The Day After My Girlfriend Cheated on Me, My Female Friend Suddenly Started Seducing Me. ~The Protagonist’s Struggle Begins With a Revenge Drama~
Rei turned one ball to the outfield. One was in his own possession. Even in a worst-case scenario, he would manage to counter with one ball.
After receiving the ball, Kujo turned his attention to the other infielder, who was not Shuuto. However, the other team was not without a plan. Shuuta is in a position to protect the other player. Even if he threw now, Shuuta would catch it and that would be the end of it.
However, Kujo had a plan. He looked at the other players on the other side of the field, especially at Sato, and took a stance.
He raises his legs wide and brings the hand holding the ball to his chest. When he throws, he swings his arm out wide. This is his pitching form. Shuuta was prepared for the slow throw, which was possible because he was in the outfield.
The ball was heading toward Shuuta in a low trajectory, leaving a wind-swept sound as he swung his arm out.
“…!”
Shuuta noticed. The spin on the ball was pushing the ball’s trajectory upward.
Kujo was using his baseball pitching skills to put tremendous spin on the ball. It was his own strategy to reduce the probability of Shuuta catching the ball by even a millimeter.
By the time the ball was in front of Shuuta’s eyes, it had already reached his chest.
Shuuta reflexively turned his head back. He judged that it would be difficult to catch a ball with this amount of rotation. At the same time, Shuuta was wary. He wondered if the two-stage attack he had just received would come again.
Shuuta rotated his large physique around and took a stance. Just as he had read, there was Sato. But, however.
“You idiot, you think you can do the same thing twice?”
Sato’s body rotated 180 degrees. As Sato flew through the air, the ball that Kujo had thrown earlier was sucked into his feet. It was an unexpected overhead kick from the volleyball captain. It was a hit that was put into his soul.
Kujo’s control technique and Sato’s superhuman physical ability made it easy to deceive Shuuta with their coordinated play.
A moment later, Sato’s foot swung out. The ball went straight to Shuuta’s cheek and hit one of the infielders. It was a strategic win.
“Uwaaaaa ! What was that play !? A super play by second year team Kujo and Sato ! Now it’s one against one ! ! !”
The venue was filled with cheers that resembled earth shaking at the unexpected super play. Rei also involuntarily raised his voice at the play that overturned the inferior two-on-one situation and the flow of the game at once.
“Kujo ! Sato !”
“I cut off one player. This is the crucial moment, Hiori !”
“You’re going to win, aren’t you? Take care of the rest !”
Sato smiled mischievously, and Kujo stuck his thumb high in the air toward the ceiling. Rei’s fighting spirit was further inflamed by the profile of his ever-reliable classmate.
The only one remaining in the infield was Hiirigita. No one from the outfield returned. It was a genuine one-on-one game.
Both players face each other with the ball in their hands. Rei didn’t miss the look on Shuuta’s face as he stood in front of him.
“It’s one-on-one, Hiori. Whoever wins here wins the championship.”
“…That’s right.”
“But I have my own reasons why I can’t lose. I have a lot to say to you. I wonder if you can catch my ball.”
Rei was pondering. In this one-on-one situation, it is inevitable that they will throw at each other. And Shuuta would throw at Rei.
His ball cannot be followed with the eyes. I understand that more than enough from the previous battles. I cannot imagine a future in which I can catch the ball. It will just get bounced like our friends until now.
How can he catch that monstrous ball? Rei turns all his nerves to the rotation of his brain.
(…..This is the only way.)
Rei arrived at a solution in these few seconds. He stood in front of Shuuta and watched his movements.
“You don’t stand a chance ! !”
The ball is released from Shuuta’s hand. It was so fast that even the swing of his arm could not be followed with the eye.
Rei, who had been watching the start of the move, was in stance. It was a volleyball receiving stance that he had taken a hint from Sato’s movement.
Then Rei raised his arm without checking the ball. As predicted, the ball, with a speed that could not be measured by eye, made contact with Rei’s arm. Rei swung his arm out of the way, enduring the impact so much so that he almost mistook it for a rock being thrown at him.
“Oraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ! ! !”
Rei barely launched the ball straight up. With a brief moment of relief, Rei gets into a pitching motion. He dropped his hips and swung his arm out from right beside Rei, defeated, throws the ball to Hiirita. The ball with a strong horizontal rotation startled Hiirita just a little.
The slightest difference in rotation makes the ball more difficult to catch. The slightest hesitation about whether or not to supply the ball will lead to the cause of defeat in this situation. The momentary hesitation made Hiirita stiffen and drew out a reflexive action.
Shuuta ducked and dodged the ball. The ball, which deflected in the path of a sickle that reaps life, went to a man who was waiting in the outfield.
“You fool ! The ball hasn’t dropped yet !”
“….! !”
He’s going to get hit. Shuuta instinctively sensed this.
Rei launched the ball to create a reprieve. He distracted the ball with his unique pitching motion and drew out a move to duck the ball. Then, Sato catches the deflected ball and checkmates it.
This was the strategy that Rei had devised. Shuuta is convinced.
“This is the end ! !”
Sato plays the ball like a spike. The ball went straight to Shuuta who was out of position. It was the moment when everyone was sure it was going to hit him.
“It can’t be over…!”
Surprisingly, Shuuta changed his stance in mid-air. He escaped from the difficulty by changing his position in the air in accordance with the trajectory of the ball.
“Wha !?”
(This is…!)
“….Gotchu.”
Shuuta was mistaken. Rei’s trick was to attack Sato. Because he had avoided this, Rei’s bouncing ball ended up on the floor. That’s how much impact it must have had.
Shuuta was shivering. The only man standing in the infield in front of him was in a shooting motion reminiscent of that of a soccer player.
Shuuta pondered. Is there any way for him to get out of this situation?
Shuuta realized that there was no way to save himself in this situation. He was already loaded. The man had anticipated this much.
Even if the ball hit his body, he would not be out if he picked it up before it hit the floor. Even if the ball is bounced, if it hits the opponent, only the opponent will be out. It was a strategy that exploited a hole in the rules.
Rei was at the drop-off point of the ball he had launched. He aimed at the falling ball and swung his right leg toward Shuuta.
He swung with all his might, and the ball finally caught Shuuta’s body.
The ball bounced off the ground and into the outfield of the second year team. The final blow was a well-thought-out, full-bodied blow.
“…Ah.”
“…..Uwaaaaaaaaaaaa !?!?”
“What a surprise ! Hiori defeats Samejima with a splendid right-footed shot ! And the winner is second year class 3!”
After a moment of silence, the audience erupted in joy.
Maitoshi