Diamond Ace Takanono

Chapter 99 Red and White Competition - The Occasion of Furutani Eijun

"Xiao Guxiao, it seems that his ball speed is higher than that of Gao Zhiye." There was a discussion among the seniors of the Second Army.

Danbo heard Takano's name again, he lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Another monster rookie, finally playing."

"play!"

Jiang Guxiao looked calm, people who didn't know thought he was the second calm pitcher like Takano, but in fact he was a fool, Gao Zhiye complained silently in his heart, then raised his hand, "Supervisor Kataoka , first-year application for catcher replacement."

"Ah—" What arrogance, he's just a first-year student, although he can throw the ball well.

But Kataoka actually responded: "What's the reason?"

"Dull's ball velocity is so high that it's hard for a catcher who hasn't practiced with him to catch him."

"So, who do you want to replace?" Everyone couldn't keep up with the rhythm of their conversation. What do you mean, can you change?

"Mr. Pinggu, I'm sorry for your trouble." This was agreed at yesterday's catcher meeting. Pinggu is used to catching Takano's 140+ pitches, and he can barely handle the pitches against Furuya. "Anyway, he can't throw good shots. Take it, you just go ahead with the ball, even the red one is fine."

Pinggu's tension was relieved a little, he had already changed his protective gear, and he tried to throw a few shots with Jianggu, saying, "It's not bad." '

"Play!" The game started again.

For the first ball, Pinggu imagined himself as a target and met the ball head-on. The ball floated so high that Pinggu had to jump up to catch it, "Fortunately, I was mentally prepared for this." '

"Wow—" That ball speed, the hitter standing on the strike zone is the deepest feeling,'monster pitcher. '

"Qingdao is doing well this year, there are two good pitchers in the first-year pitcher."

but--

"Bad ball!"

"The outside world."

"The outside world."

"Such an obvious bad shot, don't swing."

Facing the obviously high ball, the batter still couldn't help swinging his bat, "Damn it, you come up and hit it yourself, and Takano's style is completely different, this guy has a rough style of painting!" '

"Four balls! Walk!"

"What, it turned out that the shot couldn't make it into the strike zone at all." As soon as he came up, he didn't solve the dilemma, but added bricks and tiles, and Gao Zhiye got three dots on his head.

Fortunately, Pinggu carried out Gao Zhiye's instructions, and continued to match Jianggu with red hits, so that he could barely hit the strike zone.

"It's finally over, this game."

In the second half of the round, it was Langzhi's turn to attack.

"Danbo, get off the field and keep this state."

Lang Zhi looked back at Takano, the new Kawakami-senpai was a side thrower who could hit corners. He aimed for an inside corner and successfully reached first base.

"That kid is also good, with a high batting rate."

"Yoshi, Sasaki, let me take you back to home plate!" As a result, the unreliable guy Eijun was in the line behind him, and when Eijun was asked to hit his ball that day, Takano saw it. The guy's swing just doesn't know where the ball is.

"Hey, don't go," Gao Zhiye held him back: "At the beginning, he pretended to swing his bat to prevent the catcher from pinching him. Lang Zhi will take the opportunity to steal second base, and then you bunt, remember, bunt."

"Why... Mmmmm." Eijun's next words were firmly held down, and his face was pinched by Takano's hand, "It's so easy to pinch, I've wanted to do this for a long time. '

"No reason, listen to me, understand?"

"...Hi." The little animal instinctively told Eijun that if he didn't follow through, he would die.

"Come on, watch me make a big one!" I don't know how deep he was in the shot, and he was still on guard secretly.

Kawakami pitches, "Stolen base—"

The catcher squatted up, but a bat appeared in front of him: "Yoxi!"

Kawakami's ball speed was already slow, so the base was stolen unexpectedly, "safe!"

On the next pitch, Lang Chi at second base started again, "Dare to steal third base!!" The catcher's mind was drawn to the second base, and on the strike zone, the menacing Eijun tapped lightly.

"Wow, it's wonderful!" From the onlookers who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal, as well as the thought-provoking Gao Zhiye and others.

"Damn it, these first graders are not discouraged yet."

The ball rolled slowly along the boundary line of third base, right in the middle of the pitcher, catcher, and third baseman.

"No one on third base!" Kawakami just picked up the ball when he heard the catcher's words and could only pass to first base.

"safe!"

"out!"

Eijun muttered to himself: "Obviously I can fight!"

Haruichi leaned over to Gao Zhiye's side, "I'll make the next blow."

"why?"

"I can send Langzhi back." Chunshi said with a smile, looking very confident.

Gao Zhiye looked at the next shot. This person couldn't touch the ball several times, and his expression was indeed hesitant. But if he spoke, he didn't discuss it with others beforehand. Would it be a bit too much? Not really a coach.

