Chapter 343: Great Victory

"Mukai Taiyo's screwball really does have something to it; we were almost turned into a double play," said Huangqian Yangyi.

"Yeah, there really aren't many in our lineup who can reliably hit his screwball," said Miyuki.

After hearing the two's conversation, the others all wore speechless expressions. The guy was, after all, the ace of Teito; to be able to push him to this point, Seido's lineup was already very impressive. Did they really want everyone to go up there and blast him away? If that really happened, the kid would be crying.

Just then, on the field, Asou Takeru made a contribution; a single to left field sent Shirasu home.

The score was 5-0.

After Asou, Tojo Hideaki still couldn't get a hit, contributing an out to end the inning.

"Little Tojo, don't take it to heart. It's only been two at-bats. Even though you didn't get a hit, you made contact with the ball, which is already super impressive."

Seeing Tojo return to the bench with a depressed look, Huangqian Yangyi also spoke up to console him. Although Tojo was excellent and his batting level might allow him to enter the top of the lineup at other schools and be called a genius, this was Seido; at most, Tojo could only be considered excellent.

And while Mukai Taiyo on the pitcher's mound was the same year as him, the opponent had been called a genius since middle school and was now the ace of Teito; Tojo's performance today was already quite good.

"I know, Captain, I will work even harder," Tojo said, nodding.

"Keep it up."

Huangqian Yangyi smiled.

Following that, 1 run in the fourth inning and 1 run in the fifth; when the game reached the end of the top of the sixth, the score was already 7-0. If they continued to give up runs and couldn't score in the next inning, Teito would face the fate of having the game ended early by Seido in the seventh.

Bottom of the sixth, Seido High School on offense.

Mukai Taiyo, giving it his all, still couldn't suppress Seido's powerful lineup, and under the leadership of Huangqian Yangyi, he gave up three runs directly.

The score was 10-0. This inning completely shattered the mentality of this genius First Year from Teito, and his inner pride was also smashed to pieces.

On the sidelines, looking at the 10-point gap, Manager Okamoto had a serious expression. At this point, it was impossible to catch up. Although everyone would shout the slogan of never giving up until the end, 10 points wouldn't be recovered just because your voice was loud. They were going to lose.

However, Taiyo! You must hold on!

Manager Okamoto had not replaced the pitcher; even if they lost, he wanted to let Mukai Taiyo stand on the pitcher's mound and lose. This was Teito's ace, the ace recognized by everyone at Teito High School!

Since he wasn't mature enough yet, he would pour everything into cultivating this ace! Let him become more reliable in the future.

Of course, the premise for all of this was that Mukai Taiyo could carry it himself.

After being battered, the figure of Mukai Taiyo walking down from the pitcher's mound appeared so lonely and sorrowful.

Huangqian Yangyi, who had returned to the bench, just curled his lips and smiled when he saw it. It was only 10 points; he didn't know how many pitchers had been beaten even worse by their Seido.

Well~ Teito's genius, you still have a long way to go. Take it slow.

Putting on his pitcher's glove, Huangqian Yangyi turned to his teammates and said, "Sa! Let's go! Give these guys from Teito the final blow! Send them home!"

"Ohhhhhhh!!"

The 8 players of Seido, led by Captain Huangqian Yangyi, stepped onto the field, with smiles on everyone's faces.

"Top of the seventh, Teito High School's attack..."

Compared to Manager Okamoto's rationality, the Teito players were absolutely unwilling to give up just like that in their hearts; this concerned the qualification for the Spring Koshien! Even if the hope was slim, who would be willing to just admit defeat like this?

The spirit of never giving up was worth praising, but they had run into the ruthless Seido.

In this Autumn Tournament, Huangqian Yangyi, who had stepped onto the pitcher's mound for the first time, was like a great villain, fiercely suppressing Teito High School's final struggle.

When the electronic scoreboard once again displayed a "0", everyone on the scene knew that this game had come to an end.

"The prestige of the kings remains, forging ahead!"

"Ten to zero! The West Tokyo king wins big over the East Tokyo overlord!"

"Seido High School, returning victorious from Koshien, still maintains an invincible posture even without enough time for the new team to gel!"

"Seven innings, zero runs allowed! Seido's Overlord! Who can stop him?"

Tokyo, Autumn Tournament main draw, first round, Seido High School defeated Teito High School 10-0, achieving an overwhelming victory.

"Next time! Next time I will definitely beat you!"

With tears of unwillingness, Mukai Taiyo stared at Huangqian Yangyi with a stubborn expression and said.

"Heh, keep it up."

Huangqian Yangyi chuckled; he still preferred to hear such words from Narumiya Mei.

After the team assembly ended, on the bus back, Miyuki sat down next to Huangqian Yangyi.

"That kid is actually quite interesting, just a bit too naive."

"Heh, I'm looking forward to when he changes that slicked-back hairstyle," Huangqian Yangyi said. He had wanted to roast Mukai Taiyo's hairstyle from the start; wasn't that just the hairstyle of the so-called 'high-quality human male' on the internet?

"You guy, what are you paying attention to?" Miyuki retorted.

In the eyes of the Seido battery, Mukai Taiyo was just a bit interesting, but from the outside, although Teito lost this game, their ace Mukai Taiyo was still highly regarded by many.

Many professionals believed that Mukai Taiyo was a pitcher who could rank among the national top tier; perhaps he couldn't keep up with Narumiya Mei and Huangqian Yangyi, but his future was equally worth looking forward to.

And as this game ended and the Seido Baseball Team left the field, Okumura Koshu, who had always been reticent in the stands, excitedly grabbed the shoulder of his good buddy Seto Takuma, "I'm going to Seido! How about you?!"

"Me?"

Seto Takuma gave a bitter smile. Okumura was going to Seido, could he really be separated from him? This guy who couldn't speak well would definitely offend people and be bullied without him!

"I'm going to Seido too!"

Hearing this, Okumura smiled.

Somewhere in Tokyo, a little boy who was also a third-year middle school student like Okumura and the other, but relatively small in stature, had watched this game in front of the TV and was also conquered by Seido's strength. After an excited expression appeared on his face, it turned into loneliness in less than three seconds.

"I really want to go to Seido. I really want to try catching Captain Huangqian's pitches."

The boy looked at the wonderful pitching of Huangqian Yangyi being replayed on the TV, his heart filled with longing.

"A powerhouse like Seido wouldn't want someone like me, right?"

The boy smiled self-deprecatingly; because of his stature, he had already been rejected by many schools. Perhaps his baseball dream would also end after graduating from middle school.