Ace of Diamonds: The Demon King Arrives

Chapter 146 A textbook-level swing! ([-]-in-[-])

The Seido High School baseball team played in a game against the public Misimun High School.

End of game 1.

The score between the two sides was fixed at 0:0.

Not only that, during the offensive process of both sides, neither team scored a hit.

This also means that their hitters are all three up and three down.

The two sides fought a draw.

If it hadn't been for Akatsuki Furuya's strong pitching, the momentum of the Seido High School baseball team would have been lifted several steps higher.

In terms of this initial confrontation alone, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the Seido High School baseball team suffered a loss.

As the top-ranked Seido High School baseball team in the country, their team's strength is like that of the top 20 or even top 10 students among the thousands of students in the school.

A true top student.

Looking at their opponents, as a little-known public high school, it is at the middle or even lower middle level.

The two teams actually got the same score in a mock exam.

Who has better morale on both sides?
it goes without saying.

Of course, because of Akatsuki Furuya's strong attack, Qingdao High School's overall morale is still stronger.

The die-hard supporters of the Qingdao High School baseball team sitting in the stands obviously believed that their team had a greater chance of winning the game.

"Don't be polite, just hit the ball in one go!"

"Show off the arrogance of a Kanto Tournament champion!!"

Listening to the cheering sounds of the fans in the stands, you can basically feel the strong dissatisfaction in the hearts of those fans.

Of course they have reasons to be dissatisfied. After all, from their point of view, the Qingdao High School baseball team should never be so struggling.

You know, their opponent is a mediocre public high school...

If faced with such an opponent, the players of the Seido High School baseball team will have to fight hard.

Then we face those stronger opponents, those top giants in the country...

How should the Qingdao High School baseball team respond?

The friends in the dugout of the Seido High School baseball team are well aware of the dissatisfaction of the fans.

They understand the fans' mood very well.

But from their own perspective, they actually have their own difficulties.

The opponent they had originally calculated did not appear on the opponent's pitcher's mound at all.

What appeared on the mound was a pitcher they had not expected at all, using a low-shoulder pitch.

Although the players of the Seido High School baseball team have experienced many battles, this is not the first time they have seen an opponent like this.

But before the game started, they were not mentally prepared after all.

Plus every low-shoulder pitcher throws the ball differently.

The hitters of the Seido High School baseball team need to get used to it.

Only by getting used to the opponent's pitching and mastering the rhythm of the attack can they see the right time and hit the ball in one go.

The fans are so impatient that it really embarrasses the players.

Just when everyone was frowning, Director Kataoka suddenly spoke.

"Open your eyes and take a closer look, how did Yuuki take action?"

Hearing the words of his supervisor, the players of the Qingdao High School baseball team felt excited all over.

They still know their supervision very well.

Since Director Kataoka said this, it means that he firmly believes that Yuuki in the strike zone can definitely hit the ball!

This made all the friends of the Seido High School baseball team couldn't help but become curious.

This is also Yuki's first time hitting the field. Nanping, the new pitcher of the Missimon High School baseball team, is not a simple role.

Yuki's first time hitting the field, he was able to hit the ball 1%?

They didn't believe it.

At this moment, Yuuki, who was standing on the strike zone, just raised the bat in his hand.

He stood motionless on the strike zone, like an eternal mountain.

Seeing the aura exuding from Yuuki, the catcher of the Misimmen High School baseball team felt a little panicked.

The fourth bat of the Aomichi High School baseball team is one of the most powerful bats in the entire Tokyo area.

Don't look at them. In the first game, they successfully won three ups and three downs.

They didn't let the Seido High School baseball team take any advantage of them.

This doesn't mean that they can deal with the hitter in front of them.

"The opponent is the core fourth bat of the Seido High School baseball team, a nationally renowned powerhouse. We don't have to go head-to-head with the opponent! Throw the ball to the corner, even if we walk him, it doesn't matter!"

Now it's nobody out and nobody on base.

