Chapter 667 - 667: Stands Up

"Doctor! Doctor!!!"

In the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team's dugout, Coach Kunitomo, usually so composed, spoke with extreme tension.

The Seido High School Baseball Team players, watching from afar, were as quiet as children who had made a mistake.

Although they knew very well that such accidents were difficult to completely avoid on a baseball field, when it actually happened in front of them, and it was their own player who had knocked someone unconscious, the Seido High School Baseball teammates still felt extremely guilty.

In the dugout, Coach Ochiai also became tense.

"The Summer Tournament is in two months. If a key player from the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team gets injured now…"

He didn't finish the sentence, but everyone who heard him understood his meaning.

That would absolutely be a disaster, and a very serious one at that.

"Mr. Kuwata, please go up and help!"

Before the game started, the Seido High School Baseball Team had also brought a doctor.

Better safe than sorry.

The Seido High School Baseball Team had experienced similar incidents before, so Seido's preparations were even more thorough than Inashiro Industrial's.

Dr. Kuwata, who was often hired by Seido, was a middle-aged man with a rosacea nose. He ran a private clinic, and due to his drinking habit, his clinic's business was only mediocre.

But his medical skills were remarkably excellent.

After hearing Kataoka's request, he nodded and ran over.

"It's nothing serious, just too much impact, causing him to faint temporarily. He should wake up on his own in a while."

Kuwata observed briefly and gave his judgment.

The doctor brought by the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team was their school's school doctor. After hearing Dr. Kuwata's judgment, his eyes widened in disbelief.

The person was already unconscious, and he said it was nothing?

"Although no immediate problems can be seen, remaining unconscious is not a solution. My suggestion is to call an ambulance immediately and send him to the nearest hospital."

For doctors saving lives, time is life.

In the Inashiro Industrial High School school doctor's opinion, Yoshizawa's injury was truly difficult to assess.

Kunitomo, as a layman, was decisive on the field. But when it came to such matters, he was no different from an ordinary person.

Although he was more willing to believe Dr. Kuwata's judgment, as such a result would be most beneficial to both Yoshizawa and the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team.

People naturally prefer to hear what is beneficial to them, and Kunitomo was no exception.

But reason told him that he couldn't drag this on. After all, the one who fainted was his disciple.

"Thank you!"

Kunitomo thanked Kuwata, then prepared to play it safe and send him to the hospital first.

Just as he was about to voice his decision, he heard someone next to him shout,

"He's awake! Yoshizawa is awake!"

Who knows how Kuwata managed it? He simply pressed a few spots on Yoshizawa's face, and Yoshizawa woke up.

This made Kunitomo's earlier words of thanks sound less like a polite refusal and more like an acknowledgment and support.

The Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team players were all greatly encouraged.

They hadn't expected their Coach to not only be excellent at commanding the game but also so skilled in medical techniques.

Although he couldn't be compared to the perpetually drunk uncle hired by the Seido High School Baseball Team, he was clearly much stronger than their own school doctor.

Kunitomo didn't know his own players had misunderstood; even if he did, he probably wouldn't be able to explain anything.

After Yoshizawa woke up, he simply moved his body around and seemed to have no issues.

Inashiro Industrial's school doctor insisted that even if no problems were visible for now, he should rest first and go to the hospital for a detailed examination after the game ended.

However, due to his previous misjudgment, it was difficult for others to trust him.

Including Coach Kunitomo, many people in Inashiro Industrial looked at the dizzy Dr. Kuwata.

"Burp~, young people nowadays are just delicate. Such a small injury, and they make such a fuss. Back in our day, playing fifteen innings in a game, if you fainted, they'd splash water on you, and you'd get up and keep fighting. What's the big deal?"

Kuwata seemed to be speaking from experience.

At this, even the Inashiro Industrial school doctor, who had been insisting on his opinion, was speechless.

By this point, the conversation had reached a dead end; what else could they say?

Coach Kunitomo simply confirmed Yoshizawa's condition.

Although he was inwardly convinced of Kuwata's judgment, the person had just been unconscious. To immediately put Yoshizawa back on the field seemed a bit unreasonable.

But before Kunitomo could make a decision, Yoshizawa actively raised his hand and said,

"I'm fine, Coach!"

At this point in the game, he would not give up no matter what.

Looking at Yoshizawa's determined gaze, Kunitomo finally nodded.

"Be careful. If you feel anything is wrong, tell me immediately. On the field, I'm counting on you."

Facing Yoshizawa, who could still insist on playing after being injured, Coach Kunitomo spoke with rare gentleness.

Seeing Yoshizawa take the field, the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team players erupted in huge cheers.

Correspondingly, in the Seido High School Baseball Team's dugout and among the players on the field preparing to continue their defense, they were relieved that Yoshizawa was truly okay.

Otherwise, even if the Seido High School Baseball Team won this game, they would still feel a deep sense of unease.

On the other hand, they were also frowning.

Because Yoshizawa did not leave the field; after being struck down, he stood up again, full of vigor.

The situation facing the Seido High School Baseball Team had changed dramatically.

Originally, it was no outs, runner on Second Base.

Now, Yoshizawa was also walked to First Base due to the hit-by-pitch.

The situation the Seido High School Baseball Team had to face suddenly became several times more severe.

No outs, runners on First Base and Second Base.

Standing at the plate at this moment was the Inashiro Industrial High School Baseball Team's Fourth Batter, Harada Masatoshi.

A super slugger who could be mentioned in the same breath as Seido's Yuuki.

However, when confronting this powerful batter, Tanba, on the Seido High School Baseball Team's pitcher's mound, could not calm down no matter what.

He repeatedly cast his gaze towards the First Base bag.

Yoshizawa, who had been knocked unconscious by his own pitching error, now seemed completely unaffected, steadily aiming for the next base, advancing.

He no longer looked like just a player, but a warrior who, after failing, stood up to challenge a strong enemy again.

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