Kanto Tournament 8

"Yes, it was a slider. If I kept throwing straight, he might have been able to tap it, and I didn't want him to tap it, so I threw a slider."

As a pitcher, isn't it normal to have some quirks?

Harada's face immediately cleared. Narumiya Mei was much more tsundere than Su Qing, and he had put up with him. He just wanted to give Su Qing a little warning; if he kept doing this, he would get angry too.

"Having a competitive spirit is a good thing, but I hope next time I can be in the know, okay?"

Su Qing nodded frantically.

"We'll talk about the breaking ball after this game."

After speaking, Harada walked off the mound.

How scary. As expected, catchers who are built strong are not easy to mess with. Su Qing suddenly began to miss his little Tada.

In the next at-bat, the batter didn't cause any trouble. The batter was trying his best to swing, and the third time, Su Qing felt like he was about to make contact.

This kid is not bad, he almost grasped the timing on the third try.

The commentator's voice once again echoed throughout the stadium. After just one three-up, three-down, his throat was almost hoarse, as if Su Qing had done something amazing. Narumiya Mei had two three-up, three-downs, and the first one ended with three strikeouts. At that time, the commentator was only slightly excited.

Maybe this is the passion that speed brings.

As soon as Su Qing returned to the dugout, he saw Narumiya Mei covering his face with a towel.

"Narumiya?"

Narumiya Mei suddenly raised his head, and Su Qing immediately saw his sulky face.

Wow, so cute. Like a pitiful little kitten. It instantly hit Su Qing's soft spot.

Su Qing sat directly next to Narumiya Mei.

"Why aren't you icing your shoulder yet?"

Narumiya Mei had been taken out and wouldn't be playing anymore, so why wasn't he icing his shoulder?

Narumiya Mei was also a little confused. Wasn't Su Qing here to provoke him?

"Icing it promptly can extend the life of your shoulder. Believe me, you definitely don't want to have TJ surgery. The rehab period is super long! And super painful!"

Narumiya Mei's focus was immediately diverted by Su Qing.

"You talk like you've had it before, and what is TJ surgery?"

"You ice your shoulder first, and then I'll tell you. Do you want me to help you?"

Icing his shoulder alone was quite troublesome. In the past, he had teammates helping him.

"What's so hard about icing it? You wait."

Narumiya Mei stood up and took out a blue bag from his backpack, casually tying it around himself.

"Okay, let's continue talking. What is TJ surgery?"

!!!!!!

Su Qing suddenly remembered what the ice pack bag in Ace of Diamond looked like. At the time, he had strongly criticized it.

"What's the use of such an ice pack! Does it even have a little bit of cooling effect?!"

"Of course, you'll know once you try it. It's very cold, but you only need to keep it on for half an hour."

"Half an hour!"

Oh my god, icing for half an hour, will my arm still have any feeling?! Will I still have an arm? Will I still be able to pitch in the future?! Even TJ surgery won't be able to save it!

"I'll take care of your icing from now on, you quickly take off this damn ice pack!"

"What's wrong? How else do you ice if you don't do it like this?"

Su Qing didn't care about exposing himself and bought special icing tools and many bags of ice from the Space-Time Mall.

Su Qing assembled them in his backpack and then took them out.

Narumiya Mei was startled when he saw Su Qing coming over with a bag of ice.

"What are you doing?"

"Listen to me, quickly take off that useless ice pack."

"Su Qing, get ready to go to the batter's box, hurry to the preparation area."

"Got it, just a moment!"

Su Qing forcefully took the ice pack off Narumiya Mei.

Then, he carefully wrapped the ice pack he had prepared around Narumiya Mei's left shoulder, bit by bit.

"Hiss~"

Narumiya Mei sucked in a breath of cold air, it's really cold! Much colder than the ice pack!

"I need to go prepare to go on the field, remember, only ice it for 5-6 minutes, and you must take it off when the time is up! Absolutely no more icing. Do you hear me?"

Narumiya Mei looked at Su Qing's extremely serious eyes and nodded blankly. Su Qing was still a little scared, so he bought an alarm clock and placed it next to Narumiya Mei, telling him to take it off when the time came.

Su Qing quickly ran to the equipment area, put on his helmet, randomly took a bat from his backpack, and ran to the on-deck circle with his leg guard.

After putting on his leg guard on his right leg in the on-deck circle, Harada hit a single and ran to second base.

Su Qing ran to the batter's box non-stop, and only then did he remember that he hadn't applied pine tar to his bat!

Forget it, forget it, it doesn't matter whether he applies pine tar or not when playing against kids.

Su Qing took a step back and swung the bat, only to realize that the feel of the bat wasn't quite right.

Oh! God, today is simply his unlucky day! He actually picked a bat that wasn't very suitable for him.

Forget it, forget it, the score is already big enough anyway, and he doesn't need his firepower support, so he'll just hit casually. Getting out would be just right to go back and watch Narumiya Mei ice.

With this in mind, Su Qing returned to the batter's box. But as soon as he stood in the batter's box, he thought that he had made it to the major leagues by relying on his bat and defense, wouldn't it be too embarrassing if he was struck out by a high school kid.

Just as Su Qing was thinking wildly, the Shin Kō pitcher had already thrown the ball. As soon as the ball was thrown, all of Su Qing's attention was attracted to the ball. Looking at the spin, it should be a fastball, the ball speed and spin rate are not fast, and it's a low ball!

The Japanese high school kids don't seem to understand what a fly ball revolution is! Let him educate them properly!

The ball speed is so slow that Su Qing can still swing at full speed even if he's a little late.

"Bang!"

Hearing the sound from the bat and the feeling it transmitted back to his hand, Su Qing knew this hit was good. He casually placed the bat next to the batter's box and started running quickly.

It's best not to taunt after hitting a home run. What if the pitcher has a bad temper and clears the bench? He would definitely be the one surrounded! He doesn't want to be pinned down by dozens of people!

The field erupted in gasps. When the baseball flew high into the air, everyone initially thought it was just a fly ball. Otherwise, Su Qing wouldn't have hesitated before running the bases.

But the baseball unexpectedly soared out. Shin Kō's outfielders didn't even think about trying to salvage it, because this massive home run flew far beyond the left field.

Furthermore, Shin Kō already felt hopeless about overtaking the score, so they had replaced their ace pitcher before this inning started. Currently, the one guarding the left field is a second-year substitute outfielder, brought up to experience the atmosphere.

As a result, he felt despair. Harada's hit just now was also towards the left field. He didn't predict it accurately at first, and the ball bounced back after landing, making him chase it for a long time. Fortunately, Harada's running speed wasn't very fast, and the left field was very close to third base, so Harada ultimately stopped at second base.

Although there was no need to save Su Qing's hit, he still needed to run symbolically. He had to watch the ball fly out.