Top of the Ninth Inning Banba finished his lunch and sighed, alone in his hospital room. He was sick of hospital food at this point. The selection they had was good for his health, but he was unsatisfied with the little flavor it had and moderate portion sizes. Banba bit into an apple, hoping he could eat himself stupid over junk food soon. The apple was the one given to him by Igarashi's mother earlier that morning. He was able to fill his stomach with the generous snacks meant for his next door patient as of late. There was a daytime professional baseball match on today. He turned on the TV that was set up in his room and flipped the channel to the live footage. The regular season had concluded, and they were in the middle of the Climax Series. Banba watched the game with bated breath. It was the bottom of the fourth inning, with the Hawks on the offense. They had the game in their favor - all bases loaded and no outs - yet were unable to score any points. They got three outs - o...