Chapter 675 - 675: New Breaking Ball

One out, runner on Second Base.

It was Zhang Han's turn to bat, the Fourth Batter for the Seido High School Baseball Team in this game.

Zhang Han was, without a doubt, the most important player on the Seido High School Baseball Team at that moment. He not only bore the heavy responsibility of a pitcher but was also the team's Fourth Batter.

His performance would not only affect the morale of the Seido High School Baseball Team but might even directly influence the outcome of today's game.

In the stands, the supporters of the Seido High School Baseball Team, as well as the Misses who had specifically come to cheer for Zhang Han, erupted with their greatest enthusiasm. They shouted at the top of their lungs and made the most exaggerated gestures, all to cheer for Zhang Han.

In the dugouts of both teams, the cheering was also incessant.

It looked as if both teams had staked the outcome of the game on this one confrontation.

But the two sides in the confrontation were too focused at that moment; they didn't even notice the cheering.

Zhang Han stared at Narumiya Mei on the pitcher's mound, and Narumiya Mei stared back at Zhang Han.

Almost everyone associated with Seido firmly believed that Zhang Han should be able to hit the ball this time.

He had come to bat twice before, once getting a timely hit and the other time hitting a Homerun.

Such a performance made people subconsciously believe that it seemed very easy for Zhang Han to hit Narumiya Mei's pitch.

Only Zhang Han himself was not as confident as people imagined.

In their first confrontation, Narumiya Mei's low-angle pitch sequence had already been seen through by Zhang Han.

For the second time, Narumiya Mei, unwilling to give up, tried the low-angle pitch sequence again.

The answer Zhang Han gave was naturally even more perfect, which was also an important reason why he was able to hit a Homerun.

Now, as the two sides faced each other for the third time, no matter how unwilling Narumiya Mei had been before, he must have understood.

Using a low-angle pitch sequence to deal with Zhang Han was simply unrealistic.

So this guy would definitely change his approach.

And once Narumiya Mei changed his approach, the pitch sequence that Zhang Han had seen through before would no longer hold much meaning.

The two sides were essentially starting from the same starting line again.

Zhang Han was naturally not as confident as before.

Although he wasn't as confident as before, Zhang Han had no intention of letting the ball pass.

As the current Fourth Batter for the Seido High School Baseball Team, even if only temporarily, Zhang Han hoped to live up to the expectations of the Coach and his teammates.

So he raised his bat high, his eyes fixed on his opponent without blinking.

As long as the baseball flew over, he would not hold back.

In the catcher's position, Harada Masakatsu subconsciously swallowed.

Since becoming the main catcher for the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team, he had never been as nervous as he was now.

He had also never seen such an excellent pitching and hitting confrontation as Zhang Han and Narumiya Mei.

As a top star player in Tokyo and even the entire country, Harada Masakatsu also had his pride; he didn't pay much attention to ordinary well-known players.

Even Yuuki and Omae, he didn't think those two guys could significantly surpass him.

For so many years, the only ones who truly made Harada feel like he was falling behind were these two guys in front of him.

Narumiya Mei and Zhang Han.

Harada himself was incredibly excited just watching their confrontation.

He was even impatient to know the outcome of their duel.

If Harada were an ordinary fan, such thoughts would be understandable. But he was currently the catcher for the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team, and such thoughts were completely inappropriate.

Zhang Han was not only Narumiya Mei's opponent but also his enemy; he had to help Narumiya eliminate this most threatening enemy.

Harada forcefully placed his glove inside.

As a mature player, he quickly recognized the current situation and acted decisively.

Harada's strong guidance also boosted Narumiya Mei's confidence to some extent. He pulled back, took a stance, and threw the baseball in his hand with all his might.

"Whoosh!"

In the dugout of the Seido High School Baseball Team.

When the teammates saw this pitch, their brows furrowed in unison.

This guy, he changed his approach again?

Speaking of playing to the audience, Narumiya Mei was undoubtedly someone who had mastered it to the extreme.

Before, he only used low-angle pitch sequences against Zhang Han, Yuuki, and two other opponents he considered threatening.

When dealing with others, he basically used Fastballs to resolve situations, occasionally mixing in a couple of breaking balls.

Such an approach, used against the Seido High School Baseball Team, which was hailed as the National First Batting Line, could not but be described as extremely arrogant.

But he was arrogant with good reason.

In fact, up to this point, no one on the Seido High School Baseball Team, apart from Zhang Han and Yuuki, had truly hit Narumiya Mei's pitch.

Seido, known as the National First Batting Line, had other batters who were practically a joke, apart from Zhang Han and Yuuki.

Even now, no one else had been able to conquer the low-angle pitch sequence.

In fact, from the self-perception of the Seido High School Baseball Team players.

Even by the end of the game, not many of them were confident they could hit such a pitch.

It was more likely that they would only be able to surrender to such a pitch until the end of the game.

Now, Narumiya Mei had once again adjusted his pitch approach when facing Zhang Han.

In other words, for them, it was like Mount Everest, an unscalable mountain for a lifetime.

It wasn't Narumiya Mei's top-tier pitch method.

He also possessed other pitching approaches of the same or even higher level.

This realization was definitely a nightmare for most of the teammates on the Seido High School Baseball Team.

But Zhang Han had already anticipated it.

The pitch sequence Uehara had just shown, Narumiya Mei happened to be practicing the same kind of pitch.

What were the odds of that?

Yes, but extremely slim.

It was more likely that Narumiya Mei had learned it on the fly after watching Uehara's pitch.

Of course, being able to master it so quickly was inseparable from Narumiya Mei's incredibly astonishing talent and the fact that he happened to know similar pitches.

If Zhang Han's guess was true, then it meant that in addition to the low-angle pitch sequence he had just shown, Narumiya Mei had other trump cards.

That trump card was the gift he had specially prepared for the Seido High School Baseball Team, and he had been preparing it for a long time.

As Zhang Han expected, Narumiya Mei revealed this trump card at the very beginning of his confrontation with him.

The baseball went straight to the inside, fast and sharp.

Zhang Han accurately aimed at the flying baseball and decisively swung his bat.

He didn't want to miss a pitch that had already entered the strike zone. Moreover, without knowing Narumiya Mei's hidden trump card, missing an easy-to-hit pitch would only lead to more troublesome pitches later on.

Zhang Han didn't want to worry then.

"Ping!"

As the bat struck the baseball, Zhang Han's expression turned incredibly grim.

The baseball had a slight change as it approached him, a change he hadn't noticed before.

The hit baseball landed outside the foul line.

"Foul!"

Zhang Han stared at the nonchalant Narumiya Mei on the pitcher's mound with a complex gaze.

He had originally thought he understood this opponent very well.

Now, Zhang Han suddenly realized that it was just what he thought. In fact, he had never truly understood this biggest obstacle for the Seido High School Baseball Team.

In the dugout.

The teammates of the Seido High School Baseball Team exchanged glances. They also had a premonition of a crisis, a very, very big crisis.

"A new breaking ball?"

Kuramochi's voice was much sharper than before.

"At this moment!"

The other teammates weren't doing any better.

From Zhang Han's hitting result, the baseball must have had a slight change as it entered the strike zone.

"Sinker or bullet pitch?"

The teammates of the Seido High School Baseball Team couldn't be sure and could only discuss it after Zhang Han finished hitting.

But no matter which one it was, it was very fatal bad news for the teammates of the Seido High School Baseball Team.

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