"Come on! Xingzhi!"
"Hmm!" Hoshinomiya nodded, but couldn't help glancing at Sendou.
Finally, as if he had finally made up his mind, he turned his head away.
"Go ahead and run! Ignore it!" Hoshinomiya muttered to himself.
"Puff!"
"Stealing a base!"
Ignore it!
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!"
"Safety!"
"The first pitch is a fastball into the inside corner! The batter didn't throw it, but the runner easily made it to second base!"
"This is the cheetah... um! Miyuki Kazuya, is there any creature that runs faster than Cheetah?" Sawamura wanted to call it Cheetah, but then suddenly remembered that the Cheetah was Kuramochi, so he wanted to find a more powerful adjective.
"Huh?" Miyuki didn't react for a moment.
"Look! Senior Kuramochi is Cheetah, isn't he?"
Sendou is faster than Senior Kuramochi, and he can no longer be called Cheetah!
"So I'm looking for an even more powerful creature," Sawamura described, using both hands and feet.
Who cares about you!
"Besides, if you give that guy any weird nickname, I won't care if he comes back and beats you up!" Miyuki, feigning arrogance.
"He's very stingy in this regard!" she said, then leaned closer and whispered.
"Indeed! That guy is very stingy in this regard!"
"And he always has all sorts of reasons to lecture me!" Sawamura said with a serious expression.
"That was your own fault, okay?" Miyuki retorted.
However, Sawamura completely ignored him.
"See? As long as the throw is tricky enough, the hitter won't even make a move!"
So the runner can get to second base!
"If the runner goes out of bounds, then the run was for nothing." Kiriyama thought to himself with a smug smile as he looked at his partner.
"Seriously, what am I so smug about?"
Trading a strike for an advanced base is a losing proposition for us!
They resorted to this drastic measure because they had no other way to stop the runners. How despicable!
"Hey! Wait a minute!... Are you still going to Stolen Third Base?" Kiriyama realized how ridiculous his smugness was. Before he could even feel annoyed with himself, he stared wide-eyed at second base, who was also dramatically away from base, a smile playing on his lips as he looked at Sendou with arrogance.
"Smack!"
"Safety!"
Kiriyama immediately gave Hoshinomiya a Signals and then immediately put him in a difficult position.
When the Pickoff Throw was thrown out, Hoshinomiya realized that Sendou's departure from base behind him was incredibly exaggerated.
However, Hoshinomiya, who needs to turn around, takes 1.5 seconds to throw the ball to second base. By the time the ball enters the second base glove, it's too late.
"Hey! You're at least ten meters away from the base, no, at least eight meters away, right?"
"Can't someone come and control this arrogant guy?" Kiriyama looked at Sendou, who was about to return to the camp, speechless.
The distance between bases is only 28 meters, so you're one-third less away from the base.
Even relying solely on visual estimation, Kiriyama knew that if he couldn't get him closer to the base, it seemed there was really no way to stop him from going to third base.
This made Kiriyama feel uncomfortable!
Kiriyama felt he might not be able to stop it, while Coach Haku, whose eyes were shining brightly in the stands, would tell him, if he knew what Kiriyama was thinking, that it wasn't a matter of "maybe," but simply "unstoppable."
Coach Bailong's stopwatch doesn't lie. When Sendou is a little closer to the base, the distance between the bases is 2.87 seconds.
Keep in mind that Sendou didn't slide at that time; he just ran at full speed for more than half of the race before slowing down before second base. If he had sprinted at full speed to slide, he would have been even faster.
This time the distance from the base is greater. If I go all out, even the most conservative estimate, which is the slowest, is that it will only take less than two and a half seconds to cover these twenty-odd meters.
In the original story, when Hakuryu played against Seidou, Coach Hakuryu said that during the Spring Kok season, Miyuki's pitching speed to second base was 1.91 seconds, while in the Hakuryuu Match it was 1.18 seconds, and Sawamura's fast pitching speed was 1.25 seconds.
Even if the throw to second base is faster than the throw to third base, the difference is only 0.2 or 3 seconds. However, a right-handed batter can interfere with the throw to third base, and even if the batter is skilled, the throw will be 0.1 seconds slower.
Perhaps Miyuki in the Hakuryuu Match could compete with Sendou's current speed between second and third base, but that would only be competing with Sendou's speed.
Miyuki decisively send Sendou to third base, or rather, he would never allow Sendou to be without a runner in front of him. However, without a runner in front of him, he would only be able to fight the batter, and there would be no desire for a duel.
Because, if you want to restrain Sendou, you can only shoot straight shots, and even then, you have to miss.
