Excited Players

After Cheetah was retired, the next two batters—second batter Tojo and third batter Haruichi—were also retired in quick succession!

As a powerhouse from Kyushu, Houmei had undergone harsh winter training and still had plenty of skill. Otherwise, they could never have beaten Seidou.

A powerhouse on Seidou's level was nationally first-rate even without Miyuki and Sendou, unless they were being compared to a school like Kyoma.

The difference was merely the gap between the very best and first-rate, though that gap was still enormous...

"Hehe!

Let's crush them cleanly too!" After warming up, Miyuki said with a wicked grin from the Pitcher's Mound.

"Yeah!

I'm not planning to give them a single run today!" Furuya, as blank-faced as ever, delivered the most arrogant declaration.

"Hahaha!! Interesting!

Then let's go with that as our goal!" Miyuki laughed loudly and patted his shoulder several times.

"It's been so long since I last stepped onto the field, and it's even been so long since I last played center field.

And our opponent is a bunch that raided our home while the tiger was away. This really is the best possible comeback game!" Sendou was unusually fired up in the outfield.

Just as he had thought, it had been far too long since he last played a game.

Ever since joining the Baseball Club in middle school, games had become a normal part of life. It couldn't be helped that he had grown used to them.

Besides, after winter training, Kanemaru's body had been strengthened across the board, allowing him to handle many balls he couldn't deal with before.

Naturally, that meant Sendou no longer needed to act as the outfield's gatekeeper and rush into the infield to patch holes. (The day Higasa-senpai was forgotten...)

"Bottom of the first, Houmei High School's offense.

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