Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 97 The Red and White Competition - Gao Zhiye's Occasion

At breakfast the next day, as soon as Miyuki entered the cafeteria, his eyes drifted to the first graders who were sitting together regularly, "The relationship is really good, and they are really energetic." '

With such a smile, he sat alone next to them, and he didn't have a fixed meal partner anyway.

In the group of five, there was no one on the opposite side of Haruichi. Seeing Miyuki sitting down, he nodded his head and did not interrupt Eijun who was chattering. Eijun didn't care who was sitting next to him, and He and Furuya on the left are fighting over who will be the first to learn how to pitch with Gao Zhiye.

"I was the first to know Gao Jun. If you guide him first, I should come first. Besides, you don't know where your ball will go!"

"I'll come first!" Since Takano caught the ball for Furutani once, he temporarily shifted his attention from Miyuki to Takano.

"I'll come first!" The two had already forgotten that the original intention of being friends was the 'anti-high league', and it was all because of Gao Zhiye's sudden change of character today, saying that he would help them correct their pitching problems during their own practice at night.

Chunshi looked at the two pitchers and started to compete for qualifications without asking any questions. He was a little puzzled, "What's wrong with Gao Jun, doesn't it mean that the two of them are still half-baked at hardball, so they need to grind it out?"Could it be tomorrow's one. . '

"Eh? Isn't this great, Gao Jun, are you polishing your own substitute lineup?" Yuxing interjected cheaply.

"Huh? Miyuki Kazuya!"

"Senior Miyuki—"

The two pitchers were taken aback. They followed Takano just now, complaining about Miyuki's senior wearing a wrong hat forever. Could it be that Miyuki was there at that time? ?

Thinking of this, even if enthusiasm surged in my heart, I was covered with embarrassment: "Huh? Why is my rice still so high?"

"Huh?" Yuxing, who is usually scrambled when he appears, is the first time he encounters such a cold scene, but he continued: "Gao Jun, could it be that you are going to give this to me because of tomorrow's red and white match?" Two pitchers for coaching?"

This time, without waiting for Takano's answer, Sawamura was the first to be shocked.

"Red and white competition—does that mean we can also participate?! Hey, Miyuki-senpai! Tell me quickly!"

Miyuki regretted sitting next to this guy, he was shaken to the point of throwing up: "So..."

"Eijun, put down Miyuki-senpai, anyway, he can't say anything." Takano made a fool of himself while rescuing Miyuki, who made him disrupt his rhythm.

"Hi—brother, please enlighten me!"

"Hmm!" Jiang Gu next to him was also concentrating.

"Tomorrow's red and white competition will be all first graders against the second army, but the problem is that there are many former members of the first army in the second army, such as Senior Zeng Zi and Senior Tanba, and their joining makes it difficult for the second army to deal with. Gao Zhiye counted the threats in the Second Army: "Moreover, tomorrow our first-year pitching schedule should not be handed over to us, which requires each of us to prepare in advance."

"Hey - beat the seniors of the Second Army!" Gao Zhiye had just finished speaking, and the two pitchers in front of him, like members of a cult, shouted slogans together, which broke the psychological defense of the silent seniors of the Second Army .

"What's going on, Mr. Gao Zhiye, are you going to form a pitcher alliance to deal with us?" The seniors of the Second Army have a good relationship with Gao Zhiye, and the leader of the first grade seems to be Gao Zhiye.

"Seniors, first-year students also have the pride of first-year students, we will not lose to seniors easily!" Facing the gaze of seniors, Gao Zhiye smiled modestly.

"Don't cry when you lose."

"Yeah, if you get kicked out by me, how about washing my socks for a year?"

"Ah, when the time comes, I'll mortgage Rongchun to Senior." Gao Zhiye pretended to be panicked.

"Hahaha, we third graders won't easily give up our position to first graders!"

The atmosphere of silence pervading the cafeteria was suddenly broken, and obvious camps formed on both sides, and the fighting spirit rose. For nearly two months, they have seen clearly that the group of first graders he leads are like a wake-up call, reminding them of the threat of latecomers.

