chapter 48
"In yesterday's practice match, although you lost fewer points, is that your own strength?"
"Without the help of me and Senior Masuko and others, you will be beaten out of the outfield An more than that, and you will only lose more points than the valley, not less!"
"And how many points did you lose? That's 18 points! "
"What about Kawakami?"
"He shot eight innings in total, four more than you, but he only lost eight points."
"In terms of performance in the game alone, you are much worse than Kawakami!"
In fact.
Asad also knew that Daocheng High did not send the main lineup today.
After all, although seido has not entered Koshien in the past five years, it can pose a certain degree of threat to Daocheng high every year.
So.
In practice sessions leading up to the Summer Conference.
It will certainly not reveal the intelligence of the main lineup.
But!
Seido also retained the main force!
Or rather!
Except for Asad, the main force of the first team, the other players are not the main members!
Other than that.
Although Asad played.
But he is also active as a fielder.
And.
On the blow.
It only exposes the characteristics of fast speed and high first-base hit rate.
As for why it was exposed?
It was because the coach put Sawamura in the right place behind Asad
The purpose is to see if when Asad enters third base, Sawamura's touch can send Asad back to home plate!
And in order to reach third base faster.
Therefore, every time he went to first base, Asad would directly complete the action of stealing the second base and the third base through extremely fast speed.
Coupled with Sawamura's touch, Asad successfully returned to home plate with a cheetah-like running speed.
So.
Asad's speed left an extremely deep impression in the hearts of everyone in Daocheng high.
...
All in all.
In the absence of workhorses on both sides.
Kawakami relies on his own strength.
and teammates who, except for Asad, are much weaker than the main force.
It wasn't until the eighth inning that he was overtaken and pulled away, which was already very good.
So.
Asad said that Sawamura's performance was much worse than Kawakami's.
...
"Sawamura, come here!"
At this time, Masuko stepped forward, took Sawamura by the arm, and forcibly led him to the open space next to him.
"This idiot's emotional intelligence is too low!"
Kuramochi, Youichi was kind and tired.
It is clear that he usually told Sawamura.
Under the public court, don't talk so aggressively, otherwise you will be hated.
Outcome...
Sawamura promised well, but in the blink of an eye...
But.
Those who should be educated still have to be educated.
After all!
Maybe this time I listened to it?
Of course...
This possibility, even the position holder himself is a little not very convinced...
While Kuramochi, Youichi educates Sawamura.
On the pitch.
There was also a famous scene.
Saw!
First team substitute catcher Keisuke Miyauchi!
Suddenly walked up to the pitcher's mound and reached Kawakami ...
"Eh??!"
Suddenly, the audience was shocked.
"Wha-"
Asad had to admit that when he first watched the anime, his first reaction was to laugh until his stomach hurt.
And after becoming a member of seido, watch this scene again.
Asad only felt endless shame.
He couldn't help but lower his head and pretend to be doing something else.
It's not just him.
The same is true of the rest of seido.
Even Coach Kataoka pulled his baseball cap down a bit, covering his face.
It has to be said.
This special habit of Keisuke Miyouchi is indeed quite spicy eyes.
...
But.
After the 'special encouragement' of Keisuke in the palace.
Kawakami in the next game.
The good condition of the first inning was restored.
So much so that the batters of Daocheng high could not continue the offensive.
"It's all compared to this, can the players still restore their morale on their own..."
"It's a rigorously trained team."
"Sure enough, you can't underestimate this team this year..."
In the rest area of Daocheng, Kuniyou Hiroshige (coach) narrowed his eyes slightly, and murmured in his heart.
...
Mid day.
Second game.
Daocheng high vs city junior high.
Because Daocheng and city junior high.
do not belong to the same division.
So.
Daocheng sent the main lineup this time.
They thought that even if seido felt his strength and got some information, it would not hurt.
And with the excellent performance of Daocheng high's ace pitcher Narumiya, Mei , city junior high.
fell into a scoring drought.
When the audience outside the venue saw it, they were surprised, but they felt expected.
"Actually completely suppressed city junior high., an emerging force in Tokyo's East, which has recently emerged!"
"Although I threw myself in the sixth inning, I was beaten a total of 5 hits."
"But every crucial moment can be turned into a danger, and that's the power of trump cards."
However.
These viewers can't see it.
But the people of seido, who had fought with Narumiya, Mei in their second year of high school, knew that Narumiya, Mei was retaining his strength.
Because!
Last year's race!
Until the end of the game, Seido's batters did not hit Narumiya, Mei's ball!
So...
How can city junior high., whose lineup is even weaker than seido, really be able to play safely?
"Cut! That smelly boy played in the first half of the game, all of them were preserving their strength. "
In the stands, Isashiki said very unpleasantly: "Only now have I finally been willing to fully play the ball power. "
Yuki clasped his hands to his chest and said seriously, "Sharp sliding ball..."
"And the finger ball that seems to be digging into the ground..."
"And the one that supports the power of that change ball..."
"A straight ball of 148 kilometers at top speed!"
"Horizontal and vertical change balls..."
"Coupled with the super fast straight ball, Narumiya, Mei can be used as a model for pitchers!"
Hear this.
Miyuki smiled and said, "That being said, compared to Asad, it's far behind!" "
Yuki nodded: "Yes, compared with Asad's straight ball, Narumiya, Mei's straight ball is much slower." "
"And the change ball that Asad mastered, that is, the fast finger fork ball, is also more deceptive than Narumiya, Mei!"
"But..."
"Although Asad is stronger than Narumiya, Mei, it doesn't mean that we can deal with Narumiya, Mei."
Jun Isashiki: "Although I don't want to admit it, there are really too many balls that the smelly boy is good at. "
"And the proficiency of each ball is so high that you don't know which ball to focus on."
...
On the pitch.
Narumiya, Mei looked relaxed.
But.
In my heart, I felt extremely excited because of the exclamations of the audience.
Then.
In order to get more shock from the audience.
It was also in order to completely deter the members of the seido who were seeing the game from outside.
Nariya made a code word for the catcher to throw a variable speedball.
"Hey!"
"Are you going to throw that ball now?"
"Didn't the coach say that you can't shoot this ball?"
The catcher of Inagi, Masaki Harada, was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head.
"I want to vote, I want to vote!"
"I want to vote, I want to vote!"
"I..."
Narumiya, Mei's eyes lit up, and he looked at Masakon Harada with great anticipation.
Harada was silent for a while.
In the end, persuasion was abandoned.
"Forget it."
"Vote if you want."
"Anyway, the coach is angry, you are ready to accept the punishment!"
Thereupon.
Masakō Harada gave the code word 'cast'.
"Abominable..."
"I can only find a way to sell the straight ball!"
"It doesn't matter if you get strikeouts, you must swing the bat decisively!"
The city junior high. batter, who stayed in the beater's seat, silently made up his mind in his heart.
"Hey, hey..."
"Special benefits..."
"Pay attention..."
Pitcher Narumiya, Mei with a show-off mood, grabbed the ball and threw it.
Wow --
When the arm is swinged, the baseball immediately detaches from the palm of the hand and flies towards the catcher.
However...
I thought it was a high-speed straight ball Narumiya, Mei hitter, swinging the bat in advance!
It turned out!
The stick has been swung before the ball flies to the side!
"Change up"
The pupils of the city junior high hitter's pupils shrank sharply.
Because it was so shocking...
The body after swinging the bat...
Stuck in a state of stiffness...