My girlfriend is a bad lady

"Yes!"

Mari Uchida looks very energetic in a baseball jacket and a white pleated skirt.

She stood in an empty venue and used a microphone to talk to two hosts who were nowhere to be found.

"I heard you like baseball, right?"

"I love it so much! My dream is to marry a professional baseball player!"

"Oh——" the male host exclaimed, "Ms. Uchida, I used to work for a professional team and was considered a baseball player. Do I have a chance?"

"This." Uchida Mari tilted her head in embarrassment.

"What do you mean by a baseball player?" The female host laughed, "Uchida-chan, don't worry about this person."

"Yes, I understand." Uchida Mari responded straightforwardly.

"Hey——" the male host shouted with a little reluctance.

Uchida Mari smiled brightly, and the entire electronic screen was filled with her sweet smile.

"However," the female host said, "Uchida-chan could be considered as a member of the live baseball team."

"Eh?" Uchida Mari was startled and said with an exaggerated expression, "Is it okay?"

"Of course not!" the male host firmly objected, "Ms. Uchida is already 30 years old this year. This is the Koshien qualifiers, and the contestants are all high school students! This is a crime!"

"Hmm..." Pretending to be silent, Uchida Mari said in a light tone, "Sure enough, I should ignore you today."

"sorry!"

There was laughter at the scene.

After the warm-up, the hostess said, "It's time to pitch. Ms. Uchida, please go to the pitcher's mound."

"Yes! Okay!"

Mari Uchida handed the microphone to a staff member on the side, put on her gloves, took the ball, and walked up to the pitcher's mound.

The gaze of thirty thousand people made her smile so tense that it seemed a little unnatural.

"Come on, Ms. Uchida!" the male host shouted.

Mari Uchida raised her hand holding the ball and made a "come on" gesture.

Kamikawa's catcher squatted at home plate, and the umpire stood behind him in a similar manner.

"Uchida-chan, let's get started!"

Mari Uchida lifted the ball over her head and then raised her leg.

The posture should have been practiced and is quite standard.

Throw it out with all your strength.

The distance from the pitching mound to the catcher's home plate is 18.44 meters.

For Mari Uchida, who is only 155 cm tall and doesn't train regularly, it was impossible for her to throw the ball accurately into the catcher's glove. The ball fell down weakly halfway through its flight.

The ball rolled on the ground toward the catcher.

Mari Uchida covered her mouth shyly, then laughed brightly.

"Thank you Ms. Uchida! Haha!"

"The kick-off is over. The 104th Summer Koshien Tournament, the East Tokyo Division Finals, has officially begun!"

"In the first half of the first inning, Chiyoda District's Misatsu will attack first! Shinjuku District's Kamikawa will defend!"

"Kamikawa's nine starting players have entered the field!"

"Kamikawa's starting pitcher is indeed Uchida Yuki, a veteran who is in his third year of playing in Koshien. Last year, also at Jingu Stadium, he led Kamikawa to win a ticket to Koshien and represented the East Tokyo 20th Ward in Koshien!"

"Well, they lost in the first round of Koshien last year. I wonder where they will go after a year of hard work."

"This is Uchida's last year as a pitcher. I'm sure he will have the strongest desire to win. Come on, Misatsu!"

"The first batter of the three pines is also in position!"

Uchida Yuki took a deep breath and looked straight ahead at the catcher.

Lift your legs and swing your arms.

The moment the ball went out, the electronic screen showed the speed of the ball: 146km/h.

The batter swung and missed.

"Strike!" the referee shouted.

"With a ball speed of 146, Uchida is in good shape," the male host praised.

"Hmm!" the hostess said, "Last year, Uchida threw a personal record of 150 in the Koshien preliminaries and finals. I wonder if he can break it this year."

"The second ball... was hit! But it flew very high, it was a high fly ball! Kamikawa's outfielder is in position!"

"He's going to be killed! Ah, he's really been killed!"

"As expected of Uchida! This pitch is definitely a win! It seems that the first batter of Mimatsu was too nervous!"

The first batter of Sansong left the field, and the second batter trotted onto the field, carrying his bat.

"Kamikawa!"

"come on!"

The two words "Shenchuan" were written in a large area of ​​the auditorium, and the wind band played a passionate march.

On the other side, the Sansong cheering team was equally unwilling to be outdone, and cheers of support continued one after another.

The cheerleaders stood in the aisle, waving confetti.

VIP seats, Toru Watanabe was totally confused.

Why did the batter who had already reached first base get himself out after the ball was hit?

Catch the kill?

Does it mean that if the ball is caught by the opponent in the air, the batter is out directly?

Toru Watanabe once believed that as long as the ball was hit high and did not fall from the sky, the batter could run from home base to first base, second base, third base, and finally back to home base to score a point.

It seems that the people who made baseball rules also took this situation into consideration and made restrictions on fly balls:

No matter whether the batter runs to first base, second base, or third base, as long as the ball is caught directly before it hits the ground, the batter is out.

For ordinary people, catching a ball falling from a high altitude may be difficult, but for a baseball team that has been training since childhood, as long as they do not make mistakes, they can almost certainly catch such a ball.

The rules of baseball are much more complicated than those of other sports.

