"Top of the eighth, two outs, runners on first and second!
This showdown would likely decide both sides' fate!!
First pitch!!"
"Pff!"
"Whoosh!"
"Crack!"
"Foul!!"
"Oohhh!!
A spiral ball on the first pitch in this situation?!!"
"If that batter got hold of it, there was no telling what might happen!!!"
Teitou's supporters broke out in a cold sweat.
"Umemiya-senpai!
Please!!"
"Get him, Taiyou!!"
"Brother Ume!!"
"Go!!"
"Looks like he planned to do it himself!!
Now that was more like it!
Rather than thinking about all sorts of nonsense, emptying his mind and focusing only on the battle in front of him was the only way he could possibly claim final victory!
The Goddess of Victory would not smile upon someone whose heart wavered!
A hit? An out? Or a home run?
He just had to hit whatever he could hit!!" Sendou thought as he watched Umemiya swing without hesitation.
I liked this guy a little more now!
"Oh!!
When it came to refusing to surrender even if it killed me, I wouldn't lose to anyone!!
Don't run away, bastard!
Bring it on, bastard!
If I wanted to go to Koshien, I had to beat the team right in front of me!!!" The cheers from behind sent Umemiya's adrenaline surging, driving him to the peak of excitement.
"Don't look at me like that!
Who the hell would run away?!!
How could someone who fell here win on the national stage?!!
Compared to that bastard, your pressure was nothing!!" Mukai Taiyou cast aside his usual capriciousness and responded to Umemiya's provocation with utmost seriousness.
And the bastard Mukai had been talking about had also stood up.
It was not because Sendou was feeling excited or anything.
Once this at-bat ended, if Ugumori could not take down Mukai Taiyou, he was ready to