Chapter 16: The Battle of the Century (2-in-1)
In the stands of Jingu Stadium.
It was densely packed with spectators.
Everyone was looking for their seats, occasionally complaining about the people who were standing in front of them.
"How can there be so many people?"
"No way, the popularity of the Seongdo High School baseball team this year seems to be very high."
"It's understandable that a pitcher with a 150-kilometer super fast ball and a first-year rookie will be curious."
"I saw several groups of people, all with cameras, some of them wearing school uniforms."
"Not only in Tokyo, but also some teams from other parts of the country have also sent people to investigate the scene."
"It doesn't just look like Seongdo, but the Yakushi High School baseball team is also attracting attention."
If only the Seido High School baseball team gets attention.
People from other places wouldn't have rushed over anyway.
Now, they are also holding regional competitions.
Before Koshien was reached, not all teams had the leisure to care about the lives and deaths of schools in other areas.
But even so, there were still people from other places.
This shows that the performance of the Seido High School baseball team and Yakushi High School baseball team still makes those teams with a high probability of making Koshien feel threatened.
And it's that kind of huge threat.
Even those people have a hunch that these two teams may have an impact on Daocheng Industry.
The players of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School are now sitting firmly in the stands.
After noticing the performance of the audience, they didn't realize it at all.
At this time, the attention of the players of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School has been attracted by the upcoming game.
"It's so hot!"
Carl Ross muttered dissatisfiedly.
The crowd around is undoubtedly a reminder to the players of the baseball team of Daocheng Industrial High School.
How many people now think that their Daocheng Industrial High School baseball team may capsize in the gutter.
It doesn't matter if these fans support Seongdo or Yakushi.
Who do they think will make it to Koshien?
That's all contempt for Daocheng Industry.
"What if there are a lot of spectators, only a very small number of people really understand baseball."
Cheng Gongming disdainfully opened his mouth.
As a showy teenager, in a game they didn't participate in, there was such a grand occasion in front of them.
To say that Cheng Gongming has no idea at all in his heart, it must be a lie.
He didn't look good at it, and he really wanted to do something
But what can he do?
Two semi-finals, one before and one after.
When the game between the Seido High School baseball team and the Yakushi High school baseball team is over, it will be their turn to play.
In this case, even if you have any thoughts in your heart, it will have to wait until the field is on.
If not, wouldn't that be equivalent to a disgrace to Daocheng Industrial High School?
In addition to ordinary fans and scouts from multiple teams, there were also some reporters at the scene.
They came from three magazines, two newspapers, and a television station.
No doubt.
This is the battle of the century that everyone has been waiting for!
In the past, even if the two giants of Nishitokyo played each other, there was no such grand occasion.
It is not difficult to see from this.
This year's Seido High School baseball team and Yakushi High School baseball team are so much anticipated.
The players of the Yakushi High School baseball team were also taken aback when they first walked into the court from the locker room.
"It's huge!"
Akiba held her head high in disbelief.
When he used to come to Jingu Stadium, he watched the game from the stands, and this was the first time he watched this stadium inside Jingu Stadium.
The field, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people, looks like a basin. Especially when you look up from inside the stadium, the picture is spectacular.
Coupled with the spectators in the stands now, I am afraid that the number of people has exceeded 20,000.
There are more than 10,000 people, and there is no boundary
From the perspective of the friends of the Yakushi High School baseball team, the surrounding stands are already full, and there are spectators everywhere.
"How spectacular is this?"
"Haha, it's just like this to be worthy of this genius!"
Mishima looked particularly excited.
He opened his arms as if to embrace the entire court.
"Ka, haha, hahaha!
! ”
Even Thunder City, which has always been bad at words and more introverted, was extremely excited at this time.
Although the opponent is not bad.
But the friends of the pharmacist high school baseball team were not scared at all.
They give people the feeling that they are even a little eager to try.
"It is worthy of the pharmacist high school baseball team, and it is worthy of being the strongest dark horse in history! You guys are the best! ”
"Thunder City!"
"Li Lei!
”
From time to time, there was a voice from the stands calling for Thunder City, or calling for Li Lei.
After the previous few games, both of them have gained a lot of fans.
Even if they want to play against Seido, one of the three giants in western Tokyo, the fans' support for them is as good as ever.
Li Lei was very emotional.
He waved his hand at the sides of the stands as a response to the fans' expectations of him.
"Li Lei, he's become a baseball star."
In the rest area of the Seido High School baseball team.
Their main players have also walked out of the locker room one after another.
When they came out of the locker room, the little friends in the stands who supported the Qingdao High School baseball team also broke out into huge cheers.
The core position of its cheerleading team is all wearing the school uniform of Qingdao High School.
It's not like the players on the Yakushi High School baseball team are ignored at school. The players of the Qingdao High School baseball team, even in their own school, are proper stars.
In this semi-final, many students from Qingdao High School spontaneously ran to cheer for the players of the Qingdao High School baseball team.
Of course, there are also those players from the second and third armies.
