The Final Test

"Ball Four! Four!!!"

"Hahahaha!

This is the batting eye of Haruichi the Thief!!!

The true purpose of that fierce battle was a four-ball walk!

Ahahahaha!!" Sawamura on third base laughed loudly.

"Don't spout nonsense! And stop making me sound so awful!!" Haruichi retorted loudly.

However, Haruichi knew that both he and Sawamura were simply too excited, so he did not argue with him too much.

"After a twelve-pitch battle, Seidou's Kominato Haruichi finally drew Four Balls!!!

The game is once again bases loaded!!!

This is already Seidou's fourth bases loaded situation in a row!!!

And!!!"

"Oh!!!" Before the announcer could finish—or perhaps the announcer had already known this would happen—the crowd's cheers swept over the stadium.

"Fourth batter! Third baseman, Sendou-kun!!!"

"Men... all have... their own worlds!

If one had to compare it... it would be... that star streaking across the sky!!!

Hit it! Sen~dou~!!

Sen~dou~!! Sen~dou~!!"

"Go!!"

"Hit it!!"

"Please!!!"

"Even in a situation like this, it still came around to him. He really is lucky, that guy!" Narumiya said calmly with a smile.

He had completely forgotten how, at the start of the game, he himself had felt a sense of shared sorrow when Sawamura came up as the leadoff batter.

"You're in a better mood now!" Akamatsu Shinji said.

"You're in a better mood now!" Tadano nodded.

"But from his previous at-bat, it was obvious that Sendou's injury was affecting him quite a lot!

His last at-bat had only produced an ordinary Ground Ball. It would not be strange if he were retired this time!

It all depended on whether he could at least get an Infield Hit!!" After agreeing aloud, Tadano analyzed the situation in his heart.

Of course, he did not dare say that out loud. Otherwise, the person beside him would definitely bristle.

"Whew!!