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Diamond no Ace: Coach, I Want to Be a Batter, Not a Pitcher!

Chapter 123 123: Isashiki’s Roar · Nov 12, 2026

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101 Chapter 101 101: I Anticipated Your Prediction 2026-11-12
102 Chapter 102 102: The Showdown Continues 2026-11-12
103 Chapter 103 103: Battle of Wits 2026-11-12
104 Chapter 104 104: The Changes in You Shunshin 2026-11-12
105 Chapter 105 105: Isashiki — The Joy of Not Being the One Getting Scolded 2026-11-12
106 Chapter 106 106: Two Types of Cutter 2026-11-12
107 Chapter 107 107: Stealing All the Way 2026-11-12
108 Chapter 108 108: The Silent King — Narumiya Mei 2026-11-12
109 Chapter 109 109: Guessing 2026-11-12
110 Chapter 110 110: Sawamura, Who Isn’t Very Smart 2026-11-12
111 Chapter 111 111: You Shunshin’s Last Summer 2026-11-12
112 Chapter 112 112: Untitled 2026-11-12
113 Chapter 113 113: Complete Game 2026-11-12
114 Chapter 114 114: The Next Opponent — Yakushi High School 2026-11-12
115 Chapter 115 116: Seidou Goes Berserk 2026-11-12
116 Chapter 116 115: Raizō’s Provocation 2026-11-12
117 Chapter 117 117: The Loud Senior Gets Struck Out 2026-11-12
118 Chapter 118 118: Sawamura’s Enviable Talent 2026-11-12
119 Chapter 119 119: Narumiya Mei Is Being Manipulated 2026-11-12
120 Chapter 120 120: Seido vs. Yakushi High School 2026-11-12
121 Chapter 121 121: Raichi Todoroki 2026-11-12
122 Chapter 122 122: A Powerful Start 2026-11-12
123 Chapter 123 123: Isashiki’s Roar 2026-11-12
124 Chapter 124: One Inning Crushes Yakushi High School 2026-11-12
125 Chapter 125: The Ace Takes the Stage 2026-11-12
126 Chapter 126: A Powerful Showdown Between Pitchers 2026-11-12
127 Chapter 127 127: The Two Aces Feel the Pressure 2026-11-12
128 Chapter 128 128: Provocation? 2026-11-12
129 Chapter 129 129: Is This Retribution? 2026-11-12
130 Chapter 130 130: Head-on Showdown! Suppressing Raichi Todoroki 2026-11-12
131 Chapter 131 131: A Stunning Performance 2026-11-12
132 Chapter 132: Raichi Todoroki Strikes Out 2026-11-12
133 Chapter 133: The Sharp Cutter 2026-11-12
134 Chapter 134: The Match Ends 2026-11-12
135 Chapter 135: Ushijima, Do You Know How to Throw a Curveball? 2026-11-12
136 Chapter 136: I Shouldn’t Have Asked 2026-11-12
137 Chapter 137: The Noisy Training Routine 2026-11-12
138 Chapter 138: Slider 2026-11-12
139 Chapter 139: Quietly Doing Big Things 2026-11-12
140 Chapter 140: Digging a Trap for the Seniors 2026-11-12
141 Chapter 141: I Must Get to Koshien This Year 2026-11-12
142 Chapter 142: Opening Tactics 2026-11-12
143 Chapter 143: I’ll Give You a Taste of Ups and Downs 2026-11-12
144 Chapter 144: The More Provoked, the Tougher They Become 2026-11-12
145 Chapter 145: The Oppressive Presence of 195 cm 2026-11-12
146 Chapter 146: The Game Within the Game 2026-11-12
147 Chapter 147: The Double Pressure of Base-Stealing 2026-11-12
148 Chapter 148: Sensen’s Provocation 2026-11-12
149 Chapter 149: The More Provoked, the Stronger He Becomes 2026-11-12
150 Chapter 150: Pitcher Duel 2026-11-12

SMACK!

The baseball snapped cleanly into the glove.

But Mishima didn’t swing.

”Strike!”

The umpire waved his hand decisively.

Behind the plate, Miyuki Kazuya became even more certain of his guess.

Yakushi’s hitters were clearly expecting inside pitches from Ushijima Wakatoshi.

So Miyuki set his glove again.

This time—

Outside corner.

A high fastball.

Ushijima nodded and delivered the second pitch.

In the batter’s box, Mishima saw the pitch trajectory.

Another high outside fastball.

It looked almost identical to the previous one.

Seeing the opportunity, Mishima swung quickly.

CLANG!

The very tip of the bat grazed the bottom of the ball.

”Foul!”

The umpire signaled.

Now Mishima was in trouble.

Two strikes.

What’s going on?

Wasn’t this pitcher supposed to attack inside?

Why are all the pitches outside?

Is the third pitch going to the outside again?

Mishima began guarding the outside corner carefully.

