Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 101 With him around, you can never be an ace

In the first match of the Kanto Tournament, Seido played against Yokohama Kohoku.

Gao Zhiye sat on the bench, watching the audience far more than the junior high school game, a sense of strangeness rushed towards him, the teammates around him were half-baked, and the short old man standing at the entrance of the bench was replaced by a tall and straight The young man even changed his clothes, saying, 'High school life is really about to begin. . . '

The start of Seido was not smooth. It was not until the third inning that Senior Hakushu hit the first hit, followed by 8-bat Sakai and 9-bat Tamba. They chose to score first and take advantage of the game, so they bunted and sent the bases in turn.

"Safe!" Hakushu returned to home plate. At this time, the game score was 1:0, Seidou had two outs, and it was Kuramochi's turn.

"..." Baizhou and Kuramochi next to him shook their fists.

"Good job, Hakushu!"

There was no one on the bases with two outs, so he could only hit out firmly. Kuramochi held the bat tightly. Their ace has not been hit by the opponent so far. It is really uncommon, but his state, I don’t know when It will explode, so if you can get points, you must get them as soon as possible.

"Touch—" Not good, I was in a hurry, the slider turned to the outer corner, and only barely hit the clubhead, even with a pair of handsome feet, it couldn't run faster than the ball.

"out!"

"cut."

Miyuki patted Tanba's chest, "Let's score first, if that's the case, let's relax a little bit in the last round against Henggaku."

"Well——" Danbo stared at the field, the strings in his head were as tense as spider silk. He didn't know when he would explode himself, but the supervisor put Gao Zhiye on the bench of the first army in advance, which showed that , they don't trust themselves that much.

In the first half of the fourth inning, after Seidou struggled to open up the situation, Henggaku's one and two bats hit Tanba's balls one after another and hit the outfield direction.

"safe!"*2
From the direction of home plate and second base, the sound of hitters hitting the base safely came successively.

'The advantage of one point is gone. 'I didn't think about it deliberately, but this voice was so stubbornly echoing in Danbo's mind.

"First base!" Miyuki lifted his mask, third base was too late, first base was blocked, and one out, "time!"

Miyuki glanced at the runners at third base, "Tanba-senpai, don't think about the runners at third base, it's just one point, focus on the next four bats."

Being hit out one after another, facing the crisis of losing two points in a row, this is the time when the pitcher's confidence is shaken, 'Come on, curve ball. 'Although it takes a lot of finger sensitivity to change the ball, you are not the only pitcher in the first army now.

Two curveballs, paired with a straight ball, successfully struck out Yokokaku four-ball Furano.

"Nice!" The team's momentum was greatly boosted, and Tanba also breathed a sigh of relief, and then also struck out and dropped Hengxue's five sticks.

'I'm far from blowing myself up. In Danbo's eyes, there was a raging fighting spirit. When he was hit consecutively just now, there was no movement on the bench, which made him feel a little relieved.

"This kind of performance is very good," Kataoka stopped Tanba: "It is not terrible to have a crisis. It can be handled correctly and lead the team to solve the crisis. This is what an ace should really do."

"Hi--"

Gao Zhiye, who has been sitting on the bench, watched the coach add another firewood to Danba's fire, and was a little unsure whether he would be able to play today.

In the second half of the fourth inning, Qingdao's top hitter still failed to break through the opponent's ace Ineng. It wasn't until the second half of the fifth inning, when Masuko-senpai hit a double, that he scored another run, and the game returned to the same starting line. 2 : 2 level.

"Ah." Gao Zhiye looked at the anxious score, it turned out that the competition between the strong teams is to compete for one point and two points.

"What's the matter, are you disappointed, do you think the supervisor won't let you play?" A hot person came over, and he knew it was the catcher just by his tone.

"..."

"What's wrong, ignore me."

"Senior Miyuki, can you lean over your ear?"

"Nani Nani?"

"I'm very curious. There are no hitters in the two batting seats. Why can they care about other people's affairs so leisurely." Actually, it's not just Miyuki. Get closer so you don't accidentally hurt others.

