Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"Furiya... is up."

"The game is over."

“Be prepared to queue...”

"..." After struggling with his eyelids for a long time, he finally opened them a crack with great difficulty and turned to look at the people around him. It felt like his eyes would close again in the next second.

"Can't get up?"

"My body feels so heavy... I can't move..." Fūya wanted to move in response, but found that he couldn't even move his fingers.

"Go on to sleep."

"...Eijun..." When he realized that the man was turning around and leaving, Fūya suddenly felt panic, 'I can get up...'

Even though I was able to speak, I couldn't move my body, and it felt like it wasn't my own.

"..." Seeing him struggling, Rong Chun had no choice but to step forward and help him up.

"……" Sitting up like this, Fūya blinked and opened his eyes completely.

"Want to stand up?"

"Ok!"

Fūya nodded slightly, and left the bench with the help of Eijun, but after standing up, his eyes suddenly went dark.

"Don't move yet!" Rongchun leaned against the falling Fūya, "You will be fine if you stand for a while."

"Hmm..." Fūya leaned on Eijun obediently and remained motionless. Sure enough, after a short while, his vision returned to normal. "Thank you, Eijun..."

"Let's go."

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"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

The moment I opened the locker room door, cheers and heat waves hit me in the face, as violent as a flood.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Seidou's batting line-up did not allow Teito's pitcher and catcher to get what they wanted. Kuramochi, the first batter, used his speed with just one bunt and reached first base.

After struggling with several balls, Ryosuke picked out a straight ball that was not easy to hit and sent Kuramochi to second base.

With a runner in the scoring circle, center fielder...

At the end of the eighth inning, Seidou scored another point, and the score became 1 to 3, with Seidou leading by 2 points.

Now it's the ninth inning...

“Even though we were only one out away, we just couldn’t get it.”

"Didong scored a run right away, with two outs and the bases loaded!"

"When Seidou High School is about to win, it faces its biggest test!"

"Two are out! Two are out!"

"Calm down!"

"Timeout!" Miyuki called a timeout and ran up to the pitcher's mound. "Tamba-senpai! There's no problem with the pitch. Use the strike zone to fight the batter!"

"Calm down!"

"Anyway, it's all Miyuki's fault that the ball was hit."

"..." Such an abrupt sentence came out of Liangjie's mouth, and everyone was stunned for a moment.

"That's right!"

"It's all Yuki's fault!"

"Your pitch is powerful!"

Yukichi said there's no need to insult him like this! Is your happiness built on my pain?

"..." Yu Xing looked away helplessly and saw the rest area, "Look..."

"?"

"Rest area..." Miyuki motioned them to look towards the rest area, "Furiya, he's out. It looks like he's okay."

"That boy... looks shaky!"

"Is he really okay?"

"We can't let his efforts go to waste!"

"Ah..." Danbo responded, "In line with our style of play..."

"Only one point left, let's hit it out!"

"Two are out! Finish him off!"

“……” Coach Okamoto noticed that the pitcher’s expression changed.

'Let's get the victory!'

"Qiang!"

"It's right between second and third base!"

"Shortstop passes to second base!"

"Snapped!"

"competition is over!"

"2 to 3, only one run difference. The strong teams of East Tokyo and West Tokyo put on an exciting pitching battle."

"In the end, Seidou High School won! They took the last spot in the top 16!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

"Great!"

"Won!"

"Great!" Danbo walked down the pitcher's mound surrounded by his teammates with tears in his eyes, "Our summer is not over yet!"

"Thanks for the advice!"

"Although Didong High School is catching up quickly, it's still one step behind!"

Regardless of the result, the audience in the stands stood up and gave warm applause to the players from both sides who had fought so hard until now.

"Clap clap clap clap!"

"Damn it!" Mukai lowered the brim of his hat, but couldn't hide his tears. "I wasn't careless..."

Qian raised his hand to Taiyang and placed it on his shoulder. He looked very serious, but he couldn't hold back his tears. "We still need to continue to hone our skills."

"Yeah." Mukai raised his head unwillingly, "You have to accompany me to the end."

"no problem."

"I want to bring back the soil from Koshien, too."

"Ah."

"Hmph, let's go!" At this time, Daoshi Ace, who had been silent since the start of the game, stood up and left after saying, "Summer's revenge will be settled with them sooner or later!"

“……” Looking at Ming’s graceful back as he left, Harada smiled.

As expected, the best way to relieve the frustration after the new team was formed is to stimulate it by taking out the culprit that caused the incident.

It will be hard for you to catch this little brother for Ming in the future.

"Let's go, Tadano."

"Yes! Harada-senpai!"

Tadanoki responded, glanced at Qingdao at the end, and followed.

