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	 Volume 27
	  Chapter 6 (264)
	   What Inning Is It?

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(Ch. 6) What Inning Is It?

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Hiro: Go ahead and put down strikeouts for all of Noda's at-bats today.

Haruka: Sure thing.

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Haruka: Where's my eraser?

Hiro: No, leave it that way.
	He won't remember.

Noda: (cough)

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Noda: Hey,
	what inning is it?

Scoreboard: Senkawa
	Midorikawa Higashi

Hiro: Dunno...

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Hikari: (screech)

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Hikari: So you still put on those disguise glasses,
	every now and then.

Hideo: Oh.
	Yeah, not being in this tournament hasn't seemed to have affected my popularity,
	cause they still ask for autographs and photos.

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Hikari: They won.

Hideo: Yes,
	two so far.
	It gets harder from now on.
	You've got the time.
	You should go root for him.

Hikari: What about you?

Hideo: I've got games to play.

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Hikari: Then I'll come root for you.

Hideo: Don't worry,
	we're not concerned with winning until this summer.

Tomo: (mama!)

Mom: Oh, Tomo-chan,
	were you playing with Hide-chan?

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Hikari: You don't need those glasses on anymore, do you?
	Now they'll just be getting in the way.

Hideo: Oh,
	of course.
	I forgot.

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Hikari: OK,
	I guess I'll go then.
	To the Koshien.

Hideo: So,
	you're going.
	You know,
	your help might be necessary.

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Hikari: Huh?

Dad: Hideo,
	come help me carry some stuff.

Hideo: Sure thing.
	Well,
	think about it, if they win the next one.

Hikari: If he wins the next one, they're in the semifinals.

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[The next day,]
[The cold I gave to Noda went away without infecting any other players.]
[For the first time, we were able to enter the next game in our best condition.]

Koga: Achoo!
	Achoo!
	Achoo!

[Excluding the coach...]

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