The Old Baseball Player System

Chapter 129: Third Round (10)

PAH

Aoba's captain caught the ball in his glove and looked directly at Ryosuke, who was still sprinting toward him with everything he had.

"Damn!" - Ryosuke cursed as he saw the catcher standing in front of him with the ball. He slid toward home plate, hoping something would go wrong and Aoba's captain wouldn't be able to tag him out.

Unfortunately for Ryosuke, Aoba's captain wasn't a player who couldn't handle a basic play. The boy with glasses quickly tagged Ryosuke with his glove before he could reach home plate.

"Out! 3 outs, changeover!" - The umpire announced.

"Fuck!" - Ryosuke cursed loudly as he was called out. He stood up and walked back to the dugout, clearly frustrated.

Takeya watched the scene with a strange expression. Since Ryosuke was the one tagged out, he would return to bat again in the next inning. Takeya followed behind Ryosuke without saying a word.

Coach Yamada stood by the steps of the dugout with a stern expression. He gave Ryosuke a cold look as the boy entered the dugout but decided not to say anything about his reckless play. He had already made his decision.

However, before Coach Yamada could announce his decision, an angry voice sounded from behind him in the dugout.

"Hey, Ryosuke! What the hell was that?" - Kenta shouted furiously as he approached Ryosuke.

"Tch! What? These losers can't get me home, so it's better for me to try and score by myself than just wait for those useless idiots to get out!" - Ryosuke responded angrily, completely unfazed by his captain's rage.

"Ryosuke, it's best you stop right there! Our team doesn't need an arrogant brat who doesn't know how to play as part of a team. You don't need to come to practices or games anymore. You're off the team!" - Coach Yamada said coldly as he looked at Ryosuke.

"What? You—? Hahaha, fine! Let's see how far you all go without me. Good luck with those awful players!" - Ryosuke was shocked to hear he was being kicked off the team, but his anger quickly overtook him. He let out a crazed laugh as he spoke for everyone in the dugout to hear. Without another word, he stormed toward the dugout door, opened it, and walked out.

POW

He slammed the door shut, leaving the rest of Shoto's team in silence. No one had expected something like this to happen in the middle of the game, and they couldn't help but feel deep in thought.

"I'm going." - The first person to break the silence was Shun. He said just two words before climbing the steps of the dugout. No matter what had happened, the game had to go on, and now that they had lost a strong offensive player, Shun understood better than anyone the need to compensate on defense.

The rest of the team followed Shun's lead, one by one climbing the steps of the dugout and running out onto the field.

The sixth inning was about to begin, and on top of the pressure Shun felt due to the incident with Ryosuke, he now had to face Aoba's top batters once again.

But the boy didn't seem worried about facing the lineup for the third time. All Shun was thinking about was getting the batter in front of him out, as he felt the weight of the responsibility on his shoulders, his determination growing stronger by the moment.

The first batter from Aoba stepped out of the dugout with his bat in hand and walked up to the batter's box.

"What the hell is this?" - The first batter thought as soon as he stepped into the batter's box and looked at Shun on the mound. He felt a pair of intense blue eyes staring at him, along with a terrible aura surrounding the tall figure on the mound.

"Focus!" - The first batter told himself as he tried to calm down, nearly losing his composure from the fear of the aura Shun was exuding.