"The Koshien Tokyo Players Championship that has exploded this summer is about to begin. As in previous years, this year's Tokyo Regional Budget Competition is divided into two divisions, the East and the West, and each division has only one player quota! And currently, the final

The team that is attracting attention is this year’s dark horse Chiyoda. Director Miyazawa, what do you think of Chiyoda’s upcoming games?”

"Ah... how should I put it? Meeting an opponent like Tokai Osuo in the first game, I'm afraid Chiyoda's situation is not good!"

"Hey, that means you are not optimistic about Arata in this match?"

"Arata's straight ball is indeed very powerful, but he lacks professional training and his current golf course is still very immature. In addition, he has encountered opponents before, except for Feng Yu, who basically did not cause him much trouble, so he can

It can be said that reaching this point is partly due to his ability, and partly due to luck.

That's a big reason. As for their opponent, Tokai Ohsugao! Currently, three players have been named by professional teams, and these three players are all hitters. The hitting line they formed, even if they are placed in Koshien

I am also very optimistic about the finals, so...I am really not very optimistic about Chiyoda!"

"Then Arata's team is destined to lose this time, isn't it?"

"I can't say that at all. The reasons that affect victory in wild ball games are very complicated, and Koshien often stages counterattacks by weak teams. Theoretically, no matter how much the previous game loses, it can be recovered in the last game, so

…I’m looking forward to Chiyoda’s performance in this game…”

As Miyazawa Eiji chatted with the host of Channel Asahi in front of the camera, the scene finally moved to the bullpen near the game scene. At this time, Arata was warming up with his partner and the sidelines and even outside the field were crowded.

A large number of spectators came to watch the game.

This is the treatment of the Koshien Nishi Tokyo Conference. Whether it is the playing field or the audience, it is incomparable to previous games. At this time, the Chiyoda players have put on brand new uniforms. One by one, they are standing on the sidelines.

, watching the opponent's movements.

"Look, those are the three guys over there. The tallest one is Moto, who has already been nominated by the Hokkaido Ham Fighters. The rest are Toki and Takuma. They will go to Yakult Swallows after graduation.

!”

"It's so powerful. It doesn't look like it's easy to deal with. Arata can handle the three of them by himself, can he?"

"It should be no problem! Is there any pitcher in Koshien who can throw a ball speed of 160?"

"But didn't Kiyota of Toyotama receive a pitch from Arata before?"

…

Just as everyone was discussing in an uneasy mood, the game finally started. Players from both sides began to gather near home plate and greeted each other. Then the referee determined the team that would attack first.

"In the first game, Tokai Osugi will attack first!"

Following the referee's announcement, everyone on the Chiyoda team dispersed and ran to their respective positions. Arata returned to the dugout and got his pitching glove from Director Ushijima.

"Arata, you have to dare to compete with your opponent in a moment. It's easy for the opponent to see through your blind straight ball!"

"I understand the supervision, I will try to throw the slider I have been practicing these past few days!"

After Arata finished speaking, he trotted back to the pitcher's mound. He picked up the magnesium powder on the pitcher's mound and applied it to his left hand. Then he put on his glove and waited silently for the game to start.

The first player to appear was Tokai Ohsugeo's strong hitting ability. Although Arata didn't know what his opponent was so good at, he still took a deep breath and then carefully threw a straight shot that he was good at.

"Whoa!"

"Crack!"

The ball was a clean one, and the opponent didn't make any swinging motion!

"nice shot!"

Upon hearing the referee's announcement, there was a burst of warm applause from the sidelines, and Arata breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.

When Ono passed the ball to Arata's hands again, Arata planned to repeat the same trick and hit the strike count with a straight ball again.

"Whoa!"

"when!"

With the sound of metal hitting, Chiyoda suddenly became confused and watched the ball fly high. But at this moment, the base referee raised his hand to indicate that the ball was out of bounds!

"nice shot!"

"call!"

It was a false alarm, but Arata unexpectedly found that his clothes were soaked. He wiped the sweat in confusion, and then sighed helplessly:

"Sure enough, I'm still too nervous! Relax, a quasi-professional hitter isn't a fussy guy!"

When he got the ball again, Arata silently stood on the pitcher's mound. He subconsciously glanced at Ushijima-senpai, but saw him clenching his fist and nodding firmly to him. After feeling a little calmer,

Arata then remembered what Ushijima-senpai said before going on the field.

Arata silently recited the secret of sliding the ball in his mind, and then silently adjusted his hand pattern behind his back. The reason why he hid behind his back was because he was afraid that the attacker would see through his path. When he was ready, he followed the previous signal and silently

He raised his foot and kicked the mound under his feet twice.

When Ono saw this in the distance, he silently raised his glove a little and helped Arata point out the edge of the strike zone.

"call!"

Arata let out a long breath, then raised his legs and took a step forward. Then his whole arm was like a medieval trebuchet, throwing the ball in his hand with all his strength.

"Crack!"

As the audience burst into exclamation, I saw Bengai, who was standing in the batter's box, suddenly kneeling on the ground and lowering his head. Then he saw the wild ball hit the baffle outside the stands hard. Ono noticed that something was wrong and hurriedly

He turned around to pick up the ball and wanted to pass the ball, but saw that Ben was already approaching first base, so he could only cross first base and pass the ball to second base with a straight pass!

"The pitcher explodes!"

Seeing that the ball almost hit his own player, the supervisor Tokai Ohsuge immediately rushed out of the bullpen and pointed at Arata and complained to the referee.

"That kid did it on purpose, he was killing people!"

"Calm down, it was just a mistake!"

…

"I'm so sorry!"

Arata stood on the pitcher's mound a little ashamed, and solemnly saluted Honara who was standing at first base. Just now, he wanted to throw the inside corner ball, but in the end the ball flew uncontrollably towards Honara's head.

Fortunately, the other party dodged in time, otherwise he would have been sent to the hospital.

…

Seeing a dangerous scene on the court, the host sitting in the studio quickly asked Miyazawa Eiji for advice:

"Supervisor, what do you think of that shot just now!"

"How should I put it? I believe Arata just did it unintentionally, but the shot just now looked a bit weird, I think I'd better take another look before talking about it!"

"Look again?"

…

Miyazawa Eiji, who was sitting in the studio, looked puzzled at this time, and Ushijima on the sidelines also had a puzzled expression.

"A Cai, was that ball recorded just now?"

"It was recorded, what happened?"

"let me see!"

Ushijima took the video recorder and hurriedly returned to the previous time and watched Arata's pitch again!

"How did this ball get thrown? Why is it so weird!"
Chapter completed!