Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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My vision was completely dark, and tears were overflowing...

"..." Rongchun blinked his moist eyes, looked at the dark ceiling and continued to lie there for a while before he turned over and got up, staring blankly at the room.

He fell asleep.

He had a dream, a dream from a long, long time ago. In the dream, he was asleep. He heard war songs and saw many people.

"Gululu~"

His stomach growled at this moment, and he reached out and felt around his pillow, but he didn't find the baseball and wishing card that should have been placed next to the pillow.

In a hurry, he turned over and jumped off the bed, but his legs went weak and he fell to his knees.

Rongchun patted his thigh, grabbed the bed frame and stood up, finally found his baseball and wishing card on the desk, and then walked out of the room at a slow pace.

He didn't know what time it was, and the dormitory corridor was so quiet that there was no one around. Rongchun walked into the cafeteria, looked around, and cooked some rice for himself.

He ate three bowls of rice in silence with a glass of water, washed the dishes and left the cafeteria.

"..." Standing at the door of the cafeteria, he didn't know where to go next. The cheers from the stadium became the choice in his blank brain.

It was impossible to hear the sounds of the court at this distance, but Rongchun still walked towards the court at a slow pace.

Rongchun's sudden appearance on the court was obviously quickly discovered, and Chris was no exception.

"Eijun..." Chris stared at Rongchun who was walking towards him, and found that he was only wearing pajamas and barefoot. His face changed and he quickly ran out of the field.

"Chris-senpai..." After being grabbed by the rushing Chris, Rongchun curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled, "Good morning."

“Why did you get up?” Chris supported the pale, shaky Rong Chun, feeling angry and heartbroken. “You haven’t recovered yet, how can you come out!”

"I had a dream..." Rongchun lowered his head and murmured in an extremely tired and weak voice, "A dream from a long time ago..."

"It's okay, it was just a dream." Chris held Rongchun's body with one hand and felt his face with the other hand, and found that it was still a little hot. "Let's go to the hospital for a check-up!"

"..." Rongchun shook his head with a headache, his eyes gradually moistened and his voice changed, "That was not just a dream, not just a dream... It was an important person... that I could not lose..."

"Sawamura." Kuramochi brought a pair of spare shoes and put them on Eijun without saying a word.

"Sawamura, how do you feel?"

"You've been sleeping for three whole days."

The team members who were originally in training also gathered around him. He had been in a coma for three days and had a low-grade fever that wouldn't go away. Even the doctor was of no use, which really scared a lot of people.

"Chris!"

As soon as Eijun showed up, someone found the coaching staff, and Kataoka and Takashima rushed over after hearing about it.

"How is Sawamura-kun?" Takashima adjusted his glasses while panting and looked at them worriedly.

"The fever hasn't subsided yet, and he's a little confused."

"Go to the hospital right now!"

Ignoring Eijun shaking his head, Kataoka carried Eijun on his back, told Takashima to keep an eye on the team, and headed to the hospital with Chris and Eijun.

When they arrived at the hospital, the doctor thought that Chris, who was livid and trembling all over, was the patient, but the pale Rongchun on his back obviously looked worse.

"He vomited..." Chris panicked when he thought of Rongchun who was vomiting gastric juice and retching in the car because of motion sickness caused by a low-grade fever. "He said he was hungry when he woke up... so he ate some food... How could this happen! "

"Relatives, please wait outside." The doctor stopped Chris who wanted to go in, signaled to Supervisor Kataoka to let him wait outside, and closed the door.

"Chris." Although Kataoka's face was not very good, he still maintained his composure as a supervisor, "Calm down, this is a hospital."

"Yes..." Chris thought he had never lost his composure like this before, but he was restless because he couldn't calm down.

In the emergency room, Rong Chun was in a daze and let the doctor do whatever he wanted. After a very uncomfortable examination, he felt better.

When he regained consciousness, his nose was filled with the smell of disinfectant, and Rongchun turned his eyes to the familiar figure beside the bed.

"Mother..."

"Eijun!" The sudden voice called back her mother's attention. She smiled and walked closer to Rongchun, "How do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else?"

"Feel much better."

"You wait, I'll call the doctor."

Afterwards, the mother brought the doctor and Supervisor Kataoka into the ward. After the doctor's examination, it was confirmed that Rongjun's condition had improved, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"The day after you had a fever, my father and grandfather came to see you. You had a low-grade fever for three days. The doctor came... but you beat him up..."

Speaking of this, thinking of the supervisor and Miss Takashima who were stunned there at the time, the mother was also embarrassed and pushed this troublesome child to the care of the school.

"Grandpa saw that you still had such spirit, so he went home with Dad first."

"..." So the doctor with a swollen face just now whispered something like thankfully, "Luckily you don't have the strength this time," "I will apologize to the doctor."

