Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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On the second day of training, the team started a new day of training early in the morning before recovering from yesterday's fatigue.

The morning training still starts with running, but after ten laps of running, there are 200 bat swinging exercises, catching exercises, and then it ends with twenty laps of running.

Jōtani and Koharu had already been troubled by muscle aches all over their bodies. Every step they took made them grit their teeth in pain, but they still insisted on completing their morning exercises.

"You want to fuck us to death early in the morning..." Panting, Koharu took a difficult step. Looking at Eijun who was still chatting happily with Chris, she couldn't help but admire him. "As expected, Eijun is really amazing."

When they arrived at the cafeteria, Fūya and Koharu, who had become somewhat accustomed to the prescribed meal portions, were once again caught in a vicious cycle of eating or not eating.

"If there are any leftovers, I'll tell the supervisor!" Jin Wan, who was entrusted by Senior Chris to monitor the three first-year students, was very unhappy at the moment. "I wish you all the best in the first team! I'll share my food with you! Eat it!"

"What!" Xiaochun was so scared that the food in his mouth got stuck and he couldn't swallow it.

The full bowl of food that fell from the sky made Jyoutani's face turn pale, and he silently chose to ignore it.

"Thank you, Kinmaru." Rongchun, who was not worried about eating at all, did not feel that this was harming him like he did in his previous life.

Mainly because he received a lollipop from senior Chris, and happily planned to have the lollipop as a snack after breakfast.

When Jōgōu and Koharu saw Eijun like this, they were both envious and their mouths moved silently.

"Sawamura... You don't look very tired..." Unexpectedly, Eijun still had such an appetite. Isashiki smiled and said, "It seems that you will not have the privilege of rest from today, right?"

"Yes!" Rong Chun didn't like any privileges, so not having rest time made him feel more natural. "I will try my best!"

After staring at Fūya and Koharu for a while, Kanemaru finally realized something was wrong and pointed at their food and got angry. "You didn't even move your chopsticks! Only your mouths were moving! Are you trying to show me how to eat?"

Under Kanamaru's supervision and under the pressure of his authority, Fūya and Koharu both ate some of the food.

During class time, Rong Chun still spent the entire class reading books. He only put away his books after school and attended the team's afternoon training.

The afternoon training started with fielding exercises...

Since he had no chance to get on the pitcher's mound, Fūya vented his dissatisfaction on defensive practice, and with a decent outfield pass, he aroused the competitive spirit of the second and third graders.

"He's really good at playing baseball... He even does a good job of catching in the outfield." Exclaiming this, Chris looked at Eijun, who was also a pitcher and was patiently teaching Furuya how to defend, and sighed unconsciously.

It's obvious that Furuya's desire for the pitcher's mound is materialized, and his possessiveness for the mound is also strong... Compared to him...

"..." Rongchun felt the unintentional gaze of Chris senior, thought about it, and silently moved to the front of the block to practice ball control.

The third day of training...

Due to the accumulation of fatigue, Xiaochun began to make mistakes in defensive training, frequently missed catches, and was even hit in the arm by a bouncing ball.

"What's the matter? Can't run anymore?"

“Practice has just begun!”

"Damn it..." Facing the senior's questioning, Xiaochun was also unwilling to accept it, but the difference in physical strength was already apparent, "I can't move my feet..."

"If you're tired, you can go and rest!" Ryosuke, who was also doing defense training, said sternly with a smile, "There are a lot of people here who want to replace you!"

"!" In response to her brother's stimulating encouragement, Xiaochun gritted her teeth and stood up, "I... have no problem at all..."

"If you're fine, then don't show your tiredness on your face! Idiot..."

"Um..."

And Jyoutani, who was assigned to practice striking, also made frequent mistakes in striking due to accumulated fatigue.

"Hey! Furuya...you need to use a little more strength from your waist!"

"The ball hasn't come here since just now!"

"I really want to stand on the pitcher's mound..." In the batter's box, the little patience that was left in Furuya was put into his desire to stand on the mound, and he didn't want to practice batting at all.

And because Chris senior was invited by Tamba senior, Eijun was grabbed by the seniors to practice short hit defense. After all, someone like Eijun who has the ability to hit whatever he points at makes him an excellent defensive training object.

After finishing twenty laps of running training in the evening, Jōtani and Koharu were already lying on the ground, unable to move.

'I can't move...'

"Why are those people still standing?" Looking at the seniors who still had the strength to stand, Xiaochun just thought they were monsters.

This also included Rongchun, who was asking Chris senior for food, and he naturally received incredulous looks from his seniors.

"No more than three lollipops a day."

Because all three lollipops for the day were finished, Rongchun tried hard to get another lollipop from Chris for a long time but failed.

