Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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Although he was very satisfied with the sensation he caused, Cheng Gongming took the initiative to throw a changeup. The consequences of his opponent knowing this new type of pitch in advance were predictable, and he was substituted out.

As for what happened after that, Rongchun didn't remember clearly, he ran away.

"No..." In the noise, he heard a ringtone, a very distant, soft and familiar ringtone. He couldn't be mistaken, it was Yi's cell phone ringtone.

In an instant, his whole body and mind were filled with joy, and without anyone noticing, Eijun ran away, "...Where are you! "

More than a month, which is neither long nor short, has passed since I revealed that I suffer from insomnia last time. The two of them disappeared without a trace without saying a word.

When Ichiro came to school, Eijun told him that they would perform in the opening performance of the Magic Realm Theater and hoped that Ichiro could come and watch. Ichiro didn't say anything.

It must be some mission anyway, but there is still no news, which makes Rongchun very uneasy.

Rongchun was afraid that they would be like the original team, who left and never came back. As a result, the few words they said before the mission became their last communication, and there was not even a corpse.

Not finding anyone around the court, Rong Chun ran to the dormitory, but still didn't find anyone. Thinking they might have gone to the teaching building, he ran towards it.

But, now is not the time to go to class!

He searched floor by floor in the teaching building. As there were fewer and fewer classrooms on each floor, his initial joy slowly faded away. Even when they came often, they still didn't see the expected figure on the rooftop of the teaching building, which made him feel lost.

The sky at this moment seemed to reflect his inner feelings over time.

"Am I too tired..." Rong Chun held his forehead and leaned against the wall on the top of the teaching building.

Until the end of the day, there was no sign of Eijun. Chris thought about it and followed Kuramochi and Masuko to their dormitory to see if Eijun was there.

"Sawamura... Sawamura..." Kuramochi walked in directly through the door. In the silence, he fumbled to turn on the light in the room. As he wished, he saw Eijun curled up on the bed. "Just answer me when you're there..."

"Sawamura-chan..." Masuko walked to the bedside, looked at Eijun who only had his eyes exposed, and asked in a low voice: "Are you going to get up, take a shower, and eat?"

"......" Rongchun shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't want to do either of them.

"You have to eat a little. I'll bring you some food later." After saying that, Kuramochi quickly packed up his clothes and went out.

"Tonight, I'll give my treasured pudding to Sawamura-chan as an after-dinner dessert!" After saying that, Masuko also took her clothes and followed him out.

"……" Hearing the sound of the door closing, Rongchun changed to a more comfortable position and curled up into a ball. When he lowered his eyes and was in a daze, a hand suddenly appeared in front of him and scared him so much that he jumped up.

"Eijun..." Startled by Eijun's sudden jump and defensive posture, Chris quickly took a few steps back to signal to Eijun that he meant no harm.

"Chris-senpai..." Seeing that it was Chris, Rongchun let down his guard, "So you're here..."

"..." Seeing Rongchun's face obviously looked much worse than at noon, Chris couldn't help but frowned with heartache and put the lollipop on the bed, "Continue to rest."

"..." Looking at the fruit lollipop placed together with the baseball and the wishing card, Rongchun crawled over and stared at the lollipop for a while, then tore open the candy bag and put it in his mouth, "So sweet... Woo..."

“What’s wrong?!” Seeing Rongchun suddenly crying, Chris quickly climbed up the ladder and whispered to comfort him, “Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?”

"I had a dream... a dream from a long time ago..." In the dream, I treated the sheep that died in my hands coldly, and murdered people who had nothing to do with me except being the target of the mission.

I am a hypocritical devil, who uses false kindness to turn those people into powerless lambs to be slaughtered, and then faces the devil's killing alone.

"I was badly injured... I thought I was going to die..." Severe pain in the back, legs, stomach...

He heard the war song and saw many people...

The doctor snatched him back before he died...

What if Xin and Yi were also injured and didn’t receive timely treatment!

"It'll be okay..." Chris felt heartbroken when seeing Rong Chun like this, and comforted him softly.

"Woo..."

"It'll be fine!"

After crying for a while, Rongchun once again curled up in the quilt with the candy in his mouth.

The empty space he shrank to by the wall was occupied by Chris, who sat cross-legged next to Rong Chun, holding Rong Chun's forehead with one hand to check his temperature.

"What happened? Is it something you can tell me?"

"..." Rongchun chose to remain silent in response to Chris's doubts. He just shrank his head and buried his eyes in the quilt.