The supervisor who confirmed that Rongchun was fine has returned to the school to report the good news, while Rongchun was forced by the doctor to be hospitalized for observation.

"There's no point in apologizing. Even if you stare at the ceiling in a daze, you can't leave."

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When Rongchun was finally discharged from the hospital, it was another Sunday.

After sending his mother to the car, Rongjun followed Takashima back to Qingdao.

The match between Seidou Second Army and Asakura Kita was in full swing, and Koharu ended the game with a perfect defense.

"..." Looking at the envious look in Fūya's eyes while he was running nearby, Eijun said with a smile, "That guy has an expression that says 'I really want to compete...'"

"..." Takashima Rei, who was standing behind him, pushed up her glasses, raised her eyebrows, and grabbed Rongchun who had strayed away, "The dormitory is over here, go back and rest!"

"...yes."

Forced to go back to the dormitory to rest, Rong Chun took off his mask and hat, sat in front of the desk for a while, then took out a new medical book and started reading.

In the cafeteria at night, Rongchun successfully received greetings from everyone. Seeing Rongchun looking much better, everyone was relieved, but seeing that he seemed a little weak, they didn't surround him and say much.

"It's the medicine Ichiro gave me..." Eijun drank the porridge slowly while answering Kuramochi-senpai's question about why he suddenly fell so seriously ill.

"What?!" Kuramochi was so shocked that the food in his mouth fell out. The medicine was given to him by Rongchun's brother himself, and he was the one who gave it to Rongchun later.

"Infectious bacteria... a mildly harmful pathogen that accumulates in the human body to form pathogens. The infection effect and onset time vary from person to person, and can be mild or severe."

"Huh?!" Kuramochi was inexplicably relieved. At least it wasn't him who made a mistake and made Eijun sick. "Is there still such a stupid-sounding medicine?"

"This is a special medicine made by our family for their own use." Rongchun finished his porridge and obediently gave the bowl to Chris, asking him to add another bowl.

There are many people like Rong Chun in the family, who hold high positions, have special identities, harsh environments, and are psychologically abnormal.

I want to rest but I can't. My body is rested but my mind is not. Rong Chun is not very clear about other things, but he knows that this is especially true for those who have been on the battlefield.

"When a person is sick, the brain will force the body to enter a state of self-repair, which is called rest..." At this time, they cannot rest, so they can only rest.

So, for them, "from another perspective, being sick may be a good thing in a sense."

'What a strange logic!'

"..." After hearing this, Jyoutani was confused and naively said what everyone was thinking, "How strange."

"This extreme behavior of making your body sick..." Chris frowned and said this after a long silence, "It's not a way to rest at all!"

"Yeah... That's weird." Eijun thought it was an extreme method at first, but it was undeniable that "But this is the best sleep I've had in the past three years."

"..." Chris paused when he heard the chewing, looked up at Rong Chun who was drinking porridge with his head down, pursed his lips and chuckled, "Do you want to take a walk after dinner?"

"Yeah! Okay!"

After learning that Fōtani was demoted to the second team and banned from pitching because his nails were broken due to not taking care of his fingers, Eijun took the initiative to teach Fōtani how to take care of his fingers as a way to pass the time.

"I'm so unwilling..." Looking at his neatly trimmed nails, Furuya looked at Eijun in disappointment, "I was replaced on the mound before I could even try my best. I have a trustworthy defense... a trustworthy catcher..."

“Oh…” Eijun was packing up his finger care stuff and replied, “I only recognize Chris-senpai as the catcher.”

Fūya glared at Eijun who was only busy cleaning up, "A pitcher who can stand on that pitcher's mound is really lucky! The first team is such a good place..."

"Are you showing off?" Eijun packed up his things before finally turning to look at Furuya and picking up the baseball. "Want to play catch?"

"go with!"

Although Fūtani's fingernails had healed, the coach still wouldn't let him pitch, so he had to vent his dissatisfaction by playing baseball.

While others were amazed at Fūtani's striking ability, Eijun could only sit outside the court. He didn't even have the chance to enter the court, let alone practice.

Rong Chun was flipping through a medical book, leaning against a tree with a lollipop in his mouth, while paying attention to his phone.

He hadn't seen his favorites in a long time. He contacted them but got no response, and they didn't come to school either, so Rongchun had no choice but to wait for them to contact him.

What he regretted most was that he was unable to attend the family dance. When he was unconscious, the dance was scheduled to be held.

Now that he thought about it, Ichiro came to him at that time and gave him the medicine because he simply didn't want him to go to the dance!

He was probably afraid that he wouldn't be able to handle the dance and something might happen at the dance.

So, when the senior was not so vigilant, Rongjun sneaked out.

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