Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"Eijun... did they ask you for help or look helpless?"

"No..." Eijun shook his head.

"That means it's something they can handle..." Chris patted Rongchun's head and chuckled, "They will be happy to know that you have this intention."

"Um..."

Last night, the team held a discussion meeting on the grouping of the top four. In addition to analyzing Xianquan's information, the players who would participate in the competition were also announced.

The pitcher for the semi-finals was Tamba Kami who returned to the starting lineup, while Kawakami prepared in advance as usual, ready to take over at any time.

Fūdani, who had played in every game so far, was announced to rest, while Eijun, who was not present, was ignored by the supervisor and no arrangements were made.

However, the supervisor just announced that Eijun will not play in the semi-finals...

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The official players' gathering time was postponed, so Rong Jun returned before the gathering. Therefore, before the training officially started, he went to the side to run and warm up.

'No...' Even if it's something they can't solve, they won't ask for help, and they won't show a helpless expression.

It was a look filled with rage but with nowhere to vent, and a determination that would not turn back.

That person should be someone who makes them feel conflicted, an important person, but also someone who must be erased by themselves.

"Uh..." Suddenly feeling a chill on his back, Eijun turned his head to look at Fūya who was following him, and slowed down a little to wait for him to catch up, "What's wrong... You've been staring at me fiercely since just now..."

"Huff, huff..." After finally catching up, Jōtani was already exhausted. He wanted to speak but couldn't catch his breath and kept gasping for breath.

"It's also a pitcher's job to get a good rest! Forcing your body to overload will only backfire..." Rongjun's earnest nagging was shocked by the pair of eyes that suddenly raised up.

"When grandma passed away, grandpa told me..." Fūya's current state can be said to be embarrassed, but he is unusually serious, "The person who always disappears suddenly is actually a lonely person..."

"Then... I asked Grandpa... where did she disappear to..."

"Grandpa said... because there was no one she could trust, so... she went to find a safe haven... When one day you want to be someone's safe haven, you must become... someone that person can trust..."

"Because... maybe one day... she will disappear... and never come back... so, I will be Eijun's safe haven... Eijun, just rest assured and leave the pitcher's mound... to me..."

Then, the next second, another figure appeared in Rongchun's dazed eyes, stretched out a big hand, and grabbed the back of the collar of Fūya Fate.

"Are you an idiot? Furuya!"

A dissatisfied roar accompanied by vigorous shaking. Miyuki was really angry at this time, and he was about to spit fire. Even if Sawamura was a physical monster, Furutani was just a fucking scum.

"I only ran less than two laps...this amount of exercise is no big deal!" Compared to this, the sudden grab just now almost strangled Jyoutani to death, and now the shaking made him dizzy.

"Two laps! How many two laps have you run? Didn't I tell you to just move around a bit? Look how tired you are!"

"Huhu...it's no big deal..." Fōtani hung directly on Miyuki's hand and continued stubbornly to say that it was no big deal.

Miyuki was really about to spit fire. With the way he ran, there was no point in letting him rest.

How did he end up with so many pitchers? Except for Kawakami, an honest man of the same level, no one can make him feel at ease.

"Hahaha...what a stubborn guy!" As soon as he saw Miyuki suddenly running away, Kuramochi thought there must be some fun to take part in.

The result did not disappoint his curiosity, mainly because Yuki's frustrated look was so funny.

"..." Looking at the two people, one yelling and the other silent, Rongchun was stunned and tightly grasped the baseball and wish card in his pocket, "A lonely person... who has no one to trust..."

“Haha…hahahahaha!”

Eijun suddenly burst into laughter, startling the people around him from the farce of Furuya and Miyuki, and they all turned their attention to Eijun who was laughing towards the sky.

"Sawamura..." Miyuki, who still had Furuya on his hand, was stunned for a moment and then started to talk nonsense again, "What's wrong with you again?"

"Eijun..." Fūya broke free from Miyuki's clutches and looked at Eijun, who was holding his stomach and laughing so hard that tears were streaming from his eyes, "Is what I said so funny?"

"Ha...it's not...it's just...hahaha..."

"What did you say?" Looking at Eijun who was laughing so hard that he had a stitch in his side, Kuramochi bent Fōtani's waist and asked.

"haven..."

"Safe haven? What the hell!" Kuramochi and Miyuki complained in unison.

"I've always thought that..." Eijun managed to stop smiling a little and wiped away the tears that were overflowing, "Fouya, you...sometimes you can really say something shocking!"

"Official players, assemble!" Just when a few people were confused and curious, the voice of supervisor Kataoka came, "Everyone, assemble at the B pitch, and start the angle pitching now!"

