Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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On the second pitch, Rong Chun threw a ball that was almost touching the ground, but Lei Shi still swept it away with a roar, "Not this kind either!"

From the beginning, Lei Shi perfectly captured Rong Chun's ball, which put some pressure on the defense. They all stared at the ball intently, afraid of accidentally missing it.

"Don't be scared by his swing, Eijun..." Although he thought so, Chris couldn't imagine Eijun showing a timid expression. In fact, it was indeed the case, which made Chris admire him.

"I know..." Eijun nodded to Chris to indicate that it was okay.

Although it seemed that Eijun had the upper hand as he had already chased the batter, from the perspective of power, Eijun's ball was unlikely to pose a threat to the batter in front of him.

No matter how well he disguised himself, or how fast he could hit the ball at a speed of over 145 kilometers, he never had the power of the ball. All he had from that moment on was the "tail power" that Senior Chris taught him.

Once, when Chris asked him, "What is your specialty?", the conclusion they came up with together was "quirk ball".

His unique style, combined with his various changeups and powerful ball control, created a world called 'Sawamura Eijun' when other pitchers couldn't believe it.

'I won't lose...' I used to yearn for it, envy it, and dream about it, and I longed for the 150 mark more than anyone else.

But it doesn’t matter anymore.

No matter what happened after that, no matter how much it changed, no matter what happened now, no matter how much it changed, he would never abandon it.

The next pitch was a changeup to the inside corner.

Facing the ball, Lei Shi's movements were momentarily frozen, and he hit the ball out before he could completely swing the bat.

"The outside world!"

"Changeup!" Coach Hong was shocked by that ball. It turned out that this first-year student had never used such a ball before.

At this time, the audience was also in discussion. After all, this was the first time that Rongjun threw a changeup in an official game.

“It’s a changeup!”

"Could this pitcher have some secret weapon that he hasn't used yet?"

"That's impossible...that kid is only a first grader!"

'He hit it the first time I saw it... Incredible...' Chris had to admire the batter, but now was not the time to admire him.

The next ball, a Carter shot high into the inside corner.

Rongchun nodded and glanced at Lei Shi.

"If I get a fastball like that, I'll definitely hit it!"

"..." Being stared at closely by that gaze, Rong Chun felt...his heartbeat quicken a little, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise up into an excited angle.

"It's coming! It's coming, it's coming, it's coming!" Lei Shi couldn't stop trembling with excitement. He saw the changes in the golden waves in his eyes, which were full of desire for victory and extraordinary pressure.

Swing your wrist with all your strength and throw the ball with all your strength...

"Very good!" The ball was very tricky. Chris was sure that no one could hit it. "Plus the change..."

The bat blocked Chris's view, and under his incredulous gaze, the ball, which had just begun to change, was hit by the bat.

In an instant, the first baseman rushed to the base quickly, and Lei Shi also gritted his teeth and rushed to first base, "Damn it! It's not that kind of ball!"

The ball hit the ground with a heavy force, and then bounced back at an extremely fast speed.

"Second base!"

A white light flashed across the infield, and Ryosuke fell to the ground in regret for not being able to block the ball. At this time, Furuya, who had retreated to guard against long hits, had no time to block the ball.

"Ooooooh! It went through!"

"Damn it! I'm going to stop him at all costs!" Isashiki, who was already on guard, quickly rushed to the left outfield and reached the ball before Furuya.

"Pass to third base!"

Finally he caught the ball. When Isashiki got up, the runner was already on third base. Isashiki was startled and took a big step forward and threw the ball out, "Go to hell!"

Masuko glanced at Todoroki and clenched her teeth. She caught the throw and the runner stepped on the base. Todoroki had already landed on second base.

"Safety!"

"Safety!"

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"Tsk..." Lei Shi's swing just now was really serious. Lei Zang was obviously a little anxious. The result was not as good as expected, but at least it was not that bad. "It should be able to shake the pitcher!"

One out, runners on second and third base...

"...Sorry! Request a timeout!"

This was the first time in a known game that this situation had occurred during Rongjun's pitching. Everyone looked at the pitcher's mound with concern, and Chris called a timeout to the referee.

“Pfft…Hahahahaha!”

"Eijun..." Chris was frightened by Eijun's sudden laughter. He was stunned for a moment and wanted to go to the pitcher's mound, but was stopped by Eijun's hand.

“It’s okay, hahaha…” Rongchun stretched out his hand to signal Chris not to come up, and covered his face with his gloves while holding his stomach and laughing as he stepped down from the pitcher’s mound, squatting and curling up into a ball, “Hehehe…”

"Eijun! What's wrong?" At this time, Xiaochun in the rest area was also looking at Eijun worriedly.

"Could it be that the blow is too great?" Yukichi looked at him in confusion. If that were the case, it would be bad.

"Coach! This..." Director Ota looked at the unmoved supervisor worriedly, "Although Sawamura suppressed the batter...if this incident affects Sawamura..."

