"Chris!"
"Chris!"
"Sawamura!"
"Sawamura!!!"
In the stands, supporters of Seidou High School alternately shouted the names of Chris and Sawamura Eijun.
"Why not me?"
On second base, Kuramochi looked dejected.
He really didn't understand, there are three players from Seidou on the field right now.
'Why did only Bakamura and Chris-senpai get the support and cheers of everyone.'
Him, only him…
It's really strange to say that right now, Kuramochi at the second base is like a transparent person.
The supporters of Seidou High School selectively ignored him.
Of course, not everyone has not noticed the performance of the positions.
In the stands, in a corner, A middle-aged man wearing a peaked cap and covering half of his face under large sunglasses.
He smiled and nodded while holding a note in his hands, as he recorded something on the note in his hand keeping his eyes on Kuramochi.
When a good player, is clearly aware of what he can do, then his development potential will be huge.
After Kuramochi made up his mind and chose his style.
Through various broadcasts and game videos, it has reached the eyes of thousands of households.
And of course, Professorial Scouts.
Two Outs, someone on first and second base!
"Fourth Batter, first baseman, Yuuki-kun."
Although the extra points were obtained as they wished, the attack of Seidou did not end.
Kuramochi was still on the second base's bag, and right now, the batter of Seidou, it was the turn of the strongest fourth batter, Yuuki Tetsuya.
Even now, Seidou's chance to score still exists, and it's not small.
At the very least, Yuuki who stands in the strike zone is ambitious and will win the hits no matter what.
Seidou High School is confident and looks like a winner.
On the contrary, the Inajitsu side is very distressed.
When Sawamura hit Narumiya's ball with precision, The players of Inajitsu felt their cold sweat even under the hot sun.
They could imagine themselves losing already.
"Two Outs!"
At this moment, Narumiya, who held his head high on the pitcher's mound, stretched out his index and pinky fingers.
'Eh?'
All the players of Inajitsu looked at Narumiya Mei.
They stared blankly at the man on the mound.
After being hit consecutively by Sawamura, Narumiya did not lose his guts.
He cheered up quickly.
Under his leadership, the players of Inajitsu came to life one by one.
"Two Outs!"
"One more Out."
"Take it and make it!"
"Let him hit it here."
Gradually, the players of Inajitsu began to respond to Narumiya Mei.
They stood up one by one and shouted.
'The game is not over, how can we give up?'
In the rest area of Seidou, Chris, who returned to the rest area, glanced at Narumiya on the pitching mound with great surprise.
In the face of desperation, Narumiya Mei turned the tide by relying on his own strength!
"This guy is really a natural Ace!"
Glancing at Narumiya with admiration, Chris's eyes became deep.
Originally thought that Sawamura hit a timely hit, and after he scored the extra points, the game could almost be declared an early end.
Now it seems that it is not so simple.
This game, until it is completely over, has no way to draw a full stop.
Thinking, Chris turned his attention to the strike zone.
'Tetsu, do it!'
'We can't always keep the Kohais at the forefront. You have to show the strength of the Senpais.'
'Get a good hit!'
If we say 2:0, Inajitsu still has a chance.
When the score was extended to 3:0, Inajitsu's chance reversal would be smaller.
On the strike zone, Yuuki looked neither happy nor sad, and it was difficult for you to see any flaws from the expression on his face.
Complete calmness!
The sitting Catcher, Harada has been observing the action of the Yuuki, and finally, he sighed helplessly.
'There are no flaws to extort.'
Although this was already known, Harada didn't want to give up.
He hoped to find the weakness of Yuuki…
In this way, he can relieve the pressure on Mei on the pitcher's mound.
But it was not possible.
Too many batters in Seidou have formed their own personal swinging style.
Yuuki is one of the best.
And walking him will mean that Kuramochi is on third base, so he can steal home easily.
If you want to solve Yuuki, it is difficult to do it without showing some real skills.
1st ball: A Slider to the inside corner of the strike zone!
After hesitating for a moment, Harada gave Narumiya a sign.
On the pitcher's mound, Mei nodded slightly.
Whoosh!!
The strength of his whole body was focused on the two fingers that were throwing the ball.
This ball was thrown by Narumiya with amazing speed and break.
On the strike zone, the Yuuki that was originally motionless suddenly moved.
Ping!
Seizing the opportunity, Yuuki Tetsuya swung decisively and hit the first ball.
***Back in time two years ago.
Tetsuya who had just joined Seidou High School was having it the hardest among all the freshmen.
