Chapter 211 – Chapter 209. New Mercenaries. (4)

“Let’s win the game on Sunday and go to Seoul in a good mood. Can you?”

“Yes!”

“In the first start, Krongs couldn’t make the victory because the bat didn’t explode, but can you feed him today?”

Four days after Kronx’s first start in Daegu, Kronx’s starting schedule returned. After the expedition in Daegu, he moved to Gwangju and recorded 1 win and 1 loss. Today’s game was important for the winning series.

Besides, if she lost Sunday’s game, it was clear that So-young would be in a low pressure until Monday, so she had to win Sunday’s game.

“Don’t worry. Director.”

“Yeah, compared to Hyeon-seong, future pitching staff are a piece of cake. Then let’s go. Invincibility!”

“AT!”

Before the game started, after a brief meeting, when the players were busily preparing, Krongs, the starting pitcher of the day, approached.

“[Ho. Please take good care of me today.]”

“[Okay. Are you selected today? Throw well today.]”

“[Of course. I always throw well.]”

After I drank with Kronx in Daegu that day, all of my resistance to Kronx disappeared. Rather, it feels like a little boy who listens to me well. Besides, it turned out that this bastard was also quite a woman.

Among the team members, there was only one person who could flirt with a girl, Junhu, but since Junhu is in the 2nd team, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to hang out with Kronx.

‘By the way, this bastard Kronx has a girlfriend in America…’

‘Aren’t you here?’

‘Because I have an obligation to love all the pretty girls in the world.’

‘Your mind has passed. It was fun when I was procrastinating, though.’

‘Ah! Bring a story from a year ago! They say that when they really forget.’

Ignoring Rossby, who kept scratching his temper, I also packed my equipment. Today’s future Buffaloes selection is Choi Min-hyeok, the future 5th pick. I’ve never met him, but looking at the results, I felt like I could go to bat from the beginning of the first inning.

And my prediction soon became a reality.

“Maengho! Throw a blow and come!”

At the beginning of the first inning, the chance to have the bases full safely came to me. I feel like I can feel the catcher sitting behind home plate shaking his body. Today, the hostess of the future Buffaloes was the first catcher, so she said hello lightly.

“Hi.”

“After saying hello…”

“Ah, was he a senior? It’s the first time I’ve heard that name, so I thought it was a rookie.”

“Everything else, before the investigation starts.”

“What is he saying now?”

“Ha, have you ever seen such an innocent bastard?”

‘The response is good.’

The most fun thing at bat is, of course, shaking the catcher. I could see that he was shaking from the tone of his voice.

‘Should I scratch more?’

“Senior, how many meters is the fence here?”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

“Was middle left 116?”

“… ?”

I raised my bat and pointed it toward the fence. The AT crowd gathered at first base began to stir at the sign of a home run, which had been announced for the first time in a long time.

– Ji Maeng-ho! Ji Maeng-ho! Ji Maeng-ho!

– Ji Maeng-ho! Ji Maeng-ho! Oh oh oh! Thunders Ji Maeng-ho! Blow it up to the end of the sky!

And the sound of cheering grew louder as if in response to my announced home run.

‘Oh, this is it.’

“This Sibeol is not joking. What are you?”

“Routine, routine. Why are you so picky?”

‘You’ve been scratched a lot. Are you hot? Are you hot? But what can I do, I can’t even skip it because it’s safe and full base.’

He laughed lightly at the catcher who was flashing light and looked at the pitcher’s reaction. The pitcher looks at me as if he is dumbfounded and smiles. Hmm. Are you angry? Tolerably, everyone on the mound was equipped with a poker face, so it was difficult to see if the pitcher was angry.

‘Well, I’ll understand if I stick around.’

‘It’s a fastball.’

‘Okay.’

I waited for the guy to start. Was this guy angry when he saw my provocation? Didn’t it happen?

“Ow, Mr.!”

The pitcher’s first pitch floated high. It’s also a long way up…

‘You seem to have shaken a lot. Well, my mentality is about that, so I’m making the 5th starter in Korea like this.’

“Ah… No wonder. Are you scared? So you threw this ball to catch it? Am I right?”

“Ha, this Sibeol…”

“What, no.”

Shall I scratch more?

‘It’s a curve.’

‘Okay.’

Throwing a curve here? Then you will definitely not come into the zone. There was no pitcher in the current league who could throw a curveball against me. Since all the curveballs that happened to come in were balls that hit the ground, it was now possible to predict low curves just by looking at the moment they were thrown.

If I didn’t throw it low, the speed was slow, so I just had to kick it up.

And, as I expected, the curve fell low beyond the reach of the bat.

“Cheek.”

A future catcher who struggles to catch a ball that hits the ground and bounces. He felt a little pity for the blocking catcher. But he can’t be looked down upon with pity.

“Oh, are you really thinking of doing that? Are you all safe?”

“Hey Cublum, can’t you just close your mouth?”