"I understand," Chunshi saw the other party's concerns, and directly said to the next stick: "Student Suzuki, if you don't have confidence, you might as well let me play."

"Supervisor, the first grade is applying for substitute playing."

"Is there really no problem with this year's first graders? They are so self-assertive."

"He's still holding the stick."

"Won't Supervisor Kataoka be angry?"

But the supervisor acquiesced, and Chunshi made a series of hand gestures in the batting zone. Lang Zhi was full of question marks, but he still raised his hat brim and left the third base bag.

"Hey, is there a password for the first grade?"

The pressure came to the second army to shoot and arrest, "What the hell is the first grade going to do, beat and run?"bunt? '

But neither, Chunshi hit out, "For opponents who don't know the details, use the outside corner first, right? It's really easy to guess." '

"safe!"*2
The next was the pitcher's bat, Fugu came on the field and unexpectedly hit a long hit.

"This guy's attack is actually pretty good."

"It feels like a simplified version of Takano..."

Supervisor Kataoka's sunglasses flickered. He thought he had seen all the harvest, but he didn't expect that there were still omissions, so let's continue the comparison.

"Safe!" The first-year team scored another point.

"Hey, what are the people in the Second Army doing? Why don't you just let me go!" Senior Isashiki looked at the ugly game board again, and his anger didn't go anywhere.

"Senior, don't mess around!" Cang Chi hurriedly stopped him.

But that's the end of the score. Director Kataoka looked at the first-year bench, and Eijun was still very energetic there, pointing at himself frantically.

"Switch in the first grade, Sawamura Eijun, you come."

"Hey—Master Supervisor, I will never let you down~"

Gao Zhiye grabbed Eijun who was fluttering, "Eijun, I told you yesterday, do you remember?"

"Ah, what did you say... did you?" Looking at Gao Zhiye's darkened face, his heart was as big as Eijun's, and he couldn't help but get stuck.

"Hey, your ball speed is not high, only the tail strength is good, so you must definitely throw it where you can't hit it as much as possible, and definitely don't give me a red ball!"

"Hi——" Rongchun agreed firmly, but when the catcher asked, he had completely forgotten what he had just said, "My lord brother, I seem to have said something, I can't remember, forget it, if a man is a man, he just wants to vote for red The ball will decide the outcome!"

"What a ghost for a head-on ball!" Luckily, Lang Zhi was also in the infield, "Brother told you to use your tail strength as much as possible and throw it to the corner. Hey, take a look at the bench."

Rong Chun saw Gao Zhiye who was a little angry after hearing his declaration just now, and couldn't help swallowing: "Since it is the request of my brother..."

"play!"

"Cut." What about a red ball, let me hit it for you. Of course, the hitter in the strike zone heard the announcement, but he swung out, but he didn't hit it well. , sat on the ground and passed to first base.

Next, the hitters of the Second Army seemed to be drinking together. They felt uncomfortable no matter how hard they hit. A double play ended the half of the round very quickly. The rhythm of the game seemed to be back to the time when Gao Zhiye took the lead at the beginning of the game.

"It's a good shot." Gao Zhiye said when he came down: "The opponent probably really thought that you would hit a red shot, but in the end you shot all the balls that were running around."

"Oh, it's rare that this is your plan, brother, even I was deceived." So, in his mind, what kind of image is Gao Zhiye? . .

Because of the change in rhythm, everyone on the bench was cheered up, and surrounded the entrance, "They didn't score in this round, well done! Then it's time for us to score!"

But the seniors would not let them score, and they switched offense and defense in a blink of an eye. Everyone in the second army felt that the hitter in front failed to grasp the pitcher's ball, which was very outrageous, and only a few people saw Eijun's pitching. Senior Zeng Zi in the same dormitory is one of them.

There is a way to counter such a pitch, and that is to stand in front of the strike zone and hit it before the ball starts to change.

As soon as Takano saw Masuko's movement on the strike zone, he knew that Sawamura's slow ball was about to be hit this time.

"Forget it, his ball can also deceive people who are not familiar with it."

"Bump—" The crisp sound of the bat hitting the home plate, the ball flew backwards quickly, and the speed did not slow down until it was blocked.

"Home run!" Takano's first reaction was to look at Sawamura. He still remembered the time when he was hit with a home run for the first time. He tried his best to deal with those hitters one by one, but saw the ball being hit, and even felt a little vented in his heart.

"Come on, keep cheering up and deal with the hitters below!" As a result, on the mound, that guy is still very energetic!
"He is simply an unbeatable Xiaoqiang. In a sense, he is very powerful."

(End of this chapter)