Chapter 7: The Invisible Pitch (Part 1)
"How fast do you need to get the ball to beat you?"
Sawamura asked a serious question.
Tojo felt like he had been hit by a thunderbolt.
In this world, how can there be such a strange creature as Eijun Sawamura?
Asking people for advice, Senior Zhang Han was able to generously tell him everything he knew.
This is already a top senior.
How can you get to the bottom of it and ask how to defeat the other party? Even if you really have this idea in your heart, you shouldn't say it openly.
Isn't that a dumbfounder?
Zhang Han was asked, and he didn't know what to say.
"In terms of ball speed, let's go up two more levels."
"Raising two levels will solve you?"
Sawamura asked excitedly.
After joining the Seido High School baseball team, he Sawamura still learned something. He now knows that the ball speed is five kilometers.
Well.
"I mean, two more levels of ball speed, and I can't guarantee that I will be able to knock a baseball off the court!"
Tojo heard Zhang Han's mending knife and almost didn't make a sound.
is worthy of being Zhang Han's senior, and he really has a set when he scares people.
Even Sawamura felt the malice that Zhang Han brought him. His mood quickly sank, and he didn't say a word.
His current ball speed is about 125 kilometers on average.
After entering high school, I obviously felt the growth, and according to Master Chris, I should be able to move up one or two levels very quickly.
As for the chance, is there a chance to go further?
It depends on his own efforts and whether God is willing to give him such talent.
Overall, there shouldn't be much of a problem for him to increase his ball speed to 135 km/h in the future.
This is also the reason why Sawamura thinks he has hope.
But Zhang Han's words completely beat him from the clouds to hell.
Even if his ball speed really increased to 135 kilometers. If you want to solve Zhang Han, it is also impossible.
Sawamura's intuition was accurate, and he knew that the senior in front of him was not lying to him. With his current quirk ball, even if he increases the ball speed to 135 kilometers, he doesn't want to pose a threat to Senior Zhang Han.
Sawamura left in despair.
Zhang Han looked at the back of Zecun leaving, his eyes were deep.
Although he told Sawamura that, in fact, Sawamura's quirk ball is still quite powerful.
Even now, his quirk ball is capable of making the vast majority of high school hitters feel tricky.
As long as his ball speed can be raised to another notch, it should be enough to represent the Qingdao High School baseball team.
Of course, it can only be against ordinary opponents.
With Ichidai Mitaka and Inagi Kogyo as opponents, Sawamura's quirk ball alone will hardly make a difference even if he increases his ball speed to more than 130 kilometers.
"If he really wants to be the representative of the First Army, he needs more weapons."
So don't look at Superintendent Kataoka, I have high hopes for Sawamura. It is still unknown whether Sasawa Village will really be able to advance by leaps and bounds and advance to the first army in the remaining more than a month.
As a member of the team, he is also a senior of Sawamura.
Zhang Han thinks that it is necessary for him to give him some good guidance on the way of his younger brother's growth.
On the other side, Sawamura returned to the court with a disgraced face.
Chris and Miyuki haven't left yet.
They had guessed before that the prosperous Sawamura would definitely get an answer from Zhang Han soon.
No matter what the answer he gets? It doesn't matter whether Zhang Han directly pushed him back, or patiently guided him.
Chris's task is to guide Sawamura's thoughts back to the right path.
Regardless of the outcome and process? He has to sum up one.
This is the driving force and direction of Sawamura's future efforts.
When Sawamura returned, it was very much unexpected by Chris and Miyuki.
He had neither the relief of having received an answer, nor the anger of being pushed back.
His whole person was like losing his soul, as if he had lost all his fighting spirit in an instant.
Is the effect so miserable?
Chris and Miyuki glanced at each other worriedly.
It's normal for a player's mood to fluctuate.
But at this time, no.
Now it is just over a month before the start of the summer competition.
The final selection of the first team of the Qingdao High School baseball team cannot be delayed until that time, so the time has to be advanced.
Even if an army is formed, it will have to be trained and run in together, and this will be another period of time.
