Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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Coming to Qingdao's stadium again, Eijun thought that many people's first reaction when they saw him would be, "Why are you here again!"

"Sawamura-kun, please change your clothes first!"

"No, this is fine."

"But..."

After finishing the warm-up exercises, Rongchun put on his gloves, patted them, and walked directly to the pitcher's mound with the baseball. He looked at Chris at the home plate and threw a few balls casually to get used to it.

After the trial pitch, Chris walked up to the pitcher's mound. "Good pitch. Let me first learn about the pitches and types of pitches you are good at. Let's confirm the pitching and the code."

"..." Rong Chunxu held the baseball for a moment, and looked at the supervisor who was asked by Senior Chris to be the referee, and the batters who were pitching and hitting, "Senior Chris, is your hand okay?"

"no problem."

After receiving Chris's affirmation, Rongchun felt relieved. "Actually, I don't know what my current level is. Senior Chris can decide the ball path. Can I decide the ball type myself?"

"I'll throw the ball into your glove."

"..." Chris thought he was going to play blindly, but for Rongchun, as long as he was willing to pitch now, the rest could be discussed later. "Do you want to try a few more pitches?"

"Need not."

"Okay, let's get started when you're ready."

"Yeah." Eijun reached into his pocket and held his baseball, looking at Chris-senpai squatting at home plate waiting for him, "If Chris-senpai wants me to come to Qingdao, I can come."

"..." Chris was stunned for a moment, wondering why he suddenly agreed.

"But I have a request." Eijun pulled his hand out, held the ball in his glove, and raised the ball towards Coach Kataoka.

"Anyone can do it. As long as there's one person who can hit the ball like me, I'll come to Qingdao. If no one can hit the ball like me, just tell my family that I'm not suitable for playing baseball."

"..." Kataoka looked at Takashima when he heard that, but Takashima just pushed his glasses and didn't respond.

"Huh!? What did that guy say?!"

"What nonsense is that guy talking about!"

"Are you looking down on us?"

"Think none of us can hit his ball well!"

"..." Rong Chun stared at the supervisor who hadn't responded yet, and said in a rare serious tone, "I want your promise, okay?"

“Hahaha…” While others were angry, shocked, and confused, Director Kataoka laughed, “Such an arrogant boy, it would be better if he had some strength. Anyone who wants to come up and fight can come up.”

“…” Chris looked at him in shock. He was suddenly a little panicked and didn’t know what to do.

It turns out that Rongchun came this time to cut off all possibilities with one stroke.

If, if no one really hit his ball, he would tell himself clearly that he would not come here again.

"Chris!"

"!" Chris came back to his senses after being awakened by the supervisor.

"That boy is ready. He's waiting for your match."

Chris realized that Rongchun was looking at him, and his eyes seemed to say, "I want your promise!"

"Huh..." While exhaling, Chris hammered his gloves and got ready to catch the ball. 'Come on!'

Eijun nodded, and the first batter turned out to be Kuramochi-senpai.

The first pitch he threw in this world, the catcher was Chris and the batter was Kuramochi.

These two people were very important people in his previous life, so he couldn't be careless with the first pitch. He raised his right leg high, and when the baseball slipped out of his hand, Rong Chun thought, 'Oops...'

The three men on home plate all raised their heads as the baseball flew toward them, until the ball hit the block and fell...

After a moment of silence, "Poof..."

"Pfft hahaha..."

"After making such big talk, he actually made a big shot on the first ball! Hahaha..."

"Hahaha...are you kidding me? You're killing me!" Kuramochi at home base was so amused by the serious first pitch that he burst into laughter.

It is in stark contrast to the supervisor with a black face and Chris with a red face...

"I accidentally thought it was a football!" Eijun stood there awkwardly for a moment, "Hahaha... I can't help it. I haven't played baseball for more than two years. I might get hit right away."

“I haven’t played baseball in over two years!”

"How dare you be so arrogant!"

"..." Not paying attention to other people's complaints, Rongjun let out a breath and got into pitching position again.

Make a wall with your right hand, keep your right foot in a straight line and stretch it toward home base, bend your right hand and upper body into a bow shape to concentrate your strength, use the strength from your lower body, and release it in one breath.

"Snapped!"

“……”Chris caught the ball, but was stunned by the shock.

"Kuramochi, why are you just standing there and not swinging the bat?"

"Hey! The ball is going really fast, it must be close to 150 kilometers!"

"More than that..." Kuramochi looked at the ball in disbelief and then looked back at the pitcher's mound.

His left wrist was hidden behind his body, and he couldn't see the ball's point of release at all. Suddenly, the ball appeared in front of him, and he had no way of judging the ball's trajectory.