Everyone was surprised when they heard this. Angle pitching? How to practice?

"Let's meet at Field B..." Eijun said with a low-key voice and a smile at the end. He patted Fūya and greeted Haruichi, "If you do well in the pitching practice later, maybe Haru can go to bat again!"

"Really... I'll try my best!" Haruichi chuckled. Although he had many questions to ask Eijun, he should prepare for tomorrow's game first.

With doubts, everyone put Rongchun's matter aside for the moment. When they arrived at the B field, they saw the pitcher's mound being filled.

"Huh? Dirt on the pitcher's mound?" Kuramochi was a little confused.

"Should we raise the pitcher's mound and try to recreate Maki's high pitch..." The third grade student at the side understood the significance of this action.

"These guys came up with the suggestion last night." Kataoka gestured to the third-year students behind him, looking very proud. "It seems like they spent the whole night piling up the dirt on the pitcher's mound."

"you..."

"We also want to do something to contribute to the team!" The third-year students, who were already retired, just smiled and expressed their feelings.

Even if they can't play in the game, they hope that each other's summer can continue to extend until they catch the tail of summer and greet the next season with a smile.

"Snapped--"

Just as everyone was feeling moved, the loud sound of a baseball entering a glove startled the players, and they couldn't help but look towards the source of the ball.

Li Ran saw that the players' attention was focused on him, and Kataoka smiled excitedly, which was rare for him. "So who wants to fight first?"

"Wait... Coach, are you going to pitch?" Kuramochi was so surprised that he was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the one who was going to pitch was the coach.

"We can't let Tamba surrender either..." Kataoka responded calmly and as a matter of course.

"real or fake!"

"Isn't this interesting?" Ryosuke still smiled, but it was obvious that he had already started preparing.

"There's not much chance to play the coach's pitch!" Zengzi followed closely with great interest.

"I say, Zhe, you better keep the order!" As soon as he took out the helmet, he saw that Zhe had already put on his equipment and walked into the batter's box. I didn't care about it for the time being and also lined up.

"Are you full of energy?!" Looking at the third-year seniors who were already the first to rush forward, Kuramochi didn't expect that just supervising pitching would make the seniors so excited.

"Can I play seriously?" Yuki stood in the batter's box and straightened the brim of his hat, looking directly at Coach Kataoka with sharp eyes full of fighting spirit.

"If you can hit it." Kataoka confidently accepted Yuki's attack declaration at this time.

"The coach's pitching will definitely have a great practical effect." Chris was also looking forward to competing against the coach and quietly put on his equipment.

"Yeah!" Yukihiro followed closely without exception.

"Zhe, fight back!"

"Senior Zhe!"

"No need to show mercy!" Eijun followed the team members to support Yuki-senpai who was the first to attack, and he also changed into equipment and joined the team.

"Oops...this is hilarious!"

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In today's batting practice, under the full force of coach Kataoka's pitching, the entire team was wiped out, and only a few center batters were able to hit the ball.

The ones who can be said to have fought beautifully are Yuuki, Chris, Isashiki, Masuko and the Kominato brothers...

But Eijun was confused by the phone call from Furuya...

"Oops... I feel like..."

After burying himself in the bathtub, Eijun looked at the waves on the water surface and held his breath for a long time. "The person that Furuya is talking about is simply talking about me..."

Sometimes, Jiang Gu speaks without restraint, which makes some people unable to cope with it.

So, when he followed Senior Miyuki into the professional baseball league, the first problem he faced was not pitching, but obstacles in interpersonal relationships.

Eijun, who was still in college at the time, was also a little confused until he heard other people's comments other than praise for Fūya.

"It should be... His upbringing made him not good at communication, and he is also self-centered and proud... I think your teammates in high school were kind and could get along with him. Otherwise, with his personality, he would probably be excluded if he joined other teams... I really don't know how you got along with that guy..."

At that time, Rong Chun was stunned for a moment, and then slapped the man angrily. Then he thought about it carefully for several days, and it seemed to make sense...

After all, he was rude to his seniors right after joining the team, and he couldn't fit in with the freshman team at first...

What made Eijun understand this more intuitively was probably the period when he first developed a fear of pitching and collapsed on the field, and Furuya said, "We don't need two pitchers on the mound..."

This left a deep impression on Rongchun, who was devastated at the time!

However, later on, Fūya was slowly changing himself. Although he was not good at conversation, he still responded with his pitching.

My attitude towards others has also become much more polite, more restrained, more modest, and more stable...

Rongchun thinks that's proof that he's beginning to mature...

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