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Diamond no Ace: Coach, I Want to Be a Batter, Not a Pitcher!

Chapter 165: Last Year’s Grudge! An Eye for an Eye! · Nov 12, 2026

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151 Chapter 151: Seido’s Specialty — Brothers Home Run 2026-11-12
152 Chapter 152: The Match Ends — New Record 2026-11-12
153 Chapter 153: Before the Finals! Slider Evolution 2026-11-12
154 Chapter 154: The Showdown Before the Finals 2026-11-12
155 Chapter 155: The Post-Finals Debriefing Meeting 2026-11-12
156 Chapter 156: The Strategies of Both Sides 2026-11-12
157 Chapter 157: The Legend of Seido 2026-11-12
158 Chapter 158: The Shock of the Fatty Senior 2026-11-12
159 Chapter 159: Head-On Confrontation! Overwhelming Suppression 2026-11-12
160 Chapter 160: Don’t Be Selfish! Let’s Shoulder This Together 2026-11-12
161 Chapter 161: The Final! Seido vs. Inashiro 2026-11-12
162 Chapter 162: King vs. King: A Fiery Opening 2026-11-12
163 Chapter 163: Mutual Recognition 2026-11-12
164 Chapter 164: Seido’s Relentless Offense! Inashiro Under Pressure! 2026-11-12
165 Chapter 165: Last Year’s Grudge! An Eye for an Eye! 2026-11-12
166 Chapter 166: A 150 km/h Two-Seam! A Shocking Opening 2026-11-12
167 Chapter 167: An Overwhelming Strikeout!!! 2026-11-12
168 Chapter 168: The Shock of the Cutter! Shirakawa’s Fury 2026-11-12
169 Chapter 169: Cutter Establishes Authority! Three Consecutive Strikeouts to Open the Game 2026-11-12
170 Chapter 170: Complaints from Two Catchers 2026-11-12
171 Chapter 171: Inashiro’s Cleanup Batter 2026-11-12
172 Chapter 172: The Man Who Got Outs Complains About Everyone Else Striking Out 2026-11-12
173 Chapter 173: Untitled 2026-11-12
174 Chapter 174: The Resolve Behind a Single Hit 2026-11-12
175 Chapter 175: Defensive Mistake 2026-11-12
176 Chapter 176: Inashiro’s Counterattack 2026-11-12
177 Chapter 177: A Unique Approach 2026-11-12
178 Chapter 178: A Chain of Mistakes 2026-11-12
179 Chapter 179: Shirakawa’s Resentment 2026-11-12
180 Chapter 180: Untitled 2026-11-12
181 Chapter 181: Kominato Leaves the Game Due to Injury 2026-11-12
182 Chapter 182: The Little Brother Opens His Eyes! 2026-11-12
183 Chapter 183: The Best Way to Motivate Furuya 2026-11-12
184 Chapter 184: A Friendly Reminder 2026-11-12
185 Chapter 185: Narumiya Mei’s Winning Pitch 2026-11-12
186 Chapter 186: Narumiya’s Evolution 2026-11-12
187 Chapter 187: The Fallen Emperor Refuses to Yield 2026-11-12
188 Chapter 188: Inashiro’s Captain 2026-11-12
189 Chapter 189: Three-Pitch Strikeout — Narumiya Mei 2026-11-12
190 Chapter 190: Inashiro’s Counterattack 2026-11-12
191 Chapter 191: Using the Rules to His Advantage 2026-11-12
192 Chapter 192: Gradually Unsealing 2026-11-12
193 Chapter 193: The Two Aces Dominate 2026-11-12
194 Chapter 194: The Final Inning 2026-11-12
195 Chapter 195: The Quick Forkball Shocks the Entire Stadium! 2026-11-12
196 Chapter 196: Happy Graduation 2026-11-12
197 Chapter 197: Summer Continues 2026-11-12
198 Chapter 198: The Silent Narumiya Mei 2026-11-12
199 Chapter 199: Gold-Level Home Run 2026-11-12
200 Chapter 200: The Eve of the Koshien Battle 2026-11-12

”Damn it! What kind of joke is this?!”

Narumiya Mei angrily fired the pitch toward home plate.

The instant the ball left his hand, Yuki Tetsuya suddenly changed his stance and squared around for a bunt.

At the exact same moment—

Kuramochi exploded off third base toward home plate.

”Squeeze!”

Third baseman Yoshizawa shouted in alarm to warn the defense.

”What?!”

The entire Inashiro team was stunned the moment they saw Seido’s cleanup hitter pulling out a bunt.

”Oh no… this is bad!”

Narumiya, Harada, and the others immediately realized what Seido was trying to do.

CLANG!

Yuki deadened the blazing 148-kilometer fastball perfectly with his bat.

The baseball slowly rolled toward the first-base line.

Even if Narumiya reacted instantly, it was already too late.

WHOOSH!!!

Kuramochi slid across home plate at lightning speed.

”Safe!”

The umpire spread his arms wide.

”Hahaha!”

