Chapter Twenty-Three: The No. 1 Pitcher in the Nation

"Zhang Han! ZHANG Han!! ”

On the court of the Seido High School baseball team, enthusiastic cheers erupted.

In the field before, it was almost impossible to defeat Thunder City, which gave the Qingdao players a lot of psychological pressure.

Even if the two first-grade elementary school brothers who faced off against Thunder City before, they didn't seem to have a strong sense of presence in the Qingdao High School baseball pair.

However, the second- and third-year players of the Qingdao High School baseball team, especially those in the second army, recognized their strength very much.

This is also the reason why after Inspector Kataoka promoted them, everyone never said anything.

If Thunder City is familiar with the pitching of the two, in the process of fighting with the two, it can occupy a certain degree of upper hand.

This is relatively acceptable to the players of the Seido High School baseball team.

But Thunder City, the first time he played against the two of them, won the home run cleanly, and directly kicked these two people out of the field......

This is incredible in the eyes of the players of the Seido High School baseball team.

This man's strength is very strong, stronger than they imagined!

Originally, during the spring competition, the players of the Qingdao High School baseball team had seen the strength of Thunder City.

But at that time, it was the first time the two sides had played each other. Because he didn't understand this opponent, he hit the ball out of the cold, and it was easier for the friends to accept it.

But in the current situation, it is clear that this is not the case.

The players of the Qingdao High School baseball team have a certain degree of understanding of the strength of Thunder City, and they have also made enough precautions before fighting.

But in the end, it was still their side that suffered a big loss.

This left a very bad impression on the hearts of the friends of the Qingdao High School baseball team.

This made them clearly aware that the opponent they were facing now had changed drastically compared to the spring competition.

Although he has only been in the past two months, his strength has long been different.

Even though the friends have great confidence in Zhang Han's lightspeed ball, they are still very nervous before the two of them actually fight.

Until now, they watched Zhang Han with their own eyes, and the three strikes of the thunder city were cleanly and neatly.

Their original worries were shattered.

In their bodies, the blood of passion began to surge.

It's just a rising star, do you really think that relying on a first-year beater, you can occupy a place in the acre of three-third of the land in West Tokyo?

As a senior, the players of the Seido High School baseball team felt that it was necessary for them to make the other party recognize themselves again.

They're still far from it!

"The game has just begun, and we need to get the points back."

In Qingdao High School, there are already friends who can't wait to shout slogans.

"We've just won one out now, don't get too excited!"

There are also friends who pour cold water on everyone appropriately, so that everyone can calm down and face the next game seriously.

As far as the current situation is concerned, it is really not beneficial for the Seido High School baseball team.

Although after replacing Zhang Han, their points loss can basically be controlled.

But if you want to turn defeat into victory, it is not enough to control the loss of points.

Now they are still three points behind their opponents, and there are only four games left for the Qingdao High School baseball team to attack.

On the other side, in the rest area of the Yakushi High School baseball team.

Thunder City is dejected.

The contestants gathered around him worriedly, wanting to open their mouths to comfort him. But as soon as they opened their mouths, they felt that they could not say anything.

Any language seems to be pale at this time.

"I knew there would be such a day, and at the critical moment, I really need to be a genius to play."

Mishima shook his head, erasing the scene of the three strikeouts that had just been thundered out of his mind.

In this way, he can wholeheartedly think about how to fight the pitcher who has just been replaced by the Qingdao High School baseball team, and fight it out!

He and Zhang Han are also acquaintances.

As early as when they were in middle school, the two had fought each other more than once.

It's just that Zhang Han at that time was only a substitute pitcher with a small stick in Songfang, and his strength was not outstanding.

Mishima just felt that Zhang Han's pitching was more difficult to deal with at that time, and it definitely couldn't reach the level that it was now.

But just now, in the process of Zhang Han's duel with Thunder City, Mishima brought himself into the position of Thunder City.

If he had struck it at the time, what would have been the result?

At the last moment, Thunder City had already seized the rhythm of the baton. It's just that I was about to touch the ball, but I didn't touch it.

If it's him, I'm afraid it's not easy to catch the rhythm......

Mishima clenched his fists unwillingly.

Although he said so, he just wanted to help his friends share the pressure.

The expressions on everyone's faces were so stiff that it was difficult to hit the ball, let alone hit the ball.

As for the, can he brag about it?

Mishima has no time to take care of this.

The expression of the thunder is very intriguing. He didn't seem to be very shocked by Zhang Han's outstanding performance.

waited until his baby son calmed down before he showed a smile and took the initiative to come to his baby son and ask.

"The last goal, did it go up?"

Standard lightspeed ball pitchers, because the ball speed is too fast, there is also a lot of spin, there will be different degrees of upward drift.

If Akira is in good shape, his ball will be difficult to hit. A very important reason for this is that his straight ball rises very high.

Thunder City shook his head.

"No, no! It was all of a sudden, all of a sudden, and it disappeared......"

