Chapter 123: The Ace of Souls (Ninth Update)
PS: Remind me again, this 5,000 tip plus more is only for today.
Early in the morning of July 28, the day before the semifinals were to begin.
This day is the last day for the players to adjust their condition and the team to formulate tactics.
Of course, today is a little special for Qingdao High School, that is, in the center of the court, the special raised mound on the pitcher's mound, everyone in Qingdao High School showed a surprised expression, I don't know what is going on, only Rong Chun knew in advance that this is a special training program for the ace pitcher of Qingdao High School.
Moreover, it was Superintendent Kataoka himself who took charge of the work.
At the thought of waiting a minute, he could personally play a dozen of Kataoka's supervised balls, and Rong Chun was still a little excited in his heart.
Sure enough, just a moment later, the figure of Superintendent Kataoka appeared on the playground, and there were some seniors of the Second Army pushing two carts of baseballs next to them.
"Overseer, this is... Izaoki glanced at the mound with some curiosity, and then at Inspector Kataoka asked in a puzzled tone.
Tetsuya Yuuki on the side also showed a puzzled look.
"Heh, it's the idea of these guys, to increase the height of the pitcher's mound to achieve the effect of simulation." Superintendent Kataoka smiled slightly, and explained that although there was only one sentence, everyone could understand Superintendent Kataoka's words, and tomorrow's opponent will be a giant with a height of nearly 2 meters, and if you increase the height of the pitcher's mound, then you can achieve a fairly high degree of simulated actual combat.
Everyone nodded with a clear expression.
Rong Chun was the only one who complained in his heart, wait a minute, I'm afraid you all have to show a surprised expression.
Rong Chun's heart just flashed such a thought.
The next scene really confirmed the idea of complaining in Rong Chun's heart.
"So, which of you will come first?" Superintendent Kataoka said with a smile on his face, pointing at the players with a ball cover in one hand and a baseball in the other.
Superintendent Kataoka's actions and words greatly surprised these second- and third-year seniors, especially the third-year seniors, Tanba Koichiro and Masuko Toru, Sakai Ichiro and others all widened their eyes and showed extremely surprised expressions.
"Isn't it? Supervise you to vote in person? It's as if Isashiki was about to widen his eyes.
"It's impossible to let Tanba vote, right?" Superintendent Kataoka said with a faint smile.
"I'll go, isn't it, right?" Kuramochi was slightly stunned and said dumbly.
"It looks really interesting, and it's a little exciting to be able to play the ball that I supervised." Ryosuke Kominato said softly with a smile, his words seemed to be very plain, but the words couldn't hide Kominato's eager look, and he felt like he was going to be on the side.
As Ryosuke's own brother, Kominato Haruichi also showed an embarrassed expression, but at the same time, Haruichi's eyes also flashed with anticipation.
It seems that most people want to play a dozen of Kataoka's balls.
You must know that this opportunity is really rare, Rong Chundu has already shown an excited expression, it is very good to be able to face each other head-on, if you can knock it out, wouldn't it be even more beautiful.
Rong Chun thought a little nonsensical in his heart.
Letting go of the last trace of anxiety in his heart, Rong Chun's personality seems to be more and more similar to the deity.
At this time, the Zhe team did not hesitate to put on protective gear and stand on top of the strike zone.
"I can strike with all my might, Overseer!" The fighting spirit of the Zhe team is full of fighting spirit.
"As long as you can call it." The corners of Superintendent Kataoka's mouth curled slightly, and he seemed to say with a hint of provocation, such a style of Superintendent Kataoka really made those first-year members feel a little eye-opening.
"I'll go, Zhe, come in order, you guy, don't take the lead." As he spoke, all the third-graders had already dressed up and gone to line up, and it was really rare for them to be able to play the ball that was thrown by the supervision.
As the ace pitcher of the former Koshien quasi-winning team, Kataoka Tetsushin's pitching can be said to have the effect and significance of actual combat.
Well, looking at the third-grade seniors who have all been in high spirits, Kuramochi is no longer able to complain, but in the next second, he also has a sudden change in painting style, and immediately put on good protective gear and ran over to line up, just like Isashiki seniors said, this is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and there will be no such store in this village.
It must be said that Superintendent Kataoka is worthy of being the former ace of Qingdao.
In such a simulated exercise, you went into battle in person, and one person was able to deal with the practice of twenty people from the first army of Qingdao High School, yes, you read that right.
Seido High School, including Tetsutsu, Jun Izashaki, Kuramochi, Eijun, Kominato Haruichi and others, are all supervised by Kataoka to feed the ball one by one.
The ball speed of more than 140KM, the ball power, and the tail energy are extremely sharp.
The precise control of the curveball, not to mention, after all, it is absolutely possible to simulate the curveball of a high school student as an ace pitcher of Qingdao and a player who has also been invited by a professional baseball team.
The addition of a small mound at the height of the pitcher's mound makes the curved ball thrown by Kataoka even more intimidating.
To be honest, this kind of actual combat simulation has already allowed everyone in Seido High School to fully feel what it feels like to have the highest hockey ball in Japan before the game.
Yosuke Maki.
The ace pitcher of Sensen High School, under the special tempering of Kataoka's supervision, seems to have dropped the threat by half a notch before the start.
Naturally, Rong Chun also stood in the striking area and felt the sharpness of Kataoka's supervision.
That oppressiveness, that dominance on the pitch.
Rong Chun really understood how strong this man was when he could bring Seido to the Koshien finals.
Without the power to parry, the ball power had already made Rong Chun's twin shocks a little numb.
It's called Flare, and it's as fast as the Aurora.
This is the trump card of the former "soul" of Koshien - Kataoka Iron Heart!!
Today's training time passed quickly in Kataoka's training to perform a simulated curveball strike, and in the end, except for Yuuki's barely knocking out an infield hit, the best result was Izaki's outfield high flyer.
Of course, as mentioned earlier, Kataoka Superintendent also deliberately controlled his ball power and speed, and truly simulated the level that high school students (mainly the standard of Yosuke Maki) should have to throw the curved ball, and everyone more or less knocked out some blows that could barely be said to be hits, but in the end, Kataoka Superintendent's energetic pitching at the beginning still made almost all the Qingdao First Army players helpless, and the tall figure was once again deeply engraved in the hearts of everyone.
In the evening, when the setting sun poured over the surface, only some first-year members were left on the Qingdao outdoor training ground, and the rest of the players had already left.
This day is an extremely meaningful day for everyone at Qingdao High School!!