Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"Just do your best today..." Tamba gritted his teeth and swung his arm to throw the ball.

The ball flew past on a trajectory that was about to hit the batter's head, and when Sanada subconsciously tried to dodge, it slipped over the brim of the hat and flew accurately into the catcher's glove.

"Let it go!"

In a moment of silence, Sanada showed a look of regret and lowered the bat.

The silence was broken only by the umpire raising his hand and loudly announcing, "Batter is out!"

"Tamba! Good job!"

"One out!"

'It's not the best condition, but it still corrected the wrist movement very well...' Chris was also happy about this. It was because he knew his own condition that he could rush forward boldly regardless of everything.

With one out, the next batter was the seventh batter, catcher, Watanabe.

Continuing with the momentum of striking out Sanada, Tamba chased the batter with two pitches. Chris took the opportunity to hit a lob to the outside corner, causing the batter to hit an infield ground ball, which was intercepted by You and thrown to first base to block the batter's out.

"Two out!"

"There's one more person!"

"focus!"

"There's one out left..." Chris opened his arms to signal Danbo to concentrate, "Throw it with all your strength and take this batter down!"

Tamba nodded naturally in response, "Furuya, Sawamura, Kawakami, they pitched so hard to put the situation in Seidou's hands, I will not let you down!"

"How can it end like this!" The batter clenched his bat and gritted his teeth. He heard the cheers of his teammates. He would not let the game end like this in his hands. "I must get on base! Absolutely!"

For the first pitch, Chris hit a curveball on the inside corner. Kobayashi didn't expect that the first pitch against him would be a curveball. He was caught off guard, but he still swung the bat after pausing for a moment.

"Third baseman!"

Although it looked like he hit the ball by accident, the landing point of the ball was unexpectedly tricky. Zengzi saw the incoming ball and ran quickly to the ball.

As long as he caught this ball, the game would be over. When Qingdao Huanxi Pharmacist was frightened, the bouncing ball was misaligned and hit the edge of the glove and flew out.

“Ah!” This unexpected surprise gave Raizo hope, and his shouts overwhelmed the support, “Slide over! Xiaolin!”

Amid the exclamations, Masuko quickly threw the ball to first base, and the sound of the runner diving for the base and the ball hitting the glove was heard almost simultaneously.

After a brief moment of contemplation, the referee spread his hands and said, "Safe!"

"Nice slide!"

“Good run!”

"Coach, you really are nervous too!" While being happy, the players in the rest area also did not forget to tease Coach Hong for actually yelling out loud.

"Noisy!"

The next batters were Ota, who was batting ninth, and Hong Lei, who was batting first.

"Datian! You must get on base!"

"Oh!"

Chris glanced at the batter, and it was obvious that what needed more attention was the monster who stepped out of the dugout.

Chris looked at the powerful Hong Leishi in the batting area. Two of the first three pitchers had basically been defeated by him. Now he only had one out left. It would be best if he could avoid running into him.

"Danbo!" Chris called back to Danbo who was focusing on the hitter, 'Don't worry about the runners on the bases, just play as usual, deal with this bat, and end this game!'

Danbo nodded in understanding. Even if he faced Lei Shi, he would not show weakness, and his determination would not be less than that of the other party.

"There's one more person!"

"There's one more person!"

"Snapped!"

On the first pitch, after the batter swung at a straight ball to the outside corner and missed, Chris chased the batter with a curveball to the inside corner. Being chased so quickly obviously made the batter anxious, so he hit a lob to the outside corner.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the baseball that flew into the sky slowly fell down.

Danbo looked up at the ball and put it steadily into his glove. At this moment, the cheers from the audience surged over him.

"Batters out!"

"competition is over!"

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'it's over...'

Looking at Senior Datian who was lying in the batter's box and breaking down and crying, Lei Shi was stunned in the waiting area and couldn't help but burst into tears.

He never realized that every swing of the bat was related to the success or failure of the team. Because he had reliable teammates, he just enjoyed the fun of competing with the pitcher.

In the end, he wanted to swing the bat for the team and return everyone's expectations, but he didn't even have the chance to play.

The match between Seidou and Yakushi ended with a score of 9 to 5, and Seidou High School was the first to advance to the semi-finals.

After both sides lined up and saluted, Rong Chun took the initiative to walk up to Lei Shi and stretched out his hand. The two stared at each other, one crying silently and the other smiling softly in silence.

Rong Chun waited patiently until Lei Shi reached out his hand and held his hand with a trembling hand. He couldn't help but turn over his palm and sighed: "Your hands are like rocks, without a piece of soft flesh, which is the proof of a lot of practice every day..."

"One day...your name will be known all over the world, and many people will flock to you for your swing and go crazy for you."

