Chapter 18: What Was That?

"Is this guy a masochist?"

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School, Kuramochi made a guess looking at Torajiro's expression on the pitcher's mound who became more and more excited.

Speaking of which, it is no wonder that Kuramochi has such a weird impression. It is really the actions of Torajiro that make people wary!

If you perform well, and your expression becomes more and more hideous and terrifying, that's all. But you have been hit and beaten all the time, and you are constantly losing runs, how can your expression become more and more joyful?

"He's just enjoying the game," Sawamura said looking at Torajiro with admiration.

This only made Kuramochi look at him with weird eyes too.

"What? I am serious, he is just enjoying the game."

For Sawamura, who pursues his career, he knows he will not have the open-mindedness of Torajiro.

For Sawamura, once the game loses, it means nothing.

So he wants to win and keeps on pursuing victory.

But Torajiro obviously didn't think so. He really enjoys the process of the game and the excitement of playing against strong opponents.

Sawamura's perspective of the baseball games is the same of Olympic athletes.

Except for the medals, everything else is useless.

That Torajiro looked at baseball the same way chess players look at chess.

He pursues failure and pursues strong opponents. Only by constantly experiencing setbacks and failures, and constantly encountering powerful opponents, he can go further.

Just like now, in the face of Furuya, whose strength is unknown, Torajiro boldly threw a ball.

On the strike zone, In Furuya's mind, he kept recalling the words that Sawamura and Chris exchanged before.

"If you want to hit a ball with a little float, it's best to aim half a ball over the Straight ball and swing."

'Aim half the ball above the Straight ball.'

Although Furuya's swinging practice is not particularly long.

But he is extremely talented in attacking, Not just the power of batting, but the intuition of the swing.

Just like this time, he aimed at the half ball above the Straight ball, and also hit the half ball above the Straight ball with precision.

Ping!

After the white ball was hit, it bounced back to the pitcher's hand.

After Torajiro caught the ball, he did not pass to first base, but to second base first.

SNAP!

The shortstop who stepped forward received the pass, stepped on the second base bag, and then passed the ball to first base non-stop.

"OUT!"

"OUT!!!"

The clean and neat defense directly completed the double play.

Furuya's first performance in the Koshien strike zone was really not eye-catching.

After Furuya was Out, Seidou High School's offensive was over. When he returned to the rest area, Sawamura took the initiative to greet him and comfort him.

"You can't change what happened, so don't mind."

As a friend, Sawamura thought it was necessary for him to give Furuya a little comfort right now.

"I know!"

'You know?'

It seems that Furuya did not take the ineffectiveness of the batting to heart.

He couldn't wait to get on the mound and pitch.

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

Just as the catcher of Konan High School expected, Seidou High School had changed right now.

"Outfielder Furuya-kun has been adjusted to the pitching mound, and former pitcher Sawamura has been adjusted to the left fielder."

In the opening game of Koshien, Seidou High School played against Okinawa Konan High School, and the game reached the fifth inning.

Seidou High School is in the lead by six points.

Superintendent Kataoka arranged for pitcher Sawamura Eijun to the outfield, and let Furuya serve as the pitcher.

You can't imagine the excitement in the rest area of ​​Konan High School when you see Furuya play.

They are like dying people who see hope for survival.

During the previous fight, Sawamura made Konan High School extremely troubled.

The players from Konan High School couldn't even imagine how they would take down Sawamura.

Finally, the terrifying and unstoppable Maou has stepped down!

The replacement was also a first-year pitcher.

It's impossible, all the first-year players at Seidou High School are Demon Kings, right?

With this idea in mind, Konan High School's fourth batter entered the strike zone.

After getting to the strike zone, the bat in his hand was held very high, the stance was wide open, and even his stance was very close to the strike zone.

The position on the Box is also close to the plate.

"You'd better not get so close when our guy pitches otherwise it will be very dangerous."

The partner changed, but Miyuki's fighting spirit did not diminish.

Play with different pitchers, game-calling different ball paths, and solve more Batters.

He was very happy to do it.

What?

The fourth batter of Konan High School looked puzzled at Miyuki who was talking nonsense in the position of the catcher.

'What is this guy trying to say?'

'What is very dangerous?'

'Could it be that this pitcher can throw some great balls?'

If Miyuki really thinks so, then the fourth batter of Konan High School can't help but want to teach him well.

In the game Seidou High School video of the Kanto Tournament, it is not that Furuya has not played, and the information about his pitching is not lacking in Konan High School.

'You want to overwhelm Konan Just relying on a 150 km/h fastball?'

'Too naive!'

'Bring it on! I'll let you know immediately what the top batters in all of Japan are.'

Even in the pitching machine, he can hit a home run with a pitch of 150 km/h.

The bat in his hand was raised high, and the fourth batter of Okinawa Konan stared at Furuya on the pitcher's mound without blinking.

Seeing the opponent's unyielding expression, Miyuki himself was also happy.

Not only him actually all the players in Seidou –including Sawamura- are also looking forward to the faces of the Okinawa Konan players after seeing Furuya's pitching.

Although Furuya is highly talented, his overall skills are the lowest in the current pitching squad of the Seidou High School Baseball team.

But in terms of superficial appearance and short-term explosiveness, he is the best in Seidou.

These guys of Okinawa Konan won't know what hit them.

'Since the opponent is so confident, let's not hold back.'

'Bring it on!'

'Straight ball above center.'

Miyuki gave Furuya on the pitcher's mound a sign.

On the mound, the first-year pitcher Furuya Satoru took a deep breath, thinking about Sawamura's previous performance on the field.

'I can't lose!'

With his fingers firmly clasped on the baseball, Furuya stepped forward, and by shifting his body's center of gravity, he threw the baseball Out of his hand!

Roaar!!

The small ball thrown was like a living monster, and the whole field erupted with a sharp whistle.

Boom!!

Almost before the blink of an eye, the baseball slammed into Miyuki's open Mitt.

During this process, the fourth batter of Konan High School was completely dumbfounded and did not have time to swing the bat.

In his mind, he kept thinking about a question.

Just now, what was that?

Koshien, a stadium that accommodates tens of thousands of people, was silent at this moment.

Everyone looked at the thin young man on the pitching mound in surprise.

What was that?

Who is this guy?

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