Chapter 373: Super Blind Cannon

The slowly raised right leg dropped rapidly, and as the left arm whipped out, the baseball whistled toward home plate; the batter swung and missed, the ball dropping near the batter's hands, its bizarre trajectory making it impossible for the batter to find a contact point.

"Nani!!"

"What is this?!"

"Hey, hey, did you see that? It looked like it dropped."

"A forkball?"

"That's not right, why does the arc look so strange?"

"Hahaha, Sawamura!!"

"It must be a new pitch."

The spectators in the stands who had seen the pitch clearly were also discussing it among themselves, the strange movement of the ball's trajectory making them feel it was quite novel.

On the pitcher's mound, having successfully thrown the ball into Miyuki's glove, Sawamura covered his mouth and snickered; last year, he had practiced the Two-seam Fastball with Ono Hiroshi, but it didn't succeed due to some reasons, and then he followed Huangqian Yangyi's advice to practice the Changeup, until later when Miyuki brought it up himself, and after a long period of research, the Two-seam Fastball with a special movement curve, exclusive to Sawamura, was born.

After retiring the opponent's Fourth Batter, the Fifth and Sixth Batters of Haruhiichi High School were also easily suppressed by Sawamura.

In the bottom of the second inning, after the Seventh Batter Maezono Kenta blasted an Extra-base Hit to reach second base, Seido's First Year player, the Eighth Batter, Yuki Masashi, walked toward the Batter's Box with a menacing air.

His tall stature standing there carried a sense of oppression, his batting stance expressionless just like his older brother Yuki Tetsuya, his eyes as sharp as if he were about to kill the pitcher directly.

Whoosh!!

The little white ball flew toward home plate, and Yuki Masashi swung his bat without hesitation, relying almost entirely on instinct; it was a heroic, domineering, and extremely powerful swing, but unfortunately, he missed.

His cap was even crooked.

The spectators who had already seen Yuki Masashi's performance in the previous game were already laughing; in the last game, Yuki Masashi had two at-bats and swung 6 times, every single one of them this super heroic, all-out swing, a momentum sufficient to scare some timid pitchers out of their wits; the first 5 times, he swung and missed, until the final swing, when he gave the whole stadium a big Home Run.

And now, seeing Yuki Masashi still using this style of swinging, many people had given him the nickname Blind Cannon.

Soon, the second pitch was the same, Yuki Masashi swung and missed, but the Catcher at home plate didn't dare to relax at all; this guy's swing, as long as it makes contact, will absolutely, absolutely fly into the stands!

Whew~!

The pitcher quickly threw the third pitch.

Yuki Masashi's swing was still following his instinct, and this time, the instinct was right.

Boom!!!

An extremely refreshing, clean, and crisp swing blasted the ball into the sky.

"Waoooooooo!"

"It's flying!"

"So fast!!"

Under the dumbfounded gaze of the entire audience, the little white ball flew over the Center Fielder and crashed straight into the scoreboard, making a loud "boom" sound.

This was the super Blind Cannon from Seido, often missing, but whenever he makes contact, it's a big one.

"It's out!!"

"Home Run!!"

Amidst the umpire's high-pitched voice, Yuki Masashi trotted back to home plate with his crooked cap, expressionless.

A two-run Home Run.

"Not bad, kid, you've recorded a Home Run in two consecutive games."

After Yuki Masashi returned, Huangqian Yangyi made a fist and punched him in the chest.

"I will catch up to the seniors," Yuki Masashi said.

"Is that so? That will be very difficult," Huangqian Yangyi chuckled; Yuki Masashi's Blind Cannon attribute destined him to never get too many Home Runs.

Hearing Huangqian Yangyi's reply, Yuki Masashi suddenly emitted the ancestral aura of his family, standing in the dugout like a gas canister.

On the field, the game proceeded steadily, and in the end, Seido ended the game early in the 5th inning with a score of 13:1.

Limited by his at-bats, Huangqian Yangyi only got one Home Run in this game.

In this game, apart from the stable and excellent performance of the Pitcher Sawamura Eijun, the most outstanding was Yuki Masashi, with three at-bats, one Home Run, one Extra-base Hit, and 4 RBIs.

As a First Year, added to his brilliant performance in the last game, he could completely be said to have reached his peak upon debut.

In the locker room, the Seido team packed up their things and came to the stands.

The second game of the quarterfinals, Ichidai Sanko versus Nio Gakusha.

Unlike the decline of Haruhiichi High School in recent years, although Nio Gakusha could not squeeze into the position of the four major powerhouses, it always maintained a quite strong competitiveness; in every tournament, they were either in the top 4 or at least the top 8.

However, facing Ichidai Sanko, the spectators did not favor Nio Gakusha.

And if Nio Gakusha wanted to win this game, they had to seize the well-known weakness of Ichidai Sanko: their ace, Tianjiu Kosei, had a problem with being a slow starter; if they could seize the rhythm and advantage at the beginning of the game, it was not impossible for them to overturn this mountain and win.

In terms of the batting lineup, since the third-year students retired last year, Ichidai Sanko's scoring ability had declined quite significantly, and it could not be called powerhouse level at all; if it weren't for the genius pitcher Tianjiu Kosei holding the line, Ichidai Sanko would probably be having a very hard time today.

"In the first three innings, or even in the first inning, if Nio Gakusha cannot score first, and it must be at least two runs, otherwise once Tianjiu Kosei's engine starts and he goes full throttle, this game can be declared over."

Sitting in the spectator seats, Huangqian Yangyi held a rice ball and said while eating.

Beside Huangqian Yangyi were the two Vice Captains, Kuramochi Yoichi and Miyuki Kazuya; the three of them were eating with the same movements, their gazes directed toward the same direction, the Ichidai Sanko dugout, where Tianjiu Kosei was warming up his shoulders.

"Well, Tianjiu Kosei is very strong when his condition improves and he's at full throttle, but our batting lineup won't be afraid of him," Kuramochi said.

"We can't be careless either; Tianjiu Kosei's Slider is super sharp, not at a high school level at all," Miyuki said.

Huangqian Yangyi listened to their conversation, his gaze toward Tianjiu Kosei filled with some regret; if this person hadn't had a blank period due to some strange reasons, he would surely have grown into one of the top super aces in the high school baseball world by now.

Then, a game against them would be even more exciting.

However, the prodigal son Tianjiu Kosei was also working hard to catch up, and Huangqian Yangyi believed that as long as there were no accidents, or Tianjiu Kosei himself chose to quit, then one day they would meet on the professional baseball field, and that would be the true contest.

The buzzing alarm sounded.

The Tokyo Spring Tournament, quarterfinals, second game, Ichidai Sanko VS Nio Gakusha, officially kicked off.