Vol 7 Chapter 3 (2/2)

I don't really understand, but anyway, Hideyoshi+ got forced out Right now, the second batter's Muttsurini This guy's pretty good at sports, and is very used to controlling summoned beasts He probably won't let us down

Ancient Literature, Class E, Nakabayashi+ Hiromi, 105 points

Vs

Ancient Literature, Class F, Tsuchiya Kouta, 22 points

“What do we do now, Yuuji? I feel that Muttsurini will die really badly!”

“That's a coincidence for once, Akihisa, I feel this way as well”

Even if he can hit the ball, with the unique difference in scores, he can't possibly hit the ball far, right?

“But Akihisa, you don't have to worry too much”

“No, even if you ask me not to worry”

Is there a e can think of?

“WE MUST BELIEVE! IF WE BELIEVE, EVEN THE YOUKAIS WILL STAND ON OUR SIDE!”

“AH, NOW WE CAN ONLY PRAY TO THE GodS!”

And we're doing this in such a ridiculous manner

“Please, killer youkais”

“Watch out! That guy's using the name of evil spirits!!”

If the prayer really comes true, maybe the evil God would ask for a sacrifice from us?

“OUT!”

As we're talking about this useless thing, Muttsurini hit a rolling ball to the batter and got struck out Now, it's 2 men out Next, it's the 3rd batter—ahh, time for me to take the bat

“Alright, I'll hit a big one!”

“Oh! Akihisa, we'll leave it to you then!”

“Leave it to me!”

Thomp thomp! I beat my chest as I enter the batter's box No problems I'll do well!

DONK!!!

“--Hit by Pitch, batter walks”

'IT HURTS! IT HURTS! MY ORGANS GOT RUPTURED!! OUUUCCCHHHH!!”

The first ball was a hit by pitch on the face The impact of the ball that hit my summoned beast's face was transferred onto o that far!

Facingon the floor in pain, Nakabayashi+-san, who's standing on the pitcher's mound, says seriously,

“FROM THIS MOMENT ON, AS LONG AS YOU'RE THE ONE BATTING, I'LL THROW THE BALL AT YOUR BODY!”

“THAT'S A LOUSY DECLARATION! YOU'RE HATING ME FOR WHAT HAPPENED JUST NOW, RIGHT!?”

Can someone replace me for my next bat?

I drag my body that's in pain to 1st base, Uuthat was just a

“Alright, now the real powerhouse is here”

Now, it'll be the 4th batter Yuuji

Ancient Literature, Class E, Nakabayashi+ Hiromi, 105 points

Vs

Ancient Literature, Class F, Sakamoto Yuuji, 196 points

Like usual, both their scores are displayed to everyone

Yuuji's scores are so high, has great control over his summoned beast, and he's pretty athletic, so there shouldn't be any probleainst the opponent from class E, he should be able to take one down

“Ughthat's guy's terrifying, but the next batter is 'that' Himejibetter settle it here”

Nakabayashi+-san glared at Yuuji's score and muttered

If the next batter after Yuuji is just a little prick, maybe Nakabayashi+-san would deliberately throw a Base on balls to avoid the confrontation, but unfortunately, behind Yuuji is the second in our year, Himeji-san Of course, she doesn't want to deal with Himeji-san when there are baserunners on, so she chose to face off against Yuuji

“Class F's rep, I'!”

With 2 ets ready and pitches the 1st ball at Yuuji The white ball flies straight at the glove--

“HA!”

KLANG—the sharp sound echoed, and the white ball flew into the air There's no need to see where it went, this is a real homerun

Class E 3-2 F Class

Yuuji and I return back to hoot 2 points Noe're just 1 point behind class E

“dah hit by pitch”

““JUST USE A NORMAL BASE ON balls!!!””

Yuuji and I shouted out at Nakabayashi+-san We thought that she was a norainst each other that we realized that Nakabayashi+-san's really weird somewhere

“It's been tough on you, Sakamoto”

“That was a nice hit”

“Good one, Yuuji”

Once we returned back to the bench, everyone received Yuuji war hit by the ball?

“Alright, it's tio up The way I see it, let's use this chance to hit another homerun and even the score”

“Uuthat's a bit hard for Mizuki, right? Her grades are good, but she's not really good at sports”

Minaave a wry smile Himeji-san's body is already extreet the chance to play sports, so this can't be helped

“I thought that way as well, so I told Hi the bat”

“In other wordsyou want Hiet Base on balls?”

“That's right, besides, Himeji's marks can't be underestimated It's okay if the bases are loaded, but when nobody's on base, I think the opponent won't want to fight it out”

That's right Besides Yuuji and Himeji-san, everyone here is of class F level, so with nobody on base, it's best to let her walk and fight it out against someone else

“Base on balls, batter walks”

“Ah, okay, thank you very much”

While we're talking, Hiht now, it's 2 men out, a baserunner on 1st base, and the next batter is--

“Uuit's me”

The 6th batter is Minami, but it seems that she doesn't look confident

“Eh? Minami, you don't kno to play baseball?”

