Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume7 The Seventh Question
The Seventh Question
Please choose the correct element symbol corresponding to the question, and write down the correct name of the element.
‘Mn O S Na I Pb Ne’
- Has a crystal-lattice structure. It will react strongly with water to form a yellowish flame.
- Has a boiling point of 184.26 degrees Celsius and melting point of 113.75 degrees Celsius. It reacts with Starch to form a blue compound.
- Has a relative atomic mass of 54. The oxide material is commonly used as a catalyst to decompose oxides into oxygen and water.
- A rare element. It is in the second period. It can be liquefied and used as a refrigerant.[1]
Himeji Mizuki's answer
"1--Na (Sodium), 2--I (Iodine), 3--Mn (Manganese), 4--Ne (Neon)"
"Teacher's comment'
Correct answer. Once you can memorize all these names of the elements, you can explain the reactions of each element. So you have to memorize the basics.
Shimada Minami's Answer
"I don't want to write."
Teacher's Comment
What's wrong? I'm really sad that you don't want to take the test. Sensei always thought that Shimada-san is a hardworking girl. I'm disappointed that you aren't willing to answer the question. I can understand if you don't know the answer, but that isn't an excuse. Before we talk about studying, you have a big problem with your attitude. If you don't correct this now, it will be tough on you when you go out into society.
Tsuchiya Kouta's Answer
"1--Na ( ナ), 2--I (イ), 3--Mn (ム), 4--Ne (ネ)"[2]
Teacher's Comment
I really have to apologize to Shimada-san.
Even though it’s just an activity on the sports meet schedule, the most important event in the sports meet to us is the baseball tournament. Before starting the finals that involve life and death, we’re all gathered at the F class bench near 1st base as we all check our batting arrangements.
“So Kinoshita’s third. The first subject’s Chemistry, right?”
“Mn. My other subjects are rather bad, but this batting order is good for me if it’s Chemistry.”
“My Chemistry’s one of my better subjects too. The opponents are of that level, so we have to compete with them using the subjects we’re good at.”
“Me too. World history and English were too difficult. I couldn’t even compete with others.”
This time, our opponents are the teachers’ team. Since they’re somewhat old, their athletic ability and decision making should have decreased quite a lot, but their scores alone make them our strongest opponents. It wouldn’t be overzealous of us to check our defensive alignments and make sure what we will do later.
“Is it really okay for Yuuji to take the eighth batter?”
“…My English and world history are somewhat manageable.”
Yuuji coldly responded. It seems like he’s not too happy at the moment, maybe he’s feeling down.
“Really…it can’t be helped that Yuuji would be so angry, but we can’t involve these two together.”
I try to calm Yuuji down for the next match. At this moment, I feel someone tugging at my sleeve. Who is it?
(Well, Akihisa-kun…)
(Hm? Himeji-san? What’s wrong?”
(When Akihisa-kun said that it couldn’t be helped, is it because you felt that it’s weird for Sakamoto-kun to be so angry?)
Himeji-san kept her voice to the softest possible in order not to let Yuuji hear it.
Even if she asks me if I feel this way, I…
(Not really. It’s just that from all I know, even when Kirishima-san got so angry at Yuuji, it couldn’t change anything…)
Basically, I’m leaning towards Kirishima-san’s side instead of Yuuji’s side, but this just can’t be settled like that.
(I think Sakamoto-kun just argued back like that because Shouko-chan said that, so it’s not really all Sakamoto-kun’s fault, but…)
Himeji-san’s tone had at little sadness in it.
(But when he calms down, I really hope that Sakamoto-kun will apologize to Shouko-chan properly, or else Shouko-chan will be feeling pitiful.)
Saying this, Himeji-san looked down.
It seems that Himeji-san is completely standing on Kirishima-san’s side, but I can understand Yuuji’s feelings… Uu… are the guys’ pattern of thought different from girls in this situation?
“Now, we’ll be beginning the teachers-vs-students baseball meet, all students, please assemble in a straight line.”
