Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

The sky was as clear as a blue, and the bright sunlight was shining down from the gaps in the dense leaves, forming thick and thin beams of light, illuminating the forest shades filled with gauze-like mist.

On the fifth day of the dormitory, Senior Chris came to inform our first-grade double pitchers that they could pitch in the bullpen in the afternoon!

I saw Sawamura immediately excitedly guessing: "Then...who is going to help me catch the ball?! Could it be Senior Chris?!"

"Huh! It's me! Do you have any objections? ヽ(`Д′)?" Miyauchi said. The first-year double cast stood aside and stopped talking, watching him leave blankly.

"It was the palace himself who said he wanted to help you catch him. It's no wonder that he is an army catcher after all! Don't look at him like that, but his fighting spirit is twice as strong as others!" The two of them listened to Chris' explanation in shock. .

The first army of guards on the field were practicing hard, and it was obvious that their clothes were soaked and dirty.

On the other side, Miyuki and Kurosawa finished their basic shooting and stood up and said, "Minano, let's do this in the morning! You have to practice shooting with Miyauchi-senpai in the afternoon!"

"Eh?! Oh! The competition between you and Miyauchi-senpai is really fierce!" Kurosawa complained.

"Hahahaha, after all, this is the last year for Miyauchi-senpai! I welcome anyone to compete with me!" Miyuki said with a smile.

"Ah! Kazuya looks so confident! He's not worried about being asked to leave the catcher position at all!"

"Hahahaha, have a good time this afternoon! You must cooperate well with Miyauchi-senpai!" Miyuki changed the subject.

"Huh?! I understand, Kazuya. It seems that the starting pitcher for the following training games has been confirmed?" Kurosawa guessed.

"Hahahaha, hurry up and practice hitting!" Kurosawa looked at the smiling Miyuki, and it seemed that he was right! The catcher should be Miyauchi-senpai.

"Okay! I'm leaving Kazuya! You can also go and hunt with Kawakami!" After Kurosawa said that, he turned around and left.

Time soon came to the afternoon. Coach Kataoka watched for a long time on the sidelines, looking at Ichijun who was almost tired, and Haruichi Kominato who had made mistakes, and decided to hit the ball next time to stimulate their potential.

"I'll take the substitution. First-year Minato Haruichi will go down to rest! As for the others, please be mentally prepared!"

"You will get hurt if you continue!" Ryosuke reminded with a smile. Xiaoharu resigned unwillingly after listening to the words of his brother and coach Kataoka. I won't go down so quickly next time.

"I'm going to start!" Kataoka yelled.

"Yes!"

In the bullpen, Furitani was pitching to Miyauchi-senpai at this time, but due to exhaustion, the speed and power of the ball were far from enough, so Miyauchi easily caught the ball!

"There's nothing surprising! Miyauchi can easily catch the ball machine and throw the ball at a speed of 150 kilometers. You don't have to worry. It doesn't matter if you throw it!" Chris thought Furiya was surprised by Miyauchi's catching skills.

In fact, Fang Gu was just surprised at his own pitching, gritting his teeth in his heart and thinking, damn, it’s so tiring! The ball speed can't be increased at all!

"Next, Sawamura!" Chris said.

"Yes!"

I saw little angel Sawamura throwing the ball out with a graceful posture. Unfortunately, he had no control over the ball at all. Miyauchi missed it.

Miyauchi looked at Sawamura in shock and thought, this boy's ball... is so difficult to figure out! Miyuki next to you is watching the show with great enthusiasm. Have you forgotten Kawakami in your hand? Kawakami is thinking about it! I still have no sense of existence!

"Your ball is too high!"

"Can I continue to vote?" Ze asked quickly.

"Don't rush and shoot the ball carefully!" Chris warned.

"Now I can vote seriously!" Jiang Gu suddenly became more energetic.

"I told you not to rush!" Chris complained.

"Next, Kurosawa!" Chris said.

Kurosawa patted him on the shoulder when he passed by Fang Gu, and said helplessly: "Have you forgotten everything I taught you? You are so weak, but you hit the ball so hard because you want to drink my energy tea!" Jiang Gu felt like a basin of cold water was poured on his head.

"Yes! I will watch Kurosawa-senpai's pitching seriously!" Fukitani quickly stood up and said seriously.

