Diamond No Ace: The Strongest Hitter Has Arrived
Chapter 753 The Lively West
The Seido High School Baseball Team teammates didn't know about Yakushi High School's victory when the game had just ended.
Of course, the Seido High School Baseball Team would not ignore this opponent they had played against in a practice game before.
However, the Seido High School Baseball Team believed they had a complete understanding of the opponent's style, so there was no need to waste too much energy on them.
Given the style and characteristics of the Yakushi High School Baseball Team, they might create some trouble for the Seido High School Baseball Team during the game, but defeating Seido was incredibly difficult.
The players and coaches of the Seido High School Baseball Team all had this confidence.
When sending people to scout, they also sent their elite forces to scout Ichidaisan Third High School and Inashiro Industrial.
As for Yakushi.
Although Seido also sent someone to record the game, the ones sent were second-year players.
Just this point alone showed the different levels of importance the Seido High School Baseball Team placed on these three opponents.
After winning the first game, the teammates accepted the cheers and blessings from the audience, and then offered their respect.
It wasn't until they had changed their clothes and returned to the bus that they learned about the Yakushi High School Baseball Team's game result.
"Those guys scored twenty-three runs?"
The Seido teammates, who knew the result, looked at each other in dismay.
Not long ago, the Seido High School Baseball Team teammates, after their hellish training, had a match against the Yakushi High School Baseball Team.
It had only been a little over a month, less than two months, since then.
Although at that time, the Yakushi High School Baseball Team had already started to show some things that made people pay attention, the Seido High School Baseball Team teammates, despite being extremely tired and not in good condition, still defeated them.
If they were in good condition, winning against the Yakushi High School Baseball Team, in the eyes of the Seido High School Baseball Team teammates, was not a very difficult thing.
The Yakushi High School Baseball Team scored 23 runs in 5 innings.
For the Seido High School Baseball Team teammates, it was like a bolt from the blue.
Before, although they hadn't ignored this opponent, their vigilance towards them wasn't high; they were generally on the same level as Sensen.
But now, the Yakushi High School Baseball Team had displayed such ferocious offensive power.
Was this really the Yakushi High School they knew?
It felt very different.
"Who was their opponent?"
"Noma Gakuen."
The teammates were also stunned when they heard this name.
To be honest, the strength of this school was indeed not strong. But it wasn't like Sakurazawa High School, which they had never heard of before.
The Seido High School Baseball Team teammates had more or less heard of this team; it was also a private high school, and it was said that their funding was quite ample.
Because of this, they had recruited many talented individuals.
If it weren't for their Coach's mediocre skill, with Noma Gakuen's recruiting intensity, perhaps their performance could have been better, reaching the top 32, or even the top 16.
Such a team certainly couldn't be considered very strong, but it definitely couldn't be considered weak either.
Yet such a team was completely suppressed when playing against the Yakushi High School Baseball Team.
It could even be said that they were completely crushed.
"Just relying on those three first-years?"
The Seido High School Baseball Team teammates were still a little incredulous.
The Yakushi High School Baseball Team, under the leadership of Todoroki Raizo, indeed had some extraordinary aspects.
For example, the three first-year rookies who served as core batters; even now, when the Seido High School Baseball Team players analyze them, they are full of admiration.
How strong of an eye and how strong of a mind does one need?
To be able to spot those three talents at a glance and decisively give them opportunities.
Leaving Raichi Todoroki aside for a moment.
Mishima and Akiba's rapid progress had a very important reason: they were entrusted with important roles as soon as they joined the team.
If they hadn't had the experience of playing in the Spring Tournament, if they hadn't previously encountered Inashiro Industrial and the Seido High School Baseball Team, they would never have grown to their current level.
So, even though they were just first-year rookies, their experience in high school games was no less than that of second-year players.
The reason Zhang Han quickly pulled ahead of his peers shortly after joining the Seido High School Baseball Team also had this factor.
Being able to experience high-level games earlier would definitely accelerate a person's growth rate.
Recalling those three first-year opponents, the Seido High School Baseball Team teammates found it difficult to treat them as ordinary rookie opponents anymore.
But even if they performed exceptionally well, the Seido High School Baseball Team teammates still found it hard to believe that with the strength of just those three individuals, they could achieve such a lopsided score.
Even if those three guys could hit the ball every time, the score difference shouldn't be that large.
"The intelligence received is very limited; the specific situation will have to wait until we return to school for analysis. The general information obtained so far is that the Yakushi High School Baseball Team's scoring was widespread, with almost every player getting a hit, especially the three core players, who alone accounted for a full 15 runs, including two Homeruns from Raichi Todoroki."
They hadn't seen the opponent's game video, but even just hearing this, the Seido High School Baseball Team teammates had already realized that the current Yakushi High School Baseball Team was probably a completely different team from the Yakushi High School Baseball Team they had known before.
"It's only been a little over a month, isn't their growth rate too fast?"
The teammates found it a bit hard to believe.
Even with the facts laid out before them, recalling the Yakushi High School Baseball Team they played against a month ago, the Seido High School Baseball Team teammates still found it hard to believe that this Yakushi was the same team they had previously defeated.
"I heard that in this past month or so, they haven't systematically practiced tactics at all, but instead have continuously participated in practice games all over the country. There were even rumors that out of the 22 games they played across the country, they won a full 21."
"What about the one they lost?"
They won twenty-one out of twenty-two games.
The teammates were clearly not very interested in the 21 games they won; they wanted to know who the Yakushi High School Baseball Team actually lost to.
That way, if they really encountered the Yakushi High School Baseball Team, they might even be able to learn from their style.
Isashiki Jun felt that as the team's vice-captain, he was being very thoughtful.
Some teammates around him also nodded.
However, strangely, Chris, Miyuki, and Zhang Han looked at him with very meaningful gazes.
"You three, if you have something to say, just say it."
Isashiki Jun was not someone who could hold his tongue, so he asked directly.
"They played a total of twenty-two games in the past month; haven't you understood yet?"
"We were one of those twenty-two games."
"The only game they truly lost was the one against us. In the other twenty-one practice games, facing powerhouses from all over the country, even teams that could make it to Koshien, they stubbornly secured victories."
This sounds simple.
But how easy is it to guarantee 21 consecutive wins?
As the saying goes, even the best of us stumble.
Even the Seido High School Baseball Team, when playing against opponents weaker than themselves, would occasionally lose once or twice over time.
Yakushi High School, however, kept winning.
This process certainly wasn't smooth sailing. During their practice games, they must have experienced all sorts of challenges and crises.
But Yakushi High School toughly endured through all of them.
In this process, they not only gained a lot of game experience, and their players grew significantly, but they also mastered a lot of techniques for dealing with crises.
The originally immature team might now have turned into a formidable opponent.
"West Tokyo is getting livelier and livelier."
Just as Zhang Han was sighing, he received a phone call.
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