"Such fast playing!"
"What an amazing swing!"
Many spectators on the sidelines unconsciously let out soft gasps.
"That was a really powerful swing! But it's meaningless if it doesn't actually hit the ball!"
That's the kind of game it is... baseball!
"That's two bad things and two good things! At least the referee won't have too bad an impression of us!" Although the speed of this shot was frightening, Shirau still kept his composure and thought to himself.
"It's pointless if we don't fight our way out!" Sendou said at this moment.
"Huh?" Shirau was startled. Anyone would feel bad if their secret was exposed.
"With an expression like that... Senior!"
However, if you don't get your second strike, you won't be so eager to play a game with me!
"Isn't that right?" Sendou continued.
"You bastard!" Even Shirau, who has a good temper, couldn't help but get a little angry when he heard this.
"Stop talking!" The referee noticed that Sendou had angered Yokohama Gakuen's main catcher with just a few words, so he quickly stopped him.
"This guy! Did he deliberately let us get the second strike count?"
This... this is seriously underestimating me!!
"Does your supervision really allow this?" Shirau was starting to doubt his own existence.
How can he be so willful? Don't the coaches at Seidou do anything about it? How did Seidou manage to raise such a spoiled brat?
They all treated the orders of supervision as sacred decrees, yet they encountered such a privileged class.
It's not that Sendou has special privileges, but rather that Coach Kataoka doesn't know what Sendou is thinking.
Even if Coach Kataoka heard Sendou's words, he would probably only think them to himself.
"You're still too young! No one but himself knows whether what this guy says is true or false!"
This guy sometimes tells nine truths and one lie, meaning he uses nine truths to make the one lie work.
Sometimes it's all true!
When it comes to guiding other people's thinking, Sendou is simply a monster!
When the Sendou is on the opposite side, no one can accurately grasp his pulse.
A little thought reveals that no matter how you approach it, it all seems like a trap, even following your own pace might be a trap.
However, Shirau calmed down. He also considered that it was possible that Sendou had deliberately provoked him, and in the end, he decided to believe in and stick to his baseball.
"Same Ball Trajectory as before, Slider to the Inside Corner Ball!" Shirau didn't intend to decide the outcome so directly.
Ino didn't know what had happened at home plate, but he was well aware that his partner had been angered, and he thought that Sendou was capable of making the composed Shirau so angry.
"Puff!"
"Call out!"
"Oh no! It went a little too far inside!" As the ball was thrown, Shirau and Ino both thought to themselves that something was wrong.
A right-handed Slider is inherently an outside-in shot for a left-handed player.
That fastball just now also grazed the edge of the Strike Zone. It was the same Ball Trajectory, but the shot went inside, meaning it deviated from the Strike Zone.
"It's going to hit!" Ino thought to herself at the last second.
Sendou's perspective was the same. At first, he just thought the ball was slightly off-center. But because he had the ball that Strike Zone as a reference Sendou knew that this ball was a bad ball.
So he wasn't planning to swing, but when the ball suddenly changed direction again, it really startled him. He immediately pulled his upper Hit-by-Pitch.
Even Changeup has a speed of less than 130, and the Ball Trajectory is very high. If it hits you, it's no joke.
"Bad... bad ball!"
The referee was clearly taken aback.
"This is too dangerous! Be careful!" Sawamura and Isashiki-senpai shouted almost in unison, making Demon Face.
Sawamura's imitation is spot on; they look like half-brothers.
"Heh! Hey! You weren't doing this on purpose, were you?" Sendou chuckled lightly, thinking to himself jokingly.
However, judging from Ino's earnest apology and micro-expressions, it was probably just a slip of the hand or something.
Although Sendou chuckled lightly, a bead of cold sweat appeared on his face.
That is, Sendou. If it were someone else, they might not have been able to avoid it. If they hadn't, they would probably be in the hospital watching Koshien this summer.
After confirming that Sendou was alright, the referee announced that the game would continue, and Shirau called another timeout and went to the Pitcher's Mound.
He needs to confirm Ino's condition.
Did you accidentally drop it?
"Um!"
"Can we still shoot? Inside Corner Ball!"
Although I felt a little embarrassed for accidentally hitting that kid, it was an opportunity for us.
They can be effective whether it's Inside Corner Ball shot.
Even that kid wouldn't have the courage to face Inside Corner Ball after just being hit!