Behind the plate, Miyuki watched his reaction and made his decision.

He flashed the sign.

Pitch type.

Location.

Wakatoshi understood instantly.

He raised both hands.

Lifted his left leg.

Then stepped forward and fired the pitch.

In the batter’s box, Mishima’s eyes lit up when he saw the trajectory.

”Outside pitch—mine!”

He swung immediately, confident in his guess.

But just before the bat connected—

The ball dropped.

The pitch suddenly cut downward toward the outside corner.

The bat sliced through empty air.

SMACK!

The baseball slammed into Miyuki’s glove.

Swing and miss.

Mishima froze in disbelief.

”A cutter?!”

He had guessed outside correctly—

But he hadn’t expected the cutter’s sharp drop.

Wasn’t this battery supposed to favor inside attacks?

Why are they attacking outside instead?

And why use a cutter there?

”Strike three!”

”Strikeout!”

”Amazing! A perfect three-up, three-down inning!”

The announcer’s excited voice echoed throughout the stadium.

”Only seven pitches to retire three batters!”

In the Seido dugout, the players erupted.

”Ushijima! That was incredible!”

Kanemaru shouted excitedly.

”Yeah! He heats up instantly like a microwave!”

Hideaki Tojo laughed.

”Keep it up, Ushijima! Completely shut down Yakushi’s lineup!”

Maezono yelled.

On the field, Wakatoshi received cheers from his teammates.

”Hah! Not bad, kid.”

Jun Isashiki shouted proudly.

”That fastball’s gotten even faster!”

”Those pitches were pretty terrifying,”

Ryosuke Kominato added with a smile.

But as they returned to the dugout—

They crossed paths with Raichi Todoroki running onto the field to defend.

Raichi’s eyes never left Wakatoshi.

Wakatoshi stopped and spoke calmly.

”So?”

”Is your father still looking down on me?”

”Do you still think Narumiya Mei is the only rival worth facing in West Tokyo?”

Raichi didn’t answer immediately.

Instead, he stared intensely at Wakatoshi.

”That pitch just now…”

”Was that your full strength?”

Wakatoshi laughed.

”I’ll answer that after you beat him.”

With that, he jogged away.

Raichi clenched his fists.

”I’ll beat you.”

”Fourth inning at the latest.”

”Maybe even the third.”

He believed in Yakushi’s explosive offense.

If things moved quickly, he would get another at-bat in the third inning.

With that thought, Raichi ran to take his position at third base.

Back in Seido’s dugout, Tesshin Kataoka spoke.

”Those pitches were impressive.”

Wakatoshi scratched his head slightly.

”To be honest… I got lucky.”

”I didn’t expect the first two pitches to land in the strike zone.”

”I was just planning to throw hard.”

”But somehow they went in.”

”If the first pitch hadn’t been a strike, the second one probably wouldn’t have worked either.”

He smiled calmly.

Then he picked up his pitching glove again and looked toward Yakushi’s mound.

The pitcher wearing number 10 stood there.

Not number 1.

Everyone in Seido noticed immediately.

Yakushi hadn’t sent out their ace.

”They’re still hiding their trump card…”

Wakatoshi muttered.

”So they’re underestimating us.”

His words instantly raised the team’s morale.

Yakushi’s ace still hadn’t appeared.

Instead, they were using their number 10 pitcher.

Wakatoshi then added calmly:

”If we can’t score five runs this inning…”

”I’ll stop pitching batting practice for you guys.”

”Huh?!”

The Seido players were shocked.

Then furious.

Wakatoshi’s batting practice was incredibly valuable.

He threw professional-level fastballs and a huge variety of pitches:

Four-seam

Two-seam

Cutter

Sinker

Shootball

Curveball

Slider

Forkball

Facing those pitches had drastically improved their batting.

If Wakatoshi stopped throwing batting practice—

That would be a disaster.

Inside, Wakatoshi smiled secretly.

Two months of training had made them completely addicted to his pitching practice.

Threatening to stop it was the perfect motivation.

”Charge!!!”

Jun Isashiki roared.

”Kuramochi! If you don’t get on base, you might as well kill yourself!”

”Just dig a hole and bury yourself!”

Ryosuke Kominato added mercilessly.

”Uh… hehe…”

Youichi Kuramochi chuckled nervously as he stepped into the batter’s box.

”If you can’t reach base, don’t come back!”

Isashiki shouted again.

Kuramochi simply grinned.

Then—

The pitcher threw the first pitch.

Kuramochi swung instantly.

”Too slow!”

After getting used to Wakatoshi’s blazing pitches, Yakushi’s pitcher felt slow.

The fastball didn’t even reach 135 km/h.

CRACK!

Kuramochi blasted the ball deep into center field.

Using his incredible speed—

He sprinted all the way to second base.

Standing on second, he laughed confidently.

”Haha!”

Then he clenched his fist toward the Seido dugout.

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