Perfect Relief Pitcher

"This is going to be interesting!"

"What unexpected thing will Eijun do?" Sendoh stared at Sawamura with a look of amusement.

"You might be taking the board in a very difficult situation this time."

What you're looking forward to here is that shot during the Practice Match against the third graders!

"A combination of inside and outside corners!" Sawamura thought of what Coach Kataoka had told him in the previous inning when he was ready to go in at any time, then raised his head and walked firmly onto the Pitcher's Mound.

"Well?

Furuya!!!

What are you thinking about? Give me the ball!

Just as Sawamura was thinking about showing off his skills in the upcoming match, he realized that Furuya wasn't going to pass the ball to him.

"He's throwing a tantrum again! Haha!" Sendou watched the Double Pitcher go head-to-head in the center field, his gloom from playing in the rain vanished, and his mood suddenly improved.

"Give me the ball!" Sawamura saw that Furuya was ignoring him, so he went straight for it.

Furuya's current emotional state is that he doesn't want to give but doesn't dare to resist, so he grips the ball tightly with one hand.

However, Sawamura managed to pry the ball apart with both hands and snatch it from his grasp.

Sawamura knew that this guy was being difficult again, and he could understand Furuya's feelings.

Given his understanding of Furuya, he didn't try to persuade her and just took action.

"Alright! You can leave now...!"

"Go by yourself!" Without thinking twice, he walked behind Furuya and forcibly pushed him down.

Not only were the defensive players having a blast, but the spectators on the sidelines were too.

However, whether or not one knew Furuya's personality beforehand, everyone was amused by his reaction.

The same applies to the interaction between Double Pitcher.

Pushing Furuya exhausted Sawamura.

However, now that the Pitcher's Mound is finally his own, he can regroup and adjust his mindset.

After all, the current situation is one of no outs, with the runner on second base and the batter in fifth.

"You really lived up to my expectations!"

"These two guys!" Sendou said with a laugh.

"Play!" the referee announced, signaling the start of the match.

"Focus on dealing with the attackers!"

You don't need to worry about runners!

Let's tackle them one by one!

"Let him call!"

"Aren't you going to shout this time?"

Is that guy nervous?

"Or did something happen on the bench?" Sendou realized then that Sawamura had suddenly become so well-behaved.

Sawamura turned to look at the batter, his left fingertips inside the glove repeatedly fiddling with the ball, as if simulating the feeling of the ball leaving his hand at the last moment.

"Watching the first goal!!"

From the first goal, you can understand Sawamura's condition completely.

Is climbing the board at this critical moment auspicious or inauspicious?

Everyone's watching this one shot!

Even if you throw a bad shot, it's okay, just swing your arm really hard!

"You'll be watched! First good shot!!" Miyuki opened his glove and threw a low shot to the outside corner.

Sawamura's overall ball control is just so-so right now. When he's in good form, he can control the ball to the corners, but when he's not in good form... well, let's just leave it to fate!

"Hmm..." Coach Okamoto, sitting on the bench, mimicked a tiger baring its teeth when facing an enemy, his fierce expression seemingly telling others, "I'm super fierce!"

This person is so adorable; you can't tell at all that he's 65 years old.

This also shows just how young this passionate coach really is; after all, the younger the Japanese are, the more immature they tend to be...

Calm down!

You've done so much practice before!

"Calm down!" Sawamura Pitcher's Mound took a deep breath and kept encouraging himself.

"Inside Corner Ball!

"If you've got the guts, come and throw it over here!" the batter from the Teitou muttered viciously to himself.

"Hey-hey!"

"Huh?" Sawamura's sudden silly laugh startled the other person, who thought there was some kind of conspiracy, and cold sweat poured down his forehead.

"Puff!"

Relax your body!

"All the nerves in my body are concentrated on... my fingertips!!!" In the instant the other party was stunned, Sawamura made his move.

"Call out!"

"Smack!"

"Huh!" Coach Kataoka and Coach Okamoto were both taken aback.

Contrary to Miyuki's worst-case scenario, this shot didn't turn into a bad one; instead, it landed perfectly in the low outer corner.

And it was a super tricky shot, just barely missing the Strike Zone.

"Nice shot!"

The hitter was so frightened by the ball that he didn't dare to move.

He knew that if he rashly shot at this ball, he would definitely hit Ground Ball even an elementary school student could easily Force Out, and be easily defeated.

Because of Sawamura's stance, the pitches he throws are not only difficult for Ball Trajectory to handle!

"Oh!!!" A gasp of surprise came from the sidelines.

