Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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At the end of the fourth game, the situation of the game became that Seidou was leading by one point.

Although Seidou missed the opportunity to score additional points, the pioneer's score also allowed them to take the initiative.

Didong, who is one point behind, will definitely try every means to score points.

The fifth round is about to begin...

The batting line of Teidong starts from the eighth batter...

"..." The moment he stepped out of the rest area, Jōtani felt as if he was covered by a layer of light, as warm as a flame.

"Come on! Come on! Didong!"

"Attack! Attack! Didong!"

"I just changed into my tights..." As soon as he stepped onto the pitcher's mound, Fūya felt that his clothes were getting wet again, and he helplessly thought about how many clothes he still had to change into.

"Furuya! Wave your hands to the bottom!" Miyuki waved at Furuya from home plate, but he seemed distracted. "Did you hear that?"

The batter standing in the batter's box was full of energy and stared at the pitcher fiercely as if he was going to defeat his opponent with one hit.

So, the moment the pitcher throws the ball, it's a little unexpected.

In an instant, all the momentum was restrained, the bat was controlled by the batter's hands, and the ball was gently hit out.

"It's a bunt!"

After the baseball hit the ground, it rolled toward the third base line, and to an unexpectedly clever position, right in the awkward "no man's land" area between the third baseman, the catcher, and the pitcher.

But Zengzi did not dare to hesitate for a moment. He quickly ran to the front of the ground ball, stretched out his glove to pick up the baseball, and turned around to pass it to first base.

"Snapped!"

The sound of the ball entering the glove and the time when the runner stepped on the base seemed to happen at the same time.

As the two parties closest to the situation, they both turned around and looked at the referee, only to see the referee thinking seriously for a moment.

"Safety on base!"

"The first batter from Teito has reached base!"

The batter reaching base was an opportunity for Teito, and coach Okamoto then made a secret signal to the runner.

'As soon as the opportunity presents itself, run!'

"Damn it..." Furuya threw away the anti-slip powder and wiped the sweat off his face vigorously, "The sweat keeps pouring down..."

The next batter for Teito was the ninth batter, Mukai. As soon as he came on the field, he was in a position to hit a bunt, and the runner on first base also boldly moved away from the base.

As soon as Furuya is ready to throw the ball, the runner will take action, and if he sees that something is not right, he will quickly return to a safe distance.

Moreover, it is obvious that Fūya is now disturbed.

"Two balls!"

"Hu..." Mukai exhaled a hot breath, adjusted his posture and looked at the pitcher's mound. 'Except for the ball thrown right in the middle, there is no need to force it...'

"Furiya! It's okay to let him hit you!"

"Let's solve it one by one!"

"Pah! Pah!" Miyuki tapped his gloves twice, signaling Fūya to focus on the batter. 'Since he wants to hit so badly, throw it past him!'

Then Miyuki placed the glove right in the middle of the strike zone!

'bring it on! ’

As the pitcher threw the ball, Mukai's eyes widened. It turned out that the ball was actually hit right on the target.

"Qiang!"

The collision between the ball and the bat was only a split second, and even though the result was not satisfactory, Mukai had to run to the bases quickly.

"Damn... is it too strong?"

"Pass to second base!"

Fūya, who had already run down the pitcher's mound, received instructions from Miyuki before blocking the ball.

So, there is no need for extra thinking. After catching the ball, he turns around and passes it to second base. At this time, the runner is also running towards second base.

"Snapped!"

When Ryosuke caught the ball and turned around to pass the ball, Mukai had already stepped onto first base, and that was the end of it.

"Second base block!"

“Runners can’t advance!”

"The pitcher Furuya defended beautifully!"

Amid the cheers, coach Okamoto frowned. Even though it was a terrible thing that he couldn't get the runners to the bases, there was nothing he could do about it.

"Yamano, the opponent has hardly thrown any changeups so far, and has only relied on straight balls to defeat us..."

'Hit him!'

Facing the first pitch, Shanye grasped the ball path and swung the bat with all his strength.

The collision between the ball and the bat did not happen as expected. Before the baseball hit the bat, it drew an arc and went under the bat.

"Snapped!"

'A breaking ball at this time?'

When the batter aims for the straight ball right in the middle, Miyuki knows that the changing ball he has been keeping should be used to its full potential.

'Vote as much as you want!'

"call out!"

'What ball is it this time?'

"Qiang!"

The ball flew high, Miyuki stood up and raised his mask, chasing the ball that was moving backwards, and caught the ball at the block behind home plate.

"Ooooooh!"

"Two people are out!"

"Jiangu!"

At this time, Jōtani was already in a calm state, with an expression as quiet as water.

'I'm going to stand on this mound for a little longer...'

"boom!"

"nice shot!"

'The sun above my head...will not be my enemy.'

"boom!"

"nice shot!"

"I will become even stronger...even stronger..."

"boom!"

"strike out!"

"Use strength to suppress the opponent in the end!"

