Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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Eijun still remembers what happened after that, because it was the opportunity for him to return to the court...

In the silent space, the sound of breathing was replaced by rustling sounds. Eijun blinked and sat up, "Morning, Masuko-senpai, Kuramochi-senpai!"

"Morning, Sawamura-chan!"

Early in the morning, the contestants gathered in the cafeteria after morning exercises, and the supervisor was about to announce the unfinished arrangements from last night.

"The starting pitcher is Sawamura and the second pitcher is Tamba."

"Kawakami and Furuya will warm up according to the situation and be ready at any time."

"The catcher is Chris, above!"

"Yes!"

The morning meeting ended with a few brief words from the supervisor, and they still had a few hours before the afternoon game began.

"The starting lineup is Sawamura..."

"It's his first time starting in an official match..." Kuramochi looked at Sawamura who still had time to provoke Furuya, "That kid shouldn't be nervous, right?"

"Hahaha...that kid wouldn't be nervous just because he started the game!" Miyuki said Kuramochi was really overthinking it.

"But that guy fell down because he was nervous when he was fighting Mingchuan before!"

"You remember it so clearly..." After hearing this, Miyuki almost forgot about this black material that could be used to make fun of Sawamura, "Kuramochi-senpai is so gentle! He's worried about the juniors!"

"Miyaki!" Kuramochi's face turned red and he stared at Miyuki with gritted teeth, then he quickly smiled amiably.

"What...what?" Yukichi suddenly felt uneasy and stepped back a little defensively.

"Miyuki... You're not the starting catcher in the finals, aren't you disappointed at all?" Kuramochi approached Miyuki with a worried look on his face, "After all, Sawamura hates you so much..."

"..." Knowing that he had bad intentions, Miyuki shrugged his shoulders to show that he didn't care, "There will always be a stage for me to perform, and Sawamura has hated me for a long time."

“Oh…” Although it was quite funny to see Miyuki’s frustrated expression, it was in line with his character for him to be so open-minded. “If you are sad because of this… it would be disgusting…”

"Hey hey..."

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On July 7, the final of the West Tokyo Tournament is scheduled to start at 31 p.m.

The temperature was very high today, but the enthusiasm of the audience was not affected at all.

Early in the morning, the audience seats at the Meiji Jingu Stadium were already packed, and the stadium's broadcast had to be turned up to the maximum volume so as not to be drowned out by the voices.

Among the crowd, Grandpa Rongchun, wearing a striking floral shirt and holding a small folding fan, walked towards the third base side entrance in a casual manner.

"Grandpa, that's Inashi's..."

“It’s okay!” Before Wakana could finish, Grandpa smiled and said, “You can see the Qingdao rest area from here.”

"There are enemies everywhere!" Rongchun's father didn't think this was a good thing and felt it would be very bad.

"Hahaha! What does that matter!" Grandpa doesn't care about all that. The most important thing is to see his grandson.

In the stadium corridor, Inami captain Masamiya Harada and Seidou captain Tetsu Yuki played rock-paper-scissors in front of the referee to decide the order of attack.

The result is that Yuuki wins...

"Then Seidou will attack first, and Inami will attack later." The referee then announced the match arrangement according to Seidou's choice and gave his blessing, "I hope that the two teams can play a good game worthy of being called a final."

"Yes!"

As captains of each team, the two shook hands as a sign of friendship, but their expressions showed that they would never give in in this competition.

Everyone welcomed their captain with a serious look, and they believed that they would win this game.

"Let's go!"

"Oh oh oh!"

The audience, who had been waiting for a long time, burst into cheers when the contestants walked out of the passage.

"Ah... they're out! They're the players from Seidou!"

"Qingdao!"

"Isashiki!"

"Chris!"

"Damba!"

"Chief Azhi!"

"Director Kataoka!"

“We must advance this year!”

On the other side, player Inami, who was also bathed in cheers, was looking at Seidou on the opposite side with full fighting spirit.

"Inashi is the strongest!"

"A Ming!"

"Naomiya!"

"Aya!"

"Carl Rose!"

"You guys have to make it to Koshien!"

“Director Kunitomo! I’m counting on you!”

"We should take them to Koshien this year too!"

The supporters on both sides cheered with all their might, and the coaches and players on both sides took off their hats and bowed to express their most sincere gratitude to their supporters.

At this time, Rongchun's grandfather, who was in the crowd, was frantically looking for Rongchun in the Qingdao rest area, but because he was too far away, he couldn't find him even if he raised his sunglasses, "Rong...Where is Rongchun? It's too far here! I can't see him at all!"

Seeing his old man in a panic, Rongchun's father was powerless to complain, "I told you it would be like this!"

“……”Looking at the father and son, Wakana was also helpless.

