Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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After the offense and defense switched, Narimiya Mei started off with full force, showing off his powerful pitching and causing Sakurazawa's batters to miss frequently.

"nice shot!"

"strike out!"

"Wow..." The audience in the stands were also shocked by Chengmiya's pitching and exclaimed in surprise.

"I struck out three batters in a row in the first inning!"

"I'll use my full strength right away!"

"..." Seeing the opponent's pitcher's pitch, the Sakurazawa dugout couldn't help but exclaim, "That's amazing!"

"It seems to show the difference in strength..."

“The opponent is the opponent…” Coach Sanae saw that some of the players were affected and interrupted them, “We just need to play our own style. Only those who believe in themselves can create a new path!”

The contestants who were about to go on stage all looked at the supervisor's serious expression with an expression of disbelief, and then whispered to each other.

"He sometimes says something very nice..."

"But if we play the ball to you, just give us the ball..."

"But... he's right... we can only show our own style." Thinking of this, Nagao Akira hammered his gloves hard and made an exciting sound, "Go!"

“Ohhhhhh!”

At the beginning of the second inning, it was Inami's turn to attack again. The first batter to come on the field was Harada, the fourth batter.

"Aya!"

"Inashi's fourth baton! I'm counting on you!"

"So popular..." Chang Xuming exclaimed softly, then made a series of pitching postures, and at the moment of releasing the ball, he flicked the ball out with his fingers.

"Bad ball!"

"There's really no spin..." Harada watched the first ball and saw the path of the ball clearly. "This kind of ball is really hard to hit..."

At this time, Ming, who was waiting to hit in the back, saw that his senior was hesitating and didn't use the stick, and he shouted in dissatisfaction, "Senior Aya! Hit farther!"

"Shut up! See for yourself."

Harada looked at the ball and responded, "No need to swing the bat... As long as you hit it..."

As he was swinging the bat, Harada noticed that the path of the ball was different from the previous one. His face hardened and he hit the ball out. Then he threw away the bat and quickly ran to the bases.

However, this ball was obviously not hit well and was intercepted by the second baseman and passed to first base to block the out.

"One person is out!"

"Ah Ming, good shot!"

Ming stood up and looked at Senior Aya who was leaving the field. He couldn't help but sneer, "Senior Aya, how shameful... You call the fourth batter like that?"

"Shut up!"

"Okay..." There was nothing he could do since his senior was so disappointing, Ming sighed helplessly, "Let me avenge Senior Aya!"

"I really want to beat you up!"

The appearance of Inami's ace once again aroused cheers from the stadium. Bathed in the cheers of the audience, Chengmiya Ming stood in the batter's box.

"A Ming, hit him out!"

“What a cool pose!”

"Naomiya!"

Ming, who looked like he didn't take the pitcher seriously at all, noticed that the catcher's glove was different from usual ones and exclaimed, "Wow... the glove is so big!"

"He is the No. 1 pitcher in Kanto... Narimiya Ming." Nagao Ming looked at the batter in the batter's box and frowned unconsciously, then lowered the brim of his hat, "No, I'm too nervous, I need to calm down..."

The pitcher on the pitcher's mound turned around, pointed to the sky, and shouted, "One out! Catch them one by one!"

"Okay! Catch them one by one."

"As usual!"

"Let him fight!"

"Come on! Amin..."

Sakurazawa's teammates all responded to the call from the ace. He is in great shape now.

"He's pretty calm..." Ming just saw that the pitcher was a little nervous, but he didn't expect that he calmed down after talking to the defense, "How annoying..."

"Just stay calm as usual..." Nagao Ming prepared to pitch again, smiled softly, and then pitched out, "Pitch with a calm heart..."

"!" Ming was preparing to hit a big hit with full confidence. He saw the flying ball turn right. When he swung the bat, he didn't expect the ball to turn left in the next step. "What... ghost!"

"nice shot!"

"nice shot!"

Three precise swings of the bat missed the target. Although the catcher missed the third ball, he quickly picked up the ball and hit Cheng Gong Ming who was still in a stiff swing posture.

"strike out!"

"..." As if he had already felt the blizzard behind his supervisor, Ming shuddered and ran back to the rest area, trying to pretend that nothing had happened.

"Didn't I tell you not to swing the stick..."

"..." The blizzard created by Coach Kunitomo froze him on the spot, but fortunately the next runner was quickly taken out, and Ming at least managed to escape his current predicament.

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"Inashi's strong stick turned out to be..."

"That butterfly ball... is really amazing..."

Just like they themselves said, no one present thought they would win, but their performance at the beginning was so good that it really surprised many people.

"How amazing!" Yamato was also quite surprised at this time, looking at the Sakurazawa contestant in disbelief.

"That's not a copycat shot... He must have spent his entire high school career betting on this shot." Fujio Mine's tone was also full of admiration, "Being able to advance to this point... It's definitely not a fluke..."

