Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

·

"Hahaha..." Seeing Sawamura swiping the card without blinking, Hong Raizo now looked at him as a wealthy man. If he could get a hold of this, he would definitely save a lot of money on meals in the future.

"I, an old man, can't play with you guys, so just keep playing!"

Then Supervisor Hong leaned close to his son's ear and pulled over a few other more reliable people, "Get along well with him, maybe you can have free meals more often in the future..."

"Supervisor..." The pharmacists said... "Could you be more promising?" They were so embarrassed that they didn't even want to look at Sawamura.

"I'm going to do adult things!" After muttering a few words, Lei Zang walked away with a laugh.

"..." Rongchun looked at Hongleizou with disdain, then turned back to look at Qingshui and Fūya, "Where else do you want to go?"

"It will be all right..."

"It will be all right..."

“Hahaha…” Rongchun expressed that he had the same idea.

Shimizu really only wanted to compete with Sawamura today, and Eijun came out just to satisfy Shimizu's competition, and as for Furuya, he just followed Eijun...

"It's still early to go back to school..."

"Um..." Seeing that they seemed to be leaving, Lei Shi took a deep breath and spoke to Zemura bravely, "I...I! I..."

"..." Rong Chun saw that Lei Shi had been trying for a long time but still couldn't come up with a reason, but he still waited patiently.

Shimizu turned his gaze away speechlessly, and when he was looking around, he saw a sports equipment store in the corner and excitedly pulled Sawamura.

"Sawamura-senpai, please help me pick out a new pair of sneakers!"

"Let's...let's go play ball together!"

"Ah! Eijun!" As soon as Shimizu finished speaking, Jōgō heard Eijun being dragged away. He was stunned for a moment and then quickly chased after him.

"..."On the contrary, the pharmacists looked at Lei Shi, who had finally spoken with a red face.

His courageous confession was so drowned out that he felt so embarrassed that he just wanted to find a hole to hide in.

"Hahaha... let's go take a look too, and then go play ball later!"

Who knew that more than two hours had passed...

After Shimizu chose a pair of shoes that he liked, he went to choose gloves, then protective gear, and then a helmet...

"This feels good..." Rongchun sighed and threw the football in his hand to Qingshui, "Try it..."

"..." Sanada looked helplessly at Lei Shi who didn't understand but was listening attentively. But what surprised him was, "Shimizu-kun is actually playing rugby. Could it be that he doesn't play baseball anymore... It's rare that he has such a good physique..."

"No..." Eijun turned around and responded to Sanada's doubts, "Shimizu has been playing rugby since he was a child..."

"Eh...haha..." Sanada thought that Sawamura and this junior seemed to have a good relationship and should be on the same team in junior high school. "Could it be that Sawamura stopped playing football and switched to baseball?"

"Sawamura-senpai hasn't completely given up on rugby!"

"Eh..." Sanada was stunned when he heard this...

"..." Shimizu was inspired by Sanada's words. He stepped in front of Eijun and looked at Sanada warily. 'This person looks gentle and cheerful, but he is actually very thoughtful...'

"Shimizu..." Eijun grabbed his head and applied force to his hand, "What did I say?"

"Ahhh! I'm sorry!"

After a scream, Rongchun looked helplessly at Shimizu who was extremely dissatisfied but still apologized for his rude behavior.

Because the selection took too long, the pharmacists' people left one after another without anyone noticing, leaving only Sanada and Lei Shi.

On the Qingdao side, Eijun was supporting the already dozing Fūya, while looking at Shimizu and Raiichi who had unexpectedly come along.

"Sawamura..." Sanada thought for a while, still very concerned about the question just now. He just said it in a joking manner...

"Were you a football player?"

"Oh...I played rugby in junior high."

"Eh?" Fūya looked at Eijun in confusion, "Has Eijun never played baseball before?"

"Is this true?" Sanada looked in complete disbelief. He had seen Sawamura's strength with his own eyes. It was impossible for someone who had just started playing baseball in high school to perform like this.

"Before I played rugby, I played baseball..." Eijun said as he saw Fūya wake up and moved his arm, "Then I got injured and stopped playing."

"..." When Furuya heard about the injury, the image of Eijun's body that he saw in the bathhouse that day suddenly appeared in his mind. "Is it that injury..."

"Injured..." Sanada didn't understand why he couldn't continue playing baseball but could play rugby. 'Isn't it more dangerous?'

However, Sanada realized another point. Could it be that he had three years of junior high school blank, but he still performed like that in high school...

"This guy... is too strong!"

·

That day, they still couldn't go play ball together and spent half the day in the equipment store.

Or maybe it was because he hadn't played such an intense rugby game for a long time, Rongchun felt a little tired.

