Chapter 13: The Demon King’s Mischief!

Konan High School VS Seidou High School.

In the first half of the fourth inning, Konan High School attacked.

One Out, no one on base.

Right now, it was Konan High School's second batter's turn.

He's very tall and his batting looks very powerful.

Facing this opponent, Sawamura resolutely threw the Moving ball again.

In fact, even if there are no other Breaking balls, just the Moving ball is enough to make Sawamura a very decent pitcher!

There are plenty of successful pitchers in the Major Leagues who only relied on Knuckleballs, or Cutter to make a successful career.

As long as your own pitching is good enough, you will be a very nice Pitcher!

Today, Sawamura's strategy is just that.

He completely forgoes the other breaking Balls and uses the Moving ball instead to fight.

Rely on the strong defense of Seidou High School to get the number of Outs.

This strategy, while simple, is surprisingly effective.

Ping!

After the second batter of Konan High School hit the ball, it flew straight to the third baseman.

Masuko stopped at third base and didn't move.

He just opened his Mitt and securely caught the flying white ball into his Mitt.

SNAP!

"OUT!"

The first batter of Konan High School was solved with one ball, and then the second batter of Konan High School was solved with another ball.

Although it seems that it is not as exciting as the previous consecutive strikeouts, Sawamura's pitching was still strong.

Two balls, two Outs.

In the rest area of ​​Konan High School, Everyone, including Coach Mukai, was at a loss.

They have obviously adjusted their strategies, how can they still be played around by the players of Seidou High School?

This is unbelievable!

Coach Mukai frowned and looked at Sawamura on the pitcher's mound, and then suddenly noticed something, he turned to look at Miyuki in the catcher's position.

'I see! We were careless…'

Because of Sawamura Eijun's reputation, they neglected to take precautions against the other players of Seidou High School.

Last year, although Seidou High School failed to make it to Koshien, they had a famous player.

The savior of Seidou High School, the genius catcher Miyuki Kazuya!

They were negligent before, how can they not guard against such a genius?

It's no wonder they've been solved over and over again.

"You have to find a way."

Just when Mukai thought about countermeasures, the situation on the field had a new change.

This time Miyuki gave Sawamura a sign, but Sawamura shook his head and rejected it.

'Hm? Now?'

It was not the first time the two had cooperated, and Miyuki quickly understood what Sawamura wanted.

Sawamura has his own plan.

However, in the field of Koshien, it is a bit dangerous to let the pitcher mess around. But now the difference in the score is a full three points, and the situation is two Outs.

It is not a big deal to let Sawamura do what he wants.

'Whatever you want, no matter what kind of ball you throw, I will definitely catch it!'

Miyuki made a sign to Sawamura by opening his arms and telling him to do what he wanted.

On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura's mouth made a mischievous smile.

'Let's see if this will work!'

Sawamura's right foot was raised high and then fell down like a battle-axe.

As his body's center of gravity shifted, Sawamura's right Mitt, like a Wall, covered his body. And his left hand swung like a whip.

Whoosh!

From the strike zone, Sawamura's entire pitching action is very strange, but his movements are so smooth.

The white ball seemed to appear suddenly to the batter.

For this, the players from Konan High School were well prepared. Before the game, they pushed the pitching machine forward to simulate Sawamura's pitching.

The effect is very good.

Because the pitching machine was pushed forward, even a 140 km/h ball would become extremely fast from the point of view in the strike zone.

Once the batter is used to the hitting practice in this way, when facing Sawamura's pitching, he can quickly adapt to Sawamura's Pitching Form.

And now, Sawamura's Form has been gradually adapted by the third batter of Konan High School.

After getting used to Sawamura's Pitching Form, he was ready to hit Sawamura's Straight ball.

Just when the third batter of Konan High School selected a Straight ball, Sawamura's Straight ball flew over.

'Here we go!'

Seeing the white ball flying over, the third batter of Konan High School was overjoyed.

Bet!

Sawamura had struck him Out before, so he firmly believed that Sawamura would definitely throw a Straight ball!

Of course, it is not ruled out that Sawamura will continue to throw Moving ball.

But if Sawamura keeps throwing Moving balls, This kind of strange Breaking ball will definitely be gradually adapted.

Sooner or later, Konan High School will also come up with a way to deal with it.

In order to avoid this situation, and also to increase the difficulty, Sawamura will definitely mix Straight balls with the Moving ball.

Of course, this kind of thing is like gambling. Although the batter chooses a Straight ball, if Sawamura just doesn't throw it, he can't do anything about it.

Now, since Sawamura throws a Straight ball, it means that he is very lucky.

'Bring it on!'

A strong swing, as if to evacuate the air over the strike zone.

The batter used all the strength he could muster.

No matter what, he must hit the ball, and preferably a home run.

Only by taking hits from Sawamura, or even scoring points, will Konan High School have a chance to fight back.

Ping!

The bat hit the baseball, and the baseball was blown away.

He guessed right, Sawamura threw a Straight ball.

Only...

The small white ball flew high, a bit too high, but not far.

The eyes of tens of thousands of people in the audience were on this small white ball, and they followed it to look up.

Then they followed it down again.

The direction in which the baseball fell was exactly where the pitcher's mound was.

On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura adjusted his position slightly, then opened his Mitt and caught the ball firmly in his Mitt.

The Swallow's Homecoming!

This scene is too familiar.

In the previous inning, Torajiro, the Tigers of Okinawa made the same stunt three times.

The play begins the moment the ball leaves the pitcher's hand.

And then it's over, the moment the ball returns to the pitcher's Mitt.

The Swallow Homecoming!

It is like the name of an ancient martial arts move.

On the pitcher's mound, Sawamura's mouth made a goofy smile, with two smug blushes on his cheeks.

'It worked!'

To be honest, he is enjoying the way he feels now.

Tens of thousands of people in the audience were silent.

Everyone looked at Sawamura as if they were staring at an alien lifeform.

However, this silence is destined to last only a short time.

"Demon King!"

"Demon King!!!"

That is, after two or three seconds, the members of the Demon King's Guards had already reacted and started to call out Sawamura's nickname.

At first, it was just the members of the Demon King's Guards, and later The members of the Brotherhood of Red Heart.

Later, all the audience who supported Seidou High School, and the audience who were conquered by Sawamura at the scene, all shouted together.

Later, according to people in Hyogo Prefecture, they could feel the craze at the Koshien Stadium even if they were miles away.

"What if this accidentally causes an earthquake?"

An 80-year-old uncle, very worried, raised this question to the organizer of Koshien.

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