"..." This time it was Miyuki's turn to be speechless, but he didn't have time to mind his own business, Aidou only scored one point in this round, and then switched sides again.

In the sixth inning, neither side scored any hits. Just when Takano thought that this tense atmosphere would continue until the end, a change occurred. In the first half of the seventh inning, it was Henggaku's turn to hit the line again, with three, four, five hits Break through the defensive line, Hengxue scored another run, no one out, first and second bases, facing the sixth bat.

"Bad ball."*3
"Ah—did you blew yourself up again?" Audiences who are familiar with Qingdao can already guess the following plot.

"Bad ball! Walk!"

"It's so sudden." This is the first time Gao Zhiye watched Tanba's self-detonation at such a close distance. The front is still very stable. It was very sudden. It was just an introduction, and the bomb in Danba's heart was ignited, "What the hell is going on?" , Tanba senior. '

"Gao Zhiye!" Just as he was thinking wildly, the supervisor's voice sounded, "Have you warmed up yet?"

"Ah——Okay." No, let him deal with this scene?He's just a rookie.

"It doesn't matter if you lose points, the important thing is to show me your ability to deal with crises!" It's time to pour chicken soup again.

"Hi——" Gao Zhiye ran to the mound following the sound of the radio.

"Qido High School's pitcher change, Tanba-kun goes out, pitcher Taka-kun, nine sticks, pitcher, Taka-kun."

The friends who were watching in the stands all exclaimed in surprise: "Ah——finally played."

Compared to Lang's happiness, the other spectators only had one thought for a while, "Is Qingdao going to give up the game? Leave such a critical situation to the first graders. Even if they are very promising pitchers, they are not afraid of him." Leave a psychological shadow? '

Many thoughts were frantically swiping in everyone's minds, but Takano was only thinking about how to deal with this situation, "It's not surprising how many runs you lose with no one out, but I don't want to lose my first game in high school." Ended up. '

"I'll leave it to you, Gao Zhiye." Senior Tanba lowered his hat, handed the ball to Gao Zhiye, and left in a hurry, leaving the newcomer surrounded by the infielders again.

"Take it easy, rookie."

"Wuga." So, Senior Zengzi, what are you talking about.

"Take it easy, we'll get back to you with a bat in a minute."

"Haha, you all spoil him too much, he is not an ordinary newcomer," the atmosphere of mutual love was broken by Miyuki alone, "Takano, do you understand the supervisor's intention to replace you, the supervisor doesn't want to lose yet, So the situation that Ace can't solve has to be handed over to you, can you meet his expectations?"

"Hey, don't put so much pressure on the newcomers!"

"Tsk, Miyuki-senpai, you will still really put pressure on people. What you want to do in a while depends entirely on Miyuki-senpai's deployment. In this case, I think the opponent will definitely hit a very high fly ball, so get ready Throw a run, hit third or second."

"It's very practical. I didn't expect your brain to be smashed by the crisis."

The result was much better than Gao Zhiye expected. He thought it was a normal scene. Facing this freshman who couldn't figure out the details, Heng Xue actually began to underestimate the enemy first, "Pull that newcomer out!"

'Inside corner straight ball. 'Gao Zhiye pitched the ball, 143 kilometers, 2400+ speed, plus a very positive rotation axis to prevent energy loss, so that this ball not only has the characteristics of floating up, but when it reaches the home plate, it is almost the same as the speed of the shot. Straight into the chest of the batterer.

"Wow—" One ball, just one ball, is enough to shut up Hengxue's bluffing supervisor.

"It's amazing," Chun Shi looked at Lang Zhi, who also had stars in his eyes.

Only Rong Chun looked serious, thinking about what Senior Chris said just now: "So, you will never be an ace, if he is in the team."

What he said was true. . .

'Could it be possible to transfer to another place as he said?No, then what's the point of me taking all the trouble to come to Tokyo?But—he and I are in the same grade, what exactly should I do, and what should I do to become an ace. . . '

Eijun's always optimistic heart had an incomparably great sense of crisis.

(End of this chapter)