“You have a great voice. I’m going to go into the microphone after this.”

“Is this kid really crazy?”

‘It’s a fastball.’

‘Since it’s two balls, you might want to throw one into the zone, should you try?’

If it wasn’t for a ball that got out of hand, he loaded the bat behind his shoulder, ready for his swing.

‘Come.’

And the ball being thrown. The pitcher must have lost his mentality, and his trajectory was in the middle.

‘Thank you for this food!’

Ta-evil!

A batted ball that flies toward the left-middle. The cheers from the first base seemed to announce the outcome of the ball in advance. The cheers grew louder as he threw the bat, stood at the plate, and made a gesture of putting his hand near his ear.

– Ji Maeng-ho! Ji Maeng-ho! Ji Maeng-ho!

– Fierce tiger! Love you!

Oh, the girl I love is pretty Even if today wasn’t Sunday, I’d eat it right away. Cabi.

I felt like I was about to fly as I walked around the base watching the pretty faces in the stands.

“It was good. Maengho.”

“Thank you, senior.”

“Okay, let’s go a little easier today.”

I greeted the seniors who greeted me at home plate, and as I walked to the dugout, I saw Krongs, who was getting ready to leave. My face was quite bright, perhaps because I hit a home run and was in a good mood.

‘Damn it, this hyung was waiting for him to hit a home run.’

“[Ho! It was a great home run!]”

“Tell Kronx! I am your eternal helper!”

“[What is he saying now. To speak english haha.]”

“[Trust me and follow me.]”

“[Okay, I’ll show you today too, so look forward to it.]”

As we were talking with Krongs, shouts erupted once again. It was Choi Jin-cheol’s cool shot. Me and Choi Jin-cheol’s back-to-back home runs, it felt like the atmosphere was completely overturned from the beginning of the first inning.

“Jincheol hyung, you’re crazy!”

“Good start!”

Thus, our attack in the beginning of the first inning ended only after the first hitter Kim Joo-yeop reached the plate. At the end of the first attack, the score difference is 6:0. It became a score gap that I couldn’t lose even if I wanted to lose.

*

[Today, the future buffalo looks helpless. Helpless against AT’s starter Kronx, he strikes out 10 up to the 6th inning.]

[Kronx player. He has a really good ball. In particular, the angle of the sinker is sharp. Umm… Besides, as far as I know, Kronx’s greatest strength is his stamina, right? I’m over 90 pitches now, and I don’t feel tired from the ball at all. Judging from the speed of 153 km/h, I think I can throw 120 pitches. I’ll have to see if the next inning comes up.]

[Ah, Kronx is icing on the bench. Kronx seems to have ended here.]

[Ah, I think it’s because I came up as a starter this Tuesday. It seems that there is a level of trying to protect the player who has not yet been in Korea for less than a week. It’s a good choice. Director Lee Soo-hyun.]

At the end of the sixth inning, the score was 9:2. The future Buffaloes hit two solo homers against the Kronx to score two runs, but the gap that opened up from the start of the game couldn’t be overcome.

-Hey, it’s two games, but isn’t this enough to be a successful mercenary?
ㄴㅇ Would it have been enough to just pull it out?

-What kind of kid is Kronx? Originally famous?
ㄴㅇㅇ Originally, he was a little rounder. I also have a few major experiences. Good restraint, good sinker. His stamina and control were said to be at a good level.
Why did such a bastard come to Korea?
ㄴThe locals say that their private life is a bit dirty. He was once arrested for drunk driving, and there were rumors that he was promiscuous when it came to women. But he said he was serious about baseball.
ㄴBut how do you keep your private life? Are you related?

-Wow, fucking Kronx, isn’t this almost a winning angle? Tired of the ball
Where did you get that kid from? I think I should give you a bonus

-Future cubs threw in the towel? Did you drop all the players?
ㄴIt’s summer soon, so I need to take care of my physical strength haha

And the 7-point gap was not narrowed until the end of the game, and the AT Thunders were able to go up to Seoul with light steps, happily reaping a winning series.

*

“Nuna, where did you get Kronx from? He throws pretty well?”

“I told you to trust your sister.”

It was so cute to see So-yeong, whose shoulders shrugged when he praised him. Seeing Krongs throw well, So-yeong seemed to be in a good mood too. From what I heard, So-Young pushed for it, so he seemed to be in a good mood.

“Is he okay? Jjasik is my absolute fan.”

“Okay? But don’t be friendly.”

“Why?”

“My private life is a bit bad. The club completely gave up. That’s why I was able to bring him in as a substitute mercenary.”

“Oh yeah?”

Well, as long as you don’t kill people.

“Huh. By the way, the home run announced today was cool, Maengho.”

“Am I cool for a day or two?”

“Well, it doesn’t.”

So-yeong answers my words with a subtle smile.

I couldn’t stand the sight of her and didn’t let go of her until Soyoung passed out.