According to the experience of Chris and Yuyuki, the list of players in the new First Army, the superintendent should have almost prepared.
The last person who has the opportunity to train with the first army, that is to say, the player who has the opportunity to join the first army before the summer tournament will almost be determined.
If you don't make this list, you won't have a chance to make it to the first team, let alone represent the team in competitions.
And the release of this list, according to Chris's previous experience, will not take more than three days.
The list will be published after a maximum of three days.
In other words, in the next three days, if Sawamura can't solve Zhang Han once, it will be difficult for him to become a person on the list.
This time is too short, and even if Sawamura does it with confidence, the probability of his success is not very high.
If he is allowed to deal with it with such a depressed attitude, I am afraid that there will not even be the slightest chance at all.
"Under what circumstances do you think he can have the opportunity to train with the players of the first army?"
Chris asked Miyuki.
For Miyuki, this question is not difficult to answer.
"Either Zhang Han releases the water, or this guy can be taken by surprise and learn a trick in these two days. It may be difficult to solve Zhang Han two or three times, and if the trick is good enough, it is not impossible to trick him into fighting once. ”
Chris nodded slightly.
Miyuki's judgment was similar to what he thought.
With only Sawamura's existing weapons, it would be very difficult to fight Zhang Han.
But.
In today's duel with Zhang Han, Sawamura didn't go all out. Maybe he thought he was doing his best, but he didn't.
"Do you remember when the Superintendent taught you to practice pitching with a towel?"
Chris asked suddenly.
Sawamura nodded inexplicably.
He's been practicing lately and has never let up.
He also felt that the practice was working very well, and his ball speed started to improve slightly.
Because the time is too short, others may not be able to see it for the time being. Danzawa could clearly feel that he was making progress on his own.
"It's useless, Senior Zhang Han said, even if I increase the ball speed to 135 kilometers, he can play it."
Speaking of sadness, Sawamura shed tears in two lines.
For the first time, the boy felt such a deep sense of despair, as if no matter how hard he tried, he could not enter the first army.
"Don't be stupid!"
Chris said unceremoniously.
"Don't say it's you, looking at the whole country, how many people can confidently solve Zhang Han? In one game, four or five duels, they can solve Zhang Han more than twice, and they are often very content. Why do you think you're better than the top pitchers in the country? ”
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Sawamura is aiming to defeat Zhang Han, which is certainly good.
Set your goals higher, and you will also have the motivation to move forward and work hard.
But if you can't defeat Zhang Han, you give up on yourself.
That's ignorance.
Chris thinks his top priority is to turn Sawamura's perception around.
After listening to Chris's words, Sawamura felt a lot more comfortable.
As a single-celled animal, he is still very easy to persuade.
"Besides, it's not like you don't have the slightest chance. In tomorrow's showdown, we can surprise Zhang Han. If you're lucky, you might be able to get rid of him again. ”
"Is Master Chris going to teach me any nirvana? Is it second gear, or Ultraman's deathray? ”
"What the hell?"
Chris was confused.
"It's supposed to be the name of the two-dimensional move.,I've only heard that you like to read girl's comics.,I didn't expect to be interested in hot-blooded comics.。
"Haha......"
Sawamura let out an embarrassed laugh.
It turns out that these two seniors also have things they don't know.
"Let's adjust your pitching stance! Your body is much softer than the average person, especially your wrists. Lowering your pitch a little bit shouldn't affect your pitch too much. You try it this way. ”
Chris gave a demonstration.
When he was about to pitch, he threw it behind his body and pressed it down slightly.
Because his bones are not so soft.
Chris can only barely make such a move, and if he throws the ball in such a position, it will greatly affect his ball speed and accuracy of ball control.
This kind of thing is only Sawamura's body, which can be done without burden.
Sawamura wasn't too satisfied: "Isn't it okay to just adjust it like this?" I don't feel like ...... enough."
"You try it first, I thought of it when I gave you the ball. Think about what the overseer told you before, and throw the ball. ”
After Chris finished teaching Sawamura, he ran to the catcher's position and prepared to catch the ball.
