Mei Hong is out, although she also took away the other party's Kaguya by the way, but no matter how you calculate it, the situation is a big disadvantage for them.

In the team of Youxiang's seniors, there is one who is on the field and is pressing Wu Ye's side to fight, in other words, obviously the number of people is no longer enough, hurry up and announce a draw to me, referee!

Turning his gaze to the referee's bench outside the field, the head referee Shiki Yinghime's predecessor had disappeared, leaving only the deputy referee Komachi, and the other party silently looked away.

Give me a little dedication, deputy referee! Don't run away from reality just because you're troublesome!

Unable to obtain external assistance, Wu Ye had no choice but to put his mind back on the competition, although the number was equal, but the strength was very different.

The game was almost one-sided, and in a blink of an eye, it came to the ninth inning, and Takeya finally came on the court as a batter, and on the opposite side was replaced by Yuka Senpai as a pitcher.

Oh no, although the lineup has been changed several times to avoid this most troublesome situation, but the result is still like this......

From the setting of the last game, it seems to be a trump card against ace on both sides at first glance, but in fact, the real trump card has already ended, and Wu Ye just happened to be in this game.

Can you only get on?

"I didn't expect the person standing in front of me to be you."

Before the start of the match, Yuka seemed to have something to say, and she looked at Takeya from afar and said, "The courage to challenge me is indeed commendable, but if you don't have any preparation, then it's just pure recklessness." ”

“......”

Ah, how to say it, even if he is underestimated like this, it will be unpleasant.

"Come on—teach her a good lesson! Takeya! Yakumo Zi, who had never spoken in the audience, suddenly began to cheer up Takeya, and it seemed that she was very unhappy with Yuka's eyes.

Anyway, let's do it!

After closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, Takeya puffed up his momentum, Yuka chuckled, and assumed a pitching pose.

Although Takeya's gaze never left the other party, the moment the ball left his hand, he still had to be surprised by the opponent's strength, the speed of the ball was too fast!

The mood that was finally stable suddenly fluctuated, and Takeshi missed the opportunity to hit the ball, and the first stick was empty.

On his side, he sighed almost one-sidedly, and on Yuxiang's side, he was unexpectedly indifferent.

It's completely flattened.

Wu also touched his nose and made up his mind that the next ball must be hit, no problem, he has already seen the opponent's serve pattern clearly.

"Good...... Come on! Yuka senior! ”

"Oh? Still not going to give up? ”

Yuka raised her eyebrows, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and she once again took a pitching pose.

"Hoo ......"

Exhale-inhale, Yuxiang's pitching is obviously after a long period of practice, and it can mobilize almost all the strength of the whole body in an instant.

Until the moment the ball came out of her hand, she was like a delicate machine, and there was never half a point of error.

But it's useless! The same moves are useless to me!

Holding his breath and concentrating, Wu also took a pose and swung his stick violently-

And yet nothing happened.

“......”

Very good, empty again.

"Be serious, stupid Takeya!" Reimu, who couldn't stand it on the side, was already planning to start counting Wu Ya regardless of the occasion.

"Go, go, don't bother me! The next ball, the next ball will definitely hit! ”

Wu also blushed and made a promise, but he didn't have a bottom in his heart.

"How about giving up sooner? What can you do if you continue like this? Yuka looked at Takeya calmly, and the pressure in his words was invisibly exerted on him.

With a vague sigh, Yuka threw out the last ball.

"......" stared at the flying ball, and Wu didn't speak.

In fact, as early as the first goal, he realized that there was an insurmountable gap between himself and Yuka in terms of strength and skill.

No matter what he does, the result may not change, besides, the game has reached the ninth game, and their team still has zero points, even if there is a probability of one in 10,000, he hits, so what? Failure is already doomed.

I have to admit that most of the time in people's lives they are doing meaningless things.

As he is now, of course, this is not intended to belittle his companions who fought with him until the last round.

After all, meaninglessness is just a statement, and the fact of hard work cannot be erased, but no one can define where the so-called meaning is.

It's as if he always knew that with his half-baked level, he wouldn't be able to hit the ball thrown by Yuka no matter what, defeat was doomed, and Takeya's actions couldn't change the final result.

Yes, what can't be changed is just the result.

However, if you want to ask why he still persevered until now in this doomed game, there is of course only one answer -

"What are you kidding, it's not a question of winning or losing!"

It's not about expecting a miracle to happen, it's not about expecting a regretless defeat, it's an instinctive choice that comes from nature before the brain even starts to think.

Rather than thinking about the so-called value, he is biased towards the choice of the heart.

