Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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“It’s so hot…”

Yamato, who had been here for most of the day, finally couldn't help but let out such an exclamation.

"Yeah..." Fujio Mine also fanned the fan in his hand vigorously.

The match between Kiryu and Nishiho has ended, but the audience seats are still bustling with people coming in one after another, showing that the audience's enthusiasm has not diminished at all.

The next game is the last game of the day, the match between East Tokyo and West Tokyo.

"Didong is very familiar with Qingdao... the Ever-Victorious Army, but I don't think I've heard of Qingdao..."

"Because they haven't made it to Koshien for many years, but their batting line-up is also well-known nationwide..."

"After all, we came from that fierce battle zone!"

"I heard that Seidou defeated Inami's batting line 3-0 in the preliminary final..."

"Ha! Is this true?"

"What's interesting is that both teams sent out first-year pitchers as starters!"

"Mukai's pitching in the last game was really good!"

"Yeah! You can't tell you're still in the first grade!"

Before the game officially started, there was a constant buzz of discussion in the audience. Compared to Teito, which achieved good results in its first match, Qingdao's evaluation was slightly lower.

On the team side, the captains of both teams were equally motivated. In the end, the captain of Qingdao was slightly less lucky and took the rear attack position for his team.

The game started with the announcement of the referee. Players from both sides rushed to the home plate and lined up with great momentum, showing their determination to win in front of each other.

"salute!"

"Please advise!"

The match between Teito High School and Seidou High School officially begins now!

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In the first half of the inning, Teidong High School took the lead, and the first to come on the field was...

"First batter, second baseman Yamano."

As soon as Yamano stepped into the batter's box, he exuded an intimidating aura, even though he had never faced this guy's pitching before.

But through the pitching machine and his teammates' descriptions, he could already imagine how fast it was.

Therefore, he did not plan to play the ball hard at the beginning, but chose a moderate position to look at the ball path first.

At this moment, the tall and thin figure on the pitcher's mound was shrouded in the sun. He would soon light up the entire stadium like the sun and leave his name on the national stage of Koshien.

'The first ball, a straight shot to the center! '

Seeing the bold shot from Senior Miyuki, Furuya simply nodded, then raised his gloves and raised his left leg.

"boom!"

"Boom!"

The white ball seemed to roar as it flew over the top of the bat and hit the glove behind it, making a loud noise.

With just one ball, it was as if the entire stadium took a breath and all the sound disappeared at the same time.

"nice shot!"

At this time, the speed barrier on the scoring wall clearly displayed the data of '151km/h'.

"Ooooh! What's going on!"

“What an amazing sound!”

"Is this guy only a first grader?"

"My blood is boiling all of a sudden!"

"No wonder Qingdao sent this first-year player to play!"

It was as if the power of the blow could decide the outcome, and all the comments in the stadium turned to Qingdao's side.

"Very good, keep shooting like this! Furutani!" Miyuki passed the ball back to Furutani.

Before the game started, Miyuki told Furutani that he didn't need to worry too much about ball control and physical strength today, and just needed to concentrate on dealing with the batters.

"What kind of pitch is this? It's even scarier than the ball from a pitching machine..." Yamano suddenly became cautious.

In the Qingdao rest area...

"But Furuya's opening state is unstable..." Eijun huddled on the bench to read a book, his chin resting between his knees and muttering, "Teito will definitely not miss this opportunity..."

"..." Chris, who was putting on his equipment to help Danbo warm up, heard it. Seeing his bored look, he curled the corners of his mouth in amusement.

When the coach announced the starting lineup last night, Rong Junhao didn't seem to care, "So you still want to play..."

After all, he pitched the entire game in the preliminary finals, but now he doesn't even start in the first game...

"..." A figure flashed in front of him, and Rongchun looked up at Senior Chris and Senior Tamba who were walking out.

They have been very motivated since yesterday. After all, they are all third-grade aces and they must be eager to play in the first match!

"Strike out! Attack and defense switch!"

In just a few minutes on the field, Furutani's pitching was enough to make a splash.

"Average speed of 150 kilometers..." Fūya struck out three batters with his gorgeous high-speed pitch, prompting the commentator to scream, "Such a pitch came from a first-year pitcher!"

"oh oh!"

"Sure! First grade!"

"keep going!"

Fūtani's performance not only attracted the attention of the audience and other schools, but also caused a stir in the media. They seemed to have already seen tomorrow's report, even the headlines.

No matter what the result of today's game is, the name Akira Fōgaya will be remembered by more people and spread.

"Furiya! Good throw!"

“Keep it up!”

"Leave it to us next!"

After returning to the rest area, Fūya naturally received praise and encouragement from his own audience and seniors.

"Good pitch!" Haruichi walked up to Furiya and patted him on the shoulder when Furiya walked into the rest area.

Jōgō was also very happy, with two little blushes on her face.

"I didn't expect you to pitch so well at the start. It seems you're not nervous at all!" Rongjun said as he raised a glass of water to him.

