Standing on the pitcher's mound, Lin Guanglai felt exceptionally calm.
He felt as though he had entered a peculiar state: within his vision, the speed of everything seemed to slow down, every small movement of everyone was captured by him;
Receiving the baseball passed from Uesugi Yasuyuki at home plate, at the moment the ball entered his hand, a silky smooth feeling spread from his hand through his entire body—this feeling was so wonderful that it made a thought arise in Lin Guanglai's heart:
"Next, my pitches will just go as I want them to."
In Lin Guanglai's current sensory perception, the Shengong Second Stadium seemed to turn into a chessboard, with his teammates and National Academy Kugayama's opponents all being pieces on the board; while he stood on the mound, the chess master of this game.