To put it simply, it's just that I'm not happy to be looked down on by you like this, bastard!

Takeya took a step forward and swung his stick violently.

"Fly for me! Youth ——! ”

Bell ——————!!!!

Looking at the baseball flying high into the sky, Takeya showed a satisfied smile, he threw away the bat, opened his arms to the sky, and ran on the field, all the way across the first base, second base, and third base, and finally-

Won.......

......

...... It's weird.

"Thank you for the advice!"

After the game, the players of both sides bowed to each other, and Takeya looked at the score, a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1

The last effort was exchanged for the change from 0 to 1, and they still failed miserably after all, but well...... I don't know why, but he doesn't feel too lost.

It's better to say that he was already happy to be able to see the surprised expression of Yuka's predecessor at the end.

However, he seems to be the only one who is happy......

"Why do you have an expression like you've won, Wu ~ also~" Yakumo Zi's gloomy voice appeared behind him, and Wu Ye felt cold sweat all over his body.

"Purple, purple ......?" Takeshi also wanted to escape, but found that it was already too late.

"Na, let's say it, if you lose, you have to accept the punishment of heaven." Zi Xiao stretched out his hand to Wu Ye, and that smile was full of terrifying kindness.

"Hey, hey, don't force yourself to play, you obviously didn't say it!"

"Less nonsense! Let's take it! Takeya! ”

"Don't come here!"

Struggling to escape from Yakumo's punishment, Wu also accidentally hit someone else's head, and when he looked up, it was actually Yuka.

The other party's face was expressionless, and Wu Ye was still a little flustered.

"Uh, sorry."

Wu Ye, who originally wanted to leave after saying an apology, suddenly found that the other party seemed to have something to say, so he asked stubbornly: "That, Yuxiang senior, is there anything else?" ”

“...... Really, I don't want to admit it, but yes......"

Yuxiang's cold expression melted little by little, she curled the corners of her mouth slightly, and stretched out her hand to Wu Ye: "You are too weak." ”

"......" Wu Ye's face was directly black, did this guy come to mock him?

"But—"

Yuxiang changed her words and said unexpected words: "The last ball, played beautifully, Wuya." ”

"Huh?" Takeya was stunned.

Is this an agreement?

He looked down at the hand that Yuxiang senior stretched out to him, and the surrounding area was already full of people, some on his side, some on Yuxiang's side, and many others who came to watch the game.

Everyone surrounded him and Yuka Senpai in the middle, and seemed to be expecting his response.

Wu Ye slowly raised his hand, but paused in mid-air at the last moment.

That's probably what happiness feels like.

I was expected by everyone, and then I responded to everyone's expectations, and then I was surrounded by such gentle eyes.

No one can cry, no one can smile, and everyone can choose a happy life, no more sacrifices, no more bloodshed, no more nightmares.

Usher in every sunrise in anticipation, send away every sunset in satisfaction, a fulfilling life, eternal bonds, and let laughter spread to every corner of daily life.

Ah, how happy, if this is my life, if this is my future, even if it is how many times, I will definitely choose to seize it.

Yes, just hold that hand and I can get everything I could have ever dreamed of, but ......

But—

"Can I really enjoy such a happy time?"

Wu Ye raised his head and faced everyone's incomprehensible gazes, and slowly, his smile revealed a scarred bitterness: "It's too dazzling, the world you live in, for me, it's too dazzling." ”

As if worried that tears would fall uncontrollably, Takeya tried to expand his smile: "The happiness that is taken for granted for you is a miracle that no matter how hard I try, can I be happy by pretending that I have lost my memory and pretending that I have never stepped into the darkness?" ”

"That's too cunning, isn't it?"

Takeya lowered his head, and muttered to himself in a low voice as if mourning: "Sacrificing five people to make the other five people happy is the minimum I can accept, if I want one person to be happy, I have to sacrifice the remaining nine people, this is something I can't accept no matter what." ”

"I've been running away all the time, every time I'm running away, but that's how I am, in the end, I also want to face it seriously, ah, I should say I have to face it."

"Sister-sama, Reimu, Sakiya, Harumi, Purple ...... And you, I've made an appointment with you. ”

"I'm actually a terrible coward, and I'm more afraid of breaking my agreement with you than all the troubles I'll encounter along the way, so I have to keep going."

"There's no turning back now, can you understand, Yuko?"

When I looked up again, there was no one around.

Under the ominous blood-colored sunset, Takeya was the only one standing alone on the empty playground, and in the distant audience, Yuko, who had taken off her disguise called "Yuyuko", let out a deep sigh.