Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"Xiao Rong! Where did you go last night?"

"Your father and grandfather went door to door looking for you last night."

"My father has gone out to look for it together."

As soon as he entered the classroom, Rongchun was surrounded by his classmates, who asked him what happened last night one after another.

Rongchun scratched his head awkwardly and smiled, "I went to another school to watch a football game yesterday, but I was so distracted that I forgot the time."

"Pfft...You're the only one who can stay in a daze until midnight."

"You are really talented!"

"Hehehe~" Rong Chun smiled awkwardly, and just then the bell for class rang, and the students dispersed and returned to their seats.

At first, he forced a group of friends who didn't know how to play baseball to play baseball with him, but he was hospitalized not long after. Their interest in baseball also waned.

In addition, even after he recovered, Rongjun was warned by the doctor not to do too much strenuous exercise for the time being. He needed at least half a year to recover, so he was banned from playing baseball.

Due to insufficient enrollment and facing closure, the baseball team was naturally disbanded as well.

Now, there is no baseball to play, and the friends are all focused on their studies, so Rongjun no longer asks them to play baseball.

Although the doctor forbade him to do strenuous exercise, Rong Chun still did some appropriate exercise because he found that he was much shorter than in his previous life.

He was not even 1.5 meters tall, and had lost a lot of weight and was a little malnourished. Although he thought that adolescents developed very quickly, he felt that he was too weak now.

He believed that he could not give up exercising, at least his skills could not become too weak.

"Eijun, a guest is here to see you."

"!" Rong Chun was in a daze in the room, and was suddenly awakened by his mother's call. Before he could react, he responded, "Okay, I'll go down right away."

After crushing the lollipop, Eijun took off the earphone from his left ear and went downstairs, wondering who would come at this time. When he arrived in the living room, he saw Miss Takashima chatting happily with her mother.

And, with a gentle smile, "Chris-senpai!"

Rongchun ran over and approached Chris, "Why is Chris-senpai here?"

"..." Chris was stunned for a moment, looking at the boy in front of him. From his voice, he knew he was the mysterious boy who wore a hat and a mask that night and refused to take them off. "I came here specially to thank you."

"Ok?"

"I'm here to return the clothes that Mrs. Sawamura borrowed from me last time." Takashima then responded, "Chris-kun knew I was coming, so he followed me."

"Since everyone is here, why don't Eijun take Chris out for a walk?" Thinking that the two children had no interest in the topic they were talking about, Sawamura's mother suggested that they go out for a walk.

"Okay, the weather is nice today."

"Yeah." Chris agreed and followed Rongchun out.

Half a month had passed since they last met. As they walked, Rongchun told Senior Chris about how he was scolded by his family for a long time after he came back that night, and how he was laughed at again when he went to school.

He also dragged Chris-senpai to the store to buy popsicles, and they ate while walking to the stream. When Rongchun saw the stream, he happily ran over.

He kicked off his slippers while running and stepped directly into the stream, then called on Senior Chris to join him in the water.

Chris looked at Rongchun who was having fun, smiled, took off his shoes and socks, and went into the water.

The cool, clear stream was shallow enough to see the bottom. Chris looked at the fish that occasionally swam by his feet. He looked at the child fishing there and said softly, "Thank you."

"Hmm?" Rongchun successfully caught a fish and looked at Chris senior while holding the fish.

"The doctor said that I stopped walking in time and no permanent damage has been done. As long as I recuperate well, I can continue to play baseball in high school."

"Well, I already know."

Eijun's family had received a call from Miss Takashima before, and Director Kataoka also thanked Eijun on the phone because he discovered the problem in time and saved Chris's baseball career.

Although it was only three months earlier than in his previous life, Rongchun thought that Chris's injury was probably worsened during the preliminaries, which was not serious enough to rupture the shoulder tendons and inner wrist tendons.

"Chris, if you are injured, you must tell me and go see a doctor. If you don't, something terrible will happen!"

"..." Chris looked at the child who was reminding him seriously and couldn't help laughing, "Well, I understand."

After getting Chris's consent, Rongchun continued to fish with satisfaction. After half a day, he successfully managed to get the whole family's dinner, including Chris and Miss Takashima's portions.

Although coming home wet made his mother angry, seeing that only the legs of Chris' pants were slightly wet, his mother directly sent Rongchun to take a shower.

Naturally, Chris and Miss Takashima stayed after dinner. We originally wanted to have them stay overnight, but they didn't and calculated the time to go back.

Then, they would never meet each other again, Rongchun thought so.