As for the subsequent process on Qingdao's side, Fūya's face was gloomy and his mind was wandering, and he only subconsciously thought about following Eijun.

During the school song singing session, he just stood there motionless. As for Rongchun, he was wearing a mask, so it didn't matter whether he sang or not, because only people standing next to him could hear his voice.

Considering that the players had just finished the game, Coach Kataoka and Director Ota stopped the reporters who came to interview them, leaving only the steady captain Yuki, and the other players had to wait outside.

After being out of sight of the outside world, Jōtani simply lay down on the ground.

"It's very hot here!" Eijun squatted beside him and looked at the dead body of Fūya. He helped him up and looked at Senior Chris, "I'll take him back to rest first."

"I'll go back with you!" Chris smiled, covered Furukawa's head with the wrung-out towel, and took Furukawa from Eijun.

"No! Chris-senpai is a catcher! And how can you carry someone on your shoulders? Please let me do it!"

"..." Chris smiled helplessly as he watched Eijun easily carrying Fūya, who was taller than him.

"I'll go back with you!" Haruichi hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward to take Eijun's gift bag.

"Then let's go back to the hotel first." Chris pointed at Chunshi and signaled to others.

"Oh! Supervisor, they should finish the interview soon!"

"You guys should go back and rest first!"

"I'm leaving Furuya in your hands!"

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After returning to the hotel, everyone was filled with excitement and joy. They had defeated Teito, which was known as the ever-victorious team. It could be said that they had completely made a name for themselves in Koshien.

Although the process was a bit tortuous, it really makes me happy just thinking about it.

"You all performed very well in today's game. The second game will be in two days. Our opponent is Xibang, who just finished the game. Eat your meal and rest early today. It won't be too late to arrange training and rest for the next two days!"

"Yes!"

After instructing the players, Kataoka looked at Chris, "How's Furuya?"

"You're feeling a little better now. Eijun is watching you." After sending Fūya back, the three of them let him take a quick shower and then threw him on the bed.

"Hmm..." Arisawamura felt relieved, and Kataoka nodded, "Remember to call them for dinner."

On the other side, looking at Fūya who was sleeping comfortably, Eijun hugged his knees with one hand and fiddled with his baseball with the other hand, curled up on the bed next to him, and became bored and dazed.

"You didn't play today, so you're bored, huh?"

"No..." Hearing the voice beside him, Rongchun's eyes focused again, and he chuckled and replied, "Just thinking about something."

"..." Chris just smiled softly when he heard that, "Tell Fūya to get up and eat together."

"Yeah." Eijun got up and jumped from the bed to Furuya's bed, pinching his nose, "Furuya, get up and eat!"

"Hmm..." Between breathing and sleeping, the former was obviously more important. Before he was completely suffocated, Fūya struggled to turn over.

Fūya finally got up, but he couldn't walk at all, so Eijun could only pull him along, "Why don't you open your eyes!"

"No, I can't open my eyes."

"..." Chris followed out of the room with a smile, "Don't train tonight, practice shooting tomorrow."

"Okay!" As Eijun responded, Fūya fell down, "Fūya! What are you doing!"

"Carry me..."

"It's just a few steps! Walk by yourself!"

"So tired..."

Although there was no training tonight, everyone couldn't help but discuss their next opponent during dinner.

"The home run record has been set at 69..."

"A huge home run was hit by Tate-senpai from Osaka Kiryu, and their team is in great spirits right now!"

"I think this will be mentioned in tomorrow's report!"

"If we can defeat them..."

As everyone finished their meal, some people went back to their rooms to rest.

Masuko-senpai and Kuramochi-senpai also went to bed early after returning to their room.

As for Rongchun, he did nothing today except read a book and watch the game. He didn't plan to go out in the evening, so he sat on the windowsill and continued reading.

I don't know why, but I feel an empty feeling inside...

Ever since we won the final, I've had that feeling...

Confused, not knowing what else to do, at a loss...

And I feel so unmotivated, I need to find something to do...

Suddenly, a message came from his phone. Rong Chun took a look, turned his head and looked out the window with a deep gaze...

After sitting still for a while, he stood up and left the room.

Under the puzzled gaze of the hotel receptionist, I walked straight out of the hotel door and headed towards the park...

"Commander! Thank you for your hard work!"

Walking among a group of delinquents wearing special attack uniforms, Eijun, dressed in his everyday black clothes, with a mask and a hat, looked quite impressive.

But wearing a pair of indoor slippers, it looks...

He simply walked straight between the two teams and extended his hand to Kazutomo Onizuka who came to visit him.

"Then now we officially welcome you to join the Variety Troupe."

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