"If we can get the fourth batter here, we can definitely change the course of the game!" After saying that, Shirau looked at Ino firmly.
"No problem!"
"I'm counting on you for everything!"
First, use Forkball in the outside corner to give him Matsuguchi... and also let you adjust your mindset, then finish him off with a fastball in the inside corner!
"Leave it to me!"
After they finished speaking, the two touched their gloves.
"Interesting! (Why did I think of Yang Youqu?)" What they didn't know was that Sendou, who was looking up at the sky, had a smile on his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes.
Even though I know the other person didn't mean to hit me, I still felt a little angry.
If it were someone else from Seidou, they probably wouldn't care, since baseball accidents are quite common.
Even when Miyuki was injured by Seiko, that chubby first-year student, he didn't really blame him; both sides were truly fighting desperately to win the game.
However, the fact that Sendou doesn't resent it doesn't mean he's truly immune to anger.
It's about reciprocity!
On the bench of Seidou, Miyuki and the others were still a little worried about Sendou's mentality, whether he was angry and exerted too much force or was too scared to swing his bat.
But this position can only be left to the fourth batter!
"Play!"
After Shirau returned, the referee announced that the match would resume.
"Go! Ino!"
"Take care of him!"
"You can hit him! Sendou!"
"Don't let that ball affect you!"
"Fight back!"
"Come on, Ino!"
You don't need a good shot, just Strike Zone lands on the edge of the pitch.
"In the end, Shirau was still worried that Ino nervous, and he himself was also very nervous."
Shirau didn't want to rely on the opponent's fourth batter losing his composure and thus perform poorly when Ino missed his pitch.
"Puff!"
"Call out!"
However, after taking the shot, Shirau breathed a sigh of relief, as the Ball Trajectory was exactly what he wanted.
"Yosh! This will decide the game in one more point!"
"Boom!"
"Ping!!!"
Just as Shirau realized that Sendou had made a move, before he could even finish thinking about how he had gained an advantage, he discovered that the ball had neither missed nor gone out of bounds.
"Central mainstay!!!" Shirau instantly threw off his mask and shouted loudly.
Upon hearing the sound of the ball hitting the bat, the runners at all three bases started running simultaneously.
With a forced run and two outs, there's nothing to worry about; just run.
"Got it! That was a long shot! The center back is retreating!"
Will you be able to receive it?
"Phew!" Shirau heard the batter beside him exhale, but his mind was still on the ball, and he heard voices in his ear.
"It's a pleasure working with you, senior!"
Before Shirau could even think of anything, the cheers from the arena had already drowned out everything else...
"It didn't land!!!"
"Smack!"
"It's in! A massive home run that's gone over the center field Home Run!!!"
A blow from the fourth batter!!!
They scored four points in one go, making it seven to zero!
"Yokogaku Ino, who had been defending well, gave up five runs in this inning, and Seidou's attack wasn't over yet," the commentator said passionately as he watched the ball fall into the glove of a high-ranking spectator behind the scoreboard.
"Oh!!!"
The tens of thousands of spectators in the stadium erupted in cheers!
Home Run are not uncommon at Koshien, but large Home Run that go over the scoreboard are rare.
"That's amazing! That Home Run must have been at least 140 meters long!" the commentator exclaimed after shouting.
"That's right! It must be over 140 meters!"
That's absolutely amazing! That's Sendou-kun's 23rd Home Run of high school, and his first in Koshien!
No one could believe that he had only been in high school for a little over four months!
"Even the Monster Batter Satou- kun in third grade only has 66 BOOM!"
A large group of people rushed out from the bench.
"Yoshi!" As the runners from Seidou returned to home plate one after another, Isashiki-senpai gave a quiet cheer to himself.
Now everyone around Seidou's home plate was waiting for that dawdling guy.
No matter how slowly Sendou jogs, there will always be a time when he finishes running those hundred-odd meters.
"Bump!"
"Well done, you bastard!"
"It feels like he's about to be a fourth batter!" When Sendou's foot landed on Home Plate plate, he was pulled off by Isashiki's arm.
Sendou was tormented by this group of people like a roly-poly toy, silently enduring the crazy output and venting of his seniors.
This Home Run has practically put them one foot in the next round.
"Nice strike!" Captain Tetsu said with a smile to Sendou, who had finally been spared.
