Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

A few days later, the final trial match between the Second Army and the First Army began, which was a practice match against Kurotsuchan.

"Two schools form a team!" I heard the referee wave his hand and the two teams entered the field and lined up aggressively!

The OBs around were also talking and lively.

"The opponent is Kurotsuchan, and Coach Kataoka is really bold!"

"This should be the last game for the second army!"

"Look at the expressions of the contestants, everyone is very motivated to fight for the last spot!"

"salute!"

"Please give me more advice..." The two teams dispersed and returned to their respective rest areas.

"But why would he be sent to start in such an important game?!"

"Didn't that guy get beaten up by Komayo last time?!"

"Can he suppress Kurotsuchikan's line?" The OBs looked at Sawamura on the field and were worried.

"What?! It's not Jiangu at all!"

"It's a shame that I was so excited to face the rumored strong shot showdown before!" the players at the Black Soil Hall said unhappily.

At this time, Sawamura didn't care what they were thinking. He was just looking forward to the pitching he was about to start, and was arranging the pitcher's mound excitedly! []~(ˉ▽ˉ)~*

"What's the matter, Ono-senpai (?Д?≡?д?)!?" Sawamura said.

"Wait a minute, I'll only give you three games. If you dare to throw bad shots like before, I will replace you immediately!"

"Well! Please give me some advice, senior! I will try my best to vote!" Sawamura bent down and said politely.

"You are very energetic! You only have good energy!" Ono complained.

Everyone from the First Army happened to pass by, and everyone was preparing to practice on their own. There was no competition today! (o^^o)

"Okay! You can compete (?????????)" Fang Gu said enviously.

"Acridine hahahaha! What funny thing will he do today? If he gives out the package, that guy might not have a chance next year!? (????)" Kuramochi said with a sinister smile.

"I really want to see how Senior Chris will help Sawamura with the ball. I don't know how Sawamura has been practicing the new posture that Minano saw last time! And the condition of Senior's shoulder is still not good. !(′?_?`)”

"I think Sawamura-san will give us a surprise today!???" Everyone looked at Kurosawa who suddenly spoke out.

Kurosawa has always given people the impression that he is lazy and lacks motivation in training, but he can be very good in games! Just like those top academics who never listen to lectures and only sleep.

Although he still has a tacit understanding with several members of the First Army, they are not close. The closest person to him is Miyuki, who sleeps with him. At this time, he made remarks that were very optimistic about Sawamura, and the newcomers were also surprised.

"Kurosawa, are you so optimistic about Sawamura? That guy is totally useless!" Kuramochi asked.

"Ah - ??(?????) You can look forward to it! I think you will know when the results of the first army list are announced tonight!" Kurosawa said with a smile.

"Kurosawa-san seems to trust Sawamura-san! But the day-to-day training of the second- and third-year players of the Second Army is not in vain!" Ryosuke-san said with a smile.

"Ah! Of course I know! But the supervisor is not someone who only values ​​these things! I think what the team lacks now, and what the team lacks most after the seniors retire, these are all factors that the supervisor will consider. ! And I’m not only optimistic about Sawamura-san, I’m also optimistic about Ryosuke-senpai’s younger brother, Kominato-san! ╮(╯▽╰)╭” Kurosawa said with the same smile.

Seeing the two of them smiling in the same style, the people next to them felt a chill all over their bodies. At this time, Captain Yuki said like a savior: "We will know when the supervisor makes the announcement in the evening. It's time for us to train!" After that, he sped to the training room, and several members of the first army quickly followed.

"Nanye, aren't you afraid that your seniors will isolate you?" Miyuki joked.

"I think even Kazuya-senpai can endure it, let alone me! And these are all the truth!" Kurosawa joked.

"Hahahaha, yes, yes, Kurosawa, what you said is great! With a criminal record like Miyuki, you are just being petty!" Kuramochi heard this and then added.

"Hey! You two, don't go too far! I obviously respect my seniors very much!" Miyuki complained, and saw the disbelief expressions of everyone in the army, because the seniors were also eavesdropping just now hahahaha (?w ?)!

Fang Gu stood by and thought enviously, how good the relationship between the seniors was! I also want to chat?°(°ˉ??ˉ?°)°?

On the other side, Sawamura-san's pitching also didn't go smoothly. Because of his new posture, he got a big headshot at the beginning!

"Hahahaha! His head exploded from the very beginning! Don't be nervous, first-year rookie!"

“Did you see the catcher’s mitt!”

"He went back! He actually asked the crappy pitchers from the second army to come up and deal with us!"

"Are you so scared that your legs are weak?"

Sawamura was embarrassed and at a loss when he heard the sarcasm next to him!