Kuramochi was struck out without even touching the ball, which caused a lot of confusion among those around him.

Then, Eijun's pitching silenced everyone. The batters were struck out one after another, and the momentum in the stadium gradually weakened.

The ball moves much faster at home plate than when you watch from the sidelines, and the varied and irregular movements make it difficult for many people to react. There are fly balls, ground balls, tag balls...all kinds of outs.

Moreover, Sawamura was wearing a mask and a hat, so it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. His pitching rhythm was very fast, and some people were not ready for the next pitch before the ball had already come, and they were even out.

"Damn it!" Izashiki was so angry that he stomped his feet and said, "It's just like what they said, a disgusting ball!"

"Special pitching posture, plus a quirk ball, good ball control and fast speed..." Yuki suddenly became excited and walked into the batter's box with great momentum.

"..." Chris looked at Yuki standing in the batter's box and became serious.

"..." The big shot is here. When Eijun dropped the anti-slip bag and blew off the powder on his hands, he realized that he was wearing a mask. He changed to shaking his hands and getting ready. 'Yuuki-senpai is still a second-year student, but he already has such momentum. He is really amazing. '

Facing Yuki, Chris was more cautious, first using a low ball at the outside corner and then a high ball at the inside corner, getting two strikes.

"Very good, Azhe! Let's chase him down!"

"Hit the next ball!"

After thinking about it, Chris matched the second ball with the same ball, "but move it one ball closer to the bad ball zone."

Although Rongjun nodded, he didn't know if he could throw such an accurate ball. His intuition told him that he would definitely be hit out.

However, he couldn't shake his head at Chris-senpai, but it would be a different story if it was Miyuki.

"Then..." As long as he is not hit, Chris-senpai will catch it. Rongjun held the ball and suddenly threw the ball out as if he was unprepared.

“……” Yuki’s eyes lit up, and he swung the bat with unstoppable momentum, aiming directly at the flying ball.

But his bat had already been swung and the ball finally landed in Chris's glove.

"Good ball! Batter out!"

"Change ball!"

“That guy can throw a changeup!”

"..." Although Eijun didn't think it was necessary to use a changeup, he still wanted to make sure to take care of everyone.

Chris was so absorbed in the pitching and hitting practice that when he came to his senses, he discovered that they had almost swept the entire baseball club.

He also realized that Eijun really wanted to kill everyone when he asked for that promise, so he...

"Good ball! Batter out!"

"No!"

"No way! Is there anyone else who hasn't gone up to fight?!"

“No way!”

"I won..." Rong Chun let out a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and wiped his face with the mask.

The first time you see him pitch, most people can’t hit the ball.

Even though it was a year of poor harvest, they still had some great players in this class. Senior Kominato even hit a few foul balls, Senior Yuki forced out a changeup, and Senior Masuko hit a fly ball in front of the pitcher, but they all played very well.

"Promise...tell my mother that I am not fit to fight..."

"I haven't hit yet!" Chris interrupted Eijun's steps as he walked down the pitcher's mound. Looking at Eijun standing there in a daze, Chris turned to coach Kataoka and said, "Coach, let Miyuki come up to catch the ball. I want to hit the ball!"

"..." Coach Kataoka looked at Chris who was already taking off his equipment, turned around and called out, "Miyuki! Come up and catch the ball."

"Oh... yes!" Miyuki hurried to put on his protective gear. Seeing Sawamura's pitching and Chris's coordination made him feel very excited.

"You just have to do your job as the blocking net."

"Hey!" Miyuki put on his gear and was about to go up to the pitcher's mound to discuss something with Sawamura, but Sawamura blocked his way with his hand, "Come on! Let's cultivate our relationship!"

"If you don't want to get beaten, then don't touch me."

"..." Thinking of how he had thrown away Senior Dong, who was much bigger than him, Yukichi silently withdrew his hand that was about to hug him, "Please tell me..."

"Senior Chris decides the route of the ball, but I decide the type of ball myself."

"...Blind match!" Yuki couldn't believe it. He didn't even know what the ball would be, but he could still match it like this. 'These two people cooperated so well!'

“Of course.” Eijun knew from his expression that he was impressed by Chris’s play. “After all, Chris-senpai is so good! So handsome! So gentle! And so smart!!”

"Ahem..." Chris stood in the batter's box, blushing and coughing twice in embarrassment, 'No need to speak so loudly.'

"..." Could Yuki think this was a hint to him? The corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch, "Senior Chris will be very difficult to deal with."

"Of course."

"I'll call for the ball with the changeup."

"Then why waste time?" Rong Chun was obviously saying, get out of here.

"..." Yuki thought to himself that he hadn't done anything to provoke him yet! Or was this guy just talking like that?

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