Hachigatsu No Cinderella Nine [3] (Famitsu Bunko) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] Tsubasa Arihara and the rest of the Sakihama High School girls' baseball team wins the championship in the spring tournament. They have improved their skills and challenge to a practice game against the girls' baseball team of Kaijo High School, the winner of last year's summer tournament, but... The result was a complete defeat. However, a few days later, Kota Yagami receives an offer from Rena Kusakari, the captain of Kaihou High School, to "come and observe Kaihou's training camp. Kota accepts the invitation despite his doubts about the strange offer, but he happens to be seen alone with Rena by club member Ayaka...! This is the third original story in the novel version of "Cinderella Nine of August", which delves into the unknown past of Rena Kusakari, the absolute champion of the high school girls' baseball world!

春大会で見事優勝を勝ち取った有原翼たち咲浜高校女子野球部。実力をつけた彼女たちは、昨年の夏大会優勝校である界皇高校女子野球部との練習試合に挑むが...結果は完敗。しかし数日後、八上浩太のもとに界皇高校の主将、草刈レナから「界皇の合宿を見学にこないか」と申し出が。不思議な申し出に疑問を抱きつつも誘いに乗る浩太だったが、レナと二人でいるところを偶然、部員の綾香に見られてしまい―!?女子高校野球界の絶対王者、草刈レナの知られざる過去に迫る『八月のシンデレラナイン』小説版オリジナルストーリー第3弾!