Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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When he had nothing, baseball became his last straw.

And when nothing mattered anymore, his family became the treasure he was most afraid of losing.

'I remember that from that time on, I kept pestering the doctor, asking him to follow me and learn...' I thought that if I could no longer be with the army, I would become a combat doctor.

"Sawamura-chan..." It was rare for the junior to wake up later than them. Masuko confirmed that Eijun's eyes were open, then she went to the bedside and called him, "Are you going to get up?"

"Hmm..." Eijun turned over and took a break before getting up, "Masuko-senpai, Kuramochi-senpai, good morning!"

"Go out and wash up!"

"Yes!"

After washing his refreshed face, Rongchun looked at himself in the mirror and smiled brightly, then returned to a faint smile.

Except in front of people he can trust wholeheartedly, even if it is a smile from the heart, his smile is not as bright and carefree as before. Now he is more calm and reserved...

"After all, people in their thirties..."

After drying his face, Rongchun adjusted his hair as he walked. When he saw several seniors gathered in the corridor, he went over to them and asked, "Seniors, are you reading the morning paper?"

"Wow! Sawamura! You walk without making any sound!"

"Scared me!"

"Hehe..." Rongchun made an apologetic gesture in embarrassment and moved closer to Chris to read the newspaper in his hand. "Yesterday's match between the city university and the pharmacist actually took up such a large page!"

"After all, they were a championship candidate team. No one expected that they would be eliminated in the third round."

The newspaper that everyone in Qingdao paid attention to also published the results of other schools' games. Inami once again defeated her opponent, Sensen also advanced successfully, and there were also the results of East Tokyo's game.

Eijun also found the Black Shikan among them, and lost in the third round. This should be a problem that Chris-senpai would be worried about, "I wonder how Zaizen-senpai is doing..."

"..." Hearing that Eijun was concerned about Zaizen's situation, Chris chuckled and said, "I'm in touch with him! Eijun, do you want to know how he is doing now?"

"Um..."

After Eijun learned about the previous practice match from Chris, at Chris's instigation, Zaizen contacted the doctor introduced by Eijun and went to the hospital for a check-up and interview.

The doctor was very confident that his knee could be cured, so he arranged an operation, and the result was very ideal. He is now undergoing rehabilitation treatment, so he did not participate in this final competition.

As far as the treatment results are concerned, Rong Chun believes that it will be successful. After all, he is a future war doctor, and now is the time for him to hone his skills and will not miss any opportunity to practice on any case.

When Rongchun returned to the dormitory to change clothes and then went to the court, the seniors had already started actual hitting practice.

The batter standing in the batter's box continued to hit Tamba mercilessly. Although Tamba was still in high spirits, his condition was actually not very good.

His resurrection is very important to the team, but Rongchun feels that the feeling of actual combat is actually easier to get back in actual combat.

The time came to the 25th, and it was the fourth round of the match between Yakushi and Metropolitan Chigusa.

With the momentum of defeating the third-year student from the city, the pharmacist won the game with a large score without any suspense and advanced to the top eight.

As soon as the result of the game came out, Qingdao held a discussion meeting that night. At this time, the picture on the TV screen was frozen on the pitcher Yakushi with the number 18.

"The game ended early with a score of 12 to 3 in the seventh inning. In the game against City University, this right-handed pitcher also played in the second half and suppressed the opponent's offensive in the second inning..."

"He mainly relies on his hard pitching style of pitching the ball to the inside corner, and then throwing the ball to the chest of the right-handed batter... Shunpei Sanada, the No. 18, can be said to be the de facto ace pitcher of this team."

"It's really strange, a jet ball..." After listening to Chris's introduction, Yuki also felt it was strange. This kind of ball was really rare.

"Why isn't he the starting pitcher?" Isashiki also raised doubts at this time, "Is he injured?"

"It's not clear yet, but keeping the ace pitcher warm and suddenly replacing the center hitter is a tactic beyond common sense. If this is a calculated strategy..." Chris couldn't help but reveal a cautious expression, "Then there is a high possibility that some tactics will be used in the game against us."

"The other important thing is this batting line-up. The third batter is Mishima, the fourth batter is Hō, and the fifth batter is Akiba. The three center batters have hit seven hits and scored eight runs. We can't underestimate them just because they are freshmen."

These three batters performed very well in both the games against Ichidaisan and Metropolitan Chigusa, especially the fourth batter who made a stunning debut.

The most classic one was the home run against the city's junior team. The first hit broke the pitcher's heart. Every hit after that brought great achievements. He was a hitter that people had to guard against.

How to suppress him will directly determine the success or failure of the game.

