The Saitama Lycaons are the weakest team in the Japanese league. Kojima runs into trouble by participating in the "One Outs" game, where a pitcher and batter duel 1-on-1 with money on the line. Toua Tokuchi, who appears to have no special pitching skills, but defeats Kojima easily and causes Kojima ego death. In a rematch, Toua shockingly loses to Kojima, who asks Tokuchi to join the Lycaons and use his unique pitching ability to take the Lycaons to the championship.

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