Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"Senior Chris, I need to go to the bathroom. You guys go out first."

"Ah, Eijun, I want to go too."

"I also want..."

"Well... come back soon! Don't run around." Chris thought that since Haruichi and Fūya were there, he shouldn't have to follow them. Eijun wouldn't just abandon them and run away.

"it is good..."

Rongchun just wanted to go to the bathroom to wash his face. The cool water made him feel more comfortable.

Seeing that the two hadn't come out yet, Rongchun put on his hat and mask again and went outside to wait for them. While looking at his phone, he noticed someone coming and looked up.

"..." The person who came was also stunned when he saw the person at the door of the bathroom, "Ah... So you are a player from Qingdao..."

"Yes... we meet again, Senior Tianjiu..."

"You still remember my name..."

"..." His depression was visibly evident. After all, he had just watched his former teammate get into such an accident. Rongjun didn't know what words of comfort he could say with his clumsy mouth.

According to Guang Sheng's words to comfort himself in the past, the two of them are not very familiar with each other yet, and it is not reasonable to suddenly pull him out to be in a daze, "What a pity for today's game..."

'But this is an opportunity for him to cheer up and play baseball again...'

"Eijun..."

"Well, I'm outside..." Rongchun poked his head into the bathroom to signal to the two of them that he was there.

"Then I'll be leaving first..." Tenku nodded and greeted Fūya and Haruichi, then walked away.

"Well, bye..."

After watching the man leave, Xiaochun asked worriedly, "Is it someone Eijun knows... Am I disturbing you?"

"No...I got into trouble when I was out playing before, and that senior helped me."

"That's a good senior!"

"Um..."

After leaving the baseball field, the three of them were stunned on an unfamiliar road.

This confirmed that they had lost the seniors.

"If we don't go back quickly, Senior will be angry... and might even leave us here!"

"We need to find a car quickly..."

"I want... water..."

"You're not lost in the desert..." Eijun had no choice but to hold onto Fūya who was drifting as he walked.

However, the pace of going further and further away must mean we are going in the wrong direction.

boom--

The sound of the baseball bat cutting through the air made the three people look towards the source of the sound at the same time, and then shrank to the wall at the corner, leaving only three heads exposed to carefully observe the two pharmacists.

"There are still 100 more times. Make sure your body remembers the feeling of today's blow. Then run back after you're done."

"Only when I looked closely did I realize that his swing was amazing... but he's not very tall..." This was the conclusion that Xiaochun came to after a brief observation. "How many times did he swing the bat to learn how to swing like that?"

While they were talking, Lei Shi suddenly stopped swinging his stick. The three men heard what they were saying and opened their ears in sync to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"Today's pitchers are very spirited... There are still many such motivated pitchers in the country, right? I want to hit more... I want to hit more balls... I want to hit all the balls hit by pitchers in the country! Hit them all!"

"Really..." Looking at his silly son who was so excited, Director Hong scratched his ear nonchalantly, "Lei Shi, don't you want to make a living by playing professional baseball? That way you can play against all kinds of pitchers every day."

"You've mentioned the National Professional Baseball League. You have a long-term vision..." Xiaochun was a little impressed and surprised when she heard it, "He's still a first-year student, right..."

"You've already defeated Manaka, who participated in the national tournament. The only pitcher who can rival you in West Tokyo is probably... Narimiya Mei from Inami!"

"Skip straight to Qingdao..." Although he seemed to have heard such a conversation before, Eijun just curled his lips and smiled.

"Defeat Inami, and then go to Koshien and shine! You'll become a star, and get a huge signing bonus in the draft two years later! That way I can pay off my debts!"

"Oh oh oh! Inashi's Cheng Gong!" Completely aroused by his father, Lei Shi couldn't stop swinging the bat excitedly, "I'm going to knock him down!"

“He doesn’t take us seriously at all…” Looking at Furuya who was ready to attack, Eijun suddenly felt that something interesting was going to happen, “Oh… Furuya! Are you going to provoke him? Go ahead!”

"Ah...wait a minute, you guys..."

Xiaochun failed to stop the two men, and the three of them were exposed in front of Hong and his son.

"Ah?" Supervisor Hong looked towards the three people who suddenly appeared in the direction of the voice.

"You're so proud and arrogant after just defeating the city's third team. It seems that you two forgot that your next opponent is Qingdao. Or do you want to skip the opening show and watch the most exciting part?"

Rong Chun raised his voice a little so that everyone could hear him clearly, and his gaze towards Lei Shi was full of provocation.

"I'm afraid it's still unclear which team's opening show it will be!"

“I won’t lose!”

"..." Lei Shi's wild instinct made him feel the pressure from the opponent. He took a step back unconsciously and looked at Rongchun and Xianggu vigilantly, especially Rongchun.

