Chapter Twenty-Seven: Invincible
With Seido High School dominating the country twice, Sawamura Eijun, as an ace pitcher, has also been recognized by everyone.
His name as the Great Demon King is no longer just a praise for his achievements in middle school. Even in the high school baseball world, he lives up to his name.
Although in professional baseball, who is the number one pitcher among high school students today? There is still no small debate. But in the minds of the majority of fans, who is the No. 1 high school pitcher in the country right now? There is no doubt about that.
That must be the ace pitcher of King Qingdao High School, the big demon King Sawamura Eijun.
Even his resounding name is no longer limited to the range of pitchers.
Some people even directly think that Sawamura Eijun is the strongest player among today's high school students.
That is, the first person in the country in high school today!
Such a statement is not entirely unreasonable. In addition to being an excellent ace pitcher, Sawamura is also a very powerful fielder and a great hitter.
His grades in high school are definitely worthy of the love of fans.
This is the Great Demon King, Eijun Sawamura.
It is known as a player who far surpasses his peers.
With Sawamura's mature mentality, he certainly won't indulge in such a hype from the media.
The media's mouth is like cotton pants, if you listen to him all the foolishness, even if you pee your pants, you don't know.
However, Sawamura Eijun himself has recently felt more and more that the strength of the opponents around him is insufficient. Originally, when he first entered high school, there were still many people around him who could pose a threat to him, and even if Sawamura Eijun wanted to get good grades, he needed to do his best.
That kind of challenge, as long as Sawamura Esumi thinks about it, he can't help but boil his blood.
But now this feeling of blood boiling, Sawamura Eijun feels less and less.
In the past year, Sawamura has grown too fast in all aspects.
So much so that it is becoming more and more difficult for him to meet opponents of equal proportions. Especially after the previous third-year seniors graduated, the ones who remain in the high school arena now are only one year older than Sawamura Eijun at most.
Their physical suppression of Sawamura Eijun is also getting smaller and smaller.
In general, everyone is the same age, how much difference can there be?
On the one hand, Sawamura is growing rapidly, and on the other hand, the players who can pose a threat to him are gradually retiring.
So much so that now, Sawamura Eijun even has a feeling of loneliness as a master.
It's a really bad feeling!
Sawamura Eijun knows this very well, and the ball skills are like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.
If he stops because of his opponent.
When he finally enters professional baseball, the difficulties he faces may be even greater.
It can't be like this!
In order to avoid this from happening, Sawamura Eijun also took great pains to come up with a lot of ideas.
On the one hand, he worked hard to improve his strength. On the other hand, they are also trying to find opponents with enough weight.
That's why he was so excited when he received an invitation from the Americas before.
He couldn't wait to experience the thrill of playing against the best......
Originally, he thought that even if everything went well, he would need to wait a while before his dream came true.
Unexpectedly, so soon, he met the Tianjiu Light Saint who had grown up.
It's a good feeling.
Sawamura knows very well that as time goes by, these players his age will improve more and more.
Now that everyone hasn't fought each other for more than half a year, Sawamura Eijun is like a naughty boy who has suddenly found new fun.
He couldn't wait to meet these old rivals for a while.
I don't know how these guys have grown in the past six months?
Of course, before that, he had to deal with the opponent in front of him.
Sawamura Eijun, who stood in the strike zone, was in surprisingly good shape at this time.
The world around him became clearer and clearer in his eyes, and every move of his opponents did not escape his eyes.
Even his eyes have become much better than before at this time.
Sawamura Eijun could even see the arrogant expression on Ama Kutsu Sage's face.
It can be seen that the guy is still very unconvinced. In the previous few encounters, overall, he completely lost to Sawamura Eijun.
In fact, if it weren't for consecutive losses to Eijun Sawamura. He probably won't be able to lose so many points.
Now the score on the field is still 5:0, and Seido High School has a full five points ahead.
Even if not all of these five points were won by Sawamura Rongchun, there were at least three or four points, which had nothing to do with him.
Pitcher mound.
Tianjiu's gaze was sharp and focused.
He didn't have any fear of Sawamura and Rongchun because of his previous defeat.
On the contrary, at this time, he feels like a vicious jackal.
Ready to devour Sawamura Eijun at any time.
"Still refuse to give up the duel with the opponent's core players?"
As a partner, Gao Jian is not as firm as Tianjiu Guangsheng.
To be honest, in this situation in front of him, even if he doesn't send Sawamura, he wants to face Sawamura Eijun on the edge of the good ball belt.
After all, the score gap between the two sides is already very large, if the score gap is opened again at this time.
The situation faced by the three high schools of the city is bound to worsen.
If you are really lucky to end the game early by Qingdao High School.
The face of the city's junior high school is completely lost......
