Ace of Diamonds: The Demon King Arrives

Chapter 116 The final showdown! ([-]-in-[-])

"Score!!!"

Seeing Tetsuya Yuki return to home plate, the die-hard supporters of the Aomichi High School baseball team in the stands and the players in their dugout were all dancing excitedly.

Even if they knew it was inappropriate for them to do so.

But they still couldn't control the surging emotions in their hearts.

"Leading!"

"The opponent is the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team, and we are one point ahead of our opponent."

"Yuki, Miyuki..."

The surrounding atmosphere feels like a festival.

Some neutral fans looked around with puzzled eyes.

"The Seido High School baseball team is one of the top clubs in the country. Is that the case?"

In their minds, the name of the Qingdao High School baseball team is not as loud as the Cosmos team.But it is definitely not something that ordinary teams can compare with.

They are the team at the top of the pyramid.

In this case, they were only one point ahead of their opponent, even if that opponent was the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team.

Supporters of the Seido High School baseball team shouldn't act so ignorant, right?

I feel like a black horse bumpkin from the countryside.

"What do you know? You know nothing at all!"

A die-hard supporter of the Seido High School baseball team kept wiping the tears overflowing from his eyes with his arms.

How can those who are not Qingdao fans know what the Qingdao High School baseball team has experienced on the field in recent years?
Almost every year, both the players of their teams and the die-hard supporters of their teams are full of expectations for their teams.

Let's be honest.

Pulling out every Qingdao High School baseball team, their strength is not bad.

But this is of no use at all.

No matter how strong the Qingdao High School baseball team is, they still can't grasp it at the critical moment of the game every year.

In the end, they could only give up the Koshien spot to other teams.

In this process, the one that stood in their way the most was the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team in front of them.

The world is like this, some people are sad and some are happy.

Their Seido High School baseball team has fallen into a trough of destiny and has been unable to reach Koshien for several consecutive years.

If it weren't for those athletes who were active in the professional arena, the Seido High School baseball team might have been deprived of its title as one of the top teams in the country.

On the other hand, the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team is so proud on the field.

However, in just over ten years, they participated in the Koshien Garden 20 times.

Once a year is not enough, sometimes you can participate twice a year.

In this way, the relationship between the two parties, who were originally mortal enemies, became more subtle.

So much so that every time they play a game with Daocheng Industrial, die-hard supporters of the Qingdao High School baseball team can't help but sweat for their own team.

Maybe at some point, they will be attacked by each other.

Until today's game, many die-hard supporters of the Qingdao High School baseball team still have such worries in their hearts.

But now it seems that their worries are unfounded.

The situation of the Qingdao High School baseball team is a hundred times better than they imagined.

Especially in the final critical stage of the game, they themselves did not have any problems, but their opponents exposed a lot of problems.

After all, they are in the lead now!

This makes the die-hard supporter of the Seido High School baseball team extremely satisfied.

This feeling of elation is difficult for those who have not experienced it personally to feel it as deeply as they do.

"Now the game has reached the 8th inning, and we are only three outs away from winning the game!"

A die-hard supporter of the Aomichi High School baseball team, I feel confident.

This is not only a compliment to the entire Aomichi High School baseball team, but more importantly, a confidence in Akatsuki Fukutani.

The fat reporter clearly noticed this.

Because he was afraid of forgetting this news point, he hurriedly took out the notepad he carried with him and wrote down the details.

"Just because of the replacement of one pitcher, the entire Seido High School baseball team seemed to have undergone a transformation. The entire spirit of their team has undergone tremendous changes. This is the role that an ace pitcher can play. A good pitcher can help his team reach the next level!”

Not just fat reporters.

There were many reporters at the scene, and they all looked at Jiang Guxiao from time to time and recorded something with pens or mobile phones.

Every one of these reporter friends in the stands has extremely keen insights.

Although the Qingdao High School baseball team played well, whether it was based on the previous experience of the two sides, or the performance of Daocheng Industrial.

Logically speaking, the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team would not be at a disadvantage.

But they happened to be at a disadvantage, and now near the end of the game, they lost another crucial point.

Why did this scene happen?
Looking at Akatsuki Fangiya who is about to stand in the strike zone, everything is self-evident.

It is because of his sudden appearance that the current stadium has undergone such unexpected changes.

It is precisely because of this that the fans in the stands are full of expectations for Fang Guxiao's next performance.

One out, man on first base.

"Come on, score another point!"

"Even the ace of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team is made of iron. At this time, he couldn't hold on any longer and went all out..."

After the celebration, the die-hard supporters of the Seido High School baseball team in the stands began to roar offensively one by one.

Taking advantage of the Daocheng Industrial High School Baseball Team is a complete relief for the supporters of their Qingdao High School Baseball Team.

For a moment, they even forgot about the low point of the Qingdao High School baseball team in recent years.

They seemed to have returned to the era when the Seido High School baseball team was the king.

After the fans in the stands opened their mouths, many neutral fans around them also started shouting.

The two sides have been entangled for so long, and a breakthrough suddenly opened.

The morale of the Seido High School baseball team is high, that's for sure.

On the other hand, their opponents may also be in ruins.

Everything they had worked so hard for had no meaning at this moment.

Unfortunately, however.

This is destined to be just the wishful thinking of those die-hard supporters of the Seido High School baseball team.

Daocheng, which lost one point, indeed has a gloom hanging over its head.

But they were not depressed, let alone depressed.

