Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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Back to the present, in the final process of yesterday's game, Qingdao High School snatched back two points from Yokogaku after a strong attack.

In the end, they lost to Yokohama Gakuen in the first round with a score of 7-4, ending their schedule in this year's Kanto Tournament.

"Good defense."

During the defensive practice, Rongchun received praise from Chris for his clean and neat defensive movements. He happily finished his practice for the day and sat in the rest area in a daze.

"Sawamura-kun." Takashima Rei found Eijun in the rest area as she wished, "Your brother is here to see you."

"Hey!" Rongjun stood up and looked in the direction that Mr. Takashima pointed, then saw Ichiro and ran over happily.

Seeing his strength, even Takashima Rei came to join in the fun. In the evening, Ichiro was kept by Eijun, and he was given a dinner that would scare these big eaters.

"I quit the baseball club."

"Eh?" Eijun paused while picking up the food, looked at Ichiro expectantly and asked, "So...are you coming to Qingdao?"

The conversation between the two immediately attracted the attention of others.

Although it was not very kind to poach students from another school, after hearing those two sentences, Takashima Rei could not hold back her eager heart, "If Sawamura-kun could come to our school..."

"No." Ichiro stopped Takashima Rei from talking, took a sip of soup and said with a smile: "I've been busy with work recently and have no time to play."

"Work? I heard from Sawamura...Eijun-kun that you are only one year older than him, right?"

“Really…” Rong Chun lowered his head with regret, “Then there’s nothing we can do.”

"Well, there are a few major surgeries going on recently...if you want, you can come and watch."

"...Is it okay?" Seeing Ichiro's face that said, "If I say yes, who dares to object," Eijun grinned, "Of course I'll go to watch Ichiro's operating table."

"What are you talking about?" This was too worrying. Isashiki smacked his lips unhappily, "Are you saying that your brother is not going to study in high school anymore? He's going to work?"

"No..." Seeing that everyone had obviously misunderstood, Rongchun explained: "Ichiro has already completed his doctorate and returned from studying abroad. He is a doctor!"

"Eh!"

"That's pretty impressive, right?" Ignoring the skeptical expressions of others, Eijun looked at Ichiro with admiration.

"I was seriously injured once before, and the surgeon who performed the surgery on me was Ichiro. Moreover, Ichiro was only fourteen years old at the time! He was amazing, right?"

"..." Ichiro looked as if he didn't notice Eijun's gaze. He finished the rest of the soup, fulfilled the rules of this cafeteria, picked up the gift bag and put it on the table for Eijun.

"Yes, it's neat and clean, and the basic equipment is well maintained. I can see that you have carefully disinfected and organized it. I have also replaced your books with new ones."

"Yes, I check them regularly and am always prepared. I also study these books carefully until I can recite them by heart." Upon being praised, Rongchun's eyes lit up and he took the luggage bag that he had taken by mistake and now returned.

"But don't eat too much candy." Ichiro took out the candy jar from the bag and said calmly, "Confiscate it."

"Yes, I'll eat less..." Seeing the candy jar being taken away from him, Rongchun instantly lowered his head in despair and took back the bag.

"I don't understand what they are saying at all!" Isashiki, who was standing nearby, said that he was having trouble wrapping his mind around it.

"..." He really had a lot of expression on his face. Ichiro asked with a smile, "How long have you not slept?"

"forgotten."

"When was the last time you fell asleep?"

"Hmm...I think it was the last time I changed the books, I was exhausted and slept for a few hours..."

Everyone was a little shocked as they didn't expect the two brothers to discuss such a serious issue so calmly, and then they heard Ichiro talking.

"It's almost half a year."

Ichiro casually told the time that everyone else was shocked, reached into his pocket, took out a small bottle of medicine, and gave it to Kuramochi.

"This child likes you very much. He will take the medicine as long as you tell him to. Please let him take the medicine before 10 o'clock every night. One pill is enough."

"Eh!?" Kuramochi looked at the medicine in front of him in surprise. If that was the case, he should have given it to Chris senior. He was the one who often bullied Eijun, relying on the fact that he was the only senior who would not resist his roommate.

Kuramochi was puzzled for a moment but finally accepted the medicine, "I understand."

"..." Ichiro smiled in relief, picked up his coat, stood up and pushed the candy jar to Chris, "Don't give him more than three lollipops a day."

"Hey! Only three!"

"Three at most."

"Oh..." Eijun watched Ichiro leave the cafeteria until he disappeared outside the door.

"It seems like your brother has lived abroad for a long time!" Kuramochi exclaimed while eating.

"Hmm?" Eijun turned to look at Kuramochi in confusion, then chuckled after thinking for a moment, "Well, he has lived abroad for many years and only came here in recent years."

“Although I don’t quite understand what you are saying, I can tell that his aura is very unusual.”

