May 18.
As the first day of the Kanto Tournament, what Sendou had most wanted to watch yesterday had indeed been Inajitsu's game!
It was not just for the sake of a good omen. A strong opening game could provide the players with tremendous psychological encouragement.
So yesterday's starter had, without a doubt, been that King himself!!
Narumiya Mei had been in great form since spring, and his eyes had been filled with killing intent!!
Last night, that guy had gone to his sister for help, so it was the first time Sendou had taken the initiative to leave him a message.
Though it had only been one sentence: You won today's game easily! Keep it up tomorrow too...
So today's opponent had been unbelievably unlucky...
Though he had come in as a reliever, he had later been sent to left field...
There was no helping it. The Kanto Tournament schedule was too packed, starting on the seventeenth and ending on the twenty-first—five games in five days.
There was absolutely nothing humane about that schedule...
And no one would work their ace to death over a mere Kanto Tournament!!
Otherwise, it would become even more brutal, like the later stages of Summer Koshien, where strong teams clashed every day in life-or-death battles!!
What was terrifying was that, although he had faced only a few batters today, not a single one had hit the ball straight ahead.
It was either a foul ball behind him, a catcher fly ball, or a strikeout!!
The final score had been 5-0. Narumiya Mei had crushed his opponents' spirit far too thoroughly!!
Over at Seidou, they had two Practice Matches today. With the day Sendou and Miyuki would leave the team drawing closer, the team's fighting spirit had instead grown even higher!!
It was much