Minaood at sports

“Ah, it's not that I don't kno to play it It's just that”

“?”

Minahed and walked towards the batter box in a lonely ?

Ancient Literature, Class E, Nakabayashi+ Hiromi, 105 points

Vs

Ancient Literature, Class F, shi+mada Minami, 6 points

“ALRIGHT, EVERYONE, TIME TO DEFEND! WE HAVE TO DEFEND WELL!!”

“““WOOOHHH!!!”””

“I HAVEN'T EVEN BATTED YET!”

Minami's shout is ever so hollow In the blink of an eye, she hit a rolling ball to the 3rd baseman and was immediately thrown out

Sigh, too bad that the subject for this inning is Ancient Literature Minaood with this subject at all, so this can't be helped

Anyway, this series of offense is over After the switch in sides, the 2nd inning is carried out through ht, time for me to--

“Hold it, Akihisa You're not the pitcher in this inning”

“Eh? Not me?”

Just when I was about to step up on the mound, Yuuji suddenly called me to stop me Nohat?

“This round will be conducted with maths shi+mada will be the pitcher”

“Mathsah, I see”

Maths is one of the rare few subjects that Minaood in maths too, so he should be able to catch Mina, they should be at around class B's level

“That's the case, Aki, leave this inning to me I'll do my best to hold them off”

Minami patted me on my shoulder and I said,

“Mn, then I'll leave it to you then, Minami”

“Okay, leave it to me”

PA! Minah fives as I walk off the pitcher'sbattles and the su at sports, so I can leave the pitcher mound to her If that's the case, I'll defend the second base Mina

Just when I was thinking this as I walked down the pitcher'sas well, staring at me for some reason

“H?”

“Ah, yes, that”

Hi?

While we talking, Hi for a taxi Eh, so I just need to copy her action?

“Like, like this?”

I follohat she did and raised my hand Himeji-san immediately revealed a radiant smile--

“Yes!”

Pa, she high-fived with me

“Let's do our best, Akihisa-kun”

“Ah, mn, let's do our best, Himeji-san”

“Okay!”

Hi as she ran off to the outfield I don't knohat's going on, but she wants to encouragethe same as us?

Is that so? Then Himeji-san

“She really wants to see our precious A-books”

That's bad These aren't things that girls should read

“What's going on? I feel that there's a severehere”

Alright, time to wake up and defend With class E as our opponents and Minami maths marks, they most probably won't be able to perforht? In other words, I'm more important as an infielder now

Mathematics, Class E, Oumura shi+ntarou, 65 points

Vs

Mathematics, Class F, shi+mada Minami, 193 points

The huge difference in points can be expected, the opponent's the 8th batter, so there shouldn't be any problems

After the 1st and 2nd pitches, the chemistry between the pitcher and catcher makes us not worry for them But Yuuji missed the 3rd ball, and it landed in his chest The pitch Mina it is to be expected

Mathematics, Class F, shi+mada Minami, 193 points

&

Mathematics, Class F, Sakamoto Yuuji, 175 points

Minami and Yuuji's marks are shown in front of us Up till now, Yuuji'saround the 200 mark, so that slip up caused him to lose 25 points If even Yuuji's sue even with those kind of ht? If I', the pain would even end up onthe catcher no matter what

While I' After that, Yuuji slipped up on another ball, but both of theed to hold off the 3 batters Mina

“It's been tough on you, Mina”

“Thanks, Aki”

“Your pitching was strong, a”

“Fufu, that was because I didn'tjust now Of course I have to coh defense”

Minami blinked one eye as she said that to me Uu, it's cool when she does it--

“ONEE-SAMA! ONEE-SAMA'S THE BEST! SEEING ONEE-SAMA LIKE THIS, MIHARUMIHARU HAS ALREADY”

A certain girl fro from the stands

--Wouldn't girls fall for Minami if she does this?

“It'll be our offense now”

“It's the 7th batter now, so Sugawa starts”

“Osu! I'll hit that ball high and far!”

After saying that, Sugawa-san storms towards the batter box with ed out Though the next batter fukuet a base hit, Yokomizo-san and Hideyoshi+ didn't perfor a point

3rd inning, 4th inning Both us and class E didn't et a point

It's now the final inning The subject for this round should be Health Education, so--

“Muttsurini, we'll leave pitching to you then”

“Got it”

Speaking of health education, this will be the guy we first think of This guy has points that surpasses a health education teacher, and it's now tiuy's to throw the ball, I don't think anyone can hit it

“No no, hold on Muttsulini will be the catcher in this round I'll be the pitcher”

But Yuuji dampened my mood

“Eh? Yuuji's going to be the pitcher? Why?”