"That posture just now!" Several people in the Qingdao lounge were amazed by Sawamura's new pitching posture.

"Um, what happened just now? His body formed a shadow blocking his left hand, but the ball suddenly flew out of nowhere?" Ono was stunned in his heart. Listening to the ridicule around him, he knew that it was not Sawamura's pitching problem but I can't catch the ball he throws.

Sawamura's new pitching posture can make the batter miss the ball, and it also tests the catcher's catching ability!

"This guy looks like a completely different person from the previous game!" Ono was also panicking now.

"What a tragedy, it feels really different from the previous pitching posture practice! I have to catch that feeling quickly!" Sawamura didn't realize the problem at all, hahahaha!

"That shot just now felt good? (ˊ?????ˋ)" Hahaha, in other people's eyes, it was just a big hit (*≧▽≦)

"If you don't have the ball, go back!"

"Wait until you hit the strike zone before challenging again!" the players at the Black Soil Hall mocked one after another.

"What are you doing!"

"Can we still watch the game if this continues?" OBs outside the field were also worried.

Ono was also very broken at this time, he just felt so scary (?o﹏o?) Why was Sawamura’s ball so scary (o﹏o?)

"It's so scary! It's not that his ball speed suddenly became faster, but that he couldn't see his release position. The ball just flew over so suddenly, and you couldn't see the trajectory of the ball at all!"

"When did that kid learn that kind of throwing technique? He used his right hand to form a wall to prevent the loss of body strength, which allowed his left wrist to be released at an extremely slow time! He could actually throw it in such an awkward way A normal ball! This is a pitching posture that can only be achieved with a naturally soft shoulder like his!" Rei Takashima thought in surprise, hahaha, the supervisor taught him personally.

"I did say that I wanted to hone his tail power, but it's only been a week! In just one week, that guy actually has such a terrifying weapon!" Chris exclaimed.

There is no way! ╮(╯▽╰)╭Our little angel Sawamura is so talented in pitching (??????)??

It's a pity that the catchers on the field don't match up! If the accessories can’t keep up, there’s no way to get bonuses! I haven’t caught the ball so far! Everything turned into four bad balls and a walk to the opponent! ╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭

At this time, Chris was very unwilling to be there. Seeing Sawamura making such great progress, he couldn't catch for him, couldn't go on the field to support him, so that he could better display his talents!

Listening to the rhythm of people wanting to take Sawamura off the field, Chris was worried and asked the coach: "He...he is thinking about it himself! He wants to capture the feeling of pitching in this game, please keep him on the field." Pitch!”

Of course Coach Kataoka knows what his most beloved disciple is thinking, he is indeed a Mandarin teacher! ╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭

Therefore, he added: "Will he get the idea immediately or be unable to continue to improve? He can catch a little inspiration and use it to make rapid progress and shine. I have met many players like him. In the past two months, he has been dragging his feet every day. The endurance of running on tires, the courage to move forward, and the tenacity to never give up. Those who know how to understand will soon understand! The person responsible for helping Chris squat for this month is you. You have a way to let him fully use his abilities. Special?" Give Chris the last chance to choose, either you go on the court to help him, or he comes off the court to accompany you!

Chris' eyes lit up after hearing this, and it was obvious that he could no longer hear the objections from others! I just feel so excited that I can still play!

Coach Kataoka finally gave the fatal blow: "That guy is waiting for you on the pitcher's mound!"

After hearing this, Chris thought of Sawamura's desire to partner with him and gave up all his worries, and decided to follow his heart and help him!

"Sorry, I have to change players. Catcher Ono is replaced and Takigawa comes on!" At this time, Chris came on the stage handsomely! (☆?☆)

Chris Senbei is so handsome and safe! No wonder he is also popular with pitchers! (//?//)

As soon as he came on the stage, he calmly put away Qianzono's unhappiness and worries. His aura was so cool! They were so scared that they didn’t dare to say anything more_(:3」∠)_

And he quickly thought of measures to deal with the current situation on the field, which is amazing (?▽?)! But to be honest, after coming on the field, Chris and Miyuki were both very domineering and aggressive in their treatment of the game╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭It was just that one was gentle and the other was tough when it came to pitchersヾ(????)?

Chris directly solved the batter with a red center and then used the fielding to complete a 4-2-9 home run double play!

Too cool, right? ! Chris Senbei is so handsome!ヾ^_^?

There were also discussions on the sidelines: "No way (°ロ°)!"

"Isn't that the plan from the beginning?"

"With no one out and the bases loaded, it suddenly becomes two outs on second and third base!"

"Who is that catcher?"

At this time, the first army training in the training hall heard the news that Chris was playing in the second army. While everyone was still shocked, Miyuki was the first to rush out.

