Just when everyone thought this fast and accurate ball would pass the batter unhindered, Kawakami Ryohi in the batter's box made a move — he leaned his entire body over, reaching towards the home plate to hit the ball.
"Clang—" A crisp sound of the bat hitting the ball shattered the tranquility of Koshien, and the ball soaring high gripped the minds of countless spectators present.
On the bench and in the Alps Stand, the players and supporters of Koushing Academy all stood up, their eyes fixed on the baseball flying through the air, judging its trajectory and predicting where it would land;
While the other spectators were probably thinking the exact opposite — in the stands where the Waseda Jitsugyo cheering squad was located, upon hearing the sound of Kawakami Ryohi's bat hitting the ball, Lin Xinglai clasped her hands in prayer:
"Please don't let the ball fly out... it has to be caught..."
