When Captain Tetsu said he was willing to entrust his three years to Sendou, not a single third-year senior objected!
They agreed, and then both the second-year and first-year students were deeply moved by Captain Tetsu's subsequent remarks, even though it had nothing to do with them.
Then, with the last half of his sentence, Sendou knocked them all down.
"Give us back the emotion we felt! You bastards!" the seniors shouted in unison.
"Let's go!" Captain Tetsu said to Sendou with a smile.
"Hi!" Sendou replied briefly and gently.
"Hey! Black-bellied Glasses! Your win rate today is just too bad!"
"Cheer up!" Turning around, he delivered a heavy blow to Miyuki. In fact, several of his seniors with dismal battling rates were a little...
"That feels much better!" Sendou was satisfied, seeing Miyuki's embarrassed expression.
"Hey!" Miyuki was speechless when he heard Sendou criticize him like that just to make him feel better.
" Death Struggle that lasted eleven rounds! The match was also evenly matched."
In the end, was it Inajitsu, which aimed for Two Consecutive Championships, that emerged victorious?
Or is it Seidou High School, aiming to revive its prestigious status by making its first appearance at Koshien in six years?
Top of the 12th inning, Seidou High School's attack!
Let's start with Yuuki-kun!
"Men have their own world!"
If a metaphor is needed, then it is like a star streaking across the sky!
Charge out...! Yuuki!
Charge out...! Yuuki!
Yuki...! Yuki...! Yuki...!
Captain Tetsu has entered the Batter's Box, Sendou watches the impending showdown in the arena without saying a word.
Only Coach Nakanishi and Sasaki noticed something was wrong.
The immortal Sendou around was squatting there like a wooden sculpture.
"Shut up! I'll make you shut up soon!" Narumiya Mei thought to herself as she listened to Seidou singing the Cheering Song a second time.
"The seventh round of clashes between the ace and the fourth batter, who will have the last laugh this time!"
"Let's start playing ball!"
Emperor Narumiya's eyes were arrogant, Captain Tetsu's golden eyes shone brightly.
"Puff!"
"Call!"
Narumiya Mei's swing of his arm created gusts of wind!
"Call out!"
"Boom!"
"Smack!"
"Nice shot!"
"The inside Forkball of the first pitch! The batter swung it!"
"Yoshi!"
"Nice ball! Whistle!"
"Your timing is perfect!"
"Leader!!!"
" Tetsu-san!"
"Team leader!"
"Second goal!"
"Puff!"
"Call out!"
"Smack!"
"Bad ball!"
"The second ball was a straight shot to the outside corner, but unfortunately it went a little off target, bad shot!"
"I can see it very clearly!"
" Young General!!!" Sawamura changed his form of address once again.
"We can hit it!"
"The attacker is already scared!"
"Keep the attack!"
" Narumiya-kun!"
"Three balls, the Slider in the outer corner, use the same Ball Trajectory as the fast ball from before!"
"Call out!"
"Um?"
"Phew, ping!" Captain Tetsu held his breath and forced the ball out!
"Outside the boundary!!"
"Yosh! We're going to catch him!" Harada thought excitedly.
"Yoshi! We're chasing him!"
"Take care of him!"
" Tetsu-san!"
"Go for it, Tetsu!"
"Call out!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"The fourth ball is Diagonal Fastball! The batter is pressing hard!"
Ping Pong
"Outside the boundary!"
"This is also out of bounds, but Yuki has no choice but to deal with the bad ball!"
Just how sharp is his pitching, Narumiya?!
"Call out!"
" Forkball!!!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"Call!"
"That was close!"
"It's bad for your heart!" Head Manager Oota said quietly.
"That was a sharp shot!" Harada passed the ball back to Narumiya Mei.
"Smack!"
"Phew!" Narumiya Mei breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the ball.
"You know absolutely nothing about that place!"
That stage!
"Next ball, here!... Hmm?" Harada delivered the ball as usual, but then saw Narumiya Mei shake her head at him.
"Really?! You're going to shoot that ball right here?"
"The last one was perfectly knocked out!" Harada looked intently at Narumiya Mei.
"If you're afraid of being kicked out, you can't be called an ace!"
For Koshien!
With his current form, he shouldn't be able to shoot that ball too high anymore!
In order to deal with both Tetsu-san and the next batter at the same time!
Let's use this ball to bring them despair!
"Hmph! Just how willful do you have to be to make such a demand?"
However, since our basic Ball Trajectory have been figured out, we don't have any other options!
