"That guy's ball! So fast!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"Yoshi! We're chasing him!"
"Take care of him, Sawamura!"
"Attack! Sawamura!"
"And the pace is very fast!"
"The timing is so hard to catch!" Thinking of this, Yoshizawa, who was being chased down after only two goals, began to sweat more.
"Stealing a base!"
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
However, Carlos immediately ran back.
It was clear that he hoped to help Yoshizawa by stole a base.
"I can see it very clearly!"
"Fight them!"
At this moment, Yoshizawa and the subsequent batter Harada both recalled the scene before they went on stage.
"Do you know what? This round is very important!"
No matter how good your form is, judging from your performance just now, it's impossible for it to be completely unaffected. Just aim for the Inside Corner Ball kick.
We can't let him survive this round!
If it were this game, I still believe we would definitely win!
However, if we can get through this round, what remains will be a battle of wills, and no one can be sure they will be the winner! Coach Kunimoto used these words to summarize the current situation.
"The coach said so! We absolutely can't just be eliminated like this!" Yoshizawa thought fiercely.
Harada stared silently at the arena.
"Call out!"
"In the center?"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"As expected, after Hit-by-Pitch, it's hard to throw a really tricky Inside Corner Ball, right?"
However, judging from the first goal, a regular Inside Corner Ball is still acceptable.
Will it be too late?
However, the manager was right, the pitcher was indeed affected!
How could we possibly let this opportunity slip by?
Yoshizawa's nervousness and excitement caused her to unconsciously move her right foot, which was noticed by Miyuki.
"Aiming for the Inside Corner Ball?..." Miyuki squatted there silently.
Then, he stood up and called a pause in the fishing.
"What's wrong, Black-bellied Glasses?" Sawamura said, sounding both puzzled and serious.
"Don't call me that like you do in the Sendou '!" Miyuki complained.
Did you notice?
"What?"
"The hitters are aiming for the Inside Corner Ball! And it's likely not just that, the subsequent hitters are doing the same!"
"Huh?" Sawamura was a little surprised, but quickly regained his seriousness.
"What happened during the pitching?" Seeing Sawamura's expression, Miyuki a little relieved, but he still needed to figure out exactly what had happened.
What Miyuki wanted just now was a carter shot, a carter shot aimed directly at the right batter's chest.
However, Sawamura hit a straight ball right in the middle, but luckily it was the opponent's first at-bat against Sawamura, so they escaped a disaster.
"The moment I threw the ball, I pictured Shirakawa -san's expression as he was about to be hit by my ball."
"That somewhat terrified expression!" Sawamura said honestly.
"I see!" Miyuki.
"Hey-hey!"
"Hey? What are you grinning about, Miyuki Kazuya?!"
Sawamura's shout startled the group of referees.
"Now, close your eyes!"
"What exactly are you trying to do?"
"Never mind that, just do as I say! This is a secret of Sendou!" Miyuki said with a smile, but there was always a hint of bitterness in his expression. Heaven knows how he learned it.
"Oh! I understand!" she said, closing her eyes.
"Now, recalling what you said about the scene before Shirakawa was smashed!"
It needs to be three-dimensional and clear!
Sawamura's face was visibly sweating, and his breathing was somewhat disordered, as if he was enduring some kind of torment.
However, he did not disobey Miyuki's words, but opened his eyes and obediently continued to do as he was told.
He knew very well that the Black-bellied Glasses in front of him was usually even less reliable than Sendou, but in this crucial moment, he was just as dependable as Sendou.
"Is it clear?" Miyuki, that damned bastard, even checked it.
Sawamura nodded with difficulty.
Listen carefully! This is just an accident, a coincidence!
Moreover, it was primarily Shirakawa's own responsibility!
He deliberately blocked home plate in order to get to base, and he had already said he was prepared to be hit!
Do you understand?
Miyuki's solution is based on a simple principle: since the scene is terrifying, then adapt to it. Once you have developed some resistance to the terrifying scene and calmed down, then provide verbal guidance. This approach is exceptionally effective.
Although Miyuki learned this move in a very... painful way!
But it is very clear how effective it is.
Sure enough, Sawamura's expression quickly returned to normal, and his breathing began to return to normal.
"Now start taking deep breaths! Think about what Sendou just said to you. ( Sendou was clearly not wanting Sawamura to hear a lot of what he said, so Miyuki took a shortcut.)"
"... Yoshi, open your eyes!"
Sawamura, who had opened his eyes, still had that beast-like look in them, but there were some subtle changes.
"That solves the problem!"