"Eijun..." Koharu was a little panicked, feeling that the two sides were about to fight at any moment.

"Clean your necks and wait! Qingdao will beat you to a pulp!"

"That's right! Just wait and see!"

"We'll see..."

After saying those harsh words, the three of them turned around and left. Since they had gone in the wrong direction, it would be right to go back the same way and walk in another direction.

Rongchun was a little happy, "I've wanted to say something like this for a long time, it feels pretty good!"

"Hey! Did Eijun just provoke you because you wanted to say these things?"

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"We must not lose to him!"

"Oh! Furuya is in good form, keep it up!"

"They are so motivated..." As soon as they returned to school and finished the assembly, Kuramochi marveled at the energy of the two first-year pitchers.

"Did today's game give them such a big stimulus?"

"Because that Todoroki is also a first-year."

"..." Thinking of what happened in the afternoon, Xiaochun hesitated and said, "To be honest...just now..."

"Ok?"

After hearing what Haruichi had said about what they had seen and heard today, the faces of the selected players gradually changed, on the verge of exploding.

"What...the father and son actually said such things!" Izashiki, who had been holding back to the limit, finally exploded, "They don't even take Qingdao seriously!"

"That...that..." Xiaochun stepped back repeatedly after being yelled at. Compared with the person in front of him, Rongjun's reaction was really much calmer.

"Of course you beat them, right?" Liangjie's smile at this moment seemed even more evil under the afterglow.

"Brother? After that..." Chun Shi quickly told him what happened next.

"Although it's not perfect, at least we didn't lose face for Qingdao!"

"Pharmacist... who's afraid of who?"

"Gululu!"

"Don't get angry with your stomach!"

"No matter if it's the city university or the pharmacist, as long as they stand in our way, they are enemies that should be defeated. It's enough to respond to them on the court." After saying this, Jie Cheng burst out with an extraordinary momentum from inside out.

"Wow..."

"Azhe... there's something unusual coming from you..."

"Azhe, Isashiki, Masuko..." After hearing this, Tanba, who had been sitting in silence, also became more aggressive, "In the next three days, can I ask you to compete with me in actual combat training? I want to get the feeling of actual combat right away."

"Hahaha! Challenge us? You're so brave! I just like this!"

"We won't show mercy! Especially to this guy!" The "especially" that Isashiki was referring to was Yuki.

"Please take me seriously."

“……” Seeing the stadium suddenly become lively, Furuya looked at Tamba-senpai on the pitcher's mound with an envious expression.

"..." Seeing this, Rongchun paid more attention to the center batting line who was preparing to hit, and complained seriously: "He will be beaten into a meat paste..."

"Meat...meat paste?" Jyoutani was very puzzled. Before that, he stopped cowardly and sat against the wall of the equipment room to catch his breath.

Then he understood what Eijun said...

"Wow! A three-run home run!"

"Azhe! You don't know how to read the situation!"

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At night, Rongchun waited until the last minute to finish his shower, and then stayed out until late at night before quietly returning home and crawling into bed, only to find that there was a message he had missed. It was from Yang Shunchen.

Honestly, Rongchun was a little surprised that the message came so quickly, and he was the first to send it.

"Seidou's next opponent is an unexpected dark horse..."

For me, it was an expected dark horse...Eijun smiled and replied: "This time the opponent will be difficult! However, Qingdao will definitely win."

"The batting line of the city's junior team is not inferior to Qingdao. The basis for your statement needs to be confirmed."

I didn’t expect him to reply so quickly. He hasn’t gone to bed yet. Is he still upset about losing the game?

"Oh! Are you coming to the game?"

"..." Yang Shunchen, who was hesitating at his desk whether to go to the game, made a prompt decision when he saw this message, "No!"

"Hey... maybe you can see my pitching!"

"..." Was it so obvious that he was interested in his pitching today? Yang Shunchen hesitated and replied, "You don't sound nervous at all?"

'I don't show my nervousness.'

"Pfft..." Thinking of Rongchun falling down as soon as he entered the court today, Yang Shunchen almost couldn't hold back his expression, not convincing at all, "Oh! So you fell down as soon as you entered the court today?"

"......" Rongchun's face turned red. Why did you mention this? Everyone on the field was shocked at the time, and Rongchun climbed onto the pitcher's mound before anyone could react.

If it were based on my personality in my previous life, I would definitely do something and make everyone laugh. "It was just an accident, I wasn't nervous!"

"Eh... Really?"

"I'm telling you! There's nothing in this world that can make me nervous!"

"Oh...really?"

"..." This was obviously a perfunctory tone. Rong Chun's eyebrows jumped and he waved his hand, "Go to bed!"

Then he threw his phone away, lay down on the bed, and muttered to himself, "I'm serious, there is nothing in this world that can make me nervous, there are only things that make me scared..."

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