Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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Chris looked around and found Eijun in the store.

Seeing the familiar figure, Chris breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the child.

"..." Rongchun noticed Chris's arrival and waved to him happily, "Senior Chris, I'm here."

"Are you...hungry?" Chris came to the store and looked at the counter full of food and the clerk who was still working. The doubt he asked became puzzled.

"Yeah." Rongchun nodded, "I also bought everyone's share."

"Is this so..."

"Eijun-kun is back...why are you carrying so many things?"

Koharu stood up in surprise and took half of what Eijun was carrying, then she smelled fried chicken, "Food?"

"Ah."

Rongchun and Chris finally distributed the food in their hands to the players in the stands, sat down to enjoy their own portions, and sorted out the current situation.

Tamba pitched well in the first six innings, but unfortunately he was beaten by Yokohama Gakuen in the seventh inning and lost four runs.

So now the problem becomes how Seidou's batting line is going to get back four points. After all, no matter how strong Seidou's batting line is, it is still quite difficult to get back four points.

Looking at the sweaty Tanba-senpai in the rest area and the supervisor's actions, Eijun stuffed a mouthful of chicken nuggets and asked, "Are we going to change players?"

"In the top of the eighth inning, Seidou High School changed pitchers."

The announcer's subsequent announcement confirmed Rongchun's guess and aroused the audience's confusion.

"Eh? You want to change the pitcher?"

"Besides Tamba, does Seidou have any other pitchers who can shut down Yokohama Gakuen's batting line?"

"The person taking the field in place of No. 8 Tanba is—Pitcher Furutani! Pitcher Furutani!"

As the broadcast sounded, Fūya walked onto the pitcher's mound amid doubts.

"Fōgiya Akatsuki! Hey! This kid is only a first-year student!"

"Such a big scene actually pushed the first graders up..."

"Has Seidou given up the game?"

The people in the stands were so surprised that their mouths almost dropped. "He's really on the court!"

"You don't seem surprised at all." Chris handed the drink to Rongchun, who had his mouth full, and reminded him, "Eat slowly. There's more."

"Hmm..." Rongchun nodded vaguely, took a sip of the drink to swallow the food, wiped his mouth and replied: "I think it's not surprising that he can play with his pitching."

"So how do you think he'll perform?"

"Yeah." Eijun picked up a piece of chicken and looked at Furuya who was ready to pitch on the pitcher's mound. "I believe he will make a big splash here."

As if to confirm Eijun's answer, Furutani's first goal shocked the entire stadium.

Baseball men from all over Kanto...will remember this man forever.

"Right!" Eijun showed a proud look and pointed to Furuya who was striking out the hitters one after another on the field.

"You're not the one pitching the ball, why are you so proud?"

The supervisor of Yokogaku was extremely annoyed by the current situation. "What are you doing? Your opponent is just a first-year student! Don't hit the ball that high!"

The aggressive Fūdani obviously did not disappoint everyone. He struck out five hitters from Yokogaku in a row and completely brought the atmosphere on the field over.

"Seidou High School actually has such a monster pitcher!"

"Which junior high school did he graduate from? I've never heard of the name Fūya Akatsuki!"

"You're so good, why not strike out the last one as well!"

"Strike him out!"

"Strike him out!"

As the audience continued to cheer for the strikeout, the head coach of Yokogaku looked very upset, "Our school is leading now! They practiced hitting with the pitching machine every day... but they would swing at the bad ball he threw..."

"Does this kid's pitching really put so much pressure on them?"

"Haha... I can't tell he's in the first grade like us..." Xiaochun put down the chicken nugget in surprise, feeling like he didn't know whether to eat it or not.

"You have the power to tear apart the opponent's fighting spirit with just one ball. This is the biggest difference between you and Furuya." Chris frowned at Eijun who was only concerned with eating.

"If this continues, I think you will only be his backup for the next three years... Or do you want to go to another high school and become an ace pitcher?"

"..." Rongchun's eating movements became slower and slower until he was holding something in his mouth. He stared blankly at the unhappy Chris, and his expression suddenly changed, "Chris-senpai...are you going to chase me away?"

"Eijun-kun..." Rongjun suddenly looked like he was about to cry, causing others to look at him sideways, "What's wrong?"

"Hey!" Chris didn't expect that his angry words would be taken seriously, and he hurriedly comforted him, "No, I was just talking nonsense, I didn't mean to chase you away, I'm sorry, don't cry..."

"Um..."

"Yokohama Gakuen changed hitters."

"Hey! Now change the batter!"

"...The one who came up to pinch hit was Sawamura! Sawamura!"

"Sawamura?"

"..." Rongjun stopped crying and looked at the batter who had the same surname as him. The first thing that caught his eye was the long, shining hair that could not be covered even with a hat.