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In fact, they never met again, nor did they contact each other by phone, and he didn't even leave Chris's contact information.

Rongchun finally survived the six months after being discharged from the hospital. With the doctor's consent, he was finally able to move freely without being watched by his family if he ran or jumped a little.

"Mom, I'm going out for a run~"

"Well, be careful!"

"I know~"

She followed Rongchun out the door and watched him run away. Then her mother returned to the house and sighed, "This child has become more and more active recently."

"Hahaha, he's a boy after all. He hasn't been very well behaved in the past six months." Grandpa didn't care. "It's good enough that he's fine now."

"That too."

In order to make up for the previous year of being quiet, Eijun made a training plan, a comprehensive plan.

"Ah! Eijun! How can you throw a fruit knife around!"

"Eijun! Stop doing weird experiments in your room!"

"Eijun! Come here and get your hair cut! Don't run!"

"Eijun! That's a tree! Not a sandbag!"

"Eijun! Are you tearing down the house upstairs?!"

"Eijun!"

"Eijun!!"

“Eijun——!!!”

"Oh! I'm sorry, Mom! I didn't mean to do that! I'm sorry!"

"The neighbor Sawamura is in trouble again."

"It's Sawamura from next door again."

"Sawamura is here again."

People who were already used to it nodded, smiled and continued to be busy. It must be said that this child who was somewhat calm, well-behaved, noisy and lively was really hard to dislike.

"What! Football!"

While having dinner before, Rongchun suddenly saw a rugby game on TV. After watching it for a while, Rongchun went to look up information and came to a conclusion.

"Why do you suddenly want to play football?" Grandpa put down his chopsticks and asked Rongchun.

"Because, it's very handsome!"

"No! It's such a dangerous sport, what if you get hurt!" Sawamura's mother was the first to object. She had also seen it on TV.

She was frightened by the rush and bumps in just a few minutes. The athletes were so tall and strong, and they did such dangerous moves. A mother definitely doesn't want her child to play that.

"Mom, rugby is a gentleman's sport." Seeing his mother's concerns, Rong Chun signaled his mother to listen to him calmly.

"Even though it looked dangerous and tense, as soon as the game was over, they immediately shook hands and hugged each other. They only competed openly and not secretly."

"The rules of rugby are very complicated and emphasize safety. Although it looks intense, there are certain requirements for the movements and parts of the body that need to be touched."

"There are strict rules about what you can touch and what you can't touch."

"..." Although he didn't know if it was what Eijun said, Dad took a sip of wine and said, "Rugby... I guess we have to look for it somewhere far away. It's okay to give it a try."

"Husband!" Mom became anxious when she heard Dad say that.

"Then let's go tomorrow. There's still some time before the end of summer vacation."

"Eijun!"

Anyway, Dad agreed, and Rongchun happily ran out of the living room, climbed halfway up the stairs and then stepped back, popping his head out, "Does our family have money?"

"Hahaha~ I still have this little money."

"Wow~Thanks Dad."

"Hubby..." Hearing Rong Chun's cheerful footsteps echoing into the room, his mother looked at him with a reproachful expression.

"Just let him go." Grandpa said at this time, "He stares at the baseball every day, you see... Let him do whatever he wants."

"…All right."

In fact, they all knew that Rong Chun was confused whether he was in the hospital or discharged.

He held a baseball and a white card in his hand and stared blankly every day. Now that his body has recovered, he is finally not so confused anymore. He is busy every day, pursuing something every day, as if he wanted to fill up that white card.

Although Rongchun's body was always covered with bruises afterwards, the family went to watch Rongchun's game. His mother almost fainted when she saw Rongchun being knocked out.

Later I learned that there are two types of rugby: British and American. Rongchun chose the more dangerous American style. The rules and requirements he mentioned before were for British style.

Rongchun admitted that he misled his mother to reassure her, but what he said was true and rugby is indeed a gentleman's sport.

No matter what happens on the field, it is also true that handshakes and hugs are immediate once the game is over.

After all, he couldn't say that he wanted to go to a football game just because he thought it was a legal place for fighting...

"Look! Right here, he clearly committed a foul." Rongchun pointed at the screen angrily to show his family.

"He was committing pass interference. When the ball was passed to me, he suddenly pressed over and I didn't catch it. Although I successfully blocked the ball, it was amazing!"

"Yes, yes... Rong Chun is really awesome." Mom agreed, and reluctantly took the rag to wipe off the rice that she had dropped in shock.

"Look! That's my perfect dive to score a point. It feels so good!"

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