But when they arrived and saw Ruri and the five beautiful girls surrounding Hikari, the members of the baseball club instantly understood.
The ace of the baseball club, Takanashi Kou, why he would propose to compete in baseball with Hikari.
This guy Takanashi Kou is definitely jealous.
Because it's not just Takanashi Kou, these boys in the baseball club, even the coach, seeing Hikari surrounded by five extremely beautiful girls, they couldn't help but feel sour.
After all, Akane, the former baseball club manager, was originally the goddess of the baseball club.
At that time, countless people had confessed to Akane, but all were rejected.
As a result, this former goddess of the baseball club became Hikari's girlfriend.
And even just that would have been enough, but around Hikari, there were also four other beautiful girls with looks and figures comparable to Akane.
Any one of these five girls could be called the goddess in their hearts.
If there were a chance, they would shamelessly pursue them.
Yet Hikari had five, five of them.
'Just him alone, how can I bear it? Damn it!'
Seeing the five girls like Akane loudly cheering for Hikari, the members and even the coach of the baseball team were gritting their teeth in jealousy.
To suppress Hikari, this 'pretty boy's' arrogance, they all loudly cheered for Takanashi Kou, each one shouting hoarsely.
Even though in their view, Takanashi Kou, as the ace of the baseball club, would one hundred percent win against Hikari, and cheering or not wouldn't matter, they still couldn't help but shout.
At this time on the baseball field.
Hikari and Takanashi Kou had already taken their positions.
It had already been agreed that Hikari would be the pitcher.
Hikari was now standing at the pitcher's position, looking at Takanashi Kou, who was wearing a helmet and gripping a baseball bat, and the catcher behind him.
"Are you ready?", Hikari casually asked.
"Ready!", Takanashi Kou answered full of confidence.
Along with their brief conversation, the cheering also gradually quieted down, and the baseball field became silent.
"Takanashi-kun should be able to directly hit a home run, right...", The childhood friend Tachibana Yui looked at Hikari and Takanashi Kou on the field, slightly pondering.
Not just Tachibana Yui thought so, the other members of the baseball club and the coach thought the same.
Because pitching in baseball is not just simply throwing the ball over.
As a pitcher, you have to increase your throwing speed and find the right angle to prevent the batter from hitting the ball.
Professional baseball pitchers must undergo long-term training; their pitches must be fast and accurate, or else for trained batters, it's a guaranteed hit.
And Hikari looked just like an ordinary male high school student, not like someone who could play baseball, and they had never heard of him in the baseball club before.
So, naturally, Tachibana Yui and the baseball club members all thought Hikari's pitch would be easy for Takanashi Kou to hit and complete a home run.
At this moment, Takanashi Kou, gripping the bat tightly, naturally had the same thought as Tachibana Yui and the others.
As the ace of the baseball club, he was confident he could handle Hikari's pitching.
Planning to hit a few home runs first to shock everyone and look cool.
Looking at Takanashi Kou confidently nodding at him, Hikari also smiled.
Then without dragging it out, he lightly tossed the baseball in his hand.
Whoosh!
Seeing Hikari throw the ball, Takanashi Kou confidently swung the bat.
But the crisp hitting sound he imagined didn't come.
Instead, there was only the feeling of swinging through the air.
"Eh?"
Looking at the bat that swung empty, and the baseball already caught by the catcher behind him, Takanashi Kou was stunned.
The other baseball club members in the stands were also stunned.
'What's going on?'
'Just now the ball Hikari threw didn't look fast.'
As the ace of the baseball club, how could Takanashi Kou miss?
Was it because he underestimated him and made a mistake?
Tachibana Yui and the baseball club members were baffled.
But the most dumbfounded was naturally Takanashi Kou himself.
Just now when he saw Hikari throw the ball, it obviously felt slow.
For a professional baseball pitcher, the pitch has to reach over 100 kilometers per hour to barely pass.
But Hikari's pitch just now felt only about 50 to 60 kilometers per hour, which for professional batters was definitely slow.
Normally, he would easily react and accurately hit it, easily achieving a home run.
But what puzzled Takanashi Kou was that the ball Hikari threw suddenly accelerated when he was about to swing confidently and missed by just a little.
Takanashi Kou was completely dumbfounded.
