Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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What happened next was just like in the previous life, as Furutani surprised everyone with a strange fastball that Miyuki missed.

That ball was one of the signature shots of Jyoutani in his previous life, the extraordinary speed of the ball, the magic ball that suddenly fell down when it reached the batter's hand, the fast fork ball.

Although it was simply a case of lack of preparation and a blind cat catching a dead mouse, the pitch was enough to shake the batter. Afterwards, Miyuki used the high fastball that Furuya was good at to successfully resolve Kiryu's trump card.

Changed the direction of the game!

"..." In the outfield, Eijun was looking at Fūya, who was shining brightly on the pitcher's mound and was happy to be praised, but he felt extremely complicated inside.

No matter how many changing balls there are or how good the pitching content is, it cannot compare to the passion of ball speed and the suppression of power.

What a genius!

People praised that man like this, but he only needed to show overwhelming strength to defeat the batter who he had to deal with in every possible way.

"That's great..."

"Heh..." Rong Chun couldn't help but laugh out loud. As expected, that person always managed to trap himself in a strange circle of inferiority. The funny thing was that he couldn't get out of this circle.

After that, Furutani showed his extraordinary pitching ability, perfectly striking out Kiryu's fifth and sixth batters, pushing the audience's emotions to a climax.

He took advantage of the victory and, while in good shape, hit Kiryu's ace pitch, resulting in the second home run of the game.

"Waaaaaah! Home run!"

"The ball actually flew that far! It hit the home run wall in the middle!"

"What's wrong with the first grade this year?!"

"Eijun, are you ready?"

"Yes, I am always ready and I will throw the best ball into Senior Chris's glove!"

"Hmm..." Chris turned around so that Rongchun could buckle the protective gear more conveniently. Seeing how excited he was, Chris just smiled and let him put on the protective gear for him.

In Chris's opinion, perhaps because he was stimulated by Furutani, or perhaps for other reasons, Eijun's condition has improved, and Chris is fully confident that he can catch all his pitches.

During the attack on the field, Isashiki hit a ball to the outfield that he thought was in his feel, but he was unexpectedly stopped by Kiryu's solid defense and was out with a double play.

"Requesting a player replacement." When the offense and defense switched, coach Kataoka announced the player replacement, "Catcher will be replaced by Takigawa from Miyuki, and pitcher will be replaced by Sawamura from Furuya."

"Fouya, go directly to the left field defensive position." Kataoka instructed the players who were about to play and said to Fouya, "The summer league will also use this kind of deployment, and you have to keep up with the defensive part!"

"Left field..." At this time, Fūya was very panicked, as he was worst at defense.

"..." Hearing this, Chris smiled knowingly.

Although Furutani lacks physical strength, he and Miyuki's pitching and catching form a very inseparable combination. It seems that the coach has already included Furutani in the summer combat force.

"Sawamura..." The coach looked at Eijun who seemed unmoved, and after a moment of silence, he said helplessly: "Anyway, just pitch well."

"Haha..." This was the only sentence that made Kuramochi laugh, "Your expectations are really low!"

"Don't say it!" Rongchun was also helpless, but it was his own fault for always being lukewarm.

"Haha... If I wasn't looking forward to your pitching, how could I put you on the bench!"

Miyuki, who was taking off his equipment at the moment, rarely turned on the taunting mode. Instead, he encouraged Eijun, "Let's not talk about your strength first, your uniqueness is hard to give up. Just believe in yourself and come and vote!"

“…Is Senior Miyuki up to something?” Eijun said, wary of whether Miyuki was up to something again, and silently distanced himself from him.

"Hey! I'm praising you!"

“Miyuki is right.” Chris pressed down on Eijun’s shoulder from behind, but felt a strange tremor… Even though it was only for a moment, this kid wasn’t the type to get nervous before going on the court… “Just shoot at your normal pace, no problem!”

"Yes!"

"Haha... this kid's expression immediately changed when he saw Senior Chris!"

"Sawamura! Show your usual form!"

"Eijun! Come on..."

"I'll leave the defense in your hands!"

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In the top of the sixth inning, Sawamura took the mound.

Standing on the pitcher's mound, Eijun looked at Chris, a senior at home plate, his eyes sparkling.

"Left-handed..."

"Compared to that guy just now, his ball speed is not even that fast!"

"This kid is also a first-year student!"

Similar to the unhappy voices of the players, Coach Matsumoto was also extremely unhappy at this time. He replaced the pitcher whose pitching condition had finally improved, even though another freshman came up. This meant that he was treating Kiryu as their practice object!

"We don't know what kind of pitcher the other team has, so don't be careless! Take this opportunity to get a good look at the other team's pitch path. You just came on the field, so you must be nervous, so just swing as hard as you can!"