A basketball goes into the hoop, a football goes into the goal, and a tennis ball goes over the net. Even people who don't understand the rules of these sports can understand them.

Watanabe Toru glanced to his left and found that except for him and Kiyono Rin, the other three seemed to know baseball.

The two ladies continued to communicate in low voices.

During this period, Uchida struck out the second batter in Misatsu.

"Three hitters, two outs! The situation is dangerous. I don't know if the third batter can withstand the pressure!"

"It's a hit! It's a ground ball! Can I get on base?"

The hit ball was caught by the second baseman, who threw it hard to Kunii Osamu who was guarding first base.

Kunii Osamu had to catch the ball before the third batter touched first base.

The moment the ball fell into Kunii Osamu's glove, the third batter rushed to first base and touched it.

"Did it succeed?" the man asked expectantly.

"It looks like the ball came first...safe! Successfully reached base!"

"Ah, the umpire said that Kunii, who was guarding first base, left his foot off the base in order to catch the ball! He was just that close! What a shame!"

"As expected of the third batter! He's very capable of getting on base steadily! There's still a chance for this San Song, come on!"

"Now it's up to Sansong's fourth batter. If he is eliminated directly, Sansong will have three batters out, and the offense and defense will be switched directly, and the third batter's efforts will be in vain!"

“As long as you work hard, it won’t be in vain! It’s this spirit of hard work that makes baseball games exciting!”

"That's right. Okay, the batter who successfully reaches first base will slightly move away from the base and make a stealing gesture to interfere with Kamikawa's pitcher Uchida!"

Unfortunately, Uchida was very strong and confident enough that he ignored the third batter on first base and struck out four batters.

In the first half of the first sentence, Sansong scored: zero.

The offense and defense switched, it was Mitsumoto's turn to pitch and Kamikawa to hit the ball to attack.

"such a pity!"

"It's only the first inning though. A baseball game will never end until the bottom of the ninth inning!"

Toru Watanabe watched and slowly guessed the rules of baseball based on what the two commentators said.

By the fifth inning, the sun was scorching and the air seemed distorted, but the stadium was still bustling with activity and the cheerleading team never stopped.

Kujo Miki said to Shizuru who had recovered from his injuries:

"In the name of the Human Observation Department, go and send some ice and drinks to Shenchuan."

Jingliu nodded and backed away from the VIP seat.

"Is this a way to win people's hearts?" asked Toru Watanabe.

"Just one sentence can make them grateful, and they will change from resentment of 'Why doesn't the Human Observation Department participate in training' to 'The Human Observation Department naturally doesn't have to participate in training'. Why not do it?" Kujo Miki said indifferently.

"Kamikawa is an elite high school. Getting along well with classmates will also be helpful for your future?" Toru Watanabe looked at her.

"Even if we don't get along well, will they give up working for the Kujo family's company just because they hate me? You think too highly of them." Kujo Miki said with contempt.

"That makes sense." Watanabe Toru nodded, "When they graduate, no matter what happens in high school, they will all be proud to have President Kujo as their classmate."

this is the truth.

"It's just that the Kiyono family is taking advantage of it in the name of the Human Observation Department." Mrs. Kujo looked at Mrs. Kiyono.

"It's really exciting!" Mrs. Kiyono watched the court with great interest.

Beside her, Kiyono Rin yawned gracefully.

During the sixth game, Toru Watanabe saw through a telescope that all the players in Kamikawa had already eaten their popsicles and covered their faces with ice cubes.

By the seventh inning, Kamikawa, who had recovered, received significantly more cheers than Mimatsu.

However, Sansong is worthy of being a team that won eight games in a row to enter the finals. It is far from being comparable to Qingshan High School, which was defeated 21:0 and ended the game early.

At the end of the eighth inning, Kamikawa scored 5 points and Misatsu scored 3 points.

"Top of the ninth inning, Sansong attacks!"

"There's still a chance, come on!"

"That being said, the chances are slim. We need to at least get two runs in this inning, and make sure Kamikawa doesn't score in the bottom of the ninth inning."

"It doesn't matter if we get two points! If we can make it through the second half, we can enter the extra game, the tenth inning! Look at the expressions of the Sansong players. They are very focused and no one is giving up!"

"Everyone, please cheer for Misong!"

"Sansong, come on!" The unified shouts of 30,000 people seemed to shake even the stadium.

After pitching eight innings, Uchida's face was red as he stood on the pitcher's mound, and his baseball jersey was soaked with sweat.

It concerns the Koshien spot, his three years of hard work, and all the people who support the baseball team in Kamikawa. Even if they are temporarily in the lead, he is still so nervous that his body is numb because of the pressure.

In baseball games, let alone three points, even an eight-point deficit in the last inning has been reversed.

"It's okay, it's okay." Uchida breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as I pitch seriously and don't make mistakes, I can win the game."

On the opposite side, Sansong kept adjusting his stick grip and occasionally twisting his neck.

No one wants to lose!

"Sansong——!"

"come on--!"

Even in a dense crowd, even in the scorching heat of 35 degrees, the Sansong cheerleading team never stops.

Amid the cheers, the baton player adjusted his batting stance.