Tokyo Girlfriend Illustrated Book

"One hundred and sixty-nine!"

"Since the birth of baseball, the highest pitch speed record is 169.

On October 6, 2010, in the American League Baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Cincinnati Reds, Reds pitcher Alodia Chapman threw a fastball at a speed of 169 kilometers per hour!

And now, this record has been rewritten, and the title of the fastest man in the world will be won by Lord Hojo!! "

On the radio, Mihara Shozo roared almost hoarsely. As a coach, he had certainly seen Hojo Kyosuke's super-speed ball before. He had been holding it in just to make a splash in this game and scare everyone to death!

In fact, in addition to the record of 169, there are many people who claim to have thrown more than 170 balls, but none of them have been officially certified and have not been tested by official radar.

That’s why Sobu High School specially asked the people from Nikkan Sports to bring a professional speed gun this time, and even the referee team was invited from NPB, just to endorse Hojo Kyousuke. Of course, such a record will not be officially recognized, after all, it’s just a practice match, but it’s enough for everyone to believe it.

Next to Mihara Shozo, Nishimiya Naoko's face was also flushed with joy. She was not happy because she heard that the world record was broken, but because she was happy to hear so many people cheering for Kyousuke-kun.

Numbers are so fascinating that even people who have not attended elementary school can recognize the numbers on banknotes and will cheer or be depressed by the numbers on their pay slips.

One hundred and sixty-five was already a number that made the scouts crazy with excitement. Now looking at the 170 on the speed gun, they wanted to rush into the baseball field immediately and force Hojo Kyosuke's hand to sign the contract.

What the hell are you still studying for? Would it be worthy of your talent if you don't play baseball and make a name for yourself?!

These people have completely forgotten Hojo Kyosuke's other identities. Or, to them, comics? It doesn't matter what kind of thing it is, can't even a child draw it? Novels? Can novels break world records? Even if it's a great writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, can he get the same respect and cheers as a baseball star in America?

Do you know what the first professional sport is?

Even if we don’t discuss this aspect, let’s just talk about the simplest ability to make money.

Hojo Kyosuke, who has won the Honya Grand Prize and the Mystery Writers Association Prize consecutively, is already a popular writer in the Japanese literary world. He has also created the "Hojo Mystery" school, which has expanded the readership and increased sales. But even so, his ability to make money is far inferior to that of top baseball players.

He started serializing "One Punch Man" and "Attack on Titan" in junior high school, followed by the "Sword Art Online" novels, "The Devotion of Suspect X", and the latest "The Dream and Death of Writer K".

Not to mention that the royalties from the two comic series basically cover daily life needs, the cumulative sales of the single volumes are 8 million and 6 million copies respectively. The royalties of the former were forcibly divided half by Hojo Kyosuke to Eriri, and the total royalties after tax were 500 million yen. The income from copyright and various peripheral products was almost 200 million yen.

After several reprints, the cumulative print run of Suspect X reached 2 million copies. The initial royalty share was 15%, and after sales exceeded 500,000 copies, it rose to 20% according to the industry's unspoken rules. The Dreams and Death of Writer K printed 1 million copies, and the share of the first print run rose to 18%.

These two novels brought Hojo Kyosuke an income of more than 900 million yen, and various interviews and copyright fees also amounted to tens of millions.

That is to say, his three years of creation from junior high school to now have brought him more than 1.7 billion yen in income. However, he also spends a lot of money. For example, the villa in Yiliao cost nearly 600 million yen from buying to decorating, the office building of the animation company in Suginami District cost 400 million yen, and the company's equipment and vehicles and the "personnel cost" of operating the company are also not a small amount.

Not to mention the various taxes, which are frighteningly high. There are even writers in Japan who live abroad all year round to avoid taxes. Fortunately, Hojo Kyosuke has Xisaki, an invincible tool man. Now there is still a six and eight zeros left in the bank card balance, as well as a loan of 400 million.

What if he became a professional baseball player when he was in junior high school? You know, the highest salary of a professional baseball player in Japan can reach more than 600 million yen, which is 1.8 billion yen in three years. The most important thing is that none of those people can throw a 170-speed ball! They can't get to home plate first to score by surpassing the previous batter from home plate.

