At 11 a.m., Taro Fukuda, a batter in his hand, waved his bat, stood on the batting area, and made a posture of waiting for the blow.

"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"

Kawakakushi caught the baseball thrown by Nagashi Fukuda, stood up, and when he heard the sound of the air raid siren, he raised his leg and stepped forward, twisted his waist and abdomen, and threw the baseball in his hand with the flick of his arm when the center of gravity of his body leaned forward.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the first game of the semi-finals, with this pitch from Ken Kawakaku, the match between Seido and Yokohama officially began.

……

“Strike out.“

"Strike out in the air! Yokohama's ace Kawakaku-kun, as soon as he came up, he knocked out the batter Fukuda-kun of Aodo with three balls and three strikes. ”

In Yokohama's rest area on the third base side, Yokohama's supervisor watched Ken Kawakaku's pitch and put away his hands behind his back, obviously very satisfied with the performance of the ace.

"You should be able to get used to the pitching of the Qingdao ace in no time, and then you just need to follow our usual tactics."

"Use your blows to tell everyone that we are the strongest in the country!"

"Yes!" Yokohama's team members replied loudly.

On the field, Yokohama's catcher Fukuda Naga will give a secret to Yokohama's ace Ken Kawakaku.

After nodding in agreement, Kawakaku raised his arm high, and as the center of gravity of his body changed, he shook his arm, concentrated the strength of his whole body on his fingertips, and threw a baseball in his palm.

"Whew!"

The white baseball was like a white light that rushed straight to home plate.

"Huh!"

Kotaro Tojima, the second baseman of the Kimichi group, looked at the baseball that came from the pitcher's hill and quickly swung the metal bat in his hand.

"Bang!"

The baseball that came from the pitcher's mound and the bat wielded by Kotaro Tojima staggered over the home plate and fell into the holster of Yokohama catcher Nagamasa Fukuda.

“Strike.“

Nagamasa Fukuda stood up, took the baseball out of the case, flicked his arm, and passed it back to Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound.

Second ball, outside corner slide.

Kawakaku Ken looked at the code given to him by Nagashi Fukuda, nodded, and waved his arm to throw the baseball in his palm according to the code.

"Whew!"

Outside corners? This distance should be a bad ball. Tojima hesitated, letting the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound fly in front of his eyes, but did not wave the bat in his hand.

"Bang!"

“Strike.“

Fukuda will catch the outside corner slide from the pitcher's mound on the edge of the good ball area, and the referee will give a hand to signal that it is a good ball.

Precise ball control?

Kotaro Tojima glanced at Ken Kawakaku rather fearfully, then turned his head to look towards the rest area, and after getting a new code from Superintendent Kataoka, he raised his bat again and put on a posture of waiting for the blow.

"Whew!"

Don't hesitate to swing your stick with all your strength and shock Yokohama's ace with a powerful blow! Kotaro Tojima followed the code given to him by Superintendent Kataoka, and without the slightest hesitation, he vigorously swung the bat in his hand, and the swinging bat brought a gust of wind pressure above the home plate.

"Huh!"

The baseball that was speeding from the pitcher's mound was hit by an oncoming metal bat and flew out at a rapid speed.

"Ping!"

Nagasato Fukuda stood up immediately after the flying baseball was hit by Kota Tojima.

"Out of bounds!"

Fortunately, it was a throw-in, and Fukuda Naga turned around and asked the referee for a new ball to pass to Kawakakuchi, and after squatting again, he made a secret signal to Kawakaku.

"Whew!"

A baseball shot out of the pitcher's mound sprinted towards home plate.

This is?

Kotaro Tojima looked at the baseball that was rapidly deflecting towards the outside corner and waved the metal bat in his hand

However, the baseball suddenly fell before entering home plate, allowing the baseball to successfully brush the swinging bat and fall into the ball sleeve that Fukuda Nagashi had placed.

“out.“

It turned out to be a carter ball, and it was an outside corner slider! Yuki Tanaka could only reluctantly withdraw from the batting area with his bat and walked towards the rest area.

As the third baton of the Seido Yuki Tanaka and the second stick of Kotaro Tojima staggered by, they asked, "Was the last ball a slider?" ”

"It's not so much a slider, it's a carter ball that's very close to a slider, and the control of the landing point is really good enough! Very tricky. ”

"Only such an opponent has the meaning of defeating!" Yuki Tanaka dismisses Kotaro Tojima's complaints and runs towards the hitting area with his bat.

After saluting the referee, Yuki Tanaka walked into the batting area, moved his shoulders, swung his bat, and made a gesture of waiting for the blow, turning his head to look at Yokohama ace Ken Kawakaku, who was on the pitcher's mound.

Fukuda Nagasho glanced at the beater standing in front of him, and the other party's information flashed in his mind, and after thinking about the countermeasures, Fukuda Nagaga made a code to Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

Kawakaku flicked his arm, and the baseball flickered straight to home plate.

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

It's a pity that it didn't hit the center of the ball, it was a throw-in. Yuki Tanaka couldn't help but think about it after hitting the speeding baseball.

Nagashi Fukuda first looked at Yuki Tanaka, who had regained his footing on the batting area, before giving a code to Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

The ball seemed to fly towards the hitter's knee, and when it reached home plate, it fell diagonally down at a more inward angle, and Yuki Tanaka took a step back in an instinctive trend.

"Bang!"

“ball.“

After discovering that he couldn't deceive Yuki Tanaka's swing, Nagashi Fukuda began to change his strategy and asked Kawakakushi for some balls that were more central but not easy to play.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was swept off the sideline of first base by Yuki Tanaka, who waved the bat in his hand and re-established himself in the batting area.

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

Another throw-in.

"Whew!"

"Bang!"

“ball.“

I can't be consumed by Yuki Tanaka like this, and Fukuda Naga will make a new code to Ken Kawakaku on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

The baseball shot straight out of the pitcher's mound and headed straight for home plate.

Yuki Tanaka looked at the baseball speeding from the pitcher's mound and vigorously swung the bat in his hand.

"Huh!"

Yuki Tanaka's past bat was swept over home plate by one step before the baseball flew slowly into home plate and into the open cover of Yokohama catcher Nagashi Fukuda behind him.

"Bang!"

Variable speed ball?!

Yuki Tanaka didn't react much to this, after all, he already knew something about Kawakaku's pitching, and with the rotation of the seats, he believed that he would be able to knock Kawakaku's pitch flying.

“Strike out.“

"Three outs, offense and defense exchange.".

Shimiya Shirai, Yokohama, who returned to the Yokohama rest area, had already changed his protective gear, swung his bat, and walked to the side of the batting area.

Seichi's ace Jinguji stood on the pitcher's mound, and their catcher Kentaro Matsuda was pitching to warm up.