Chapter 11: Maximum Pitch Speed

"Haha, you guy, you're getting serious, aren't you?"

After returning, Miyuki Kazuya draped his arm over Huangqian Yangyi's shoulder and asked.

"No."

"Stubborn. But this performance is already exaggerated; look at the others, they're all terrified of you," Miyuki Kazuya said.

Huangqian Yangyi looked around; invisibly, did he and Miyuki seem to have been isolated by the others?

Perhaps that wasn't entirely accurate, but in the eyes of the other First Years, the atmosphere between the two of them was hard for outsiders to break into.

This must be the sorrow of being a genius.

On the sidelines of the field, Ota, the Department Head, who was seeing Huangqian Yangyi pitch again, rubbed his hands in excitement. Powerful!

The feeling this pitch gave him was just that simple.

As the Department Head, he had worried himself sick over Seido these past few years, especially at the Pitcher position; Seido had always lacked a true ace capable of taking on a major responsibility and helping the team at critical moments.

And the arrival of Huangqian Yangyi undoubtedly meant that the biggest problem that had plagued Seido for years would be thoroughly resolved.

We can make it to Koshien, we can make it to Koshien!

Standing beside Ota were several girls; they were all Managers of the Baseball Club.

Third Year Jiantian Youxiang, Second Year Fujiwara Takako, and the newly joined Umemoto Sachiko and Natsukawa Yui.

"Takako, is he that pitcher you were talking about?" Jiantian Youxiang asked, gazing at Huangqian Yangyi's back.

"Yes, Senior, he is so amazing," Fujiwara Takako said.

"If the legends are true, perhaps this year, we really have a chance."

Jiantian Youxiang was not at school when Huangqian Yangyi first came to Seido, so she hadn't been able to see him Strikeout Yuki, Kominato, and Isashiki with her own eyes.

"We definitely will. He said it, this year he is going to lead Seido to win the Koshien championship," Fujiwara Takako said, clenching her fists.

"That ace declaration? I can't tell, you believe in him so much, love at first sight?" Jiantian Youxiang teased with a wicked smile.

"It's not like that, Senior."

Fujiwara Takako said, blushing with embarrassment. A moment later, she turned her head to look at Huangqian Yangyi, who was riding on Miyuki's back and patting him for some unknown reason.

"I just don't want to see everyone crying anymore."

Hearing this, Jiantian Youxiang also sighed deeply and said nothing more.

7:30 PM.

After finishing training, the First Year freshmen were all like wilted eggplants, their legs trembling one by one.

This was the training of the Seido High School Baseball Club: rigorous, professional, and desperate!

At dinner time, according to the rules of the Seido Baseball Club, everyone had to eat at least three large bowls of rice.

Unlike Miyuki, for whom it tasted like chewing wax, Huangqian Yangyi, who had possessed an abnormally large appetite since childhood, polished off a full 4 bowls.

"Yangyi, I have something I'd like to ask of you," Miyuki said, sneaking over with a sly grin.

"I'm a germaphobe."

"Hey, don't be so cold. We're partners, my business is your business," Miyuki said, not expecting to be rejected before he had even spoken.

"You eat slowly here, I'm going to find Senior Chris to help me catch."

"Wait for me!"

Returning to the dormitory, Senior Dong was nowhere to be found; he was probably off somewhere doing swing practice after dinner.

Senior Chris was studying at his desk, and Huangqian Yangyi hesitated for a moment.

"What's wrong? Do you need something from me?"

Chris turned his head, one hand resting on his chair.

"Hehe, I wanted to find Senior Chris to catch for me, but if you're studying, never mind. I'll just go find Miyuki and make do."

"Make do? You're quite extravagant," Chris said.

A dignified genius Catcher, someone other schools couldn't get even if they begged, was just a "make do" treatment for Huangqian Yangyi.

"Hehe."

"Let's go. I also happen to want to see how much you've grown over these past few months," Chris said, closing his book and taking his Catcher's mitt out of the locker.

"This, it wouldn't be good, delaying your studies because of me."

"It's fine, this is my own choice," Chris said.

Huangqian Yangyi nodded, "Then let's go."

At the Indoor Training Ground, the two had just reached the entrance when they heard the sound of a bat hitting a baseball from inside.

"Taishi! Put more spirit into it! Are you really content with having the ace number snatched away by a First Year brat!"

Huangqian Yangyi stood awkwardly at the entrance, neither entering nor retreating.

The person speaking was Dong Qingguo, and the pitcher opposite him was Seido's current ace, Third Year Nanjo Taishi.

Nanjo Taishi wore a bitter expression, and just as he was about to continue pitching, he noticed Huangqian Yangyi and Chris standing at the entrance.

Dong Qingguo put down his bat and looked at Chris, saying, "Why are you two here?"

"Practice," Chris said.

"Oh," Dong Qingguo glanced at Huangqian Yangyi.

Huangqian Yangyi smiled and said nothing; the atmosphere was somewhat awkward.

"Come on."

Chris patted his mitt and said.

Seeing this, Dong Qingguo also turned his head and shouted, "Nanjo, continue!"

Walking to the side, Chris stood in front of Huangqian Yangyi and said, "Don't mind what Senior Dong said, just do your own thing."

"I understand," Huangqian Yangyi nodded and said.

"Then let's begin, ten minutes of warm-up first."

Ten minutes later, Dong Qingguo and Nanjo Taishi had both stopped to rest, while over here, things had only just begun.

"Senior Dong, could you please help measure the pitch speed?" Chris handed a radar gun to Dong Qingguo.

"Sure, but I'm going to hit this kid's pitches later," Dong Qingguo said.

"I have no problem with that," Huangqian Yangyi said.

Chris put on his protective gear and returned to the Catcher's position to crouch down, "Yangyi, don't worry about control, throw with your maximum speed!"

"Alright," Huangqian Yangyi replied, looking at the baseball in his hand.

Even he himself didn't know what his maximum speed would be without considering control.

Hearing the two of them talk, Dong Qingguo and Nanjo Taishi both watched him with curiosity.

To Dong Qingguo, Huangqian Yangyi was just the arrogant underclassman who lived in his dorm; he didn't exactly hate him, but he didn't like him either.

As for Nanjo Taishi, his feelings were much more complicated.

After the seniors retired last year, he became the ace of the Seido Baseball Club, but during the Autumn Tournament, the new team with him as the ace encountered Ichidai Sanko in the quarterfinals and suffered a crushing defeat.

Afterwards, winter break arrived, and a middle school student who came all the way from Kyoto arrived at Seido and brazenly declared his intention to become the ace.

In the eyes of many upperclassmen, this was a provocation against him, the current ace.

However, after witnessing Huangqian Yangyi's sharp Fastball, he knew that his position as ace might be replaced once the other party officially enrolled.

If their strength were similar, the manager might still consider his status as a third-year student and let him serve as the ace, but the reality was that everyone could see this underclassman's strength was clearly above his own.

Sometimes geniuses are just that unreasonable; they can naturally accomplish things that most of them cannot achieve even after working hard for a long time.