The refereeing teacher spoke up.
“Oi, stop chit-chatting over there. Time to go, Akihisa.”
“Ah, I’m coming over.”
Anyway, we’ll leave this aside for now, everyone, including the bench players went over to the middle of the sports arena as we line up. The teachers also walk over casually from 3rd base, and line up against up.
“MATCH BEGIN!”
“““Please take care of us!”””
After bowing, we head to our defensive positions.
In this match, we’ll be pitching first and batting later, so I stood on the pitcher’s mound. The first subject should be Chemistry. I’m the pitcher, and Yuuji’s still the catcher.
- First batter: 3rd baseman Kondou Yoshimune
- Second batter: Left fielder Yokomizo Koji
- Third batter: 1st baseman Kinoshita Hideyoshi
- Fourth batter: 2nd baseman Shimada Minami
- Fifth batter: Center fielder Sugawa Ryo
- Sixth batter: Shortstop Fukumura Kohei
- Seventh batter: Pitcher Yoshii Akihisa
- Eighth batter: Catcher Sakamoto Yuuji
- Ninth batter: Right fielder Himeji Mizuki
Bench players: Kimishima Hiroshi and Tsuchiya Kouta (Muttsurini)
After calling out my summoned beast, I just need to wait for the opponent to step up.
“Baseball, huh... Haven't played it for over 20 years—summon.”
The first batter of the teachers’ team, Fuse-sensei entered the batter’s box and summoned his summoned beast.
Chemistry Teacher, Fuse Fumihiro, Chemistry, 501 points
Vs
F Class, Yoshii Akihisa, Chemistry, 57 points.
Though it’s to be expected, isn’t this difference in scores too huge! If he hits it, the ball I pitched will be sent flying out of the park.
I’m facing such a strong opponent at the beginning. Now what do I do…
I stand on the pitcher’s mound and wait for Yuuji’s instruction. We can't use curveballs, so Yuuji could only instruct me with the ball direction and speed.
(Outside corner, low, slow ball.)
As the teachers were running all the events of the sports meet, they only came over to play with us when it’s time for the match. In other words, these teachers are having their first match. Yuuji guessed that they would let the ball through first, so this is to be expected.
I nod my head slightly and pitch the first ball. Outside corner, low and slow ball…!
“STRIKE!”
Fuse-sensei didn’t move at all. As expected, he’s watching carefully. They themselves haven’t played much baseball, so it’s expected that it he would be cautious.
(Inside corner, high, slow ball)
Yuuji next instructed a ball. Is he trying to use a ball to see how the opponent will react?
I swing my arm wide and pitch the 2nd ball.
“…”
“BALL!”
Fuse-sensei seemed to move a bit, but he didn’t swing the bat. This means that it’s one ball one strike.
(Low inside corner, fastball.)
It’s the 3rd pitch now, and the opponent should be swinging now. I have to be very careful with this pitch.
I swing my arm wide and pitch the ball with all I got. Eat this, Fuse-sensei! This is my, our F class’ full power—!
“Where are you pitching this ball to?”
Damn it, I used too much force.
In this situation where the ball would normally be hit, my pitch went straight to the strike zone in a dangerous matter.
“U!? Oh, oh my…”
On seeing this ball, Fuse-sensei seemed to lose his balance for some reason as he swung the bat out. That’s strange? What just happened?
The ball had grazed the bat and immediately felt up into the sky. I’m impressed that there was so much power with just a simple graze, but unfortunately, this ball was hit too poorly.
“OUT!”
In the end, the ball got hit into the air and finally reached the left fielder’s glove. We managed to eliminate the first batter safely. That lack of control scared me, but it’s a good thing that it’s under control.
“Yare yare…I got too anxious because the ball was too good…”
Fuse-sensei chuckled wryly as he returned back to the bench. I see, since the ball was pitched better than what he expected, he got shocked and panicked. It may be a coincidence, but to be able to deal with a Chemistry teacher in the subject of Chemistry is a strong start for us.