Baseball was indeed gone in his eyes at that time.

Even the players who watched the duel from the sidelines, many people witnessed this scene with their own eyes.

So much so that the players of the Yakushi High School baseball team all fell silent after hearing Thunder City's answer.

Suddenly disappeared balls, which makes them how else to play?

Originally, Zhang Han's ball speed was so fast, even if they had deliberately done targeted exercises before, they were familiar with the 155-kilometer fast ball.

But to be honest, even if you deal with the kind of 155-kilometer fast ball in the pitching machine, there are only three people who can really hit it.

Others simply don't react.

Whether you can touch the ball or not depends on luck.

Nowadays, it is possible for a ball that is so fast to disappear?

In the rest area of the Yakushi High School baseball team, the fighting spirit of the players has dropped to the bottom.

Thunder Zang glanced around with the rest of his eyes.

Under his leadership in the past few months, the Yakushi High School baseball team has gradually formed its own style. They tend to be very positive when it comes to the difficulties in the game.

But now, they all fell silent. Obviously, against Zhang Han, they have no confidence at all.

It's no wonder they, who would have thought that in just two months, Zhang Han would have made such great progress?

He didn't start pitching until the last game at the Kanto convention.

Bang Lei Zang also thought that Zhang Han had encountered other problems, and there was some kind of restriction on pitching.

Now it seems that he is thinking too much.

People don't have any problems at all, and they are ready to pitch at any time.

"Since it's not going up, it's not a speed ball, it's going down."

Boom Thunder said it lightly.

When the players of the Yakushi High School baseball team heard this, they immediately felt a sense of empowerment.

How could baseball really go away?

Since it disappeared in front of the eyes of the hitters, it must have been because the bat caught their eye so much that they missed the falling ball.

After learning about the changes in baseball, the players of the Yakushi High School baseball team suddenly felt a little more confident and confident.

Now let them stand in the strike zone, although they are still not sure that they can hit the ball.

But at the very least, they know what to do.

Thunder Zang said it lightly on the surface, but his heart was not as relaxed as he seemed on the surface.

It's not hard to get that fast to pitch, as long as it's fast enough and the baseball spins enough, the rise is a matter of course.

Zhang Han couldn't do it before, just because his ball speed wasn't fast enough.

At his current ball speed, it's easy to do that.

But if you want to sink the ball, it's not that simple.

It's the same as making the baseball go up, as long as you reduce the number of spins of the baseball, you can make the baseball sink to a certain extent.

It's just that this kind of thing is easy to say, but it is almost impossible to really want to do it.

There are two prerequisites for this.

On the one hand, it is to maintain that fast ball speed, and on the other hand, it is to reduce the number of spins of the baseball.

It's not hard to do just one of them, but if you want to do both......

Among the people who knew about Thunder Hide, no one could do it.

It takes a lot of control!

But obviously, Zhang Han did it.

This pitcher, who was originally not obvious, has gradually found his own way.

Next, no one, even the strongest hitter in professional baseball, had no way to pat his chest and guarantee that he would be able to hit Zhang Han's ball.

If you want to hit his ball, you have to try your luck.

Up, Parallel, Down......

After catching up with his ball speed, he had to choose one of the three possible ball paths to bet on.

When it comes to the world of professional baseball, because the hitters in every team are outstanding.

Zhang Han may still be suppressed.

In high school, as long as he can keep throwing unscrupulously, I'm afraid it will be difficult for anyone to stop the advance of the Seido High School baseball team.

They can't be pharmacists!

The other two teams, Daocheng Industry and the Third High School of the City University, are also not good.

In a way, if Zhang Han can keep pitching like this.

He is the No. 1 pitcher in the country.

At least at this stage of high school, it is difficult to find a team that can have Thunder City, Yuuki, Harada, and Omae at the same time......

So many powerful hitters.

And as long as there is no such strong line, it is impossible to win hits from Zhang Han's hands one after another, and then score points.

"We have to win this game first. If the Qingdao High School baseball team doesn't care about this guy's future at all, and allows this guy to keep throwing so unscrupulously, then in the next two years, the pharmacist probably won't have much chance......

Thunder City was very unwilling.

But no matter how unwilling it is, it is useless, even if his baby son will improve by leaps and bounds in the next step and be able to win a home run from Zhang Han's hands.

With the huge difference in strength between the two teams, it is impossible for the Yakushi High School baseball team to win against Qingdao.

Of course, everything is relative.

If Zhang Han is at this stage of high school, he will unscrupulously overdraw his potential. Then his future growth may be very restricted.

Originally, the excessive use of pitchers in high school baseball has already aroused people's doubts.

Not to mention, Zhang Han is still a sixteen-year-old teenager, and his physical development is not mature at all.

Such a fast ball is probably a very serious burden for his immature body.

Although Bang Lei Zang has not read Zhang Han's test report, he is an old bird, and he can guess eight or nine without leaving ten.

On the other side, in the rest area of the Seido High School baseball team.

The players are going crazy.