If such a person as Hojo Kyosuke enters the Japanese professional baseball league, would it not be too much to earn 70, 80, or 90 billion yen a year? Or he could just go to America to play in the MLB and earn US dollars, earning more than 10 billion yen a year, which is equivalent to drawing comics and copying books for three years, and he would be relaxed and comfortable without having to think about it.

While the ordinary spectators on the sidelines were discussing Hojo Kyosuke's breaking of the world record, a group of scouts and reporters found a deserted corner and started to make frantic phone calls. The signals intertwined in the air, and Hojo Kyosuke was their common code.

The scouts who came were not only from several professional baseball teams, but also from many high schools in Tokyo. Compared to the scouts from professional teams, the high school scouts were even more excited, after all, they knew that Hojo Kyousuke would never play professionally before graduating from high school. Even the professional baseball teams recognized this, because high school students' bodies still needed to continue to develop, and entering high-level competitions too early would destroy the potential of talented players.

But they are different. They poached Hojo Kyosuke this year, and they can play in Koshien for two more years! Isn't that awesome? Hojo Kyosuke's photo will be at the front of the list of outstanding alumni. The most important thing is that compared to professional baseball schools that need to consider how much they can pay to get Hojo Kyosuke, their schools have it easier. As long as they show off their school's strong baseball team, no high school student will be able to resist the temptation of Koshien!

On the field, after Hojo Kyosuke threw the ball, he slowly retracted his left leg and slowly lowered his right hand. He first confirmed that the catcher was okay, then turned and looked at the audience.

In the cheering area, Hyodo Michiru played her guitar and sparks flew. Drummer Morioka Aiko, who had dyed her hair green and tied it into two pigtails, changed her quiet appearance and pounded the drums hard. Even without the wind band, her voice was no less impressive. The already passionate cheering song was added with rock elements, and it felt like my heart was about to jump out of my chest when I listened to it.

The sound of chaotic but exciting music kept pouring into his ears, but Hojo Kyosuke did not focus his eyes on "icy tail", but looked at the Ruyi Liao cheering group behind them.

Thanks to the small size of Sobu High School's stadium, the distance between the stands and the court is very small, and his scanning eyes can clearly see the faces of every girl.

He saw Eriri standing on her seat, dancing and talking loudly. Her fair and delicate face was flushed with excitement, and her golden hair on her forehead was wet with sweat. He knew that this guy didn't understand the rules of baseball at all. He was even worse than their Tonkatsu Rice coach. He would say things like "Eh!? Why does Kyosuke have to wait in line before he can play? The best people should stay on the field all the time."

So, she couldn't understand the game at all, but this didn't seem to affect her enjoyment of the game at all, because she could hear the audience cheering for her, and as long as she kept winning, she would remain excited.

He saw Xue Ye putting her hands together in front of her mouth like a trumpet and cheering loudly. She was not calm at all now. She seemed to have jumped out of a classical ink painting, as if she would light the frame on fire in the next moment, holding a torch and shouting her own name.

He saw Mitsuha Miyamizu holding her father and sister's hands and raising them high again and again. Her expression was also full of excitement, and her dark eyes were bright. Even his cheap father-in-law, Mr. Toshiki, stopped pretending to be stern and cheered loudly.

He saw Yamauchi Sakura standing behind Yukinoshita Yukino, forcing her to make various shameful cheering gestures. The corners of her mouth were raised high and she was smiling like a fool.

He saw Senior Kasumigaoka change her cold and beautiful appearance and...

Naoka Ueno, Miki Okudera...all the girls had excited expressions. Most of them couldn't understand the game, but they could feel the same joy.

ah……

It turns out that this is the way to make everyone happy together.

This was similar to his previous idea of ​​everyone going to a concert together, the difference was that he was the performer, which was even better.

Hojo Kyosuke, who had been as cold and solemn as a killing machine, also smiled. He ignored Matsuo Keijin who seemed to be stunned in front of him, raised his hand in front of his mouth to make a trumpet shape, and shouted loudly:

"Want it to go faster?!"

