Chapter 164: Devil Brother, The Gambit

West Tokyo Seidou High School against Hokkaido Komadai Fujimaki was held as scheduled, In the first half of the first inning, Seidou High School attacked.

The players of the Komadai Fujimaki High School used the most common defensive lineup. Their players, like the textbook, chose where they stood.

"First Batter, shortstop, Kuramochi-kun."

Naturally, Kuramochi-kun is still the persistent number one at Seidou High School.

The bat in his hand, which was held very short, and posed in a normal hitting stance.

The intelligence that Furuya Satoru said last night was not intelligence that has lingered in Kuramochi's mind.

The overall area of ​​Japan is not particularly large, and it is a long and narrow country. Because the geographical location is particularly spanning long from south to north, although the land area is not large, the length is not small. Hokkaido, which is closest to the North Pole, is covered with snow all year round.

In such an environment, the time that players can really practice baseball with peace of mind is not very much.

Restricted by such harsh conditions, it is not surprising that the teams from Hokkaido have no way to advance in Koshien.

However, Komadai became the exception!

Not only did they make it to Koshien, but they also made great progress all the way to the final. Now they are going head to head with Seidou High School, vying for the throne of national hegemony.

'It is incredible! Really incredible!'

Even Kuramochi couldn't help but marvel at the tenacity of the Komadai Fujimaki High School.

However, for some things, tenacity is not enough to overcome.

In an environment covered with snow and ice all year round, players can still practice hitting, practice pitching, and even practice passing and catching…

'So how do you practice defense?'

Thinking of this, Kuramochi-kun had a wicked smile on his face.

He was staring at the pitcher of the Komadai Fujimaki High School as if he were a starving wolf staring at a big fat sheep.

For him, there is no better opponent to deal with than the players of the Komadai Fujimaki.

Insufficient defensive power, in the eyes of fast runners, is a fatal weakness.

Ping!

When the pitcher of the Komadai Fujimaki threw the first pitch, Kuramochi immediately put his bat into a bunt stance naturally like he was taking a candy thrown at him.

After the white ball was touched, it rolled between the mound and third base.

Although the ball was not bunted well and the speed of the ball rolling was a bit fast, for Kuramochi, this error is nothing. He can make up for it with his own speed.

The moment the ball was knocked forward, he let go of the bat in his hand and ran to first base without stopping.

Fast, really fast. Just like a cheetah ready to hunt, Kuramochi's every step was agile.

The white-blue shadow Kuramochi approached first base in a blink of an eye.

SNAP!

Just as he was about to hit first base, the bunt ball that Kuramochi thought was foolproof appeared in the first baseman's Mitt, breaking his hope for an easy hit.

"OUT!"

Kuramochi's eyes widened in disbelief, and he looked at the third baseman who was passing the ball.

'How could he be this fast?'

As far as he knows, his speed is definitely not slow. Not to mention a team in a place like Hokkaido, even if it were a strong team from another place, it would be difficult to pass the ball back so quickly.

How can Komadai be so fast?

'In the snow-covered weather, how did they practice their fielding?'

'This is obviously unreasonable…'

In the dugout of ​​the Komadai Fujimaki High School, Superintendent Nitta, who was called a Devil by his own players, scoffed at the confused Kuramochi.

'Do you really think we are like the teams you met before?'

'Don't be naive!'

In the snow-covered weather, there is really no easy way to practice superb defense. And the Komadai Fujimaki is not that kind of super-rich school, and it can't get such a big indoor practice field.

The opponents of Komadai High School knew this, and the Coach of Komadai Fujimaki High School knew it even more.

With the team having such flaws, it is difficult to go far. To overcome this, Even in icy weather, the old Coach Nitta would spend hours clearing the field from the snow even by himself, he also encouraged everyone not to be afraid of getting hurt and to practice hard adding the hardness of defending in a snowy field.

Of course, this is not enough. In order to really hone the defense, he also led the team to play in the north and south of the country and played practice games in places that were not covered by ice and snow.

Thoroughly honing their defenses in actual combat.

"I'm so sorry. If you think that defense is our weakness, then you will inevitably suffer."

Coach Nitta looked at the rest area of ​​Seidou High School and muttered.

Kuramochi and Ryosuke went against each other, and Kuramochi looked apologetic.

"Sorry! I couldn't be of much help."

Ryosuke didn't care.

"Of course, the opponent in the final is not so easy to overcome. If the opponent is really too weak, we will be troubled."

"It's not the time to joke." Kuramochi smiled wryly.

Ryosuke smiled without explaining.

What he told Kuramochi was not a joke, but he really felt that way.

If Seidou's win were so smooth, they would crush the opponent all the way and win the championship, although these third-year players will be happy, they will be inevitably disappointed.

If the national championship is so easy to win, what were they doing all of this time?

In the face of such opponents, they have not entered the Koshien for five consecutive years, what would it mean?

It will only mean that they were weak shits all of these times!

That's fine, the opponents have enough strength, and their wins are more valuable.

"I can't just let you bully our Kohais like this, it is time to see what you got."

Kominato Ryosuke, who was standing on the strike zone, assumed a normal stance.

In the Catcher Box, Sato's expression became extremely strange.

If you ask who gives them more headaches among the players of Seidou?

That Kominato Ryosuke is definitely the first.

This guy's attacking skills are really terrifying, to the point of being criminal.

'Be careful when dealing with him.'

'Try to get Strikes first, and then finish him off with the Winning Shot.'

Signaling the pitcher, Sato crouched in the catcher's position, ready to catch the ball.

On the pitching mound, Nitta Kouen nodded and threw the baseball in his hand.

He didn't throw the ball very meticulously.

From the information, Kominato Ryosuke would not swing the bat so eagerly.

He will wait until he scored two Strikes before entangling with the pitcher.

Whoosh!

The small white ball whizzed and flew to the inner corner.

Kominato Ryosuke, who had been waiting for this, did not let go of the ball in front of him as the Komadai High School players expected.

Instead, his swing was very aggressive with a sly smile on his face.

Ping!

After the small white ball was hit, it rolled into the gap of the Komadai Fujimaki High School.

Ryosuke took this opportunity to get on base.

"SAFE!"

In the Catcher Box, Sato widened his eyes and looked at the eldest Kominato in disbelief.

'Although he was slacking a little just now, Nitta's Pitch was not bad.'

'How could Kominato be so accurate in his swing?'

'Even more incredible is, how did he aim this ball at the gap with a swing like this?'

'This is not normal.'

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T/N: The Finals Start!!

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