Chapter 90: Kano Shoya

'Just get rid of him with a high drop Curveball.'

Seeing his catcher's sign, pitcher Maki nodded and threw the ball.

Whoosh!

Like a falling meteor, the white ball dropped across the distance from the pitcher's mound to the top of the home plate in an instant.

On the strike zone, Chris obviously lacked the calculation and could only swing the bat in a hurry, barely hitting the ball out of bounds.

Although this ball was hit out of bounds by Chris's superb swing skills, it flew high and slow!

Sensen's third baseman waited there early and took the ball firmly in his hand.

SNAP!

"OUT!"

Three Outs, offense and defense exchange.

In the second inning, although Seidou High School was extremely strong and scored a point, Sensen quickly held the battle and did not give Seidou High School a chance to continue to expand the score.

In the second half of the second inning, Sensen High School attacked.

In the rest area of ​​Seidou High School, Sawamura asked his Shisho.

"Have you found anything?"

Chris who just returned to the dugout looked thoughtful and said:

"His Straight ball is not easy to aim, but if it is his Curveball, maybe it will be very easy to deal with."

Um?

When it comes to hand, it is easier to deal with the Curve that is falling sharply from the top to the bottom.

The answer given by Chris was obviously far beyond Sawamura's expectations.

Nevertheless, it was true for him.

Compared with the strong Straight ball, he of course prefers the Breaking ball with only a break and not too much power.

Maki's height plus the Curveball, of course, is extremely tricky.

But for Sawamura, he was not an invincible opponent.

Before going back to the past, he had seen too many pitchers that were sharper than Maki's pitching!

In the second half of the second inning, Sensen High School attacked.

"Fourth Batter, outfielder, Kano-kun!"

Seeing the batter coming out of the Sensen rest area, all the players in Seidou High School felt complicated.

What is it that surprised them in the arrangement of Sensen High School the most? That's probably the so-called fourth Batter that's on the field now.

In the previous materials of Sensen, this guy did not exist, at least he was not the main force, because all the reconnaissance videos and all the notes of Seidou High School did not have Kano's name.

Even if he has only played once, his name will be in the notes, and the record he left behind.

Since there is no such thing, it means that he does not have any playing records.

Without any playing record, he suddenly appeared in the starting lineup. Even Sawamura thinks this fourth Batter is a bit interesting! Anyone with a normal IQ will know that right now, the person who can be entrusted by Sensen High School must be a big trump card.

"They hid him well, we don't know what he is capable of."

Kuramochi looked at the guy on the strike zone with an unhappy expression.

He knows that it is very rare for a monster like Todoroki Raichi to appear, and it is impossible for another to suddenly appear.

"Since he was trained by Coach Ugai and has been hiding until now, this batter seems to be a plan they prepared." Sawamura sees it differently.

The team's fourth batter, for a team, always has some kind of meaning.

It's not a question of whether you can do it or not, otherwise, how do you take on the role of the fourth batter?

Ugai Kazuyoshi is not the best, but he has been in high school baseball for more than 40 years. How rich is his experience? What is the level of his training?

Will such a person make some stupid mistakes?

At the very least, Sawamura himself didn't dare to think so, so he expected that this guy named Kano must have some skills of his own.

Kano's appearance is not very outstanding, he has a very ordinary and plain face. The kind that throws him in the crowd and he won't stand out.

Not only looks, but even the figure is not particularly outstanding, ordinary height, ordinary build and he looked thin…

At first glance, it is like the kind of person you can meet when you are walking on the street.

Even the momentum is not particularly exceptional.

The catcher, Chris looked at this guy carefully for several moments, but in the end, there was no way to determine his level of danger.

Without any information, judging only by the feeling of the eyes, the other party just looked ordinary.

Chris is usually very bold in dealing with this kind of opponent who he doesn't know the depth, but this time is different. Since the opponent is the fourth batter of Sensen High School, he can't be so ordinary.

Chris couldn't just let him go just like he did with a normal Batter.

'Let's use a high drop Curveball first and try him out!'

In the end, when he had no choice, Chris could only let Tanpa throw a high drop Curveball to verify the opponent's way.

Just looking at his stance, it is impossible to see what the opponent could do. However, if the other party takes action, the result is very different. Chris can infer a lot of things based on his actions.

'Bring it on!'

Seeing Chris' sign, Tanpa on the pitcher's mound nodded slightly.

'It seems that he also has a plan.'

Although Tanpa does not have the height of Maki, Tanpa's Curve has its own features, and this characteristic is extremely unique, making it difficult to hit his ball.

Whoosh!

The small white ball whizzed and looked like it was about to hit the Batter.

Kano, who was on the strike zone, shrank his head subconsciously.

"Ooh!"

With an exclamation, his face turned pale as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight!

SNAP!

"STRIKE!"

The baseball dropped down before hitting the batter and landed in Chris' Mitt for a Strike.

There's nothing worth saying about this Strike.

The strange thing is the Batter!

Everyone, the players, the coaches, and even the audience were a bit dumbfounded.

Isn't he…hmm…a bit too frightened?

Although Tanpa once scared the batters of the first year of Seidou High School shitless before, those guys are players who just graduated from middle school and entered high school after all.

They are just freshmen, so that is normal!

Before they got used to high school baseball, high school pitching was completely uncharted territory for them, and it's not surprising that they were frightened by pitching in an unknown realm.

But this is different.

If memories hadn't gone wrong just now, this Kano was a third-year player at Sensen High School.

Didn't you hear those second-year guys calling him Senpai?

How could such a third-year player be frightened by Tanpa's pitching?

This is strange!!

Chris took a deep look at Kano, who was still shivering.

'It's hard for him to think of this guy as a strong batter.'

'Although I don't know what the reason for the opponent to do this. But the opponent's strength is just that, let's throw the ball over boldly.'

After making a decision, Chris directly gave Tanpa a signal to let him throw the ball boldly.

On the other side, in the rest area of ​​Sensen High School.

Superintendent Ugai Kazuyoshi suddenly said two words coldly.

"Kano Shoya!"

'Kano, you piece of shit!'

'A person who can't even do a standard swing, why should I train you?'

A sentence of 'encouragement' appeared in Kano's mind.

His eyes suddenly became awake.

'No, I definitely don't want that.'

How did he survive the days when he didn't have a bat in his hand?

Kano, who regards the bat as his life, will never allow himself to fall here!

"I'm useless!"

As the Coach said, he is useless, just like a fly.

The first time he saw that kind of Curveball flying towards him, he almost pissed himself.

But he has to hold on no matter what if he can't hit the ball. Won't his baseball career be over?

Three years in high school, this is his first appearance, and probably his last.

'Although I am useless, I definitely want to hit the ball out!'

The man with determination in his heart stood on the strike zone again with a different momentum.

'Bring it!'

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T/N: Kano Shoya is an OC, he didn't appear in the original Manga/Anime.