Chapter 360

Bottom of the eighth, Inashiro on offense.

In the final stage of the game, Inashiro had given up one run, which made all their players nervous; if they couldn't quickly get a run back, they would lose to Seido again.

Inashiro's Fifth Batter Yamaoka Riku stood in the Batter's Box, his beast-like pupils staring straight at Huangqian Yangyi's glove. This was his third plate appearance; he had returned empty-handed the previous two times, and this time, no matter what, he had to do something.

After Huangqian Yangyi threw the first pitch, the gorilla-like power hitter Yamaoka Riku suddenly set his bat, and the small white ball flying in was bunted by him toward the left side. Because of the ball's speed, the baseball rebounded quite far, and Yamaoka Riku dropped his bat in one motion and roared as he sprinted toward First Base.

"Higasa!!"

Miyuki shouted.

Without needing to say more, Higasa Shoji, who was behind Third Base, zoomed toward the direction the baseball was flying.

Too late!

"Safe!!"

By the time Higasa Shoji threw the ball, Yamaoka Riku was only a few steps away from the First Base bag, and he was ultimately safe on base.

"Ohhhhhhhh!!"

"Great job!!!!!"

"Yamaoka!!!"

"Nice!"

"Hahaha, well done, Yamaoka, so you can bunt too."

"Take this run!!"

"Inashiro! Inashiro!"

Bottom of the eighth, just after giving up a run, Inashiro immediately had someone on base, winning themselves an opportunity to attack.

Listening to the fans' cheers, the Sixth Batter Yabe's mood was not so relaxed. This was also his third plate appearance; he had been struck out the previous two times, and now, even with Yamaoka Riku on base, he had almost no confidence that he could help him advance to the next base.

Sacrifice bunt?

Bunt?

Until he stood in the Batter's Box, Yabe was still thinking about how to handle this plate appearance.

"Playball!"

The umpire's voice rang out. On the Pitcher's Mound, Huangqian Yangyi had just thrown the baseball when Yamaoka Riku at First Base took off!

Stolen base!!

No!

It's a Hit and Run!

Yabe also chose to bunt, the baseball bounced to the right side, a sacrifice bunt!

However, Yabe's luck was not that good; the baseball was quickly chased down and picked up by Miyuki, who then threw it to Second Base. In the end, Yamaoka Riku was out, and Yabe reached First Base.

Although failing to advance the base made the Inashiro fans a bit disappointed, Yabe ran faster than Yamaoka Riku, and him reaching First Base was not bad either.

If the next Batter could get a hit, or an Extra-base Hit, Yabe might have a chance to reach Third Base, and if so, they might really be able to score. The Inashiro fans were still desperately calculating the various possibilities for Inashiro to score, but on the field, Huangqian Yangyi gave them no extra time for fantasies; the Seventh Batter and Eighth Batter were struck out one after another, without a single surprise.

The bottom of the eighth ended just like that; the counterattack launched by Inashiro was merely that, short and powerless, not causing much pressure on Seido at all.

Finally, the game reached the last inning.

Top of the ninth, Narumiya Mei did not let Seido continue to expand the score. The Sixth Batter Maezono Kenta, Seventh Batter Higasa Shoji, and Eighth Batter Asou Takeru were all struck out in succession by Narumiya Mei after stepping up to the plate.

Finally, it was the bottom of the ninth that the audience loved to see. Inashiro's final struggle was fierce; the Ninth Batter swung hard, hitting three consecutive Foul Balls, but unfortunately, he still couldn't get on base. Then, the First Batter Carlos chose to bunt, but Seido had been prepared for a long time, and on top of that, the ball's landing spot for this bunt by Carlos was not good, so even with his fast foot speed, it was of no use.

The game finally ended in the hands of Shirakawa Katsuyuki; the Third Batter, having swung and missed, stared blankly at the sky.

Lost again.

Autumn Tournament final, Seido High School defeated Inashiro Industrial High School with a score of 1:0.

The Inashiro Industrial players watched the Seido side celebrating on the field; only they knew the bitterness and sourness in their hearts. Just one run—they had given their all throughout the entire game, and just because they gave Huangqian Yangyi one chance to swing, they had once again missed out on the championship.

This man, how many more times is he going to block them!

Huangqian Yangyi: Not many, just two or three times.

The game ended, Inashiro Industrial retreated dejectedly, Seido High School cheered and celebrated. Walking out of the venue, the team had not yet boarded the bus.

Huangqian Yangyi saw a tall, big boy with a crew cut standing in front. With those identical facial features, Huangqian Yangyi recognized who this person was at a single glance.

Of course, the most important thing was because Yuki Tetsuya was standing next to this boy.

"Captain Jiecheng, who is this?"

Others also noticed Yuki Tetsuya and this boy, and one by one, they were all very curious.

Suddenly being watched by so many gazes, the boy did not show any nervousness, his eyes staring at Huangqian Yangyi with extreme intensity.

"Huangqian, this is my younger brother, Yuki Masashi," Yuki Tetsuya said.

"Younger brother?!!"

"For real?"

"Captain Jiecheng has a younger brother?"

"Never heard of it at all."

"The bloodline of the Jiecheng family!"

The teammates were all very shocked.

"Yuki Masashi?" Huangqian Yangyi looked at the boy in front of him with a smile. If his guess was correct, this silly kid would definitely say, "I want to hit your pitches."

"Huangqian-senpai, I want to hit your pitches!"

Sure enough, Yuki Masashi never beat around the bush when he spoke, going straight to the point.

"Masashi!"

Yuki Tetsuya knocked his younger brother's head hard from the side. They had clearly agreed that he was only coming over to say hello, yet this kid was actually playing tricks on him.

"Yaha, the little brother has a lot of courage."

"Your future is limitless; I have high hopes for you."

"With such a big build, you must be very impressive. I look forward to seeing you!"

"Huangqian, are you not going to accept the challenge?"

The little companions were all watching the excitement, never fearing that things might get too rowdy.

Huangqian Yangyi smiled, "Will you come to Seido?"

Yuki Masashi nodded: "I will come!"

"Whoa~ is the bloodline of the Yuki family going to shine and heat up in our Seido again?" Miyuki Kazuya laughed.

"This is called inheritance, you idiot Miyuki," Kuramochi said.

Ignoring these two fools, Huangqian Yangyi patted Jiecheng Jiangsi on the shoulder and said: "Next year, when you come to Seido, I will pitch for you to hit."

Boom!!

A surge of blue Qi flame whooshed out from Yuki Masashi's body.

Hearing that he would have to wait until next year to hit Huangqian Yangyi's pitches, Yuki Masashi felt terrible; he did not want to wait that long.

No, wait, does everyone in your family like to turn on the gas like this?

"Alright, Jiangsi, you've already met Huangqian, come back with me," Yuki Tetsuya said.

"Aniki, I..."

"That's enough! If you keep doing this, the Manager is going to get angry!"

After Yuki Tetsuya finished speaking, his younger brother Jiangsi turned his head to look at Manager Kataoka; sure enough, the Manager's face was dark, and wearing sunglasses gave him an extremely strong sense of oppression.

At this moment, the corners of Manager Kataoka's mouth couldn't help but twitch a few times; what on earth does this prized student of his think he is, actually using him to scare his younger brother?