Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

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"In the bottom of the inning, the players from Seidou High School are on defense. Today's starting pitcher is the first-year pitcher with number 11, Sawamura."

"Eijun...Eijun!" Finally finding Eijun, Grandpa Sawamura shouted excitedly, "Do your best! Don't cause trouble for everyone!"

"Dad, what are you doing?" Sawamura's father was stabbed by the surrounding gazes and felt his heart jump to his throat.

They are in Inashi's stands!

"Ha! Isn't it that damn brat!" Seeing Rongchun walking out of the rest area, Zaizen couldn't help but show a shocked expression.

"In the five games so far, he has only played three innings, all as a reliever, and did not play in the semifinals."

As the stadium broadcast explained, the audience also started talking.

"To deal with Inami... they actually sent the first graders who have never started before to play right from the start!"

"We have the advantage of pioneer scoring now!"

"no problem?"

"..." Listening to the discussions around him, Yang Shunchen remained silent as he watched Rong Chun coming on the court.

If you underestimate him, you will suffer a great loss.

"The first time I started in an official match, I was entrusted with the big stage of the final!" As the broadcast explained, the players of Seidou came on the court to defend.

"..." Rongjun came to the pitcher's mound and looked towards the stands of Inami. He heard his grandfather's call.

"Just perform as usual!" Seeing Eijun still smiling, Ryosuke thought that he must have recovered from his previous gaffe.

"That's right! Just kill them one by one!" Isashiki also echoed loudly.

Seeing that Rongchun didn't have much of a problem with his emotions, everyone stopped talking.

"Today..." Eijun kept looking towards his family and spoke to stop everyone from returning to their defensive positions.

"what?"

The contestants who had just walked away stopped where they were and looked at what Eijun wanted to say.

"I'll take care of them one by one. When the ball flies over, I'll leave it to you all..." Rongjun retracted his gaze, looked at everyone and bowed to show his respect.

"Because I don't intend to give up a single cent."

"What?!" Isashiki was speechless for a moment. It would be fine if he was so arrogant at ordinary times, but he could actually say such things even in the finals.

The others also looked at Rongchun in surprise.

"Boy! What are you bragging about!"

"...Because I want to go to Koshien with everyone..."

"... Just you! We will take you there!"

"Then... please take me to Koshien..."

"You...just pitch well!" Sawamura suddenly became so obedient that Isashiki didn't know how to react and turned away and walked towards the defensive position.

"What's going on..." At this time, the audience was also talking about the unusual movement of the pitcher's mound, and no one knew what had happened.

"He's still so calm in the face of the finals..." Chris looked at Eijun on the pitcher's mound. His courage was truly impressive...

Next, it will depend on how well Eijun's ball can handle Inami's batting line.

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In the bottom of the first inning, Daocheng Industrial's offense started with center fielder Carlos as the first batter.

"Carl Rose!"

"Come on!"

Watching Carlos walk into the batter's box amid cheers, Chris signaled to the defense, "Infielders, watch out for bunts!"

'This guy's footwork allows him to reach base safely even on a ground ball...' The Pioneers scored in the first half of the inning, and now it's Inami's turn to attack. They should also want to score.

Instead, in Inami's rest area, the recorder immediately sorted out the information of Seidou's first-year pitcher and explained it to the coach and players.

"In the current games, he has not lost any points and has performed well. He has made obvious progress in every game..."

"Wow! Wow!" Narimiya, who was sitting next to him, heard Maruse Ichitaro's comments and cried out in displeasure, "It's impossible for a person to never lose points!"

"Someone who was guaranteed to be sent in from the beginning has no right to say such things..." Harada rudely exposed Ming who was unwilling to accept the result.

Being used to Narimiya's nonsense literature, Maruse simply ignored him and continued talking.

"The most important feature is his pitching that you can't see the moment the ball comes out, and the speed of the ball fluctuates, so almost all batters squeeze the ball."

"When playing against Pharmacist, I threw a changeup and a cutter, but they both hit the target. I haven't thrown it again since then. I'm not sure if it was a last-minute trick or if there was something hidden..."

"Wait until the ball is close to home plate before swinging... Although this method is simple, I think it is a strategy that our batting line can use..."

Carlos was in the batter's box, ready to hit, looking at the kid on the pitcher's mound, who was wearing a mask and a hat and looked very fragile at first glance.

'Come on... let me see your pitch...'

Chris tapped his gloves as he watched Rongchun standing on the pitcher's mound, ready to wait for the signal. "First pitch..."

'A straight ball high in the middle...'

Rongchun had no objection to the first ball being the center ball. He just nodded and silently recited the ball type in his mind, then raised his gloves...

"Ugh...what..."

