The practice match against Kamakura Toyo High School had just started the first inning, and Watanabe, the starting pitcher of Aoba Dodai High School, had a problem. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since coach Kawano had given him a pre-match plan for this game, he couldn't use any other way except for speedballs and slides.

As a result, Watanabe's pitching became very unconfident after he came on the court, and the fluctuations in his natural mentality directly caused the instability when he played the ball.

The batter at Kamakura Toyo High School hit the ball he threw one after another, and although there was no effective score at the moment, there were people on first and second base, and no one was out, plus he had to waste too many balls in the first inning to face the incoming hitters......

For a while, Watanabe's situation on the court became very bad!

It's already the 6th hitter to strike, and looking at Watanabe's current state, Kasugayun feels that his friend Watanabe wants to get out of such a situation, and it's simply too difficult!

So he asked his teammates around him, Hayakawa, who was also a pitcher, and "Hayakawa-senpai, what's wrong with Watanabe!?" Could it be that the coach assigned him some super difficult tasks!? ”

However, before Hayakawa could say anything, the coach Kawano heard Kasuga's question, so he interjected first and said, "My task for Watanabe is very simple, just let him only use two ways of playing in this game: speedball and slideball!" ”

"What!?"

As soon as they heard the coach's words, Hayakawa and Kasuga were immediately surprised and stood up.

"Coach...... That's it, it's not like that, is it!? Hayakawa wanted to say something for Watanabe.

But coach Kawano waved his hand indifferently and interrupted Hayakawa's persuasion: "I know what you're thinking, but as an experienced pitcher, learning to find the easiest and most invincible way to win from your limited arsenal is a skill that you must have as a pitcher, isn't it!?" ”

"But~"

"Do you think that kid at Watanabe can't do that!?" Coach Kawano turned his head to look at Hayakawa at this time, and his eyes were full of calm calmness.

"This~~~" Hayakawa was asked and had nothing to say.

"Look, I'm sure Watanabe will have a way." Coach Kawano's words are very positive, but unfortunately even this still can't dispel Hayakawa's worries.

So Hayakawa then asked, "Then why can't Watanabe-kun pass this level!?" ”、

And coach Kawano's answer was also very direct and refreshing: "Then he will retire to the three armies to practice!" ～”

“～～”

Hearing this, Hayakawa really has nothing to say, it seems that coach Kawano has made up his mind today and is going to give them a big test!

On the other side of the court, Watanabe was still struggling to throw on the court.

"Whew! ～”

"Great! ～”

"Throw-in~"

"Whew~"

"Good shot!"

"Whew~"

"Bad Ball~"

"Throw-in~"

"Bad ball! ～”

"Good Ball~"

Good ball, out of bounds, then bad ball...... Watanabe seemed to be unable to shake off this shackle, and after being hit by a surprise home run from Toyo High School's three-man batter Tachikura, three hitters hit Watanabe's ball in succession.

Well, in the first game, I was chased by the opponent and forced into a full base situation, and I saw that the loss of points was about to become a fact.

At this time, don't mention how nervous Watanabe's heart is: damn it, it's so embarrassing to be chased like this!

He turned his head to look at the expression on the face of their coach Kawano in the rest area, and found that coach Kawano was looking at him with a cold face as always, which made Watanabe feel like he was going to be replaced at any time.

"Damn it~"

After scolding again, Watanabe threw the ball out of anger according to the ball of the catcher's partner Anno.

"Great! ～”

"Throw-in~"

"Damn, got hit again!" Watanabe wiped the sweat from his forehead and muttered in his heart: It seems that the ball has been completely seen through, if you continue to throw like this, it is still useless to attack, what should I do!? ～～

After thinking about it, Watanabe's mood became more irritable.

"Whew~" He took a deep breath, and inadvertently glanced at the rest area from the corner of his eye.

This is his eyes focused on the body of his friend Kasuga Yun, who was sitting next to coach Kawano, and suddenly a little inspiration was like an electric current stimulating through the whole body of the transition, and he suddenly thought: Okay, you can't throw me a ball other than a speedball and a slider, right? ~~ Then I won't vote! But what if I do......

After thinking of a way, Watanabe immediately excitedly called a sign language code to his catcher partner Yasuno at home plate: Senior Anno, pay attention, I'm going to pitch!

Anno, who was squatting on the ground behind home plate, came very strangely at this time: Pitch the ball, throw the ball, why do you have to use the sign language code to indicate so much!?

Anno didn't understand what Watanabe's situation was, so he continued to give Watanabe a hint according to the ball path he had thought of before: Oh, I know, the next ball slides in the outside corner, shoot!

Watanabe's fingers catching the ball at this time were deliberately slightly larger than the regular slider finger shape under the cover of the glove, the index finger had already grabbed the stitches of the baseball body, and the middle finger was not completely attached to the surface of the ball, leaving some gaps in the knuckles to bend to grasp the baseball.

