Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 226
On October 10th, after a 14-day interval, I took the bus to the competition venue again. Takano was not at all relaxed in the car.

"Takano, this time you're starting left field."

This is Supervisor Kataoka's arrangement for him. It is expected that the opponent will let the substitute pitcher pitch two innings first, and this arrangement is reasonable.

"Wow——" The voices of other people behind caused Gao Zhiye to look out, only to see that there were a lot of people around the venue, far more than the previous games.

Thanks to the hype in newspapers and magazines, citizens of Tokyo, regardless of whether they are OBs or not, have paid attention to it with curiosity.

"King Qingdao VS Avenger Daoshi", this dazzling headline hung on the front pages of many sports news for a day.

Because of this, Gao Zhiye received a text message from his mother yesterday. He only glanced at it, and immediately sat up straight and typed seriously: "There is no need to watch the game. Tomorrow is just a group match."

"Didn't Dao Shi want to take revenge on you?" The other party's tone was tinged with the atmosphere of the second-year news.

"...No, it's just a normal game. So, if you want to watch it, watch our semi-finals or finals."

"I will think about it."

"Don't come, I won't have time to meet with you then." It may be that the recent self-enclosed mood has not dissipated, or it may be that the instinctive restlessness refuses to be watched by family members, so he keeps persuading Shen Qing not to come to watch the game.

"Okay..." Shen Qing agreed with her mouth, which made Gao Zhiye feel a little more at ease.

His eyes lingered in the crowd of onlookers, but he didn't see a familiar face for a while, and the pitcher got out of the car with his teammates.

"Qingdao, come on!"

"Kill them down again!"

As soon as Qingdao's car appeared, a group of people gathered around, and when Qingdao's team members got off the car, the supporting audience all shouted.

Gao Zhiye looked at the ground, avoiding eye contact with the audience, and the surrounding shouts attracted more people to come.Fortunately, these spectators were relatively restrained, and after 'watching' the group of Qingdao people enter the arena, they whispered to each other and entered the arena and took their seats.

"Buzzing buzzing", the voice from the auditorium before the opening, hovered above Qing Dao's head.

However, there was not a single extraneous voice on Seidou's bench, only Supervisor Kataoka's pre-match mobilization.

"I think many people in the team are very clear about what kind of team the opponent is. In the game that sent us to Koshien, we relied on the follow-up shots of multiple pitchers to stabilize the situation. The victory was won by one point. If it wasn't for the opponent's trump card that lost a point at the start, the game would have entered an extended inning, and it is still unknown who will win in the end. So the opponent is definitely not the kind of team that can be easily defeated! Any No one can have any contempt.”

"Hi!!!"

"At the same time, it is conceivable that the opponent will have a very strong offensive intention in this game, so everyone must maintain a stronger desire for victory than the opponent to fight against it! We must not be affected by the opponent's momentum!"

"Hi!!"

Director Kataoka's words suppressed the fluctuating mood of the team members time and time again, and looked around, waiting for everyone's expressions without any hesitation.Only then did he say to Miyuki with satisfaction, "This game is very important. According to the usual practice, let the new captain lead it!"

This is the first time since the formation of the new team that Kataoka asked Miyuki to mobilize before the game. To some extent, it also shows that he attaches great importance to this game.

Everyone in the first army formed a circle around the bench, Miyuki and the pair looked at each other with excited eyes, and only pointed at themselves after everyone stood still.

"who are we?"

Everyone shouted: "The King's Qingdao!"

"Who sweats the most!"

"Qingdao!"

"Who shed the most tears!"

"Qingdao!"

"Are you ready to fight?"

"Hi!!!"

"Bearing the glory of the whole school, we have only one goal, which is to dominate the country!"

"Come on!!"

The raised arms pointed to the sky at the same time, Gao Zhiye saw those excited eyes from the gap between the arms.

'No, I also followed the blood up. '

This declaration was originally guided by Captain Yuki, and now it is guided by Miyuki, which made Takano feel the secret spiritual link between the old and new teams, "The seniors had so much fun at the National Sports Congress, but we I'm still in the bitter preparations for the battle, I'm really envious. '

'By the way, it's so hot today——'

Looking up, it is the sun that has just taken shape. It projects sunlight from above onto this diamond-like court, and it seems that there are really spots of light shining in it.

"let's go!"

The referee gave an order, and the players of the two teams rushed to both sides of the home plate.

"Please advise!"

Takano raised his head and looked at each other with Narimiya Ming and Hayakawa in turn.

Cheng Gongming frowned, his expression was not as frivolous as before, while Hayakawa looked at the opposite side several more times, suppressing the strange feeling that was about to move in his heart, "Now we are finally going to be an opponent." '

Afterwards, Qingdao's team quickly ran back to the bench, and the heads of Inaoshi's team stayed behind, scattered in the huge stadium.

In this game, Qingdao goes first.

Kuramochi stood on the strike zone.

"play ball!"

The voice of the chief judge and the sound of the air defense siren sounded at the same time, and the competition that had been kept in my heart since the draw of lots finally started.

Hirano on the mound, with a ball speed of around 140, does not have the sharpness of the ace of rice.But it was a good card that Inagi used to deal with Qingdao. As a typical high school baseball school that uses the pitching wheel, Qingdao's pitching line was quickly guarded and forced other schools to take corresponding measures.

'Must break this pitcher quickly! 'This is a task that Cang Mo himself received without authorization during the preliminary discussion.

"In the last few games, Superintendent Guoyou has been letting the substitute pitcher and Cheng Gongming alternate pitching. In the game against us, this routine will probably be the same, so how long can Cheng Gongming play early? A key factor in determining our chances of winning."

As long as the backup pitcher goes off the field, Seidou can drag the opponent into the pitching battle that he is good at.

At the same time, the first ball duel on the field has come to an end: "Bad ball!"

Cang Chi cautiously followed the ball to the end, and did not choose to hit the stick.Since the formation of the new team, his batting average has gradually climbed from below 3% to over 3% in frequent practice games.

Such a batting rate can ensure that his footwork is useful.

"Huh—" Cang Mo stood still and directed the whole rhythm to his side.

Hayakawa glanced at the batter from behind the mask, but focused on the pitcher.

'Don't panic', Hayakawa spread his hands to let the pitcher relax, then put the glove on the low outside corner.

In the first half of the inning, no one was out, Qingdao was the first bat, and the number of balls was 0 bad and [-] good.

So when Kuramochi saw the ball in the outside corner, Hirano's information flashed in his mind, 'Slider?Still a straight ball, can you hit the bases? '

Out of caution, he let the ball go, watching the ball go straight through the strike zone of the outer corner.

"nice shot!"

(End of this chapter)