Standing on the pitcher's mound, Cheng Gongming was as cold as an iceberg.

"One is out!"

"Get another out."

The other players of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team also held their proud heads high and refused to bow down at all.

They seemed to have completely forgotten about the lost point and began to prepare to regroup.

When seeing this scene, many old supporters of the Qingdao High School baseball team suddenly felt numb.

This is the scary thing about the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team.

These guys, the closer to the end of the game, the more stable their performance becomes.

When they met last summer, Qingdao was in the lead until the eighth inning.No one expected that their fourth hitter would bunt in the end?
So much so that the rhythm of the Qingdao High School baseball team's game was completely disrupted.

In the end, they lost to the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team by one point.

With the retirement of last year's third-year seniors, the Seido High School baseball team doesn't even have a reliable ace.

The strength gap between them has also widened.

The die-hard supporters of the Seido High School baseball team thought they had no hope this year.

Unexpectedly, they had the advantage in the finals of the Kanto Conference.

It's just that when the game was coming to an end, they felt exactly the same as last year from the opponent in front of them.

"Shouldn't it be?"

As if to confirm their inner guesses, Akatsuki Fukutani in the strike zone swung the bat in his hand over and over again.

In the previous games of the Aomichi High School baseball team, Akatsuki Furiya performed outstandingly not only on the pitcher's mound.

His performance in the strike zone is also talked about.

Until now, whenever I mention it, I get a thumbs up.

But now, it is extremely difficult for Xiao Fanggu to even touch the ball.

Narimiya's pitching is not only fast, but most importantly, he has accurate ball control and sharp ball changes.

Akatsuki Fukitani swung the bat and relied on his unparalleled power to make many achievements in previous games.

But facing Ming Gongming's pitching, it was obviously not enough.

Even though he was holding the bat tightly with both hands, the veins on his arms were popping out.

In the end, he only hit an infield fly.

"Ping!"

The white baseball soared in the infield, and it was certainly impossible to deceive the Daocheng players.

Shirakawa took the lead and ran to the landing point of the baseball, and steadily caught the ball into his glove.

"Snapped!"

"Out!!"

"Do you think you can deal with my ace with such a swing? You are so naive!"

Shirakawa scoffed.

Two outs, first base manned.

It’s the eighth baton’s turn to hit...

"Three people out, switch offense and defense!"

Even though the team was at an absolute disadvantage, the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team still did not choose to give up.

To be honest, their performance is even excellent.

When Narimiya returned to their rest area, he sat down directly on the rest chair.

His face is as ugly as it is.

Regardless of his pitching at the last minute, his performance was still brilliant.

Not only did he successfully deal with Akatsuki Furuya, but he also struck out Seido's eighth at bat in the end.

The whole process is called a simple one.

But he finally lost a point. Normally, this point might not be anything.

As the top club in the country, the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team is not only good at pitching.

Their players in other positions are also outstanding.

With their team's offensive strength, it would be even easier to score a few points on the field.

But today's game is different.

Facing the first-year pitcher known as the monster, Akatsuki Fukitani.

The entire attack of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team was muted.

So far, let alone scoring, they haven't even scored many effective hits.

In this case, they are as passive as they want to be.

The point that Narimiya Ming just lost may directly cost them the championship of the Kanto Conference.

From the perspective of their supervisor, the honor of being the champion of the Kanto Conference may be very important to Qingdao, but it is just average to them.

It's okay to lose the game.

If the summer competition is taken into account, there is a possibility that they will play against each other.Being able to detect the pitching level of Xiao Fanggu in advance, even if the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team loses in this game, they will not suffer a loss.

It is better to lose at this time than to have Qingdao catch them off guard in the summer competition.

But considering this issue from the perspective of the team, and purely from the perspective of the players, Naru Gongming felt very unhappy.

As the number one pitcher in all of Kanto.

Cheng Gongming can guarantee that he will definitely not be lazy in today's game.

He tried his best on every ball and used all his skills.

In the end, they still lost.

"Don't cry in despair, we haven't lost yet."

After seeing the performance of his ace, Harada Masako was very unhappy.

The other players of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team also widened their eyes after hearing their captain's sudden words.

Could it be said that they still have a chance?

Harada didn't even need to explain, the players of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team came up with the answer in their head.

If you think about it carefully, it really is.

Although they were unexpectedly one point behind their opponents, this was not the end of the game. It was just the 8th inning.It was just towards the end of the game, not really the end of the game.

They still have the 9th inning to play!

In other words, the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team still has a chance to attack.

"The pitchers on our team are starting to have physical problems. He doesn't make any sense, and he's still alive and kicking."

When these words came out of Director Kunito's mouth, it was as if some kind of special buff had been superimposed on the players of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team.

They firmly believe that their opponents will definitely have problems.

In this way, the game came to the first half of the ninth inning.

Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team offense.

The players of the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team will not let go of this last offensive opportunity no matter what.

They were all gearing up and seemed impatient.

At the same time, in the dugout of the Seido High School baseball team.

All the friends looked at their supervisor eagerly.

Want to change pitchers?
Although the players didn't ask any questions, their eyes gave them away.

Jiang Guxiao's physical problem was, after all, a huge hidden danger.

Even if everyone wants to pretend not to care, it's impossible.

But Director Kataoka didn't give anyone any response at all. He just turned his head to the other side.

Changing pitchers is obviously impossible.

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(End of this chapter)