Chapter 26: The Challenger Hiding in the Shadows (Super Plus)
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At Ukumori High School, a player looked at the battle table with a sigh.
After winning the second round, they met the king of Xia Jia in the third round, the champion candidate of this autumn university, and their luck was so bad that they had no friends.
"Even if it's not Qingdao, you'll meet Didong."
In the summer competition, Ukumori lost to Tedong High School led by Mukai.
They have a deep understanding of the strength of Didong. But even Di Dong, who was already so powerful that he was almost invincible in their eyes, was defeated. Defeating Di Dong is their next opponent - Wang Zhiqingdao.
"Cut, I thought I could take revenge on Didong."
The ace pitcher who looks like a bad boy Umemiya Seiichi pouts dissatisfiedly.
It seems that in his eyes, Di Dong is not a problem.
Taiki Kondo glanced at his trump card enviously, he is really confident!
Even in the face of Qingdao, there is not the slightest cowardice.
"It doesn't matter who the opponent is, we've always been challengers anyway."
The boy in a wheelchair is the manager and coach of this team - Nan Peng!
His words made the players of Pelican Jiusen very excited.
Obviously, he has extraordinary prestige in this team.
Take the team's ace as an example, Mei Gong doesn't just look like a bad boy, he really mixed up. If it weren't for Nanpeng, he wouldn't have returned to the world of baseball anyway.
Don't talk about your dreams, just this kindness alone will make Mei Gong unforgettable.
So he plans to give his three-year high school career to Nanpeng to help Nanpeng realize his dream of Koshien.
No matter who the opponent is, they will never back down.
Like Mei Gong, the players who have been taught and favored by Nanpeng are too numerous to mention. Everyone trusts their leader and is willing to follow his leadership and create a legend together.
At the same time, the conference room of Qingdao High School.
Everyone looked at Ujiusen's information and was speechless for a long time.
It's so ordinary, it seems that except for ace pitcher Seiichi Umemiya, there are no eye-catching characters.
"The average strength is limited compared to the strength of the seven forests."
This is Yang Ping's evaluation, and everyone agrees on this.
Pelicans are not a private baseball giant, and there are no special enrollment slots. Most of their players are local. Yang Ping watched the main force of their first army many times, and finally determined that none of the players in this team were famous in middle school.
Don't talk about him and Mukai, Tojo's level. Even Takatsu and Kanemaru don't have the same level.
"After winning the emperor, it's really a flat river. Constantly encountering trash fish. ā
"It's weird, can they make it to the round of 16 in East Tokyo?"
Yukiichi asked strangely.
"After all, Higashi-Tokyo is a hotbed of unpopularity, and all metropolitan schools have the experience of entering Koshien. It's not impossible to have a little accident once in a while. ā
Yang Ping can only explain it like this. In the summer, Koshien has a seed selection system, and Ukumori will inevitably kill one of the seeds if he reaches the top 16.
"Although the information given by Hisashi Watanabe is so, he has a strange idea."
Miyuki's words successfully caught Yang Ping's attention. Senior Watanabe is still very good at sorting out information and collecting information.
"It's just that Pelican Jiusen performed very easily throughout the whole game, or maybe they didn't give their best in this game."
Despite this misgiving, Yuyuki himself didn't believe it.
Ujison defeated his opponent 6:4.
The score is so close, the slightest carelessness will be a catastrophe, can they really save their strength with ease?
This makes people have to doubt.
No one knew that because of Qingdao's carelessness, they almost fell into this baseball team composed of little-known people.
Supervision room.
Kataoka looked at the information, his brow furrowed.
He always felt that Pelican Jiusen's strength was more than just on the cards.
"Stealing bases is very active!"
Minister Ota is the most common pessimist, and he has always found the strength of his opponents to be unsparing: "We can't underestimate our opponents if we have the strength to reach the round of 16 in East Tokyo." ā
It's all nonsense.
Kataoka also knows that he can't underestimate his opponent too much, but how can he be careful?
"Now there are more and more teams across the country that are disrupting opponents with speed, and I think Ujiusen probably formed his team based on this."
Ochiai groaned, "As soon as you get on base, you actively steal bases to disrupt the pitcher's state. This is the regular mode of Pelican Jiusen, although their player strength is average, but their tactical execution ability is good. ā
After summing up for a long time, Ochiai also thought that although Ujiusen had a certain threat to Qingdao, this threat was really not big.