"I'm counting on you for this match, aibo!" Miyuki said the same words he had when they first met.
Sawamura nodded!
Don't be so stiff! Enjoy the game!
"This stage belongs to you all now!" With that, Miyuki turned and ran back.
Sawamura looked like he'd been completely won over!
"Seriously! Have you been spending too much time with Sendou?"
But why is it that the words you say make me believe them without even realizing it?
"Enjoy... huh?" Sawamura then retorted.
Because he seemed to see his junior high school days and the time he spent with Sendou, Miyuki gradually became like Sendou.
Although these two people have very similar personalities.
"First, use the outside corner to disrupt his rhythm."
bring it on!"
"Steal a base!" Captain Tetsu warned.
"Pfft!" But the two hunters remained unmoved; their eyes were only on... the attacker!
"Come on if you want to run away! ×2" At this moment, the two were of one mind.
After taking that step, Sawamura's posture had a strange kind of beauty to it.
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
Carlos ran back again.
"That was close! I was lucky!" Just as he was about to swing, he saw the outside corner forcefully pull the bat back.
It's like a basketball being faked out.
Miyuki remained silent about this shot.
"This is...! Although it was ruled a bad ball, it's still considered a good ball!"
The ball was pressed much lower than usual; it was a powerful and somewhat tricky shot!
"Great shot! That was a sharp shot!" Miyuki's shouts for the ball were unconsciously much louder.
"Good shot! Sawamura!"
"Let's continue!"
"I can see it clearly! I can see it clearly!"
" Yoshizawa!"
"One hit! Please!"
"Then, let's settle this once and for all!"
"You can definitely do it! Throw it here, Sawamura!" Miyuki, who had squatted down again, felt that everything was ready, and it was just a matter of how well Sawamura could throw this winning ball.
A barely perceptible hint of arrogance had already appeared in Sawamura's eyes.
"We've already fought our way this far! How could we possibly retreat!"
Whether it's ten rounds or twenty rounds!
We must win!!!
Koshien —we're definitely going!!!
"Call out!"
" Inside Corner Ball!!!"
"Ping!"
"K... Carterball!"
"... Why? How could this be? I just threw a Hit-by-Pitch!" Yoshizawa, who instinctively threw down his bat and started running the bases, cried out in bewilderment.
"Smack!"
"Out!"
Although Yoshizawa has enough power, his hitting point, the high fly ball, is already his limit.
Sendou jogged slowly, jumped lightly, and pocketed the ball.
This jump also fully demonstrated his jumping ability.
Sendou looks so cool with the Back Number 8 on his jersey showing on his back!
Akagi Middle School – Shining Stars!!!
"Yoshia!!!"
"Oh!!!"
Seidou celebrated wildly, having once again weathered a major crisis.
Just out of the game, Yoshizawa looked up at the sky, and Carlos did the same thing, except he did it twice this time!
Harada recalled Coach Kunimoto's words and realized that the game was starting to slip out of his control, and his expression became even more serious.
"Three outs, change of ends! Eleventh inning over!"
Neither side scored in this round, so the match will continue!
Furthermore, in the twelfth inning of Extra Innings, both teams started strong from their fourth batter!
" The West Tokyo Tournament Finals! This is arguably the most exciting match in its history!"
The two sides have fought to this point and the situation remains evenly matched!
Both sides scored a high number of points in the attacking phase.
What's most unbelievable is that Narumiya Mei, the Kanto's Number One Left Pitcher in Kanto who had zero runs allowed and very few hits throughout the Summer Preliminaries, was robbed of eight runs by Seidou in just one game today!
For the first time ever, Jingu Stadium was packed with high school preliminaries, making today's visit a truly worthwhile experience for the spectators!
"Yoshi ya!!!" This time, Sawamura didn't repeat the same thing over and over again; he just let out a loud roar, showing his Fighting Spirit.
"Nice pitch! Sawamura!!!"
"You did such a wonderful job! I'm so touched!!!"
"We absolutely have to go to Koshien!"
"You can do anything today!"
"This is absolutely amazing! It's terrifying to watch!"
"That beastly roar just now, what a real man!" The Seidou supporters and their supporters were practically going crazy.
The more Extra Innings a match goes, the greater the pressure on the first player to First Attack, because if the score is tied and the second half begins, it's a one-point loss.
"Ming! This round is very important!"
We can no longer allow ourselves to help them in this round; we absolutely cannot show weakness!
"Let's have a showdown with them!" Harada said to Narumiya Mei beside him as he put on his protective gear.
He's right, the competition now is purely a clash of Fighting Spirit.
