Impact

"Ninth batter! Left fielder, Asou-kun!"

"Don't... underestimate me!!"

"Smack!!"

"Strike!!"

"Batter out!"

"Sw... swinging strikeout!!!

Riding the momentum from the previous inning, they shut down Seidou's offense with just three batters again this inning!!!"

"Khahahahaha!!"

"What's gotten into you, Raichi!

You're in especially great form today!! Aren't you?" Sanada asked in surprise on the way back.

"Nice coincidence!!" Mishima cursed as he held out his glove.

"Khahahahaha!"

"Smack!" Their gloves collided.

"So amazing!!"

"Todoroki's pitches are insanely good!!" Raichi's classmates, who knew nothing about baseball, naturally cried out in amazement as well.

"Those pitches really are incredible!!!" Tadano sighed.

"Should we call it wild power with no rhyme or reason? Or should we call it instinct?" Carlos said with a smile.

"He's obviously just a temporary pitcher! He'll be exposed soon enough!" the white-haired guy declared arrogantly.

"Come to think of it, Sendou was a temporary pitcher in the Koshien finals too, wasn't he?" Carlos teased.

"Roar!!!"

"How can that small fry be compared to that bastard?!!!

Do you really think this pitcher can even reach that guy's heels?" The white-haired guy immediately bristled at those words.

Faced with the white-haired guy's explosive outburst, Carlos and the others could only nod with awkward smiles.

"Kawakami! Is your hand all right?

Even though it's the lower batting lineup, stay cautious!!" Coach Kataoka said before he took the mound.

"Yeah!" Kawakami nodded.

"Roar!!"

"I can't take this anymore!

Ono-senpai!!!

Please come to the Bullpen with me!!" Raichi's pitching had ignited Sawamura's Fighting Spirit as well.

Behind him, Furuya turned on the gas stove and became Sawamura's background...

"You really are easy to provoke, aren't you!!" Ono-senpai said with a laugh.

"That's... exactly right!!" Sawamura nodded decisively.

"Put that aura away!" Kanemaru said to Furuya.

Furuya's eyes instead flashed at those