Chapter 23: The Cooperation of Zhang Han and Yu Xing (Second Update)
In the bottom half of the third inning, no one was out, and there was someone on first base.
The runner standing on first base is the runner who is most feared by the Seido High School baseball team, Carl Ross, who is known as the African cheetah.
The young man had long legs, and he ran like a predatory beast, and was frighteningly fast.
Letting such a player stand on the base bag is bound to increase exponentially for the Seido High School baseball team.
And the beaters Zhang Han is facing now are also not idle people, and among the players of their year, Kamemaru's Shirakawa is also a well-known star.
Although the person is not high, the strength is not strong......
But other than that, it's hard for you to find fault with this player.
Full marks for striking skills, defensive skills and speed, even in the whole of Tokyo, can be ranked in the top three.
Such a player may not be as conspicuous as aces and fours, but no matter which position you put him in, he can shine.
When attacking, he can not only be the main attacker to score points and hits, but also be used as an assistant to help his teammates score points.
When guarding, this player who is not amazing in height and size, relies on unparalleled agility movements, and the range of the guard is wide and scary......
It's not a good thing to meet such an opponent when you just come on the field.
As a skill-based hitter, Shirakawa's brain and eye observation are among the best in the entire Inagi Industrial High School baseball team.
Any carelessness and deficiencies will be hidden in front of him, and they will even be magnified.
"How do you deal with this guy in front of you?"
The fans in the stands were still excitedly shouting Zhang Han's name. Miyuki was thinking about how to fight against the opponent in front of him.
Fans can't wait to know how fast Zhang Han, who has not pitched in an official game for two months, has reached?
"Did anyone bring a speed gun?"
"I didn't prepare in advance, I knew that Zhang Han would play in this game, and I will bring the speedometer if you say anything."
"Then your preparation is too insufficient, but I am always ready!"
A fleshy fan, excitedly holding a speed gun in his hand, showed off with his companions around him.
"Why don't you turn it on yet?"
It's just that his companions don't seem to appreciate it.
"Are you guys looking at something that thinks it's a normal semi-final? Today is a live broadcast on sports television, and Jingu Stadium has turned on the equipment for speed measurement at the beginning. ”
"Really?"
"Why didn't you see Narumiya's ball speed just now?"
"It's because you haven't paid attention, the electronic speedometer has always shown that the fastest ball speed is 149 kilometers, and it has not exceeded 15 until now."
Hearing the insider's statement, these people suddenly realized that there was a ball speed display in today's game.
It's just that the previous numbers are not very impressive, and not every ball will be displayed at the speed of the ball.
But now, now that Zhang Han has been on the pitcher's hill, everything has naturally changed.
As the owner of the fastest ball speed in the country, every ball thrown by Zhang Han will be given a close-up by the TV station.
Especially when it comes to ball speed, they don't miss it.
What a gimmick this is!
You must know that so far, Zhang Han's fastest ball speed is very close to 160 kilometers.
Although it has never arrived, it is a matter of time before he reaches 160 kilometers at his current speed.
What if, in case in today's game, Zhang Han just broke through.
Jingu Stadium and the TV station in charge of broadcasting the game were not able to record it, so how much regret will it be left in the future?
The leaders behind them are bound to be impossible to spare them.
So as long as the director of the TV station and the person in charge of Jingu Stadium don't have a short circuit in their brains, they don't want to be fired so quickly, and they don't want to be unemployed and stay home so quickly.
They will definitely prepare these things in advance.
They prepared in advance, and they were very well prepared, with all the equipment for speed measurement.
The electronic display screen is also already ready.
As long as Zhang Han throws the ball at an astonishing speed, they will definitely show it to the tens of thousands of fans on the scene and the millions of viewers who are standing in front of the TV as soon as possible.
"It's up to you!"
"I always feel like something big is going to happen today."
Inexplicably, fans have this premonition in their hearts.
This battle is too big! This stage is good, too.
First of all, this is the semi-final of the so-called Koshien Division, and secondly, the two teams facing each other are the top giants in the country.
Even the two players who are facing off are both famous star players.
One is the main player of Daocheng Industry who dominated the country with the team before, Shirakawa Katsuyuki.
The other is at this stage, with the fastest man in the country, Zhang Han.
To put it bluntly, this is a showdown of top players.
Fans can't wait to enjoy the showdown between them.