The audience at this stadium, apart from supporters of the East District Teitou and those who watched the three intra-team Practice Match, basically all know that Sawamura can only shoot Inside Corner Ball.

Moreover, even those who have seen Sawamura throw Outside Corner Ball know very well that it's never this tricky.

"A shot that landed on the Outside Corner Ball?" Owada Akiko exclaimed in surprise.

Mine Fujio, standing next to him, was also surprised and unconsciously raised his head slightly, his eyes widening several sizes in an instant.

"An emergency boarding in the rain!"

And then the first ball I threw was like this!!!

"To be honest, I'm really fired up!" Miyuki, his excitement evident in his tightly clenched teeth.

"Nice ball!!!" Miyuki passed the ball back to Sawamura, he could no longer control his emotions.

"This guy!" Sendou exclaimed with a smile, sensing the intense excitement in Miyuki's voice.

He never expected that Miyuki would one day be so "emotional," revealing that he had the same gas stove as Furuya.

"Yoshia!!"

"Very good, Sawamura!"

"Nice pitch!! Sawamura!"

"Keep going!"

With just one goal, Sawamura stirred up the emotions of all the players on the field.

This is Sawamura's unique charm!

"What?! This guy!"

"The timing is so hard to catch!" The attacker was sweating even more; he had absolutely no idea what to do.

"Uh!" At that moment, he saw Sawamura give that silly grin.

"Puff!"

"Call out!"

"Ping!"

"Outside the boundary!"

Even after seeing the ball, as the fifth batter, he barely managed to touch it.

"Nice ball, Sawamura!!!"

After Sawamura came on, the outfielders behind him were unconsciously stirred up and started cheering loudly for every ball.

Unlike Furuya, who creates a completely different, oppressive atmosphere on the court.

"But we can't let our guard down!!!" As her older brother, seeing that Miyuki's emotions had been stirred up, he was afraid that Sawamura would get too carried away, so he shouted a warning.

However, Sawamura, that silly boy, is incapable of noticing changes in other people's emotions.

"That makes it 2-2, and with only two balls, the batter has no way out!" Owada Akiko said.

She noticed that the sense of crisis on the Seidou side had disappeared; instead, the Seidou were in high spirits, and confidence was evident on their faces.

All of this was thanks to Sawamura's reliability.

"Ah!

When did he learn to play this ball...?

"This way, the Ball Trajectory of the Inside Corner Ball kicks should also be able to demonstrate greater power." Mine Fujio finally accepted Sawamura's rapid progress and exclaimed.

"Even in this situation, you can still swing your arms freely!"

"This kid's got some nerve!" Coach Okamoto said through gritted teeth.

He knew that the good opportunity to score had disappeared because of Seidou's substitution.

"Is that so?" Mukai said nonchalantly.

Look at that expression!

"On the contrary, there is no opportunity to take advantage of it!" Okamoto Classroom corrected.

With that silly grin from Sawamura, who knows what he's thinking...

Although that expression is hilarious, as long as Sawamura keeps grinning like an idiot.

His previous weakness—that he used to wear his heart on his sleeve—was actually masked...

"After the outside corner, shouldn't we use the Inside Corner Ball next?"

"This pitcher basically wins against the batter in the Strike Zone!" Batter Sumida thought to himself.

"If you're going to waver like this..." Miyuki looked at the hitman who had already revealed his thoughts with a wicked grin.

Once his Fighting Spirit was ignited, Miyuki's thinking and state of mind reached a new level.

When you're in a good mental state, you can also notice many details that you wouldn't normally see.

"The power you possess now!"

Isn't it you who's proving to us how powerful they are?

"Go and suppress him!" Coach Kataoka thought to himself.

"Attack!"

"The outer corner is low!!" Miyuki looked at Sawamura with a face full of anticipation.

"Puff!"

"Call out!"

"Smack!"

When the batter realized the third pitch was still Outside Corner Ball and was momentarily stunned, it was too late to swing.

"Nice shot!!"

"The attacker is out!!"

"Yoshia!!!" Sawamura shouted.

"Oh!!!"

"Watching them strike out!!!"

The outside angle is too low, the hitter can't get a shot off!

"This is so exciting!"

Hello!!!"

"Two more!" Sawamura muttered calmly to himself.

"Go! Go! Teitou!"

Attack! Attack! Teitou!

"GO! GO! Let's GO! Teitou!!" The substitute players in the Teitou stands each had a megaphone and cheered deafeningly in unison.

"He's out! Sawamura!!"

"Suppress them!"