"That person also has long hair. If you don't know, you might think it's Rongchun-kun on the court!" Xiaochun smiled and looked at Rongchun, but unexpectedly, Rongchun was looking at the court with a shocked expression.

"What's wrong?" Chris also noticed Rongchun's changes and asked worriedly.

The batters on the field let go of the first ball thrown by the roar.

"A bad ball!"

“……” Miyuki looked up at the batter who was not moving at all and felt something was not good!

His momentum is not inferior to that of senior Yuki. This kind of batter is simply the nemesis of Furutani. It is impossible to predict what his next move will be.

"Forget it, this guy doesn't have the ability to control the ball anyway..."

However, what Yuki didn't expect was that a baseball bat suddenly appeared in front of him and blocked the flying ball. Then, a deafening sound of hitting was heard.

The ball seemed to have lost gravity, passing over the outfield who had just reacted and ran to catch the ball, passing over the blocking net representing a home run, and flew out, startling a chorus of birds.

"No...no way!"

"What was that! The ball flew out like a missile!"

"That's too crazy! That's a 150-kilometer pitch!"

"Oh oh oh!!"

The atmosphere in the stadium was once again brought to a climax, but the batter himself put down the bat with extraordinary calmness and started running the bases.

"..." Eijun looked at the man who looked over as he ran to first base, and got goosebumps all of a sudden with excitement, 'As expected!'

"..." Chris, who had been paying attention to Rongchun since just now, naturally did not miss the excitement in Rongchun's eyes. This was the first time he saw Rongchun with such an expression.

Chris looked at the batter who ran to home plate and returned to the dugout, "Who is this person! I've never heard of someone with such ability!"

Despite being hit out for the first time in his life, Furutani still used his power to strike out the next batter and let the game continue.

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“Yesterday’s game was really exciting!”

“The offensive in the ninth inning really gives me goosebumps!”

"Although we lost the game, we actually pushed Yokohama Gakuen to that point. It seems that we should have a good chance of advancing to Koshien this year."

"But the most surprising thing is what happened after the game..."

"Hmm...it's really surprising!"

After the game, Rongchun wanted to run away, but was caught by Chris, and was dragged back dejectedly.

However, when leaving the arena, Eijun didn't notice the seniors who had stopped in front of him, and bumped into them, "What's wrong?"

"That guy is the hitter from Hengxue..."

"What's that guy doing here?"

"..." Amid the hostile tone of the crowd, Rongchun looked at the person standing next to the Qingdao bus, "Ichiro!"

"What!?"

Suddenly frightened by Sawamura, everyone hadn't reacted before they saw Sawamura rushing out, running straight towards another Sawamura, and then suddenly leaped up and pounced on him.

"Sawa...Sawamura!"

"what are you doing!?"

"This guy! It's even more intense than when I hugged Chris!"

"What do you mean by more intense than hugging me..." Chris held his forehead helplessly and looked at the two people hugging each other, 'This means that he is very important to Rongchun...'

"It's been a long time since we last met." Ichiro hugged Rongchun, who was wrapped around him, and chuckled, "You look a little older."

"Yeah." Rongchun hugged Ichiro tightly and nodded, saying in a muffled voice: "I'm so glad you're okay. It's all my fault. I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"I've already told you that it was my own fault." Ichiro patted Eijun's back helplessly, trying to comfort the crying Eijun, "Don't cry."

"Hmm..." Eijun wiped away his tears and jumped down, turning around and waving to his teammates, "Chris-senpai, this is my brother!"

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

Then, his face gradually changed and he cried out in surprise, "Eh!!!"

"Aren't you an only child?!"

"No!" Eijun pulled Ichiro towards his teammates and said with a smile, "This is my cousin."

"..." Ichiro looked at Chris, who looked more mature and steady than the others, and nodded: "My name is Ichiro Sawamura. Eijun mentioned you to me. Thank you for taking care of Eijun. This child is difficult to manage."

"No, Sawamura is very obedient. It is he whom I should thank. Thanks to him, I can continue to play baseball."

"That means I just obey your orders!"

Everyone looked at the two people chatting coldly, and looked at Eijun who was smiling broadly. In fact, they were quite surprised that Sawamura was so difficult to deal with. They didn't expect that his brother was even more perverted.

"By the way, why is Ichiro at Yokohama Academy?"

"Hmm..." Facing Eijun's confusion, Ichiro smiled helplessly and said, "I originally wanted to go to the school you and Xinyi were in, but I remembered the wrong school."

"Because, didn't you say that Yokohama Academy's rugby team is pretty good... I thought you were going there."

"..." So, I did mention Hengxue, and Eijun smiled sheepishly, "I should have told Ichiro."

"I thought I'd be in the baseball club if I ran into you on the field. Although not on the field, I'm glad you came."

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