Diamond No Ace: The Strongest Hitter Has Arrived

"Pop!"

"Strike!"

The Seido High School Baseball Team had just sent up a first-year batter, who had no time to react to Narumiya Mei's pitch.

He just stood there foolishly, watching the baseball fly past him.

Although the fans in the stands didn't believe this first-year newcomer could change anything for the team, they instinctively became nervous when they saw this scene.

There weren't many offensive opportunities left for the Seido High School Baseball Team in this game.

If this newcomer didn't perform at all, then the Seido High School Baseball Team might very well…

Jinguuji himself had no way to worry about the concerns of the fans and his teammates at the moment.

He was fully immersed in his confrontation with Narumiya Mei.

As expected of the Spring Koshien champion pitcher, the pitcher he most wanted to defeat outside of school, ranked first.

He's really strong.

Standing in the batter's box, truly feeling Narumiya Mei's power, did not make this only fifteen-year-old boy shrink back.

On the contrary, Narumiya Mei ignited Jinguuji's ambition and fighting spirit. Jinguuji was more focused now than ever before.

When Narumiya Mei threw his second pitch, Jinguuji no longer remained silent. He accurately judged the trajectory of the flying baseball and swung his bat directly.

"Whizz!"

When this first-year batter swung his bat, the catcher and umpire nearby could clearly hear the sound of the bat cutting through the air.

Just by listening to this sound, they knew.

This boy's swing definitely had a certain level of skill. This was by no means something that could be achieved with two or three years of practice.

"Ping!"

The bat struck the baseball, and although it didn't hit the sweet spot, it still sent the ball out.

"Pop!"

The baseball landed foul.

The Seido supporters, who originally didn't have much confidence in this first-year newcomer who had just entered the game, suddenly felt as if they had been slapped in the face.

But this time, the feeling of being slapped in the face was different from before.

This time, they were in pain but also happy.

"Go for it!"

"The first-year kid is quite capable."

In the Seido High School Baseball Team's dugout, the teammates also didn't expect this first-year junior to be so impressive.

One by one, they started to walk out of the dugout to cheer on their junior.

On the pitcher's mound, Narumiya Mei's expression became colder than before. He changed his playful attitude and became incredibly serious.

Facing the excellent first-year newcomer, Narumiya Mei threw his third pitch.

Jinguuji, who had already found his hitting rhythm, accurately judged the incoming baseball and swung decisively.

This time he was confident that if he could make contact with the ball, he could hit it into the field.

As for whether the ball hit into the field would be caught out?

That would depend on luck.

Got it.

Jinguuji saw the direction of the incoming baseball; he was confident he could hit the ball out.

However.

Just before the bat was about to hit the baseball, the baseball suddenly dipped. Although Jinguuji saw it, his body couldn't react in time, and he could only continue to swing due to inertia.

"Pop!"

Ultimately, the bat swept over the baseball about one ball's distance above it, failing to make contact.

"Strike!"

"Strikeout!"

The substitute first-year batter had just shown a bit of performance in the batter's box before being cleanly struck out by the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team's pitcher.

This incident was a very heavy blow to the Seido High School Baseball Team.

Ochiai sighed with some regret.

"It's still a bit too early to let Jinguuji hit Narumiya Mei's pitches now."

He's still too green.

But Ochiai also understood Kataoka.

After all, the Seido High School Baseball Team currently had no other options.

Jinguuji couldn't hit this pitch. Sakai, whom he replaced, would have had an even harder time.

One out, no runners on base.

The Seido High School Baseball Team players were not allowed to slowly lick their wounds.

The Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team's offense came again.

Even though they were currently on defense, it felt as if they were on offense.

This was not an illusion; anyone present could clearly perceive it.

For the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team, they only needed to get the remaining five outs to win.

As for offense, they hadn't considered it for the time being.

"Let's just win this game first…"

There were still nearly two months until the Summer Tournament.

This amount of time was neither long nor short.

The Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team players were confident they could use this time to study Zhang Han's pitching.

So, there was no need to consider anything else now, just win the game.

Their aggressive pitching style also affected the batters on the Seido High School Baseball Team.

Kuramochi puffed out his cheeks, his eyes locked on Narumiya Mei. He wouldn't let any easy-to-hit pitch go by.

But unfortunately, he was destined to be disappointed. Narumiya Mei, in the final stages of the game, gave him no chance to retaliate.

"Strike!"

"Strike!"

"Strike!"

"Strikeout!"

As if to specifically respond to the eight strikeouts Zhang Han had recorded.

Narumiya Mei recorded two consecutive strikeouts, updating his total strikeouts for today's game to twelve.

It should be noted that by the eighth inning, he had only recorded 23 outs in total, including the two outs he just got.

Of these, more than half were strikeouts.

Such a performance made it impossible not to turn heads.

Two outs, no runners on base.

"Second batter, Kominato Ryosuke."

Stepping into the batter's box at this moment was Kominato Ryosuke.

Coach Kataoka decisively gave instructions as he stepped up to hit.

"Don't get struck out!"

It would be best to get a hit, but even if he couldn't, he absolutely could not be struck out again.

Otherwise, the momentum of the game would be firmly set in favor of the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team.

Even if Zhang Han performed well on the pitcher's mound, it might ultimately be in vain.

Kominato Ryosuke nodded slightly after receiving the signal.

And this was not lost on Harada and Narumiya Mei.

On the field, when a player performs exceptionally well, his intuition is often sharper than usual.

Noticing this, Narumiya Mei unceremoniously chose to confront Kominato Ryosuke head-on.

He did not use a breaking ball, but rather a clean Fastball.

"Whoosh!"

The baseball instantly approached Kominato Ryosuke, looking as if it were hurtling towards his chest.

Kominato Ryosuke's expression was a little grim.

He took a slight step back and did not swing at this pitch.

"Pop!"

"Strike!"

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