Sympathy

For Sawamura, Nanami Haruna admires from the bottom of his heart. Although in terms of current strength, Nanami Haruna is not worse than Sawamura, and may even be higher. But Nanami Haruna could smell the same kind of breath from Sawamura.

An aura that is unique to genius.

Although this may sound a bit stinky, it is the truth. Only genius can be recognized by genius.

Nanami Haruna has seen many baseball players, most of whom are much older than him. As long as they fight each other, Nanami Haruna can have a rough estimate of the opponent's strength. Although this estimate is not 100% accurate, it is also close to ten. The most terrifying thing is that Nanami can still vaguely know the limit of the other party, and when he can surpass the limit of the other party...

This is terrifying!

As for the opponent who he will definitely surpass, the opponent is much older than himself, even if Nanami was not as strong as the opponent at that time, it would be difficult for him to have too much interest in the opponent.

You are better than me just because you are older than me. When we are in the same arena, you are not even worthy to carry my shoes for me.

Of course, Nanami Haruna wouldn't say it stupidly. But he does feel that way, and it's so ingrained that it can't be changed.

And Sawamura is an exception.

Even after a few rounds of confrontation, Nanami Haruna still didn't see where Sawamura's bottom line was. Therefore, Nanami Haruna believes that Sawamura and he are the same kinds of people. They have no limits of their own. Only God knows what strength and achievements they will have in the future.

Of course, this was a pitch against Sawamura. As for Sawamura's attack, Nanami Haruna certainly has another comment. Among the opponents that Nanami Haruna has played against, although Sawamura's striking strength is not one of the best, he can definitely rank in the top ten.

You must know that Nanami Haruna is not the only player from the Nagano area. As a well-known strong pitcher in the country, he has participated in two national competitions, once in elementary school and once in middle school. The Kanto Conference has even participated in countless...

For such a player to evaluate Sawamura's attacking power, he is in the top ten in the country, and the gold content of these words is very high.

But even with such a batter, Nanami Haruna still has confidence that he can solve it.

His strength is evident from this.

"Whoosh!"

The small white ball flew toward Sawamura's chest. Sawamura, who was standing in the strike zone, didn't move with his feet, he didn't retreat half a step, and he didn't seem to be intimidated by Nanami Haruna's pitch.

At the same time, the short stick in his hand was retracted, and then he struck out again.

Nanami Haruna guessed right, Sawamura did use a trick. However, his cheating is different. Sawamura's cheating is not to block Nanami Haruna's ball path but to aim.

Strange to say, and I don't know what the reason is, after Sawamura aimed with a bunting form, the success rate of the strike was terrifyingly high.

In his previous life, his professional baseball batting average was only in the early 30s, but he aimed at bunts first and then hit 70%. No one cared at first, and Sawamura often used this method to build miracles.

Later, the career database was updated, and statistics were made specifically for Sawamura's bunts and bunts after aiming.

People were surprised to find that Sawamura still had such a trait. The success rate of bunt tactics is as high as 98%, and the on-base rate is as small as 30%. The cheating hit rate is as high as 71%...

In the face of this miraculous phenomenon, experts can't say why. Originally, Sawamura's attack method was used less and less, but as he used it more and more, the monster pitchers in the major league had to formulate special tactics for Sawamura, and even when the situation was unfavorable, they would not hesitate to use it. Walk Sawamura to base.

...

These miraculous records caused a lot of trouble in Sawamura's previous life, but no one knows about them now.

Of course, Nanami Haruna didn't know either. He confidently threw his winning shot, but he didn't know that Sawamura had been eyeing this shot for a long time.

"Clang!"

Without any extra action, Sawamura hit Nanami Haruna's decisive ball as if it was a matter of course.

The ball flew out, and Sawamura threw away his bat and ran frantically to first base.

"Plop!"

The baseball bounced off the ground, and Tenryuji's shortstop flew to catch the baseball, and then passed to first base. Sawamura hit first base almost in no particular order with baseball.

The referee at first base has swollen eyes.

Who can tell him what he should do now?

"Out!"

When the first base referee's voice came out, it was like a death knell for Akagi.

There will be no suspense in the next game.

In the seventh inning, Tenryuji Middle School used bunts to advance, steal bases, and destroy mobility and scored another point. Although Sawamura solved Nanami Haruna, Akagi was gone.

The total score is 3:1!

In the second half of the seventh inning, Akagi Middle School attacked.

Oda, Ren, and Yamaguchi, two of the three were struck out, only Ren hit the ball, and was picked up by pitcher Haruna Nanami.

"The match is over!"

"Semi-finals of the Nagano prefecture regional competition, the second game. Akagi Middle School played Tenryuji Middle School. The game is over. The score is 3:1, and Tenryuji Middle School wins."

...

After the game, Sawamura's eyes drifted away, and his friends around him, his opponent Tenryuji, including the surrounding audience, were no longer in his sight.

"drip~"

There was a drop of water on his face at some point, and Sawamura looked up at the sky blankly. Is it raining?

The sky, the sun is shining brightly, and the people who shine are irritable.

Haha, he lost, only one game away. Although Sawamura didn't have many expectations for this competition from the beginning, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he lost at this time.

One game, only one game away from winning.

If the one in front of you is not one of the top eight in the country, Tenryuji, if you can cast better in this game, if...

"Shh~"

Breathing out a suffocating breath, Sawamura decided not to care about himself anymore. Some things cannot be forced. Fortunately, there is no third grade among them, and there are still opportunities. It's just that in the next competition, I'm afraid I won't have such good luck.

"You pitch very well, Sawamura-sama!!!"

"We will always support you."

"Come on, Akagi! Come on, Sawamura!!!"

...

In the stands, the fans of the Brotherhood of Hearts stood up one by one, applauding Akagi, cheering, and encouraging.

"Let's go and thank the audience who cheered us on."

Sawamura said with a smile.

Most of Akagi's little friends had tears in their eyes. But this game lost to Tenryuji, and they had nothing to say. However, next time, next time they will definitely not drag Sawamura back. Let him compete with Nanami Haruna in an upright manner.

"Thanks!!!"

Akagi Middle School, a total of 11 people, stood in a row, facing the friends of the Brotherhood of Hearts, and bent down deeply.

After thanking the audience, the players from both sides saluted each other.

"Thank you for your advice!"

This time, the people from Tenryuji sincerely shook hands with Akagi's friends one by one.

The little friends of Akagi Middle School used their own strength to win the respect of their opponents.