If anyone else knew what Sendou was thinking, they'd definitely want to beat him up!
Luck is something you can't grasp without ability.
Without Sendou's explosive power, everyone else would just become an ordinary high-flying ball.
Not everyone can carry the Hongo Masamune ball power with that awkward posture and hit the low inside corner ball that is already difficult to hit so far.
"Yoshi!!! We won!!" Just as Sendou hit his Home Run, Narumiya Mei, in the Inajitsu meeting room, stretched out his left fist in a victory pose and shouted loudly.
"Ha?"
"What?"
People watching the game happily were startled and speechless!
"I have a feeling that this pitcher is similar to Akila in some ways!" Fumino said, looking at Hongo Masamune's face.
"Are you kidding? How is it similar?" Only Senior Sachiko could be so direct.
Looking at Sachiko 'Hongo fierce face, Sachiko couldn't reconcile it with the gentle Sendou was always so kind.
"Yes! That kind of indomitable spirit!" Fumino suddenly realized how similar it was.
This pair of childhood sweethearts have a great understanding of each other. This understanding goes beyond just knowing each other's thoughts with a glance or a gesture in everyday life.
Sendou had previously thought that Hongo Masamune was somewhat like himself.
"Not willing to admit defeat? He certainly has a defiant expression on his face!"
But Sendou is the type who refuses to admit defeat?
This is completely unimaginable!
"Has that guy encountered any setbacks?" Sachiko asked, glancing at Hongo Masamune once more.
"Have!
It was just when I was a kid, and the challenge was a bit too advanced. After failing, I studied desperately and tried every possible way to get my way back.
"When she's serious, she's really cute!" Fumino explained calmly and gently, with a touch of nostalgia.
"So that's how it is! I was asking for trouble when I was a kid!"
Because the team has gained an advantage, judging from the opening situation, this game currently feels like a pitcher's battle. This run is very important in the early stages. Senior Sachiko, who was relaxed, started to be a bit sarcastic.
"That's going too far with all that suicidal behavior!"
"That's a challenge! A challenge!" Fumino frowned slightly and emphasized in a somewhat flat tone.
"As expected of the Sleeping Beauty of the Literary Forest, you have a great command of words!" Senior Sachiko said with a smile.
"Sigh! Why are you bringing this up now?" Fumino's gentle face showed some doubt.
"Hehe!" Senior Sachiko grinned mischievously and... hugged her. (The situation is very favorable for Tachibana; as a woman who would make any girl swoon, Fumino never lacks "female followers.")
"Are you kidding me, Sendou?!"
"He hit a Home Run right off the bat!"
"You're getting better and better!"
"This will make the seniors who got struck out with three pitches in front of you feel really awkward!" (I don't know which fool shouted that, the three in front of Sendou weren't talking at all.)
The support seats at Seidou's stadium suddenly became lively.
They struck out three out of nine pitches in the first inning, which really put them under pressure; they had absolutely no way to deal with that pitcher.
Just when the Seidou players were about to feel that they had no way to deal with this pitcher in the short term, Sendou's pitch greatly alleviated the spread of this mentality.
Hongo Masamune stared at Sendou almost the entire time he was running the bases.
"A beautiful parabola! Was that an aim?" Captain Tetsu said, extending his left hand as he saw Sendou return to home plate and walk in front of him.
"Smack!"
"No! I only guessed it was an inside corner, I didn't expect it to be such a sharp shot, and I originally thought it would at most be a throw-in."
Be careful, Tetsu-san!
"This guy will probably be even harder to deal with because of this Home Run!" Sendou and Captain Tetsu replied with a soft high-five.
"Hmm?... Hmm!" Captain Tetsu glanced at Hongo Masamune's expression and nodded seriously.
The teammates who came to celebrate next to him also looked at Hongo with serious expressions.
The two spoke softly, and there were no outsiders nearby. Apart from the Seidou athletes in the vicinity, no one else heard what they were saying.
"This man is truly no ordinary monster!"
I had considered the possibility of being hit out, but I didn't expect to hit a Home Run right off the bat!
"So, it was just good luck that I didn't have to face him in the last game?" Coach Nitta joked to himself.
He didn't care about the run Home Run are largely a matter of luck, and this one was no exception.
Hey! Stop watching!
Stop making that murderous look on your face!
Even if you want revenge, you have to wait until this guy's next match!
"The next attacker won't be any easier to deal with!" Enjo looked at Hongo Masamune, who was staring intently at Sendou with eyes that seemed to want to tear him to pieces, somewhat speechless.
