At 9:50 a.m. on April 29, although it was only the semi-finals of the Tokyo Metropolitan University Wild Ball Tournament in the spring, the match between Qingdao and Daocheng Industrial still attracted many interested spectators, including reporters.

On the first base side of the field, Superintendent Kataoka crossed his hands in front of his chest and gave his final instructions to the people of Seido: "Inagi Industry is our old opponent, whether it is striking or guarding, their shortcomings will rarely be exposed. Playing with your heart is a preview of the National High School Wild Ball Player Gonnishi Tokyo Conference, and you can't take a fluke and do your best to win them! ”

"Yes!" Qingdao everyone responded loudly, and then walked to the edge of the field to line up, under the referee's signal, Qingdao and Daocheng Industrial players rushed to the field together, after bowing to each other, Daocheng Industrial players all retreated, leaving only a stick ready to hit the field, waving the metal bat in their hands outside the hitting area, waiting for the official start of the game.

At 9:57 a.m., after the senior of Jinguji finished the warm-up, Daocheng Industrial stood on the batting area with a stick; A minute later, as the air raid sirens sounded, Qingdao pitcher Jinguji threw the first ball of the game with a wave of his arm.

"Buzz-buzz-buzz-"

"Whew!"

Keisuke Kawanishi, a second-year student at Inagi Kotsu, actively swung the bat in his hand, but it was a little higher and staggered past the baseball flying from the pitcher Mouka.

"Huh!"

"Bang!"

“Strike.“

Keisuke Kawanishi swung his bat and once again struck a posture waiting for the blow.

Kentaro Matsuda, a Seichi catcher crouched behind home plate, glanced at the Inari Kogyo hitter in front of him, and made a code to Jinguji Temple on the pitcher's mound, and moved the whole person a little more outwards before opening his ball sleeve and waiting for the pitcher's pitch.

Jinguji, who was standing on the pitcher's mound, nodded, raised his hand and twisted his waist, stepped forward, and shook his arm to throw the baseball out of his hand.

"Whew!"

Keisuke Kawanishi stared closely at the movements of the pitcher, looking at the baseball rushing straight from the pitcher's hill, and vigorously waved the metal bat in his hand.

"Pong!"

In addition to the crisp sound of the baseball scurrying from the pitcher's mound hitting the metal bat, the powerful impact from the palm of the palm made Keisuke Kawanishi grit his teeth and squeeze the baseball that he hit outward.

"Whew!"

"Smack!"

The baseball flew backwards in the direction of first base, flew some distance and landed outside the touchline of first base.

"Out of bounds!"

Keisuke Kawanishi moved his hands, took a few deep breaths, and exhaled slowly, waving the metal bat in his hand again. As a batter of the team, his responsibility is to test the depth of the opponent's pitcher, and he must play a few more balls, so that he can simply consume the number of balls in Jingu Teraichi, which can be regarded as achieving his goal of playing.

Kentaro Matsuda looked at Keisuke Kawanishi in front of him again, then placed the ball sleeve in the low area of the inside corner near the hitter's knee and signaled to Jinguji on the pitcher's mound.

"Whew!"

Looking at the path of the baseball flying from the pitcher's hill, Keisuke Kawanishi took a step back to avoid the bad ball thrown by Jingujiichi.

"Whew!"

Another quick straight ball in the low corner area, the tough ball path made Keisuke Kawanishi instinctively drive him to take another step back.

"Bang!"

"Bad ball!"

Two good balls, two bad balls.

"Whew!"

This time, the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was in the outer corner, and Keisuke Kawanishi could only take a step forward and swing the metal bat in his hand vigorously.

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

"Whew!"

"Huh!"

"Ping!"

"Out of bounds!"

Looking at the baseball that was swept away by himself, Keisuke Kawanishi turned his wrist, re-grasped the bat, and made a gesture waiting for the blow.

However, he was the first hitter, and he was entangled with seven balls by himself, so it is no wonder that Kataoka stressed to them before the game that they should not take Inagi Industry lightly.

Kentaro Matsuda thought for a moment before he made a code to Jinguji on the pitcher's mound, and then placed the ball sleeve in the outside corner near the edge of the good ball area.

Jinguji stood on the pitcher's mound and bent down to pinch the magnesium powder bag at his feet, then stood up straight and threw the baseball in his hand with a wave of his arm as requested by the catcher, which was a fast straight ball from the outside corner.

"Whew!"

Keisuke Kawanishi looked at the baseball speeding from the pitcher mound, and the ball seemed to deviate a little from the good ball area, is it a bad ball again? Wrong!

"Huh!"

Keisuke Kawanishi hurriedly swept the bat out in his hand, but unfortunately it was a step too late, and the baseball flying from the pitcher's mound flew smoothly over the home plate area and into Kentaro Matsuda's open ball cover.

"Bang!"

“Strike out.“

Keisuke Kawanishi glanced back, and the ball set that was placed on the edge of the good ball area and was judged by the referee to be good or bad, could only leave the hitting area in anger and unwillingness, and walked towards the rest area of Inagi Industry.

"Jinguji pitching?" Inajo Industrial No. 2 stick Koyanagi Ryumi, who was walking towards Keisuke Kawanishi, asked him.

"The ball is heavy, but it's not that it can't be hit." Keisuke Kawanishi replied to Koyanagi senior, who was staggered by.

"Got it." Ryumi Koyanagi nodded and walked towards the batting area at home plate.

After Koyanagi came on the field, he hit several throw-ins from Jingu Teraichi with his excellent hitting skills, and finally started to run the base by hitting a ball that was relatively easy to hit in the middle of the outside corner.

The baseball flying from the pitcher's mound was hit by a hitter and sprinted backwards towards the area between second and third base, and Koyanagi ran to first base as fast as he could, taking the lead in pounce on the first base before Aomichi's shortstop Taro Fukuda passed the ball back to first base.

“safe.“ The first base judge lowered his hands and signaled that the hitter had successfully reached base.

“yes!“

Ryushi Koyanagi, who got up from the ground, smiled and took off the protective gear on his body, handed it to his teammates who came to get something, and then patted the dirt on his body, walked a few steps in the direction of second base, and then bent down and propped his hands on his thighs, looking at home plate, looking like he might steal the base at any time.

"Three bats, first baseman, Higaki-kun."

On the radio, walking into the batting area was Hiroshi Hiragaki, a third-grader of Inagi Kogyo Kogyo 3.

"Whew!"

"Whew!".

"Ping!"

As a power hitter, Hiragaki Kojiro swept the baseball thrown by Jinguji with a wave of his arm, but unfortunately the timing of the swing was wrong, and he didn't hit the center of the ball, and swept the baseball outside the sideline of third base.