The Blonde Saint Only Makes Strange Noises In Front Of Me, What Should I Do?

Episode 29: Sana VS Kazuharu (Part 2)

Now, what should I do with the second pitch? This time, I set the ball up low on the inside corner, thinking that if it went into the sweet spot, it would probably be swung at….

Sana nodded her head with a serious expression, took a swing at it, and threw it. But this time, the course was a bit lax. The ball came much closer to the middle than where I had set up.

“Yes! I got it!”

The moment Kazuharu shook the bat with a screaming voice ──Kuitsu. The ball changed irregularly at hand, and the meet points were misaligned.

With a click of the bat, the ball rolled into the foul ground on the third base side.

“Foul!”

As Asuka said this, he ran to get the ball. There was only one ball, so it was a little pitiful that Asuka had to run every time she got hit.

“Hey, I just got hit, but I lost⁉”

Sana asks me with a face like she’s about to cry.

I’m not sure if you know the rules of baseball,… but you can throw a ball like this, the world is absurd.

“No, it’s okay. That was a foul, and it’s a strike. You have to hit it inside the white line.”

I pointed to the foul line and explained, and she patted her chest in relief.

“Oii, …didn’t the direction of the ball just change?”

“Well, maybe it’s just your imagination. She can only throw straight.”

When Kazuharu asked, I just blurted it out.

“It can’t be just my imagination! I thought it was a little weird when I took the first pitch, but now I’m convinced! If it wasn’t, I wouldn’t have swung at that timing and missed!”

He was really angry.

I can’t blame him for noticing. But I really don’t know how it’s going to turn out, so it’s a high risk for me too.

“It’s like she’s making changes without even realizing it. I don’t know if I can catch her every time, so I’m always on the lookout for her.”

“Mu, moving. …Damn you, Itsuki Sana!”

Kazuharu glares at Sana on the mound and makes a pretense. So why do you see Sana as your rival so much?

More importantly, my Moving was exposed earlier than I thought. I don’t know what to do. I’m sure it’s not something you can hit when you’re exposed.

“Come on, Two Strikes! Soon we’ll all be eating parfaits together!”

Asuka threw a ball to me at that time, so I told her while throwing it to Sana.

Sana cheerfully said, “Yes!” She nodded her head. It’s cute. Isn’t it!

Now, considering Sana’s shoulder, I don’t want to make her throw all out too much, so I want to give her a shot here if possible. Kazuharu is Kazuharu, and he’s probably expecting to miss one pitch.

If so, this is still the place to ….play. I put my index finger under my glove to signal, and then held my mitt a little lower than the middle.

Perhaps Sana doesn’t know what kind of change her next pitch will make. If she throws it too low in that situation, the ball might bounce or I might not be able to catch it. It’s better to have Sana throw the ball around the middle.

Sana nodded nervously, and then secretly checked her grip in the mitt. This is like telling them that you’re going to throw a change of pace, but they probably don’t notice because they’re too preoccupied with moving right now. And he probably doesn’t think that a beginner would throw a breaking ball at him.

Then, the third pitch.

Sana took a deep breath, took a big swing, and threw it.

The ball was right in the middle, but it didn’t seem to have slipped through. Because the grip is different, the speed of the ball is still a little lower than the previous two pitches. But this might be a good way to fish.

“Yes, right in the middle! I got it this time!”

When Kazuharu made a full swing with all his might and tried to catch the ball, the ball fell and Kazuharu’s bat cut the sky as it was. I managed to catch the ball without dropping it, and I struck out safely.

“Three strikes, batter out. Itsuki-san wins!”

When Asuka declared Sana’s victory, Sana jumped up and down.

“I’ve won, I’ve won! That’s great!”

Sana was happier and more excited than I thought she would be. Maybe she likes to move her body more than I thought.

Anyway, I’m sure she doesn’t even know what kind of pitch she threw at the end. Do you usually throw a change of pitch in one shot?

“Huh, I’ll buy you three expensive parfaits.”

Kazuharu said to us, who was slumped over.

“Oi, oi, oi, oi, What was that last one?! A fork, no A Split?”

“Oh, correct.”

——Split-finger fastball. This is the pitch that I made Sana throw. It is also a favorite pitch of Japanese pitchers active in the major leagues. It’s not as big a drop as the fork, but it keeps its velocity close to that of a straight ball and falls in the hand, making it easy to strike out.

“It’s not as fast as a fork. You don’t make a beginner throw a fastball right off the bat⁉”

“I didn’t think I’d be able to really succeed, but I figured Sana, with her cool specs, might have a shot, so I let her throw it.”

Then, as expected, she threw a perfect split. I’m really starting to think that I should sell her off to the women’s professional baseball world.

“Damn you! You can’t hit moving and splits on your first try! Get your ass to the pros, you idiot~!”

Kazuharu was screaming again, holding his head.

You can’t hit it, can you? I can’t hit it either. This is a trick that was only possible because of Sana’s foul-mouthed cheat specs.

“Kaoru-kun!”

Sana came running towards me happily.

“Oh, nice pic—”

—Pitch, I tried to say, but I couldn’t.

Sana jumped on top of me and hugged me. I was about to fall down, but I managed to support her by holding her in my arms. The sweet scent of Sana enveloped me at once, and I felt like I was going crazy.

And then, um, something big and very soft is hitting my body…?

“What do you call that last pitch⁉ Was that the right one⁉ I felt like the ball fell.”

She asked in rapid succession, still hugging me.

She could see the change in the ball.

I want to explain it to her, but I don’t have the time to do that. Sana’s big, beautiful aqua blue eyes were sparkling closer than ever before, and her breath was hitting my cheek. On top of that, she’s hugging me by the neck, and I’m being pressed against something very soft. There was no way I could keep my cool in this situation. I could feel my face getting hot all at once.

“GOUUUU⁉⁉ Is this what it means to be on the receiving end of a loss⁉ Is this what it means to be a loser? DAMN ITTT!!”

And when Kazuharu saw us, he started screaming in mysterious humiliation.

At any rate, I don’t care about Kazuharu for now. If you don’t get away from me, I’m going to lose my mind too.

“Um, Sana, wait a minute…”

“What?”

“It’s…”

“Haaaa?!”

She was so excited that she didn’t realize that she was hugging me.

Sana’s face became redder and redder as she realized that her face was so close to his that she was about to kiss him.

And then——

“GOUUUUU!”

“BUDOROGUEDUOO”