As far as his talent and strength were concerned at that time, let alone compared with Chris in the freshmen, even compared with several other people, the Tetsuya did not have much advantage.
Of course, people who are destined to be extraordinary must also have extraordinary potential. The extraordinary thing about Tetsuya is that he is harsh enough to himself.
As soon as he joined Seidou High School, he sat a goal for himself. Swing the bat 200 times in the morning and 300 times in the evening after the team training.
On an average day, he swings the bat 500 times more than other players at Seidou!
Effort doesn't lie.
The figure of his hard training quickly caught the attention of Coach Kataoka.
So he was exceptionally promoted to the First String. And hit a home run in the First String's first practice game.
From then on, Tetsuya has started his own journey of training and improving.
He became a star player at Seidou High School. Along with Harada from Inashiro Industrial and Omae from Sankou High School, he became a star player in West Tokyo.
Just looking at the name, the Yuuki Tetsuya is not much better than the other two.
But Yuuki is different from them. Harada and Omae, both of them were already famous star players in Tokyo in middle school.
And at the time, he was nothing.
The real rise of the Tetsu came after entering Seidou High School.
The strength he has now is of course the result of his own efforts, but it is also inseparable from the grooming of Seidou High School.
If a novel is written and Tetsuya is the protagonist, it will probably be the theme of From Zero To Hero.
When they saw him swing, all the third-year players of Seidou High School stood up.
They looked at his form on the field attentively, It was as if they were looking at their leader. As a captain, Tetsuya didn't have any outstanding talent like Chris, but all the players of Seidou High School believed in him.
Believed in his efforts, his sweat, and the powerful strength he has honed.
Yuuki Tetsuya!
He is the person who can best represent the baseball spirit of Seidou High School.
Now this man, right on the field, swings his bat!
PING!!
After the white ball was hit, it was hit far away.
The speed of the flying ball is so fast that it is scary.
The fielder of Inajitsu tried his best to run in the direction where the ball fell.
It is as if the time is moving slowly for the fielders of Inashiro while the ball is flying normally.
PAK!
The baseball lands for a hit.
Kuramochi on the second base, like a cheetah awakened, rushes towards the third base.
Sawamura also started running to the second base.
Tetsu was on first base.
After safely going to base, Sawamura and Yuuki all stopped in place.
Only Kuramochi, after crossing the third base bag, crossed the third base without stopping and went straight for home plate.
"Don't think about it!"
Right now, Carlos, who stopped the baseball with his body, stood up, the baseball in his hand like a missile, passing home plate straight from the outfield.
Whoosh!
The small white ball turned into a ray of light and instantly appeared in front of Harada's Mitt.
'Well done!'
Harada breathed a sigh of relief, opened his Mitt to catch the ball, and then turned his Mitt to Touch Out Kuramochi who was jumping over.
Kuramochi, who was running with all his strength, looked at Harada's huge size and felt a chill.
'Can't get over him!'
Because the time was so tight, Harada didn't even stand up. And his position is not on home plate, but off to third base.
"Got you!"
He was like a fortress, standing right between Kuramochi and home plate.
But Kuramochi, who is facing Harada realized something and acted on it.
The ball passed to Harada by Carlos was a little off, and Harada had to change his position in order to receive the ball.
He crouched down and caught the ball in his Mitt, his position was two meters away towards third base from the home plate.
Therefore, he stopped there and planned to Touch Out Kuramochi with his Mitt.
When a person is running at full speed, it is difficult to change direction, and once you want to change direction, you will inevitably reduce your speed.
With Harada's defense skills and experience, he could easily Touch Out Kuramochi.
So, When Kuramochi was about five meters from him, he changed the direction of running and wanted to go around from the side of Harada's body.
But Harada is also a famous catcher in West Tokyo!
How could he just watch Kuramochi take a detour to home plate?
He stood up straight and with Mitt's arm swept towards Kuramochi.
Kuramochi faced the Mitt that Harada swept over, and bowed his head in the strange stance of street fighting, avoiding the touch of Harada.
This action did not slow down Kuramochi's forward speed. He bowed his head and stooped, hurriedly ran to the home plate, and stepped on the home plate with one foot.
Harada, who is tall and big, looks like a cumbersome elephant.
In the face of the extremely flexible Kuramochi, he didn't have time to touch him at all, he could only watch him helplessly and safely hit the home plate.
"SAFE!"
"SCORE!"
Seidou High School scored the third Run.
The total score became 3:0, and Seidou High School gained an unimaginably huge advantage. At this moment, the victory was almost sealed.
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