"One pitch decides the game!" Without telepathy, Harada looked at Narumiya Mei's determined eyes, and the pitcher and catcher reached an agreement.
"Hehe!" Narumiya Mei smiled happily when he saw Ya-san's compromise.
"The match is over! I'm in such great shape right now!"
I felt like I was a god!
Getting kicked out... I can't even imagine it!
" The Signals for the capture has finally been set!"
The seventh goal!!!
"Puff!"
"Call!"
" Changeup!"
"This angle!" Harada was somewhat surprised the moment he saw the ball.
"Hmm!" When Captain Tetsu tried to swing the bat, a slight pain shot through his body, forcing him to watch the ball go.
"Smack! Pfft!"
" Changeup, but the catcher missed!"
"Bad ball!"
After receiving the verdict, Captain Tetsu and Harada both looked at the serious-looking figure on the Pitcher's Mound.
A man like an emperor.
Most people in the audience were simply stunned!
How could Changeup, which is inherently slow, be so sharp that even a catcher who works well with it misses the catch?
Just how sharp was that shot?
After reaching home plate, the ball was almost touching the ground when it got near the glove.
Most incredibly, this ball dropped rapidly after entering home plate, changing direction towards the outside corner of the Captain Tetsu with the speed of a spin ball, and its descent was comparable to that of Forkball!
And what's even more terrifying is that it was just a hair's breadth away from entering the Strike Zone.
It looks terrifying even from the side.
The subsequent hitters on the Seidou bench all swallowed hard!
If this ball gets into the Strike Zone, how should you play it?
Captain Tetsu is incredibly grateful that he just felt a sharp pain in his lower back; otherwise, without realizing it, he would most likely have missed his shot.
Captain Tetsu, who is usually Natural Airhead, broke out in a cold sweat, which trickled down his cheek.
Only Sendou remained in the room, staring blankly at everything before him.
In fact, the Sendou's Fighting Spirit was ignited to an even higher level.
"Yoshia!!!"
"Nice ball!!!" The support seats and benches for Inajitsu have exploded!
This goal showed them that victory was within reach.
"Look! How will humanity fight against 'gods'?" Narumiya Mei was also pleasantly surprised by his own state of mind.
He knew better than anyone that his excellent performance was entirely due to overexerting himself by maintaining a high level of performance, as if he had taken performance-enhancing drugs.
Although I don't know my ball count, my physical condition is nearing its limit. But as long as I maintain this hot streak, even if I don't improve much in other ball types or during my peak period.
But with just this temporarily evolved Changeup, Narumiya Mei felt like an invincible god.
Invincible!!!
How many rounds can that noisy first-grader last?
This game is going to crush the morale of Seidou Batting Lineup. How good will their defense be in the second half of the game if they lose their Fighting Spirit?
"After I deal with Tetsu-san, it will be your turn!"
Sendou!
Don't assume you've already won against me!
"I'm going to take back all of my previous share in one go!" Narumiya Mei thought to himself after glancing at Sendou in the preparation area.
Even Narumiya Mei felt his spirits lift again.
"Damn it! Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
Damn it! Damn it, damn it, damn it!
"The match has only just begun!" Sawamura shouted immediately, not knowing what else to say, he could only keep shouting that it wasn't over yet!
But that's enough!
"Hack!"
"Too close!" Oni-san immediately delivered a chop to the neck.
"That's too loud! Stop playing the hero, kid!" Kuramochi kicked him.
"This won't do, Eijun-kun!"
Only this guy can turn the atmosphere on the field with just one sentence.
"Go for it, Tetsu!"
"The competition is only just beginning!"
" Tetsu-san!"
"Men have their own world!"
If a metaphor is needed, then it is like a star streaking across the sky!
Charge out...! Yuuki!
Charge out...! Yuuki!
"Yuki...! Yuki...! Yuki...!" Even without accompaniment, the supporters sang their support song.
The girls in the band also realized what was happening and started playing accompaniment!
"Men have their own world!"
If a metaphor is needed, then it is like a star streaking across the sky!
Charge out...! Yuuki!
Charge out...! Yuuki!
"Yuki...! Yuki...! Yuki...!" In the end, it turned into a supportive chant from the benches, and even a chant from Seidou Base Supporters.
They hoped to give Captain Tetsu courage through their singing.
Captain Tetsu glanced at the bench, the cheering area, and the audience members singing in turn.
And in the preparation area, there was a Sendou- like figure, seemingly isolated from the world, squatting there like a wooden sculpture.