The ball suddenly appeared in front of him, Carlos' pupils dilated instantly, and he swung the bat involuntarily in surprise.

"Qiang!"

The baseball brushed past the bat and hit the blocking net behind home plate, only to fall slowly to the ground after the force was released.

"The outside world!"

“…!!” This attack really shocked the Inashi rest area. Carlos actually shot at such an obviously high straight ball!

"Hey! Carlos!" Ming was the only one who was not shocked at this time, but he was very angry and yelled, "Why did you break the ball!"

"Ha...haha...what an amazing pitch..." Carlos in the batter's box adjusted his helmet that was tilted due to the swing of the bat. The ball just now was still vivid in his mind, "I made the shot without realizing it..."

'But I still hit it...' Chris heard Carlos's mumbling and quickly gave the signal for the second ball.

"You know... simple balls won't work on them. Use tricky balls to attack!"

The second ball was a high ball from the inside corner that seemed to hit his head directly and just grazed his helmet, forcing Carlos to dodge sideways.

"nice shot!"

"Oops..." The ball just now looked like a bad ball, but it actually went into the strike zone. He had to swing for the next ball.

"What's wrong with this guy? It's so hard to get the timing right when swinging the bat!"

For the third pitch, Carlos swung at the ball, but the ball changed in front of the bat, so the bat only squeezed it a little and hit it to the back.

"The outside world!"

Seeing Carlos’ solemn expression, Daoshi’s teammates in the rest area were also shocked.

"What a powerful straight ball..."

"But the ball doesn't seem to be going that fast...why can't Carlos keep up?"

"Hmph...that's nothing!" It's just that his ball control looks good. Chengmiya said that his ball control is much better than his.

"..." Harada was speechless. The guy next to him was unwilling to admit defeat and was still stubborn...

At the same time, after the previous inside corner ball, a ball suddenly hit the outside corner low ball, which made Carlos feel that the ball was very far away. Even if he stretched out his arm, he could barely touch the ball and hit it to first base out of bounds.

"The outside world!"

At this time, Carlos's face was already bitter, "There is no sweet ball at all..."

As a result, the next moment, a ball that looked very sweet was thrown. Carlos would not miss this opportunity and swung the bat quickly.

"Oh!"

"Good ball! Strikeout!"

"..." Carlos maintained his swinging posture and looked confused, 'The speed of the ball...suddenly slowed down...'

"Great! Strikeout!"

"Sawamura! Good job!"

It was a good start, which made the Qingdao players raise their hands and cheer, and also received enthusiastic support from all the audience.

When getting up from the waiting area to play, Baihe asked Carlos who was walking towards him about the situation, "Is it difficult to play?"

"Just stand in the batter's box and you'll see...his pitching is truly amazing." Carlos walked sideways and smiled helplessly, because other than that he couldn't give any advice for the time being.

"..." Bai He was silent for a moment after only getting this pitifully little information, "...That's really exciting..."

"The second batter is shortstop Shirakawa."

"Although Shirakawa's ability to follow the ball cannot be underestimated, he doesn't have much strength..." However, it's not time to go all out yet, "Use your Quirk Ball to suppress him!"

Shirakawa knew Chris, his former teammate, and knew that he also knew him, but...

"Looking at this pitcher... he doesn't even have the power to play the ball."

After receiving the signal, Rongchun nodded without any unnecessary pause, then began to raise his legs and swing his arms quickly.

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

Just before seeing Eijun about to pitch, Shirakawa's movement to hold the short bat was abruptly interrupted by the strange pitching posture.

The next moment the ball suddenly appeared in front of him, and Baihe was so frightened that he reflexively took a step back to avoid the inside corner kick.

Looking at the baseball that slipped into the catcher's glove, Baihe couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. "Not only can't I see where the ball comes out..."

'The ball is like a living thing...running around home plate...'

Although Baihe tried his best to hold on to the ball, he was still unable to hit the next two balls well and could only force the ball out of bounds.

Finally, after attacking the inside corner as aggressively as he did against Carlos, Chris successfully made a deep outside corner kick that Baihe missed.

"Good ball! Strikeout!"

"awesome!"

"Strike out two batters in a row!"

"Sawamura! Good pitch!"

"Tsk... all straight balls..." Shirakawa smacked his lips in dissatisfaction and walked down the batter's box.

When we arrived at the waiting area, Senior Yoshizawa had already stood up and walked forward, asking a question at the same time.

“Is it hard to fight?”

"yes..."

Looking at the third batter coming up, Eijun then looked at Senior Chris, and after waiting for the signal, there was no unnecessary pause...

Throw the ball...

No mercy...

"Snapped!"

"nice shot!"

"Qiang!"

"The outside world!"

"Snapped!"

"Strike out! Attack and defense switch!"

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