Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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“…” As Zi spoke one sentence after another, the pitcher’s mound fell into silence.

"You are still not good at talking..." Sano was the first to break the silence.

"As expected, I exchanged it for your brain..." Nohara continued.

"Defend forward in the infield and be careful of the point-grabbing technique." Zi simply ignored them and looked at Niwa seriously.

"You're a different pitcher than him."

"I know..." He threw a pinning ball to third base, and after seeing the runner retreat to a safe distance, Niwa let out a long breath, then held it and threw the ball to home plate with all his strength.

"Snapped!"

"Bad ball!"

The first pitch was a bad ball to the inside corner, and Kuramochi didn't swing.

But the next ball was an even worse one, forcing Kuramochi to take a few steps back.

"Bad ball!"

"Damn it, this guy must have done it on purpose!" Kuramochi gritted his teeth, took a deep breath and stood back in the batter's box.

Since I already know the other party's secret, how could I be led by the other party for the third time?

"The third ball was a good low inside corner shot!"

At this time, Kuramochi was very tempted to hit a short hit, but all of Nishibon's infielders moved forward to defend and were ready to rush forward.

If I could hit a bunt like Sawamura...

So he gave up this option without hesitation...

So the probability that he can hit the ball and get a hit is...

"Same place again!" Kuramochi's pupils shrank and he swung the bat at the ball.

"Qiang!"

"Snapped!"

"Batters out!"

"It's actually a floater!" The first baseman caught it and Kuramochi was speechless. He was tricked again...

"Damn...damn dog-headed military strategist!"

"..." Zi watched Kuramochi walk away with a dark face. It must be said that these batters from Qingdao are quite scary.

They all know what they can do and how to do it in the best interests of themselves and the team.

"But this is also good for me. The more they do this, the easier it is to guess..."

In the top of the fifth inning, there was one out and a runner on third base.

Ryosuke stood in the batting cage with a smile under the scorching sun...

He already knew very well that no matter how petty he was, it would be difficult to deceive the other party.

"Then we can only fight head-on."

First ball...

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

The first pitch was a good one, but Ryosuke didn't even swing at it, which surprised everyone in the dugout.

However, what is even more surprising is...

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

The second pitch was still a good hit, but the batter didn't swing...

"..." Yamato was shocked, "This...this is not..."

"This guy is too scary..." Fujio was shocked, "He guessed that the batter would not swing until he got two strikes..."

"But... this is too..."

"What a pair of gamblers..." Everyone in Qingdao looked at Chris in shock.

"Huh..." Niwa exhaled heavily to ease his tension from dancing.

"The next step is to see how to get the third strike. Let him hit it out and rely on defense to win." After passing the ball to Niwa, Zi squatted down again.

However, what they didn't realize was that the devil was smiling.

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The third ball was a standard bad ball...

With Ryosuke Kominato's ability to choose pitches, he wouldn't be able to swing the bat.

"Qiang!"

"The outside world!"

"..." Looking at the ball falling out of bounds, Rongjun moved a little further away from the base.

"Soldiers!"

"The outside world!"

"..." After a few pitches, Zi gave up the idea of ​​striking out Ryosuke Kominato. It was obvious that his purpose was not that simple.

He didn't even bother to tell good balls from bad ones; he simply hit every baseball that came his way out of bounds.

"Is the purpose to use up the number of pitches?"

Although doing so is tantamount to seeking death, sooner or later there will be a ball that cannot be touched, or that is hit and hits the field.

"Soldiers!"

"The outside world!"

"Huh..." Niwa wiped the sweat off his face and straightened his hat. As a pitcher, this kind of batter is the most annoying!

"Of course I know!" After catching the pass, Niwa looked at Hakushu, who was eager to make a move at third base, breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly threw the ball.

"Qiang!"

"The outside world!"

At this time, we can only fight head-on.

"..." Seeing the secret signal from Zibi, Niwa nodded, 'He and I are different pitchers...'

"Straight in the middle, straight ball?" Seeing the baseball coming, Ryosuke frowned.

This pitcher is not particularly impressive, but if we ignore his power and speed, we would be underestimating him.

It is not easy to hit the ball out of bounds delicately when facing a pitch that is 147 km long.

Ryosuke gritted his teeth and swung the bat decisively.

"Soldiers!"

"The outside world!"

'I don't have his talent, his advantage, his ball path, or his many ball types...'

'I only have ball control and ball speed...'

Facing this aggressive ball, Liangjie stared at the ball path carefully and swung the bat.

"Qiang!"

"The outside world!"

In the following game, Zi's ball matching eliminated the bad balls and directly ran around the good balls.

Let him fight.

"The outside world!"

"fifteen!!!"

As tricky balls were cracked one after another, the audience at Koshien fell into a state of excitement.

