Chapter 28: Round 4 Begins

On July 15th, the weather was fine!

In the fourth round of the West Tokyo Tournament, the match between the Seido High School baseball team and Fuqiu High School is about to begin.

In the rest area of ​​Fuqiu High School.

A middle-aged man in a suit looked at the crowded stands around him with emotion.

In the island nation, baseball is the most popular. Especially in high school baseball, it has achieved the world's number one level.

The legend of Koshien is not only in those countries where baseball is popular, but even in those places where baseball is not popular, you can occasionally hear some rumors.

But even so, the stands of the summer competition are generally not full.

There are a lot of viewers in this country who like sports, but they also divert a lot.

Some people like basketball, some people like football, some people like badminton, some people like bicycles...

Even among all sports, baseball is the most popular. That doesn't mean that every baseball game will be attended by a large audience.

In fact, in most competitions, apart from their own supporters, there are only two or three big cats and kittens in the audience.

This is the state of high school baseball.

Unless it's a game like the final, or to Koshien!

Otherwise, the scene full of spectators would not have happened.

It's frustrating, but also very realistic.

This is the state of high school baseball.

Fuqiu High School, in the field of baseball, has not reached the pinnacle.

They're not weak, but they're not strong either.

The reason why this competition has been able to advance all the way to the present is because they have encountered no strong teams that can really win.

The middle-aged man is very clear about this, so he will not dream of beating the Qingdao High School baseball team.

Failure is inevitable, as long as the scene is not too ugly.

This is what middle-aged people think.

Of course, he didn't tell his disciples this idea.

None of these rebellious children are easy to mess with. Tell them these words, and they must rebel.

Not to mention the team's morale is booming now!

Three consecutive victories have made the players almost lost their way.

They probably think that their strength is very strong, no worse than those traditional giants.

Therefore, they will definitely try their best to compete and compete with Qingdao High School baseball team.

Although the middle-aged people think it doesn't make much sense.

But he won't stop it.

Who can stop the young samurai from dying?

That is their own choice.

The middle-aged man in a suit likes this sentence very much. He even took this sentence as his own motto.

When he taught the players, he never discouraged the players from doing what they thought they should do.

Because the ones who need to be responsible for their lives in the future are themselves after all.

The game started, and it was quite intense.

The starting pitcher sent by the Qingdao High School baseball team was not Jiang Guxiao as originally scheduled, but Wang Xi, a freshman.

This arrangement by Director Kataoka surprised all the friends of the Seido High Baseball Team. In the previous game, the players of the Seido High School baseball team had just suffered a big loss because of their arrogance and underestimation of their opponents. Why did Director Kataoka make the same mistake again?

This choice of his, even from the eyes of his teammates on the Qingdao High School baseball team, is quite dangerous.

In fact, this is very obvious, after all, Wang Xi is still a freshman in the first grade.

Not to mention his true strength, the young players on the defense of Qingdao High School's baseball team didn't trust him that much either.

Supervisor Kataoka's attitude was very resolute, he chose Gan Gang's arbitrariness in this matter, and he didn't discuss it with anyone at all.

At the beginning, the players of the Fuqia High School baseball team saw that the Seido High School baseball team sent a first-year pitcher.

Feeling happy and angry at the same time.

Fortunately, the Qingdao High School baseball team was arrogant and arrogant. This game that had no chance of winning originally gave them a little hope.

What was angry was that the Qingdao High School baseball team dared to underestimate them like this, completely ignoring them.

Otherwise, if the Qingdao High School baseball team has the slightest ability to guard against them. It is also impossible to send such a pitcher to throw the ball. Even if the big devil Sawamura Eijun didn't directly stand on the mound, the Seido High School baseball team would have to send the monster down this time.

But now they actually sent a first-year pitcher who didn't understand anything to pitch.

It's just crazy.

Or it can be said directly that Fuqiu High School is not taken seriously at all.

The clay figurines are still angry, let alone a group of young people aged sixteen or seventeen.

Players of Fuqia High's baseball team, so angry!

The consequences are very serious! !

At the beginning of the game, they attacked first.

They also suffocated their energy, and directly taught Wang Xi a harsh lesson after playing.

Make sure this cocky guy knows that high school baseball isn't that simple.

They are ambitious, but Wang Xi on the mound is very flat.

It has to be said that a person's experience has a great influence on a person.

Take Wang Xi as an example. As a first-year pitcher, he directly represented King Qingdao High School baseball team in important summer games.

As long as you are a normal person, you will definitely show nervousness more or less.

But this can't be seen from Wang Xi at all.

His whole person felt like a spring breeze, completely turning a blind eye to the tense atmosphere around him.

It seemed that from the beginning to the end, he didn't notice the tense atmosphere around him at all.

That hasn't changed since he dropped a hit.

"Ping!"

