Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"So... do you have any strategy?"

“……”Chris looked at Ryosuke and nodded slightly.

At this point, Chris glanced towards the rest area. The supervisor did not give any clear signals, which meant that they could let them decide for themselves.

"...Anyway I have to change the code first."

The next batter to face is the most frustrating.

"..." Looking at the Qingdao players who were talking with their mouths covered on the pitcher's mound, Zi's silence was meaningful, and then he looked at Sano.

"Sano-senpai, all you have to do is think about hitting the ball."

"Hmm..." Sano turned his head and nodded slightly.

In fact, Sano was already a little angry because he was led by the pitchers and catchers of Qingdao in the last at-bat. When had he ever been treated like this before?

“……” Yukichi in the bullpen was completely distracted, thinking about the reason with a worried look on his face.

There was no problem with Chris-senpai's pitching, and Tamba-senpai's pitching was also smooth.

"Could it be that they discovered some of his habits... or maybe Xibang had already practiced Danbo-senpai's ball moves in advance, but simulation practice is just simulation after all, he shouldn't be able to adapt to it right away..."

"..." Looking at Senior Miyuki who was talking to himself beside him, Haruichi looked at the three pitchers on the opposite side.

"It seems to be getting really bad..." Eijun sighed.

"..." Kawakami looked helplessly at Furuya who was standing beside him and said 'moo moo', then asked Sawamura, "If you were to stand on the pitcher's mound in this situation, what do you think you should do?"

"Hmm? How do we do it?" Eijun looked at Senior Kawakami and said bluntly, "Just listen to Senior Chris."

“…” Kawakami was speechless, although it seemed that he was right.

"This is a suggestion for Fūya..." Eijun then added.

"No matter what method you use, if you don't get the last out, the game will continue to tilt."

Rather, since the beginning of the game, Rongjun has always had a strange sense of disharmony.

'I haven't felt this way for a long time...'

It feels like something has slipped out of control, slipping from my hands and I can't hold it anymore.

It is obvious that the other party still has something that has not been discovered.

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"Damba..."

"Bald man!"

Danbo was confused when his hat was suddenly lifted up, revealing his bald head.

"Let us touch your head and relax!"

"Uh..." Danbo came back to his senses and was speechless again, "I said..."

"Hahaha... Can I touch it too?" Seeing that Tamba-senpai finally responded, Kuramochi smiled and touched him too.

"Me too..." Yuki was not willing to be left behind and went over to join in the fun.

"Wooga!" Zengzi then took off her hat and smiled confidently, "You can touch my head if you want!"

"Ahahahaha... Masuko-senpai..."

When the timeout was running out, Chris quickly went through the code and everyone returned to their respective positions.

"Danbo, your pitching was great today, get the last out!" Chris muttered one last time and turned around and ran back to home base.

"Ok!"

"You must not throw a straight ball that is easy to hit, and you must throw a changeup that is tricky enough..."

He clearly remembered Chris's warning, but he knew even more clearly...

Can’t lose any more points!

"The bottom of the third inning continues. There are two outs and a runner on first base. It's the fourth batter's turn, Sano!"

"Sano!!"

"Sano! Hit him out!"

"Go on!"

"Sibang!"

The stadium was once again filled with thunderous cheers.

'First goal!'

"Snapped!"

After getting the first strike at the start, Danbo on the pitcher's mound was able to catch his breath. All he had to do next was throw the ball to the spot Chris wanted.

The next ball was a low outside pitch, but Sano still hit it.

"call out!"

It was such an obvious bad ball, but he actually swung at it, and the timing and point of the hit were perfect.

"Bah!"

With a series of continuous sounds, the baseball hit the stands in the right field hard.

At this moment, the sound of the stadium fell silent.

In the bottom of the third inning, with two outs and a runner on first base, and Nishikuni leading by one run, fourth batter Shuzo Sano's hit completely took control of the game.

"In the bottom of the third inning, captain Shuzo Sano hit a home run, scoring two extra points for the team!"

"The score is 0:3! Xibang is leading!"

"what..."

"Ohhhhhh!"

"Sano!!!"

At this moment, the stadium completely became Xibang's home court, and the cheers showed a one-sided trend.

Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of spectators, Sano once again raised his right hand and ran the bases calmly, just like he did during the Kiryu match.

“It finally came out!”

"Sano!"

"The home run record has been refreshed to 70!"

"awesome!"

"Sano!"

"It's faster than I thought..." Mukai Taiyo was stunned. What happened? They just arrived!

"This is Sano Shuzo!" The fangs revealed while swinging the bat made Qian feel so shocked as if he was struck by lightning.

"The most important thing for Qingdao now is to defend this game first..."