The audience was confused, but Nishimiya Glass's clear and crisp voice came from the speakers:

"want!"

This sound immediately alerted all the audience, and the uncle and students shouted one after another.

"Hurry up, Hojo!"

“Let’s enjoy it more!”

"I'll never get tired of more balls like this!!"

“…”

These guys were making very loud noises. Some girls from other schools were screaming with joy because of the questions asked by their idols. Only the students from Sobu High School and Tojo who came to join in the fun were relatively silent.

You guys are so presumptuous, you have no self-awareness at all. Do you really think that Hojo-sama is talking to you? Can't you see that the ladies are all upstairs? Keep your voice down, don't disturb my brother and his sisters-in-law!

If they weren't on the sports field, the members of the Crazy Angels would have started to form a human wall to build a passage for the eldest brother and his wife.

The noise was very noisy, but it didn't matter. Hojo Kyousuke had heard louder noises. In the enclosed space of the kendo field, the roars of hundreds of gorillas and wild boars were more annoying and torturous. He was used to it. Accordingly, according to the theory of "what doesn't kill me will make me stronger", his ears were also honed, and he was one step closer to a perfect body.

Although it was not easy, he could still accurately filter out the voices of Sakura and Mitsuha from the screams and cheers of hundreds of people.

Yamauchi Sakura: "I'm so happy, Kyousuke!!"

Miyamizu Mitsuha: "Don't be polite, my dad is cheering you on!!"

Eriri: "Use the ball to smash the opponent to pieces!!"

Xueye Baixiangli...

Hojo Kyosuke took in the girls' voices, pointed his thumb at the sun, grinned, and turned around.

"Bang!"

The baseball was thrown by Fujikawa Masashi.

"Come on!" The guy slammed his gloves with his left hand and stomped his feet hard with both hands like a sumo wrestler.

The referee gave the signal for the ball to be thrown. The scouts and reporters on the sidelines had hung up the phone as soon as Hojo Kyosuke shouted to the audience. Now everyone held up their phones and started recording the court. They knew they were about to witness history.

It's already 170, how much more can it add?! How much more can it add? Could it be that Hojo Kyosuke's pitching speed is faster than others' batting speed! ?

Everyone stared at Hojo Kyosuke, the man standing in the center of the diamond.

So why is the pitcher the absolute protagonist? Because he stands in the center of the field! All eyes are on him!

Suddenly, Hachiman Hikigaya, who was sitting on the sidelines, was surprised to find that the eyes of Keihito Matsuo, the player from Komatsugawa who was very arrogant at the beginning, looked so familiar.

Then he remembered, oh, yes, those were dead fish eyes. He was very familiar with them, they were the kind of eyes that had lost interest and hope in life and the future.

Hahaha, how miserable! I came here excitedly to bully the weaklings, but it turns out that the opponent is the strongest in history?

Hikigaya believed that if time could go back, when Tsuchiya Ryota invited Komatsukawa to play a practice match, Matsuo would definitely ask a soul-searching question:

"Me? Beat Hojo Kyousuke?"

"Me? Go fight that world record-breaking Hojo Kyosuke?"

"Me? I'll hit you on the head!"

As Minister Hojo's personal demonstration tool, Hikigaya knows too well how it feels to face Hojo Kyosuke as an opponent.

"despair"

But the world will not deviate according to one person's will, unless it is a hanging wall.

Keihito Matsuo really wanted to announce his withdrawal directly, but he is the ace, the ace who carries the hopes of all his teammates. He may lose, but he must not give up first!

Most importantly, he felt that if he ran away, those people on the sidelines who were eager to see Hojo Kyosuke's performance would not let him go.

"Hey, Matsuo, even if we can't cause trouble to Hojo-sama, you still have to make him win beautifully. Give it your all and fight!"

It's probably like this. At least I should be more decent than the green net that blocks the ball at the batting cage, right?

Keijin Matsuo resigned himself to his fate and clenched his bat.

Hojo Kyosuke clenched the baseball and raised his left leg...

"Bang!"

"nice shot!"

“One hundred and seventy-one!!”

The whole world was caught up in a carnival called Hojo Kyousuke. (End of this chapter)