Qingshui saw this and suggested ending today's trip.

"Sawamura-senpai! Let's have another match next time!"

"I... Let's go play ball together next time..."

"Ah..." Looking at the excited Qingshui and shy Lei Shi outside the car door, Rong Chun smiled but did not respond directly.

Then he nodded to Senior Sanada and waved goodbye to them before the car door closed.

It was not until the train ran out of the platform and they were out of sight that Eijun pulled the sleepy Fūya to sit down.

"It should be just in time for dinner when we get back..." Rong Chun chuckled, opened a lollipop and took out a book.

"Hmm..." As for Fūya, he responded in a daze, then fell asleep comfortably leaning against Rongchun.

He had a dream. It was snowing in the dream. The sound of the river was still so clear. In front of him was the wall with ball marks left by him.

This place is still the same place as before, it hasn't changed at all, but it is completely different from the previous place.

'Falling Valley...'

"Furiya, wake up!"

"What..." Jōtani opened his eyes in a daze and was pulled up before he could react.

"Passengers getting off the bus please take your belongings with you..."

"..." He ran a few steps and then stopped. Looking back at the slowly moving train, Fūya blinked, "We're here... Do we want to walk back to school?"

Looking at Fūya who was still trying to get closer, Eijun smiled softly, "Let's take the bus back!"

"Hmm..." As Fūya was walking behind with Eijun holding his hand, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

'Yes, I am no longer alone...'

In the evening, the two returned to school before dinner.

When I saw the banner hanging on the school building celebrating the chance to play at Koshien, I felt like I could actually go to Koshien with my seniors.

"It's like a dream..." So, I didn't have a chance to celebrate with the seniors because I fell asleep, "Anyway, I hope everyone is happy!"

When they returned to the dormitory, the first person they saw was Senior Chris, and the two ran over at Chris's call.

"Chris-senpai!"

"Chris-senpai!"

"I'm back..." Eijun was still the same as usual, but seeing Fūya's visibly happy expression, Chris smiled softly, "It looks like you had a good time."

"Yes!" Rong Chun responded with a hearty smile, "We also ran into the pharmacist's people and had lunch together!"

"Yeah!" Fūya nodded in agreement, "We even went to a sports equipment store together..."

"I think everyone behind the scenes is dozing off..."

"Hehe..." Chris was a little curious about where they went and what they did. He turned around and motioned for the two to go to the cafeteria. "Let's talk while we eat!"

"The taiyaki there is delicious! I even bought some with my seniors!"

“A bag full of it!”

"It's a shame that I didn't get to play with Sanada-senpai and Honglei City, but I think there will be opportunities in the future."

After knowing that the two had returned, Takashima Rei came to the cafeteria to see how they were doing...

"What? You went to Hengxue? And you had a competition?"

"To be precise, it's the rugby club of Yokogaku..." Eijun swallowed his rice and responded to Takashima's doubts, "Not baseball..."

"Did you hit anything?" Takashima ignored Eijun who was eating and pulled him over to check if he was injured.

"We still have to play in Koshien. I still have some self-awareness about this."

Eijun expressed his attitude calmly, causing Takashima to let him go.

"Sorry..." Takashima sat down again with a little embarrassment, pushed his glasses down and chuckled, "Did you have fun?"

"Hmm..." Eijun nodded after taking the last bite of his meal, sighing, "Although I feel a little sorry for not trying my best, it's been a while since I last played against them, so it feels really good."

"Eijun is really amazing!" Thinking of that game, Jiang couldn't help but feel scared, "The way he played rugby was like a cunning beast."

"Hahaha...really?" Rongchun took this as a compliment to his own ability and laughed happily.

The other people in the cafeteria listened to them and realized that even the usually cute and innocent Jyoutani could make such a description.

"What would that look like?"

"...Sawamura, are you that good at rugby?"

"No! I didn't know you could play football!"

"Never heard of it! What's going on?"

“Really…” Except for the coaching staff and Senior Chris, no one else knew about this.

"I know..." As everyone was surprised and curious, Furuya whispered, "Eijun used to play baseball, but he played rugby in junior high school!"

"Eh! Really?" Haruichi looked at Fūya in surprise. Everyone knew about this from Shimizu-kun.

When talking about this, Jōtani looked a little proud. Although he only found out about it today, he knew it before others.

"..." Rongchun thought there was nothing to say. He looked at Fūya with amusement and got up to wash the dishes.

"No wonder you are so strong!"

"What made you want to play rugby?"

"Nothing, I just saw a rugby game on TV and I was interested so I went to play." Rongchun quickly washed the dishes, dried his hands and smiled, "I'm going to take a shower first."

·