Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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The next day, the draw for the quarterfinals began.

Today's weather is clear and the sun is exceptionally bright. It's good weather that makes people feel that good things are going to happen.

Captain Tetsuya Yuki was arranged with a series of washing procedures by his teammates early in the morning.

Take a bath, change clothes, wash hands and remove dirt, nothing is left out.

Although it will not be easy to face any team, the luck of the draw is directly related to their possibility of winning the championship.

"Huh..." So at the moment before drawing lots, Yuki couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and prepare for the battle.

“……”Chris also found it funny. It all depends on his luck today.

While they were setting off to draw lots, the others did not fall behind in practicing.

Just after finishing breakfast, Yukichi received a flurry of phone calls.

"Hey, hey, hey! Kazuya!"

"..." Yukichi silently put the phone away from his ear.

"What happened to that kid? Could he be sick again?"

"Are you talking about Sawamura..." Miyuki Daiming said before moving the phone closer.

"Who else but him! He didn't show up for the interview last night! Is that so bad?"

"...He's fine and will recover soon." Before he came back, Yukichi naturally told him the reason for last night.

"How can he be so weak? How do you take care of a precious pitcher? I despise you!"

"..." Being forced to take the blame for no apparent reason, Yukichi couldn't help but twitch his lips, "It was indeed our mistake..."

"How is he now? Don't let him burn up in Koshien!"

"He has a good rest, you don't have to worry." Yukichi really wanted to hang up the phone, for he was afraid of being exposed if he said too much.

"I'm not worried about him! I'm just concerned that I won't be able to defeat him at his full strength after he comes back burned out!"

"..." Upon hearing this, Yukichi smiled wickedly, "Although Narimiya-senpai is tough-mouthed, he is a gentle and kind senior!"

"Stop being so disgusting! Tell him to get better soon! I'm hanging up!"

"Click!"

"..." As the phone beeped, Yuki looked at the phone and smiled helplessly, "You're such a tough guy..."

Afterwards, Furutani did not miss the opportunity and caught Miyuki to pass the ball to him. Miyuki also had the opportunity to see Furutani's condition after his initial recovery.

Kawakami went to practice pitching and hitting with the batters, while Tamba was practicing simulated pitching alone.

"Shh!"

The swung towel created a strong gust of wind, telling everyone his dissatisfaction and his ambition to prove himself.

He gave up three runs in less than three innings, and only when his junior came on to help stabilize the bad situation could he do so.

Although everyone can understand that such a development would happen, it is all because of the presence of Zi, the perverted body scanner in Xibang.

He has done everything he can...

"That's not the case..."

The first at-bat was to observe his pitching...

'Not strong enough...'

Because he is so weak, he is so easy to be seen through...

'I'm not willing to accept this...'

Since you are so unwilling that you cry, just become stronger!

"Bald man, are you still sad?"

"No...no!" Startled by the person who suddenly appeared next to him, Tamba looked at the smiling Ryosuke in horror.

"Heh..." Ryosuke smiled meaningfully. Danbo's nervous look was really funny. "Let's practice shooting!"

"Hmm..." Danbo nodded blankly and went to get the gloves.

'I thought he'd at least make a sarcastic remark or two...'

I want to play more baseball, I want to taste victory more often, and I don’t want to waste the effort I have put into baseball.

And now, they are getting closer and closer to their only goal.

It was the last draw of the Summer Koshien. When everyone learned that Yuki and Chris had brought the schedule back, they all ran back to the hotel.

This time, Ah Zhe's luck...

How to put it, looking at the schedule, everyone had a weird expression on their face and didn't know what to say.

After all, they are all teams that have made it to the quarterfinals, and each of them is a well-known and powerful team. It feels like it will be a tough battle no matter which team they face.

So, it's neither good nor bad...

"It's okay!" Seeing that no one said anything, Yuki drank tea calmly. It seems that the draw this time was pretty good.

"Yes!" Everyone's mouth twitched.

Hey! Anyway, the fortune is something that cannot be explained!

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When it was time for dinner, Rongchun came back just in time for dinner.

"I'm back..."

Everyone saw that he was like a starving ghost as soon as he came back. He ran for the food without saying a word. He didn't even put down his gift bag and almost jumped directly onto the dining table.

Rong Chun held the plate with one hand, picking up dishes and putting them into his mouth.

“Can you please behave yourself?” Kuramochi, who was also selecting dishes, showed a look of disdain, “No one is competing with you for the food!”

“Yeah... I’m hungry..." Rongchun replied vaguely while continuing to pick up food.

"Let me get you some soup..." Kuramochi waved his hand helplessly and asked him to sit over, then turned around to get him another serving of soup.

"Then let me get another portion of rice for Rongchun!" Haruichi on the side also went to help when he saw this.

"Thank you, Kuramochi-senpai and Koharu!" Eijun swallowed a big mouthful of food, sat down with the meal and started to wolf it down again.

“……” Kuramochi sat down and handed the soup over, and Eijun took it and drank it in two sips.