"Haha! Nice blow!"
You bastard!
"Nice strike!"
"Thank you! Although I guessed it was an inside Ball Trajectory, it just happened to be a straight shot and I just happened to hit it well!"
"Are you feeling better than usual today?" Sendou explained, repeating his previous statement.
"So that means...!"
"No! The second half of the Inajitsu was far inferior!"
"The two giants of the Seidou have both praised the Sendou!"
How enviable!
Especially Senior Chris's praise, I really want that! Sawamura looked at Sendou, who was receiving praise from others on the bench, with a little jealousy.
Furuya, with an obedient expression, handed Sendou a cup of water!
"Fifth batter! First baseman, 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!!
Yuu~Kiyo!! Yuu~Kiyo!!
"Give him the final blow, Tetsu!"
"Fight them out! Tetsu!"
Let's crush him in one fell swoop!
"As expected, when it comes to the ability to break through defenses, Seidou's Fourth and Fifth Batter Combination!"
This combination's offensive firepower is absolutely terrifying!
Even with various tactics employed, very few pitchers can escape unscathed from their grasp!
And you could easily have your spirit shattered!
Both of their swings had this effect.
Especially in first grade, it's easy for them to have mental health issues.
It seems that Kyoma has a lot of confidence in the pitcher's mentality!
So, what kind of response will Hongo Masamune, who is also a first-year student, give us?
Here it comes! The first goal!
"Puff!"
"Ouch!"
"Piu!"
"Thump!!!"
"Nice shot!"
" Fast Forkball into the inside corner of the first goal!"
Yuuki-kun missed!
" Hongo Masamune was completely unaffected!!" the commentator exclaimed in surprise, and he could also understand why Kyoma didn't even call a timeout for the capture.
This level of impact is completely ineffective, causing no pain or discomfort whatsoever.
"Puff!"
"Piu!"
"Ping!"
"Outside the boundary!"
"The bat barely managed to keep up with the low outside fastball, but it only made a slight contact and went very wide."
"Piu!"
"Um?"
"Boom!"
"Thump!!!"
"Nice shot!!!"
"The attacker is out!!"
"Oh!!!" The entire audience gasped in surprise!
"150!"
"It's here!! 150 kilometers!!!"
Hongo-kun's fastest ball speed at Koshien!!!
"Yoshia!!!" Hongo Masamune shouted loudly, clenching his fists on the Pitcher's Mound.
"Nice ball! Authentic!"
"Out of the game!!"
"Keep going! Solve them one by one!"
After shouting, Hongo Masamune glared murderously at the dark bench of Seidou.
"Wow, that's amazing!"
"Snort!
It's as if he's venting all the frustration and anger he felt from Home Run through his pitching!
"That's far from enough!" Coach Nitta certainly wouldn't say anything good about Hongo.
However, no one was more satisfied with Hongo's performance and growth than him.
"They're here! They're here! I came here to see this kind of showdown!"
"That Yuki missed two balls in a row, that's amazing!"
And it wasn't affected by the Home Run at all!
"Looking at it this way, the one who's really amazing is Sendou-kun, who hit the Home Run!"
No! No!
Home Run are largely driven by luck!
"What are you talking about? Sendou-kun followed every single ball!"
No! No!
... The audience below the stage engaged in heated discussions, and the situation became a complete mess.
" Tetsu-san actually missed a straight shot to the inside corner...!"
Just how sharp was that?! That straight shot!
"Isn't this exactly what that guy Sendou said?"
That home Home Run ignited Hongo's Fighting Spirit... no! It should be called anger!" Kuramochi Miyuki, the two frenemy duo, were also discussing this.
"That stubborn guy!"
This match is getting more and more interesting!
" Sendou! Now is not the time to laugh!" Kuramochi couldn't help but shout.
"No problem! The competition has only just begun!"
"You should start to feel a little threatened!"
"Be more nervous! Be more nervous!!!" If he weren't outmatched, Kuramochi would have loved to teach him a lesson all day.
"Wouldn't it be terrible if you were nervous?"
"It's not that I'm nervous!" Kuramochi knew he was far inferior in a verbal battle, so he kept quiet.
"Hahaha!"
"You bastard! Don't laugh!"
"And get your ass over here to the preparation area right now!" Kuramochi had just shut up, noticed Miyuki next to him wearing a helmet, putting his baseball bat on the ground, clutching his stomach and laughing, and cursed angrily.
Kuramochi felt that ever since Sendou joined the team and colluded with Miyuki, his life had been full of ups and downs.
