v2 Chapter 97： : Before the storm (a tribute to the cold and ruthless night)

Speaking of the backup pitcher who was just replaced by Shonan High School. Almost all the players of Qingdao High School had a fire in their hearts.

This young man named Chuanmu is indeed very talented. But to say that he and Sawamura Eijun can go hand in hand, all the players in the baseball club of Qingdo High School, no one can recognize it.

This is just a joke...

Comparing that guy with their ace is the biggest insult to Sawamura and Qingdo High School.

Not to mention Eijun Sawamura, even if compared to Qingtian, the former No. 1 pitcher at Shonan High School, this Kawaki is not a great character.

From the perspective of a bystander, this young man's pitching is actually very general. Some features can be seen to some extent, but this feature is far from growing up.

To put it bluntly, Chuanmu in front of him is definitely a raw melon egg.

It stands to reason that, against such an opponent, Qingdao High School can easily crush the opponent like an ant.

But before, whether it was their midline core hitters or the lower-ranked hitters...

When fighting with opponents, they were all defeated.

Simply incredible.

If the opponent's pitching level really reached this level, these players in the Qingdo High School baseball club would not be angry, but very happy.

After all, as kings, they don't hate challenges.

Challenges are the biggest source of motivation for growth.

If Qingdao High School really can't find an opponent in the high school baseball world, then the strength of these main players in Qingdao High School will stop there. At least in the past few years of high school, their strength is difficult to improve.

That's the importance of competition.

All the players in the baseball club of Qingdo High School understood this, so they never rejected the challenge.

But challenges also require enough strength!

For example, if a 70kg boxer is challenged by a 65kg boxer, the boxer will of course be very happy.

Fighting with a master can make his strength rise with the tide.

But you find an eight-year-old kid who has never learned martial arts and has learned boxing, and then you come up to challenge the boxing champion.

He still feels insulted even though the title is on the line.

When the pitcher of Shonan High School was Qingtian, Qingdao High School almost regarded Shonan High School as an opponent of the same level.

From this, it is not difficult to see that the players of Qingdao High School attach great importance to today's game.

But at this time, you put on a teenage brat, and you still have to play a regular boxing match.

No matter what the strength of this little brat is? The other person will feel insulted.

Like now, even though Kawaki's performance isn't actually bad.

But none of the players in the baseball club of Qingdo High School liked him.

So bullying!

I've never seen someone so bullied.

Seriously, Qing Dao High School is a soft persimmon. Can any cat or dog come to compete with Qing Dao High School?

Even though the guy named Chuanmu had dealt with Miyuki, the players from Qingdo High School were not convinced when they saw his previous pitches.

If Shonan wants to tangle with Qingdo High School with that kind of ball, then they are just daydreaming.

Even if you gain a little advantage at the beginning, there is still no way to avoid the end of death.

Kuramochi, who was standing on the strike zone at the moment, had such an emotion burning in his eyes.

He has to hit the ball no matter what, and he can't let these guys continue to be arrogant.

Kuramochi's past life experience seems to be very rich, but it is actually very simple.

It's just playing crazy with a bunch of friends!

Relying on such life experience, it is unrealistic to expect him to be able to tell what kind of big truth.

Certainly not without benefits.

Because he has been in the streets for a long time, Kuramochi's intuition is still very keen.

He found that the opponent in front of him was not as terrible as they had seen before. At the same time, Kuramochi also discovered that after Shonan High School fell behind, the players did not give up hope of the competition.

That is, the opponent did not collapse!

In order to seal the victory as soon as possible, Qing Dao had to score more points.

At this time, he has also thoroughly studied Kawagi's pitching, and thinks that he is very hopeful to hit the opponent's ball.

In the rest area of ​​Qingdo High School.

Miyuki, who once fought against Kawaki, is not as optimistic as others.

There is no coincidence in this world at all. Although Chuanmu's pitching does not seem to be very strong, it has its own characteristics. If not, how could he let the six batters from Qingdao High School go up and down six times.

"We must not underestimate our opponents. If we underestimate our opponents, it is very likely that we will suffer in the end."

Miyuki muttered in the rest area.

And the Tachiki family was seen by his partner Sawamura

"What are the characteristics of Kawaki's pitching?"

That's what the kids are most concerned about.

Because the little guy played for too short a time, the pitching characteristics he showed were not visible on the outside.