"I'll go to base! You score!" Captain Tetsu, whose gaze had been fixed on Sendou, remembered what he had said to Sendou before going on the field.
He tightened his grip on the bat and got into his batting stance again.
The increased grip strength did not mean that Captain Tetsu was more nervous; on the contrary, his shoulders relaxed a lot.
"So it's not so easy to be swayed after all."
"Then I'll use my strength to make you submit!" Narumiya Mei Base Supporters cruelly as he looked at the Seido supporters singing their Seidou out.
"Call out!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"Even if affected by the speed difference of the Changeup, can it still keep up with the straight ball?"
"As expected of...!" Harada glanced at Captain Tetsu and took a deep breath.
"One more ball! Let's finish him off!"
" Ya-san! You understand perfectly!" Narumiya Mei thought to himself with a knowing look on his face.
"The ninth goal!"
" Young General!!!"
" Tetsu!!!"
"Puff!"
"Call!"
"Change- Changeup! Not again?"
"Smack!"
As expected of Narumiya Mei's go-to catcher, Harada easily caught the second pitch.
Narumiya Mei was also extremely satisfied with Ya-san's performance.
"Bad ball!"
It's still a bad ball!
"Phew!!!" Countless people breathed a sigh of relief at that moment.
Even Captain Tetsu was like that; he almost made a move at the very last moment.
Having barely managed to hit Fastball over 145 km/h, and then this ridiculously Changeup comes along—this ball combination is truly insane.
Head Manager Oota looked completely drained, and with a lifeless expression, he threw himself onto a bench, feeling that he would need an ambulance in a little while.
That's too much!
Coach Kataoka and Senior Chris were also holding their breath, looking sweaty.
Needless to say, the others were frantically breathing in the fresh air, as if they had just been suffocating.
"Let's finish him off in one go! Ming!"
"Keep going!"
"Crush them in one fell swoop!"
" Inajitsu!"
" Inajitsu!"
" Inajitsu!"
The Base Supporters of Inajitsu have already begun chanting slogans to bolster their morale.
Even some neutral viewers started to switch sides. Although they were individual fans of Sendou, their support was limited to Sendou's appearances, which made it seem as if the entire audience was supporting Inajitsu.
The situation has completely turned in Inajitsu.
"We—will win!!!" Sawamura shouted desperately, as if he wanted to take on the entire arena by himself.
The kind you can't even pull away from...
However, a man as steadfast as Captain Tetsu wouldn't be so easily swayed. He'd already wavered enough today, and nothing could shake him any further.
"The continuous outside shots and the difference in ball speed have probably exhausted him. The last shot!"
" Forkball with Inside Corner Ball!!!" Harada's thinking was very clear: Changeup, fastballs with Changeup, all to the outside corner. Just keeping up with Narumiya Mei's ball speed difference was already very difficult.
The final inside corner shot was almost too risky, even a straight shot was a bit too solid!
"It's okay if it's a little high. The goal is to make the batter think it's a straight shot to the inside corner. Even if they can barely keep up, the drop in the ball will take them down."
" Ya-san! You... are you really thinking about this carefully!"
This team is the strongest!
Let's go together! — Koshien!
Then let's go see the view from the top of Japan together!
"Puff!"
"It ends here!!!" Narumiya Mei shouted in his heart.
"Call out!"
"Oh no! My pose is completely ruined!"
Moreover, this posture makes it impossible to exert force, so even if it hits something, it won't fly far!
"We won!" Harada thought.
Captain Tetsu gritted his teeth, but as the ball finally dropped, he felt a sense of despair.
"Ping!"
Finally, driven by sheer determination Captain Tetsu hit a Ground Ball to third base.
And the ball landed right in front of the third baseman!
"It's solved! -- Fourth batter!"
"Pfft! Pfft! Smack!"
Even though Yoshizawa had prepared to ensure the ball would enter his glove the moment it bounced...
However, the ball bounced irregularly. Although it didn't bounce in the opposite direction, the angle of the bounce was very low, hitting the base directly. On the second bounce, it hit Yoshizawa's glove and rolled out of bounds.
Whether the ball hits Yoshizawa's glove or a base, it will be counted as a strike ball if it rolls out of bounds, not a foul ball.
"Smack!"
Even though Yoshizawa reacted quickly, Captain Tetsu still managed to get to base...
In the very end, Lady Luck finally smiled upon Seidou High School!
I got sleepy around 10 PM, dozed off for a few seconds to type a few words, and finally got up to wash my face...
Time for bed! Goodnight.