Ace of Diamonds: The Demon King Arrives

Chapter 295 Big News ( in )

Jiang Gu had just woken up and hadn't washed up yet.

A group of friends gathered around him, and everyone was surprised at him.

"Have you watched the news?"

Hearing the senior's question, Jiang Gu showed a confident smile.

"Senior, there is no need to trick me. I will always abide by the rules and will not look at my phone past ten o'clock."

"Who asked you this? I asked you if you saw today's news?"

Hearing the serious questions from the seniors, Jiang Gu shook his head subconsciously.

"What's wrong?"

"We're going to be famous!!"

After hearing this answer, Jiang Gu felt that the atmosphere around him was a bit awkward.

What does it mean to be famous?

Hasn't their team always been very famous?
Defeated all competitors in the Kanto Conference and became the king of the Kanto region.

In the competition in Nishi Tokyo, he defeated all the competitors one after another and got the ticket to Koshien.

They have been accompanied by fame and applause along the way.

Their fame has long been known throughout the country.

"Look at this quickly!"

Seeing Jiang Gu's look, everyone knew in their hearts that their ace obviously didn't understand it at all.

Just how serious something happened?

Following the guidance of his friends, Jiang Gu soon saw a title on the other party's mobile phone screen that made him jaw-dropping.

[Champion candidate, the King Seido High School Baseball Team! 】

[The strongest first-year monster in history swept across the Koshien arena. 】

[The devil pitcher is born! ! ! 】

Each of these prominent titles, as well as the media behind these titles.

Everything shows that the Qingdao High School baseball team has become popular all over the country.

"Isn't he just a dark horse opponent? How could this happen??"

Regarding the team becoming famous across the country, Jiang Gu had expectations in his heart.

The Koshien stage is fundamentally different from the regional competitions they played in before.

To put it bluntly, these two are not on the same level at all.

In these two competitions, outstanding performance has different meanings?

But he originally thought that they would have to wait until they defeated Team Cosmos or Xibang to have such an effect.

Unexpectedly, a little Saint Daphne could cause such a sensation?
"I can only say that the eyes of fans and reporters are sharp!"

Chris commented very pertinently.

Other friends also highly recognize this.

The members of the Qingdao High School baseball team have a standard for judging the strength of their opponents.

The famous Cosmos team, they had played against each other before.

Whether it was the Kanto Conference or their regional competition, they also met some of the top giants in the country.

In the process of fighting against these opponents, the friends are very aware of the opponent's strength. What is its level?
Among these teams, although there is no way that Saint Daphne can be ranked first, they can definitely be ranked at the forefront.

They are not small fish and shrimps, nor are they a nationally wealthy family with a superficial appearance.

They are a team that is not weaker than the top clubs in the country.

Now it seems that this is probably not their own family's idea.

Those reporters and those fans undoubtedly recognized this.

They firmly believe it. The Seido High School baseball team that can defeat Saint-Dolf will surely achieve great results on the field.

They will become famous all over the country in Jiaziyuan.

The supervisor of the Qingdao High School baseball team, as well as the chief and deputy directors of their team, all gathered together.

Although this overwhelming report gave them a certain degree of inner satisfaction.

But it also brought them a lot of trouble.

Minister Ohta rubbed his hands together excitedly and reported the current situation excitedly.

"There are already more than a dozen reporters requesting exclusive interviews. We are still receiving calls..."

As the top giants in the country, they are the top in every aspect.

This naturally includes social circles.

The Aomichi High School baseball team has not been able to reach Koshien for several years in a row, but they can still find the top opponents in the country for practice games.

They can still recommend players who graduate from their own schools to go straight into the pros.

This is the social circle.

Such a social circle can bring a lot of benefits, but it will naturally also bring some unnecessary troubles.

For example, contact information.

It is not easy for reporters to find a dark horse team, let alone play the emotional card with the other party.

But Qingdao is different.

In the past, Qingdao's performance was not good, and neither reporters nor other teams gave up on Qingdao.

Now that the other party comes to their door, how can they not give each other face?

Everyone in the room knew this very well.

But none of them made this known.

Because they also know in their hearts what exactly does it mean to ask everyone to accept an exclusive interview at this time?
Originally, the overwhelming reports made it impossible for those players to calm down.

If this was another exclusive interview, it would be impossible for everyone to think about it.

After all, at the end of the day, they are just a group of fifteen or sixteen year olds.

Even adults can't resist the temptation, so how can teenagers resist it?

Analyzing from this perspective, it is best for them to follow the rules previously established by Supervisor Photooka to prevent outside influence on the players.

Even if there is no way to completely eliminate it, we should try our best to minimize this impact.

This idea is really good.

But it’s not realistic at all…

Just like before, people didn't care whether it was difficult or not?
As long as it didn't violate their own principles, they all helped Qingdao.

Nowadays, people are praying for Qingdao Gate.

How could they have the nerve to shut each other out?

The principal and dean of the school are also entrusted by others. These two people did not dare to offend Supervisor Kataoka, nor did they dare to offend Deputy Minister Takashima.

They called again and again, all to Minister Ota.

Minister Ohta looked at the vibrating cell phone and the familiar number displayed on the screen.

He really wanted to jump into the river.

All in all, his current mood is very complicated.

He didn't know at all, how should he deal with it?
"Of course we are happy that the team's players can achieve such results. But we still have to abide by some principled things."

Takashima said.

What the deputy minister said seemed very reasonable.

But it simply doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. In the final analysis, this deputy minister is confident.

She didn't feel the pressure from the school and the principal at all.

Naturally, she wouldn't take it to heart.

