Fukushima's third shot looked like a good shot right in the heart at first glance. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but halfway through the flight, the ball began to deflect in the low direction of Li Yuanrang's outer corner.

Li Yuanrang started with a slight backward stroke, but quickly relented and watched the baseball deflect out of the good zone.

"Is this a change ball?"

Li Yuanrang asked.

"It's a curveball."

Yabe passed the ball directly back to the pitcher and didn't say anything about the ball's decision.

In actual combat situations, this kind of ball is the way to trick the hitter out of the bat, if you are not fooled, the ball will be obviously deflected, and it will become a bad ball with no controversy.

Ichihei Fukushima is not a pitcher who is good at throwing the ball, although it is said that both the slider and the curveball can be thrown, but neither of them can be used as a deciding ball.

Because of the subtle pitching habits, Fukushima's change ball is not bad, but the ball starts to turn early, and experienced players can easily see the difference between a straight ball and a change ball.

Lee Wonrang is certainly not an experienced player. The reason why the ball was not deceived is actually very simple. He remembered that it was a test of picks rather than hits, so he kept an eye on the ball's trajectory until the end of the day when he approached home plate before deciding whether to hit or not.

About this, Yabe, who has been squatting beside him, is also somewhat aware of it. As for Li Yuanrang's future potential in terms of strikes, Yabe has his own set of ideas.

To verify this, the fourth ball is still paired with a change ball.

It's an inside corner high ball, or rather an inside corner that's coming straight for the strike zone. Then start turning to the right.

Li Yuanrang kept adjusting the position of his left leg, and his striking posture was already out of shape.

An instinctive reaction drove him to run away. But his eyes kept on the incoming ball, and he rationally judged that this ball would not hit him.

The ball turned into the good ball area not far in front of home plate. Li Yuanrang began to swing the bat. By the time the ball came into contact with the bat, it had almost flown over home plate.

Inadvertently, Li Yuanrang made a push. The white ball flew between first and second base and landed. In official games, the ball should be able to be picked up by the second baseman, but if the swing is a little more powerful enough to get the ball over the infielder's head, it will likely be a hit.

"Is this a deliberate shot that is so scary?"

Li Yuanrang, who was scared of beads of sweat, turned his head with his bat in both hands and asked Yabe beside him. Yabe stood up and took off the catcher mask, smiling and patting him on the shoulder with the catcher's glove.

"Don't worry, Fukushima's possession is fine."

The ball speed is not first-class, and the change ball is not sharp enough, and the biggest capital of a pitcher is actually ball control.

This ball control comes from Fukushima's steady underhand and strong arm muscles. Under the premise of sufficient physical strength, these muscles can ensure that the pitching posture will not collapse. Therefore, a straight ball at the edge of the good ball area, although most of the time it is only a speed of more than 120 kilometers per hour, can still easily suppress the average high-level opponent.

As for the change ball, although the ball quality and trajectory are not good, but in a situation like the one just now, it will not miss the shot and become a touch ball.

In the following tests, Yabe reduced the number of variation balls and began to try to match the pattern of the hitters during the match, which was of course much more daring than the actual match match.

Li Yuanrang's judgment of good and bad balls is still very accurate, and there are no mistakes at all. However, in the face of Fukushima's straight ball, which was slightly faster than the ball machine, it repeatedly vibrated in the air.

Compared to machines, human pitching is still a little more difficult to hit.

On the other hand, in the face of the changing balls in the good ball area that occasionally appear in the ball menu, Lee rarely misses. I can touch the bat more or less, but I still can't hit a hit.

The wind was gradually blowing on the pitch, and a rain cloud was slowly approaching in the sky. Yabe was wearing catcher gear, but he could still feel the wind blowing towards home plate.

Before he knew it, Fukushima had thrown more than 60 balls on the pitcher's mound, many of which were fast straight balls that were close to his own extreme speed, and he probably wouldn't throw so many fast straight balls in a normal game. Although it seemed that he still had room to spare, in fact, his physical strength was almost half used.

In previous games, this was when Fukushima's possession began to decline.

After another speedball, Yabe made a secret signal to ask for a curveball that fell from the inside corner high to the outside corner. The aim is to take advantage of the speed difference to make it more difficult for the hitter to judge.

Fukushima nodded, then lifted his left leg lightly and threw the ball out.

The moment he made the shot, he felt that the ball didn't feel right.

Sure enough, the trajectory was not changed enough, and there was a noticeable slowdown in the rear section.

It was a missed curveball, and by the time it hit base, it was almost in the middle of the good zone.

Li Yuanrang kept an eye on the ball and followed up until the end before swinging.

A solid "bang". The white ball drew a high arc and slowly flew towards the middle of the field.

The wind on the pitch made a "whining" sound.

And the ball ended up landing about ten meters in front of the home run wall, which was a natural range for the midfielders to catch.

The rain also fell at this time, and then quickly turned into a torrential downpour.

Whether it's a test or a practice, in this case you can only interrupt.

Li Yuanrang and the members of the baseball club hurriedly packed up their equipment and rushed into the department, and when they were turned into soup chickens.

He took a hot shower in the bathroom, threw his soaked jersey into the laundry basket, and changed back into the uniform he wore in class.

As soon as he got out of the locker room, Yabe had already changed into his school uniform and waited there.

"Good fight."

Yabe said.

"But there was still no hit."

"It's supposed to be a ball selection test, but in fact, the players in the usual ball selection practice hitting area don't even have to swing a stick."

"Then why do you want me to swing the bat?"

"I guess Fukushima-senpai wants to see how far you can hit with your own instincts."

Li Yuanrang nodded after listening to Yabe's answer, and then looked around, there was no one else except the two of them.

"What about the others?"

"I've disbanded and gone home."

"Then I'll go back too."

Li Yuanrang picked up his schoolbag and prepared to go home.

"Why don't you replenish HP?"

Yabe pulled out two meal coupons and shook them.

The owner of the curry shop "Shibanya" in front of the school is a head coach of the baseball club more than 10 years ago.

However, this boss is not the kind who cooks curry himself in the back kitchen, but the CEO of a chain of food companies. Although the team was also defeated for the second time, he has been the patron of the baseball club for several years.

In Tokyo, there are more than a dozen shops in Shibanya. And the one in front of the school is the nominal main store. The baseball club can receive a lot of meal tickets from this store every month.

Li Yuanrang munched on the tonkatsu in a big gulp, while Yabe on the opposite side slowly mashed the croquettes with a spoon and mixed them with the curry sauce.

"Did I pass the test today?"

When Li Yuanrang asked a question, he was still chewing something in his mouth.

"There's no question of passing or not passing."

Yabe took a sip of Calpis soda and replied.

The original purpose of today's test of Li Yuanrang was just to have an opportunity to understand the basic qualities of the new players. So there was no passing line at the beginning.

"But I think you have to be prepared."

"What mental preparation?"

"Starting tomorrow, maybe there will be ...... Fierce special training. ”