In the internal database of Kondo's Yuma's brain, Donald Hirata, who is ranked fifth in the Peace School today, should be a long-range cannon. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But whether it is strong enough to dodge and deal with it, he has not yet made up his mind.

Now that there are two runners on the base, Kondo is not too willing to take risks. The first ball was played with a bad ball from the outside corner. The purpose is to use the next direct attack on the inside corner as a foreshadowing.

Kenta Ohtani, the pitcher of the United team, is not bad at controlling the ball, but just now he has the experience of being sniped by Li Yuan to form a hit, and this shot is not very close to the good ball zone.

It was not what the throwing duo expected. Donald didn't hesitate to shoot, and the air flow created by the powerful swing seemed to be able to fan the red clay around home plate, but it didn't even touch the edge of the ball.

"Pause!"

Akio Yabe, who was standing in the third-base running area, noticed that Donald had begun a pattern of swinging a big stick at any ball. Hurriedly called a timeout.

"We're going to change the generation."

Yabe said to the referee.

"The superintendent should apply for a replacement fight."

The referee didn't see Yabe communicating with the nominal overseer, Mr. Sato.

"It's the overseer who wants to change the generation, you can ask him."

So the referee began to ask for Sato's opinion.

"Yabe-san, I said I want to change generations, right? Oh yes, that's it, let's change the generation! ”

"And who's going to play?"

The referee then asked.

"It's me who fights on my behalf."

Yabe ran back to the rest area and pulled a bat from the shelf. Start wearing helmets and protective gear.

Masaoka, the only English-speaking first baseman on the roster, ran to the side of the strike zone and explained the situation to Donald in a word.

Donald seemed a little unhappy that he was going to be substituted now, but he didn't object and honestly returned to the rest area.

"If you need a translator, let me help."

Yuma Kondo, who was crouching behind home plate, said to Akio Yabe, who had just stepped into the strike zone.

"We can handle it ourselves."

"It's not your supervision who advocates the replacement of generations, it's you, right?"

Kondo asked.

"I suddenly had the inspiration to strike."

"So you play a game before you change the generation?"

"No way, the inspiration came suddenly."

Akio Yabe suddenly called a timeout just now, but he wasn't actually worried that Donald would get a strikeout.

What he wants is to keep Donald's mystery alive for his next opponent. As for the match in front of him, he is confident that he can win it.

Kondo glanced at his opponent in the strike zone. Regarding Akio Yabe, he has some information in his hands. But most of them are in middle school.

Kondo knew that Yabe was not a strong striker, and his striking results were not stable. However, in the face of strong opponents, there are occasional over-level performances.

As for the ability to play long, it shouldn't be too outstanding in terms of height. Therefore, he decided to implement the strategy of throwing to his opponent.

The next ball is a straight ball that is low in the good ball zone. The intention is to hope that the opponent can play the infield and roll the ball to create the number of outs.

Akio Yabe let go of the ball and didn't swing his bat.

If you change the substitute play in the middle of the game, the number of balls of the previous player will be inherited, so now it is good and bad.

Despite the lead in the number of balls, Kondo did not intend to throw a bad ball that was inducing, and the next ball was still attacking the hitter in the low corner of the corner.

This time, Yabe didn't hesitate anymore, and swung his stick decisively as if he had been prepared for a long time.

The ball flew past the second baseman and landed behind him.

Lee Wonrang ran back to home plate before the return pass, and after Fukushima Ichihei scored on second base, he took advantage of the gap between the opposing second baseman to pass to home plate and went to third base.

Five to one, no one is out, there are runners on first and third base.

Now is a great time for the Peace Academy to widen the score gap. But the blow began to come to the back of the batter.

The sixth baton Honda strikeout was out, while the seventh batter Kawasaki's Uchino rolled the earth, although he went to first base, but caused Yabe to be blocked before second base.

Eighth, shortstop Tokuda is a newcomer to the baseball club with speed, flexibility and strength. What is lacking is only three years of systematic training in secondary school.

Faced with such a first-year player in the late baseball, the catcher of the Combine team, Yuma Kondo, instead began to guide the pitcher to throw the ambiguous bad ball on the edge of the good ball zone.

This was the consensus reached by Yuma Kondo and Kenta Ohtani during the short meeting on the pitcher's mound just now. In the face of players who may have the ability to play long on the other side, it is better to dodge and deceive the opponent to swing the bat, otherwise it is also planned to throw four bad guarantees.

"Did the opponent's pitcher suddenly lose control of the ball?"

Seeing Kenta Ohtani throw two bad balls in a row, Li Yuanrang, who had just run the base and scored back to the rest area, asked such a question.

"I think it's on purpose, I don't want to risk being beaten up."

Akio Yabe, who had just been banned from the game, also returned to the bench.

"Deliberately, to the eighth stick?"

"Probably...... I've been spotted by my opponent. ”

Arranging the Tokuda ball in the eighth batter is another tactic on the side of the Peace School before the game starts.

Although he didn't join the baseball club until long after the start of school, Tokuda's physical fitness is top-notch. Yabe and Fukushima called him "the ambush of the latter part of the club".

"In order to hide the muscles on this guy's arm, he also made him wear a loose long-sleeved liner."

Yabe pointed to Tokuda in the direction of the strike zone and showed it to Li Yuanrang.

"Wouldn't it be too cautious to use so many strategies against opponents in the first round?"

The two rookie players are used as ambushes and substitutes after hitting a goal. There are all sorts of other subtle arrangements. These tactics were only aimed at a combined team of three schools that could not get together the starting nine. Li Yuanrang felt that it was a bit of a fuss.

"In previous years, the Peace School was often eliminated directly at the first time, so it's not okay to plan it without care."

"Didn't you make it to the third round last year?"

"That's because last year's draw got a first-round bye. So it's just a win. ”

In the gap between Li Yuanrang's discussion with Yabe, the number of balls on the field has become one good and three bad.

The fifth ball is a clear bad ball from the outside corner. If you let go of this ball, Tokuda will be protected by four bad balls.

At this time, Tokuda chose to deliberately swing his stick in the face of the air.

“Strike！”

A swing at a bad ball is also a blow. So now it's a full ball count of two good and three bad.

Tokuda tries to induce the opponent to face him head-on in this way.

Kondo Yuma was unmoved.

The continuous clash with the pitcher on the last strike, which relied on the speed of the swing, and the strong force with which the infield rolled to first base, all showed the strength of the eighth-year.

Kondo still played a bad shot in the outside corner against the pitcher.

Tokuda Qiu'er understood the other party's intentions and stopped chasing. Put down the bat and walk to first base.

Next, the ninth stick of the Peace School appeared in the good situation of the base.

But the first shot hit a flying ball right above the catcher's head. Catch and kill out, offense and defense exchange.

As a result, Kondo Yuma is clearly the right choice not to go head-to-head with Tokuda.