“Hehehe… No…” Rongjun buried his head in his arms, laughing so hard that he couldn’t stop, “Hu… Hehehe…”

"Heh... That's so rude to your opponent..." He stopped laughing, stood up and took a deep breath.

“Pfft… Hehehe…” Just as he stood up to apologize, Rongchun glanced at the audience and couldn’t help laughing again. He laughed so hard that his tears came out. “No… My stomach… hurts…”

"Classmate... stop laughing..." Finally, the confused referee spoke up to stop the pitcher.

"Yes! I'm sorry... haha..." The chief referee said so, and Eijun grabbed his cheeks which were aching from laughing and forced himself to stop laughing.

"Hehe..." However, this seemed to be of no use, and then he let go of his face with his left hand...

He clenched his fist and blew it directly on his face...

"!" Even the chief referee was shocked. What happened to this kid? He suddenly punched himself.

"Huh..." Finally stopping laughing, Rongchun stood up straight with a serious face, bowed and apologized one by one towards the pharmacist rest area, the chief referee, and his own rest area, "I'm sorry!"

Not only the players on the field, but the entire stadium was plunged into a confused silence.

"Sorry...timeout!" Chris ran to the pitcher's mound immediately after seeing Rongchun recover, "Rongchun, I'm sorry, that ball just now was my..."

"I didn't throw it well, I'm sorry!" Rong Chun stepped forward to stop Chris from talking, then looked at Lei Shi on second base and said with a smile: "Besides...it's just abnormal for him to hit that kind of ball!"

"Eijun!" Chris stopped Rongchun sternly, "You don't have to bear these responsibilities alone!"

“...Hmm…” Rongchun nodded blankly, not understanding why Chris was angry.

"Don't worry about the runner, I'll keep an eye on him. Just focus on taking care of the next batter!"

"Yes..."

"There were so many surprises in this inning..." Eijun looked at the aggressive runners on second and third base and sighed helplessly, "We can't drag it out any longer."

"One out, there are runners on second and third base!" Eijun took a deep breath and pointed to the sky, "I'll pitch to them. I'll leave the defense to you guys!"

"Oh! Let them call us!"

"We'll stop them all!"

"one by one!"

"Be serious..." Eijun responded to the code.

A technical changeup that was developed to deal with power hitters who were too strong for him.

From my senior year in high school to the major leagues, the years are measured in units. I swing my arms with all my strength, concentrating all my strength on my fingertips...

"Qiang..."

When the bat and baseball made a discordant sound, he already knew where the ball would land.

Rongchun stood on the pitcher's mound without moving, opened his glove towards the sky and caught the falling ball in his glove.

"Out!"

"You're the only one left..." Eijun pushed the baseball toward Mishima, waited for Chris' signal, got ready, and pitched.

"Qiang..."

"Third base!"

"Woo ga!" Zengzi stared at the ball and put the flat fly ball directly into his glove.

"Out!"

"Switch attack and defense!"

"Sawamura! Great pitch!"

"The runner had no chance at all! The crisis was handled perfectly!"

“This isn’t a crisis! Besides, I don’t take the batter seriously at all!” As he ran back to the dugout, Eijun raised his chin proudly, then glanced at the audience, “Pfft…hahahaha…”

"Sawamura! What's wrong with you again?!"

"Eijun..."

Rong Chun laughed suddenly again for no apparent reason, and this time, he attracted even more strange looks.

"That weird kid...is he laughing at us?" Supervisor Hong's veins popped out while he was smiling for dear life, and his tone suggested he wanted to kill that kid with his eyes.

"It should... not be..." Looking at the coach who was almost turning evil, Sanada forced a smile and looked at the little pitcher who was lying on the ground with laughter in front of the dugout, ready to go on the field.

Rongchun, who was already laughing so hard that he couldn't control himself, could only cover his mouth and try hard to hold back his laughter under the stern face of Supervisor Kataoka.

"Stop laughing!"

“Pfft…” These three shy and angry words spoken in a familiar voice successfully made Rong Chun fail to hold back his laughter and burst out laughing, “Hahahaha…”

Everyone in Qingdao looked towards the audience seats above the rest area in the direction of the voice, only to see two girls dressed like... dolls.

"...Yihe...Xin? Right?" Yuki, who was about to go on stage, expressed such doubts.

"Don't talk! You'll be exposed if you talk!" Yi angrily accused Xin.

"..." Feeling depressed and with a dark face, he silently shrank into the Qingdao cheering team.

"This is Lolita! Do you think it looks good?"

“Hehehe…” Rongchun wiped his tears and looked up, “It suits you very well!”

"So Rongchun likes it too?"

"...I like it! It's cute, isn't it!"

“……” Xin’s eyes lit up when he heard that and he immediately raised the gift box.

"Great!" Yi pointed to the gift box and smiled happily, "This is Rongchun's skirt!"

"...Eh?"

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