“I’ll be the next batter. Summon.”
This time, it’s a young man’s voice. This isn’t the voice of Takeuchi-sensei who usually teaches our class, but rather, the other modern literature teacher of year 2, Terai-sensei.”
Modern Literature Teacher, Terai Shinsuke, Chemistry, 211 points
Vs
F Class, Yoshii Akihisa, Chemistry, 57 points.
211 points? Since he’s the teacher in charge of Modern Literature, he’s not really that good in Chemistry, I guess. Well, but at least his grades are in class A level.
(Keep it low as possible, fastball.)
I nod my head at Yuuji’s comment, making sure not to throw a wild pitch. The ball path—locked on. How about this?
“…Ha!”
KAN! With a blunt impact sound, the ball was hit low as it quickly grazed pass the ground. It went through the hole between first and second base. Ku...! He took action so quickly…!
“I thought I could hit the center of the ball. Looks like it’s really different from playing it live.”
Terai-sensei gave a wry smile after standing on first base. Speaking of which, I heard that Terai-sensei once played baseball in school…maybe it would have been better to give a ball?
Right now, it’s one man out, one man on first base, and the third batter who’ll come up is—
“Let’s have a good game.”
The talented woman who’s our level head, Takahashi Yoko-sensei, stepped up. Today, she’s not wearing the speck-free suit, but a sports attire that’s suitable for this event. This makes her look even more kind and approachable.
“Please hold back, Yoshii-kun—summon.”
Takahashi-seni normally wouldn’t initiate a conversation with us, so this is a rare and valuable experience. Speaking of which, the last time we spoke to each other was during the 2nd year guys peeping incident. Thinking about this, I feel that having this event to improve the relationship between students and teachers is actually—SOMEBODY SAVE ME!!!
Level head, Takahashi Yoko, Chemistry, 801 points
Vs
F Class, Yoshii Akihisa, Chemistry, 57 points.
“““GUHOOO!!!”””
I didn’t need to look back to tell that everyone in their defensive positions all cried out in amazement when they saw the score. 800 points!! What’s with this person? Why is her score even higher than that of a teacher in charge of Chemistry!!
(We can’t fight it out with her. Send her on base.)
Yuuji used his eyes to indicate that I send her on base. Of course, I would agree with his view. How can I win against someone with such a terrifying score using my own score? It can’t be helped that we have to send her on base. I see, so that’s how it is. All our opponents up till now probably felt the same way when they faced Himeji-san—hm?
“That’s strange? What’s going on…”
Takahasi-sensei’s summoned beast that was standing in the batter’s box seemed to be doing something wrong. I know she looks clumsy, but it’s not just that…ah! She mixed up the way she should be holding the bat. The left and right hands are both placed wrongly. In that case…
(Let’s fight it out, Yuuji. It seems that Takahashi-sensei doesn’t really know how to play baseball.)
I told Yuuji to check Takahashi-sensei’s hands with my eyes. After being prompted by me, Yuuji realized that Takahashi-sensei placed her hands wrongly, and immediately got ready to catch as he positions the glove.
“Takahashi-sensei, your hands are positioned wrongly. You can’t hit well like this.”
“Ahh, that’s right…thank you for reminding me, Nishimura-sensei.”
Ready to get on, Ironman reminded Takahashi-sensei, and she immediately put her hands properly. Right now, she’s holding the bat correctly, but now that confirms our guess that Takahashi-sensei can’t play baseball. If that’s the case, it’s not impossible to get her out.
(Outside corner, high, fastball.)
Noticing the position and manner that Takahashi-sensei’s holding the bat, Yuuji slightly adjusted the position of the glove. Bait her with a ball…I think she can’t play baseball well, so maybe it’s a good idea to let her swing and miss.
I follow Yuuji’s instruction and get ready to pitch. As I pitch
“Let me see, let this?”
Takahashi-sensei suddenly changed her posture and holds her bat again.
“STRIKE!”