What does it mean to raise your eyebrows? There is no better interpretation than at this time.

They kept shouting Zhang Han's name, expecting him to finish off the remaining two beaters in one go.

Of course, neither the players in the lounge nor the players on the field thought there was anything wrong with that.

Several freshmen looked at Zhang Han, who was almost omnipotent on the pitcher's mound, with an inexplicable look in their eyes.

When will they be as handsome as their seniors? On the pitch, you can do whatever you want......

"The same physical strength is on the verge of collapse, do you know Zhang Han's ball speed, why hasn't it been affected?"

Chris walked over to Akira and asked.

Xiao, who was already very shocked, raised his eyes in surprise.

I have to say that he is really similar to his senior's pitching characteristics.

Why has his pitching never been able to burst out all his power?

And Zhang Han, who had also undergone harsh training, and even trained harder than them, seemed to have not been affected in any way.

At the Kanto Conference that just ended, Senior Zhang Han's ball speed was almost like this.

Why was he able to play his peak ball speed after just finishing the training camp?

"It's not that the more power you use, the faster the ball will be. The most important thing is to be fluent and naturally focus all the power of the whole body on the pitch. When you learn this, you should be able to have a similar pitch. ”

Chris's advice not only made Tsukiya Xiao fall into deep thought.

It also made Sawamura, who heard these words on the side, thoughtful.

As for the two of them, who can be the first to figure out the true meaning of Chris's words depends on their personal understanding and experience?

Zhang Han is very good!

Superintendent Kataoka is now asking him to pitch, which also means that he has high hopes.

In the next summer tournament and Koshien, they will inevitably use the power of Zhang Han's pitching.

But it's just a matter of help, and the main pitcher is someone else.

Chris understands this and hopes that the two first-year newcomers can grow up as soon as possible.

Tanba and Kawakami, it's not bad either.

It's just that one of them can't be reassured, and the other is not strong enough.

The real critical situation, Qingdao High School baseball team may be difficult to count on them.

Just as they spoke, the duel on the field had a new twist.

When facing the autumn leaves, Zhang Han had just opened up his full horsepower, and it seemed that he had exhausted his strength all at once.

His ball speed dropped by at least two notches.

The white baseball flew over in a swaying way.

The second-army player who had just come with a speed gun saw Zhang Han throwing the ball as soon as he came back, and subconsciously turned on the switch.

147 km!

Faced with a ball that might have been missed, Akiba bit her lip tightly and fell into a tangle.

This kind of sudden ball is actually not easy to play.

If it were possible, a clever hitter would not have shot such a ball.

But considering that Zhang Han had just solved the pitching of Thunder City. If he explodes with all his might, who will be able to stop him?

Akiba asked himself, he probably didn't have that kind of ability. Thinking about it this way, the ball that appeared in front of me was simply pie in the sky.

He can't let it go!

Seeing the flying baseball, Akiba made a decisive move.

Despite the irregular arrival of baseball, the angle is also difficult to grasp.

But he still touched the ball and sent it flying.

Zhang Han was not surprised by the ball that was hit, but beckoned and shouted.

"Second baseman!"

Before Zhang Han greeted Ryosuke Kominato, he had already run to the landing point of the baseball in advance, and with an emergency brake, he stopped in place.

Wait for the baseball to fly into their gloves.

"Smack!"

"Out!"

"Hee Hop, senior, you're running too fast, be careful of overrunning......"

Kuramochi laughed and teased.

"Do you think I'm you?"

Ryosuke Kominato said with a smile.

Looking at the senior's smiling expression, Kuramochi suddenly felt a shudder.

Why don't you say he doesn't have a long memory, it's not good to provoke anyone, why do you want to provoke Ryosuke Kominato?

Isn't this making yourself uncomfortable?

Two out!

Next up to the strike zone was the third baseman of the Yakushi High School baseball team, and their pitcher Sanada.

This guy is especially good at playing straight balls.

Zhang Han also did not hesitate to greet him with a straight ball.

It's not that Zhang Han doesn't want to use other balls, mainly because he has been studying all kinds of straight balls recently, and he hasn't learned new variations.

Change the ball, he really won't.

But even if it is a straight ball, when the ball speed reaches 155 kilometers, not everyone can hit it.

Sanada worked hard and swung his bat three times in a row.

But alas, he never touched the ball from start to finish.

"Good shot!"

"Good shot!!"

"Good Ball !!"

"Strikeout!!

Two strikeouts, one catch.

After Zhang Han came on the court, his performance was a perfect mess.

Thunder Zang had a gloomy face and looked at Zhang Han.

This little guy is more difficult to deal with than he imagined. He actually watched the guests put off the dishes and use the fishing ball to seduce Akiba to swing the stick?

Such a smart way of playing will greatly save his physical strength.

In this way, maybe Zhang Han can really throw until the end of the game.

If that's the case, if the Yakushi High School baseball team wants to win today's practice game, they can only pin their hopes on the pitchers and guards.

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