"Right!" Eijun proudly took a few mouthfuls of rice, and while chewing, he suddenly remembered something he liked, "I forgot to tell Ichiro!!"

"what!"

The people next to him were startled by Rong Chun's sudden shout, and saw him shoveling away the remaining rice, puffing his cheeks, putting on his bag and signaling to Chris, "I'm full."

Then he ran away.

"..." Chris had originally planned to chat with Rongchun after dinner, but he didn't expect him to run so fast. He had no choice but to pack up his empty plate and Rongchun's, then took his candy jar and left the cafeteria.

"Chris, senior." Miyuki followed Chris out of the cafeteria and found Chris next to the vending machine. "Are you thinking about something?"

"Nothing." Chris shook his head, and smiled helplessly at Miyuki's unbelieving expression: "Thinking about Sawamura..."

"Chris-senpai seems to be worried about Sawamura every day."

"...Yeah?"

The sound of the drink falling was unusually loud at this time. Yuki took out a can of drink and handed it to Chris. "Although that boy is difficult to manage, he is training very seriously now!"

"After practice today, I also consciously did the closing exercises and then went to rest."

Yuki sat next to Chris and asked the silent Chris: "Senior Chris, what do you think of that boy?"

"The talent that has been carefully honed but has no chance to be used, plus that kind of changeup..." Miyuki smiled and said, "For catchers, this kind of pitcher has a unique appeal, right?"

"Aren't we, the catcher, the only ones who can bring out his potential?"

"..." Chris didn't look at Miyuki, but pursed his lips and whispered: "Eijun is very talented. As his catcher, I will let him continue to grow."

"How to guide Tamba and Furuya to throw good balls..." Chris stood up and gave Miyuki a look, "This is the issue you need to focus on most right now."

"Do your best! The first team's catcher!"

"..." Yukichi looked at Chris's departing back, thinking of the warning look just now, and said to himself helplessly, "Is this the possessiveness of the catcher?"

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"Sawamura! Take your medicine."

"Sawamura-chan! You should take your medicine!"

"so bitter!"

"Sawamura! Don't spit it out! Swallow it!"

After taking the medicine given by Ichiro, Rongchun still couldn't sleep. Logically speaking, the medicine they gave him was not an ordinary medicine, so Rongchun paid close attention to his condition.

However, after taking it for a few days, there was no reaction and he forgot to pay attention to his physical condition.

Weekend is a baseball boy’s favorite day, when he can get away from the worries of studying and sweat on the field.

This was the day that Rong Chun disliked the most, because for nearly half a day, he could only watch others practice, even though he was either reading a book or daydreaming.

But today is different. The coach arranged for him to participate in a practice match, and he can partner with Chris. This is his first time playing in Qingdao after many days.

Eijun pitched as the starting pitcher for the second team, Chris was the catcher, and their opponent was the Komadai Metropolitan High School Baseball Club.

Standing on the clean pitcher's mound that had never been stepped on, Rongjun looked at Chris who was ready at home plate, and his heart was calm.

This was a hard requirement for him to follow after three years of fighting on the battlefield: "No matter what happens at any time, you must stay calm."

He had already brought this rigid requirement to the field before going to the battlefield. As soon as he stepped on the pitcher's mound to pitch, he would throw away all his emotions. Even if a home run was hit, he could still continue pitching without any ripples.

After glancing at the batter who was coming on the field with disdain, Rong Chun received Chris's signal and nodded, ready to pitch.

The man squatting at home plate was his acknowledged partner. "Finally, I fight side by side with you again."

The ball suddenly flew out. The batter of Komashiro High School originally wanted to take a good look at the pitcher's pitch, but during the pitching action, the pitcher's hand suddenly disappeared.

He swung at the ball that flashed before his eyes in an instant and luckily hit the ball.

But before he could be happy, the heavy ball pressed him so hard that he could hardly hold the bat. At this moment, there was only a stubborn voice in his heart, pulling the ball out, "Fly it out!"

In the end, he was defeated by the heavy ball. The ball just flew softly towards third base, but was quickly intercepted by Rongjun, who passed it to first base with his backhand, and the batter was out.

The leader of Komashiro High School returned to the rest area disappointed.

"What are you doing? You can't even hit such a simple ball!?"

"No..." The batter took off his cap and looked at the pitcher on the pitcher's mound with an expression of disbelief. "The pitcher's pitching posture is so weird. I can't see the ball coming out of the mound, and the ball is so heavy, like he's shooting a shot put..."

Facing the second batter, Chris boldly hit a straight red ball.

Komashiro's second batter suddenly felt underestimated, frowned, and swung the bat out with the momentum of hitting a home run.

"Whoosh..." The ball flew over, hit very high but not far. The big man on third base stood in place, opened his gloves to the sky, and caught the ball.

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