Inside the dugout of the Seido High School Baseball Team.
The players who were sitting on the bench all stood up, cheering on the batter who was about to step up.
"Han-san, don't hold back, let's finish them off in one go."
"Strikeout! Strikeout!"
...
"Don't worry, just wait and see."
Manager Ota leaned towards Kataoka, wanting to say something too. He didn't think sending a Zhang Han after the hell training week could produce any results against the monster Raichi Todoroki.
But before he could open his mouth, he was cut off by a remark from Coach Kataoka. His view seemed to differ from Coach Ochiai's.
Raichi Todoroki, standing in the batter's box, assumed an aggressive hitting stance.
It seemed that no matter what kind of pitch Zhang Han threw, Raichi Todoroki intended to hit it without hesitation.
At this point, Yakushi High School Baseball Team had nothing left to avoid.
If they wanted to win today's practice game, they had to have a real showdown with Zhang Han here.
Only the winner is qualified to claim victory.
Raichi Todoroki might not have understood it in such detail, but it didn't hinder his actions.
At this moment, he had put all his attention on Zhang Han, no matter what kind of ball flew over next.
He would hit it.
Just like before, countless days and nights, under the bridge, when he dueled with various masters in his mind.
Zhang Han, a Fastball approaching 160 kilometers.
Such an opponent, such a pitch, Raichi Todoroki had simulated countless times under the bridge before.
After witnessing it in the Spring Tournament, he simulated it almost every day, imagining every day how to react.
How should he hit this pitch?
How should he blast the ball out?
Having waited too long, countless days and nights had already turned into an obsession.
He must hit the baseball out, no matter what...
Zhang Han on the pitcher's mound clearly felt the immense pressure Raichi Todoroki put on him.
This silly boy, who looked even dumber than Sawamura, was not easy to deal with.
Seeing Raichi Todoroki take his stance, Zhang Han unceremoniously lifted his leg and threw the baseball in his hand.
"Whoosh!"
Everything seemed to flow like water; the baseball naturally flew out of Zhang Han's hand.
His movements didn't seem particularly astonishing.
Although fast and clean, it wasn't terrifying.
But soon, people discovered that the real situation was not as they imagined.
The flying baseball flew fast and furiously, like a dazzling white light, instantly crossing a distance of over ten meters.
It flew past Raichi Todoroki's eyes.
In this process, Raichi Todoroki only looked back once.
The bat in his hand, his body, his bones and nerves, including every cell in his body.
None of them had time to react.
He just watched with wide eyes as the white light flashed before him.
Then he heard the sound of the baseball sinking into the mitt.
"Thwack!"
At this moment, the entire venue was silent.
The most shocked, of course, was the dugout of Yakushi High School Baseball Team.
Sanada, who had performed very well on the pitcher's mound earlier, subconsciously swallowed his saliva, then groaned in disbelief.
"Raichi, didn't even have time to swing?"
Although this wasn't the last pitch, it was understandable for Raichi Todoroki to observe one pitch first.
But who in Yakushi High School Baseball Team didn't know that Raichi Todoroki, their team's Raichi Todoroki, was not a patient person?
His goal was to hit all incoming baseballs, as long as they entered the strike zone, out of the park.
Facing such a good pitch, his failure to swing only had one reasonable explanation.
That was: he simply didn't have the confidence to make contact with the ball, didn't have the confidence to hit the ball out.
Thinking this way, that man on the pitcher's mound was simply too terrifying.
In the dugout of Seido High School Baseball Team.
The shock in the hearts of the teammates was no less than that of the players from Yakushi High School Baseball Team.
Just before, they had also had doubts. After all, everyone's body was so tired, could Zhang Han-senpai still unleash that kind of power, approaching 160 kilometers per hour?
Now, they had no doubts.
They even had a feeling that Zhang Han at this pitch speed was probably not his limit.
It was possible he could throw even faster pitches.
"What was the speed of that pitch just now? It doesn't look slower than during the Kanto Tournament."
"Why do I feel it's even faster?!"
"Someone go get a radar gun."
"I'll go!"
On the outskirts of the field, someone was already running towards the equipment room.
Previously, everyone in Seido High School Baseball Team thought that Zhang Han's pitch speed would definitely be affected. In this situation, they naturally didn't want to make Zhang Han uncomfortable.
Knowing that Zhang Han, at his physical limit, couldn't throw a good pitch speed, and they still brought a radar gun, wouldn't that be humiliating?
So no one brought the team's radar gun in advance.
But now it seemed their original worries were completely unnecessary.
Zhang Han had never been someone who could be guessed by common sense.
They should have been prepared for this moment to happen at any time.
Before that player could run back, Zhang Han's second pitch came out.
"Whoosh!"
Like the previous pitch, it was another dazzling white light, instantly traversing over ten meters of space.
This time, Raichi Todoroki finally reacted and swung the bat in his hand.
But he was still a step too slow.
By the time he swung the bat in his hand, the baseball had already passed through, smashing heavily into Miyuki's mitt.
"Thwack!"
"Strike!"
Two strikes; the batter was in a tough spot.
In the dugout of Yakushi High School Baseball Team, there was an uproar.
Raichi Todoroki's significance to their team was no less than Zhang Han and Yuuki's significance to Seido High School Baseball Team.
Once their strongest power hitter was suppressed like this, how could the players of Yakushi High School Baseball Team regroup and continue to contend with the players of Seido High School Baseball Team, and then score more runs?
This was very difficult, extremely, extremely difficult.
In the dugout of Yakushi High School Baseball Team, all the players' faces became very tense.
They seemed to have already seen the outcome of the duel, but were unwilling to face it.
At the batter's box, Raichi Todoroki was not affected by the worries of those around him.
Having only joined Yakushi High School Baseball Team two months ago, all he felt was the joy of playing baseball.
At this time, he had no obsession with winning or losing, nor the pain of defeat.
He was simply enjoying the joy of facing a master.
The baseball flew past with a whoosh, like a ray of light.
He had never encountered such a baseball in his previous imagination.
Although he had imagined a 160 km/h Fastball, Zhang Han's Fastball was completely different.
This kind of Fastball was purer than he imagined, flying past his eyes in an instant.
He still wanted to keep playing; he still wanted to keep facing it.
Next, he needed to increase the speed of his swing.
Only then could Raichi Todoroki possibly hit the incoming baseball.
"Whoosh!"
Just as Raichi Todoroki was doing his mental preparation, a pitch like white light reappeared.
This time, almost the instant he saw the baseball, Raichi Todoroki swung early.
He had no choice. If he waited for the ball to reach his side to swing, he wouldn't have time to hit the ball.
So he had to swing early. This time, he must...
Raichi Todoroki's intuition was sharp, and his timing was perfect. The moment the baseball entered his hitting range, his bat also arrived.
Good.
Seeing this scene, Raichi Todoroki's eyes gleamed with an extremely dazzling light, as if he had already seen the baseball being hit by him.
It was here. It was now.
"Ping!"
The expected sound of impact did not appear in Raichi Todoroki's ears.
That baseball, that baseball that was about to be hit by him, had mysteriously disappeared?
How could this be?
Raichi Todoroki's eyes flashed with disbelief and shock.
Then he heard the sound of the baseball smashing into the mitt.
"Thwack!"
"Strikeout!"
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