Kurosawa looked at Miyauchi's gloves in front of him and thought about the past few days of training. He still felt tired. My ball speed can only be controlled at 145. If it is higher, I will have to shoot wildly, so let's do it!

Kurosawa thought as he casually threw the ball out of his hand, and the ball went into his glove accurately.

"Chris-senpai, let me just talk about my situation here! Let's leave Miyauchi-senpai's time to Sawamura and Furitani! After all, I can only throw straight balls, and controlling the ball is where I'm better at shooting. ! No need to waste time on me!" Kurosawa said lightly.

"Ah! You don't want to pitch anymore?!" Chris looked at Kurosawa who obviously didn't want to pitch anymore and thought that it was exactly what Miyuki said. Kurosawa didn't seem to like pitching very much! But I don’t like how I can have such ball control and specially trained special skills of speed control! It’s really puzzling!

"I just don't think it's necessary. I will throw my ball into senior's glove. Miyauchi-senpai just needs to trust me. We don't need to run in! Senior just needs to think about the position of the ball. I can only hit the ball straight." There are no secret codes to consider! Besides, I don’t think the supervisor will let me throw things like change-up balls!" Kurosawa looked at Miyauchi seriously and said, but the last sentence was obviously meant for Chris.

"Ah! Okay!" Chris thought, as expected of a pitcher, he is also willful!

"Those two have to practice hard! Don't let me find out, Fang Gu! Now you probably don't have the strength to control the ball, just relax and shoot!" Kurosawa said helplessly to the two juniors.

"Well then Chris-senpai, Miyauchi-senpai I'm going to practice my swing first!"

Kurosawa turned around and looked at Miyuki, who was still watching the show. He walked up to Miyuki speechlessly and whispered: "You should help Bangkawa, you are still watching the show! It's true! I'm leaving first!"

"Ah, ah, ah! I know, I know! Aren't you going to practice striking? Go quickly!" Miyuki urged, and Kurosawa stood up and left.

Furitani and Sawamura took turns practicing one ball at a time. Time passed quickly and it was time to rest.

"Today and tomorrow you will practice fielding with the pitchers in the bullpen, and you two will pitch in the game on Saturday!" Chris announced.

The two of them had the same shocked expression: "Competition?!!! Really?!!!"

"I can go out and pitch!" Sawamura said excitedly.

"Who is the starting pitcher?" Fang Gu only cares about this, hahaha!

"You guys have a lot of strength?! Do you want to run more laps!" Chris complained.

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"What's going on! Where did all the sounds go?" yelled Kataoka, the second-player partner who saw the mistake.

"Amazing!"

"Yes!" The first graders all said in shock.

"Go and turn on the lights on the court. I think they have to practice for a long time!" the second grader ordered the first grader next to him.

After resting, the two continued to practice with Senior Miyauchi. It was already dark until the two of them finished training. After finishing the exercises, they found that the playground was brightly lit, and the four third-year seniors were still catching the ball.

"Again...again!" Isashiki shouted hoarsely.

"I can't hear you at all! Where is your usual aura, Isashiki!"

"Again!" Chunsang yelled, running to catch the ball but running out of energy, he was hit in the stomach by the ball and fell to his knees.

"I never taught you to catch the ball like this!"

"It's so scary, how long do you have to practice!"

"Even the seniors are almost... exhausted!"

"By the way, the coach practices on everyone by himself! He is a monster!" The staff helping on the sidelines felt like they were suffocating.

ah! He is indeed the former Koshien runner-up pitcher! How awesome! But the seniors are also very powerful. It’s really reassuring to have these people watching behind you! Kurosawa sighed.

"Where has your usual smile gone, Minato?!" Kataoka yelled after watching Ryo-san miss a ball and fall on his knees.

"What's wrong? Can't you hold on anymore, Yuuki?!" Kataoka looked around and then fixed his gaze on Yuuki.

Yuki thought about the expectations of Coach Kataoka and his former seniors and felt strong again. He gritted his teeth and stood up panting, shouting: "Again... again! Another goal! Coach, please continue! Coach!" It's too strong, okay. handsome! e=e=(?≧?≦)?

Hearing Yuki's voice, the remaining three seniors also tried their best to move their bodies, stood up tremblingly, and silently supported the captain.

The first and second graders who were watching were shocked to the spot.

"What a great last ball! You have to concentrate more at the last minute!" Kataoka said happily.