"Okay, I hope Senior Anno can react and take the ball! It's up to you, Senior Anno~" After Watanabe was ready, he threw the ball with all his might.

"Whew~~"

"Huh!?"

As soon as the ball was played, Hirosawa Hirozawa, the No. 7 batter at Toyo High School at the end of the home plate, and Yasuno, the catcher of the team, saw a slight difference.

I saw that the baseball flew in the air when it was a little erratic, and the ball path looked like a slippery ball and was not like a straight ball at the beginning of the slide, and the hitter Hirosawa saw that the baseball flew a little low, and judged that this was probably a bad ball, so he chose to give up the blow and watched the ball crash into the base area.

However, at this moment, the course of the baseball flight changed, and there was a noticeable change of line after entering the baseball.

"I'm click~~"

This time it scared Anye, who was squatting behind him to catch the ball, and his gloved right hand quickly moved sideways to the center of the good ball belt.

But in the end, the baseball hit the **** wearing protective gear on his body directly, and then fell to the ground and was picked up by Anye.

"Damn, what kind of hell is this bastard throwing~" As soon as Anno picked up the ball, he immediately looked at Watanabe with round eyes.

And Hirosawa of Toyo High School, the hitter, wanted to see Watanabe like a ghost, because the final decision given by the referee was - good ball!

That is, he was knocked out by strikeouts!

He didn't think that the ball would be like this just now, so he was stunned for a moment in the strike zone: "What the hell was that just now!?" ”

Even the players from the coach to the rest area of Toyo High School looked at Watanabe as if they had seen a ghost, and couldn't believe that the ball he had just thrown was a good ball.

Soon, Watanabe happily walked off the field and returned to the rest area to get ready to rest.

However, when he saw that coach Kawano would stare at him all the way, Watanabe's heart couldn't help but feel a little uneasy: "Coach~~"

Coach Kawano looked at Watanabe for a few seconds before he spoke, "Good shot!" ～”

"Uh~~" Watanabe was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then a sense of excitement couldn't help but burst out in the depths of his heart, and he responded loudly: "Hai! ~~ Thank you coach for the compliment! ~”

"Don't be too happy too early, you kid just threw a trick, and you dared to learn from the spring of the thousand magic balls, and threw such a non-trivial ball to deceive the opponent! But you're not a spring day after all, so this kind of imitation of the ball can't be on the table at all, and if you want to win, you have to rely on your own strength, understand!? Coach Kawano preached Watanabe.

"Hai, coach, I see! ~" Watanabe bowed again and thanked coach Kawano before returning to the bench next to him to sit down and rest.

At this time, Kasugamo and Hayakawa surrounded them and applauded Watanabe: "Haha...... You kid, there is you~ I actually thought of using a thousand fantasy balls that imitate Kasuga-kun to break the game! ~haha......"

"Hey~~" Watanabe was proud at this time: "That's, don't look at me, who is me!" ~~ The starting pitcher can be killed so easily, right? But don't say it, Kasuga-kun's Thousand Illusion Balls are really useful! ”

Hayakawa looked at Watanabe's proud appearance, and immediately hit him out loud and said: "Use you ghost, your kid is just a little lucky this time, if the Thousand Fantasy Ball is so easy to imitate, it will not be a Thousand Fantasy Ball!" ~~ Let me tell you, next you must not throw this kind of messy ball, people didn't expect it this time, and when they thought that you were a broken jar and a broken throw, then you just waited to find a fight! ~”

"I know~~" Watanabe hurriedly put away the pride on his face and said seriously: "I just suddenly had such an idea, just let those guys at Toyo High School on the other side be vigilant, so that they don't dare to hit my ball so easily in the future." ”

"If you know! ~"Hayakawa heard Watanabe realize that he was lucky to shoot the ball just now, so he didn't give any more reminders!

And at this time, Kasuhi, who was next to him, asked a question that he was puzzled about: "I said, Watanabe-kun, what did you think about that moment just now!?" Why did you suddenly think of using a Thousand Illusion Balls that imitated me to break the game!? ”

"Huh!? ~~" Watanabe was a little surprised to hear that Kasugamo actually asked such a question, he paused before replying with a smile: "Adapt!" ~~ This, sometimes a must in the game, right, Hayakawa-senpai!? ~~”

Hayakawa looked at Watanabe amusefully and responded, "That's right! That's it, when all your ball changes are seen through by the opponent, sometimes the appropriate improvisation, maybe you can find the key shot for yourself! So Kasuga-kun waits for you to play the relay, and you can also discuss with Anno-kun about using this trick~~"

"Is that okay? ......" Kasugayun was a little big and small after hearing this. (To be continued.) )