As I deliberately pitched the ball out of the strike zone, Takahashi-sensei didn’t hit the ball as it flew directly into Yuuji’s glove. Is she trying to bunt…? Un…
(Let her bunt if she wants to. We can add another out.)
Yuuji threw the ball back and gave me this instruction. Yuuji’s right. If Takahashi-sensei wants to bunt to advance the runner, we can add another out. The reason’s simple. The next batter will be the 4th batter, and it will be the teacher with the highest score. We will send him on base no matter what. In other words, the runner on first base will go to second base no matter what. With one person out, it’s better for us to let her do a sacrifice.
I ready myself and pitch the ball hard. Really, was sensei too naïve? Bunting in this situation, it’s like she’s giving herself up in this situation. If I think about it carefully—
“No wait! That’s not how it is!”
The opponent doesn’t even know how to play baseball, and is one of the teachers! How can she be so naïve to let us see through it! If even I can sense this, she would notice it too…!
But it was too late when I realized this. Before I knew it, the ball that left my fingers reached the front of the bat.
“Over here, like this…”
DONK! The forceful hit rang in my ears. Takahashi-sensei didn’t change her bunting position, however—
“A Drag-Bunt?”
A bunt is a bunt, but this is a drag bunt. It’s different from a sacrifice bunt. This is to score. Damn it! So that was her aim!
The ball that got hit flew low and passed by me and the 3rd baseman. Not good!
Just when I was about to give up, god gave us timely reinforcements.
“Leave it to me!”
“Fukumura-kun!? Thank goodness!”
The flight of the ball flew directly to the shortstop Fukumura-kun.
Fukumura-kun put the glove in front of him as he lowered his body to grab this body. Now, Fukumura-kun just need to catch the ball and throw to 1st base.
“GUAAAAHHHHH!!!!”
“““HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!!!”””
Fukumura-kun’s summoned beast got blown away together with him.
Hold, hold on a minute! What’s the situation now! That was just a normal bunt! It didn’t hit the center. How does it have such tremendous power to send a summoned beast flying as well!
“TAKAHASHI-SENSEI, YOU CAN TAKE SECOND BASE IN THIS SITUATION!”
Someone among the teachers shouted out. Fukumura-kun’s summoned beast and the ball got knocked into center field, and even rolled a few times. Damn it, Takahashi-sensei’s going to take second base!
“Second base? I got it.”
Takahashi-sensei nodded her head calmly.
And then, her summoned beast ran to second base, directly at second base, even past the pitcher’s mound I’m standing on.
“““……Ha?”””
Including Terai-sensei on the base, everyone present widened their eyes.
“…Batter out.”
The umpire declared that Takahashi-sensei was out. The rules of baseball stipulates that the baserunner can only run in the directed path, and can’t skip first base before running to second base. It seems that Takahashi-sensei doesn’t understand these rules at all.
“Takahashi-sensei…you’re out, please return to the bench…”
“Why’s that?”
“Anyway, that’s the case…”
The eyes hidden behind the glasses narrowed, but Takahashi-sensei’s summoned beast could only return back to her own camp. Whether it’s Himeji-san or Takahashi-sensei…they can study, but why don’t they understand the rules of spots…
“Well…sensei, you’re tagged out.”
“Eh?”
Unknowingly, Terai-sensei, who was standing blankly behind first and second base, got tagged out. While everyone was still stunned, Sugawa-kun picked the rolling ball up to do a terrific defensive play, but…what’s with this complete lack of enthusiasm?
Level head, Takahashi Yoko, Chemistry, 801 points
Vs
Class F, Fukumura Kohei, Chemistry, DEAD.
On a side note, Fukumura-kun’s summoned beast got called back to the Lord.
“I'm going then.”
“We'll leave the rest to you, Kondou-kun.”
“Leave it to me. I'll give a big one.”
