White Mountain High School Baseball Field.

Senior pitching.

Ace's pitch.

However, the juniors once again saw their seniors throwing the ball with all their strength, but it was as opponents.

The ball thrown by the seniors is still as strong as before! Lingcheng, a junior high school senior, gritted his teeth and thought to himself. He took a deep breath, trying to forget the impact of the ball just now. Then he

He leaned his body closer to home plate, almost touching the sideline of the strike zone, facing the pitcher's mound, and raised the bat again.

In front of the seniors he admires, he will not give up easily!

"I won't admit defeat, even if I am a senior!"

Second goal!

"call out!!"

The swinging bat missed the white shadow.

"Snapped!!"

The baseball flew into Tetsu Nishino's glove, and the sound it made was very clear and sweet.

"Good shot!" the referee's voice sounded in response to the ball.

This ball!

Straight ball!!

That’s right, it’s still a straight shot!!!

A straight ball from the low post in the outside corner, with the speed to allow the junior high school hitter to fly forward.

2 good goals and 0 bad goals!

Quickly got 2 good shots.

Kazuya, that guy, is on full fire as soon as he comes up. Nishino Tetsuo thought as he took out the baseball in his glove and threw it to Nishino Kazuya.

Junior high school 1st striker Lingcheng nearly fell down because he swung the bat too hard. He stood up again in the strike zone, moved his wrist joints, and got into a striking stance.

Now two strikes have chased him. If the next pitch is still a strike, he will be struck out.

Looking at Kazuya Nishino's pitching figure on the pitcher's mound, junior high school one-hitter Omae Reinari was very familiar with the scene in front of him.

When he was in the junior high school baseball club, Omae Reisei, who had just joined the baseball club, had very poor ball selection skills. He had trouble judging where the ball would enter the base even on straight balls. At that time, he was unable to successfully hit the ball and was very frustrated. It was Nishino

Kazuya offered to help him practice more after the club's training. It was Nishino Kazuya who took the trouble to throw straight balls for him to hit again and again, and he was able to gradually master the method of ball selection.

If I can join the team's upper lane, Kazuya-senpai will definitely be very happy.

With this idea in mind, Ohmae Reisei trained very hard every day. Finally, with the improvement of his ball selection ability and his good base running speed, Ohmae Reisei was supervised and assigned to the first-base position of the team.

, became the leadoff hitter and the starting point of the team's offense, running back one point after another for the team.

"Damn it, I have to hit a hit!"

Junior high school one-hitter Reinari whispered in a low voice. Since Kazuya Nishino has pitched like this, as a junior, he can't let his seniors down.

On the strike zone, forward Ling Cheng held the bat tightly with both hands, as if he was about to hit the ball.

The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and a confident smile appeared on Nishino Kazuya's young and handsome face.

Looking at Nishino Kazuya's expression, Ohmae Reinaga understood what he meant. It was the smile he had seen countless times when they practiced together.

I'll hit a straight ball next time.

Are you ready?!

In an instant!

Flailing arms!

Speeding ball shadow!

"call out!!!!"

Without any hesitation, Ohmae Reisei swung the bat with all his strength!

"Whoosh!"

"Snapped!"

With a sharp downward arc, the baseball crashed into the waiting catcher's mitt!

"Air swing! Good shot!"

"Three strikes! The batter is out!!!"

"Eh?!"

"Hey!"

Junior high school student Omae Lingcheng couldn't help shouting out, looking at Tetsu Nishino who was kneeling on the ground next to him, catching the baseball.

And Kazuya Nishino, who was on the pitcher's mound with a smug smile on his face and made a gesture with two bent fingers.

He was stunned.

"Point...point to the fork ball?!!!"

"Hey, Ling Cheng, I'm going to start practicing changing balls from now on!"

"..."

"Sure enough, it's Kazuya-senpai's style. It's too cunning..." Junior High School's top striker Lingcheng could only leave the field with the bat in his hands with a grimace, thinking that he might have said the same thing as Kazuya-senpai.

You need to start practicing hitting the changeup, otherwise you won’t be able to get on base when you encounter a pitcher with a strong changeup.

Um?

Um?!

wrong!?

"Wait! Why do I have to fight against Kazuya-senpai?! I can obviously choose to strike!!!"

Returning to the dugout, power forward Ling Chengcai suddenly found that he was blinded by impulse. With one out and the bases loaded, he clearly had more tactical options, such as sacrificing a bunt or a fly ball to allow his teammates to run back.

Base runs scored.

"Ah! You've been fooled, damn it, senior!" Omae Lingcheng could only secretly say through gritted teeth.

"Two out!"

"Two out, two out!"

"Two out, you goddamn daddy!"

The players on the second team also made two-out gestures and shouted to each other.

Take over the dominance of the game.

Maybe this is why Kazuya Nishino throws an aggressive inside-angle straight ball right from the start.

It was originally a one-out, bases-loaded situation in the bottom of the fourth inning, but because Nishino Kazuya struck out three pitches and struck out a junior high-level hitter, Reinari Maye, and got the second out of the inning, the situation turned into a two-out, bases-loaded situation.

In this way, the next batter must hit a valid hit before the runner can successfully return to home plate and score.

Next batter.

The second best player in junior high school is Tsuyoshi Gono.

On the first pitch, Kazuya Nishino threw a very deceptive outside slider, which made Goono think it was a strike. However, when he swung the bat, he found that the baseball had spun out of the strike zone. Goono tried his best to stretch the bat but it missed it.

Can't get the ball.

1 good ball and 0 bad ball.

The second ball. Kazuya Nishino accurately threw the ball to the position where Tetsu Nishino's glove was placed. It was a low straight ball in the outside corner of the strike zone. The speed difference between the ball and the previous ball was too big. Kazuya Nishino did not react for a moment and hesitated.

I didn't have time to swing the bat, so I could only watch the ball go into the base.

2 good goals and 0 bad goals!

Only 2 pitches were thrown, and Kazuya Nishino and Tetsu Nishino once again forced the batter to a situation where he was about to be out.

This situation...

Will the pitcher throw a good pitch or a bad pitch?

How should a hitter choose?

To swing or not to swing?

But the game continues.

But there isn’t that much time left for the batter to think!

As soon as the referee decided that the ball was a strike, Kazuya Nishino immediately threw the third pitch without giving the batter any time to breathe!

In a hurry.

"Damn it!!!"

"I'm not a hitter who is willing to stand and strike out!"

Tsuyoshi Tsuno complained softly while swinging at the incoming ball, thinking to himself: I don't want to think about it anymore, just watch the ball.

However......

"Snapped!"

Tetsu Nishino, who almost took a step forward, caught the outside pitch that deviated significantly from the strike zone. Seeing Tsuyoshi Nishino's swing miss, he felt happy. Originally, Tetsu Nishino was just using this bad ball to adjust the pitcher's pitching rhythm.

I thought there would be some unexpected gains.

"Three strikes! The batter is out! Exchange offense and defense!"

Gono, who was on the strike zone, almost jumped up on the spot, holding the bat against his helmet, holding his head high in regret.
Chapter completed!