Everyone just had a gut feeling that his pitching shouldn't be difficult.

"It's hard to say a word or two. If you really stand in the strike zone and deal with it, you'll understand!"

In the end, Miyuki gave such an ambiguous answer.

Although such an answer is difficult to satisfy the friends, but there is no way, they can only let it go.

Looking eagerly at Kuramochi on the strike zone, I hope this guy can bring you a different surprise.

"Ping!"

After the white ball was hit, it bounced high.

hateful!

Kuramochi looked rather unhappy.

"Why are you out of the game? The opponent looks like a raw melon egg. It's really not good. You can use a bunt and hit the pitcher directly, so that you have a chance to hit base!"

Sawamura frowned.

Kuramochi looked embarrassed.

Of course he knew what Sawamura said, but knowing it was one thing, and doing it was another.

Wasn't he floating when he just stood on the strike zone?

Kuramochi firmly believed that he would be able to easily hit the opponent's ball.

Unexpectedly, the real situation is not the same at all. When he really played against Chuanmu, he found that the young man's pitching was quite interesting.

It's almost as if magic has been applied, and it can even be freely manipulated to a certain extent.

Obviously, the overall level of ball control is not very high, but in the grasp of the small details, it has achieved a level of excellence.

As soon as no one hit the base, it was Kominato's turn, but Kominato was also dealt with neatly.

This man, who had practiced his striking skills to the top, was helpless when facing Kawaki.

He hit the first base bounce ball, and was caught by Shonan's first baseman.

Two outs, no one on base.

"Third, pitcher, Sawamura."

It seems that the pitching is not strong at all, but it is always bad.

The resentment in the hearts of the Qingdao High School players had disappeared at this time.

They began to clearly realize the extraordinaryness of the opponent in front of them.

After Sawamura stood on the strike zone, he raised the bat in his hand.

Then his eyes never left the pitching Kawagi.

With such a magical effect, Sawamura Eijun can't wait to see what the opponent's pitching looks like?

bring it on!

Eijun Sawamura is waiting!

Kawagi's pitching speed is 140, which looks very fast. But in fact, that's all, not only for Sawamura Eijun, but for any of the players selected by Qingdo High School, the speed of the ball is not too high.

For Qingdao High School, which has been dominating the country in a row, the opponents they have encountered are of sufficient weight, and the slowest ball speed is as high as it is now.

It's good to get used to the speed of the ball.

It is precisely because of the many encounters that the players of Qingdao High School have a wealth of experience.

Ball speed is not a problem at all!

Then why do you still fail repeatedly when you play Chuanmu?

I didn't hit the ball and didn't play well. What's this for?

Sawamura Eijun was very curious and wanted to find out.

So he didn't swing the bat in a hurry at first, he wanted to observe the ball first and then,

"Whoosh!"

The white ball is thrown here It seems that the position is really not difficult to play. Chuanmu's ball control is very poor, that is, the level of being able to enter the strike zone.

It's unrealistic to expect how tricky the shots he'll be able to throw.

That is to say, relying on a good rhythm and relatively good ball power, Chuanmu has the value of survival.

But that's all...

The pitch itself doesn't see anything too complicated.

At the very least, Sawamura, in his normal state, should not see any clues.

To really find out, he has to have a deeper understanding of the opponent's pitching.

Shaking his head, Sawamura decided not to tangle, and simply swung the bat.

"Ping!"

The moment the bat touched the small white ball, Sawamura's expression became strange.

The small white ball seemed to have a small teleportation suddenly. Originally, Sawamura Eijun aimed at the center of the ball, but the baseball changed slightly.

So that the blow just aimed at the center of the ball became aimed at the top of the baseball.

The ball that was hit rolled out in embarrassment.

Sawamura hit the grounding ball in front of the shortstop...

In the next game, the two sides came and went and fell into a period of special peace.

From the beginning to the end, Qingdao High School did not get any points from Kawaki. At most, Akatsuki Fukugu scored a single hit and also did not score.

The two sides maintained a 2-0 score until the first half of the eighth inning.

Before the start of the eighth inning, the situation on the field had been very calm.

It was like a pool of stagnant water, without any waves and fluctuations.

But somehow? Such a calm game, but no one feels really relaxed.

There was a low air pressure in the air, like the moment before a storm was coming.

There are risks in the calm, and storms are imminent.

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