Wang Xi missed hits at the beginning, and Fuqiu High School's strongest hitter was adjusted to the first bat.

From this point of view, Fuqiu High School is still very pragmatic.

They probably already had a premonition that the number of hits they could get from the Seido High School baseball team was probably very small.

So we made such an arrangement from the beginning.

The purpose is to make their fourth club more involved in hitting.

As the fourth bat of Fuqiu High School, the strength of the batter is still very good.

From the beginning, taking advantage of Wang Xi's unstable foothold, he saw the opportunity and hit the ball first.

The baseball flew into the gap of the fielding, forming a beautiful hit.

Miyuki, who was on the catcher's position, frowned secretly.

The reaction of the opponent's fourth stick greatly exceeded his expectations.

He originally thought that the opponent's strength was mediocre, so there was nothing to worry about.

He didn't expect that the other party would give him such a surprise during the real fight.

It really caught him by surprise!

"This opponent, it seems, is not easy to deal with!"

Miyuki silently made a judgment in his own heart.

In fact, Miyuki himself was not very surprised by this conclusion, he had already expected it.

West Tokyo is now the strongest fierce battle area in the country, known as the death group.

The reason why such a title can be obtained is of course not only because of the top teams.

Most of the teams in West Tokyo are good.

Especially those teams that can make it to the third or fourth round.

There is a lot of strength, even comparable to the teams that played in Koshien.

"Then let's have fun with you!"

Miyuki thought to himself.

At the same time, his hands were not idle, and he decisively gave a signal to his partner.

Each of the four pitchers of Qingdao High School baseball team has its own characteristics.

The other three are not as strong as Sawamura Eijun, nor as experienced as Sawamura Eijun.

Cooperating with them is naturally not as smooth as cooperating with Eijun Sawamura.

But Miyuki doesn't hate this feeling, it can even be said to be the opposite.

He likes this feeling very much, likes the satisfaction that comes from partnering with different pitchers.

come on!

Seeing the secret signal that Yuxing gave him, Wang Xi nodded emphatically.

Wang Xi has an exclusive partner in Baodao. The two have cooperated for many years and have always been representatives of all age groups.

He had always thought that only by cooperating with his partner could he have this kind of comfort.

But now, his mind has changed.

When partnering with Miyuki-senpai, it also makes him feel very comfortable.

And Miyuki-senpai's open glove is like a bottomless black hole, attracting him to throw the ball into it all the time.

Wang Xi has never felt this feeling, whether it was in the previous practice games or in normal practice.

Seeing it for the first time now made him feel very excited and excited.

He couldn't wait to submerge the ball in the black hole, and then push the opponent into the abyss of 10,000 meters.

Wang Xi is not a person who likes to restrain himself. After having an idea, he acted very decisively.

The whole body is fully stretched, and then with the shift of the body's center of gravity, he throws the ball fiercely.

"Whoosh!"

The small white ball was like a sharp arrow, directly piercing Miyuki's glove.

"Snapped…"

"nice shot!!"

The tempo of pitching was so fast that the hitter didn't even have time to react.

He could only watch the white ball fly past his eyes, expressionless.

It's over!

The second batterer suffered so much that he was about to die.

The boss of their team has already hit base, but as support, they have no way to help the boss advance.

It's really frustrating and puzzling.

Isn't the person standing on the opposing pitcher's mound a first-year rookie?

Why is strength so hard to figure out.

The second-best hitter at Fuqiu High School originally thought that they could easily deal with their opponents.

I didn't expect that the last person I met turned out to be such a sturdy guy.

He was puzzled, and at the same time deeply confused.

At this time, he subconsciously thought of a question.

Can they really easily deal with the pitcher of Qingdao High School baseball team?

Even if it's just this first-year pitcher.

I am afraid that things will not go so smoothly, nor will it be so easy.

coming!

Just as the batter was lost in thought, a small white ball flew over.

The baseball flew over without hesitation, and it felt like it was going to destroy everything.

The hitter hit the ball in a hurry!

"Ping!"

The moment the white ball flew out, the hitter was dumbfounded.

Although the bat can touch the ball, he is very happy.

But this ball was obviously looking for death, the baseball flew out unhurriedly and landed on the pitcher's side!

Wang Xi saw the figure behind him out of the corner of his eye, and he decisively gave up the shot.

Behind him, a player stepped forward and scooped up the ball.

After picking up the ball, he passed the ball to second base non-stop.

"Hee-hop!"

Kuramochi waited there early, and after receiving the ball, he reversed the ball to first base.

"Snapped!"

"Out!"

"Out!!!"

As a result, there was no suspense. The Qingdao High School baseball team completed a double play and scored two outs in one go.

This strong defense like an iron wall caused the audience to keep screaming.

It seems that if they don't do this, there is no way to vent the surging emotions in their bodies.

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