Gabriel standing at the right side of the pitch looked around the stadium. Tracing Alan's sight, he gestured his index and middle finger before his eyes to look. Alan nodded.Turning around he stepped before the popping crease twisting his wrist.
Leaving the ball, a sharp smirk rested his lips he murmured, "Clouded mind… Hell's devastation…" Noah alerted squinted his eyes, "Hmph… I'll read it all." The ball spinning wildly abruptly vanished. Noah staggered gulped, "It vanished?! While I can't read his mind…?"
The ball losing its spin hit on the field sliding towards the wicket. "A slider… No, A leg break…?" he assumed confused. Taking a gamble he clicked his tongue, "I can't detect any spin deliveries with my vision of future and neither can I read his mind. So I'll bet on this strike!"
Stepping forward he stopped the ball which on the dot bounced up to his chest. Misjudged and protecting himself, Noah hit the ball with a short pull shot. "Drat!" he cursed looking up.
The ball flying in mid-air headed over to the mid-wicket. Ryan sensing the shot rushed over. "Catch it brat!!" Kenzo and Gabriel called together.
Poseidon stood up restless. The highschoolers and middle schoolers in disbelief arose from their seats.
Heber running behind covered Ryan's back. "It's gone!" Adam claimed standing up.
"Come on, come on…" Ryan took his catching position looking above.
As light as a feather, the ball came in his hands as a catch! At that moment the umpire lifted his middle finger in midair claiming an Out. "It's an
"It's really gone!!" Azazel embraced Seraph.
"Haha!!" Xavier laughed joining the others who surrounded Ryan joyfully.
"Well done, little prince!" Helios ruffled his hairs as Adam and Heber hugged him tight.
Punching Gabriel lightly on his arm Feng congratulated showing a thumbs up.
"We just sent a highschooler back to the pavilion! Oh yeah!" Ezekiel clutched his fists punching up at the skies.
Xavier and Kenzo clapped their hands together by Helios who embraced Kenzo encouraging him, patting his back.
"Yes!!" Cassiel and Poseidon cheered.
"They really did it!" Mikael cheered hugging Theo and Hadi. "Way to go, all of you!!" Damian and Christopher applauded.
The entire stadium surrounded with cheers, Noah stared at the ground baffled. His pinnacle dissolving, Elias walked over patting his shoulder. "Unbelievable… I can't believe my eyes…" Orion uttered wide eyed. Isa stared stunned beside the highschoolers.
"What the hell was that…?" Aaron gulped beside Evan and Haruf who sat silent. "The next one go now or else you'll timed out for being late." Rauf warned nonchalant.
Kazuna and Ren narrowed their gazes at the sight. Nagi writing on his journal looked up, "Now I get it…" "Haha!" Alan clapped his hands.
Zach glancing at him smiled while Senri frowned. "Last ball of the third over takes the first wicket on 40 runs." Seles summed.
"Unremarkable… though I never expected this to happen." Drake gulped speechless beside Kortes who agreed. Gabriel tracing Alan's sight grinned, as he showed a perfect gesture.
Noah silent headed back to the pavilion as Aigou went inside the ground past him. "Don't worry Noah… we'll surely take revenge!" Aigou glared. "They thought they could trample over us like this? They are gravely mistaken!" he threatened.
The umpire passing the ball to Azazel resumed the game. "That was so cool!!" Ines remarked with stars in his eyes as Aryan chuckled ruffling his hairs, "Right? It was mind blowing! They did something we couldn't even dream off while playing against them."
"Yeah…" Damian and Cassiel agreed.
"But Gabriel's last move…" Poseidon asked. "It's his new delivery. A spinning leg break which vanishes. It shapes itself as a slider and confuses the batsman as a leg break. Vanishing the moment bowled and bouncing the moment it reveals itself, creates a delay of reaction from the batsman perplexing him from returning the ball correctly." Cassiel explained.
"But Noah could've easily read his mind and returned it?" Orion debated.