Of course, they want to know more about what level of ball speed Zhang Han, the owner of the fastest ball speed in the country, has reached now?
Yu Xing was afraid that Zhang Han would be affected by the emotions of these fans around him, so he gave him a code so that he didn't have to pay attention to the crazy thoughts of these crazy fans.
Their most important task is to settle down and solve the opponent in front of them.
How to match the ball so that this man with superb hitting skills has no way to get to base?
In Miyuki's mind, several options flashed, and he was weighing and choosing.
Which option is the best fit? Which option is most likely to succeed?
But Zhang Han, who was standing on the pitcher's mound, didn't seem to have any intention of waiting.
His gaze was cold, giving Miyuki a determined look.
No need to be that much trouble!
Even if Zhang Han didn't say anything and didn't make any obvious moves, he still perfectly conveyed his intentions and thoughts to Yu Xing.
"You want to?"
Yu Xing felt a little surprised, he raised his head uncertainly, and glanced at Zhang Han seriously.
He hoped that Zhang Han could give him a negative answer.
But Zhang Han didn't do that, but nodded faintly, confirming Yu Xing's guess.
It doesn't need to be that troublesome, and you don't need that precise balling, you just need to tell me, what kind of position makes it difficult for Shirakawa to play?
"Hoo ......"
Miyuki let out a long breath, of course he didn't like such a passive matching.
As a catcher, the most hated thing in his life is that his partner treats him like a wall to catch the ball.
That feeling, how uncomfortable it is, how uncomfortable it is.
Zhang Han's current approach is a bit like that.
Of course, Yu Xing, who is familiar with Zhang Han's character, knows very well in his heart that the reason why Zhang Han did that was by no means to use him as a wall to catch the ball.
Instead, he wanted to adjust Zhang Han's pitching state to the best.
It's a bit risky!
However, considering Zhang Han's ball speed, such a matching road may be a little simpler and rougher, but it may be the best move.
"Pitchers are such a bunch of arbitrary guys, even you, standing on the pitcher's mound has become less cute."
Miyuki complained in his heart.
While complaining, he squatted down and began to match the ball according to Zhang Han's suggestion.
With such a figure and such striking skills......
If you want to deal with him, there are several routines with the ball, and there are several ways to solve him.
To choose the simplest and most efficient one from these methods, that is a straight ball from the outside corner.
The closer the baseball is to the outside, the harder it is for the hitter to hit it, and the more force is needed to hit the ball.
The simplest and most brutal way to deal with a hitter like Shirakawa, Ryosuke Kominato, is to keep attacking the outside corner.
"Since you're so confident in your pitching, come on!"
Miyuki made a preparative move to catch the ball.
His gloves were like a black hole, as if they could swallow everything into it.
From the pitcher's point of view, throwing the ball into Miyuki's gloves is undoubtedly a very comfortable thing.
You don't have to worry about throwing a baseball that the catcher can't catch.
Miyukiichi also gives the impression that no matter what kind of ball is thrown, he can catch it for you.
This summer, Zhang Han, who stood on the pitcher's hill for the first time in an official game.
He took a deep breath, then spit out heavily.
Through this deep breath, he tried to adjust his mind and body to the best.
If you want to talk about the characteristics of pitching, in fact, Zhang Han's pitching is very regular, and there is nothing different at all.
Recording his entire pitching action and comparing it to the textbook is almost identical.
The whole action of his pitching is the movement taught in the textbook, that is, the set of movements that Ono Binzhi instructed him when he was in Matsukata.
Seemingly, it's unremarkable.
But this set of seemingly ordinary actions, from Zhang Han's hands, it brought a very different feeling.
From the moment he started to lift his leg and was ready to pitch, the momentum was different.
"It's moving!"
At the same time as Zhang Han raised his leg to pitch the ball, Carl Ross on first base, like a mad dog, instantly left first base and ran to second base.
Bai He on the strike area was very cooperative and put on a short look.
"Hit and run again?"
The players of the Inagi Industrial High School baseball team may think that in the first game, they are not enough to make cheap money.
This time against Zhang Han, they actually planned to repeat the old trick and repeat the previous actions.
I don't know where they got their confidence, but they thought that the same routine against Zhang Han and Yu Xing would also work.
"I know you won't be in peace!"
As he saw Carlros in action, Miyuki moved his feet directly, stood up from his original position, and staggered the position of his body.