"Yes!" the four said in unison.

...

On the night of the sixth day of camp, the training camp is finally over! (つ≧▽≦)つ

Qingdao Yijun also felt that he had finally crawled out of hell, and the first-year double-thrower was almost out of his mind!

The two of them stared blankly at the large bowl of rice and the black-smelling energy tea in front of their table, feeling extremely desperate.

"I'm going to start!" The two of them suddenly heard Miyuki's powerful voice, their minds instantly cleared, and they walked to Miyuki's side together.

"Speaking of which, please tell me exactly when you are going to help me catch him! We have a game tomorrow!" Sawamura said angrily.

"Me?!" Miyuki said with a surprised look on his face.

"Is that that? What should we discuss first or pay attention to for tomorrow's game!" Sawamura asked doubtfully.

"That's right!" Jiang Gu agreed.

"What are you talking about? You can't even throw a change ball, what can I discuss with you!" Miyuki said with a speechless face.

The two of them felt like a bolt from the blue after double-throwing, and they were pinned to the spot, but Miyuki continued to hit the target.

"I see you are still very tired now. Let's get banged up beautifully tomorrow! Hahahaha!"

Is there a spiritual transformation ball coming to Jiang Gu? Suddenly I remembered what Miyuki-senpai said to me, didn't he teach me how to throw a crossball? How could I forget all about it!

"That's what a catcher should say!" Sawamura angrily mentioned Miyuki and said, "It's a good thing Kurosawa isn't here hahahaha."

"I am...your senior!" Miyuki said helplessly.

"You should learn more from Senior Chris!" Sawamura said speechlessly.

"Miyuki-senpai, where are Kurosawa-senpai?" Fukitani said as he snatched Miyuki away from Sawamura and put it away.

"Eh?! Why are you looking for Nanye?" Miyuki said in surprise.

"Don't you know, Miyuki-senpai?!" Fang Gu looked confused.

"Ah?! Of course I know! He should be in the dormitory now! It seemed like his family called just now!" Miyuki recalled.

"Are you going to find him later? Then bring him the food!" Miyuki warned.

"Okay, thank you, Miyuki-senpai, I'm leaving first!" Fangtani was about to escape from the meal, but he immediately slipped away hahahaha!

In Dormitory No. 7, Kurosawa was lying on the bed taking a call from his parents.

"Is Nan Bao okay? I heard from your father that this should be Qingdao's training time. Are you tired? Isn't it very hard!" Kurosawa's mother asked worriedly.

"It's okay, Mom! Besides, it's not like you don't know the amount of training at Dad's club. My physical fitness has already been developed!" Kurosawa joked with a faint smile.

"Nan Bao, then you train hard! How about it? Did you get a place for this summer competition?" Kurosawa's father worried. Although he was worried that his baby would burn out in high school, he was also worried that it would be a waste if he could not participate in the competition. Two years.

"Don't worry, Dad! I have become a first-class player. When the supervisor informs me which day I will pitch, I will let you watch my game!" Kurosawa said happily.

"Okay, okay, Nanbao, don't worry, mom will definitely come. I don't know about your dad!" Kurosawa's mother joked.

"How could I not be there for my son's first appearance as a pitcher? Well, don't worry, Nanbao's parents will definitely be there!" Kurosawa's father said with a smile.

"Yeah! Wait for you! Look at my good performance on the court!" Kurosawa said with a smile.

"Then Nanbao, you should rest first! You must be very tired from today's training!" Kurosawa's mother warned.

"I understand, bye mom! (??w??)??"

ah! My body is still a little affected! Sure enough, it is far different from the previous life! Kurosawa got up from the bed, stretched and curled his lips.

"Kurosawa-senpai, I want to practice fingerball!" Furiya opened the door and said directly.

"Huh?! Fingerball now? Learning to change the ball?" Kurosawa looked confused as he looked at Furitani who suddenly came in and wanted to learn a new ball.

"Ah! I want to learn!" Fang Gu said firmly, and after speaking, he stepped forward and handed the rice in his hand to Kurosawa.

At this moment, Kurosawa was either accepting or not accepting, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.

"Kurosawa-senpai, do you know how to throw a crossbow? Can you teach me?"

"Tsk! If you can vote, you can vote, but... I think let me have a meal first and talk about it later!" Kurosawa decided to have a meal first to calm down.