Chapter 280: The God of Bunting has Logged On!

In the Batter's Box, after Sawamura finished preparing to hit, he looked toward Maki Yosuke. With just one glance, Sawamura was frightened by the murderous look in the other's eyes.

"W-what the? Isn't this a baseball game? Why does it feel like he wants to hit me?" Sawamura swallowed his saliva, and then the single-celled hot-blooded organism thought of something.

Hmph! Intentionally scaring me to affect my state of mind; it seems you are quite afraid of me too.

Hehehe, as expected, has the great name of Sawamura already become known to everyone?

Whoosh!

Pop!

"Strike!"

Eh?

Sawamura came back to his senses, but the baseball had already been pitched and had entered the Catcher's mitt.

"Sawamura!! What are you doing!" Isashiki Jun roared from the sidelines.

"Bastard, what are you spacing out for!"

"Baka Sawamura!"

Hearing the roars of his seniors, Sawamura immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"Ahahaha, the pitch is really impressive, even I didn't react in time."

Sawamura was still making excuses for himself, trying to ease the awkwardness.

"Tsk tsk, that's really rubbing salt in the wound," Huangqian Yangyi said in a low voice.

"If it were really like you said, Maki Yosuke would be driven crazy with anger," Miyuki smirked.

Sure enough, behavior like Sawamura's was practically a critical hit in the eyes of Maki Yosuke.

Why, why can such an idiot get into Seido, while he cannot?

I don't understand!

The anger in the depths of Maki Yosuke's heart was about to erupt, yet the expression on his face remained calm, though the look he gave Sawamura became even colder.

For the second pitch, this Maki Yosuke used an outside Curveball to make Sawamura swing and miss.

"Strike!"

Sawamura spoke in surprise; it was his first time seeing a pitch with such a large angle, no wonder even senior Kominato had such a hard time hitting it.

Hmph, what a waste of space indeed!

Maki Yosuke despised Sawamura in his heart; such an ugly swing was practically an insult to the Seido batting lineup.

After receiving the return throw from the Catcher, Maki Yosuke threw the third pitch, a low Fastball.

Just as Maki Yosuke thought Sawamura would swing ugly and be struck out like before, Sawamura lightly bent his body and placed his bat precisely in front of him.

Bang!

The God of Bunting has logged on.

The little white ball rolled steadily toward Third Base, and Sawamura zoomed toward First Base.

Maki Yosuke was stunned as he watched Sawamura's sprinting figure; how could this be!

This idiot was actually able to bunt his pitch so accurately!

"Hahaha, gotcha."

"Sawamura's bunting is among the best even in our Seido."

"Yo, he reached base; Sawamura runs pretty fast too."

While they were talking in the Dugout, Sawamura had already successfully reached First Base and celebrated by high-fiving the air with Shirasu, who had remained at Second Base.

Hmph!

Maki Yosuke turned his head away in annoyance; he was worried that if he looked at Sawamura for one more second, he would be so angry he would vomit blood and die.

Next, the leadoff hitter Kuramochi Yoichi stood in the Batter's Box again. This was his second at-bat of the game; he had successfully reached base in his previous at-bat and was eventually sent home to score by Yuki Tetsuya. This time, there were two people on base ahead of him; if he could hit a beautiful base hit, it would result in no outs and bases loaded.

At that time, his teammates behind him would surely be able to score enough runs.

Kuramochi gripped his bat tightly, his whole person appearing to be in an excited state. For this at-bat, he absolutely could not bunt, and he also could not swing carelessly, otherwise, if an infield grounder occurred, the opponent would very likely turn a Double Play.

Hu~

Taking a deep breath, Kuramochi did not dare take his eyes off Maki Yosuke for even a second.

Whoosh!!

Maki Yosuke decisively threw the ball, an outside low Fastball.

Pop!

The baseball smashed directly into the Catcher's mitt from above.

"Strike!"

Kuramochi clicked his tongue, "No matter how many times I see it, it feels absurd."

However, Kuramochi had no intention of attacking the Fastball at all; he was waiting for Maki Yosuke's Curveball.

Compared to the Fastball, which was more precise in control and could better pressure the strike zone, it would be relatively difficult for Maki Yosuke to keep his Curveball low.

Soon, Maki Yosuke threw the second pitch, another Fastball. After seeing the trajectory clearly, Kuramochi swung, and after swinging and missing, he even put on an annoyed expression.

Sure enough, after the Catcher noticed the change in his expression, he also couldn't guess what pitch Kuramochi wanted to hit.

With two Fastballs earning two strikes, the Sensen Catcher decided to pair the third pitch with a Curveball, an inside low Curveball.

Whoosh!

When the little white ball flew out, Kuramochi swung his bat without hesitation.

Bang!

He hit it!

"Jianjie!"

Damn it! Kuramochi was just about to take off running, but the umpire's voice froze him in his tracks.

Not only did this fail to result in a hit, but it also exposed his intent to attack.

Sure enough, on the next pitch, Maki Yosuke wisely chose a Fastball on the outer edge for a ball; Kuramochi didn't dare to gamble and had no choice but to swing.

"Batter out!"

Swinging at air, the opponent secured three Strikes.

"That sucked."

"Oh, the speedster has misfired."

Just as he returned to the Dugout, Kuramochi was met with sarcastic remarks from Huangqian Yangyi and Miyuki.

"Go to hell, you two." Kuramochi huffed, picked up some water to take a sip, and then shouted to Kominato Ryosuke on the field: "Hit it! Ryosuke-san!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the Curveball thrown by Maki Yosuke was scooped up by Kominato Ryosuke and sent flying.

"Third Base!!" the Catcher shouted.

He's going to be forced out!

A Double Play is also possible!

The spectators had already made their predictions; Kominato Ryosuke had hit this ball too squarely, right in the direction of the Third Baseman.

However, the unexpected happened: the baseball landed in front of the Third Baseman, but he failed to catch it, and the ball flew right past the edge of his glove.

"Run!!" the base coach shouted.

Shirasu immediately dashed to Third Base.

In the Sensen High School Dugout, seeing their Third Baseman miss the catch, they knew exactly what had happened: an irregular bounce.

That is some terrible luck!

At this moment on the field, there was one out and the bases were loaded.

Seido had another scoring opportunity, and Isashiki Jun stood in the Batter's Box with a fierce look; the coach's instruction to them was to hunt Maki Yosuke's Curveball, and the previous batters had all executed the coach's orders well, achieving good results.

Bang!

After a Fastball came a Curveball; Isashiki Jun roared as he hit the ball, and the little white sphere flew past the front of the Shortstop, piercing through the Sensen infield defense.

Shirasu returned to home plate to score, and the others also advanced to their respective bases.

Next, Yuki Tetsuya also secured a hit, sending Sawamura back to home plate.

It was still one out with the bases loaded.

The Fifth Batter, Huangqian Yangyi, stepped up; having observed for so long, Maki Yosuke's pitching had been almost completely figured out by Seido. Aside from the large drop, it had almost no special characteristics. The speed and power of the pitches were decent, but among the pitchers Seido had encountered, Maki Yosuke clearly didn't rank very high.

Once accustomed to the large-angle pitches, Maki Yosuke no longer posed a threat.

Bang!!

A Home Run that flew into the stands.

Huangqian Yangyi grandly secured a 4-run Golden Home Run, extending the score to 10:0 in one fell swoop.