"..." Hearing what Senior Kageyama said, Mukai clenched his fists nervously. He still didn't dare to look directly at the seniors because of his relationship...

"We should change the pitcher now, but the coach of Qingdao doesn't seem to say anything."

"Director Kataoka...what should we do?" Minister Ota was scratching his head and ears anxiously, but it seemed that Director Katakoka was not going to change his vote.

"Tell Kawakami and Sawamura to be ready to play at any time!" Coach Kataoka can also see clearly that the current situation is very unfavorable to Seidou.

But after all, Danbo is his ace that he has cultivated for three years, and he certainly wants Danbo to achieve greater growth on this stage that everyone is paying attention to.

But we can't bet on the victory of the entire team. If we lose one more point, there will be no hope of victory.

"Yes!" Minister Ota was stunned for a moment, then nodded seriously.

He also understood the supervisor's intention, and it all depended on whether Danbo could hold on.

After receiving the instruction from Minister Ota to go to the bullpen, Higasa silently pointed to the rest area...

"..." Minister Ota looked towards the corner in confusion, and saw Sawamura huddled inside. He was startled and rushed over, "Sawamura! You sneaked in with your phone again! And you're playing with it now!?"

"Oh..." Hearing Minister Ota's suppressed roar, Eijun looked up and smiled, "I'll just take a look at the line."

"Line? That's not the time!"

At this moment on the field, after Sano hit a two-run home run, Tamba's expression turned completely pale.

Everyone in Qingdao was also shocked.

'signal! '

"It should be the inner corner..."

But Sano hit the ball to the outside corner, and it was a bad ball.

"..." Chris was also in self-doubt at this time. He originally wanted to use this to trick them, but now...

'Aren't they solving our code?'

"Damba!"

"!" After being yelled at by Chris, Danbo calmed down a little and looked at Chris.

"Sorry, it's my fault!" Chris passed the ball to Danbo and glanced at the rest area. 'Still no response...'

"Fifth batter, catcher Zi."

Zi stood in the batter's box, and thinking of the catcher's pretending to be calm, the corners of his mouth slowly rose.

"You are finally starting to waver."

It's like a vicious cycle...

At this moment, Qingdao was eager to deal with the last batter and end the inning.

But when facing the fifth batter, Danbo threw the ball too hard and a good ball was hit out.

The sixth batter then followed up with the ball, and the next batter was the seventh.

"Tamba! Follow your own pace!"

"Calm down and pitch!"

"Four bad balls!"

"Walk to first base!"

However, there was a walk with four balls...

"I didn't expect that after the home run, Danbo would make mistakes one after another! With two outs and the bases loaded, he couldn't get the last out."

"What should I do..." Tanba was in a very bad mood at the moment.

He clearly realized that his pitching could not suppress his opponents at all.

But even if he had to leave, he couldn't leave this mess to his junior to deal with...

Is there any way...

"pause!"

"Chris!"

When Chris stood up to request a timeout, coach Kataoka also signaled to the referee.

"The conference announced that Seidou High School will change its pitcher. The pitcher who will replace the ninth batter, Tanba, is..."

As the announcement sounded, the pitcher stepped out of the dugout and ran toward the field.

"Pitcher Sawamura!"

When seeing the glaring 0:3 on the scoreboard, Mukai Taiyang's eyes almost raised to his temples.

"I actually gave up three runs in one go, and now the bases are loaded!"

"If you fall here, you might as well lose to us!"

"Where's Furuya? Why isn't he on the field? Could he be in trouble?"

"..."The others were completely speechless. This guy was so troublesome.

"It's so noisy..." Yingshan warned Taiyang impatiently, and was very satisfied to get a well-behaved junior, "Isn't this a change of people..."

"Sawamura, isn't he the first-year left-handed pitcher?"

"They actually kept the pitcher when it came to us... Damn it!"

"But this is his first time playing in Koshien, and it's a situation like this. Can he handle it?"

"He has appeared many times and has been able to turn the situation around. This time..."

"..." Taking the baseball passed into his glove, Eijun looked up at Tanba-senpai who lowered his head deeply.

Before anyone could respond, Danbo quickly raised his head, his eyes visibly reddened, "I'm sorry for letting you come up in this situation!"

"It's okay." Rongchun said.

"..." Everyone had already thought of words of comfort, but they were instantly silenced by Rong Chun's casual tone, which sounded like a conversation after dinner.

As they watched Tanba-senpai pull down his hat and walk off the pitcher's mound, everyone was silent for a moment and looked at Eijun.

"I say you..."

"Chris Senior..." Rongchun was silent for a moment, then looked at Chris Senior who looked guilty, "I think... we were all wrong..."

"Well..." Chris frowned heavily, "Anyway, let's finish this game first."

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