Chapter 14: Play Freely

When Sawamura successfully copied Torajiro's stunt, the momentum on the field was already turned one-sided to support Seidou!

Even the people from Konan High School had a look of astonishment on their faces.

Their trust in their Ace pitchers is still very high.

Even if the opponent is Seidou High School, even it is the Maou Sawamura Eijun.

The people in Konan High School did not think that they would lose in this Pitching Duel.

But life is so unpredictable.

Sawamura successfully copied Swallow's Homecoming, which means that he fully understood Torajiro's pitching!

In this way, Torajiro will have to face an extremely difficult challenge.

Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.

When Sawamura returned to the rest area, Kataoka and Ochiai immediately asked him.

The two Coaches couldn't understand what happened just now.

"Actually, it's very simple. The Straight ball that Torajiro threw has slightly floated up."

'With such a slow ball? How can that be?'

For the answer given by Sawamura, everyone at Seidou felt that it was impossible.

Moreover, Even if Torajiro can control the altitude of the ball, how could he control that the batter will hit a fly high that will definitely fall to the mound?

"That's what I didn't understand before," Sawamura replied with a smile.

Sawamura can do it himself by letting the batter hit the high fly in the infield.

So at the beginning, when Torajiro first showed the Swallow's Homecoming, Sawamura suspected that there was a slight upward Lag in his Straight ball hence the float like Sawamura's Moving-up ball.

Because the mound is higher than the zone, so even the most straight ball will drop but on a straight line.

However, Sawamura's Moving-up ball stops lowering its altitude for a moment and then continues dropping.

So, when a batter looks at this pitch from the zone, he will see it break upward and then continue moving forward.

If a pitcher has enough control he could do it too like Sawamura, and looks like this is the case For Torajiro.

Of course, it's not enough to get the ball to land on the mound accurately.

He also needs the cooperation of the batter.

"There are three conditions for Swallow's Homecoming, the first is to increase the amount of ball spins necessary for the lag. The second is to have the Batter on the field with a high enough swing accuracy. For this, Torajiro in the process of pitching even deliberately slowed down the speed of the ball, so that the batter could see the ball more clearly and hit more accurately. Of course, there is a third condition, the direction of the pitch will definitely be concentrated in the center. In this way, after the ball is hit a fly high, it will stay focused near the mound."

Sawamura was able to make a perfect copy just now of the Swallow's Homecoming. In addition to his good enough ball control, the accuracy of the third batter of Konan High School is also 'admirable'.

Without his 'selfless' cooperation, it would be difficult for Sawamura to perfectly replicate Swallow's Homecoming.

Only the batter accurately aims at the center of the Straight ball and hits the center of the original Straight ball course, such a high-flying ball is possible.

Torajiro is so terrifying that even the batter's own batting skills are counted.

Even a pitcher like Sawamura who has been in the Major Leagues, didn't think about it this.

After all, no professional player would use such a bold approach!

The game continues.

Although Sawamura saw through Torajiro's pitching secret and strategy, it was still not easy for the players of Seidou High School to get hits from his hands.

He can throw a real Moving-up ball like Sawamura's.

This break alone is enough to give batters a headache. Not to mention, the opponent is a terrible pitcher with extremely accurate ball control. Throw a slightly floating Straight ball into the corner of the strike zone with precision.

On the whole, the Ace pitcher of Konan High School is really worthy of his position as the Ace of a Famous School.

Thinking of this, Seidou's players will subconsciously look at Sawamura.

They finally understood why their Ace pitcher was called the Demon King!

Torajiro, who has only mastered a little Moving-up ball, is so alarming.

Sawamura, who has a strange Pitching Form, a Moving ball, high ball control, and a speed of 140 km/h, Plus all the weird breaking balls he developed…

Even if it is the core lineup of the top giants in the country, it is difficult to get a hit from Sawamura.

Even Seidou's own team members were thinking like this about Sawamura, not to mention, everyone from Konan High School who just started to know about Sawamura's horror.

When Sawamura perfectly copied Torajiro's stunt, the players from Konan High School looked at Sawamura as if he were an alien lifeform.

'Incredible!'

'Can we really get points back from this guy?'

Asking themselves, no players in Konan High School have any clues on how to do that. Some people with less strength feel even more pessimistic.

If Sawamura had a stamina problem in the late stage where the power of the ball has weakened, then they can't think about regaining points, it will be extremely difficult to just get hits from him.

In the second half of the fourth inning, Seidou High School attacked.

Except for the first inning, three points were dropped. So far, Torajiro's performance is still very good. Since the Home run, he never let Seidou High School hit a single hit again.

Now, before it's turn for the batter who hit the Home run.

"Fourth Batter, first baseman, Yuuki-kun."

After the captain entered the strike zone, many cheering waves were immediately set off in the stands.

Obviously, the audience's expectations for Yuuki are still very high.

'If you want to turn the tide, it is very necessary to solve the strongest Batter in the Seidou here.'

Despite the conflict in his mind about the head-to-head duel with Yuuki, Konan's catcher still believes that it is necessary to solve the fourth batter here considering their current unfavorable situation.

'Torajiro!'

'No matter how much pressure you are under, now the team's hope can only be pinned on you!'

'Play freely!'

The sign given by the catcher to Torajiro was very casual, allowing Torajiro to play freely.

For geniuses like Torajiro, any stylized Game calling will limit their performance.

That being the case, it is better to let them play freely.

On the pitcher's mound, Torajiro was as if a beast unchained, and his expression turned hideous.

This was the complete opposite of the timid look he had shown at the beginning of the match.

"Have you revealed your true nature?"

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School, Sawamura said with his arms crossed.

He had this feeling vaguely before, and Seidou High School was not able to obtain detailed information about Torajiro.

But Seidou High School still knew his nickname.

Tiger of Okinawa!

A person's name may not resemble his own personality.

After all, the name is given by the parents, and most of them contain the love and blessings of the parents. But there are very few times when a person's nickname is very different from his own personality.

Because this person's nickname is based on this person.

Tiger of Okinawa, Torajiro.

He finally fully exposed his true nature.

Whoosh!

Torajiro's pitching became more and more sharp.

He has very little prep time, and his pitching moves are quick. Although the speed of the ball is not particularly fast, his pitching is still very sharp because of the increased rhythm of his whole.

The ball is aimed at the corners, which makes it difficult for the batter to swing the bat.

"STRIKE!"

"BALL!"

"BALL!"

One strike, one Foul, two Balls.

Yuuki on the strike zone can no longer help but swing the bat decisively!

Ping!

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