"This kid..." At this moment, the players from Teito and Seidou had a premonition in their minds, "He has evolved..."

"Furiya! Good job!"

"Hey! I see you're shaking with excitement!"

"I got goosebumps!"

Amid the cheers, Fūya returned to his rest area.

"It's great that you can concentrate so much." Kataoka smiled with satisfaction and praised Fūya's pitch, "Good pitch!"

"..." After hearing this, Jōtani nodded heavily, but did not respond to the supervisor's satisfaction. Instead, he walked into the rest area.

"Today's Furuya was really amazing..." Kawakami, who was warming up on the side, also sighed silently.

"Fouya?" Haruichi looked at Fouya strangely as he walked into the rest area, not showing any sign of happiness after being praised by the supervisor.

Amid the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Kotani walked up to Eijun, who was curled up on the bench reading a book and paying no attention to the game at all.

"..." Suddenly a black shadow covered over, and Rong Chun realized it belatedly and slowly raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him.

"I will become even stronger..." At this moment, Furuya, still with the sharp momentum on the pitcher's mound, looked at Eijun very seriously, "Until..."

"You're blocking the light, get out of the way."

Rong Chun's cold words instantly turned the tense atmosphere in the rest area into the silence before an explosion.

'I disturbed him from reading!'

At this moment, perhaps everyone collectively let out a silent wail.

"Okay... let's change our equipment!" Ryosuke, who happened to be nearby, smiled and pulled over the stunned Fūya, giving him the time when Eijun was reading.

The light came back on, and Rongchun simply withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyes and continued reading.

"I'm being disliked..." Coming back to his senses, Jōgō's momentum suddenly dropped, and he became depressed.

"It's completely over!" This change of heart completely shocked Kawakami who was warming up on the side, "Where's the momentum just now?"

"Bai Chi! What are you doing!" Yuki knocked on Shigekawa's head helplessly, "Change your mood for me!"

Then Miyuki complained to Sawamura that it was Furuya who foolishly interrupted his reading, "Why did you cut off his momentum just now!"

"..." Chris, who had just returned from the bullpen with Danbo, witnessed the whole process and smiled helplessly, "Eijun..."

Because he was in the right state and saw the key points, he was interrupted and was very unhappy. Rongchun's impatience was visibly visible.

"Ah..." But then he sighed softly, and turned to look at Fūya who was changing his equipment and about to go into battle, "Fūya, come here..."

"..." Furuya looked at Eijun dejectedly, then moved next to Eijun.

"You're in pretty good shape today..." Although Rongchun barely looked at the back, he smiled seriously, "Good shot!"

"..." After hearing this, Jōgō was stunned for a moment, and then the next second his whole body radiated a burst of joy.

"Heh!" Everyone who was worried just now couldn't help but laugh awkwardly.

"That's it!?" Kawakami was once again surprised by this change, and silently formed the impression that Furuya was indeed very easy to please.

Then Eijun looked at Chris-senpai and said, "Is this okay..."

Chris chuckled and nodded in satisfaction...

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Bottom of the fifth inning...

Fūya walked into the batter's box with two little blushes.

After missing the first swing, he became more cautious and watched the ball carefully, although he had to swing because there were two strikes soon.

"Qiang!"

"Ahhh!"

"I hit the ball right after I came up to bat!"

"That's great!" Furuya stepped onto first base, happy that another happy thing had happened.

"It was just a coincidence..." Rongchun complained irritably, frowned and continued to read, muttering, "I'm not his babysitter, it's so troublesome..."

"..." Haruichi smiled helplessly after hearing this.

With runners on base, Seidou chose to keep their feet on the ground and push the bases forward. At this time, Sakai hit a sacrifice bunt and sent Furutani to second base.

"One out, man on second."

"This is a good opportunity for Seidou to score more points!"

Hakushu stepped into the batter's box in this situation, and although the batter tried his best to entangle Mukai's pitch, he swung at the last bad pitch to the outside corner.

A pitcher's ground ball was caught by Mukai in his glove two steps later, knocking out the ninth batter without giving the runner any chance.

"Two out!"

"Two people are out!"

The players of Teedong shouted to Taeyang, and he calmly raised his finger to his teammates in response that there was only one out left.

At this point, Seidou's batting line finally took a turn again, and Kuramochi stood in the batter's box with his bat.

"Come on!"

"Kuramochi!"

While preparing to pitch, Mukai smiled with disdain, then raised his eyes and made a series of pitching gestures.

"Snapped!"

The first pitch was a low ball to the inside corner and the batter didn't swing.

"Qiang!"

The second ball was still a low ball to the inside corner and was hit out of bounds.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

"Qiang!"

"Huh..." The batter's bat was chasing him around in circles, and Mukai was going to throw one last pitch to finish him off.

"It's a low ball to the outside corner..." Kuramochi hesitated for a moment before swinging the bat, but when the ball reached home plate, something changed.

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