That being said, I don't have any ambition. But in order not to end the game early, it would be unwise to face Sawamura Eijun and Yukiichi at this time. You can use the ball on the edge of the good ball to entangle with them, and even if they get lucky to get on base, they can also safely win the fifth batter of Qingdao High School.
Thinking so, Gao Jian turned his head to look at his rest area.
The ace pitcher is so stubborn that even if he wants to change the mind of the ace pitcher, he has to consult with his own supervisor.
In the rest area of the third high school of the city university.
Of course, Superintendent Tahara understood what his disciple meant, and he also carefully looked at the scoreboard of the game.
In the end, he shook his head firmly at Takami.
You don't need to do that!
A wealthy family also has the dignity of a wealthy family, and in order to lose a little better, they lose the confidence to duel with the other party.
This is not a good sign.
Superintendent Tahara also knew that he was powerless at this time, but he still hoped that the players from the third high school of the city university could show their style on the court.
Today's city university junior high school, although the players do not admit defeat in their mouths, they are clear in their hearts.
I'm afraid they don't have any chances anymore.
The only one who is not convinced by this conclusion is the current pitcher, Mitsu Amahisa on the mound, who believes that the team still has a chance.
As long as he can deal with Sawamura Eijun in a dignified manner, the morale of Seido High School will definitely suffer a major blow.
Nowadays, it is no longer realistic to solve Qingdao High School simply by relying on strength.
The only chance for the three high schools of the city university is to hit hard, and it is the morale of Qingdao High School that forces them to show their flaws.
Only Qingdao High School itself has exposed its flaws, and the third high school of the city university has a chance.
"There's no reason to run away, just face off here!"
It's like a stormtrooper who has done a good job of enlightenment, and at this time there is only one place left, like an ordinary baseball player, like a samurai standing on the battlefield.
The surging battle intent on his body can be clearly perceived even by Sawamura Eijun in the strike zone.
"Hey, I'm quite motivated."
In the case of a high concentration of mental power, Sawamura Eijun's mentality is very relaxed.
It's a very hard feeling to describe, and if I had to use a metaphor, it's a bit like an adult playing ball with a child.
When he sees the other party's outstanding performance, he will naturally feel more interested.
But for victory.
From beginning to end, he never doubted it.
"The last person to win, it must be me!"
Tianjiu Guangsheng didn't know what Sawamura Eijun was thinking now, and in the process of throwing, he pressed all the strength of his body on the two fingers that he threw the ball.
At this moment, he exerted all his strength.
Throws his best slide!
Originally, he wanted to throw a vertical slide, but as soon as he thought of Sawamura Eisumi hitting the ball, his body couldn't help but tremble.
No, it can't be like that.
The scene when Sawamura Eissumi hit the ball out was deeply engraved in his mind, so that he had no way to throw a vertical slide at all.
After taking a secret breath, Tianjiu Guangsheng finally managed to calm himself down.
Then he very decisively pulled out the stance, and threw the white ball in his hand fiercely...
Ball road, normal slide!
It is said to be ordinary, but it also depends on whose hands it is.
Tianjiu's slider is thrown, and its sharpness is definitely not below Sawamura's second-level change ball.
"Die!"
At this moment, the Tianjiu Guangsheng has already made up the picture of Sawamura Eijun being solved in his mind.
Thinking about it, he must have been stunned and full of disbelief......
Sawamura Eijun, who was in the strike zone, was not so unbearable.
In his current field of vision, Tianjiu Guangsheng's pitching is not fast at all, and that strange feeling is like a movie film that has been slowed down.
Eisan Sawamura can clearly see every change in baseball.
It's good to come!
At this moment, Sawamura Esumi wielded the baton with confidence.
He calculated the timing of the swing and the direction of the blow, and swung the bat in his hand fiercely.
"Ping!"
The bat hit the white ball with precision, and a strange look appeared on Sawamura's face.
He looked at the pitcher's mound in amazement, as if he couldn't believe that the opponent could throw such a ball.
Although the accident was unexpected, Sawamura Eisun's actions did not stop. He immediately condensed all the strength of his body on the arm that wielded the stick, and fiercely used brute force to take the ball out of the air.
The white ball drew a not-so-beautiful arc and fell crookedly into the gap in the outfield.
Sawamura Eisumi spread the bat in his hand and ran to second base!
He didn't hit the ball in the heart of the ball just now.
The speed at which the baseball travels and the angle at which it changes are sharper and faster than what Sawamura has seen.
So much so that there was a small error in the timing of his calculation.
The difference is a thousand miles, and Sawamura Eijun originally scored a home run nine out of ten, but because of this error, he almost didn't become an infield rebound ball.
In the end, it relied on Sawamura's rich experience and brute force swinging skills.
Sawamura barely managed to hit the ball out.
Two out, someone on second base.
Seeing Sawamura Rongchun successfully hit that ball, the rest area of the entire city's junior high school became silent.