"Hahaha! If he returns to the lineup, I think your starting position will be in danger!" Kuramochi joked and wanted to say to Miyuki, but when he turned around, he found that he was gone!

"Ah! Strange! Kurosawa, where is Miyukito (=?Д?=)"

"Hahaha! Kazuya! He has already rushed out! Sure enough, Kazuya likes Senior Chris very much!" Kurosawa complained.

"Ah! Kurosawa, aren't you going?" Kuramochi said in surprise. After all, the two of them were usually inseparable.

"Ah! I won't go. I'm not interested in things that have a predetermined outcome. You go ahead!" Kurosawa said lightly. He would never admit that he was in a particularly bad mood right now!

"Come on Furuya, let me practice ball control with you. After all, you may be beaten down after Sawamura-san comes up! Today I specially prepared the 6.0 version of energy tea for you!" Kurosawa turned to face Jiang Gu said with a smile, and then left first.

Tuliu Jianggu's boundless fighting spirit was aroused, soaring through the sky, and he followed immediately!

When Miyuki arrived, she saw Chris's move and felt extremely excited.

"Hahahaha! This is just like your style! Senior Chris!" Miyuki panted and praised.

Then he went to the bullpen and waited for them with a handsome pose.

"Hahaha (?w?) The gains from practice and actual combat are very different! You have to learn from others, Sawamura!" Sawamura looked at Miyuki who suddenly appeared and thought of the unpleasantness that time, and felt so embarrassed. !

Then he turned around and said directly: "Now... we are still competing!"

"You!" Miyuki said speechlessly.

"Miyuki, come to the bullpen too! As a catcher, you should take a look at this guy's pitches! You can see interesting things!" Miyuki thought as he listened to Chris's words, how curious he is! It's actually the same as what Nanno said! What kind of evolution has happened to this guy, and what kind of ball is he shooting!

Then he followed the two of them to the bullpen. Miyuki listened to Chris giving Sawamura professional guidance, and obediently stood behind Chris and carefully observed Sawamura's pitching!

"Ah! This ball!" Miyuki was shocked. This is the new posture of throwing! It’s completely different! It's so much fun!

In the first half of the second inning, Seido was on defense and there were people on first and third base after Sawamura's ground ball was hit. At this time, Chris heard the voice of his father, comedian Animaru.

Chris curled his lips and thought, "You are here to see me, dad." Then he got excited and turned around and shouted to his teammates: "The game has just begun, everyone, cheer up!"

Everyone was shocked in place, feeling that the omnipotent Chris was back!

"Senior Chris, it turns out that you can also shout loudly! But... your voice seemed a little broken just now!" Sawamura said ignorantly and stupidly, hahaha.

"Stop talking about it, just think about throwing the ball into my glove!" Chris said angrily.

"Hi!"

In the third round, except for the plan to arrest Kurotsuchan's Zaizen, which took a lot of effort to arrest the two people, the other personnel were successfully solved. In terms of scoring, Chris, Sawamura and Haruichi opened up the situation. After that, the second team scored a total of three points!

Then the coach announced the change of players and replaced the third-year players on the field. This should be their last high school baseball game. Coach Kataoka is really strict yet gentle!

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"The game is over, line up! Salute from both schools!"

"Thanks for the advice!" In the final practice match between Seido and Kurotsuchan, Seido won the final with a score of 8:5.

After the end, the final candidates to join the First Army will be announced.

"Have you decided to recruit members of the First Army?!" Ota said in surprise.

"Ah! Preparations for the summer conference have started long ago, and we don't have time to slowly select people!" Kataoka explained.

"Let all the players assemble immediately!" Kataoka ordered Takashima Rei and Ohta beside him.

In the evening at the Qingdao Baseball Club indoor training ground, all the players gathered here, solemnly waiting for the coach in front to announce the last two candidates to enter the first team.

And those who are not selected in the third grade are equal to the end of their high school baseball career!

"I want to announce the list of players who have been promoted to the first team! According to my judgment based on the practice results, I have decided on the list! The two selected players must understand the responsibility of being school team representatives, and the players who are not selected will not be selected. One month before the summer competition, we must assist the first army players to practice." Kataoka said seriously.

"The contestants promoted to the first team are first-year Kominato Haruichi and first-year Sawamura Eijun! Report completed!"

"The first army plus these two will be representatives in the summer competition. In order to prepare for the subsequent practice, we will disband here today. The third-year members who were not selected will stay!" Coach Kataoka ordered.