The pitching and catching partners of the Mission High School baseball team are generally very relaxed.

Even if they are facing a strong enemy, they still want to give it a try.

Nanping made up his mind and made two bad shots in succession.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!!"

Yuki on the strike zone remained motionless.

The whole person seemed to be petrified.

Those die-hard supporters of the Seido High School baseball team in the stands were not so polite.

"Just avoid the duel, you cowards!"

"You don't have the arrogance of young people at all. Why can't you confront me head-on?"

Facing the complaints from the fans in the stands.

The pitching partners of the Mission High School baseball team, including the players on their team, all turned a deaf ear and ignored it completely.

What an international joke?
Their opponent is one of the top wealthy schools in the country, the famous Qingdao High School.

Not to mention, the Seido High School baseball team previously dominated the Kanto Conference and became the champion of the Kanto Conference!
Ordinary fans may not care much about this matter.

But for those who play baseball, the significance is very significant.

The Seido High School baseball team is in the spotlight right now.

When fighting against a wealthy family of this level, they would naturally use all possible means.

As long as there are no violations, nothing is too much.

If they were to confront each other openly and openly, they might as well just raise the white flag and surrender, which would be a pleasure.

In the dugout of the Missimon High School baseball team, Coach Chiba nodded frequently.

While nodding, he kept beating the chair with the trumpet he made.

"Clap!!"

“That’s it, it doesn’t matter if you walk the other team, just compete with the remaining batters.”

It was perfect to use this extremely tricky corner kick to deal with the fourth bat of the Seido High School baseball team.

"This is the secret technique we have worked so hard to hone to win, Chiba-ryu..."

Coach Chiba directly regarded their team's method of playing as a complete collection of routines.

From his perspective, the game was falling into their rhythm.

Although Coach Chiba thought so, Nanpei, who was pitching, also planned to do the same.

But from beginning to end, Yuki remained motionless.

At the beginning, Nanping was also murmuring in his heart.

The opponent is one of the top players in the country, and he might hit the target with all his strength...

Therefore, his first two shots were very cautious.

By the time of the third goal, Nanping became more courageous unconsciously.

The opponent never made any move, and Nanping's pitch was closer to the strike zone.The pitching has even gotten into the strike zone.

The main catcher of the Missimen High School baseball team nodded secretly when he saw this ball.

From his perspective, his partner, their team's true ace pitcher, seemed more reliable.

This ball is just under the outside corner, the extreme corner position. Although it is not thrown outside the strike zone, the distance between this ball and the batter is even further than the bad ball.

Coupled with the low-shoulder pitch, the baseball almost flies up from the bottom.

It is even more difficult for the batter to hit the ball.

If this ball could be scored, the main catcher of the Mission High School baseball team would even be willing to give his partner a score of 99.

The remaining one point is not because he did not shoot well, but mainly because he was afraid that the score would be too high, and he was proud!

Just when the main catcher of the Mission High School baseball team had this thought in his mind.

The hitter standing in the strike zone suddenly moved.

When Yuuki is motionless, he is as steady as a mountain.

But once he moves, it's like a volcano erupting.

"boom!"

The bat blasted out, and the huge sound of breaking through the air directly made the main catcher of the Mission High School baseball team widen his eyes in horror.

The batter actually took action?
This was obviously something he didn't expect.

What made him even more unexpected was the opponent's speed.

Not only was there a terrifying sound, but the main catcher of the Mission High School baseball team even saw the afterimage of the bat being swung out.

It was broad daylight, and it was still under the sun.

He actually saw the afterimage?

Before the main catcher of the Mission High School baseball team could finish being shocked, the bat hit the baseball firmly.

"Ping!"

After the white baseball flew out, it drew a meteor arc in the sky, fell into the stadium, and bounced out.

The most shocking thing at the moment was not the melon-eating people in the stands.

But on the field, a fielder of the Misimmen High School baseball team.

