Chapter 74: The Demon King’s Shield

"Awesome!"

"Invincible Maou!"

"Seidou!"

"Sawamura!"

"Wonderful job!"

One after another in the stands, there were voices cheering for the Demon King Sawamura Eijun.

Of course, right now, there are also some fans of Seihou High School, who are starting to get salty.

"It's nothing special, just luck."

"The batters at Seihou High School can gradually touch Sawamura's ball."

"Wait until the fourth round, they will definitely be able to blow him up."

Hearing the salty comments around, the unshaven spectator in the corner couldn't help sneering.

"You are really a group of qualified Popcorn Enjoyers™!"

They don't understand at all, just how terrible Sawamura Eijun's performance was.

Seihou High School dugout.

The face of Coach Nishidera was so ugly that it made people think that he was dying.

In his mind, he kept replaying everything that Sawamura showed after he pitched the ball.

Originally, they thought that after Seidou High School changed their defense formation, the gaps in the middle were vacant.

But in fact, it's not the same thing at all. It's not that the gaps in the middle are empty, it's just that the person in charge of defending it has been changed.

Pitcher Sawamura Eijun has become an infielder after pitching, and his fielding range was wide, which complements the shortstop and second baseman.

The seemingly empty fielder gap is just bait for tempting batters. During the batter's swing, the shortstop and the second baseman all changed their positions, forming a solid triangular defensive formation with Sawamura at the forefront.

This is because they acted early, and after Sawamura caught the ball, the shortstop did not have time to go to second base.

'How Horrifying!'

Not only Sawamura Eijun, but the entire Seidou High School's fielder gave people a feeling of no gap.

This is the real Steel Wall.

On the Press Box.

"Such a good luck!"

Owada Akiko applauded very happily.

Next to Owada Akiko, Fujio glanced at his partner with wide eyes, his face full of humor.

'Sawamura Eijun's performance just now was just luck?'

'Although she has been in contact with baseball for several months, Owada really doesn't know much about baseball.'

Sawamura Eijun's performance can be described with many words, but luck cannot be used.

He's been leading the Batters since pitching.

After seeing through the ball path the Batter is aiming at, and carefully design the trap for double play.

During this process, there were no accidents. The most obvious is that the ball hit by the batter didn't bounce toward the mound as they expected.

From this point of view, these players from Seihou High School are indeed not bad.

It's just that Sawamura and the Seidou players are way more skilled!

After the batter hit the ball, Sawamura instantly determined where the ball fell, and then took a step ahead to stop the baseball after the first rebound of the ball.

If this is the only case, Sawamura Eijun's performance is indeed excellent, but it is not enough to make people feel admirable.

What really made Fujio full of praise was Sawamura's subsequent performance.

First of all, he glanced at Akutsu on third base.

At the time, this action was meaningless from the latter results.

Sawamura Eijun and Chris originally planned to get a double play, so they just had to focus on second and first base.

Just don't let Hirahara hit second base, and don't let the sixth batter go to first base.

Even if Akutsu managed to return to home plate, it wouldn't help.

Seidou High School can still rely on this double play to win the needed second and third Outs.

The reason why Sawamura glanced at third base at that time was just a subconscious reaction of his body, without thinking through his brain.

This shows that he has integrated all actions of playing baseball into his subconscious.

There is no need for him to think, his body will respond naturally.

It is precisely because of that, he will take a look at the third base first, and firmly pin the third base runner on the third base bag.

"The baseball has been incorporated into his blood cells!"

It's no wonder that such a player is so famous.

He does possess the strength and intuition of a professional pitcher.

From this small detail, Fujio saw the horror of Sawamura Eijun.

Likewise, the coaches and players at Seihou High School realized who their opponents were.

How horrible!

"I didn't see it with my own eyes, it's hard for me to believe that such a guy is actually a first grader!"

"It's really our misfortune to be born in the same generation as this guy."

Akutsu stepped back from the field and turned his head to take a deep look at Sawamura.

He clearly realized that this game was difficult to win!

After the failure of their core lineup, it is difficult to find a chance to defeat Sawamura.

In the second half of the seventh inning, Seidou High School attacked.

"Eighth Batter, right fielder, Shiratsu-kun."

Seeing Shiratsu on the field, the unshaven man in the stands muttered in a low voice.

"And to think that this is a team that didn't enter Koshien for six years, to even push the Champion candidate like this, what the hell is going on West Tokyo!"

In fact, it's really big.

By the seventh inning, whether it was by a hit or a walk, Seidou had effectively hit the base seven times, pushing their lineup by seven players.

This is equivalent to adding a round of lineup to Seidou High School!

Conversely, Seihou High School only has three hits in seven innings.

This means that Seihou High School has fewer attacking opportunities than Seidou.

These results now fully illustrate the gap between the two teams. At least they are not at the same level in terms of attack power.

Such a line-up advance gap is likely to be the advantage causing the victory and defeat for each side.

Ping!

Shiratsu was tricked, and the ball flew in front of the third baseman.

SNAP!

"OUT!"

One Out, no one hits base.

And now, the dugout of ​​Seidou High School suddenly made their move.

"Seidou High School asked to change the batter, replacing Sakai-kun is Miyuki-kun."

The sudden change by Coach Kataoka made Seidou High School's own players a little confused.

If the current situation were that there were runners on the base, it would be excusable for Coach Kataoka to put Miyuki on the field.

But now there are no runners on the bag.

What does it mean to put Miyuki on the field right now?

The players of Seidou High School did not understand the intentions of their Coaches.

Miyuki, who came on stage, was full of fighting spirit.

"This time, I must perform well!"

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