Sawamura threw the ball that had been prepared in the way Chris had requested.
It's very simple, and there is no difficulty for him.
While such a stance doesn't increase his ball speed, it doesn't diminish the feeling of his pitching either.
"Smack!"
Chris, who received the ball, had a smile on his face.
"Good!"
Miyuki, who watched all this, was a little confused after seeing this scene.
Standing in his position, there is no difference at all, okay?
"What's the difference, the senior looks excited!"
Hearing Miyuki's question, a real smile appeared on Chris's face.
"You can't see it from that position. You can grab a bat, stand on the strike zone and watch it, and you might be pleasantly surprised. ”
Miyuki listened to Chris's words, and sure enough, he took the bat, ready to stand on the strike zone and observe.
"You don't have to think about any way to play, it's all in the middle of the ball, you can play with confidence."
Chris said this deliberately, and Miyuki didn't want to believe a word.
"Then I'll see."
He locked his gaze on Sawamura, who was pitching.
First goal.
"Whoosh!"
The baseball flew over unremarkable and landed in Chris's glove.
"Smack!"
"Good shot!"
Chris laughed and cocked up a finger.
That seems to mean that now they are leading by a good goal.
Miyuki's face turned ugly.
Although he just wanted to observe it just now, Senior Chris had already frozen the situation here, and as the main player of the Qingdao High School baseball team, he naturally had no way out.
"There is no way to solve Zhang Han with this kind of ball, so you want to solve me? If you want Sawamura to regain his confidence in this way, then I'm sorry, I won't cooperate. ”
Miyuki said, holding the bat in his hand aloft.
He let go of the first ball because he was observing.
In the second ball, he said that he would not let go.
Seeing Miyuki's posture of serious confrontation, Chris nodded imperceptibly, and at the same time gave Sawamura a code.
Let's get started, try it out with the pitching stance I just taught you.
Although Sawamura didn't feel any difference, Master Chris asked for it, and he didn't hesitate to throw the baseball in his hand.
Well?
Miyuki, who was standing on the strike zone, soon noticed something unusual.
Before Sawamura's pitching, he could see the point of release. In addition, Sawamura's own ball speed is not fast, and if Miyuki wants to, it will be easier to hit his ball.
But now, Miyuki suddenly discovers that he can't see Sawamura's release point at all.
His arms were so soft that they had fallen completely behind his body.
Because of the blockage of the chest, the baseball could not be seen at all.
Miyuki had a bad premonition in his heart.
If you can't see the release point, many things are difficult to judge.
At this time, Sawamura actually pulled away and prepared to pitch.
Miyuki's pupils widened suddenly.
He carefully watched Sawamura's every move, even though he had already sensed that this guy was taking a step and was ready to make a move.
However, he never saw the release point.
What about baseball? Where did baseball go?
Just when Miyuki was wondering, baseball finally appeared.
It wasn't until Sawamura started releasing the ball that he saw the baseball flying over.
Fast!
So fast!
It wasn't the fastest ball Miyuki had ever seen.
Whether it is Zhang Han or Gu Xiao, the ball speed must be much faster than this ball.
Miyuki's feeling is largely due to the fact that Sawamura's previous ball speed was too slow.
Now this ball, to him, as if all of a sudden, the speed of the ball soared by 10 kilometers.
Miyuki reluctantly made a move.
"Ping!"
The bat was still a little late, and the baseball smashed on the bat and bounced high.
Chris stood up and took seven or eight steps forward, taking the high flying ball into his hand.
"Smack!"
"How do you feel, are you pleasantly surprised?"
Unexpectedly, Miyuki was tricked by Sawamura's ball.
changed Zhang Han to play, if one is not careful, maybe it will work.
"It's a pleasant surprise, but it's not enough. If his straight ball can enhance the variation, maybe there will be an even bigger surprise. ”
Miyuki's suggestion was largely due to the fact that he had lost face.
He can't be the only one who is disgraced.
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