As the one being missed, Eijun was still looking for his family in front of the Qingdao rest area at first base.

"There are so many spectators..." Chun Shi couldn't help but sigh in the face of such loud cheers.

Fūdani, who was still feeling depressed as to whether he could pitch today, just nodded while looking forward to his chance to play.

"Furuya... don't be sad..." Looking at the still depressed Furuya, Haruichi smiled helplessly to comfort him, then looked at Eijun who looked a little strange, "What's wrong?"

"Hmm..." It was funny to think about it. Eijun couldn't find his family in the stands towards Qingdao and thought it was impossible, but he actually found his grandfather's eye-catching floral shirt in the stands towards Inami.

"Hahaha...my grandpa and dad actually ran to the stands over there." Eijun was really amused that they actually ran to the enemy's position.

"Eh!" Chun Shihao didn't try to hide his shock. He shouldn't have run into the enemy team. It would be terrible if he was discovered.

"Why are you running over there? It's so far away?" They probably can't see the people over here. Haruichi really doesn't understand what Rongchun's family is thinking.

"Maybe it's because I can see the entire rest area of ​​Qingdao from over there..." Other than that, Eijun couldn't think of any other reason.

"..." This answer really left him speechless, and Chun Shi couldn't help but sigh at this family's novel ideas.

"Hehehe... I hope they won't be besieged! But with Wakana here, everything should be fine..."

"..." Looking at Eijun who was still able to talk and laugh, Fūya and Haruichi were silent. It turned out that the whole family was the same and it made people worry.

At this time, Chris walked up to the three of them, looked at Rongchun and smiled: "You look good..."

"Yes! Today, Chris-senpai can play the ball as he pleases..." Rongchun looked at Chris-senpai and said with a grin, "I will do my best."

"Ah..." Chris was stunned for a moment, then smiled with relief. He had already had this plan and was very clear about it.

No matter how hard we try to preserve our strength, it will be meaningless if we can't win today's game.

At this time, Inami started discussing about Qingdao's starting lineup.

"The starting pitcher turned out to be Sawamura, who had been a relief pitcher..."

"Using Danbo as a reliever means that they might change pitchers based on the timing, just like they did during the Yakushi game."

"The next question is in what order they will change the pitch..."

"Haa..." Ming, who had no interest in the coach's discussion about Seidou's starting pitcher, was yawning all the time.

Harada, who was sitting next to him, had been paying attention to Ming's condition and naturally knew this. "It seems that you didn't get enough sleep yesterday. You have been yawning since early in the morning."

"...Yeah?"

Although Ming pretended to be fine, but...'Ever since he lost the match at Koshien, he sometimes becomes like this. He can't sleep because of thinking about what happened at that time...'

"Don't worry, you don't have to look so worried about me." Ming naturally noticed Senior Aya's worry, "I was just thinking about how to kill them, and the more I thought about it, the more excited I became."

"Ichiya... Is this the situation you want to see?"

Two years ago, Yi Ye rejected his invitation without hesitation and firmly chose to go to Qingdao.

He also said, "After all, this is a team with so many top players, so I would like to play against you more."

Even though he is in a weaker team, he is still actively trying to defeat his opponents. Narimiya likes this about him.

So handsome...but...

"You can't even get the starting catcher position now, you must be regretting it! Hehehe..."

"..." Just opposite, Yukichi's eyebrows jumped, and for some reason he suddenly felt a little unhappy.

"The finals of the National High School Baseball Tournament West Tokyo Regional Tournament is about to begin." Just before the game was about to begin, the stadium's broadcast sounded at the right time.

"Under this blue sky that was like midsummer, the players from both teams came out from the dugout and onto the court."

"Last year's champion Daocheng Industry is trying to win its second consecutive championship in the summer, and Qingdao High School wants to avenge last year's shame and advance to Koshien after six years."

"Both sides are famous and prestigious schools. Who will win this highly anticipated game?"

At the referee's signal, players from both sides rushed out with great momentum.

"Go ahead, ahhhh!"

"Oh oh oh!"

At the same time, there was warm applause from the stands, all filled with respect for the two teams that advanced all the way and anticipation for the next game.

The match between Qingdao High School and Daocheng Industrial High School...

Shortstop Kuramochi / Center fielder Carlos

Second baseman: Kominato / shortstop: Shirakawa

Center fielder: Isashiki / third baseman: Yoshizawa

Fourth batter, first baseman: Yuuki / Catcher: Harada

Third baseman Masuko / pitcher Narimiya

Sixth batter: Chris, catcher/first baseman: Yamaoka

Seventh batter: Sawamura / Second baseman: Hirai

Eighth batter left fielder. Kadota/right fielder.?

Ninth Baseball Right Fielder. Hakushu/Left Fielder. Fujikawa

About to start!

"Please advise!"

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