"Yeah!" Although Eijun didn't even stand up when he gave him water, Furuya was still very happy, "Because yesterday, Tanba-senpai told me that if the ball is hit, it's Miyuki-senpai's fault!"

“Pfft…” Eijun couldn’t help but laughed while covering his mouth: “That’s true, your pitching is fine, Furutani!”

It seems that Tamba-senpai was really unhappy about not being able to start, and Eijun was eager to add fuel to the fire.

"..."Haruichi smiled helplessly at the two of them, but after seeing the twisted smile of Senior Miyuki, his smile froze.

"These pitchers are really... a bunch of self-centered creatures!" Just when Miyuki was getting angry, Sawamura suddenly turned around and looked at him.

"Miyako-senpai, you have to work hard and not make any mistakes!" When Eijun said this, his smile was sincere and evil...

"..." I felt even angrier, and Fūya was still nodding beside me!

"..." Kawakami, who was silently preparing on the side, looked at Miyuki who didn't say a word and seemed to be slandered.

"Suddenly I feel that our pitchers are so scary!"

On the other side, after switching offense and defense, Di Dong was ready to play...

"Xian Gang! The sun!"

"He's a monster." Coach Okamoto called the two of them and pointed in the direction of Qingdao with an exaggerated expression, "If he continues to be so arrogant... all the spectators in the stands will support him!"

"..." Taiyang listened to the supervisor's exaggerated expression and just looked away with disapproval.

"Don't give up the leadership!"

"The sun! Go show it!"

While Teito was on defense with great momentum, coach Kataoka from Qingdao was also giving instructions to the batter who was about to take the field.

"Try to wait for the ball to come in, and then hit the ball somewhere between center field and the opposite direction!"

“There shouldn’t be many easy balls to hit, but before you fall behind in the ball count, think about the balls you want to hit first.”

Everyone listened carefully to the supervisor's advice, and Kuramochi, who was the first to go on the field, walked into the batter's box after getting ready.

'For the first round of attacks... you can give up the low ball first!'

"He is the same as Furuya...both are first-year players, and both started in Koshien..." Fujio Mine muttered quietly in the press box while looking at Mukai on the pitcher's mound.

Then I looked at the third-year aces warming up in the bullpens of both teams...

This is an era full of talented people, and extremely outstanding younger generations are emerging like mushrooms after rain.

He even grew up to be more outstanding than his predecessors, attracted most of the attention, and was expected by everyone to be the pillar of the future.

At this time, the four pitchers of Qingdao also turned their eyes to the pitcher's mound...

'First pitch, what kind of pitch will he throw...'

"Snapped!"

On the first pitch, Cancan hit a low inside corner ball that grazed the batter's knees, and the batter didn't swing.

"nice shot!"

"I really don't know how to throw an easy pitch..." Although I have practiced with Sawamura, the side thrower's angle is indeed larger. Kuramochi straightened his face and prepared to hit again.

However, the next moment, Mukai smiled easily and threw the next ball.

Kuramochi's pupils shrank and he subconsciously stepped back to avoid the ball, which seemed to be hitting the inside corner of the batter's face.

"It's so dangerous! Asshole!"

"Sorry..." Mukai raised the brim of his hat to apologize for the dangerous bad ball.

Then continue to attack without hesitation...

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

After the inside corner low ball, followed by the inside corner high ball, now comes the outside corner low ball.

Moreover, every ball was thrown perfectly to the edge of the corner, making Kuramochi feel that the strike zone was very wide.

"It seems... very far away?" Kuramochi clenched his teeth and stared at the pitcher who was preparing to throw the next ball on the mound.

Next ball...

'A strike zone that cuts to the outside corner...' It was another low ball to the outside corner, and he had to swing at this one. Kuramochi gritted his teeth and swung out.

However, the ball went out again at home plate, passed the bat and then made a sound of drilling into the catcher's mitt.

"nice shot!"

"Damn it..." Kuramochi narrowed his eyes in dismay, trying to soften his ferocious expression, "It's a spiral ball——"

"strike out!"

"I made the move unconsciously..." Yamato looked at Senior Feng in confusion, because in her opinion, Kuramochi's swing just now was obviously deformed.

"Yeah..." Fujio Mine responded, "Although Qingdao should have thought of a countermeasure to deal with low changeups in advance, but..."

"The gap is quite big..." Kuramochi carefully handed over the situation to senior Ryosuke in the next round.

"Well... I saw it from your ugly deformed posture." Ryosuke responded with a smile and walked forward.

"..." As expected, the fight was too ugly and he was criticized. Kuramochi was humble...

"Even if you are clear-headed, you still hit the ball unconsciously...right!" Mukai, who was on the pitcher's mound, straightened his hat, and couldn't help but glance at the batter with a proud sidelong glance, and even stuck out his tongue provocatively.

"This feeling of conquest... is really great."

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