At the same time, the families of the players have also seen reports in the media and television.

As the media spread, the name of the Qingdao High School baseball team suddenly became known throughout the country.

In addition to this very powerful dark polo team, people also deeply remember the name of the Devil Pitcher.

When I first saw this title, many fans were extremely unhappy.

In the minds of 1000 people, there are often a thousand Hamlets.

When fans watch and enjoy the game, they will naturally like relatively different players.

No matter how good your statistics are on the court, if people don't like you, there's nothing you can do about it.

Under such circumstances, a certain first-year rookie ace pitcher dared to call himself the Devil.

This is simply arrogant!
No matter how dazzling this first-year rookie ace is, they will never admit it.

However, such doubts just appeared and were quickly suppressed.

By reading articles and watching videos.

Fans who didn't know Fang Gu soon learned a terrifying truth.

That was the 15-year-old first-year pitcher of the Seido High School baseball team. He actually threw a terrifying 161 kilometers on the Koshien field?

What kind of concept is this?

To describe a pitcher as a great player, it is actually difficult to have any specific indicators.

We can only continue to accumulate games and let the data speak for itself.

Moreover, such data often has a certain degree of water content and cannot fully explain the problem.

In addition to game data, if you want to evaluate a pitcher's ability, there is a simpler and more crude standard.

That’s how fast they pitch.

Most of the pitchers at Koshien have ball speeds between 135 kilometers and 145 kilometers.

This number is certainly astonishing.

But if you think about it carefully, being able to lead the team to Koshien basically proves their strength and they are among the best in the country.

There are only forty ace pitchers who can participate in Koshien.

You must know that there are at least tens of thousands of people competing for this position.

What does this ratio mean? Anyone with eyesight can see it.

The high school students who can participate in Koshien are originally elites who are selected from thousands of places.

Most of their ball speeds are maintained between 135 kilometers and 145 kilometers.

This is already the top level of high school.

Even for pitchers in the professional arena, the average ball speed is not much faster than them.

Above this, the ball speed can reach 150 kilometers.

Even in the professional arena, there are not many pitchers who can throw this kind of speed.

Akatsuki Fukitani actually increased his ball speed to over 160 kilometers?
What does this mean?

Even in the major leagues, which are looking at the highest stage, pitchers who can throw this kind of ball speed are very rare.

You can count them on your fingers.

What's wrong with a pitcher of this level being called the Devil?
In the minds of most fans, they don't even think this is a rumor.

Furuya is the devil, the real baseball devil.

As the reputation becomes louder, there will naturally be a lot of criticism.

Although the vast majority of fans and reporters believe that the future of the Seido High School baseball team is bright.

They already have the qualifications to be champion candidates!
But there are also some fans who believe that the Seido High School baseball team looks very strong on the surface, but in fact it is just strong on the outside and weak on the inside.

To give the simplest example, let's talk about their team's ace, Jigu. Everyone could see the way Akatsuki Fukitani was killing everyone on the court.

On the surface, this is also the strong core of the Seido High School baseball team.

But in fact, everyone understands one thing.

He was a freshman in the first grade, a boy who was only fifteen years old, and his body was not mature at all.

Not to mention half-grown children like him, even many second- and third-grade players will cause huge trouble to their bodies if they use fast balls continuously.

Since the beginning of Koshien, this rumor has not stopped.

Everyone knows that the Koshien competition will be a big challenge to the players' endurance and physical strength.

There are even many players who originally had good prospects and futures, but their youth was ruined because of Koshien's system.

Even until now, the first-year ace of the Seido High School baseball team has never had any problems.

But if there are no problems now, it doesn’t mean there won’t be problems in the future.

Just because there are no clues now does not mean that there is really no problem with his body.

"Maybe that player has already dried up!!"

Reporters covered it in large tracts.

The leaders of the Qingdao High School baseball team did not say anything.

Compared with the players, they are the real veterans.

The words reporters used to deceive them are naturally unlikely to have any effect.

Compared with journalists, these opposing voices are particularly important.

After Supervisor Kataoka and Minister Ohta saw the news, they looked at each other in unison.

At this time, Takashima also turned his attention.

After the three giants of the Qingdao High School baseball team gathered together, they already understood each other's thoughts without even opening their mouths to communicate.

At this time, Director Kataoka, as the first person in charge of the team, took the lead in putting forward his own ideas and suggestions.

"Go to the hospital first and then talk!"

Regardless of what those reporters and fans said, are they true?

There is one thing they must be clear about and must deal with.

After receiving the order, Feng Gu expressed that he didn't understand it at all.

He explained to his supervisor and minister over and over again that there was nothing wrong with his body at all.

Not to mention that during the competition with Saint-Dolf, Fang Gu was lazy for a while.

Even if he was not lazy during the whole process, he used his own physical strength to support himself.

Jiang Gu also didn't think that his body would be in any condition.

Even though the little guy was extremely resistant, Supervisor Kataoka and Director Ohta still pulled Akatsuki Fukitani into the car regardless.

Seeing their ace being taken away like this, many friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team felt extremely uneasy in their hearts.

Could it be that something went wrong with their ace, right?
Although their supervisor and minister did not say anything, if the situation was not very serious, these two would not appear together.

Just when everyone was secretly worried, Fang Gu led Fang Gu to a private clinic under their supervision and Minister Ota.

Despite the small size of the private clinic, the owner is very particular and he is also a rare sports doctor.

This is an extremely rare category in the medical profession.

And leaving a situation like Jianggu's to him is much more reassuring than leaving it to any other doctor.

After half a day of detailed inspection, the results came out quickly.

(End of this chapter)