"Flying, It's Flying Out!!!"
In front of the television, the commentator's voice was hoarse, his vocal cords vibrating rapidly.
It seemed that without such intensity, he wouldn't be able to express his excitement.
The Great Demon King is still the Great Demon King. As long as his opponent dares to challenge him, he will certainly crush them without mercy.
This is the power of the Great Demon King.
This is the strength demonstrated by the young player named Sawamura.
In the stands, the crowd surged.
Although the result of the game was already decided, the audience was still overwhelmed with excitement after witnessing the performance of the Great Demon King.
At this point, if they didn't jump up and share their thoughts, they'd be doing a disservice to themselves.
On the pitcher's mound.
Sanada's arm trembled continuously as he watched Sawamura cross first, second, and third base until he returned to home plate.
'It's really different!'
'The Demon King is indeed the Demon King, and there's always a difference between them and ordinary folks like us.'
Sanada wasn't unaware that if he chose to confront Sawamura head-on, the final result would likely be just like this.
But even knowing that, he didn't give up in the slightest.
He still chose to face Sawamura in a direct showdown to test his own caliber and strength.
Such a clean and decisive defeat wasn't necessarily a bad thing for Sanada.
"If I lose to an opponent like this, I have no regrets."
If there was even a slight hope of victory during the match against the Seidou High School baseball team, even if it was just a glimmer of hope…
Then, looking back on this moment later in life, Sanada would feel immense regret.
Why didn't I persist a little longer? Why didn't I try a little harder?
If I had, would the result have been different?
Such fantasies would follow him throughout his life.
Until the end of his days.
But there was none, not even the slightest.
Throughout the entire game against Seidou High School's baseball team, the Yakushi High School baseball team never had a single opportunity.
It wasn't that if he tried harder it would make a difference; even if he doubled his effort, the result would be the same.
This clean and decisive defeat erased the last bit of fantasy in Sanada's heart.
They simply weren't good enough. The championship should belong to Seidou.
"The Yakushi High School baseball team is making a player change. Third baseman Todoroki Raichi is now on the mound."
In the dugout, Todoroki Raizou noticed the dismal condition of his Ace.
He understood very well that Sanada's injury had likely flared up again.
If possible, Todoroki would have wanted Sanada to pitch through to the end of the game, even if they lost in a miserable manner.
But unfortunately, he couldn't let Sanada continue pitching with the risk of ruining his career.
With Sawamura hitting a home run, Seidou High School's baseball team led Yakushi by eight runs.
The overall score was 8-0.
One Out, no one on base.
At this point, it was Miyuki's turn to bat.
Miyuki could tell that Yakushi High School's baseball team was reaching its limit.
Their Ace's condition looked terrible.
At this point, he had already made up his mind to show the opponent some mercy.
He wanted to end the offensive inning quickly.
The game had already progressed to this point, so it was good enough. Showing some mercy would demonstrate a king's style.
Although this didn't completely align with the kind of baseball Miyuki himself pursued.
But in reality, how could everything go as one wishes?
Idealism doesn't work in real life.
For Seidou's baseball team, the most important thing was to secure the victory. As for how many runs they won by, that was secondary—it didn't really matter.
However, Yakushi High School's baseball team had pushed things too far.
They actually substituted Todoroki Raichi.
What did this mean?
Todoroki wasn't incapable of being used as a pitcher. In their past games against Seidou, they had done such crazy things before.
His pitching had no pattern, and it seemed to naturally counter players like Miyuki.
Bringing Todoroki in now seemed like it was specifically to go after Miyuki.
Letting the opponent take it easy was one thing, but if they deliberately targeted you while you took it easy, that was asking for trouble.
Regardless of what Miyuki had been thinking up to that point, at this moment, he could only choose to go head-to-head with Todoroki, fighting until the end.
When forced into such a situation, he was bound to retaliate.
Without holding back.
His bat was raised high, slightly shaking.
He was fully focused, eyes locked on the pitcher's mound where Todoroki Raichi stood, waiting for the ball to come.