Then, feeling the movements of Chris-senpai beside him, Rongchun shrank back a little, making some space for Chris who was lying down.

As for Kuramochi, who had specially asked his aunt to cook some rice porridge and bring it to the dormitory for Eijun to eat, he saw the two people sleeping together on the bed, silently turned off the lights and left the room.

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The next day, Eijun learned what happened afterwards.

Even though Inami replaced the pitcher with a substitute, he still suppressed Xiubei's batting line, and the situation continued to be one-sided.

The result is that Inami wins.

After that, the third game of the cross-match match came, Seidou vs. Shubi, with Tamba pitching for Seidou.

At the beginning of the game, Danbo suppressed Xiubei's batting line with his big curveball and the situation continued until the fifth inning.

Although there were some conflicts between Tamba and Miyuki during this period, it also allowed everyone to see that Tamba hoped to overcome his weakness of often collapsing in the latter stages of the game, and his determination to become a true ace.

No one expected that the next moment, when Tamba came up to bat, he was hit hard in the jaw by the ball that Shubei's pitcher slipped and missed due to sweat, and he fell to the ground.

'So, this is why the seniors are so depressed in the morning...'

At this critical time when team morale is most needed, I saw my companions who had fought together for three years suffering such serious injuries.

Coupled with the fact that they were missing their third-year ace in the last summer of their high school career, it was a huge blow to them emotionally.

"..." Raising his head from the book, Rong Chun looked at the gloomy sky outside the window. The rain that had been held back since morning finally fell, and the air became damp.

To be honest, in Rongchun's opinion, this accident was also a good thing in a sense.

Danbo's personality is not particularly suitable for being a trump card, and this injury was also an opportunity for him in his previous life.

This incident was when he really began to face up to his cowardly heart, and when he retired in his third year, it was too late for him to show his true strength.

Therefore, just missing a few games can be exchanged for Danbo's strong will as a real ace. Isn't this price very cost-effective?

"Wow... there are so many schools in Western Tokyo alone!" Rongjun couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the battle table. Although he had experienced it several times in his previous life, there were still many of them when he looked at it again after so many years.

"This is still a relatively easy match combination, because Tokyo is divided into East and West districts, and there are more competitive districts than ours across the country."

"1...2..." At this time, Fūya who was standing nearby also came over to take a look and counted the number of matches they needed to participate in. "We are the seeded team, so there will be five matches before the final..."

Amid the worried atmosphere at the indoor training ground, Coach Kataoka, Director Ota, and Rei Takashima appeared together.

As soon as Director Kataoka came in, he got straight to the point and said, "I'm sure everyone has heard that the pitch yesterday caused Tamba's jaw to fracture. Fortunately, there was no fracture or brain damage... but he might not be able to make it in time for the preliminaries."

The third-year students present all turned pale when they heard this, especially the seniors from the First Army, whose faces did not look very good.

"To be honest, I am still a little hesitant. Danbo finally began to feel that he is an ace. I believe he is very upset now. My next decision is in the capacity of team supervisor, not based on my personal feelings..."

"..." Amid the serious and nervous expressions of others, Rong Chun couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. Noticing this, he quickly put on a mask when no one was paying attention.

Kataoka then firmly announced his decision, "I plan to give the position of ace to Tamba. Before he comes back, I hope you can work together and fight to the end!"

The impact of this accident on the players is greater than expected. Tamba is the most suitable person to change the players' mood in time, and Kataoka has also made painstaking arrangements for this.

"During this period, whether it's Kawakami, Furuya... or Sawamura, I believe these two freshmen may have more opportunities to pitch, so I hope you can help them more during the game!"

"..." After hearing the supervisor's words, Rong Chun told some seniors who began to cheer up. Judging from the results, this decision was the most reasonable one.

"please!"

"Yes!"

What they need to consider next is how to train and improve themselves as much as possible within a limited time.

Looking at the rare serious look on Fūdani's face, he must be thinking about the problems of stamina and ball control. Eijun pointed it out with a smile, "The problem is defense, stamina and ball control, right?"

"Well, there's also defense..." After being pointed out by Eijun, Fūya added the issue of defense.

"Eijun, Furutani, I believe you know your problems. You will have to work harder from now on..." Chris said to the two people who came at this time, "I will train you thoroughly, especially Furutani."

"Hahaha...Senior Chris is right, you all have problems that need to be improved, so get ready!" Miyuki naturally also followed Chris and chuckled.

"Yes, I will try my best." Jyouya nodded in response.

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