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	 Volume 11
	  Chapter 6 (105)
	   I've Got No Choice

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(Ch. 6) I've Got No Choice

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Dad: G-good day, Mr. President,
	It's me, your laziest employee, Kunimi.
	I am so, so sorry!
	I skipped work so that I could root on my son.
	Please forgive me!

Koga: Ha ha ha!

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Koga: Unfortunately, it doesn't look that way to me,
	Noda-san.

Dad: Huh?

Koga: When they made the announcement, nobody stood up.

Dad: Well, that's a shame.

Koga: Haha.
	But as a business owner, I'm a bit relieved.

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Ump: Foul!

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Koga: I was sure he'd be the weak-bodied studying type...
	But Haruka's words seem to have had an effect on him.

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Koga: That's my daughter.
	The one sitting up ahead, with the short hair.
	The manager for Senkawa's baseball team.

Dad: Oooh,
	well, ain't she a looker?
	She must take after her mother.
	No doubt!
	Am I right?
	Sir.

Koga: She's always loved baseball.
	In elementary school, Mikio-kun asked her what she wanted to be,
	and she answered, the wife of a professional baseball player.

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Koga: According to his father, Mikio-kun's first crush was on Haruka.

Dad: That's how it goes.
	Most men have some reason like that that pushes them to do what they do.

Koga: He's always been very straightforward and worked twice as hard as anyone,
	But I never thought he would turn out this way...
	You meet them every once in a while.
	Men who are destined to be the best, no matter what it is they do.
	Doesn't that suit her?
	My daughter, that is.
	Our families have always been closer than relatives,
	but if possible, I'd love for us to BECOME relatives.

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Koga: And his father, the executive director of my company, thinks the same way.

Dad: And what does the girl think?

Koga: Haha,
	well, I'm simply speaking of the future.
	My daughter is still a child.

Dad: A child,
	in high school...?
	Hrmmm.

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Mikio: Ugh!
	{I'm in perfect condition, and all I can do is foul off his pitches?!}

Hiro: Whew.

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Announcer: Two more fouls makes this the eighth pitch...

Hiro: I don't have a choice.
	Power,
	Up!

Mikio: {Wha-?}

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Ump: Strike three, batter out!

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Koga: As I said,
	he's always had a straightforward personality.

Dad: What rude treatment to the executive director's son.

Hikari: Can I use that desk?

Takaaki: Hmm?

Hikari: You want me to write an introduction on Hiro, right?

Takaaki: Yes,
	please.

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Bugs: (bzzz)(bzzz)
	(bzzt)(bzzt)
	(bzt)

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Bugs: (bzzt)
	(bzzz...)

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Teams: Ishigami Sho
	Senkawa

Announcers: Kuruma-san!
	What is it?
	What a shock!
	After six innings, Sekisho still has no hits.

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Announcer: Oh, really.
	We were told that Sekisho's lineup is in top condition.
	So can we attribute this lack of hitting to Kunimi's surprising pitching?
	I don't know about that.
	As Sekisho's batters started off by going easy on him, perhaps Kunimi began to gain confidence in his skills.
	That sounds likely.
	If Sekisho were playing a well-established team, they would have started off fighting their hardest,
	but against a first-time school...
	AH.
	This Kunimi-kun was the pitcher for a middle school team that won its regional tournament two years in a row.
	And Meiwa Ichi's Tachibana Hideo was also on the team, Kuruma-san.
	Ooh.
	Well, with Tachibana-kun on the team...  sure.

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Announcers: Well, with his possible fluke no-hitter reaching into the late innings,
	our aloof young Kunimi-kun must be feeling considerable pressure.
	It's very likely that one hit will cause him to crumble.
	In Kunimi-kun's middle school public records alone,
	he achieved two perfect games and five no-hitters.
	Leading off the bottom of the sixth for Senkawa,
	Batting first, the centerfielder, Kine-kun.

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