Chapter 3: Full Power!

'He has no intention of swinging at all?'

In the position of the catcher, Miyuki Kazuya's face was a little dark.

Sawamura's pitching was with his Pitching Form.

Therefore, you can't see the drop point at all Standing on the strike zone.

In this way, the speed of Sawamura's ball in the strike zone will look particularly fast.

The small white ball reached the batter in the blink of an eye. That feeling is not less compared to the 150 km/h super-fastball.

There were very few batters among the opponents who had played against Sawamura in High School before, it was the first time that this batter faced Sawamura's pitching, and there was no surprised expression on his face.

Konan High School's first batter only started to take a bunt stance, and he should feel more confusion about Sawamura's pitching.

But there was no surprise on his face.

'This means that the opponent has studied Sawamura's pitching in depth.'

From the lottery to the opening game, the time was very short. In such a short period, it is not only necessary to collect data, but also to conduct in-depth analysis, come up with countermeasures, and do the corresponding training…

Seidou has also studied Konan, and they can't say that they have gained nothing, but the gain is not that big.

'In contrast, are Konan's preparations perfect?'

Next ball, Cutter in the inside corner.

'To know how well the opponent has prepared the data, more tests and experiments are necessary.'

These thoughts were only for a moment in Miyuki's mind.

He was very rhythmic and gave Sawamura the sign for the second ball.

Sawamura on the pitcher's mound also nodded at Miyuki's sign.

After Miyuki gave the sign, he threw the second ball without stopping.

Whoosh!

As fast as a white line, the ball instantly crossed the distance from the mound to the home plate.

Just then, the first batter of Konan High School, who had a normal swinging stance, suddenly changed back to bunt again.

In the face of Sawamura, the batter was very adaptable without seeing the pitching point.

Ping!

The small white ball was knocked out and rolled to third base.

"How cunning!"

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School, Chris looked at the actions of the Konan Batter and commented.

Just facing the first ball thrown by Sawamura, Konan's first batter, deliberately retracted the bat.

In this way, when Seidou was guarding, they naturally assumed that the batter did not really intend to use bunts.

Even if the forward defense of the first and third bases is not canceled, psychologically, everyone will not think that the batter will use bunts.

As a result, it is naturally a surprise.

The Batter not only used bunts but also did it very nicely.

A Cutter in the inner corner was knocked to the side of third base.

'Very good!'

The angle and speed at which the ball was knocked out were almost the same as the batter had imagined before.

Without delay, the batter rushes to first base at full speed!

He's confident in his speed, and if given the chance, he believes he can hit base.

"Ugaah!"

At the position of the third line, someone like a reloaded tank ran all the way and stepped forward to defend.

After the first batter of Konan High School, made a fake bunt, Masuko Toru did not change his position at all.

His eyes were still focused on the first batter of Konan High School.

As the saying goes, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

The situation now is similar to the previous mistakes that had a great impact on the growth of Masuko.

He was able to return to the field, and still have the position of the main third baseman of Seidou High School.

Masuko Toru is grateful for this.

He cherishes the opportunity to play now, so he is very focused.

Seeing that Konan's first batter replayed the bunt, he immediately chose to charge forward.

This is his muscle memory after countless training sessions, and it is also a reward for his mental focus.

The baseball was caught, Masuko stepped forward very timely, picked up the ball, and sent it to first base in one smooth action.

Right now, Tetsuya had already returned to the first base.

SNAP!

"OUT!"

The speed Mawari, the first batter of Konan High School, is of course fast, but even with his speed, he can only look at the base and sigh.

One Out, no one hits base.

"Good job, Masuko-senpai!"

On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura gave Masuko a thumbs up.

If it wasn't for Masuko's rescue just now, it would be really dangerous.

On third base, Masuko-senpai nodded very coolly.

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School, Coach Kataoka's face showed some relief while Coach Ochiai looked stunned.

Maybe it's his own delusion, but he feels that Masuko is really a little different, and his movements are much more agile than before.

The game continues.

Through this testing, Miyuki also knew about the level of Konan High School, and how much they knew about Sawamura.

The result is not optimistic.

The opponent was obviously someone who had carefully studied Sawamura's pitching.

When starting out, their swinging is targeted. It's not all about consuming Sawamura's count, but trying to use various offensive tactics!

The use of various strategies is also very mature, not entirely aimed at Sawamura. But for the entire Seidou High School.

"As expected of the top tyrants in the country, the intelligence work is really solid."

Miyuki was also impressed.

With the intelligence-gathering ability of Seidou High School, only the video of the opponent's game was found. Without even having time to analyze it in detail, they had to compete.

However, the other party had already researched a strategy to deal with Seidou High School.

It's just that this strategy is somewhat inconsistent.

Where exactly is the inconsistency? It will be a while until Miyuki can really tell. However, this discordant feeling left a deep impression on him.

'Use full firepower to control the rhythm first!'

If the other party comes prepared, if you follow their steps, it is very likely that you will slowly fall into the trap of the opponent.

Miyuki also thought about it and directly gave Sawamura a sign to let him go all out.

He's going to take the lead!

After receiving the sign from Miyuki, Sawamura's eyes became serious.

In the face of the top giants in the country, Konan High School, the semi-finalist of the Kyushu tournament, is strong.

Sawamura Eijun used full firepower!

"STRIKE!"

"STRIKE!"

"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!"

"STRIKE BATTER OUT!!!!!"

The first time they saw the Maou's Breaking balls, the batters of Konan High School could only stare at them helplessly.

The Moving-up, the Change-up, and the Forkball are used alternately.

Three balls, three completely different Breaking balls.

Although the batters of Konan High School are good, when have they seen this before?

They were completely stunned by Sawamura's use of the Breaking ball.

Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.

Sawamura made a total of eight pitches.

"Ace!!!"

"Demon King!"

"Demon King!!"

 It started in a corner in the grandstand of Koshien and later extended to all directions.

Finally, tens of thousands of people cheered in unison.

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