It wasn't just Coach Mikura of Shonan High School who found it unbelievable.
Even the teammates of the Seido High School Baseball Team themselves were muttering under their breath.
Especially the freshmen in the stands; although they had played against Chris and knew his abilities were extraordinary, they probably didn't think his strength was superior to Miyuki's.
If the team was leading, considering future games and lineup adjustments, bringing Chris in would be acceptable.
But right now, they were trailing by three runs.
Not to mention there was a runner on Third Base.
In such a huge crisis, was it really appropriate to replace the team's reliable main catcher with a substitute?
Putting themselves in Miyuki's shoes, what would they think if they encountered such a situation?
Miyuki naturally had his own thoughts.
"It's not your problem. I underestimated the opponent before; we need to change the rhythm now."
Coach Kataoka specifically explained.
In the entire Seido High School Baseball Team, only Zhang Han and Miyuki received such treatment.
As for everyone else, including Captain Yuuki, if they were replaced, they were replaced; why would they need an explanation?
Miyuki, however, was not appreciative.
Coach Kataoka's explanation was a bit too deliberate.
It would have been better to state clearly that the competition for the main catcher position had already begun.
On the surface, Coach Kataoka seemed to attach great importance to the Kanto Tournament. But in fact, that wasn't the case at all.
From his various arrangements, it seemed he was treating this Kanto Tournament as a major training exercise.
Kataoka was a very goal-oriented person; his objective had always been, and never changed, to dominate the nation at Koshien.
Other tournaments like the Spring Tournament, Autumn Tournament, and Kanto Tournament...
For Kataoka, they weren't entirely meaningless, but overall, they were just that.
He didn't take the results of these games seriously. The reason he valued them was purely to cultivate the players' habits.
After all, in high school baseball, there's no turning back, especially in the summer when one loss means the end.
Focusing on every daily game was also a form of training for the players.
"Then I'll look forward to Chris's performance, shall I?"
Ever since Chris came on, the Shonan Gakuen players had been acting very strangely.
They kept feeling that the mixed-race player in front of them looked familiar.
"I think I've seen him somewhere!"
"Right, I feel the same way."
In the dugout, the Shonan Gakuen players whispered among themselves.
At this moment, the chubby Akiyama, who had already returned to the dugout, slapped his forehead.
"I remember now."
"Who?"
So many people felt he looked familiar, and the name also seemed familiar.
Of course, he couldn't be an unknown.
It's worth noting that Shonan's players were basically all star players who had already made a name for themselves in middle school.
As star players, many of them had already become mainstays of their teams in their second year.
"Chris, the senior from Marugame Youth Baseball!"
Just saying Chris, everyone didn't immediately react, but now with the team name, those who had previously played against Chris instantly remembered who this person in front of them was!
There were also those who hadn't played against Chris, and seeing everyone talking so excitedly, their curiosity was piqued.
"Who is it? Is he strong?"
"Strong?"
Akiyama looked at his questioning teammate with a look of disdain, as if he was looking at an idiot.
"How can you use 'strong' to describe him? That's too insulting to him; he's a monster, and a super one at that."
Chris Yuu.
At that time, Kurokawa, Akiyama, and these others were all just second-year middle school players.
Although they had all become mainstays of their teams, their status within the team was definitely that of juniors.
And at that time, Chris had already become the most dazzling star in the entire Kanto region.
The strongest catcher in Kanto!
That title alone showed how terrifying Chris's strength had reached back then.
These young players from Shonan High School had all suffered greatly in their previous encounters with Chris.
Even now, thinking about it, they were incredibly annoyed.
Why were they so stupid back then?
Although they all knew in their hearts that it wasn't that they were incapable, but simply that their opponent was too strong.
But which star player isn't stubborn and refuses to admit defeat? They would die before admitting such a humiliating thing.
When they saw the Seido High School Baseball Team replace Miyuki, they felt a bit of secret joy.
The opponent was cutting off their entire leg to treat a small abscess on it.
If they cut off their leg, wouldn't they become crippled?
Although they sympathized with Miyuki, they wouldn't go easy on him because of that.
The Shonan Gakuen players were all rubbing their fists, ready to go out and show their skills.
But when they saw the person who replaced Miyuki, it was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured directly over their heads.
It was utterly chilling.
The rest of the game also left them speechless.
After Chris came on, the pitcher on the pitcher's mound, Tanba, was like he had been given a shot of adrenaline, fully revived.
He no longer cared about the runner on Third Base.
Every pitch from the pitcher was thrown at his peak.
The Fifth Batter didn't have time to swing on the first pitch, and barely fouled off the second pitch.
The batters ahead of him seemed to have hit the ball out very easily.
But when it was his turn, he felt the opponent's strength was extraordinary.
The pressure from the pitcher made his breathing heavy.
In just two pitches, he was already cornered.
Then came the final pitch.
"Whoosh!"
From the batter's perspective, he felt as if the baseball was thrown directly at his forehead.
For a moment, he really wanted to step back.
But in the end, he held back.
He knew this pitch would curve, and it would definitely enter the strike zone.
He just needed to swing when the ball changed.
Here it comes!
As expected, when the baseball was still three or four meters away from his head, it suddenly dropped sharply.
The baseball began to move towards the strike zone as it dropped.
When the batter saw this, the surprise in his eyes was uncontrollable.
He gritted his teeth tightly and swung his bat with all his might.
But although his bat swung, it didn't hit the ball.
The batter watched helplessly as the baseball flew past his feet and into the catcher's mitt.
"Pop!"
"Strike!"
"Strikeout!!!"
It wasn't until he was struck out that the batter finally realized that Tanba's last pitch was actually a ball?
How could he?
In the Shonan dugout.
Coach Mikura's smug expression had completely vanished.
At this moment, only caution was reflected on his face.
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