Yuuji's health education marks shouldn't be lousy as well, but it's a whole lot less as compared to Muttsurini's We're only behind by one, so shouldn't Muttsurini be pitching?

“I saydidn't I say it just now? If Muttsurini's to pitch with all he got when Health Education's the subject, the catcher will die if he's hit”

That's right It was a similar situation when Minami was on the board

“That's truebut you just need to catch the ball well Wouldn't there be no dalove?”

“In other words, I'll die if I miss one!”

On a side note, the su as the catcher in this tournament doesn't have any defensive equipment In this situation, if Yuuji's hit directly by Muttsurini on the body, even Yuuji's summoned beast will suffer severely

“Really, Yuujiyou're so spineless If you're a man, you should bet your life and finish the match”

“I see, so I'll let you be the catcher and show off your manly side”

“I'm sorry, I'm really sorry”

It'll be a joke if my summoned beast is to catch that ball with such low e on me will be tremendous

“What's wrong, Akihisa? Aren't you good at controlling your suet about the score difference, I think you should be able to catch Muttsurini's pitches”

“No, it's not that easy no matter how you say it”

Having just seen the power of Minami's pitch when it was about 200 The speed was already terrifying Coainst a pitch that's flying at 130 km/hr Even if we can't pitch curveballs, it'll be too terrifying to throw pitches with that kind of speed with just summoned beasts Besides, if the pitch hits me while I'm the catcher, the pain the summoned beast takes will be inflicted on me This will be way too risky Even if I' the sue responsibility

“Besides, the opponent's class E, so I can still hold theht noe need to worry more about offense Remember, we're still 1 point behind”

After Yuuji said that, he turns to walk towards the pitcher's ht Even if we can hold off the opponents, we'll lose if we can't score More important than the defense now is that we have to find a way to score in the botto

Health Education, Class E, Yumata Hirofumi, 52 points

Vs

Health Education, Class F, Sakamoto Yuuji, 147 points

The scores of the pitcher and the batter are out As Yuuji said, there won't be any problems with such a difference in score

“STRIKE! BATTER OUT! SWITCHOVER!”

In the blink of an eyes, Yuuji already struck all three out, and it's now the bottoh Muttsurini missed the catches twice, health education's his speciality, so he didn't suffer thatsafely

“Alright, ti?”

“Me, I guess”

We've been through exactly 2 rounds of batting, so now it's Hideyoshi+ up as the 1st batter again Okay, we're settling this in this round

“Please, Hideyoshi+, you must hit the ball out”

“There'll be no problems if it's Hideyoshi+ Do your best”

“I' forward to it”

“Kinoshi+ta, no matter what, you must hit the ball out!”

“Show them what you're made of Kinoshi+ta! All hope is on you!”

“That's right! Do your best! And try to hit the ball out!”

“U, uu, I'll try to hit—”

“““THIS IS FOR THE SAKE OF OUR A-BOOKS!!!”””

“”

“STRIKEOUT!”

“What's wrong, Hideyoshi+? You didn't swing hard at all!”

“Those encouraging words of yours drained strength from me”

For some reason, Hideyoshi+ looked really tired That's weird, even if Hideyoshi+'s summoned beast is tired or hurt or what, it shouldn't bounce back onto Hideyoshi+ himself

“Alright, everyone, don't be disheartened Muttsurini's next There will be soood!”

Yuuji said this, see Muttsurini in health education, we're really looking forward to it

“I' up”

Muttsurini walks into the batter box His score is--

Health Education, Class E, Furukawa Ayumi, 102 points

Vs

Health Education, Class F, Tsuchiya Kouta, 589 points

Such a shocking difference If he can hit the ball, Muttsurini would definitely hit a homerun

“Tsuchiya-san's a If that's the case, he can hit a homerun”

“Mn If he can, it should be a homerun”

Standing beside me, Himeji-san clenches her fist and makes a little victory pose It seeht Unfortunately

“However, I don't think it can happen Tsuchiya won't be able to hit it”

Minaination

That's right Muttsurini can't perform now

“Eh? Why?”

Minami's words made Himeji-san, who still doesn't understand baseball too well, have all sorts of question marks on her face

“Because there's too much of a difference between both of them The way I see it, Muttsurini will be forced to walk”

“Walk—ah, you mean that the opponent will throw a Base on balls and let Tsuchiya-san on base?”