When he saw the ball flying down, the fielder of the Mission High School baseball team's brain had already started to react.

He saw it so clearly that he even calculated the baseball's falling path.

As long as he could arrive in time, he was even more than [-]% sure that he could catch the ball.

However, these are just thoughts in his mind.

In fact, when he saw the ball flying over, the fielder of the Mission High School baseball team felt as if someone had pressed the slow-motion button.

Can't move.

He couldn't move a step.

Time seems to have paused at this moment.

Not only did he not move, but others didn't seem to move either. Even if someone moved, it was very slow.

If Fielder was alone, he might think he was hallucinating.

But so does everyone around me.

Then this is obviously not a problem of illusion, but the speed of this ball, so fast!
When they saw the ball flying with their naked eyes, they actually had no time to stop it. They could only watch the baseball land in front of their eyes, bounce and fly out.

"Safety!!"

Yuuki breathed a sigh of relief and ran to first base.

The situation on the field changed to no one out and one man on first base.

In the stands, those die-hard supporters of the Seido High School baseball team.

Everyone was proud and proud.

I don’t know how long they had been looking forward to this scene.

"As expected of the captain!"

"The fight was so cool!!"

“This is the clarion call, the Seido High School baseball team is finally getting serious.”

The fans in the stands seemed extremely excited.

But Kataoka, the supervisor of the Seido High School baseball team, had no joy at all on his face, only suppressed anger.

"Do you understand?"

Upon hearing the question from their supervisor, the friends of the Seido High School baseball team all lowered their heads in shame.

Even if they didn't understand it before, they now understood it. What did they mean by supervising those words?
"That's it! I thought the opponent was a public school and the pitchers weren't very strong. Can you just hit the ball away casually?"

The first three hitters of the Qingdao High School baseball team all made a small mistake.

When they first struck, they held big sticks.

It's as if he can't do it unless he hits a home run.

As for Nan Ping, the pitcher of the Misimmen High School baseball team, although he has worked hard to hide it for more than two years, he wants to make a splash in this summer's competition.

But from the standpoint of the Seido High School baseball team, they obviously don't think how great their opponent is.

Naturally, it is not difficult to hit his ball.

It was after the offensive losses in the first inning that the friends of the Seido High School baseball team came to their senses.

They underestimated their opponents!

Director Kataoka even threw this issue directly in their faces.

"All players who have spent three years of high school betting on baseball are worthy of respect and should not be underestimated. We must go all out to compete with them! The opponent's pitching is tricky and rare. Don't think about hitting the big one. Great, bring out the results of your usual practice and hit consecutively cleanly, that is the way to win!"

"Yes!!"

After listening to Supervisor Kataoka's instructions, the players raised their heads.

It's their turn to step in and save face.

In the first half of the second inning, the Seido High School baseball team went on offense.

The situation on the field is that one is on base and no one is out.

The batting turn came to the fifth baseman, Toru Masuko, the third baseman.

"Uggah! Uggah!!!"

Masuko, who stood in the strike zone, made a decisive move and scored an outfield hit.

He sent Yuki directly to third base.

He himself saw the opportunity and ran to second base like a bulldozer.

No one out, second and third base occupied.

At this time, it was Miyuki Kazuya's turn to strike.

In the stands, those die-hard supporters of the Seido High School baseball team felt like they were going crazy.

"This luck is coming, and I can't stop it!"

"One big push, one big push!"

In full view of everyone, Miyuki was humming and swinging the bat.

"Ping!"

The baseball that was knocked out flew directly to the back of the stadium.

The Mission High School outfielder ran with all his strength, but in the end he could only see the baseball bounce off the ground and hit the wall.

It bounced off the wall again.

Two runners on the field returned to home plate one after another.

The score on the field became 2:0.

Miyukiichi also ran to second base, and the situation became one with no one out and someone on second base.

This is not over yet.

It's Akatsuki Fukitani's turn as a batter on the Aomichi High School baseball team.

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(End of this chapter)