Ace of Diamond: Golden Cleats and Silver Bat
Chapter 47

This Is Fine

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"Impossible!!!"

"Really?"

"He just hit it like that!?"

"Yeah! Unbelievable!"

"Amazing! Sen-chan! He hit that amazing Fastball!"

"Ah, ah, ah...! Is that the lazy Sendou who only knows how to sleep all the time? That Sendou?" Sawamura stammered, dumbfounded!

"Is this kid for real?! That was 150 kph!" While everyone was cheering, Coach Nakanishi shook his head and smiled, having recovered from his stunned expression.

As for swinging early, even the top high school hitters have to swing early against that kind of pitch, otherwise, why would a 150 kph Fastball be so hard to hit?

Then, his gaze turned to Sendou, and he noticed the other boy's chin was slightly raised, giving him the same mocking expression. Although he knew it was just because he was being petty about him trying to weasel out of their deal earlier, and not real mockery or happiness, it still made him shake his head and chuckle. Then, he shrugged at Sendou, indicating helplessness!

"Well, I'm going to the restroom!" Sendou said, dropping the bat.

As for wanting to hit a few more balls, now that he had such a perfect ending, he would have to be crazy to keep asking. What if he hit a bunch of Ground Balls, Infield hits, Long Hits, or even swung and missed?!

"Did you see that? Fumino, he's amazing! He was able to hit such a fast ball and it was a Home Run! But he doesn't seem happy at all, he's too calm!" Wakaba excitedly said to Furuhashi Fumino.

"It's better not to say anything!" Fumino looked at everyone being as happy as if they had hit the Home Run themselves, so she decided to hide everything she had seen earlier.

"Coach, how fast was that ball?" At this time, a Wildcats team member couldn't help but ask.

"150 kph! I didn't expect him to actually hit it!" Coach Nakanishi said with a smile!

"1...150 kph? Amazing!" As they said this, the little stars in the eyes of these kids shone even brighter as they looked toward the restroom!

"Did you hear that? 150 kph! That's too exaggerated. We can barely hit 120 kph balls, the gap is too big. No wonder he's the guy who became the Cleanup Hitter of this team in just one month! Sen-chan!" Ono shared his shock with his teammates after hearing Coach Nakanishi's words.

"Yeah! That scared me!"

"I was scared too!"

"That scared me, I didn't expect to actually hit it and in the sweet spot too, but my hand hurts, but lucky!" While everyone was enthusiastically discussing it, someone hiding in the restroom said this.

The discussion ended quickly, and everyone started hitting seriously, but...

"Hai xiu! Heixiu! A aixiu! Is this what 150 kph is like? It's really hard, Sendou is not bad! He can actually hit it!"

"No! That's 100 kph! Senior..." Tanaka Ryouta, who was watching from the side, retorted!

"Don't mind him! He's always like this! He's just unwilling to admit defeat, and his brain isn't that good either!" A hand was placed on Tanaka's shoulder as he said this.

"Sendou-san!" Tanaka turned around and saw the cheerful Sendou, and said with a little excitement.

Sendou didn't say anything, gave him a gentle smile, and then walked to sit among his teammates to watch!

"As expected, Sendou-san is so gentle!" A teammate next to him exclaimed.

"Yeah!"

"Give me a break!" After enduring Sawamura's antics for a while, Sendou lifted Sawamura back with one hand.

"Are you trying to tell us that you're a comedian delayed by baseball? Baka!"

"Huh?" Sawamura, upon hearing this, looked at Sendou with a blank expression, not quite understanding the meaning of the words.

"Hahaha!"

"Eh?" Seeing almost everyone bursting into laughter, Sawamura was still somewhat confused!

After a while, about a few minutes, the teammates were almost done, so they prepared to go out and help the Wildcats train!

"Wait for me? Sendou!!! Who are you calling an idiot?"

"What kind of godly reaction time is that?" Sendou muttered to himself!

"But he's very cute! That kid!" Fumino chimed in!

"You heard that? Well, you're right!"

"Listen up, everyone from Akagi will be standing in the batter's box and on the bases to put pressure on you! They're just beginners, so imagine them as strong opponents and train accordingly, got it?"

"Hai!!!"

"Everyone from Akagi, don't be nervous either. You can swing or even bunt, just treat it like a real game!"

"Oh! Thank you for your guidance!" The Akagi members also returned the greeting clumsily!

"Then, let's begin!"

"You xia, NO OUT, first base!"

"Pa!"

"Ball!" Ono, standing in the batter's box, saw this pitch very clearly.

"Oomura, don't just stand there motionless! Put some pressure on the base, think about when to start running!" Sendou shouted at Oomura on the base!

"I know!"

Second pitch.

"Pa!"

"Strike!" He let this one go!

"Oomura, if you think it's a strike, you can swing or bunt! Otherwise, how would I know if you saw it wrong?"

"I know!"

"Don't worry, after each swing, I'll tell you whether your judgment was correct after the normal call!" The Coach acting as the Umpire said to Ono.

"Thank you!"

Of course, this wasn't the only group practicing. Substitute pitchers were test-pitching in the Bullpen.

There were also some teammates standing in the batter's box, but they couldn't swing. After each pitch, they would tell the Catcher whether it was a strike or a ball, and the Catcher would tell them if their judgment was correct.

This kind of group training allowed people to maximize their use, while someone continued to run laps miserably. In Sendou's words, he just needed to strengthen his lower body to increase stability.

After watching for a while, Sendou felt that the training was on track, so he started teaching Fumino!

"Akila!"

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

"How do you feel about the results you got after being serious?"

"Did you see it? I thought I was being pretty discreet!

I'm a little happy, I guess!

After all, I couldn't help but make a celebratory gesture!" Sendou knew what Fumino was talking about, so he generously admitted it.

"Isn't it good like this? Do you ever want to play baseball with them?"

"No!" Sendou firmly refused.

"I see! Well, it's good like this! Let's leave it at that!"

"It's a bit like a tongue twister!"

"..."

"Pfft!" The two looked at each other for a while and burst out laughing at the same time!

"Yeah! It's good like this!" Sendou looked up at the sky and thought to himself!

Finally, the daily request for votes and collections! I don't know why, but I was sleepy at 8 o'clock today!

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