'Here it comes!'
Todoroki still seemed a bit awkward in his pitching, showing no caution at all.
He just hurled the baseball toward Miyuki.
WHRROOSH!!
Whether it was swinging the bat or pitching, when Todoroki Raichi was involved, the momentum was always overwhelming.
Miyuki's brain was like a high-speed computer, desperately calculating the trajectory of the baseball.
Deep down, he knew Todoroki's pitching had no form to it. With his poor control, who knew from which direction the ball would come? Miyuki had no way of guessing, and it was likely that even Todoroki himself didn't know where the ball would land.
In such a scenario, trying to predict what kind of pitch the opponent would throw was meaningless.
Against someone like Todoroki Raichi, the only thing that mattered was vision and luck.
Other things just wouldn't work, no matter how hard you tried.
But over the years, Miyuki's batting had already formed its own system.
He had gotten used to predicting the opponent's pitches, focusing on the kind of ball they would throw.
Even if the opponent's control was poor, it didn't matter—there would always be patterns that could be found.
Through these patterns, the essence of their pitching could be uncovered.
The more critical the situation, the more information Miyuki had, and the more accurate his swings would be.
On the other hand, in a situation like this, with no one on base and the pitching completely uncontrollable…
Miyuki couldn't guess anything.
Raichi's father, Todoroki Raizou, was confident that Miyuki would have a hard time handling his son's pitching, and it wasn't without reason.
From the results of the first pitch, his son completely suppressed Miyuki.
The ball speed was around 145 km/h, and this untrained guy had managed to throw a ball faster than most high school pitchers.
But that wasn't the most important part—the most important part was that Todoroki's pitch had an incredibly strong tailing effect.
Thinking that just hitting the ball would be enough?
How could it be?
When facing Todoroki, you'll realize his pitches are not hard to hit, but hitting them to the outfield is another story!
When the bat connects with the ball, it's like a wild beast running amok.
Completely uncontrollable!
If it even grazes the edge, it will fly out.
Trying to force the ball forward will just result in weak contact…
Even though Miyuki didn't want to admit it, he had no choice but to acknowledge it.
Against someone like Todoroki, he was no match. Comparing him to Sawamura, he couldn't even stand up to someone like Maezono.
At least Maezono could rely on his strong swing, trying to force the ball out.
But he? If it came down to raw strength alone…
Miyuki probably wouldn't be a match for Todoroki Raichi.
Across the country, there were very few who could surpass Todoroki in that area.
So, despite Todoroki's rough and chaotic pitching…
There was one thing that couldn't be denied—when he stood on the mound, he was indeed a very difficult player to deal with.
Anyone facing him would definitely be in for a headache.
Although Miyuki was unwilling and insisted on competing with Todoroki, the final result wasn't very optimistic.
Some things are simply unavoidable. After all this time, Miyuki's batting had already formed its own system, but this system was simply unsuitable for facing someone like Todoroki.
Luckily, in the entire country, there was only one pitcher like Todoroki.
If there were dozens of pitchers like him, Miyuki would likely have to adjust his batting rhythm.
Since there was only one such pitcher, he just needed to think of how to deal with Todoroki in the future.
There was no need to overthink it.
PAAK!
In the end, Miyuki hit a high-fly ball. He calculated everything accurately, but still couldn't escape the interference of Todoroki's pitching.
The ball flew out, but it wasn't fast, and the angle wasn't particularly sharp.
The outfielder of Yakushi High School caught the ball easily.
Snap!
"OUT!!"
Now, there were two Outs and no one on base.
The next batter was Maezono, who Miyuki thought had a good chance of hitting Todoroki's pitches.
But Maezono's performance didn't quite meet Miyuki's expectations.
Although he hit the ball precisely, the direction and force of the hit were both very average.
A ball like that would be hard to break through Yakushi's defense.
Snap!
The ball was caught and thrown to first base.
"OUT!!!"
With that, Seidou High School's offensive for this game came to an end.
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T/N: the game will be completed tomorrow!
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