NOVEL NEXT Chapter 35: Round 3
Chapter 35: Round 3
“Wait a moment!”
Just when Chris was about to put on the catcher clothes, Sawamura took the initiative to stop him.
“What’s wrong?”
The lineup arrangement was agreed upon before. What does Sawamura mean when he asks a question at this time?
Chris’s mood is conflicted.
Could it be that he was hated by Sawamura?
Although the two got along well, the young Pitcher has always been more enthusiastic and proactive. But to be honest, the two have not been dealing with each other for a long time, and Chris doesn’t know much about Sawamura.
“Shisho!”
Sawamura first nodded respectfully to Chris, and then said, “The information you just told them should be what you observed and what I told you when I was practicing?”
“That’s right!” Chris does not deny this.
He vaguely knew what Sawamura wanted to do in this duel.
Sawamura needs a good opponent to verify his current strengths and weaknesses.
But a duel is never a fair one-on-one match. When Sawamura plays, he is facing a whole team’s line-up and unescapable intelligence network. So Chris wanted to see Sawamura’s strength after his intelligence was leaked.
“I understand your painstaking efforts, but since you are the one who collects intelligence and formulates tactics, it is inappropriate for you to be my catcher. The other party’s tactics are designated by you, so what’s the point of being a catcher?”
After speaking, Sawamura turned to look at Miyuki: “Partner, would you like to spend more time with me?”
“OK!”
Miyuki’s eyes narrowed into a slit.
In the previous fight, he was unwilling to lose. This time, it’s a fair fight!
Hearing Sawamura’s answer, Chris nodded in satisfaction.
That’s right, he formulated the attacking tactics, and then he cracked it by himself, which seemed unfair to the attacking party.
“Well, I’ll be the referee.”
In this game, Chris did not plan to play directly. He replaced Isashiki Jun as the referee.
“Hey, I just became a referee, and I was pretty good,” Isashiki said sternly.
In fact, for the ball just now, he also knew that there was a big difference between out-of-bounds and in-bounds. But you really can’t blame him. There is no line. How does he determine whether it is in-bounds or out-of-bounds? It is not an obvious Foul ball.
Although he thought so in his heart, looking at the eyes of Chris, Miyuki, and Sawamura, he was feeling a bit guilty.
‘These bastards, did they realize that?’
In the third round, the line-up arrangements for the third grade have already been determined. The first one is still Kominato Ryosuke, the second one is Yuuki Tetsuya, and the third one is Masuko Toru.
Seeing Ryosuke Kominato walking into the strike zone, Miyuki’s eyes sank.
This is the third time that Sawamura has played against Ryosuke Kominato. Such a fight is very dangerous.
After Ryosuke is Tetsu-san!
To be able to face off with all his heart, Ryosuke cannot be allowed to get a hit no matter what, and he has to find a way to deal with him.
Thinking about it, Miyuki gave Sawamura a Sign.
On the mound, Sawamura nodded, then pitched.
In Ryosuke’s mind, he recalled the information that Chris told him.
“Among all the balls Sawamura has now, the one that is most certain to take you down is the Straight ball. With such speed and power, even if the Ball position is sweeter, with your strength, it is difficult to hit the ball well. In addition to the Straight Fastball, Sawamura’s other ball paths can be entangled with based on your hitting skills. To avoid such a situation, they will not choose to throw more balls. Therefore, on the decisive ball, must be a Straight.”
“So, Let’s let the first two balls go and hit his Straight ball with the third!”
“But didn’t you say it’s hard for me to hit his Straight?”
“Yeah, it’s hard for you to hit well, but you can get that ball out of bounds.”
Um?
“As long as you can accurately aim under the baseball and swing the bat, let the ball rub your bat and fly back!”
“STRIKE!”
“STRIKE!”
After two consecutive balls without swinging, Miyuki gave Sawamura the signal for a Straight Fastball on the third ball.
On the mound, Sawamura nodded, then pitched.
Ping!
This time, Kominato swung the bat, and after the ball was hit, it rubbed the bat and flew into the river.
The Catcher and the Pitcher both looked very ugly.
Again!
Just like in Chris’s case, the last Pitch, Ryosuke, was aiming at the Straight Fastball Pitch.
“You used a Straight Fastball as the decisive ball because it was difficult for me to hit this ball. The plan is really good!”
Kominato Ryosuke bluntly mocked.
“Then I don’t know, will the next ball be a Straight Fastball? Guess I’m still aiming for a Straight Fastball?”
Ryosuke turned his head with a smile, looked at Miyuki, and said.
“Referee, he is provocative!”
Seeing Ryosuke like this, Miyuki directly complained.
Before Chris could say anything, Kominato’s expression became weird.
It was like he wanted to hit someone!
“Okay, don’t make trouble, play well.”
Chris smiled helplessly and said.
The mutual confrontation ended, but Miyuki was in a very bad mood.
Although he leads with two strikes, it may not be easy for him to deal with Ryosuke Kominato.
He has always been at a disadvantage in the battle of wits with Chris, which made Miyuki very depressed. He should know more about the data of third-year Batters, but why does he seem to be restricted everywhere?
“Time!”
At this time, Miyuki saw Sawamura’s signal for a timeout, he immediately called a timeout and ran up to the pitching mound.
“What’s wrong?”
“Is it difficult?”
Sawamura didn’t answer Miyuki’s question, but instead asked back.
The Catcher was taken aback for a while and looked at The Pitcher in confusion.
Sawamura said softly, “It’s because you get along normally that you understand the batter’s strength better, and you are even more concerned about Ryosuke-senpai’s skills and Chris-senpai’s wits. Because you can’t think of how to restrain them effectively. and even strike them out. And now in our situation, getting outs by defending, is inappropriate.”
Miyuki looked at Sawamura in disbelief.
He didn’t expect that Sawamura would understand his thoughts so well. In the past, he did not think that Sawamura was such a wise person.
“How do you know?”
Sawamura nodded and said frankly, “Because I am in the same situation too!”
EH!
Miyuki was at a loss for words!
Sawamura, like him, was troubled and could not do anything about it.
“Although I can’t think of a 100% solution to the batting method and pitch, but the game is like that. For the 1% chance, and 99% effort, sometimes it’s useless to think too much. it’s better to do it. From now on, do it step by step, he will entangle as he likes, and we will always find an opportunity.”
Just when Miyuki thought that Sawamura couldn’t think of a way, he heard such words.
That’s right, the flaws are found, and it doesn’t mean that they haven’t been found before.
“Okay!”
“Then let’s have a good duel with the Senpais of the third year.”
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