This is?
In the stands, in the eyes of the fans, they saw Miyuki, who was about to receive the ball, suddenly stood up and moved his body from the front of home plate to the side.
In this way, Bai He's bat will not be able to stop him.
But can such a sudden action work?
Zhang Han has already waved his arms!
The reason why he is so fast is because he swings his arms fast enough.
At such a fast speed, with what a powerful inertia.
How could Zhang Han have time to change the direction of the pitch and pass the ball to him?
"It's too messy!"
Even the players of the baseball team of Inagi Industrial High School felt very incredible after seeing Miyuki's approach.
"Seeing that you can't beat us, are you ready to kill yourself?"
Cheng Gongming doesn't think it's a big deal to see the excitement.
But despite what they say, even though they don't think the Qingdao High School baseball team can really stop Carl Rose.
The eyes of all of them are still firmly locked on everyone who is facing each other.
This kind of exciting matchup, they may not be able to watch it once in their lifetime when they play baseball.
They can't take their eyes off it!
Even the Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team, such a professional player can't do without his eyes, let alone those fans in the stands.
The originally noisy cheering sound has disappeared without knowing when it has disappeared, and all their fans are watching this showdown.
They watched, pulled out the stance, and Zhang Han, who had already begun to throw.
They watched as Miyuki stood up and moved away from the swing of the bat.
They stared at Carlros, whose feet seemed to be stepping on the wind, rushing forward frantically.
Looking, Shirakawa in a short escort posture......
This is also a warrior who is not afraid to put on a short shot in the face of the fastest pitching in the country.
And people are not only bold, but also very strong self-confidence.
He was able to do this because he firmly believed that he would be able to touch the ball, and that the ball that was touched would not be caught.
The four of them seem to be all immersed in their own world, and they don't care about their teammates and opponents around them, what are they doing?
Time is at this moment, as if someone has suddenly pressed the freeze button.
The bodies of four people, the movements made by four people, alternate ......
Then the freeze frame is canceled.
"Boom!"
People saw the white baseball, which was projected like a dazzling white light.
What's even more incredible is that such a violent goal, such an amazing arm swing.
Zhang Han stubbornly changed the direction of the baseball at the moment of the baseball's shot.
Baseball has turned a corner!
It is no longer directly above home plate, but on the side of home plate.
Putting on a short fight, Shirakawa, who was about to touch the ball, noticed this.
Did you miss a pitch?
Or is it ......
Shirakawa's mind was quick and very flexible, and he quickly noticed a very bad possibility.
But the speed of the baseball was too fast, and the moment he saw the baseball come over, the baseball had already come to him and smashed heavily into Miyuki Kazuya's glove.
"Smack!"
Miyuki Kazuya, who had already been prepared, received the ball and passed directly to second base.
Zhang Han's pitching speed is shocking.
Miyuki's laser shoulder, although it can't be compared, but the ball he passes is also fast and scary.
With a whoosh, the baseball flew over from the side of Zhang Han's body.
"Hip hop!"
Kurachi, who had been prepared for a long time, came to the base bag at second base early in the morning to help.
"Smack!"
He took the ball safely into his glove.
Carl Rose, the little black man, known as Carl Rose of the African cheetah.
His two long legs were able to soar his speed to the extreme.
It's just that his speed is fast, and with the cooperation of several players on the Qingdao High School baseball team, the speed is even faster.
Before he could go to second base, the baseball had come over and blocked in front of him.
Carl Ross can only be caught obediently.
"Smack!"
"Out!!"
Carl Rose, who finally went to first base ahead of schedule and made the players of the Seido High School baseball team feel uneasy, was killed in this way.
"Damn, these two people are too fierce!"
"Carl Ross didn't succeed in stealing the bases, and he couldn't play with the cooperation of playing and running."
"Now in the whole country, I am afraid that the only partners who can make this kind of garrison cooperation are Zhang Han and Yu Xing!"
"It's amazing!"
The fans in the stands were amazed.
So much so that at first, no one noticed the bright red numbers on the electronic display.
It took a while for a fan to look up and see the numbers shown on it.
Then his eyes widened in surprise and he couldn't help but want to shout.
But he immediately thought of something again, and hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand, restraining his urge to shout.
"How is that possible?"
"This is too mysterious!"
Soon, more fans began to notice, that amazing number.
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