Watching the balls get swept out of bounds one by one is a different kind of shock than a home run.

"The outside world!"

"sixteen!!!"

Even though the temperature is as high as 35 degrees Celsius, tens of thousands of people are crowded in the stands like a huge steamer, and even breathing has become difficult...

It does not affect the passion of the audience at all.

"..." Rongchun wiped the sweat off his face. His head and back were burning. 'Both sides are almost at their limit...'

If Ryosuke can get on base in this match, he will definitely become a god in one battle.

Of course, if it is solved, it is just a discount.

“…” Zi had to admit that this guy’s striking skills were terrifying.

However, even so, one could not ignore the sweat on his face and the fact that his hands were already exerting force alternately.

After all, the pressure of hitting fast balls continuously is quite high.

"Soldiers!"

"The outside world!"

“Seventeen!!!”

The audience's shouts became louder and louder, and the smile in Zi's eyes became deeper.

"eighteen!!!"

"..." Before the next pitch, Zi asked about Niwa's situation, glanced at the batter, and then put his gloves in place.

'Throw it to the inside corner with all your might!'

"nineteen!!!"

'Don't be so quick to shout it out...'

"twenty!!!"

'The ball hasn't arrived yet!'

"Qiang!"

"Ugh!" Facing this extremely heavy ball, Ryosuke clenched his teeth tightly.

"Snapped!"

"Infield!!!"

In just a moment, the court started moving.

"!" Although it was sudden, Eijun quickly started running towards second base.

And Shirasu at third base was stopped, after all, the timing was really bad.

"Ah... He was planning this from the beginning..." When the ball passed by, Eijun also jumped towards the base.

"Safety on base!"

"First base!"

"Snapped!"

"Out!"

"Great!!!" At this moment, Niwa roared in victory.

"Great!!!" The audience also erupted in amazing roars at the same time.

At this moment, he became the core of the entire stadium.

"Niwa!!"

"Good throw!"

"Sibang! Sibang!"

At this time, the stadium was hit by a gust of wind...

"..." Rongchun frowned and looked at the catcher, and suddenly realized what was going on.

It doesn’t matter even if we lose points, as long as the atmosphere in the stadium is still in Xibang’s hands, it’s enough.

He wanted to use one point to exchange for Niwa's awakening.

"If we can bring in an ace pitcher now, it will be perfect."

However, there is no...

Maybe it's a bit puzzling...

"..." Rongchun narrowed his eyes and looked towards the rest area, 'Continuing the attack won't necessarily do any good...'

Next, with two outs and runners on second and third base, Isashiki came on to bat.

Director Kataoka's instructions were, "Prioritize scoring!"

After receiving the secret signal from Coach Kataoka, Isashiki and Shirasu responded and took the first shot.

Qingdao cooperated and forced points to recover one point.

This also ended the offense in this round.

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"Yazhilang! Good shot!"

"Don't mind that one point!"

"Yes!" Danyang responded loudly, with a serious look that was inevitably filled with guilt, 'If it weren't for Zi, I wouldn't have been able to get here at all...'

'I can't keep standing still!'

"The position after Sato-senpai will definitely be mine!"

“……”Noticing Niwa’s direct gaze, Sato glanced at the supervisor and Zi in silence.

Naturally, the two of them looked at me like, "You know what to do."

So pitch with more confidence!

"Good shot!"

"Yes!"

Next, Eijun will face the center batting line of Xibang...

'Let's make it quick...'

After the powerful three-stick hitter comes the monster commander...

Sano looked at the pitcher who was evaluated by his teammates beyond the data.

"So, what kind of pitch will you make..."

The first ball, Carter hit the target...

"..." Eijun nodded and raised his gloves.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

"..."

"strike out!"

"Okay!"

"Well done! Sawamura!"

"Two out!"

At the moment the referee announced the decision, the stadium was silent, followed by deafening cheers.

"!" Sano was still a little confused on his way back to the rest area.

And then there's the clever catcher...

"Strike out! Attack and defense switch!"

Compared to the long first half, the second half was relatively short.

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In the sixth inning, Xibang finally sent his ace into the game.

The first batter Sato Ito faced was the main player of Seidou.

"Sato-senpai, I will cooperate with the changeup to ask for the ball." Zi's gloves covered half of her face, and she looked up at Sato, "Let's solve them one by one."

First ball, Carter's shot from the inside corner...

"..." Sato nodded when he saw the signal, and shook the baseball, 'You want to kill a lot of people, right?'

"Snapped!"

Sato's precise ball control and changing ball skills, coupled with the purple poisonous krypton gold eye.

"The pitching has completely changed..." Chris said, looking at Coach Kataoka, "At least the decision to prioritize points was the right one..."

"Ah..." Kataoka responded with a serious face.

The progress of the game also began to accelerate from here...

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