Chapter 112: Narumiya Mei Takes the Mound

Receiving the return throw from Miyuki, Huangqian Yangyi could clearly feel Miyuki's excitement through the power of the ball.

In the Batter's Box, Matsumoto Takuhai, who was also a Pitcher, felt it most deeply; perhaps no matter how hard he worked in this lifetime, he would never reach this level of pitching, as both the ball speed and the ball's power were far beyond his own, and just watching the baseball fly over made one's heart palpitate.

If he also had this kind of ball speed, could he also shine brilliantly on the stage of Koshien?

Matsumoto Takuhai sighed inwardly; he had been to Koshien, but he was not the ace Pitcher of the team at that time, and this summer was his only chance to enter Koshien as the ace Pitcher of Inashiro Industrial, so how could he be stopped here!

Matsumoto Takuhai composed his emotions, focused his full attention on Huangqian Yangyi's glove, and gripped the baseball in his hand a little tighter.

Miyuki pursed his lips slightly and quickly gave the signal for a Two-seam Fastball.

Huangqian Yangyi nodded, exhaled softly after adjusting his grip, and then threw the baseball with force.

Swing! Matsumoto Takuhai swung his bat at the first opportunity; if he had been even a second late, he would have missed the chance!

Targeting the inside corner, Matsumoto Takuhai swung his bat with great force.

Bang!

With a crisp sound, Matsumoto Takuhai dropped his bat and began to sprint toward First Base.

The baseball hit the ground and bounced toward the direction of Zhitian Jiangtai, who quickly picked up the ball and swung his arm with all his might.

Pop!

"Out!"

Matsumoto Takuhai failed to reach base, but this at-bat made Miyuki and Huangqian Yangyi realize that today's game would definitely not be easy.

So they've picked up on the pitches, Miyuki thought to himself; the first pitch was an outside Four-seam Fastball, and the second was an inside Two-seam Fastball, a very conventional pitch selection, so it was reasonable that it would be guessed, but in previous games, such simple pitch selection combined with Huangqian Yangyi's pitching had been enough to handle things.

Glancing at the Inashiro Dugout, to deal with these guys, he would indeed have to be unpredictable.

The next Batter was Inashiro's First Batter, Carlos.

Although this guy was fast, his batting at this stage was still lacking a little.

For the first pitch, Huangqian Yangyi threw an outside Four-seam Fastball; under the fierce power of the ball, Carlos subconsciously swung his bat, missing the baseball by a mile.

How terrifying!

Seeing Huangqian Yangyi's pitching head-on for the first time, Carlos immediately felt it was very difficult to deal with; the probability of him hitting it was too low, and even if he were lucky enough to track it, it would be hard to hit well, so in that case...

Just as the second pitch came out, Carlos bent his body and extended his bat.

Bunt!

With a bang, the baseball bounced on the ground, and Carlos darted out instantly; he could only use this method now to fight for a chance to reach base, relying on his speed.

Unfortunately, the quality of this bunt was not very good; after bouncing on the ground, it was intercepted by Huangqian Yangyi and thrown to First Base, where Yuki Tetsuya caught the baseball steadily, and Carlos was tagged out when he was less than two meters from the base.

Looking at Huangqian Yangyi with unwillingness, Carlos clenched his fists, unable to feel any chance at all.

In the Inashiro Dugout, Manager Kunitomo also made a decision at this moment; the current Carlos had no chance to utilize his speed in front of Huangqian Yangyi, and rather than this, it would be better to send up a Third Year with better batting.

Next, Inashiro's Second Batter, their Right Fielder, stepped into the Batter's Box.

With three consecutive fastballs, using a combination of Four-seam and Two-seam, Huangqian Yangyi quickly struck him out.

Three up, three down; the dominance of the Seido battery made the Inashiro fans sigh helplessly, and they could only hope that their players would have a better performance in the next inning.

"Haha, you kid are still as clean and efficient as ever."

Just as he returned to the Dugout, Huangqian Yangyi high-fived Isashiki Jun.

"Well done, keep up this momentum."

"The next turn in the batting order is Inashiro's heart of the lineup, be careful."

The seniors gave instructions one after another, and Huangqian Yangyi sat down on a chair, took the water handed to him by Jiantian Youxiang, and took a sip.

The game continued, bottom of the 6th inning, Seido on offense.

In the Inashiro Dugout, Manager Kunitomo walked out and submitted a substitution request to the umpire.

Ninth Batter, Pitcher Matsumoto Takuhai was replaced, and First Year Pitcher Narumiya Mei took the mound.

First Batter, Center Fielder Carlos was also replaced.

Narumiya Mei entered the field, and the stands suddenly became lively; the Inashiro fans mimicked the Seido fans and shouted Narumiya Mei's name in unison.

This action gave Narumiya Mei a surprise; he looked at his own fans with a flushed face, moved to tears.

Stepping onto the Pitcher's Mound, Narumiya Mei suddenly wanted to imitate Huangqian Yangyi by raising his hand to control the fans' cheering, but then he thought, wouldn't this feel like he was imitating him?

And wasn't it exactly that! Thinking this, Narumiya Mei was immediately unhappy.

At the Catcher position, Harada Masatoshi saw the expression on Narumiya Mei's face and knew that this brat's mind had already drifted across the Pacific, so he hurriedly shouted.

Uh... what Narumiya Mei saw when he came back to his senses was Harada Masatoshi's serious, large face.

*Cough cough*, pretending to cough twice, Narumiya Mei nodded at Harada Masatoshi to signal that he was ready.

In the Batter's Box, Isashiki Jun bowed politely, then shouted.

"Come on! Throw it over!!"

The roar made Narumiya Mei shiver, and then he glared at Isashiki Jun, baring his teeth like an angry puppy.

Damn guy! Scaring him like that!

Harada Masatoshi shook his head helplessly; Narumiya Mei's pitching was very powerful, but his shortcomings at this stage were also very obvious: he was too easily emotional.

Shifting his position, Harada Masatoshi gave the signal with his right hand.

The breaking balls that Narumiya Mei currently mastered included a forkball with vertical movement and a slider with horizontal movement, but the signal Harada Masatoshi gave for the first pitch was a Four-seam Fastball.

It was common knowledge that for a breaking ball to have a good effect, it had to be paired with a fastball beforehand, and besides, Harada Masatoshi also wanted to see how Narumiya Mei's condition was today through this pitch.

On the Pitcher's Mound, Narumiya Mei changed his previous playful posture, and his whole person suddenly became incomparably serious, his eyes staring sharply at Harada Masatoshi's glove.

The next second, Narumiya Mei threw the baseball toward home plate.

Isashiki roared and swung his bat with force, but he didn't time it right, and the baseball grazed the bat and entered the glove.

"Strike!"

Narumiya Mei tilted his chin up, eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Isashiki; trying to scare me, too naive.

Sensing the disdain in Narumiya Mei's eyes, a flame suddenly rose in Isashiki's gaze; this brat! Daring to look at him with such eyes, just wait until I blast you out!