Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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August 8th, the second day after the Qingdao competition...

While having breakfast, the players also received news newspapers about yesterday's game.

As expected, there were reports from Osaka Kiryu and Saiho High School.

"The championship and runner-up battle reappears, and super monster Sano Shuzo hits two home runs!"

“Tears of grief and anger from Kiryukan! Osaka Kiryu was eliminated in the second round!”

There is also Qingdao's report on Teidong, which also occupies a considerable amount of space...

"Didong lost regrettably and missed the top 16!"

"153km/h appears! A monster from Qingdao High School, first-year student Furuya!"

"Fouya is so awesome!" Haruichi couldn't help but sigh when he saw that Fouya had put up such a large picture by himself.

"Ah..." Upon hearing this, Rongchun looked at Fūya. The guy still looked a little tired after sleeping for a whole night. He was blowing bubbles of snot while holding a newspaper.

"Falling asleep..." Chun Shi smiled with a bit of surprise and helplessness. He didn't seem to be proud at all, he just wanted to sleep...

"Looks like he's going to sleep another day..." Eijun muttered and continued flipping through the newspaper.

But other competitions did not receive as much attention, with the most reports being on Kiryu vs. Seiho, Seidou and Teito.

After all, two championship candidates lost in one day. The match between Kiryu and Seiho alone was enough to attract media attention. And it was also eye-catching that Seidou entered Koshien again after six years and defeated championship candidate Teito in the first match.

Although the seniors who read the newspaper didn’t seem so friendly.

"You're really in the spotlight! Furuya!" Isashiki looked at the photo with an unhappy face.

"After all, it's rare to find a freshman with such a pitching speed in Koshien, haha..." Ryosuke laughed as he looked at the report.

"Although he got heatstroke in the first battle!" When talking about this, Zengzi looked at Furuya with a little concern.

Even though he went to be interviewed, Yuki himself only had a small page and just sat aside drinking tea as if it had nothing to do with him.

Kuramochi came back with a cup of tea and sensitively felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange, so he sat next to Miyuki who was still looking at him.

"Did you sleep well?"

"Well... not very good." Yuki replied calmly, "Although I don't have to compete, I always feel that sleeping is a waste of time."

"..." Kuramochi was silent for a moment, "I understand! Sleeping is such a waste."

"Right!"

“And you can see shows that you can’t see in Tokyo.”

"Makes sense!"

"Those two people actually got along so well..." The others were a little surprised when they saw this. It was indeed a miracle at Koshien...

"Have you all finished your meal?"

While everyone was discussing the news report, Director Kataoka's voice came from the door, followed by Takashima Rei and Chris.

"Yes! I'm done!"

As soon as they saw these three people coming, everyone knew what they were going to do and they all sat down and looked at them.

"Let's have a meeting about our next opponent. I'll first introduce you to Xibang's player profile."

Speaking of which, Chris was also pasting information and photos on the whiteboard next to him which was used for meetings.

Takashima Reiya also put the recent recording of the Nishibon regional finals on the TV for everyone to watch.

After the game ended yesterday, these three people were busy collecting and analyzing information about Xibang so that they could analyze it together with everyone today.

Because the conditions in Seibon are probably similar, they watched Seidou's game right after Seidou finished watching their game, which was a seamless connection.

Moreover, these were both teams’ first matches, so if you want more information, you have to go back to the regional competitions.

"First up is Sato Ito, the ace pitcher of Seiho High School..." The first person who opened the notebook made Chris's expression complicated, "Facing Osaka Kiryu's batting line, he still retained his strength and didn't reveal any flaws. He is a very strong pitcher."

"The ball speed is around 140km/h, with precise four-square ball control, and the variations include four-seam ball, fork ball, quick fork ball... and carter ball..."

"However, his cutter seems to be not well controlled, so when playing against Osaka Kiryu, he was hit to the right field by Tate. It should be a new pitch he has just learned..." At this point, Chris smiled softly, "If the pitch is not tricky enough, it can be hit!"

“……”Hearing this, everyone looked at Sawamura.

Sawamura has the speed, type and control of the ball...

And as far as everyone knows, there shouldn't be many high school players in the country whose pitching is as abnormal as Sawamura's...

'Here's a version that's even more perverted than Sato Ito's Ultimate Version...'

"And there's their main player, Sano Shuzo. Although everyone's attention is on him, their first to ninth batsmen are also not to be underestimated. Once they get going, they can't be easily stopped."

"You must not throw a straight ball that's easy to hit, and you have to throw a changeup that's tricky enough..." Chris was clearly saying this to the pitchers, "Do you understand?"

"Yes!" Fūya, who had once received special care from senior Chris, couldn't help but shudder, straightened his back and answered seriously.

