, and your poor performance may even become a laughing stock on the Internet.

This kind of mental and physical pressure is enough to destroy a person if he or she cannot endure it mentally.

Whether it is sports competition or e-sports, those who can stand on the field have extremely strong psychological endurance.

Kitahara Takashi's shot was crucial, and it is no exaggeration to say it was the turning point of the game.

He proved to everyone that he, Kitahara Takashi, was not a weakling in the competition.

Kitahara Takashi caught the baseball thrown by Renno Yuma, raised his hands above his head, and without any unnecessary movements, he threw a super straight and high-speed pitch.

Sobu High School swung the bat.

"Beep! 157 km/h!"

"Two strikes!"

The bat missed and the ball landed safely in the catcher's glove.

There was the scorching sun above my head and the voices of Aoba students in my ears.

The scrutiny from all directions almost swallowed him up.

pressure!

The pressure as heavy as a mountain made it hard for him to breathe.

The top batter of Sobu High School is a sophomore. He is very strong, but his mentality is not good.

Normally he would be nervous standing up to read in class, but now that he was being stared at by over 50,000 pairs of eyes, he had only one thought in his mind.

"Let's end it!"

"Please finish this quickly!"

'I'll be free when it's over.'

In this state of mind, he simply didn't swing the bat the last time.

"Beep! 155 km/h!"

"Strikeout, out!"

Upon hearing that he was struck out, the Sobu High School first batter lowered his head and walked off the stage without saying a word.

He said nothing as he passed by the second-year stickman from Sobu High School.

The second runner, who had originally planned to seek advice from the other team, had to go on stage alone.

*

As soon as the batsman sat down, Yukinoshita Yukino's serious and cold voice came: "Why didn't you swing the bat just now?"

"I can't hit it."

He covered his head with a towel and said in a muffled voice.

"Is it that you can't hit me, or you don't dare to hit me?"

Yukinoshita Yukino scolded mercilessly.

Yukinoshita Yukino saw it clearly from where she was standing. On the third pitch, the batter had no intention of swinging from the beginning.

"..."

Yibang lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Are you scared?"

Yukinoshita Yukino didn't let him go and continued to press the issue.

"Are you worthy of your companions' efforts over the past year? Are you worthy of your own efforts?"

"Enough Yukinoshita! Stop it!" Hiratsuka Shizuka said halfway through trying to stop her when she threw the towel covering her face to the ground and yelled at her, "If you can do it, come on!"

"It's me who's on stage, not you."

"Have you ever been on stage? Do you know how stressful it is to play in front of more than 50,000 people?"

"Do you know how hard it is to face a baseball that's so hard to see with the naked eye?"

"If I had the ability to hit 157 km/h, I would have gone to the major leagues long ago instead of being told what to do by people in your grade."

The pressure of being the first baton is already great.

Now Yukinoshita Yukino is still putting pressure on him.

He was a little angry and embarrassed and completely exploded.

He didn't say a word, but Yukinoshita Yukino's face became even colder.

She really couldn't understand why someone refused to admit it even though it was clearly their own fault, and got angry and started attacking others when their mistake was pointed out by someone younger.

"Your father is a Chiba prefectural council member. He arranged for you to be the manager of a baseball team. Do you really think you are our manager?"

Upon hearing this, Yukinoshita bit her lips tightly and looked at the ground.

Normally, Yukinoshita wouldn't have had this kind of reaction.

*

"Beep! 155 km/h!"

"Strikeout, out!"

There was a conflict at Sobu High School, and Kitahara Takashi once again successfully struck out the opponent, sending the second batter away.

"Bang bang bang!"

The audience's emotions were ignited.

In the Aoba audience seats, the kendo club members led by Tochi Taku were beating the inflatable ball sticks in their hands and shouting loudly.

"Next!"

"Next!"

"Next!"

Ga and his teammates cannot directly help the team, but they can turn into pressure monsters and constantly put pressure on the opponent.

The Aoba students began to put pressure on Sobu High School.

"Shout! We can't lose to the other side!"

Shizuka Hiratsuka saw that the students of her school were all like fools, staring at her stupidly. She couldn't help but hate them for not fighting back and shouted.

"Go Sobu High!"

After her reminder, the Sobu High School cheering team finally reacted and began to cheer unwillingly.

Among the crowd, a young man with a pair of eyes like rotten fish also opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Because he thought it was really stupid.

This isn't a hot-blooded comic. The disparity in strength between the two teams doesn't mean they can win by just saying "I'm Fairy Tail!" and playing some BGM.

The third batter of Sobu High School is Yu Murasakita.

He came up with a heavy expression, carrying a baseball bat.

Now Sobu High School has lost the fighting spirit it had at the beginning. The atmosphere in the team is now a mess, and the manager and players are not in harmony.

At the moment, Yukinoshita Yukino has absolutely no intention of caring about them.

The only way now is that someone must hit Kitahara's baseball away to let his teammates know that Kitahara's ball is not uncatchable.

Yu Shida held the bat with both hands, took a batting stance, and had a determined look in his eyes.

As the main ace of this baseball team, he must stand up at this time.

Kitahara Takashi didn't waste any time. After the soreness in his arm muscles subsided, he raised his legs and swung his arms.

The next moment, his long arm swung out suddenly, like an arrow on a bowstring ready to be shot, and the white ball cut through the air.

"Beep! 157 km/h!"

"A good shot!"

'This monster. '

Shida You cursed inwardly.

Although he had already seen Kitahara Takashi pitch before going on stage.

Seeing with your own eyes and actually facing it are two different concepts.

Just like watching professional players play games often is different from facing professional players.

Yu Shida took several deep breaths before he could barely suppress the panic in his heart.

"This is a good shot. There are two more chances. Watch carefully."

He kept telling himself to stay calm.

Even if you can't hit the ball, at least you have to bring the information to your teammates.

boom!

The ball hit the baseball glove again.

"Beep! 157 km/h!"

"Two strikes!"

Yu Shida still had no intention of swinging the bat, but just carefully observed Kitahara Takashi's shooting movements and the trajectory of the ball.

Yu Shida is very experienced in the field. Although it was his first time meeting Kitahara Takashi, he had already judged that Kitahara Takashi must be a person with special talent but relatively short exposure to baseball.

It's impossible for a pitcher as powerful as Kitahara Takashi to remain unknown.

Unless he has just started playing baseball, like the Burger King of football, he is a pure genius.

And after throwing so many balls, Kitahara seems to only be able to throw straight balls.

What does this mean?

This means that Beiyuan Zun is most likely to know this trick.

If you want to dominate the world with just one trick, you are just dreaming. Baseball is not that simple.

On the batter's mound, Yu Shida saw Kitahara Takashi using the same stance for the third pitch, and he decided to swing.

He had no choice but to hit it. He had already hit two strikes. If he got another strike, he would be struck out.

On the other hand, Kitahara Takashi still had three opportunities to cheat with bad balls.

But he felt that Kitahara Takashi wouldn't use it.

There is a 99% chance that this ball is a wild straight ball.

He now suspected that Kitahara Takashi had no ball control and could only throw straight balls. And he could only throw straight balls straight to the center.

He recalled the trajectory of the ball in his mind and stared at Kitahara Tsuyoshi's shooting movements.

Finding that there was no change, and that this ball seemed to be much slower than before, he swung the bat early, thinking to himself, "This ball has it."

"Don't use the stick!"

Shizuka Hiratsuka was standing on the cowshed and saw it most clearly, so she shouted loudly.

Swish!

The bat swung in the air and there was no contact.