Most of the players on the Yakushi High School baseball team stay in the rest area. Those who didn't get a place were just a few first-year newcomers.
For example, Li Lei's friend Mitsuhashi.
He now obediently sits in the stands, giving players on the pharmacist high school baseball team and being a cheerleader.
Because of the small number of players, there is no way for these players on the baseball team of Yakushi High School to form a scale.
Naturally, there is no way to make any noise.
But the players of the Qingdao High School baseball team and the second and third armies are different.
There were 20 people in the Second Army, and dozens in the Third Army.
It doesn't add up to 100, but there are also 80.
With so many young lads gathered together, the momentum was not small.
Not to mention that there are also classmates from Qingdao who come to cheer for the baseball team.
There are hundreds of people wearing Qingdao High School uniforms alone.
With them at the core, plus a bunch of die-hard supporters of the Seongdo High School baseball team.
The momentum is very scary!
Not to mention the orchestra and cheerleaders.
The battle of the Qingdao High School baseball team makes the players of the Yakushi High School baseball team envious one by one.
But they had nothing to think of other than envy.
The players of the pharmacist high school baseball team are envious of Qingdao's popularity, and the players of the Qingdao high school baseball team are also envious of Li Lei.
At the end of the day, the Seido High School baseball team has so many fans.
In addition to their own excellent performance, there is also a very important reason, which is because they are from Qingdao.
It looks like a big Aodo die-hard supporter.
There are a lot of them in it, and they are not there to cheer for a certain Seido High School baseball team player, they just support Seongdo.
Li Lei and Thunder City are different.
Although some of the fans who came to cheer them on were because of the excellent performance of the pharmacist, I want to see if they can continue to create miracles?
But more than that, it is simply to appreciate Li Lei and Thunder City's brilliant performance on the court.
It made them eager to take a look.
What is the limit of the two?
When they face the top national giants Qingdao, what kind of performance can they have?
After the players of the two teams came on the field, they basically did not greet each other much, and at the signal of the referee, they came to the center of the court and stood in two rows.
"Please advise!"
"Please advise!
! ”
As they saluted each other, the match between the two sides officially began.
"Summer Koshien preliminaries, Nishitokyo semifinals game 1, Seido High School baseball team vs. Yakushi High school baseball team, start now!"
With the referee's whistle.
The competition has officially begun.
After guessing the boxing, the Yakushi High School baseball team attacked first, and the Seido High School baseball team defended.
The players of the Seido High School baseball team returned to the rest area, changed into their guarded equipment, and appeared one after another.
The starting pitcher they sent out today was Akira Tsukitani.
The first-year rookie pitcher Xiao Gu is more than 180 centimeters tall, giving people the feeling of being very tall. Although the muscles on his body are not prominent, he is definitely not the skinny type.
The body shape of Tsuki Gu is very well-proportioned.
There was no superfluous expression on his face, and there were few words.
But it's strange that after such a player stood on the pitcher's mound, it gave the players of the Yakushi High School baseball team a lot of oppression.
Obviously, there is no joy or anger on his face, but the friends of the pharmacist high school baseball team can sense the strong fighting spirit on Xiao's body.
"Surprisingly easy to understand."
I watched the video of the game before Gu Xiao.
The friends of the pharmacist high school baseball team once thought that Xiaogu Gu, who had no expression on his face, was likely to be the same as Li Lei, the real ace of their team, and was an inscrutable guy.
But it wasn't until that guy actually stood on the pitcher's mound that the guys on the Yakushi High baseball team realized.
It's not that you can become Li Lei without an expression on your face.
Their team's true ace pitcher is destined to be a special case.
Xiao, who is also expressionless, can easily show his fighting spirit.
It won't be like Li Lei, which is incomprehensible.
In the first half of the first inning, the Yakushi High School baseball team attacked.
The first to stand in the strike zone was the first bat, the shortstop, Akiba.
Because of Akiba's outstanding performance on the court, he is now basically the offensive engine of the Yakushi High School baseball team.
The team has high hopes for him.
Whether it is in the rest area or in the stands, there are many people cheering for the autumn leaves.
"If you see the fight, the other party is just a first-year rookie player, you don't want to lose to him."
"What a 150km fast ball, it's just an accidental explosion, his ball speed is not that fast all the time."
"Let's get out!"
There was a lot of noise in the stands.
Closer, Akiba heard.
As for those who are a little farther away, in Akiba's ears, there is not even a sound.
Jingu Stadium is so big that the distance between the last row of spectators and Akiba is at least a few dozen meters away in a straight line.
How could he have heard?
But even if he didn't hear what the other party said, Akiba could guess eight or nine.
Everyone must be hoping that he will be able to hit the ball.
But the question is, which is so easy
If the first-year pitcher of the Qingdao High School baseball team is really that easy to deal with.
How could his fame be so loud?
How could he be a big problem for so many teams?
"Can't be careless."
"Observe the opponent's pitch first, make a decisive shot if you have the opportunity, and if you can't find an opportunity, you should also consume the opponent's pitch as much as possible."