And he extended his left hand!
"The rest is up to you, Captain!"
Smack!!!
"Ah! Leave it to me!"
The strongest duo exchanged high-fives on the sidelines as if passing the ball around!
With that, Sendou walked onto the bench.
"Did you aim? Were all those unusual moves before just for this shot?" Miyuki a somewhat uncertain smile.
"Probably! How could they make up their minds so quickly to throw the ball they were most confident in at me if they didn't have any doubts?"
But that ball came out of nowhere and disrupted my plan!
Otherwise, I can wait for them to use Forkball to decide the winner against me!
"Well! The result is the same!" Sendou said casually.
"You cunning bastard!" Miyuki said, kicking Sendou's butt.
Although it sounded a bit strange when Miyuki said that...
"Did this blow shatter your spirit?"
"The ace of the Yokohama Kohoku Academy!" Miyuki put his foot down and looked at the figure in the arena who had been looking up at the sky and had not made a move for a long time.
"Complete defeat!... The outcome of this one-on-one match!"
Oh!
... All I can say is, he truly lives up to his reputation as Seidou's fourth batter!
When Shirau called a timeout and all the infielders ran up to the Pitcher's Mound, Ino said.
He did not lower his raised head.
"Ah! They've been defeated head-on!" Shirau interjected.
"Hey! Shirau!" This startled the infielders!
"Weren't we here to comfort the ace? This isn't comforting at all!" That's what they really wanted to say.
However, neither Shirau nor Ino paid them any attention.
One heart and one mind... that's what it means to be a captor!
"It's so hot today!... Today!"
I want to feel this heat more... more! Ino's eyes finally welled up with tears.
She let the tears stream down her face.
The others understood what the ace meant, and their expressions began to relax.
" Black-bellied Glasses!" Sendou exclaimed from afar, noticing their expressions.
"Huh? No, don't call me Black-bellied Glasses!" Miyuki instinctively agreed, while still putting up a last-ditch resistance.
"This team! Their eyes are still sharp!"
"Ah! What a great team!" Miyuki nodded emphatically.
"However, there can only be one winner!" Sendou interjected.
After shedding tears for a while, Ino clenched her fists!
"We... haven't lost yet!"
In the very end, we must uphold our baseball spirit... Let's fight to the very end!
I don't want to have any regrets!
"A miracle or whatever, we want to win!" Ino revealed an unprecedentedly determined look in her eyes.
"That's true! And now there's no one on base in two outs!"
"You can throw the ball with peace of mind now!" Shirau replied.
"Let our summer continue!" That last line has to be shouted by the ace!
This is the trump card that third graders have no way out; they won't easily admit defeat.
"Oh!!!"
"Men have their own world!"
If I had to use a metaphor, it would be like that star streaking across the sky!
"Fifth batter! First baseman, Yuuki-kun!"
"Fifth batter! First baseman, Yuuki-kun!"
"Fight out...! Yuu-shiro! Yuu-shiro, Yuu-shiro!"
Yuki...! Yuki...! Yuki...!
"Men have their own world!"
If I had to use a metaphor, it would be like that star streaking across the sky!
The match continued in the Seidou support stands, with substitutes and students from the school singing in unison.
However, the underlings of the Yokohama school didn't make a move at all!
Shirau didn't even squat down; he directly sent Captain Tetsu!
No matter how high their Fighting Spirit is, it would be a lie to say they weren't affected by that Home Run.
As the ball type that Ino is most confident in, being hit behind the scoreboard still caused her an unprecedented shock.
Because they still want to win, they absolutely must fight to the death against Seidou's other fourth batter here, otherwise it would be giving up on themselves.
Although it caused great dissatisfaction among the audience, after all, there were no bases with two outs, and they still walked him!
But right now they just want to create a miracle, they want to win!!!
Regardless of the form or process, they all want to win!
They didn't want their summer to end so easily, without any accomplishments.
You think you can just stomp on some weaklings in the first round, then get thrashed by a prestigious team from West Tokyo and go home like that? Are you kidding me!
I almost forgot to wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day.
According to a reader on Tianya, there was a minor bug in chapter 334 where three players were eliminated, which I had mistaken for two. I made a slight adjustment to make Sawamura's touch a Safety Bunt.
In general, the outcome remains unchanged; please be aware of this.