"Great! No problem!"

"We can also fight Inami on equal terms!"

"Watch the ball!"

"Let's score first!"

The good performance boosted the morale of the Sakurazawa rest area. They also had hope, and in an instant they developed the mentality that they could win as long as they scored.

Soon, it was swept away by Cheng Gongming's pitch...

"nice shot!"

"nice shot!"

"strike out!"

Ming on the pitcher's mound had a confident light in his eyes, and his ostentatious smile was undoubtedly a mocking condescension in the eyes of the batter, "If we have to fight in pitching, I will not lose..."

As a pitcher, Nagao Ming also clearly saw the gap between them at this moment.

"Damn it... I don't have enough time to swing the bat. Now I can only count to one and two before swinging..." Nagao Akira gritted his teeth, stared at the pitcher on the mound throwing the ball while counting to one and two in his mind.

After he swung the bat completely, the expression on his face changed from unwillingness to admit defeat to astonishment.

"Changeup... Changeup..." The ball came slowly, and then there was a sound of it falling into the glove. "This is... the ball thrown by the No. 1 pitcher in Kanto..."

Even after seeing Cheng Gongming's performance, the Qingdao players all showed serious expressions.

Among them, Isashiki couldn't help but grit his teeth, feeling a little unhappy, "This guy is really trying hard!"

"He relies on pitching to avenge the opponent's suppression. This method of applying pressure really suits his style..." Miyuki also looked at Senior Chris with a serious face, "Inami couldn't catch the opponent's butterfly ball..."

"..." Seeing Chris's gloomy face, Yuki swallowed the next sentence and turned back to pretend that he was talking to himself, 'Yabai... Chris is in a very bad mood now...'

"What an amazing pitch!" Chun Shi couldn't help but marvel at the changeup. Coupled with that high-quality straight ball, it was a really scary combination.

"Hmm..." Fūya, who was already dizzy from the heat, didn't hear what Haruichi said specifically, he just nodded blankly.

Normally, he should have leaned on someone's shoulder, blowing bubbles comfortably, but now he couldn't find that shoulder. He tilted his head a little uncomfortably, "Eijun... haven't come back yet?"

"..." Miyuki noticed that when Fūya mentioned Eijun, Chris's eyebrows jumped, and Miyuki suddenly felt a little cold sweat on his back.

"It seems a little cold suddenly..." Chun Shi suddenly shivered for some reason, as if he felt the coolness when the freezer was opened.

"Hmm..." Fūya said that he seemed to feel the coolness too, maybe he was suffering from heat stroke...

Top of third inning...

Because his mentality was affected by the previous hit, Nagao Ming got four balls in his first pitch, walked the batter and then had a base stolen.

However, Nagao Akira quickly adjusted his mentality. Even though the runner reached third base, he still calmly struck out two batters.

"That's right... don't push too hard, don't try too hard, and definitely don't get too excited. That's the pinnacle of a butterfly pitcher... the Zen mind."

"No matter how many times I see it, I'm not used to it..." Carlos watched the first ball and then swung the bat casually with a more or less playful attitude, "How can I take such a ridiculous ball seriously?"

Chang Xuming's calm gaze fell on the new round of batters. Seeing the batter's expression, he frowned and threw the ball.

Looking at the incoming ball, Carlos didn't look at the path closely, but swung the bat with the mentality of hitting it if he could, and there was nothing he could do if he couldn't.

"Qiang!"

"It hit the center of the ball!"

The crisp sound of the blow seemed to hit Changxu Mingxin. His pupils shook and his eyes followed the ball and looked back.

At the same time, the left fielder was also desperately retreating after the ball, watching the approaching ball, stretching out his glove and leaping hard, accurately catching the ball in his hands.

"Oh oh oh oh oh!"

"Got it!"

"Gumu! Beautiful catch!"

"Is this true?" The center fielder who came over to support was also in disbelief that he actually caught the ball.

"Hahaha... I'm so awesome!" Gumu happily climbed up holding up his gloves, although he was quite surprised himself.

"Great..." Carlos glanced at the cheering Sakurazawa team and let out a sigh of regret.

Inami failed to seize the good opportunity with a runner on third base, and failed to score any points from Sakurazawa in this inning, allowing the game to continue.

"Huh..." Chang Xuming ran down the pitcher's mound, clenched his fists excitedly and let out a long breath.

No matter who your opponent is, you must persevere and endure...

Let's play our game! Then... there will be a chance...

Opportunity will come...

"Don't be silly." Cheng Gongming said the most ruthless words with the most harmless face, and gave the opponent the most desperate hint with his pitch.

The tricky ball path, the weak swing, the dull sound, the silent shock, and the referee's decision...

"Good ball! Strikeout!"

"Switch attack and defense!"

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