"Give my soup to Eijun!" Seeing him like this, Jōgō handed over his own soup as well.

"Thank you!" Rongchun took the soup from Fūya and swallowed two more mouthfuls.

"Eijun, eat slowly..." Chun Shi was worried that he would swallow it when he saw the way he was eating, so he reminded him worriedly.

"Haven't you had lunch?" Chris sat down at their table and handed a bowl of soup to Rongchun.

"No..." After receiving the care from Senior Chris, he finally looked up, shook his head and continued eating.

"Where's breakfast?" Chris asked again.

"without..."

"Where was dinner yesterday?" Chris frowned.

"..."

"That means I didn't have lunch yesterday..." Chris held his forehead in distress.

"What's so important that you have to skip four meals!" Kuramochi felt something was wrong the more he listened, and he roared at Eijun.

"Cough! Cough..." Startled by the roar in his ear, Rongchun choked and vomited out the rice without swallowing it.

"Hey!" Seeing this, Kuramochi quickly handed over the soup.

"Eijun..." Haruichi was worried and wanted to calm him down, but was stopped by his brother behind him.

"Ahem..." Rongchun also habitually raised his hand to stop his hand from touching his back, and waved to indicate that he was fine.

"Kuramochi, you scared him." Ryosuke at the next table looked at Kuramochi reproachfully.

"Feel sorry!"

"Sawamura, eat slowly!" Isashiki said as he quickly brought him another bowl of soup.

"Sawamura!"

Even though his face was red and tears were streaming down his face from choking, everyone tacitly avoided touching him. They watched him coughing so hard that he could hardly breathe, and they were anxious.

"cough cough..."

Rong Chun coughed for a while before he caught his breath. Looking at the chewed food that he had spit into the plate, he smiled helplessly and scooped it up to continue eating.

"Don't eat this!"

Seeing this, Kuramochi went to get his plate but was stopped by Eijun.

"It's not like I can't eat anymore." Rong Chun smiled nonchalantly, "If you have anything to say, wait until I'm full before you talk!"

"Sawamura-chan..." Seeing Sawamura busy eating again, Masuko began to advise him earnestly, "You've skipped several meals like this. Eating so much at once is not good for your stomach."

"Yeah, okay..." Rongchun responded.

"Sawamura, chew it well before swallowing..." Seeing the way he ate, Sakai felt like his throat was blocked.

"Yeah, okay..." Rongchun responded.

"You can't do this anymore..."

"OK, all right..."

"..." After Rong Chun's perfunctory response, everyone had no choice but to eat their own food first.

After eating two large bowls of rice, two dishes, and several bowls of soup, Rong Chun finally felt full and got up to get more dishes and rice.

While picking up food, I noticed the schedule of the quarterfinals posted on the whiteboard.

"Oh! Yuuki-senpai, you drew a very good fortune!"

"Yeah! I think it's great too!" Yuki nodded in complete agreement.

"Well! There's nothing to worry about when it comes to fortune!"

"Yeah! I think so too!" Yuki nodded in complete agreement.

The following schedule will become tight, with the eight to four, four to two and the championship and runner-up competitions being continuous, and the champion will be decided within three days.

Tomorrow's eight teams will be divided into four matches...

The first match: the giant monsters of South Hokkaido vs. the white dragon of Gunma

The second match, Meitoku Gijuku (Kochi) vs. Chiben Wakayama (Wakayama)

The third match, Seidou (West Tokyo) vs. Shugetsukan (Kumamoto)

The fourth match, Tenri from Nara vs. Yuei from Miyagi

These teams are almost all regulars in Koshien, so no matter which team they face, it will be a challenge for Seidou.

Every team here will try their best to hit, pitch, score and defend points.

Even if Qingdao wins the quarterfinals, no matter the next opponent is Yu Rong or Tianli, it will be difficult to reach the finals intact.

"This draw is really good." Chris came to Rongchun who was standing in front of the board.

"Yeah! Especially after comparing it to the other group." Rongchun said that he really had nothing to complain about.

"First, Giant Troll and White Dragon are drawn together. No matter who wins, they will have to face Mingde Gijuku or Chiben Wakayama later." Of course, Rong Jun is sure that Giant Troll will win.

"It's not that easy for us, but if we advance to the finals, we should be able to conserve our strength appropriately." Chris also pointed out the good aspects of this schedule.

"Of course, the premise is to arrange the next two games reasonably." Chris said with a smile. At least it is useful to get rid of bad luck.

"Ah!" Rongchun laughed and saw the newspaper on the table next to him.

"This is..." Rongchun picked up the newspaper and saw that it was reporting yesterday's game, but these photos and titles were...

"Ah... This is the interview from last night..." Chris looked at Rongchun helplessly, "You were not here..."

"Last night's interview was broadcast live on TV!"

"It's a shame you didn't appear on camera, Sawamura!"

"Rare opportunity!"

“Everyone is on camera...”

"Really..." Rong Chun responded lightly and looked at the newspaper.

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