"Heh..." Chris also found it funny to see Rongchun, who was depressed because of this, helping two first-year students. 'Why does this kid like candy so much...'

With a helpless smile, Chris went to the observation room with Miyuki and Miyauchi, where Supervisor Kataoka was waiting for them.

"How are the two first-year pitchers doing?"

Under such a double mental and physical torture, even the senior students would not get used to it so quickly and they are already showing signs of fatigue.

"According to the supervisor's instructions, they were not allowed to pitch in the bullpen until they were used to the training camp."

"Futani's defense has improved significantly. We can slow down the practice pace and put him in the bullpen. He must have been holding back his temper for the past few days because he wasn't allowed to pitch."

The result of giving special training to Fūya is quite good. Chris also pays special attention to the two first-year pitchers and already has a set of rhythm arrangements for Fūya in his mind.

Seeing that Chris senior did not comment on Sawamura, Miyuki, who was lamenting that he was really tired today, suddenly had the idea of ​​showing his authority as a senior to this junior who almost never asked him to pitch and was disrespectful to him.

"As for Sawamura, judging from his physical strength and condition, he is not much different from before the training camp. He should not have reached his limit yet. I think we can increase his training volume."

"..." Chris was silent after watching the evil-minded Miyuki. To be honest, he was worried that if Eijun knew about this, he would not only beat Miyuki to death, but also ignore his existence. 'What a bunch of kids who haven't grown up...'

"Yeah." Kataoka didn't say much about their conclusion, just nodded, "What about Tamba and Kawakami?"

"Good condition!"

"The road ahead is still long, don't push them too much!"

"Yes!"

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Finally, Kataoka explained that on Saturday's game, Furuya and Eijun would pitch half each, while on Sunday, Tamba and Kawakami would pitch one inning each and then let them rest.

Regarding Coach Kataoka's arrangement of practice matches for the last Saturday and Sunday, Chris didn't think that Eijun's performance would be too bad.

The main thing is that the supervisor doesn't care about winning or losing, he only cares whether the pitchers have enough fighting spirit...

Those three games will be a chance for the supervisor to examine all the pitchers and determine how often they will play.

"..." But this child still had the mood to play games. Chris, who was worried about this child, said that he didn't even know where to start.

"Hahaha... I won, Masuko-senpai's pudding is mine!"

"Ugga!"

"I also won a share for Chris-senpai!" Under Zengzi's pitiful gaze, Rongchun happily held up the pudding to Chris and ate the limited edition pudding that Zengzi-senpai had bought with great difficulty with a satisfied look on his face, "Delicious!"

What worries Chris is that this is Rongjun's fatal flaw!

Seeing Rongchun eating happily, Chris felt a little unsure about where to start. He picked up his towel and wanted to help him wipe his wet hair...

"Eijun...have you not showered yet?"

"Well, I haven't washed yet..." Speaking of which, Eijun saw Chris's serious expression, silently ate the last bite, stood up, took his clothes and ran, "Kuramochi-senpai, Masuko-senpai, I'm going to take a shower."

"You finally decided to take a shower!" Kuramochi distracted himself from the game and looked at his serious-looking senior Chris. He suddenly had the idea of ​​showing his authority as a senior to his roommate.

"I wonder if there's still hot water in the bathhouse. Could that kid be planning to take another cold shower?"

"..." Hearing Chris frown, 'again' meant that he often did this. He stood up and handed the pudding to Zengzi. Chris gestured and went out, "I'll leave first."

“Hehehe…” Kuramochi laughed maliciously after his trick succeeded, “That kid still refuses to listen to my advice, now he’ll have something to worry about.”

“……” Masuko was a little helpless while eating the pudding that had finally returned, but Sawamura-chan always took a shower so late and always took a cold shower.

It’s not that this is a bad thing, but after I told him several times he still did the same thing, so I had no choice but to let Chris go.

Before he even finished showering, Rongjun shivered for no apparent reason. He thought it was probably because the water was cold, but just as he was puzzled, he heard a noise outside the door.

Due to his vigilance and the race against time on the battlefield, Rongchun has always maintained the habit of washing quickly. He can finish washing his hair and taking a shower in less than five minutes.

After putting on his clothes and tidying himself up a bit, Rongchun opened the door of the bathhouse while wiping his hair, put away his changed clothes, and walked out of the second door.

"Chris-senpai!"

"Yeah!" Chris was a little surprised that Rongchun finished washing so quickly. He thought he had been standing here for a long time. "Want to go for a walk?"

"..." Going for a walk in the middle of the night, Rongchun hasn't done this for a long time, except when he sneaked out by himself.

Thinking that Kuramochi-senpai and Masuko-senpai would be gathering in Miyuki-senpai's room anyway, Eijun readily agreed, "Okay!"

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