Because Inagi Industry was assigned to another group, Ukusen had less record of defeating Inagi. Without such a jaw-dropping record, Qingdao naturally does not pay enough attention to it.
This also created a situation where Qingdao was not prepared at the beginning and suffered a serious loss.
Sunday, the third round of Autumn University.
Half an hour before the game between Qingdao High School and Ukumori High School.
Rest area in Ukumori.
"The starting pitcher is Xiaogu Xiao, what do you say 155 kilometers is nonsense."
For players of their level, any 155-kilometer pitch is a legendary figure, and Qingdao is also a legendary team.
It's always a little strange to play against legends.
"It's amazing, it's strong!"
Qingdao is really powerful, so strong.
"Don't worry, one or two sticks will disrupt them with speed."
"I'm just going to run anyway."
Tree~
The contestants looked at the seniors lying on the railing, and their hearts were boiling.
They are barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, no matter how terrible Qingdao High School is, they have nothing, and they are not afraid to lose.
Nan Peng, who was sitting in a wheelchair, felt soothed.
Because the opponent is the first in the country, even if you lose, there is no mental burden, so everyone can play their normal strength.
People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong!
Since Seido won the Koshien championship, no matter which team he encounters, there has been no time when the opponent is in bad form.
Winning is famous, losing without any loss.
Will you not go all out in such a game?
The current situation is the same, the opponent is Qingdao, and Ujiusen has put everything out of the way.
Before the start of the game, Sawamura came back from the toilet in a hurry.
"What's wrong?"
Yang Ping asked curiously, and there were also Kominato Spring City and Tsugu Xiao who went with Sawamura, but the two of them couldn't see anything.
"That one called Mei Gong is too annoying."
It turned out that a few people met when they went to the toilet, and Mei Gong provoked Sawamura and Akira Tsukiya with words.
"Hmph, don't mind. It's just that ugly people are weird. Let's get back from the field. ā
In a weak position, it is natural to do everything. When Yang Ping led Akagi, wasn't it the same?
Before the start of the game, Kataoka laid out his tactics.
"I don't have much to say, you want to know who we are?"
"We are Qingdao!"
"King Qingdao."
Whoop~~~~
As the Qingdao players roared, so did the cheering fans.
!!!!Ahh
The cowshed of Ukomori.
"It's so strong!"
"We're like villains."
Nan Peng shook his head: "Everyone is a high school student, and they haven't grown three heads and six arms, so it's good that the game plays normally." ā
Nan Peng !!
The players looked at the spiritual leader of the team and were moved in their hearts.
In the first half of the first game, Pelican Jiusen attacked first.
"Valley, valley !!"
The audience was cheered by the roar of the mountains and the tsunami.
As the fastest pitcher in the country, Shizuya has a lot of fans. Even in Tokyo, even if he is not Seido himself, there are a large number of fans who come to cheer him on.
"First stick, Taiki Kondo."
Kondo's appearance is very distinctive, like a big porcelain doll, with bright eyelids drooping, and he looks very unenergetic.
Xiao, who re-assumed the role of trump card, held back his strength and performed well.
As soon as you get on the court, you are very sharp in pitching.
"Boom!"
The baseball exploded on the spot like a cannonball.
"Knock~"
Taiki Kondo couldn't swing the bat, and he saw the baseball get into the glove of catcher Miyuki Kazuya.
"Good shot!"
So fast!
Even if he expected it in his heart, but in the face of Akira Shibuyani's pitch, Taiki Kondo was still very surprised.
The speed of the ball was far beyond his imagination, and the baseball roared like a living little monster.
The pitching machine can adjust the ball speed, but it cannot throw this kind of ball.
"Good shot!"
"Bad ball!"
"Bad ball!"
After two good balls, Miyuki added two bad balls, and wanted to catch the batter and swing the bat.
But Kondo didn't react at all.
He doesn't seem to be afraid of Gu Xiao's ball power at all!
A hint of foreboding lingered in Miyuki's heart.
The beaters of Ujiusen are much tougher than they imagined.
Next, let's win the number of outs first.
Quick finger fork ball.
Seeing the code of Yu Yuyu's call, Tsuki nodded his head. The baseball in his hand whistled out.
"Boom!"
Baseball is like a laser light, speeding across the distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate.
It's good ball!
Kondo Taiki had a judgment in his heart, and the bat in his hand waved it out without fear.
"Ping!"
The baseball was barely touched out of bounds.
"Out of bounds!"