Sendou, being on second base, can clearly see the pitcher's grip on the ball. If the pitcher doesn't run when the ball is thrown, Miyuki has no way to stop him.
If you only throw fastballs and they miss, you're essentially walking the batter.
That's still good. The worst-case scenario is that Sendou might deliberately fake a run when throwing a fastball. If you're focused on him and miss the shot, you'll just be throwing away a bad ball.
Furthermore, his Changeup is sealed, so it's better to let him run around freely!
However, Kiriyama, who knows nothing, would not so decisively ignore the Sendou.
"Smack!"
"Safety!"
Hoshinomiya threw several Pickoff Throw second base in a row.
In the end, Coach Nishi-tera called a halt to this pointless distraction, as continuing it would affect the pitcher's pitching feel.
He could tell that Sendou's base-breaking strategy still left some room for maneuver. Although he attacked the base every time, he was able to ensure that the Hoshinomiya's control posed no threat to him.
"Fortunately, Sendou-kun's base-running skills are still a bit immature, otherwise his speed would have kept him several meters away from the bases, making it difficult for the pitcher to ignore him," Coach Nishi-tera thought to himself with relief.
He now understood why Coach Matsumoto had walked a batter before his match against Sendou yesterday. Who could stand him jumping around on the base like that!
However, Coach Nishi-tera couldn't recall that Sendou's first at-bat in the Kiryu game was a short batting incident, and after reaching second base, he didn't steal any bases.
Seeing this threat up close today, Coach Nishi-tera could have noticed some clues if he recalled that scene.
Although it's not a big deal that he discovered it, his experience and imagination are absolutely no match for that old fox Coach Matsumoto.
Moreover, the Sendou-Tetsu combination has evolved to version 2.0.
Although the coach stopped him, Kiriyama still glared fiercely at Sendou, trying to intimidate him in the vain way, as if to tell Sendou, "If you dare to run, I will definitely stab you at third base."
However, Sendou turned his head away, ignoring him disdainfully, as if to say, "You can try."
At this moment, Captain Tetsu did not turn around, but remained in the ready position facing the Pitcher's Mound on his left, holding the bat in his right hand and raising his left hand in a scissor-like gesture once again.
These two look like they're showing off something.
Hoshinomiya hadn't felt anything yet, but Kiriyama was furious, thinking that the pair were underestimating them!
Captain Tetsu's pose looked like he was saying, "Don't worry! I'll get you back to home plate."
However, Coach Matsumoto in the stands didn't think it was intentional provocation. He guessed it might be Signals, so he looked at the Saibang bench with a bit of schadenfreude.
The worse Saibang got beaten, the happier Coach Matsumoto was.
"The second ball, low to the outside corner, if the runner has already started running, shoot a little off target." After calming down, Kiriyama resumed his duties.
Hoshinomiya glanced at Sendou out of the corner of his eye before preparing to throw the ball.
" Tetsu-san! Fight back!"
" Tetsu! Crush them!"
"No problem, you can do it, suppress them!!!"
Fortunately! "
"Puff!"
"Stealing a base!"
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
"This...!" Kiriyama quickly picked up the ball, ready to pass it, when he noticed that Sendou had already slowly returned to second base.
Therefore, the only option was to pass the ball back to Hoshinomiya.
Seeing this, Sendou also began to carefully move away from the base to prevent the Hoshinomiya from launching a sudden attack and restraining him. As a cunning old fox, Sendou would not be tricked by such a thing. Wouldn't that be like showing off one's skills in front of Guan Yu?
However, baseball.
You can't relax for a moment as long as you're on the court.
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Safety!"
Sure enough, Hoshinomiya suddenly threw a ball about five meters from Sendou's base, but someone who was prepared returned to the base with ease.
"That way we've gotten back the number of good pitches we gave you before."
Next comes the profit! Sendou really didn't want to suffer any loss.
"Hmm?" Coach Matsumoto frowned at this moment.
"It looks like they've changed the Signals! But how do we do it?"
Could it be... that this hitter might actually be able to do it?
It's so good that we didn't use that trick yesterday!
"Ha! We've already lost whether we use this trick or not!" Coach Matsumoto, as expected of an old fox, had already vaguely guessed what the Signals of Sendou-Tetsu 2.0 was.
"Damn it! I've been tricked. Looks like I can't be too obsessed with assassinating this runner." Even though it was just a bad ball, Kiriyama realized his mistake.
"It's about time to lift the restrictions!"
As expected, this is necessary when facing a fighter of this caliber.
Let's try a slightly off-target shot first!