He usually laughs the most when he sees Sendou roasting Miyuki, making Miyuki question his existence.
But when it's your turn, the experience is terrible.
"They have no sense of crisis at all! Really!" After Miyuki left, Kuramochi sat helplessly on the bench.
With Sendou's Home Run, Captain Tetsu was significantly weakened by the strikeouts.
No, that won't happen. That's the mentality of a pitcher who's not suited to go toe-to-toe with someone who's full of energy; you simply can't win against him.
The atmosphere on the bench at Seidou was fairly harmonious, but on Inajitsu's side, a group of people watched the white-haired guy laughing and shouting in silence, as if they were watching a monkey show...
"Sixth batter! Third baseman, Masuko-kun!"
"Ugh!" Masuko solemnly recalled Yuki's strikeout, then walked resolutely to the Batter's Box.
"Please! Masuko-senpai!"
"Suppress him! Authentic!"
"This fighter shouldn't be underestimated; he's very strong, and anyone who gets hit will be sent flying a long way!"
Pshaw! How could this man possibly look down on anyone?
"That stubborn guy!" Yuancheng finished sending the Signals and then laughed to himself as he thought about it.
"Puff!"
"Boom!"
"Piu!"
"Ping!!"
"Ah!" Yuancheng was startled.
"Outside the boundary!"
"Ah! What a pity!"
"That was almost a hit!"
"Wow, that's amazing! Seidou!"
"Was the first pitch aimed at a fastball swing?"
This is not the same type of batter as the previous five!
We can't use the same tactics twice!
"Ugh!" Masuko-senpai was somewhat disappointed. The other party was on guard, and it seemed that he couldn't take any tricks.
"Puff!"
"Piu!"
"Thump!!"
"Huh?" Masuko-senpai was once again shocked by this Fast Forkball. The fastball was accurate and sharp, and the power of the Changeup would be multiplied.
"Thump!"
"Bad ball!"
"Piu!"
"Thump!!"
"Nice shot!"
"The attacker is out!"
"Strikeout!!! That's two outs!"
"Two out!"
"Two out!"
"Nice ball!"
"Nice pitch! Authentic!"
"Even Masuko-senpai couldn't find the aim properly!"
"How am I supposed to win over that straightforward guy?" Miyuki thought to himself, a little wistfully, as he squatted there.
With his current swing speed, it would be difficult for him to hit a fastball of 150 kilometers per hour in a real game, let alone control the ball so well.
Unlike Narumiya Mei Hongo Masamune, who held back his strength when facing Miyuki, Hongo Masamune was clearly underestimating Miyuki's attack and conserving his energy.
Hongo Masamune always throws with all his might, going all out.
"Never mind! There's always a way!" Don't ask Miyuki how he knew this saying. (In Japan, it usually means something like, "There's always a way.")
"Seventh batter! Catcher, Miyuki-kun!"
"You bastard, get out of here!"
"Get out! Miyuki Kazuya!!!" There's only one Little Cutie left who calls Miyuki by his full name.
"You can't just get a base with no one on it!"
"That's true! This guy isn't your average pitcher! Hey!" Miyuki deeply despised the unscrupulous guys in the cheering stand. If it were that easy, he wouldn't have struck out five in just two innings!
"Although this catcher looks a bit unserious and his swing speed isn't fast enough, he's very good at predicting the ball!"
Let's get straight to the point!
Hongo Masamune didn't even nod, but raised his gloves with a daunting look.
"Puff!"
"Ouch!"
"Piu!"
"Thump!"
"Nice shot!!!"
"144!"
"How tricky!"
"Throw that ball at that speed to that spot!" Miyuki grinned, watching the ball's landing point without actually shooting.
"Puff!"
Hongo's pitching posture and gaze are very imposing, and some batters who meet his gaze are affected by it.
Kominato was overwhelmed by this momentum during the Spring Semester.
"Call out!"
"Thump!"
"Bad ball!"
The second Fast Forkball, Miyuki still showed no sign of moving.
"Did this guy figure out it was going to be Fast Forkball?"
Interesting guy!
but,"
"Puff!"
"Piu!"
"Thump!!!"
"Piu!"
"Thump!!!"
"Nice shot!"
"The attacker is out!"
"Three outs, change of game!!"
"However, your swing speed is not fast enough..." Enjo stood up and glanced at Miyuki.
This is a blatant Overt Stratagem. By controlling the fastball in the diagonal Strike Zone, he misses the shot. When he's in a situation where he has to chase down the ball on the last pitch, he has no choice but to take a shot. At that moment, he hits a quick fork serve.
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