"Yes!" Tamba, Kawakami and Eijun have always respected Chris, so they all responded seriously.

"Hmm..." After getting a satisfactory answer, Chris picked up the remote control and clicked play, "Let's watch the video of the regional finals in Xibang first..."

Later, while watching the game and explaining it, Kouya couldn't help but have snot bubbles coming out of his nose again.

Then, when the director announced the list of players...

"In the match against Xibang, Danbo will start!"

"Eh!" Danbo was startled, but after the supervisor looked at him, he still agreed, "Yes!"

"He became famous overnight at the Koshien starting lineup!"

"Behave well!"

"We are very optimistic about you!"

"Come on! Woo-ga!"

The third-grade contestants saw Tamba’s happy expression and encouraged him happily.

Everyone has witnessed Danbo's growth, and his performance yesterday also reflected his awareness.

"Kawakami and Sawamura are always ready!"

"Yes!"

"As for Fūya, he won't be playing, so just take a good rest these few days."

"Pah!" When Fūya heard that he would not play, his dozing snot bubble burst. He blinked blankly and looked at Eijun, "Eh? What? What did you just say?"

"You won't be pitching in the next game!" Eijun held his cheek with one hand, then looked at Fūya with a teasing look, "After all, you have heatstroke."

"I'm fine now!" When he heard that he couldn't pitch anymore, Fūya became panicked.

"Really?" Rong Chun showed an expression of disbelief.

Successfully ignited Furuya's burning will...

"Furuya!" Haruichi, who was also sitting next to him, was struck by the sudden burning will.

"hehe..."

"..." Looking at the one who was not convinced and the one who was fanning the flames, everyone sighed helplessly.

Sawamura can always inspire others' fighting spirit at the right time and show his own momentum at the right time.

Should I say this is a sense of responsibility...but he doesn't seem to have any aspirations...

"Eijun..." After finishing the meeting, Chris walked over to Eijun, "Let's study Xibang's batting line first, and then do targeted pitching practice!"

"Okay!" Rong Chun responded obediently to show his agreement, and then followed Senior Chris happily.

"Of course, Tamba and Kawakami too." Chris turned around and called Tamba and Kawakami.

"Okay!" Of course, Danbo is the starting pitcher.

"Okay!" This was Kawakami who originally wanted to go together.

"Then let's do some simulated pitching and hitting tomorrow!" said Miyuki who followed along.

"Oh..."

"Eijun's reaction is so dull..." This is Fūya who followed along even though he couldn't train.

"Pfft!" This is Haruichi who wanted to practice swinging the bat and was inexplicably amused.

"Hey..."

"Eh? Where's Sakai?" Kusunoki asked everyone, how come Sakai, who was here just now, disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"He went to practice swinging the bat." The person who knew he was gone casually responded.

"You're so quick! Let's go too!" Isashiki exclaimed and looked at the others, "Masuko! Stop eating!"

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On the other hand, Xibang High School, who did not expect their opponent to be more difficult than expected, had been analyzing Qingdao High School early in the morning.

After watching the match between Seidou and Teito, they also found the video of the Seidou regional preliminaries to watch.

After learning about Qingdao's players' information, the players carefully read one of the pages again, muttering to themselves...

"The pitching posture is so invisible that the ball comes out of the ball, the ball speed is around 140km/h, and the speed, weight and texture of the ball are controlled, and the ball is controlled in a precise nine-square grid..."

"Two-seam ball, four-seam ball, fork ball, quick fork ball... changeup... Carter ball... I don't know what kind of ball it is...?"

"What is this!"

“Is there really such a perverted pitcher!?”

"Is this really just the first grade?"

"Qingdao actually kept this pitcher for the first game!"

"What kind of pitch can this person make..." Sano also looked at the data sheet in surprise, frowning and rubbing his chin.

"..." Contrary to his teammates' disbelief, Sato was watching the video of Qingdao's regional finals with a serious look on his face.

He still remembered the news about the West Tokyo finals that dominated the front page of the report on the regional preliminaries.

"3-0! Seidou High School shut out Inami without losing any points!"

"Facing Inami's batting line, he pitched perfectly and gave up no points."

That freshman pitcher became nationally famous almost overnight, but he did not accept any news interviews. There was even only one photo of him, which was a photo of the players hugging each other and crying with joy on the pitcher's mound.

The pitcher in the photo was buried in a crowd of people, with his head raised and looking at the sky, his face not visible...

At that time, Sato looked at the pitcher in the photo and couldn't muster any fighting spirit...

However, now he was frowning and watching every ball very seriously. Every time he struck out a batter, his pupils would shrink.

"Sawamura Eijun..."

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