"He couldn't. Clouded mind, don't forget Gabriel used that skill first." Isa recalled. "What does that do?" Ren inquired.
"It muddles his own mind. Since, Noah uses his opponent's knowledge and uses it to backfire it on them. Gabriel made sure to think of immense solutions beforehand to confuse Noah. To choose either this return or that. Or the ones not connected to the delivery at all. So Noah was unable to read his mind at that moment. And, once he can't use the vision of future against spin deliveries, he made a miscalculation which resulted in a blunder of a low catch." Nagi explained.
Noah sitting on the corner, kept a towel on his head panting harshly. Haruf looking at him patted his head consoling while Rauf glanced at his devastated sight from the corner of his eye silent.
"Noah Chevalier, marches back to the pavilion on the 3rd over with 28 scored runs on 10 deliveries played." Nidou ticked his file snickering.
"Already took the first wicket… those rascals are merciless!" he remarked amused.
Mir stared at the pitch silent. "What? Were you taken aback?" Nidou teased him.
"This is how you trained them…?" Mir questioned instead.
Nidou smirked, "Don't be flabbergasted. This is just the beginning."
"Alright, take your positions everyone!" Kenzo clapped his hands. Azazel gripping the ball tightly looked at Aigou who took Noah's position as the 3rd batsman.
"Oh crap, it's the famous 'Roaring', batting duo from the highschoolers side on the pitch now. Things are not gonna to go smooth." Cassiel warned.
Kenzo walked over to Azazel. "Captain…?" he stepped forward. Kenzo suddenly tugged his arm over his neck pulling him close whispering. Azazel wide eyed for a moment nodded. Kenzo patting his back headed back.
Azazel rushed over to the pitch balling the first ball of the fourth over. "Aigou Mir Yuaan…" Cassiel read from his journal, "A first Year High schooler and a swindling, tricking cricketer, Age: 16, Height: 165cm, Weight: 55 Kg is an
Mikael questioned him doubtful, "What does that senseless yet alarming 'acting' and 'fun' meant in your sentence…?"
"Who knows…?" Poseidon exhaled clueless himself.
"No wonder he send chills down my spine." Hadi shuddered.
"He's a confusing player. More like, an emotion triggering player. He'll try to piss you off to the very least." Cassiel informed. "Hella uncool…" Aryan rolled his eyes, "Looks like our Azazel is not in a good position thanks to it."
Azazel grasping the ball returned on the front foot defense on the fourth delivery, headed back. "His aura changed completely." Seles remarked.
"Indeed, he has gained a lot of composure since the last time I saw him balling." Kortes looked at his tablet where heartbeat rates fluctuated up and down the passing moment.
Stepping behind the popping crease Azazel bowled to Elias standing on the batting crease, "Three seam mirage!" The ball hitting on the pitch divided in mirages. Not three… however, five this time. Alan smirked, "Good job."
Elias closing his eyes took a deep breath. His surroundings sparkling glanced at the approaching ball full of composure.
Azazel taken aback muttered, "What?!" To his surprise, the same light surrounded Aigou who grinned standing at the runner's side.
"There it is, 'Roaring' " Yusuf pointed.
Kenzo and Xavier witnessing the remarkable change stood stunned. Elias stepping ahead pulled a reverse sweep shot towards the off side flying over the boundary. Aigou and Elias coming forward clapped their hands together claiming an overall team fifty. A glitter surrounding the two of them, they grinned at the middleschoolers.
"Is this Roaring…?" Feng whispered.
Elias walking over enlightened, "Since we can share each other's experience, feelings and thoughts after activating roaring. Our Mentality and Speed on reactions increased by 50% with reflexes and techniques strengthens to 60%. That's why your balling mirage was easily countered by me."
Azazel clicking his tongue headed back.
"Hm~ interesting." Xavier smiled.
"No way! Doesn't this make them superheroes or something like that! What will our little Azazel do now?" Izack grabbed his head confused. "I am afraid he will just pass this over and pass the overall powerplay to get back their full potential." Poseidon told.