"Takanashi-kun?", Seeing Takanashi Kou dazing there, Hikari smiled and called out.
"Ah! Sorry, Hikari-kun's pitching is very professional, really surprising," Hearing Hikari's voice, Takanashi Kou came back to his senses and quickly said.
Although he praised Hikari with his mouth, Takanashi Kou's face was already a bit dark.
'I was just careless just now, after all, facing an amateur for the first time, I wasn't used to it. Usually, I face too many professional masters. Facing Hikari, an amateur, I was careless. No big deal!'
'Next, I will hit without missing once, and complete two home runs!'
Thinking of Hikari's slow pitch speed, Takanashi Kou's eyes regained confidence.
Seeing Takanashi Kou regaining his confident look.
Hikari smiled slightly, made a throwing motion, and casually tossed the baseball again.
Whoosh!
Takanashi Kou swung again, but this time too, the bat missed again.
Pop!
The baseball hit the catcher's glove with a muffled thud.
Takanashi Kou widened his eyes, looking at the ball in the catcher's glove, full of disbelief.
"So…so fast!"
This time Hikari's pitch was very fast.
Takanashi Kou was stunned.
Originally, Hikari's first pitch at around 50 to 60 km/h already made him feel Hikari couldn't pitch and he missed only because of carelessness.
But Hikari's second pitch was extremely fast.
Takanashi Kou couldn't even guess the speed; he just swung instinctively and missed.
He didn't even react before the ball flew past.
Seeing Hikari's second pitch, the baseball club members and the coach in the stands couldn't hide their shocked expressions.
"This... the ball just now was so fast! I couldn't even see it clearly!"
"This guy called Hikari? So amazing!"
"From my angle, barely seeing it, the ball speed was at least over 150 km/h, right?"
"Coach, should we invite him to join our baseball club?"
The baseball club members and coach looked at Hikari with shining eyes, thinking he might be a naturally gifted pitcher.
At the same time, Tachibana Yui, who had been closely watching Hikari's pitch, also showed a shocked expression.
"Hikari, this guy... why is he so amazing?"
Although not a baseball player, as the baseball club's manager, Tachibana Yui understood baseball well.
Getting into Koshien was not only Takanashi Kou's dream but also hers.
So she knew very well what Hikari's pitch just now meant.
That pitch was really fast, probably close to professional level.
Unfortunately, they didn't have professional equipment prepared, so they couldn't measure the exact speed.
But it was obvious it was extremely fast.
"Hikari-kun, go for it!"
"Hikari-kun, you're awesome!"
Unlike the shocked baseball club members, Natsuha and the three gyaru girls were just there to watch the fun.
They didn't fully understand what was happening, just knew Hikari was winning, so they cheered excitedly.
Hearing these beautiful girls' cheers, the already losing Takanashi Kou felt even more bitter and clenched his teeth.
"Hikari-kun, I'm ready, pitch again!", Takanashi Kou could hardly believe it.
He couldn't believe that Hikari, this unknown guy's pitching, he, the ace of the baseball club, couldn't hit.
'Hikari can't possibly pitch that well, it must be because I was careless! This time I'll focus completely, give it my all!'
Takanashi Kou silently made up his mind.
He didn't know that Hikari had actually been going easy; otherwise, if Hikari used a little more force, he could knock him out with one ball.
Looking at the serious Takanashi Kou, Hikari still just smiled slightly.
This time he didn't even bend his waist, just casually threw the ball.
Takanashi Kou only saw a shadow flying quickly toward him.
"Ah!"
Takanashi Kou shouted and swung the bat with all his strength.
Bang!
A muffled sound rang out.
Takanashi Kou rejoiced.
He couldn't help but shout, "I hit it! I finally hit the ball! Hahaha!"
"You hit my head, you damn it! It hurts like hell!"
Hearing the curse, Takanashi Kou dumbfoundedly turned his head.
He saw the catcher behind him rubbing a big bump on his forehead, while the baseball Hikari threw was firmly in the catcher's hand.
His swing missed again.
No, he hit the catcher's head.
"Strikeout!"
The catcher glared at Takanashi Kou, pulled out a red card from his pocket, and ordered him out, avenging himself for the head injury.
"Strikeout? I missed all three swings?"
Takanashi Kou stood there dumbfounded, his face full of disbelief.
'What the hell'
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