Watching and Discussion

Sendou, seated in the stands, had no idea that Amakusa had actually looked down on him as a "disabled person."

"Pff!"

"Whoosh!"

"Smack!"

"Strike!"

"Pff!"

"Whoosh!"

"Smack!"

"Strike! Batter out!"

"Strikeout!!

After giving up a Home Run, Ichidai San High's ace, Amakusa, struck out two of the next three batters!!!"

"Now it begins! Now it begins!

It starts now!" Amakusa shouted with a smile as he ran off home plate.

"It feels completely different from the previous inning!

Is that pitcher... happy because he faced a strong batter?" Sendou said with a smile as he watched Amakusa, who had looked dissatisfied in the first inning, now beaming with delight.

"Probably!

But pitchers like that are the hardest to deal with!

Hongo Masamune was like that in the summer. The more he got hit, the fiercer he became!" Miyuki nodded.

"How are they alike?

They both got better after being hit, but Hongo Masamune got angry. This guy should be happy!" Sendou said, pointing at the field.

"Don't call an upperclassman 'this guy'!" Kuramochi cursed loudly.

"Say! That third baseman!

How old is he? He looks older than Coach Ochiai!" Sendou ignored Kuramochi and pointed at Ichidai San High's fifth-batter third baseman.

"Pfft!" No one had noticed until Sendou mentioned it. Rei-chan took a close look, then immediately covered her mouth and chuckled.

But she quickly reined in her emotions. After all, she was a refined young lady—and a proper lady at that.

Still, Rei-chan could hardly be blamed for failing to hold it in. Ichidai San High's third baseman even had smile lines at the corners of his mouth. Normally, you would not have those unless you were in your fifties or sixties.

Rei-chan was not the only one. After taking a closer look, several others could not hold back