The lineup of the Qingdao High School baseball team, the pharmacist high school baseball team, has already guessed it.
In the face of such a fierce confrontation.
If they were the overseer of the Seido High School baseball team, who would be sent first?
The answer is obvious.
inevitably, it can only be the valley Xiao.
Although there are several excellent pitchers on the Seido High School baseball team, who has the most explosiveness?
Who can deliver the most shocking results?
There is no doubt that it is Xiaogu Xiao.
With such a magic weapon in hand, it is such a crucial game.
How could the Seido High School baseball team let go of such an opportunity?
In fact, the supervision of the Qingdao High School baseball team was arranged in this way.
He sent Gu Xiao on the field in an attempt to take the lead.
Hiroshi Shibuyani on the pitcher's hill began to pitch officially after a few warm-up shots.
I saw him step out, and as the center of gravity of his body shifted, the baseball in his hand was also thrown.
When Descending Gu Xiao waved his arms, there was even a sound of breaking the air.
His explosiveness is too strong!
Perhaps it is precisely for this reason that Xiaogu can soar his ball speed to that point.
At the moment of throwing the ball, the two fingers of Yugu Xiao seemed to be pressing the weight of his whole body.
"Boom!"
The loud roar startled the autumn leaves in the strike zone.
Looking at the past from his point of view, the baseball thrown over it was like some unknown little monster.
Instantly appeared in front of him.
Akiba gritted his teeth and watched the baseball keep approaching, forcibly restraining his urge to swing the bat.
He watched as the baseball flashed before his eyes.
"Smack!"
"Good shot!
”
Just one goal caused an uproar in the stands.
Many fans who watched Gu Xiao for the first time had a look of disbelief on their faces.
"Is this guy really a first-year freshman?"
"How could his pitching be like that?"
"What's the ball speed?"
"This is Jingu Stadium, don't you know how to watch the big screen?"
The facilities at Jingu Stadium are state-of-the-art, and it is a venue used by professional teams to match.
Not only can it accommodate tens of thousands of spectators, but it will also electronically display the position of the baseball pitch and the speed of each ball.
"150.5 km"
"The first ball, more than 150 kilometers?"
Everyone couldn't believe the result.
A first-year rookie pitcher who is able to soar ball speeds of over 150 kilometers on the field.
It's already unbelievable.
Akira Shibuyani of the Qingdao High School baseball team not only soared the ball speed to this point, but also the first goal!
How can one not be suspicious?
They looked at the tall player standing on the pitcher's mound, and their hearts were filled with doubts.
"Is he really a first-year rookie?"
Not only were the fans in the stands taken aback, but the friends in the rest area of the pharmacist high school baseball team were also looking at each other at this time.
Although they were all mentally prepared before the start of the game.
But when I actually played against the Seido High School baseball team, I really saw the pitching of Akira Tsukitani on the pitcher's mound.
The friends of the pharmacist high school baseball team were still shocked.
"Whose pitcher is this? How can it be so scary? ”
You know, the players on the Yakushi High School baseball team are not the same as everyone else.
Because there are a lot of first-year monsters on their team, the players of the Yakushi High School baseball team, it is much easier to accept the fact that the first-year players are super strong than others.
But even so, the friends of the pharmacist high school baseball team still feel unbelievable.
How is it really possible to master such a powerful pitch in a first grade?
It's just a joke.
But whether they believe it or not, it's true.
In the rest area of the Seido High School baseball team, the players had a relaxed look on their faces.
Fortunately, Gu Xiao stabilized at first.
Only Miyukikazuya of the Seido High School baseball team had a little doubt in his eyes.
He glanced thoughtfully at Autumn Leaves.
Although they got a good ball in the end, Miyuki Kazuya was faintly uneasy in his heart.
Normal people are generally difficult to resist not swinging the stick in the face of the kind of powerful and terrifying pitch thrown by Gu Xiao.
If they don't swing the bat, they will have a feeling of being crushed.
Akiba, who played the first baton on the Yakushi High School baseball team, resisted the urge to swing his baton?
"Were you scared, or were you prepared?"
Yukiichi also has the heart to test a ball.
Let Tsukiya Xiao throw the ball to the sideline of the good ball, it doesn't matter if it's a good ball or a bad ball.
But it's a pity that his requirements are too high, and it is impossible for Gu Xiao to do it.
It is not easy for Xiaogu to accurately throw the ball into the good ball belt.
"Come on!"
It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.
Yukiichi is also at this time, and he can only choose to compromise. Let Akira continue to pitch at his own pace.
"Boom!"
Akira Tsukiya on the pitcher's mound, after receiving the code, also unceremoniously threw the ball in his hand.
His fighting spirit is as strong as ever.
Akiba, who had been silent, saw a baseball flying. He stepped out, lowered his body's center of gravity, grabbed the bat with both hands, and hit it hard.
At this moment, Akiba even used the strength to feed herself.
"Ping!"