"..." While listening to Chris Senior's speech, Eijun held his face with both hands and continued to look at Chris Senior, 'Even though he is already a first-team player, he still goes out to collect information by himself. He is really conscientious... Just like the captain...'

'Are you distracted again...' Chris felt like he was sweating a little.

"The whole team has stolen seven bases..." Kataoka also interjected at this time.

"Yeah... they don't use bunt tactics, but they run the bases aggressively..."

"You must pay attention to the runners who are actively on the bases, and also pay attention to the strong offensive line. The opponent does not need to use bunt tactics, which will put pressure on the pitcher!"

"This opponent might be stronger than we thought..." At this point, Kataoka's sunglasses flashed, and then his eyebrows jumped, "Sawamura... are you listening..."

"..." The supervisor's extremely suppressed anger made everyone stiffen in unison, and they all rushed towards Rong Chun who had not yet reacted.

"..." Fūya, who was sitting next to him, looked at Eijun who still had no expression on his face, and didn't dare to say anything, so he bumped into his shoulder.

As a result, Rongchun was hit so hard that his hands slipped and his body tilted, and he fell face first onto the table.

"Sawamura!"

"Eijun!" Chris was also startled and quickly ran to Rongchun.

"Eijun!" Xiaochun, who was standing behind him, looked at Rongchun who didn't react worriedly and moved closer to him.

Rong Chun, who was lying on the table with his eyes open, suddenly had his pupils tremble and turned to look at Kankan's hand that had stopped touching his.

“Ah…” Rongchun came back to his senses in an instant, and saw the seniors surrounding him with worried faces, “Sorry! I accidentally fell asleep! Hahaha…”

"Fell asleep!"

"S-sorry...for waking you!"

"Falling asleep..." Chris looked at the supervisor worriedly. Eijun being like this meant he was tired...

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At the same time, at Yakushi High School in Sugannami Ward, Tokyo, Fujio Mine and Yamato from the baseball kingdom came to the baseball field, but saw an unexpected scene.

"A team that has never used a hit is actually practicing a hit."

"Tall lady, don't underestimate baseball."

"The tall guy..." He actually pointed out the tall guy that people have always cared about. Yamato glared at Director Hong angrily and resisted the urge to refute.

"We can use the hitter at any time. It is because of this confidence that we let them play as much as they want. Baseball actually belongs to the players who fight on the field, so let the players who play the game play as they want."

"Be strict, correct, and serious in practice! And enjoy playing baseball to your heart's content in the game! This is my principle. Do you understand?"

"Yes..." After listening to the talented acting supervisor Hong, Yamato said that he seemed not so angry anymore.

“…” Even though the game looked like a mess, this guy actually had his own perspective on baseball, which Minefuji quite agreed with.

"From what I understand, Coach Todoroki, you retired from the league after you were forty, right?"

"Oh...you checked it very clearly!"

"Why would such a great player quit his job after retiring and remain jobless?"

"No... You don't have to check so carefully!" All the secrets were exposed, and Director Hong was a little disappointed. "Anyway, I only know how to play baseball... Later, I ran out of money... and my wife ran away..."

"Luckily this school picked me up..." Speaking of this, Director Hong regained his morale, "I really can't hold on any longer..."

"This guy is so useless! He's nothing but a waste except for baseball!" Yamato felt the anger that had dissipated a little was about to flare up again.

"Are you also teaching your son Lei Shi to play baseball?" Fujio Mine came mainly for the most popular player at the moment, and hoped to get to the point as soon as possible.

"The only thing I gave Lei Shi was that bat... I didn't have the money to let him play in Little League or Youth League, and even the junior high school he attended didn't have a baseball team, but he kept swinging the bat."

Because he is a fool!

"Imagination is limitless, so he learned to practice swinging the bat to perfection."

A straight ball at 160 km/h...

Close to the batter, a sharp slider, a cutter...

The magic ball butterfly ball that will shake and fall...

"He practices his swing every day against the monster pitchers he imagines in his head, so his hunger is something that those naive kids can't match."

He can make a lot of money, a man who can make hundreds of millions with just a bat.

The son that Director Todoroki is proud of...

Now in the conference room, Meng Fantuan is sitting in front of the TV watching the video of Qingdao's game carefully.

Sanada Shunpei was standing behind the three first-year students. "After watching the video of Qingdao, can you imagine it?"

"Hahaha! These two are so funny..."

"Two?" As a pitcher, what Sanada needs to know most is the opponent's batting line. He knows only a little about pitchers. "I know that the guy named Furuya is very good, but is this left-handed pitcher also good?"

"He possesses something that cannot be imagined just through the video... and it does not appear in writing." Lei Shi, who was trembling with excitement, stared at Rong Chun on the screen and laughed excitedly.

"Hahaha! Qingdao High School! I really want to fight them right now!"

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