“Mn, that's the case”

If they're to face off now, it'll be extremely likely that Muttsurini will hit a homerun But if they send him on base, they won't lose points if it's just a baserunner on The opponent in if they can keep this point, so they'll try and avoid facing off against Muttsurini

“Base on balls Batter walks”

“(Nods head)”

As e expected, Muttsurini got sent on base In that case, we can't get a point now

“The way I see it, class E's plan is to deal with Akihisa and send Yuuji and Hi on shi+mada”

Seeh our scores Of course, they won't take on Yuuji or Himeji-san, but rather attack Minaift the opponent with an out

“Oh yea, Akihisa, I don't knohat's your score?”

“I remember my health ed score is around 23”

“That's really pathetic”

“Tha, that's because, becauseot confiscated”

“WHAT WERE YOU READING ALL THIS TIME, IDIOT!”

With such a score, if there's no miracle, I can't possibly hit the ball into the outfield But if I can get on base, I can get Yuuji or Hiet one back

“Don't think too much, Akihisa Just relax It'll come to us”

Though the situation is disadvantageous to us, Yuuji still looked rather casual

“What do you ht of a plan?”

“No, I don'tsoto be mad”

“Ah, okay, I' then”

“Akihisa-kun, do your best”

“Thank you, Himeji-san”

With HiYuuji look so confident, I know he's planning so, but I don't knohat it is What does that Yuuji plan to do?

“Yoshi+-kun, please hurry up”

“Ah, okay Sorry”

The unated batter box Once ot ready, the opponent confir position

“Oh ya, Sakamoto, Aki just asked Is there a plan you prepared?”

“No—just look at the field You'll understand, on't lose this match”

“Won't lose? But the situation's disadvantageous to us”

“No, you're e is the, we're behind by one, and the subject's health education”

“I know that But Tsuchiya's already on base”

“And on base—is that Muttsurini”

“STEAL!”

A call can be heard from class E

After confir that the batter won't throw over to hold him at first base, Muttsurini dashes towards 2nd base I see! So that's how it is!

The pitcher threw the pitch, and it flew to the catcher's glove In order to help Muttsurini steal base, I try to swing as wildly as possible If I can block the catcher's vision, I can increase Muttsurini chances of stealing base greatly

“damn it”

After catching the ball, the catcher immediately throws the ball to second base damn it! At this moment, it'll be hard for Muttsurini to steal base--

“Eh? Hard? That Muttsurini?”

Of course not! This is health education, Muttsurini's unbeatable! If the opponent's class A, it can still be talked off, but when the opponent's only at about 100 points, how can it be tough for Muttsurini?

As I say this--

The moment the catcher throws the ball towards second base, I seelint in Muttsurini's eyes

“Baited”

Muttsurini's suuy was deliberately running slow!

“Fa, fast!”

Muttsurini's summoned beast steps onto 2nd base at a speed the human eye can't catch, and he didn't stop as he dashes towards 3rd base At this point, the catcher just threw the ball to second base Muttsurini slowed down to confuse the the catcher to throw to second base and not third base! It's true that if Muttsurini did that, the catcher would have ignored second base and went straight for third base right fro That's a brilliant plan!

“THIRD BASE!”

“GOT IT!”

The catcher iave the instruction, and the second baseman immediately throws the ball to third base Will Muttsurini be tagged out?

It's also tough for hiet from second base to third base Noill he

“Accelerate”

At this moment, Muttsurini muttered that code word This is a special activation command that only summoned beasts with more than 400 points can have Muttsurini has this unique ability, and like what the term means—it can cause the summoned beast to increase speed

“HOW IS IT POSSIBLE!?”

Class E just let out a cry of disbelief

Muttsurini steps onto third base at a speed where only the afterie is left behind, and the ball is still in mid-air

“STOP MESSING AROUND!”

The third baseman finally catches the ball and throws the ball back to home plate However--

“Final acceleration”

Muttsurini ran faster than the ball as he steps onto ho fashi+on

“““BRILLIANT!!!”””

Class F's bench erupted into roars So noe're 3 all We're tied!

“Alright! Let's get it back at one go!”

Getting ready for the next pitch, I let et into position It should be alright if I can use the chance when the opponent's wavering due to what Muttsurini did--

DONK!

“HIT BY PITCH BATTER WALKS!”

“Whywhy is it that I always get hit by pitch”

If you're affected by what Muttsurini did, just send me a base on balls!

Health Education, Class E, Furukawa Ayumi, 102 points

Vs

Health Education, Class F, Yoshi+ Akihisa, 0 points

“Yoshi+ Akihisa, KIA!”

“Eh? Hold on! The match's still not over! What happens if my health ed drops to 0?”

Does this mean

“Akihisa, go take the replenishment tests I'll let Kondou be the pinch baserunner”

“da off too lousy!?”

Why is it that I have to take the tests in this rare sports ht!

“Well, you don't have to worry about the s stand, we'll definitely win”

“Uuthat's too much”

I drag my heavy steps to the staff room

In the end, while I was taking my health education replenishment tests, class F was able to send class E home with a base hit But forreally uninvolved