"Let them attack!"

"Puff!"

"Call out!"

"Smack!"

"Nice shot!!"

"Yoshia!!"

"Beautiful!! Sawamura!!"

"What's going on? This guy's ball!"

"I can't see where to place the ball at all!"

"Puff!"

"Call out!"

"Ping!!"

"This is barely enough to hit them!"

"Smack!"

"Out!"

The batter was surprised that after taking five Outside Corner Ball, he still couldn't hit this seemingly easy shot.

Of course, to a large extent, this is also due to the need to be wary of Inside Corner Ball kicks.

"Two out! Sawamura!!"

"Keep the attack!!!"

Seidou's high Fighting Spirit left the audience momentarily confused as to who was in the lead.

The atmosphere has completely reversed.

"There's one more!" Sawamura reminded himself again.

"Puff!"

"Call out!"

"Smack!"

"Nice shot!"

"Another Outside Corner Ball!" The batter had no chance to shoot when he first saw Sawamura's shot.

"Puff!"

"Call out!"

"Ping!"

"Outside the boundary!"

"Could it be Inside Corner Ball?!" the striker muttered nervously to himself, swallowing hard.

He felt that at this point, it was very likely that Inside Corner Ball would be used to finish the game.

"Hey-hey!"

"That same expression again." The hitman became even more nervous after seeing Sawamura's silly grin.

"Puff!"

"Call out!"

"Smack!"

"Nice shot!"

"The attacker is out!!!"

"Strikeout!"

The batter hit the ball!

Just how tricky are his Ball Trajectory!

"They actually managed to get the batter to hit the bad ball!!"

"Nice pitch! Sawamura!!"

"For a three-man batter, the pitch should be centered Outside Corner Ball!"

"Sawamura-kun! What a perfect save!!" Owada Akiko said excitedly, covering her mouth.

"Ah!

The situation that was tilting towards Teitou was reversed in an instant! And Mine Fujio was becoming more and more interested in Sawamura.

He has seen this kind of emergency rescue more than once.

Moreover, this was despite his own limited abilities.

"That was such a fast-paced pitching performance!"

Once you've seen it, you'll feel that exhilaration!

But they didn't take an Inside Corner Ball kick!!!

Not a single ball!!!

"Really!"

"Nice pitch! You bastard!!!" Kuramochi kicked Sawamura's butt hard.

"Sa~wa~mu~la~!"

"Being too calm makes you seem like a completely different person!" Kanemaru exclaimed excitedly.

"What's wrong, Haruichi?" Sendou asked, noticing Haruichi peeking from the shadows.

"He seems quite reliable!"

But I always have a feeling he might do something!

How should I put it?

As soon as Sawamura-kun stood on the Pitcher's Mound, a surge of excitement and anticipation welled up inside him!

"Soga?"

That's true!

I can't help but laugh when I see him!

"Laugh? Is Eijun-kun's appearance funny?"

No! How should I put it?

An excited smile... that feeling?

"Yes! That's it!" Xiaochun agreed.

"It's actually the old father's sense of relief!" Sendou thought to himself as he looked at Koharu.

"Inhale... exhale!" Sawamura took a deep breath as he walked to the bench.

"Oh?" Kuramochi noticed this and felt a little strange.

"Yoshi yoshi yoshi! Yoshi yoshi yoshi!"

Yo!!! Shi!!!

"Smack!"

"Shut up!! Stop yelling in the bench!" Startled by Sawamura's sudden shout, Kuramochi hard across the face from behind.

"No... I'm so sorry!"

I accidentally yelled it out!

"Accidentally my foot!!!" Kuramochi, who had just been startled, was not buying Sawamura's explanation.

"It's because I've accumulated a lot of pressure!" Sawamura explained sheepishly.

After all, Furuya's recent performance has been so good that it has put a lot of pressure on Sawamura.

"Hahaha!" Upon hearing Sawamura's explanation, the others also showed good-natured smiles.

In such a fiercely competitive Seidou, where the competitors are recognized as monsters, they can all understand.

"As expected, it's still that feeling of being on edge and terrified, isn't it?"

Ah! (sighs) Xiaochun's face twitched into a smile as she mentally negated what she had said to Sendou earlier.

"Alright! Let's launch a counterattack in one fell swoop!!!" Sawamura shouted again, never forgetting his lesson.

"I told you not to shout!!!" Kuramochi said angrily.

This guy has an incredibly loud voice, just like Kanemaru Mama and Maezono.

"Terribly sorry!!"

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I just realized it's the end of the month!