Too late!
He had a bad judgment in his heart, but Sawamura didn't panic at all. He took off the glove on his right hand in front of him, and stretched out his left hand at the same time.
This guy actually wants to catch the ball with his bare hands!
In the cowshed of Nagano Metropolis, Takeshi Ryu's eyes gradually changed from leisurely to inconceivable.
Catch the ball with your bare hands?
Am I mistaken, Sawamura is a pitcher. Although this kind of pass is not as powerful as a bat, Aoi Ren's passing speed is also over 100 kilometers. If you catch the ball with your bare hands, you might injure yourself?
Akagi is a team formed with Sawamura as the core. Once Sawamura is injured, it is conceivable that Akagi Middle School will inevitably collapse.
With such a big risk, Sawamura didn't care at all, so he reached out and grabbed the ball.
"Bang!"
Even if it's not the kind of hardball that the high school team is dedicated to, it's just an ordinary softball, it's quite painful to hit the hand.
Sawamura couldn't help baring his teeth, and then passed the ball back to Aoi Ren.
"Bang!"
"Out!"
Sawamura fought for a few tenths of a second by himself, and he just made up for the tenths of a second that the original Nagano runners who stood at third base had taken the lead. The time difference is made up, and the results in the next chapter will become simple.
Aoi Ren was at home plate and easily killed the Nagano Metropolitan runner.
Three outs, an extremely thrilling number of three outs.
Although the process was a bit difficult, Sawamura managed to hold on.
On the stand, the audience who had come to see the performance of the Akagi Middle School Comedy Troupe had their eyes wet for no apparent reason.
A kind of tragic and solemn emotion called touching, flowing in their hearts.
"Akagi! Sawamura!!"
"Akagi, Sawamura!!"
At first, it was just one or two, and then gradually hundreds of people started shouting wildly.
For the first time, the momentum of these people erupting in unison overwhelmed the supporters of the Nagano Metropolitan Middle School opposite.
At this moment, these hundreds of viewers have the same expectation.
Win it, Akagi!
Unconsciously, Kobayashi was moved to tears.
"Sawamura, come on!!"
He followed the others around and shouted.
The total score was 2:0. The game ushered in the second half of the seventh inning. Akagi Middle School attacked.
Takeshi Ryu's face became serious, and he didn't have the dashing look at the beginning.
"It seems that we have to admit that our opponents are very strong!"
He said in a low voice: "But the initiative in the game is still on our side, and we are still ahead. Don't lose the two-point advantage. Use this advantage to destroy your opponent."
"Oh!!"
In Nagano Metropolitan Middle School, there was no sloppiness at all. At this moment, the battle-hardened Nagano King, Nagano Metropolitan Middle School, is back.
"As long as you don't drop points, you won't lose."
Marian stood up and said in a deep voice, "I will confront them head-to-head, and the guards behind me are all up to you."
The proud Marian actually said the words "please".
While the little friends of Nagano Metropolitan were surprised, they also inspired their determination to maintain their trump card.
"Oh!"
The coach and the ace successfully passed on their determination to the players.
"First bat, third baseman, Yamaguchi!"
"Whoosh!"
With a ball speed of over 135 kilometers, Yamaguchi was at a loss.
Although he also wanted to fight, he extended his hope of attacking to Sawamura. But this ball is too fast, people can't hit it at all!
"nice pitch!"
"nice pitch!"
"nice pitch!"
"strike out!"
Without much suspense, Yamaguchi was struck out.
Once out, no one hits the base. Akagi is away from defeat, only two outs are left.
"Second, first baseman, Oda Kazuto!"
"nice pitch!"
"nice Pitch!"
"nice pitch!"
"strike out!"
Oda, who had high hopes from Akagi Middle School, did not hit the ball in the end. Marian, who burst out with all his strength, struck him with three goals.
Two outs, and no one on base.
Nagano Metropolitan Middle School is only one game away from victory.
In the stands, the supporters of Akagi Middle School continued to drift away, and it seemed that they had no hope.
So far, Akagi has not had a single hit.
They seem to have no hope of winning.
"The third stick, the catcher, Aoi Ren."
"nice pitch!"
"Ball!"
"Clang!"
"Foul!"
A good ball did not swing, a bad ball did not swing, and then the third ball, Ren hit the ball out of bounds. A throw-in counts as a strike before two strikes. In this way, Ren had two strikes and one strike, and was chased by the pitcher.
"Come on, Ren!"
"Ren-senpai, it's up to you."
Akagi's friends also realized that the atmosphere was unusual, and they cheered Ren with their voices.
Aoi Ren first looked behind him, where the friends kept cheering him on, and then he glanced at the bullpen opposite. There, Takeshi Ryu looked at him indifferently, as if he didn't care about him at all.
Dad~
Since the parents divorced, the father and son have not seen each other for many years. Aoi Ren has even blurred his father's appearance!
two years ago.
"Would you like to join our Nagano Metropolitan Middle School, Aoi-san?"
Back then, the creature named Father appeared in front of Ren in such a grand manner and asked him face to face.
He doesn't remember himself at all!
Haha, hahaha~
Abandoning the memory in his mind, Ren's face sank. Even without turning his head, he could feel Sawamura's fiery gaze.
Must hit out!
When did the catcher of the national runner-up become such a weak chicken? Can't even win against your own substitute?
Entering Akagi, did your body really rust?
No, not really. Even if there is no competition, he has never given up swinging or practicing.
Playing, I will not lose to anyone. Sooner or later, I will stand upright in front of Takeshi Ryu and tell him.
"I'm Aoi Ren."
"Clang!"
On the fourth ball, Ren's body moved, and this movement was even faster than his brain's reaction.
After the baseball was hit, it flew through the fielder garrison of Nagano Metropolis like an arch was drawn.
"Go through, go through!!"
"Super long fight from Aoi Ren's first classmate."
Ren ran to second base in one breath, and then on second base, he raised his arms and shouted wildly.
"what!"
No one understands the true thoughts in his heart.
He waited for this moment for too long.
Finally, Akagi Middle School's first hit came out. The creator of this hit was Ren, Akagi Middle School's third hitter and catcher, Aoi Ren.
Two outs, and there is someone at second base.
Akagi, who was on the edge of the cliff, was forcibly pulled back a little.
Next, it was Akagi Middle School's fourth, Sawamura Eijun.