"Hmm!" Hoshinomiya looked at Captain Tetsu, suppressing his pounding heart. He then calmly glanced at Sendou, who was crouching down like a wild beast, and prepared to keep him in check with his eyes before turning back to prepare to throw the ball.
"Puff!"
"3!" Sendou suddenly stood up straight, extended his thumb, index finger, and middle finger, and shouted loudly.
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
As the pitcher took his step, Captain Tetsu glanced briefly in Sendou's direction.
I didn't dare look any longer, and just as I came to my senses, the pitcher released the ball.
However, athletes at this level do not have poor Dynamic Vision.
Because the scene was quite noisy, most people didn't hear what Sendou was shouting.
Only the second baseman heard Sendou shout something, but he couldn't make it out.
However, if Sendou hadn't stolen the base, at that point in time, no one would have looked in Sendou's direction, including the cameras at the scene.
There was only one man, Coach Matsumoto, who kept his eyes glued to Sendou through binoculars.
"As expected! Number the ball you're aiming at, and then give the prompts according to the numbers."
The attacker glances at the target for a moment, then returns to strike.
Although it demands a lot from the hitter, it's a brilliant idea. Coach Matsumoto looked a bit sleazy with his binoculars hanging around his neck.
However, he was right. This combination places high demands on the striker. The reaction speed and Dynamic Vision must be top-notch, and the striker must not change his striking state due to the shift in his gaze. All three are indispensable.
However, for a hitter with all the necessary skills, there are no flaws in using this method.
For example, shifting one's attention will affect one's state of mind, and those who react slowly certainly cannot use this trick, needless to say.
And Captain Tetsu, with his Natural Airhead, is a perfect fit.
However, after finding out what kind of ball it was, he realized it was a bad ball and didn't swing.
What's truly terrifying is that the Saibang players, due to the noisy atmosphere, didn't hear what Sendou shouted, and even if they did, they assumed it was encouragement and were completely unaware of it.
Coach Matsumoto, who also understood the situation, smiled even more frighteningly, and was already showing signs of revealing his true nature.
"Yosh! Looks like the effects of that Home Run have been completely eliminated." Kiriyama was completely immersed in the joy of his ace form returning to normal.
"Next ball! Here!"
" Tetsu-san!
Now that version 2.0 is complete, you can be a little more greedy when I'm on the base!
Instead of aiming for hits, how about hitting Long Hit and hitting the opponent's most confident pitches?
Moreover, we'll only have two more matches at most to work together like this.
Let the whole of Japan see this!
The terrifying thing about the two of us together!
"Let the whole of Japan know what a true Golden Cleats is!" Just as Nishibang was exchanging the Signals, Captain Tetsu recalled what Sendou had said to him during Practice 2.0 the previous night.
Thinking of this, a slight smile appeared on Captain Tetsu's lips.
"That's right!"
We only have two more games left to play together!
"Puff!"
"Call out!"
"Then let the whole of Japan witness our power!"
"Boom!"
"Ping!"
"Call out!"
"Puff!"
"Outside the boundary!"
Upon seeing the referee's decision, Sendou and Captain Tetsu both smiled, then exchanged another smile.
Everything is understood without words.
"A low straight ball to the outside corner, but unfortunately, Yuki hit it out of bounds," the commentator said regretfully.
Although he knew that the referee was a bit lenient with the Outside Corner Ball kicks today, Captain Tetsu's previous performance meant he shouldn't have shot so wide!
"This is...!
"Did Tetsu deliberately make it out of bounds?" Senior Chris was stunned when he saw this attack.
Then he glanced at Coach Kataoka.
"Here, we must trust Yuki's judgment!"
"He has always been trustworthy." Coach Kataoka frowned, but relaxed in less than a second.
However, Coach Kataoka, looking at Sendou at second base, understood that it must be related to this kid.
He even led Captain Tetsu astray.
"Call out!"
"Ping!"
"Call out!"
"Puff!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"Puff!"
"1!"
"Call out!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
Yuki's hitting also became bolder, and several times he deliberately hit balls that he was confident of hitting out of bounds.
"No problem! Only one point left! Keep him under pressure!"
" Tetsu! Your timing is perfect!"
"Fight back!"
At this point, the other third-year players from Seidou also began to realize that Captain Tetsu had deliberately hit the ball out of bounds.
However, this was Captain Tetsu's choice, and even if they knew, they would only have unconditional trust and support.
Because this man is the center of this team, the captain of this team!
They trust his choices and his judgments unconditionally!
I was thinking about the plot details of Immortal Sendou-Tetsu 2.0 today, which delayed me.
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