"..." In the midst of the shocked expressions of the others, Rong Chun just grinned and said to himself: "The failure now is just for us to start over and become stronger! Lei Shi!"

"The one I want to defeat is the stronger you."

“…Uh…well…” Lei Shi nodded blankly. He was neither his usual shy self nor his passionate self during the competition.

"If we meet someday, I'll treat you to a meal! All-you-can-eat fried pork chops!"

"Yeah!" Lei Shi, who was originally quite sad, nodded excitedly when he heard about fried pork chops.

The pharmacists who were worried about whether Lei Shi could handle social interactions did not expect that Lei Shi could be taken down so easily by the fried pork chop. Their own supervisor really treated the child badly, as he was coaxed away so easily.

Fortunately, he is someone I know. It seems necessary to teach him some common sense, so that he won’t be cheated by a stranger one day.

After the two teams finished their communication, they began to leave the court.

"Sawamura..." Following behind the team, Isashiki couldn't help but sigh: "You always say something surprising..."

"Really..." Rong Chun was stunned for a moment and then turned his head around with a smile. Sometimes he was just stating a fact.

"You're going to have to deal with that guy's bat for three years! Why are you still trying to motivate him?"

"Hahaha...that team will become stronger. Wouldn't it be more fulfilling to defeat him again then?"

"You kid..."

"Eijun!"

"Hmm..." Seeing Xinyi already waiting outside the court, Rongjun ran past the team and said, "Our team won!"

"Yeah, Rongchun is very handsome!" Yi happily raised her hands and high-fived Rongchun, then turned around and placed the gift box in Xin's hand in front of Rongchun, "Play with me!"

“Eh?” Eijun’s smile froze. Could it be that the two of them ran away in the last round and didn’t see it? “Our team won!”

"Yeah, Eijun is very handsome! Play with me!"

"...Didn't you say that if we lose this game, I'll play with you for a whole day? Our team won..."

"Yeah." Yi blinked and tilted her head, looking like she didn't understand what Rongchun was talking about, "Yeah! Didn't the other team lose?"

"..." Rongchun blinked and tilted his head, looking like he didn't understand what Yi was saying, "So, our team..."

"..." Something sounded wrong, and Rongchun blinked again, "The other team lost..."

"……" Something still seemed wrong. Looking at Xinyi's smiling face, Rongchun's expression gradually changed.

"Is this a text trap?" After listening to the conversation between the two, Yukichi sorted out his thoughts and came to this conclusion, "So, no matter which team wins, there will be a team that loses..."

"In the end, you still have to wear a skirt! Hahaha..." Kuramochi understood the trap and burst out laughing, holding his stomach.

"This... this doesn't count! You are lying! You are taking advantage of someone who is in trouble!" He never expected that he would fall for such a simple text trap. His previous life was really wasted, as he didn't even see through their trick. "And I didn't promise you! It doesn't count! It doesn't count..."

"Eijun can even play Alice! Why can't you wear lolita with me!"

"You guys were injured, so you pushed me up there! I was supposed to play the Mad Hatter!"

“I don’t care…” Seeing that Rongchun was about to run away, Yi hugged him with tears in her eyes, choking and sobbing, “I want Rongchun to play with me…”

"Hey..." Yiyi started crying, and her heart, which was originally in a headache, became panic, and she quickly comforted her sister, "Don't cry! I..."

"Xin, stop talking!"

"..."

"Ah! Don't cry!" Rong Chun also quickly comforted Yilai and carefully wiped her tears.

Yi was crying, and her special outfit immediately attracted the attention of the spectators leaving the stadium. Everyone in Qingdao was so embarrassed that they didn't know what to do.

"I'll play with you...I'll play with you!" Rongchun agreed reluctantly, "Ah~ I really can't do anything about you..."

"That's what you said!" As soon as she heard what she wanted, her expression changed instantly, and she started planning Rongchun's makeup, "Go to the bathroom and change!"

"Hey! Is Sawamura really going to wear this?" Feeling that he might see something interesting, Miyuki came over with great interest, "Can I go and see it with you?"

"No!" Seeing his sinister smile, Rong Chun immediately refused. He would definitely take pictures and then use them to blackmail and make fun of him.

"Ah..." Looking at Rongchun being dragged away, Xin turned her head away helplessly and sighed.

"Heh..." Chris was helpless. He glanced at his helpless heart. When the child cried just now, he was really panicked. "It can be seen that you really love your sister."

"Well..." I was helpless and just smiled.

"It seems like it would be quite interesting..." Kuramochi looked at Kokoro's outfit and blushed, and quickly turned his face away. She was indeed very beautiful, "But you guys are spoiling her too much."

"Really..." Xin looked at the two of them lovingly, chuckled and followed them, "She is my important sister, who else should I dote on if not her..."

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