35 Never-Wearing Ligament

The next day, Su Qing was awakened not by Narumiya Mei, who wished everyone would get up after he did in the morning, but by the system's notification sound:

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Ding! -

Daily check-in complete:

Acquired [Never-Wearing Ulnar Collateral Ligament] x2

Su Qing was still groggy when he heard the notification, but after hearing it, he immediately perked up and jumped straight out of bed, making a noise that woke up Narumiya Mei across from him.

"Su Qing, what are you doing?"

Su Qing ignored Narumiya Mei, he was staring intently at the string of words on the system:

Never-Wearing UCL!

Holy crap! I love the system!

Su Qing quickly climbed out of bed because he was afraid he was dreaming.

Even during training in the afternoon, Su Qing was still a little out of it, feeling dizzy.

"Su Su, why are you following us?"

After running laps, Su Qing followed the group, but was stopped by Shirakawa.

"Hey, if I don't follow you, where am I going?"

"Su Su is acting silly today. I didn't believe Narumiya Mei when he told me this morning, but now it seems to be true, you're a bit silly. You're a pitcher, you have to go to pitching practice first. Go, go quickly, or the Manager will come looking for you."

"Pitching?"

Speaking of pitching, Su Qing's eyes lit up, and he ran away without looking back.

Shirakawa watched Su Qing's back, shook his head, and said to Carlos:

"He's really gone silly."

An hour later, at Inajitsu's bullpen.

Yamagami desperately picked up the baseball he had missed from the ground, and then threw it to Su Qing mechanically. Today was definitely the most desperate day of his life. It started because Su Qing, who had recently formed a pitching-catching pair with him during training, was acting like he had taken the wrong medicine today. Not only were his fastballs so fast that his hands were going numb,

but he was also throwing a bunch of sharp breaking balls that were simply not humanly possible, leaving him unable to defend against them. So far, he had already committed more than a dozen passed balls. Yamagami felt that the Manager must be very dissatisfied with him now.

What puzzled Yamagami was, what exactly was wrong with Su Qing today? You should know that in previous pitching training sessions, Su Qing would put in three parts effort and seven parts slacking. The number of pitches he threw in a day, at most, would not exceed 100.

But today, in just the first hour, Su Qing's pitch count was close to breaking a hundred. If he hadn't wasted so much time on passed balls, it would probably have already broken a hundred.

"Harada, switch with Yamagami. You go catch Su Qing, and Yamagami goes catch Narumiya."

Coach Kunimoto couldn't stand it anymore and had Harada catch Su Qing. What he was thinking was that Yamagami still needed more practice. He had been teaching him for three years, and he still couldn't catch a ball properly!

"Yes!"

Yamagami felt a sense of relief. For a catcher, passed balls were just too painful! But as soon as Yamagami switched positions, he saw Narumiya Mei's little face, which had been successfully provoked.

No way!

Yamagami had just squatted down when the ball was thrown from Narumiya Mei's hand. It was Narumiya Mei's best changeup. As a result, Yamagami had another passed ball!

On the other side, Harada didn't squat down immediately, but ran to Su Qing's side.

"I wanted to ask you yesterday, what kind of breaking balls do you have?"

"Oh, this? Slider, Cutter, Curveball, Curve Slider, Knuckle Curve, Changeup, Sinker, I have them all."

Su Qing repeated what he had said to little Tada to Harada.

Then he saw the black lines appearing on Harada's forehead. What's going on? Does no one believe you when you tell the truth these days?

However, like Tada, Harada didn't believe it, but he wouldn't say it out loud.

"Then let's start with the changeup first."

"Okay."

The reason Harada chose the changeup was because Narumiya Mei's best pitch was the changeup. Comparing them would show how good Su Qing's changeup was. If Su Qing's changeup was sharp, it would be a rare and good thing. After all, a changeup paired with Su Qing's fastball would definitely be a sharp weapon.

Seeing that Harada was ready, Su Qing raised his leg and easily threw the baseball.

Because he had been catching Narumiya Mei's pitches, Harada subconsciously thought it was a fastball, because the ball speed was similar to Narumiya Mei's fastball. Harada set up his mitt, ready to catch the ball steadily. He was a little disappointed in his heart. Su Qing's changeup was a little too fast. It would be better if the ball speed could be reduced a little.

At this speed, it would be easier for the batter to hit. If he were the batter, he would definitely give up hitting the fastball and go for a changeup of this speed.

Just as Harada was about to catch the ball and talk to Su Qing, the baseball suddenly dropped just as it was about to enter his mitt. Harada didn't have time to be shocked. Out of a catcher's instinct, he wanted to scoop the ball back, but the ball fell faster and faster until it hit the ground and he didn't catch it.

Harada picked up the ball with a shocked expression. Yamagami, who was squatting on the side, noticed it and a smile instantly appeared on his face.

Tsk tsk, see? It's not that I'm bad, it's that this kid Su Qing is not human! Who can catch this kind of ball!

Just as Yamagami was distracted, Narumiya Mei had already smashed a ball over, hitting Yamagami in the abdomen before he could react. Fortunately, he was wearing protective gear, so it only hurt a little and there was no major problem.

Narumiya Mei, who was standing on the pitcher's mound, also apologized. Yamagami quickly said it was okay, after all, he was the one who was distracted first.

"One more ball!" Harada picked up the dropped baseball and threw it back to Su Qing.

Su Qing took the baseball, stood still, and threw another identical changeup to Harada.

This time Harada caught it successfully, but it was an ugly catch. It was more like reaching for it than catching it.

Harada looked at the baseball in his hand and began to recall the memory of catching it just now. Su Qing's changeup was exactly the same as Narumiya Mei's. No, Su Qing's was sharper, the change was faster!

The ball dropped instantly, making it impossible to seize the opportunity, just like his fastball, always bringing surprises to the batter!

"One more ball!"

Su Qing looked at Harada, who had become excited, and couldn't help but sigh. He knew that the changeup was never his forte, especially after he lost his ball speed. It was just a change, and once it was seen through, it would be hit accurately.

And Harada was so excited, obviously because he found that his changeup had a change. In his opinion, the changeup was a type of breaking ball, so isn't it normal to have a change? It would be strange if there was no change!

But if Harada wanted to catch it, he wouldn't refuse. Afterwards, Su Qing threw several kinds of changeups with different change amplitudes and different ball speeds. Harada's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his expression became more and more excited. Coach Kunimoto next to him was the same. After coaching pitchers for so many years, how could Coach Kunimoto not recognize a good thing?

Originally, after an hour of pitching practice, Coach Kunimoto should have gone to guide the batters and fielders in their training. But today, Coach Kunimoto watched until the end of the pitching practice.

And Narumiya Mei next to him was not happy at all, just like a child whose candy had been snatched away, very unhappy.