Akutsu!
Although Seidou High School won the match between Seihou High School, Akutsu left a deep impression on the players of Seidou High School.
That's definitely a freak.
A pitcher who can play the whole line of Seidou High School in the palm of his hand, So far Seidou High School has only encountered two in total, one is Narumiya Mei, and the other is Akutsu.
Especially Akutsu, this guy is so weird!
The batter at Seidou High School seemed to have been completely seen through by this guy, and all the tricks didn't work.
Fortunately, this guy doesn't have the fighting spirit or the passion of Narumiya Mei. If he has the same determination as Narumiya Mei, then the Seidou High School game might not be easy to win.
And this Hongou is twice as strong!
Just thinking about it, the players from Seidou High School shuddered.
Unexpectedly, in this class of freshmen, in addition to the monster Sawamura Eijun, there are people who can keep pace with him.
"You're not kidding, are you?"
Sawamura Eijun's remarks made his Chris-shisho a little uneasy. In the process of just fighting, Sawamura Eijun's performance was indeed better than that of Akutsu, but it was also limited, and it definitely did not reach the level of the two Akutsus.
If Sawamura Eijun really has that kind of strength, let alone going on base, Seihou High School batters will probably have a hard time hitting the ball.
Not only Chris, but all the surrounding Seidou High School players looked solemn.
Although Sawamura sometimes likes to make a few jokes, he never lies when evaluating his opponents.
His analysis of the opponent's strength and tactics is of great reference value in Seidou High School. Now he actually said that the opponent's strength is twice that of Akutsu. That is why the players of Seidou High School pay attention.
After all, Sawamura Eijun was once the Coach of a National Champion team. Although it was only the National Champion of the Junior High School Softball League, if Sawamura didn't have the brain for it, it would be impossible to lead a team like Akagi to the end.
"Hehe~"
Seeing the reactions of his teammates around him, Sawamura could only laugh.
His jokes may indeed have gone a little too far.
'No matter what, the doubts in everyone's mind must be resolved right now.'
"In a sense, there's nothing wrong with this. It's been a year since I last played against him, but in terms of his growth, his speed should be terrible. The difference is that this guy has his own pitching characteristics and a Winning Shot. In terms of pitching alone, his pitching is indeed twice that of Akutsu. Of course, he does not have the brain of Akutsu. It is still unknown to what extent the pitching will be used…"
Sawamura said that, although everyone was still wary of Hongou, they also breathed a sigh of relief.
If Hongou is really as terrifying as Sawamura said before, then Seidou High School and the opponent may really have a hard battle to fight.
You know, the most terrifying thing about Akutsu is not his pitching, but his terrifying brain.
It was his mind that brought his pitching to a higher level.
"Fortunately, the guy didn't train a Winning Shot, and if he did have the Winning Shot, then we wouldn't necessarily be able to score points from that guy," Kuramochi said.
It's not hard to see how high he thinks of Akutsu.
"It's not that he didn't train it, but he couldn't train it at all," Chris said aside.
"Why?" Kuramochi looked puzzled.
"Because it's uncontrollable! The so-called Winning Shot is the way the pitcher believes that the batter will not hit even if he knows he is going to throw. To put it bluntly, it is just like the belief the soldiers have in their weapons on the battlefield.
They have to believe that the weapon will carry them through this desperate situation. Although it gives a boost to morale, they have to trust it with their lives.
And Akutsu's own personality doomed him and he can't throw such a ball. He definitely won't allow himself to throw a course the opponent can guess."
"What if he could?"
"Then he's not Akutsu anymore."
"Don't talk about Akutsu, he is already in the past tense, let's talk about this Hongou Masamune."
Chris and Kuramochi were interrupted by Captain Yuuki.
"Isn't this Hongou a person with a high IQ like Akutsu?"
Yuuki turned around and asked Sawamura.
"NO! Of course not!"
Sawamura shook his head like a rattle: "Of course not. If Hongou has the same IQ as Akutsu, then we can almost only fight him in a stamina match."
Unexpectedly, the captain, who was usually silent, had a thought, and it was quite scary.
Think of Hongou's pitching, plus Akutsu's IQ.
Sawamura Eijun shivered subconsciously.
If he was, then Sawamura doesn't know what kind of Voodoo magic they need to bring this guy down.
"Then that's fine!" Isashiki said with fire in his eyes.
Hearing that Hongou and Akutsu are not the same type of pitcher, most of the players at Seidou High School suddenly relaxed a lot.
They were really tired of being played by that guy Akutsu before. Such opponents, the Senpais with muscles in their brains like Seidou High School, are really not good at dealing with this.
If opposing pitchers are willing to go head-to-head with them.
Even if it is a high-speed ball with a ball speed of 150 km/h, they have the confidence to hit a Home run.
A man to man, this is how the duel on the field should be, with power against power.
Plotting and playing tricks like Akutsu is really not the work of a Manly Spirit.
***
With the end of the Seidou High School match, the top eight have been released one after another.
The day after the top eight were released, the organizing committee drew lots again. Eight teams will compete against each other, and after three rounds of elimination, the winning team of this year's Koshien will finally be determined.
For Seidou High School, in the top eight of Koshien, besides themselves, there is an acquaintance.
That is Hakuryu High School from Gunma Prefecture!
In the Kanto Tournament before, it was the finals played by these two teams.
"Hakuryu!"
For this old acquaintance, Seidou High School was not particularly stressed.
Although Hakuryu High School is indeed quite strong, the gap between it and Seidou High School is still relatively obvious.
If they were to compete with them, as long as Seidou High School didn't have any problems, it wouldn't be a big problem to win.
For Sawamura, in addition to the old acquaintance of Hakuryu High School, he also has two teams that he is particularly familiar with.
One is the Hoshiryu High School baseball team that has just been formed in Nagano Prefecture.
Of course, Sawamura is unfamiliar with the team itself, but there is almost no player on their side that Sawamura does not know.
Hosho Okuchi!
Nanami Haruka!
Keiba Sato!
Oda Honjo!
Tsuchihara!
Matsumoto!
The vast majority of them were his mortal enemies in Nagano and teammates in the Akagi Middle School baseball team.
That is, the famous Nagano Golden Generation, members of Nagano Metropolitan who once won the national junior baseball runner-up.
"It's really a bad fate!"
Unexpectedly, the first time they entered Koshien, they reached the top eight in the Tournament.
Sawamura is also very happy for them.
Another old acquaintance is the Komadai Fujimaki. This team Sawamura has been familiar with in two lifetimes that he can no longer be any more familiar.
Even now, he is definitely not unfamiliar with this team.
And Hongou is the main force in the rotation of this team.
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