Any sign of weakness from either side will have a chain reaction. After all, these are a group of high school students, not professional players who are guaranteed admission to high school and can remain unfazed even when losing a match.
This is why Kouya rarely gets a free pass; damaging the ace's confidence can be devastating for the entire team's morale.
The reason why Sendou was given a free pass in the previous game was simply because Narumiya Mei wasn't in good form, so giving him a free pass didn't really hurt Mei's confidence.
Narumiya Mei is currently in explosive form. Relying on his mental strength, he has forced the ball's speed and power back to its peak. Mei, who has thrown 130 balls, is like he has only thrown 30, and his ball control is even better.
The ball control needs to be even more precise. Although this style of play, which relies purely on mental state, cannot hold the ball, it is undoubtedly when Narumiya Mei is most confident and strongest.
This meant that even though the Seidou Batting Lineup had gradually adapted to his pitches, getting a hit was not easy.
It's neither a guaranteed pass nor a safe option, as it's already the seventh round of batting.
"Ah! I know!"
"Ya-san! Let's go!" Narumiya Mei replied expressionlessly.
Narumiya Mei was still replaying the look in Sendou's eyes when he was recommended for admission to Sendou, and now he wished he could go up and fight that bastard for three hundred rounds.
"Hmm!" Harada, seeing Narumiya Mei's expression, also became confident.
"From now on, it's a battle of wills!!!"
It has nothing to do with technique or tactics; the side with the stronger Fighting Spirit will win!
"Go for it without any regrets!" Coach Kataoka shouted.
"Ah!!!"
"Go for it, Tetsu!" Tanba said to Captain Tetsu.
"Ah! Absolutely!"
Sendou put on his helmet without saying a word. He, who was usually inattentive and always looking around, suddenly became focused and no one noticed.
" Sendou!" Captain Tetsu walked up to Sendou!
All eyes on the bench turned to him.
"Um?"
"Thank you! You've brought us to this extra twelfth inning!" Every member of Seidou knew perfectly well how crucial Sendou's explosive performance had been in bringing the match to this point.
Of the eight points scored, six were related to him, not to mention his many brilliant defensive plays and the deterrent effect he had on the opponent's attacking line.
Captain Tetsu and the entire team were extremely grateful for Sendou's performance.
After being told that by Captain Tetsu, Sendou was at a loss for words.
"Hehe! I've been looking forward to this match for a long time!"
It felt like I had been holding back my strength for a long time!
I played exceptionally well today!
I never dreamed I'd be in such good shape today!
"Besides... I was just enjoying the match against Narumiya. To be honest, I was just swinging my bat for myself. I can't accept such gratitude from Tetsu-san!" Finally, Sendou spoke frankly in a relaxed tone, trying to defuse the awkwardness.
That's enough!
I'll have to rely on you for this inning too. I'll get on base, and you score!
We're entrusting our three years to you!
If you still can't beat us, then we'll give up and retire with a smile!
"Tetsu...!" Sendou had barely finished speaking when Captain Tetsu raised his hand to interrupt him, having only uttered one syllable.
"You just need to follow your own pace."
Swing for yourself! Enjoy the game!
Just enjoy the showdown with Narumiya!
Stand in the Batter's Box with a smile!
I will!
Thank you, Tetsu-san! Seniors, for your tolerance of my willfulness!
"Hey! Tetsu-san! You were the one who attacked first, weren't you?" Sendou replied to Captain Tetsu tenderly at first, then his tone suddenly changed to a flippant one.
That tone was exactly the same as Miyuki's.
"... Is that so?" The Natural Airhead was suddenly stunned!
When he got emotional at the end of the sentence, he completely forgot that he was the one who started the fight.
The group of people watching the show felt like they were about to have their backs broken by this sudden turn of events, and were almost collectively stunned!
"Finally, I will not reply to questions about when the match will end. I will continue writing about the match at the beginning, and then I will pick a few questions that do not involve the subsequent plot to answer."
Finally, I'm asking for your votes.
Today is my unlucky day, it's been so unlucky!
I suddenly found myself very thirsty, and no matter how much I drank, my lips and throat remained dry. I thought I had some serious illness. After drinking nearly four pounds of water in one day, I stopped drinking and started licking my lips instead. Gradually, I felt better...
At first, it might have been a genuine lack of water, and no matter how much you drank, you were still thirsty. In the end, it might have been a placebo effect.
This caused me to lose my focus completely. The plot I had planned from the beginning became blurry, and I didn't even know how to start writing. Finally, I went for a walk around 7 p. m. and only when I came back did I have some ideas.