Chapter 51: Devil Brother, The Awakening

Akutsu was right, no matter what he throws in the first two balls, Kominato Ryosuke will not swing.

This time, Kominato Ryosuke made up his mind to get a Four Ball!

Of course, he did this for another purpose, which was to consume his pitching count.

"Is it that easy?"

Akutsu felt as if he had encountered a very interesting math problem, and he couldn't help but get excited.

'Now I have a two-strike lead and have the absolute initiative. This is equivalent to a question. All the previous steps have been parsed clearly, and the rest is just a simple operation.'

'Next, it's up to me to get the last strikeout, or let the opponent hit the ball into the field and rely on the defense to get the last Out.'

In Akutsu's view, these two are the same.

Whoosh!

A small white ball that flies to the outer corner.

This ball looks like a standard Ball!

Kominato Ryosuke has an extremely terrifying dynamic vision. He clearly distinguishes between Strikes and Balls.

Therefore, he should not swing at this ball.

On the pitching mound, Akutsu seemed to have seen the dawn of victory, with a relaxed smile on his face.

The white ball suddenly slid toward the strike zone as it approached the batter. Then, nearly touching the sideline of the strike zone in the outside corner, it flew into Hirahara's open Mitt.

It's a Slider that slides from the outside of the zone into the strike zone!

The original Ball has become a Strike after the break in the ball path.

'With this, we got the last out!'

At the position of the catcher, Hirahara's eyes flashed with excitement.

Although Akutsu solving a batter is the norm, he still rarely gets strikeouts.

It seems that Akutsu's strikeout record will be refreshed in this game.

Before the excitement in his eyes fully bloomed, a bat suddenly appeared in front of him.

Ping!

The bat hit the white ball with precision and then knocked the ball.

SNAP!

The hit baseball fell out of bounds on the sideline at first base.

"FOUL!"

On the strike zone, Kominato Ryosuke whispered three words.

"Third ball!"

On the pitcher's mound, Akutsu, who had been relatively calm, changed his expression.

In the On-Deck Circle, Sawamura used his fingers to tap the bat in his hand while looking at the field with a smile.

'Dear Asura Akutsu-san, I hope you can enjoy the generosity of our big Devil Brother, he will surely surprise you. The database in your brain is about to be refreshed, isn't it an event worthy of celebration.'

'Well, that's if you survive this first.'

Ping!

"FOUL!"

Another ball was hit out of bounds.

Kominato Ryosuke whispered, "Fourth ball!"

On the pitcher's mound, Akutsu gave up on the idea of ​​striking Out Kominato Ryosuke.

Kominato Ryosuke's purpose is not as simple as choosing the Four-Ball ones. He didn't even distinguish between Strikes and Balls but simply wanted to hit the ball out of bounds.

'His purpose is to drain my pitch count!'

'That's all!'

'That's why he even hit Balls near the strike zone's sideline.'

There is no need to distinguish whether it is a Ball or a Strike, just simply hit the flying baseball out of bounds.

The single-minded purpose increased Kominato Ryosuke's concentration.

Right now, he's thinking about nothing but hitting the ball out of bounds.

Such an approach is almost digging your grave. Sooner or later there will be a Strike, and Kominato Ryosuke will not be able to touch it, or if he touches it, he will make an error and hit the ball forward.

Kominato Ryosuke will be solved easily when that happens.

Akutsu knew this, but there was nothing he could do now.

No matter whether the two groups of people face each other, or when two people face each other, this is always a fact.

The more determined a side is, the more focused they become, and the more dangerous they are.

Like Kominato Ryosuke, with the determination to do or die, he is focusing on deliberately consuming Akutsu's pitching count is definitely enough to give the battery a headache.

"I hate this kind of showdown the most!"

As a pitcher, right now, it seems that there is no other way to go but to face him head-on.

And Akutsu did not like such a showdown without any technical content.

But he didn't have a different choice, when Kominato Ryosuke went out of his way, he would pester him unless he was Walked or solved. It seems that he can only face him head-on and use pitching to solve Kominato Ryosuke.

With his swing skills, it may be difficult to strike him Out using tricky corners.

'In this case, let's use fishing balls!'

Whoosh!

Akutsu changed his strategy and threw a fishing ball.

The small white ball is almost in the middle!

'A Straight ball in the middle?'

Seeing the baseball coming, Kominato Ryosuke on the strike zone had to swing.

Akutsu gives the impression that he is a very skillful and very smart pitcher.

But if he ignores his ball power and speed because of this, he would be underestimating this pitcher!

He is not a thin and frail bookworm, his ball speed is 140 km/h, and the ball is very powerful.

In the face of such pitching, it is not easy to precisely hit the ball out of bounds.

Even with his contact skills, it's a question of whether he can pull the ball out of bounds.

After confirming the thoughts in Kominato Ryosuke's mind, Akutsu immediately changed his mind and planned to let Kominato Ryosuke hit the ball, and then they relied on the defense to get the number of Outs.

Facing this conspiracy-reeking ball, Kominato Ryosuke gritted his teeth and swung decisively.

Ping!

The bat hit under the small white ball, rubbing the bat and flying behind the catcher and the referee.

"FOUL!"

Taking a deep breath, Kominato Ryosuke's eyes continued to stare at Akutsu on the pitcher's mound without blinking.

"Fifth ball!"

Ping!

"FOUL!"

"Sixth ball!!"

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During the next fight, Akutsu's brain kept turning, and all kinds of cold and hot pitches kept flying out.

Some Balls go to the corners, and there are even just Balls.

Kominato Ryosuke chose to let go of the ball that was far from the sideline of the strike zone, he didn't swing at all kinds of balls.

And all Pitches into the strike zone, even slightly below the strike zone were all thrown out of bounds by him!

"FOUL!"

"FIFTEEN!!!!"

Now there is no need for Kominato Ryosuke to shout, and the audience at Koshien found something strange.

Watching the tricky balls that came flying kept being knocked out of bounds. The battery of Seihou High School had an expression on his face that was about to cry.

The audience became extremely excited.

Is there anything more exciting than this scene?

No, not even a home run has such an effect, and everyone watching the ball is swept out of bounds.

The audience in the stands was overwhelmed with excitement.

Fifteen balls!

Kominato Ryosuke, alone, let the opponent's batter consume almost the number of pitches he had thrown in the previous two innings.

"What is this pitcher's total pitches count now?"

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School, the smile on Coach Kataoka's face could not be concealed no matter how hard he tried to hide it.

Ochiai replied with a smile just as big.

"Almost forty balls!"

Adding up the previous two innings, the opponent made less than 20 Pitches.

With that amount of pitches, it is impossible to consume the opponent's pitcher's physical strength.

Now the three innings are not over, and the opponent's pitch has reached forty.

Also, this is fun to watch…

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