H2 Volume 23 Chapter 10 (228) The Bastard - Page 171 - (Ch. 10) The Bastard - Page 172 - Guys: Are we really gonna do this? Yeah. I ain't never gonna let him get away with that. Not Hirota. - Page 173 - Guy: I heard from someone on the Eikyo team. Hirota was bragging after the game against us last summer. That he didn't lose his control on a single pitch. Including the one that hit me, our star pitcher. We didn't stand a chance at winning in the first place. We all knew that. I was just happy that I would get to pitch against a team like Eikyo. It was going to be my best memory of my final season. - Page 174 - Guy: But in the top of the 1st, I'm up third, and I get hit, first pitch. So he could have an easier time winning... That was all. He was aiming for my fingers. The bastard. - Page 175 - Guys: But. Don't worry. The only reasons he could be so selfish, were his overwhelming pitching skill and old man Shiroyama's backing. Now that he has neither, he's been shunned by his team, and I hear that every evening, he goes running in Enogashira Park alone. Without remembering there are people who'd wish him harm. Got it. We're in. Ohtake: Did you hear that? - Page 176 - Shima: Has to be a pretty common conversation. Ohtake: I suppose. There are tons of people who are out for Katchan's blood. Shima: Their story is accurate, and I understand their feelings. I don't have any room to defend him, even as his cousin. Ohtake: He earned it all himself. (fshhh) Shima: Exactly. Ohtake: I'd bet three guys could take on Katchan no problem. Shima: Probably. - Page 177 - Sign: Eikyo Academy High School - Page 178 - <