Our first batter here is Kondou-kun, who stood in position. This half-inning will be played with Chemistry as the subject. The pitcher's Fuse-sensei, and Ironman's the catcher. As for Takahashi-sensei, the level head is guarding right field. They can't let her pitch anyone. Takahashi-sensei's kindness now would be like our Himeji-san here.
“Maybe we might have a chance if the ball flies to right outfield.”
I mentioned it to Yuuji beside me. If the ball flew to Takahashi-sensei, maybe we can expect her to make an error.
“Ahh, maybe.”
Yuuji's response's as cold as ever. It seems that his mood hasn't improved.
“How will this match end up...”
I couldn't help but mutter.
According to the plan--
“STRIKE!'”
--I just heard a bit,--
“STRIKE TWO!”
--The chances of us winning should be--
“STRIKE THREE! STRIKEOUT!”
--decided at the final stage. To Yuuji--
“STRIKE!”
--Our attacks now--
“STRIKE TWO!”
--Aren't worth looking forward to.--
“STRIKE THREE! STRIKEOUT!”
--But no matter what--
“STRIKE!”
--Since our class' on the offense--
“'STRIKE TWO!”
--We should cheer them.
“STRIKE THREE! STRIKEOUT!”
Oh, time to defend. Let's do our best.
Kondou-kun, Yokomizo-kun and Hideyoshi got struck out with three strikes each. Compared to the last half-inning, our attack seemed to end so suddenly...
F class again arrived on the field as we all stand at our designated defensive alignments. In this inning, the subject tested will be world history, and I'll be the batter. Ever since the last summoning tournament, Japanese history and world history have become my specialities somehwat. I think I should be able to do well in this inning.
“Alright, come on! I won't let you score that easily.”
I stood on the pitcher's mound and wait for the next batter. Alright, who's next?
“You really can talk big, Yoshii.”
I, Ironman...what's going on? My hot-bloodedness seemed to subside in an instant....ah, this can't be helped. Ironman's most terrifying aspect isn't his scores, but his athletic ability. Besides, since he's teaching us class F, how can his brain be--
Remedial Teacher, Nishimura Sochi, World History, 741 points
Vs
F Class, Yoshii Akihisa, 121 points.
(Send him on base.)
(OK, Yuuji.)
I can tell what Yuuji's thinking without seeing it. Facing such a monster, only a fool would ask for a proper showdown.
Yuuji positioned the glove outside the strikezone. Eh? He's not getting up? Is he thinking of letting Ironman think that it would be a foul ball but want me to throw a strike? Or is he just lazy to get up?
Though I have lots of question marks above my head, I still pitched the ball according to where Yuuji is.
After the ball got pitched, Ironman frowned, but he didn't swing at the first pitch.
“BALL!”
As the umpire declared it, Yuuji silently pitched the ball to me.
Seeing him like that, Ironman muttered in a coarse voice.
“...Was that you instruction, Sakamoto?”
“That's right. What's wrong with it.”
After answering Ironman, Yuuji put the glove at the same area again.
“I see...”
Ironman muttered unhappily as he again looked at me. What is Ironman trying to say? Is he going to scold us for sending him on base?
“I thought that you guys just couldn't study, but at least you knew what to do in this situation...looks like I have to educate you.”
“Eh? What are you saying? Aren't we just sending you on base? It's common in the game. Are you thinking about telling us off because of this?”
“No, I'm not talking about sending me onto base...listen up, Sakamoto, as a teacher, I have something to tell you.”
Ignoring what Yuuji and Ironman were saying, I pitched the ball at where Yuuji positions his glove. I just need to send him on base anyway. It doesn't matter whether they're chit-chatting, I'll just pitch anyway.
“--NO MATTER WHAT, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT, MAKE SURE YOU FINISH THE JOB!”
KLANG!! With a crisp batting sound, the ball that was flying at the glove disappeared. How is that possible? Did Ironman just hit a ball?
In the blink of an eye, the ball disappeared from my eyes. My motion senses couldn't catch up to that ball. That ball that was hit isn't in the summoning field now.
“HO...HOMERUN!!!”