Kuramochi clenched his fist excitedly after scoring.

Realizing they could no longer stop the run, Harada immediately shouted:

”Second base! Go for the double play!”

”Damn it!”

Narumiya snatched up the ball and fired it toward second.

SNAP!

Hirai Tsubasa caught the throw and immediately relayed it to first base.

”Out!”

The second-base and first-base umpires made their calls almost simultaneously.

”OOOOHHHHH!!!”

Seido’s supporters erupted into deafening cheers.

”The cleanup batter… actually used a bunt?!”

The spectators were completely stunned.

Only Azuma Kiyokuni and a few others truly understood the meaning behind that play.

”Yuki… that brat…”

Uesugi stared at the field with goosebumps all over his body.

”Yeah…” Nitta muttered softly. ”Last year against Inashiro… we lost because their cleanup batter forced home a run exactly like this.”

Azuma’s eyes gradually turned red.

”And now…”

”They returned it.”

”Last year, Inashiro beat us by using their fourth batter to squeeze out the deciding run.”

”But this year…”

”Our fourth batter paid them back the exact same way.”

At that moment, the entire Seido cheering section exploded with excitement.

Even the commentators became incoherent from excitement.

No one had expected the opening inning to become this intense.

Meanwhile, over in Inashiro’s dugout—

Although ”ashen-faced” might have been an exaggeration…

…it was still painfully close.

Coach Kunimoto stared at the field in disbelief.

That scene was far too familiar.

Last year, on this exact stage, Inashiro had stolen victory from Seido using a squeeze play from their cleanup hitter.

And now—

Seido had returned the favor perfectly.

Today’s match was supposed to be a pitcher’s duel.

Narumiya had started strong, but Seido’s tactics completely disrupted his rhythm and created openings.

Two runs allowed in the first inning?

That had almost never happened since Narumiya became Inashiro’s ace.

Yet today, it happened immediately.

…

”Nice job, Yuki.”

Coach Kataoka gave Yuki a thumbs-up with a satisfied expression.

But Yuki shook his head calmly.

”No… this wasn’t my idea.”

”To be honest, at first I only wanted a straight-up showdown against Narumiya.”

”Then Ushijima reminded me of something.”

”’An eye for an eye.’”

”That made me remember last year’s game against Inashiro.”

”We lost because their cleanup hitter forced home the winning run.”

”And since I’m also the cleanup hitter…”

Yuki clenched his fist tightly.

”With all the seniors here watching us today…”

”We absolutely had to settle last year’s grudge!”

Hearing those words, Isashiki, Kominato, and the others all turned toward the stands.

Their former seniors were really all there watching.

”Well done, Yuki!!!”

Azuma shouted at the top of his lungs.

”Tetsuya! That was satisfying!”

Uesugi, Nitta, and the others all gave Yuki enthusiastic thumbs-ups.

Everyone was thrilled to see the former third-years supporting them.

Meanwhile, Coach Kataoka looked toward Ushijima Wakatoshi with unconcealed satisfaction.

Even he hadn’t anticipated this tactic.

Yet Ushijima had managed to think of using such an unexpected strategy to steal another run.

Just as everyone was celebrating—

”Ugh.”

Masuko suddenly appeared beside them.

”Whoa! Masuko, don’t scare people like that!” Isashiki jumped.

”Wait… how did you get out?”

”Ugh,” Masuko answered gloomily, indicating that Narumiya had fooled him with a slider before forcing him into an out.

”Hehe… then it’s our turn now.”

Ushijima calmly removed his batting gloves and looked toward Inashiro’s dugout.

Back in the dugout, Narumiya Mei sat with his head lowered, looking furious.

”Damn it…”

”The cleanup batter actually squeezed a run off me…”

He truly hadn’t expected Seido to retaliate that way.

”Well, didn’t we beat Seido using the exact same tactic last year?” Shirakawa said calmly.

”Yeah,” Carlos added helplessly. ”This is basically karma.”

Narumiya immediately forced a smile onto his face.

”It’s only two runs, right?”

”I’m not chasing a scoreless streak anymore anyway.”

Then he stood back up confidently.

”We’ll just take those runs back ourselves.”

Even so, the twitching vein on his forehead completely exposed how irritated he still was.

”You’re obviously still angry,” Harada said mercilessly.

Narumiya immediately puffed his cheeks and started acting dramatic again.

”Then I’ll be counting on you, cleanup batter~”

”You’re so annoying.”

…

Meanwhile, Ushijima had already changed into his pitching glove and walked onto the field with Seido’s defense behind him.

”Here he comes…”

”Let’s see if this kid is really as terrifying as everyone says.”

”Yeah. Is he actually that incredible?”

Azuma Kiyokuni only grinned silently.

But internally, he was shouting excitedly.

Kid… this is your stage.

Show everyone exactly what kind of monster you are.

On the mound, Ushijima Wakatoshi bent down and picked up the rosin bag.

He squeezed it lightly in his hand before calmly looking toward Inashiro’s lead-off batter—

Carlos.

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