Chapter 86- Bizarre Date (Part 2)
(A//N: This is not a real ga of baseball so if you find anything different do have that in mind. Enjoy.)
Walking inside, they waited in line before they could finally try this ga. From what Rin understood, the ga revolved around hitting a ho run using a bat. But, instead of a normal ball, the ball they had to use was made out of mana.
Anyway, after registering, they walked deeper into the building. There, they found themselves in an open area covered in grass. There were at least 50 ters between the other wall that closed the area and the duo.
Right in front of the wall, a weird artifact was set up on the ground that looked eerily similar to a canon albeit a bit smaller.
Beside them, so people were also playing. The two watched them silently just to understand what they were supposed to do.
*Bang*
The small canon suddenly shot a blue ball at a moderate speed. The student then received the ball with teh bat and then sent it flying in te air. The ball eventually fell to the ground before hitting the wall. The sign stuck on the wall changed from zero to 48 ters which indicated where the ball landed.
"Tsk! I almost hit a ho run." He cursed as he swung the bat in the air casually.
"Seems simple enough," Rin murmured as he looked at the bat in front of him.
"Neh, Elise. How about we do sothing even more fun than that?" He asked.
"What is it?"
"A bet."
"A bet?"
"Yes, the person who hits the ball the farthest wins. If we get the sa score each ti then we increase the speed of the ball until one of us fails."
"I don't mind. But, what are we going to bet on?"
As if he was waiting for that exact question, Rin grinned.
"The winner can control the loser for a day and ask them to do anything."
"..." Elise didn't respond quickly as if she was hesitating about sothing.
"Are you scared? I don't mind if you don't feel ready. I wi-"
"I will do it." She cut him off. Rin could see the fighting spirit that ignited in her eyes. He knew that Elise was a very prideful person so if he strikes her ego a little bit, she will most likely accept the challenge just to prove her superiority.
"Good. May the better one win."
After that, Rin pulled out a coin from his back pocket and continued.
"I will throw the coin and in mid-air, each one of us will choose heads or tails. That's as fair as it can get."
When Elise nodded her head, Rin threw the coin in the air.
"Heads."
"Tails."
They spoke instantly.
*Cling*
The coin then fell down with a clinging sound on the ground.
"My win," Elise said.
"Tsk. Ah, whatever. I will win either way. Get ready to serve for a day, little Elise."
Elise ignored his arrogant remark and picked up the helt and the bat. After that, she took a pose with the bat high in the air.
Rin then activated his bracelet and controlled the canon in front of him. The number of functions of this piece of black substance was amazing.
"We will start with the slowest speed."
*Bang*
A blue mana ball was then launched out of the canon. It was considerably slow to the point where anyone could follow it with their eyes.
*BOOOM*
However, the mont the ball entered Elise's range of motion, it was instantly blasted high in the air.
"*Whistle* That's a ho run for sure," Rin said as he put his hand on his eyebrows trying to see the ball.
The score that appeared on the scoreboard was 58 ters which ans that the ball hit the wall and could've continued flying for an extra 8 ters if the wall didn't stop it.
"Fuuh." Exhaling a long breath out, Elise handed the bat to Rin. Her mouth didn't say anything but her eyes spoke for themselves. They were saying 'try .'
"Watch and learn."
Rin then did the sa thing as Elise, with the sa posture and the sa technique of the swing.
*BOOM*
The ball was sent flying and hit the wall too. Looking at the scoreboard, it showed 58 ters just like Elise.
Clicking his tongue, Rin gave her the bat again and retreated. Then the next attempt happened just like before except with a faster ball. This ti, the scoreboard changed to 62 ters.
'Her strength is amazing.' He thought in his head.
But, weirdly enough, when Rin attempted after her, he also hit 62 ters.
The third attempt was also a tie with 69 ters. Then the fourth, fifth, and sixth attempts were also a tie. The speed kept increasing quickly but the two of them didn't show any difficulty handling the speed.
The ball kept getting hit violently and sent flying toward the wall. So people beside them noticed what was happening and gathered from afar watching interestedly.
"Look at them!"
"I have never seen soone attempt that speed before."
"92 ters, my god! I barely hit 40 ters."
But, the two ignored them and completely focused on their small challenge. It proved to be way more fun than they anticipated as they found themselves engrossed in the ga.
The next three attempts continued with the sa tie. But, the ball was surely but certainly starting to beco very hard to hit. The speed that it reached according to the bracelet was 145 Km per hour.
*BOOOOOM*
Elise swung the bat using 80% of her strength. The crispy sound of hitting the ball was so satisfying.
*BANG*
The ball flew so fast that it basically almost broke the wall on the other side. When it fell down, there was a small dent in the wall.
"Not bad. I can do that." Rin said with a chuckle.
*BOOOOM*
"Look, I created a dent just beside yours. That's the aim king for you."
The scoreboard exceeded 100 ters.
Attempt after attempt, the strength increased and the hits beca more and more intense. At their 13th or 14th attempt, the ball was now basically invisible to the crowd around them. Their amazent also turned into deep shock.
Hitting 90 ters was impressive but not unheard of before so no one suspected anything. But, as ti passed, both of them were slowly approaching the 200-ter mark which was sothing no person has done before.
The wall ahead was quickly filled with small dents and ball traces. The bat also was on the verge of breaking from the sheer power of the ball. Yet, not even once did one of them was able to exceed the other.
'How are we getting the sa score each ti?!' Rin was impressed by this not-so-much of a coincidence.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
"These two are insane…" One said with a dazed look on his face.
"No, a pair of monsters. They are a pair of monsters."
"187 ters. How is that even possible?!"
"What's the record? Does anyone know?!"
"I think it's 170 ters or sothing close to that."
"They exceeded it that much?!!"
"Oh, goddess! Have rcy on my soul!! How are they even doing that?!!"
"Is using our mana allowed, Rin?" Elise asked.
"Hmm? We can use it I guess. We won't be able to reach a conclusion any ti soon anyway."
When they heard their exchange, the huge shock turned to pure terror.
"They didn't use… their mana?"
"No…"
"I can't believe… my eyes."
Soon enough, the 200-ter mark was exceeded easily. At this point, everyone could only hear the sound of the canon and then the sound of the bat hitting the ball creating a small airwave that attacked everyone.
On their 21st attempt, sothing unexpected happened. When Rin hit the ball, the bat in his hand exploded into pieces like a balloon.
"Ooops."
"I think we will have to pay for that."
"Wait, really?! Dammit! That's so stupid. They should've created stronger bats. So irresponsible. There is sothing wrong with the quality of these bats." He shook his head in clear disappointnt.
"Creating better bats is expensive. But, the quality is poor, indeed."
'It's you two who have sothing wrong going on with you!!' Everyone thought at the sa ti.
'How can they not see how abnormal they were? The score reached 220 ters for fuck's sake!! The previous record holder is crying in his grave!!'
"I will get another one, I guess."
After throwing the broken one, Rin used a fresh new bat and tried to hit the ball again. But, like the one before it, the bat was destroyed with one single hit.
"Fuck." He cursed under his breath.
"It's a tie in the end, huh? We can't continue any further."
"So unlucky. But, there are many more gas around here. I won't allow this to end in a tie."
Then, Rin threw the bat and the helt before he strode off the ground and entered the building along with Elise.
"We can try the other ga on the other side of the street."
"Understood."
However, the two of them didn't notice the still speechless crowd that surrounded them. It was at that mont that the legend of the 'Legendary Batter duo' was created. They beca akin to a myth that youngsters after them will only look up to in admiration for generations and generations.
However, that's a story for another ti.
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