Kurosawa followed the large troops out one after another, looked back at the third graders who were left behind, and looked at Miyuki next to him and thought, is this high school baseball, Kazuya! It has a more sense of teamwork than professional baseball. It is a game that carries the expectations of the entire Seido High School players who have not played. It represents the three years of hard work of the third graders who are about to retire. It turns out that this is what Tanba and Kawakami are doing. He stands on the pitcher's mound and pitches under heavy pressure! If you are burdened with so much pressure, you will be crushed if you are not careful! It’s so hard, Kazuya! How did you, who was immature a year ago, spend your time filling in for senior Chris?

After Kurosawa came out, he saw everyone standing outside and listened to Coach Kataoka solemnly saying: "You have worked really hard in the past two years. You have gone through rigorous training and fierce competition for starters. I believe you must have experienced a lot of pain. Still unwilling to give up! But you are never discouraged and always follow me and listen to my guidance. I hope you will continue to be my pride in the future!" At the end of the bow, the third-year contestants were so moved that they burst into tears and fell to the ground crying. land. (?_?)

In the end, Coach Kataoka said: "Chris, I believe you still have a chance to continue on the path of a baseball player, so I want you to focus on completely curing the shoulder injury first. Then help Miyuki and Miyauchi." A catcher, and can you help me monitor the pitching lineup?"

"Am I qualified? My coaching method may be much stricter than the coach's!" Chris joked.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you!" Kataoka said happily.

"As a member of Seido, you should also help the members of the First Army!" Coach Kataoka gave the players a piece of sustenance.

"Yes, this is what it should be!" everyone said in unison.

Kurosawa looked at the seniors in the field and felt shocked! Is this what high school baseball is like? What does this feel like! My heart hasn't beat so fast for a long time. Am I getting excited too?

At this time, I heard Senior Yuki say sternly: "What do you want to do here? Do you want to give up being a first-team player? No matter what others say, the coach has recognized your strength and it is enough to become the team's fighting force! You are like this now , What can you say to the members who were not selected!" Looking at Sawamura who was leaning helplessly against the wall.

Yuuki continued: "There is only one thing we can do, which is to work together for their sake and become stronger!" Wow! ⊙w⊙The atmosphere was instantly detonated by Team Zhe! So handsome! As expected of the captain! e=e=(?≧?≦)?

"There is no way to retreat now, we can only move forward bravely! Not just me, but you too!" Miyuki pulled Kurosawa and said to Sawamura, then turned and left.

Kurosawa looked at Miyuki who was pulling him forward and thought to himself, Kazuya, what are you thinking about now! ah! I'm probably thinking of Chris-senpai! Let’s show some of the hard work of Senior Chris! After all, that person among the third-year seniors is the one you care about the most!

Kurosawa silently followed Miyuki back to the dormitory. Seeing that Miyuki had no intention of speaking, he said, "Kazuya, I thought you could guess it! But you still don't want to give in! Then look forward to Senior Chris joining the First Army!" "

"Ah! Nanye, I'm really looking forward to it! Facing him is the purpose of coming to Qingdao but I haven't been able to achieve it. Now I don't know when I will have the chance! But don't worry, I will take my senior position with me. , working hard to make our team go further!”

Kurosawa looked at Miyuki's rare serious look and said with emotion: "Kazuya, this is not something you can accomplish by working hard alone! You have to think carefully about cooperating with the pitching team, otherwise you will not be able to do it when the time comes. Trouble!"

"Ah! I'll do my best, Minami! So do you! How's the ball control going?" Miyuki asked.

"Okay, my maximum ball speed can be controlled within 150! It depends on how powerful it can be with your ball!" Kurosawa said with a smile.

"Wow! You really suddenly brought me good news (＾?＾)!" Miyuki's mood improved a little.

Kurosawa decided to add more: "Fenggu has four squares to control the ball! Come and catch it when you have time!"

"Ah! He was really trained by you??(ˊwˋ*)??" Miyuki looked surprised.

"Kazuya, so don't be burdened with everything. It will be very tiring! Only when we are growing as a team can we progress further! You can't do it by yourself. Do you want to be like Chris?" Kurosawa suddenly said. When he came to Miyuki, he said softly and seriously.

"Ah! I know Nanye, don't worry! e=e=(?≧?≦)?" Miyuki held Kurosawa's hand and said.

"But Nanye, don't blame me for not reminding you! We should start training tomorrow. If we stay together, the seniors will be a little noisy!" Miyuki warned tactfully.

"Ah? What do you mean? Does it mean a lot of training??_?" Kurosawa said in confusion.

"Hahaha (?w?) Anyway, you will know tomorrow! Wash up quickly and go to bed! Good night (ˉy▽ˉ)~*" Miyuki turned around and left after saying that, so Kurosawa didn't see Miyuki's evil smile.

"What? It's so weird (???.???)????" Kurosawa doesn't understand anything, hahaha (?w?)hiahiahia!