The senior Tanba who was just mentioned was sitting not far away, staring at Gao Zhiye's back, and didn't speak until the end.

It is now the end of April, and there are only two months left before the Hagar West Tokyo qualifiers in July.

Gao Zhiye stood on the mound, shaking the non-slip powder bag, "The last time I was stared at so hard was more than half a year ago. '

What the freshman catcher was thinking about was what Gao Zhiye taught them yesterday, "This senior has never been able to practice the ball with a low outside corner, and his personality is relatively impatient, so from the beginning, give him a ball with a low outside corner. Get him emotional. '

"Play ball!" Supervisor Kataoka is here today to screen the first graders and beat the second army at the same time, so he will only let Takano throw 2 to 3 innings.

The outside corner of the first ball is low, and a stick is emptied.

'yoxi~'

'Damn, this guy, started doing this to me again. 'When training with the Second Army, Gao Zhiye threw the ball a few times, and probably saw everyone's weaknesses from the catcher's distribution of the ball.

Then the second ball is still an outside corner kick. The freshman catcher was very happy to see the first ball work, and matched another outside corner ball.

Gao Zhiye hesitated for a moment, but nodded, to build up a little confidence for the catcher.

On the second ball, the hitter swung his bat again, but the ball obviously dropped a little bit, it was a ball with a slightly lower speed, hit it out, and bounced quickly in the infield.

"First base!"

But the first baseman didn't react and let the ball go through.

"I don't care." Gao Zhiye comforted the first baseman, but he felt a little anxious.

Next, Gao Zhiye's heart also hardened when faced with the very 'vicious' seniors, and he directly called the catcher to the mound: "Let me handle the ball next, you are not familiar with these seniors."

The catcher was stunned, as if his heart had been hit by a hammer, but he still discussed, "Then how should we pass on the secret signal?"

"My balls are straight balls, carters, two-seams, and changeups. The direction is the inner corner and the outer corner. You compare the code first, ask me whether it is the inner corner or the outer corner, and then ask me about the type of ball. It's not your problem, let's work together to get through this round."

"OK--"

After that, the stagnant game situation suddenly became smoother. The situation where no one was out and there were people on first and third bases suddenly turned into a situation of three outs and first and third bases left.

"here you go!"

"We can also deal with seniors!"

In the first-year bench, everyone's spirits were uplifted, only a few people had doubts in their eyes.

"Student Kawai, why did the batter get out so smoothly later?" Kawai, the catcher, didn't seem to be affected by everyone's excitement.

"Takano-san is playing the ball in the back."

"Huh? The pitcher dribbled the ball? So he shook his head more often, is he passing a secret signal to you?" Everyone couldn't believe it.

"Hi--"

"is that a lie."

Chunshi and Langzhi glanced at each other, but did not participate in the discussion of those people.

Takano was the fourth player. Although there was no hope of playing in the first game, he still put on his helmet, "Tojo-san, please warm up, it may be your turn to play in a while."

Supervisor Kataoka absolutely does not want him to compromise the momentum of the Second Army at the very beginning, and will definitely change casts early.

"Okay." Tojo didn't ask why, he could not help but choose to believe Takano's determined tone.

"Tojo, come on!" The excited first graders couldn't wait to play themselves.

"Then what about me! Brother Jun, isn't it me who is the second one!" The loudspeaker on the bench seat of the first grade started broadcasting.

"Hey, hey, Eijun, you and Jiang Gu first throw and catch the ball to warm up, it will always be your turn, if it's not your turn, can I help you tell the supervisor?" Comfort these two children, the second half of the game The attack was over, Tanba held back his strength, showed his curveball, and scared the battering first grader to sit down on the ground.

'That kind of pitching, is it a show of fighting spirit?Well done, Tanba-senpai, in fact, I don't want to take over the title of ace in the first grade, please continue with your fighting spirit like this. '

(End of this chapter)