"Yes!"

After a simple trial throw, the referee officially announced the restart of the game, "Kick off!"

The director said so, no matter what the first pitch is, Kiryu will hit it with the first pitch...

"Boom..."

This should be the case, but when facing the first pitch, the batter couldn't even swing the bat, and the ball appeared behind him with the sound.

"nice shot!"

At this time, Matsumoto, the coach in the rest area, was a little angry. "Such a sweet ball, why don't you shoot it? What are you doing!"

"What kind of pitching posture is this!" The batter was still in a state of shock because his perspective was different from others. "I can't see where he's pitching at all!"

Facing the second pitch, the batter swung the bat hastily, but was too slow and hit the ball to right field, where he was out.

"Murata, you have to be careful with your pitching posture! His pitching power is stronger than you think..." This was a brief exchange between the batters as they passed each other on the way off the field.

Facing the second batter, Chris hit a high inside corner ball with his first pitch, forcing the batter to step back and avoid it.

"What! This guy's pitching path..." Is that why we need to be careful about our pitching posture? "I can't even see where the ball is coming out!"

"..." Chris looked up at the batter who didn't flinch. It turned out that he had the mentality that came from constant training. 'Second ball, a low ball in the middle!'

Eijun nodded and prepared to throw the ball. Facing the second pitch, the batter barely touched the ball, but the ball flew in front of the shortstop and was forced out.

The batter who left the game was silent for a moment and was unable to provide any useful information to the next batter, except that, "The feeling of hitting... is very strange..."

"Hu..." After adjusting his breath, Rongjun looked at the third batter on the field, "If we take care of him, this inning will be over!"

After receiving Chris's signal, Rong Chun still nodded. When he blinked, a double image suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. Rong Chun raised his leg suddenly to draw his attention back and threw the ball.

"What... it's so sweet..." The ball went off the track. For the first time, Chris's glove had to chase the ball, but this ball would be hit out..."

The ball suddenly flew over, and Rongchun subconsciously put the ball into his glove...

"Ouch!" It hurts... My body feels like it was hit directly by a punch, and the severe pain spreads throughout my body in an instant, '...The ball went into my glove...What should I do next? '

"Eijun! Pass to first base!"

"Ah... So it's a throw to first base." At Chris's call, Eijun reacted and threw the ball to the first baseman with his backhand.

Although the ball was a little off target, fortunately, Senior Yuki on first base reacted quickly and stretched out his glove to catch the ball.

"Out! Attackers and defenders switch!"

"Good catch! Sawamura!"

"Are you okay, kid?"

"Well... good luck! I managed to catch the ball!" Rongjun really took a breath of cold air at that time. Fortunately, he caught the ball.

At the same time, Matsumoto has already guessed the characteristics of Eijun's pitching from the simple information of the players, and his natural tail-end kick...

During elementary and middle school, among players who have not received formal training, there are occasionally pitchers who can throw this kind of pitch...

For some schools that are used to pitching machines, it is a very difficult pitch path, let alone this kind of well-trained quirk-ball pitcher.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, the first batter for Qingdao was Tetsuya Yuki, the fourth batter.

The relaxed and natural posture and the annoying bat-throwing posture still make Kiryu's catcher worried.

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"Eijun..."

"Hmm? Still not good?"

In order to avoid causing anxiety to his teammates, Chris took advantage of the fact that Rongjun's pitching condition was not very good, and the two of them went to the side to practice pitching.

"If you feel uncomfortable, please speak up and go see a doctor..."

"..." After catching the ball, Eijun looked at Chris-senpai who had a serious expression.

"Because, if you don't tell me, something terrible will happen! Do you understand?"

"..." This sentence seemed familiar. Rongchun squeezed the baseball and nodded after a moment of silence, "Yeah."

Rongchun's nod was a reassurance to Chris, but his silence made Chris a little uneasy. "I will catch all your pitches!"

"Ok!"

Eijun didn't know if his condition was too obviously bad that even Chris-senpai was worried about him today.

Therefore, when it was Eijun's turn to bat, he didn't go for the ball. The following pitches were also carried out at a leisurely pace, trying to reduce the possible burden as much as possible.

"Huh...huh...huh..."

'It's okay, it will be fine soon, just act like normal, it will be fine!'

"The person catching the ball for me right now is Chris, so I must not throw a bad ball and let him down!"

"..." Rongjun's pitches became more and more tricky, and the rhythm was also good, which made Chris think that he was too sensitive. 'Maybe he just hadn't entered the state before...'

'They are a scary team. Any ball that is too sweet will be kicked out. Next, shoot here!'

"..." Eijun nodded and glanced at the fourth batter, Kiri Hiromi, who was about to come on, "A ball that's too sweet will be hit out..."

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