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Putting aside Miyauchi-senpai's striking ability, just looking at this strike alone, it's practically identical to Sawamura's movements and expression.

In addition, Sawamura liked to imitate his jet-powered movements, making them look almost identical.

However, the attacks from the seniors ended there.

All the players who were considered the strongest batting lineup in the country during the Koshien championship era, especially those in their third year, have already played their turn.

The subsequent batters, Furuya, who gradually heated up, were still able to be suppressed.

Even a third-year senior was able to hit his ball out repeatedly because he had exploited the weakness of the opponent's unstable start.

Once his form improves, scoring again will be much more difficult.

After all, when Furuya is in normal condition, he can shut out the Yakushi laner in six games.

"Yoshi! Nice ball!"

"Great! Furuya!"

"Boom!!!"

"!!!"

"Forehead!!"

Infielder Furuya, who had three outs, suddenly unleashed his aura on the Pitcher's Mound Furuya, which was quite startling!

"No matter how many times... no matter how many times, there's no improvement!!" Furuya was extremely dissatisfied with his performance.

"Are you... angry...?"

"Or is it about myself..." Koharu looked at Furuya, who was yelling at her, somewhat bewildered.

"Looks like this is your assignment!"

"Sendou-san?" Upon hearing Sendou's voice, Furuya, who had just erupted in anger, immediately withdrew his supernatural powers and turned around to look at him with a blank expression.

"Don't worry about it. Your subjects aren't things you can master quickly. Take your time!" Sendou patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Mm!" Sendou said, Furuya naturally nodded obediently.

"Let's change our mood!!!" Miyuki, as the captain and temporary coach, was the first to speak up and boost morale.

"Let's catch up point by point, and aim for base first!!" Kanemaru clapped his hands to cheer everyone on.

"I really have to ask you for help this time, Cleanup Hitter-sama!"

"Hit a Home Run, that would be great!" Miyuki said to Sendou with a grin.

"If it's Tanba-san from the Summer Preliminaries, then it's very likely!"

"However, this person has evolved repeatedly!" Sendou replied irritably.

That's why I'm asking you for a favor!

"Don't do that, it's disgusting!" Sendou said, then prepared to go on stage.

Here it comes! Teammate showdown!

The fourth batter and ace of the winning team in Koshien will face off!

"It's been a long time since Sendou-kun started!"

"What kind of sparks will these two create? I can't wait!"

"But I still want to see Sendou and Yuuki together." The OB who brought this up before brought it up again, it seems he's quite persistent about it!

"Don't do that! Yuki is already a former captain!"

Don't remind me of this! People who have experienced glory are always nostalgic, and others have the same thoughts, but they just don't want to talk about it.

After all, no one wants to face the fact that their dream is over.

"Hmph!" Senior Tanba stared at his junior with an imposing air.

The outfield veterans also retreated frantically, ready for battle.

Although Chris considers Sendou to be in a slump, his explosive power is no joke; if he misses even slightly, he can still fly very far.

The infield adopts Infield Shift to target short-range attacks, leaving the middle area open.

It can be said that this formation is entirely tailored to the current state of the Sendou.

His slump, caused by a long period without actual competition, resulted in the worst control over the balls he hit.

In particular, the Sendou's control in this area was never very good...

"Is short game and Long Hit completely shut down?"

It seems that the seniors really want to have a serious showdown with him!

I'm really begging you!

Tanba-san's strength now is no joke...

So, help us break through!

"Four batters!!!" Miyuki thought to himself as he saw this formation.

"First, throw it here!" Miyauchi-senpai stared at Sendou and gave the first Signals of the day.

"Puff!"

"Fushi!"

"Call out!"

"Smack!"

"Bad ball!!"

Faced with the first ball going out of bounds, Sendou remained motionless.

Coach Kataoka gave his verdict without hesitation.

"Are you planning to observe the first ball?" Miyauchi-senpai glanced at Sendou, wondering to himself.

As a senior who shared a dorm room with Sendou for several months, I am quite familiar with this guy.

Besides the well-known inability to distinguish between good and bad balls, it's also known that this guy sometimes refrains from making a move, increasing the difficulty of predicting his actions.

"One more shot! Same Ball Trajectory!"

"Puff!"

"Fushi!"

"Call out!"

"Smack!"

"Bad ball!!"

"Still not moving?"

"Could it be that you saw through my ball-playing strategy?" It's precisely because he's so familiar with Sendou's cunning and scheming that Miyauchi-senpai tends to overcomplicate things.

"Hmph!" Coach Kataoka turned his head to look at Sendou beside him, a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

"That catcher must be wondering!"

"However, it's only natural not to shoot such an obviously bad ball!" Coach Ochiai said, stroking his beard.

"Um... Coach Ochiai, actually Sendou isn't very good at distinguishing between a good and a bad shot. He can't even tell if Strike Zone," Head Manager Oota explained to him, thinking Coach Ochiai was unaware.

"So, that catcher is going to be confused!" Coach Ochiai emphasized.

"Huh? Coach Ochiai!"

Could it be that Sendou guessed the first two balls were bad and therefore didn't shoot, thus giving himself an advantage in the ball count?

Or perhaps, was he deliberately not throwing either pitch to mislead the third-year pitchers and catchers? "Rei-chan sensed something different in Coach Ochiai's words and asked tentatively.

"No!

That person definitely has that level of brainpower!

If his ability to distinguish between good and bad shots is truly as Head Manager Oota claims, he could indeed use such techniques to confuse his opponents.

Even if the opponent knows him very well, he will become unable to figure out his thoughts.

but..."

"But?" Rei-chan paused for a moment, pondering the meaning of those words.

"However, humans grow and mature, and that person was no exception..."

Moreover, because of his talent, he will grow even faster. Don't look at him with the same eyes as before."Coach Ochiai Rei-chan said before Rei could even think it through.

"Growth? Could it be that he figured out it was a bad ball based on his own judgment?" Rei-chan instantly understood and asked.

"What? But he hadn't made any progress in that area for the past five months!" Head Manager Oota exclaimed in surprise.

"I have indeed improved in observing the Ball Trajectory, but I don't know how much I've improved yet."

As for the lack of progress you mentioned over the past few months, that's because there's no need for it at the moment!

I don't think Coach Kataoka intended to focus on developing Sendou-kun's technical details so early on, but rather to fill in the gaps in his skills that would allow him to evolve quickly.

But this time was different; an opportunity arose.

I slept all day today. I got up at noon, ate lunch, and then went back to sleep a few hours later. I woke up at eight o'clock, but I felt much better.