His hands trembled slightly, and Kondo looked at Akira Shibuyani on the pitcher's mound in disbelief.
This guy is a monster, right?
It was as if his hands had been run over by a big truck.
"Bad ball!"
Four bad escorts to the base!
"Strange, how many balls are entangled?"
"Seven or eight balls, Pelican Jiusen is more capable than he imagined."
The audience also realized at this time that Ujiusen may not be such an easy opponent to solve.
Fujio and Owada Akiko also came.
"Higashi-Tokyo has always been a hotbed of unpopularity, and this Ukumori is likely to create a different kind of miracle."
In the face of Qingdao, in the face of Gu Xiao, it is really rare to show such tenacity.
Fujifu has a hunch that the outcome of this game may be very unexpected.
No one is out, there is someone on first base!
As the king's Qingdao, the start seems to be a little rough.
In the next second stick, the state of Xiaogu was affected.
"Bad ball, bad ball, bad ball, bad ball, four bad save."
Immediately after that, the first beater, and the second beater were also escorted by the four bad.
No one is out, there are people on first and second base.
Miyuki's face tensed, and the first four bads obviously disrupted the ball control of Shizuya.
"Pause!"
At this time, he chose to take a timeout without hesitation.
"What's wrong?"
Faced with Miyuki's question, Shibuya was speechless.
He wanted to perform well so much that he couldn't help but use his hand strength.
But the more power you use, the more difficult it is to keep the ball.
The valley is clearly stuck in an endless loop.
"Do you see Sawamura?"
Descending's face changed!
Sawamura's strength is not below him, and even surpasses him. As the biggest opponent of the ace competition, Akira Shibuyani is already so sensitive to Sawamura's name that he has a pimple all over his body.
"The coach didn't ask Sawamura to prepare, do you know what that means?"
Falling Valley shook his head.
"The coach trusts you as the ace of the team!"
Trust you, ace!
These two nouns were like white powder, stimulating Gu Xiao's nerves and making him a little floating.
yes, I'm an ace!
"Your ball speed is invincible in the world, as long as you can accurately control the low, even if you find a handful of shots all over the country."
The game resumes.
There was a flush on Xiao's face.
"Boom!"
The baseball whizzed by, pinpointing into Miyuki's gloves.
"Good ball, good ball, good ball, strikeout!"
One out, one or two bases have someone.
"Fourth batter, pitcher, Seiichi Umemiya."
Ace pitcher and fourth baseman, Ume Palace is a key figure for Ume.
Now after all, there are runners on second base.
The wild hands of Qingdao are also unwilling to be lonely and cheer for Xiao.
"One person out!"
"Let's solve them one by one."
"Use the power of the ball to suppress the hitter."
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Don't run away!
Mei Miya's eyes were like a wolf staring at Akira Shibuyani on the pitcher's mound.
If you want to show something, you have to take down the opponent's trump card here.
Miyuki did not relax his vigilance against the Mei Palace.
After all, the other party is the key person of Pelican Jiusen, as long as he is suppressed, it is best to trick him into swinging a stick to win the double kill.
Then the dominance of the game will return to the hands of Qingdao.
Of course, Yuyu's thoughts, Mei Gong is also clear.
He will never allow Qingdao to take back the dominance.
There are people on first and second base!
How difficult is it to create such an opportunity from the hands of Qingdao again?
Even those who killed could not miss this opportunity.
If you want to go down, you can't miss any opportunity.
Come on, let me see the power of the Koshien monster's pitching.
At the same time, Yuyuki also gave a secret signal to Tsukitani Xiao.
Needless to say, you also understand that the opponent is the team's ace pitcher and fourth baseman, and such a soul man will not allow him to play under any circumstances.
Use your ball power to overwhelm your opponents.
The ball must be kept low and not allowed to pick a good ball.
Despite thinking so, when Yukiichi also came to observe Umenomiya as a catcher, he found something different.
The timing of the swing is straight.
Whether it is posture or momentum, this point is depicted very obviously.
In that case, it's better to use a straight ball from the outside corner to trick the swing.
The ball has to be tricky, and it doesn't matter if you throw a bad shot.
After matching the ball to Akira Shibuyani, Yukiichi also opened his gloves.
Come on!
Straight ball in the outside corner!
Tsukitani Xiao nodded.
"Boom!"
The weight of the whole body was all overwhelmed by the baseball in his hand, and the pitching momentum shown by Xiaogu at this moment was absolutely extraordinary.
(To be continued.) )