30 Kanto Continues

"Su Qing, change your gear, get ready to go on!"

Harada had already changed his equipment and was just about to put on his helmet. Seeing that Su Qing hadn't even taken off his shin guards and was still chatting with Narumiya Mei, he quickly reminded him...

Su Qing and Narumiya Mei were finally not at each other's throats as much, which naturally made Harada very happy. The others on the team were also happy to see this. Although everyone was curious about what they were talking about when they were together, no one ever interrupted their conversation.

"Yes!"

"I'm going on, let's continue chatting when I come off the field later!"

As soon as Su Qing mentioned going on the field, Narumiya Mei, who was almost accepting of Su Qing, started acting up again.

"Hmph, if you dare to lose a point and ruin my win, you'll see!"

"No, no, how dare I ruin your achievements, Lord Narumiya."

Although Su Qing said so, he complained in his heart:

You need to complete at least five innings to get a win, man!

Su Qing had just taken off his leggings and picked up his glove when Shirakawa was taken out.

After smoothing the "Mei Cat"'s fur, Su Qing followed Harada onto the field.

When passing by Coach Kunimoto, Su Qing always felt that there was something wrong with the way Coach Kunimoto looked at him.

But since Coach Kunimoto didn't call him, he wouldn't take the initiative to find Coach Kunimoto.

In fact, Coach Kunimoto had the idea of talking to Su Qing after Su Qing hit a home run and returned to the dugout, but Su Qing had been talking to Narumiya Mei. And the fact that Su Qing and Narumiya Mei were at odds was well known throughout the first team and even Inajitsu. These two were finally about to reconcile, so how could he, as the coach, disturb them at such a crucial moment?

Maybe he should wait a little longer. From the current situation, Su Qing obviously has another at-bat. If Su Qing still performs well in this at-bat, it won't be too late to talk to him.

As soon as Su Qing came on the field, there was a huge cheer from the stands. The Inajitsu supporters had been directly captured by his fastballs. In their hearts, Su Qing's status was almost no less than Narumiya Mei's. And some of Narumiya Mei's fans were even crying with joy.

No one knew better than them how difficult Narumiya Mei had it. As early as his first year, almost all of Inajitsu's games were mainly pitched by Narumiya Mei. The previous Spring Koshien was even more remarkable. Basically, all the games were completed by Narumiya Mei. Unless Inajitsu was leading by a large margin, it was as if Inajitsu had only brought one pitcher, Narumiya Mei.

Watching Narumiya Mei get one strikeout after another at Koshien, they were both happy and heartbroken, because along with the strikeouts came the sweat constantly pouring from Narumiya Mei's forehead, and the magnesium powder bags that had been changed several times.

Su Qing's arrival and the strength he showed would undoubtedly help Narumiya Mei.

And most importantly, Su Qing is so handsome!

Standing on the field, Su Qing didn't know that he had already gained some fans with not-so-firm wills.

Because Shin Kō ended the three innings with three up and three down, it was now the first batter's turn.

"First batter, first baseman, Fujita-kun."

Fujita Mototatsu stood in the batter's box. He really wanted to see what the high-speed fastball with changes that his teammates had described so miraculously was like.

And soon he saw it. The ball flew out of Su Qing's hand like a sharp arrow. The speed of the ball was so fast that he didn't notice any signs of the ball dropping. This was definitely the straightest fastball he had ever seen, but he changed his mind the moment the ball entered the strike zone.

After entering the strike zone, the ball bizarrely made a turn and entered the catcher's mitt. And all of this could only be discovered by the batter, the catcher, and the umpire. Others would only think that this was the most ordinary fastball. Because the range of the ball's change was too small and too fast!

Fujita was so frightened by this sharp change that he broke out in a cold sweat. He finally understood why Hiraga couldn't swing the bat no matter what and was struck out standing.

Mom, such a scary pitch, who can swing at it!

Fujita still didn't swing at the second ball. How dare he swing without figuring out the change? Swinging would be a blind swing. It's better to take a look and figure out whether this change is fixed or intentional, and what the range of the change is.

After watching the second pitch, Fujita was even more powerless. He had the best eye for the ball in their team. He could even see the logos on the balls thrown by ordinary pitchers, and he could see Ueda's ball clearly if he concentrated.

But he couldn't see Su Qing's at all. He could only see the ball flying over, then changing wantonly within the strike zone. That's right, wantonly. The change in this ball was different from the last one, and the amplitude was even greater. The only thing that was the same was that the balls were all precisely placed in the corners.

Fujita couldn't wait to throw his bat on the ground and shout, 'What the hell?! This kind of change is controllable?! What's the point of hitting?! A catcher only needs to be a little smart to play the batter in the palm of his hand.'

Wait!

Fujita felt like he had found a way to break the situation. He quickly took a step back, out of the batter's box, not giving the Inajitsu battery a chance to take advantage of his weakness.

That's right! This pitcher's control is accurate, but he's following the catcher the whole time. If he guesses the catcher's pitch, then wouldn't that be...?

Hehehe, Fujita wasn't flustered at all. This trick wouldn't work against his Ueda, whose pitches sometimes drifted so much that even Morikawa couldn't catch them. But it would work against Su Qing, who had particularly precise control.

Fujita stepped back into the batter's box. The last pitch was low and outside, so this pitch he would bet that the opposing catcher would call for low and inside!

Why not high and inside? Fujita had his own considerations. No one could hit Su Qing's fastball right now, so forcing a pull to the opposite corner was meaningless, because the batter couldn't hit your ball anyway. Why would you pull to the opposite corner to trick his brain?

Moreover, the high inside location was still a bit dangerous. If Su Qing accidentally lost control and threw a hit-by-pitch, it was very likely to cause a major incident with his ball speed. When he was watching Su Qing's pitching from the sidelines just now, he noticed that Su Qing threw very few inside pitches, only two.

And there were a lot of low pitches, a full six! Fujita could understand, after all, low pitches were indeed difficult to hit, and most catchers now hoped that the pitcher could keep the ball as low as possible.

So this pitch, Fujita bet on low and outside.

Because Su Qing's ball speed was too fast, Fujita swung early, and the bat went towards low and outside. When he swung, he just saw the baseball still flying in the air, very low, and outside!

He guessed right!

On the pitcher's mound, Su Qing, who was carried away by inertia and was a little unsteady, also noticed that Fujita had swung towards low and inside in advance, and an alarm bell immediately rang in his heart.

He quickly shouted:

"Kamiya-san! Shirakawa-san!"

Carlos and Shirakawa, who were suddenly cued, were a little dazed, but the next moment they saw the baseball flying high.