Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

On August 18rd, after the morning training, Coach Kataoka quickly announced the list of players, told everyone to prepare their luggage for Hyogo Prefecture tomorrow, dismissed everyone, and once again told everyone not to train any more and just go ahead. Announced disbandment.

Kataoka thought for a long time and decided to take three first-year players to prepare for next year's team. Although it was a pity, he still chose third-year players Tanaka Shin and Yamachi Kunio. This was already the best arrangement.

Pitchers are what the team is most lacking right now. Without them, Seido's follow-up pitching strategy cannot be implemented, and Koshien won't be able to go far! So a pitcher is a must, a regular starter is a must, and a baserunning instructor is also a must. Kominato, a first-year player, is still hitting 100% of the time. Based on his strength, he will definitely be the main force of next year's team. Now he must accumulate experience. If you want to go, then you can only choose the two of them, which is really a helpless move.

At this point, no matter who is left behind will have regrets, but the two seniors are also understanding people. After three years, they know the coach's character very well. Although he is a very affectionate person, he is also a very principled person. people.

Only those who are stronger and in better condition can play on behalf of everyone, and the two of them are indeed not as good as their peers or even some juniors. Although unexpectedly all three first-year students were selected, they were soon relieved. For the sake of the team, they There is no problem with the decision.

In this way, Koharu's nickname rose to 17, and Sawamura's nickname rose to 18. The eighteen main candidates who went to Koshien to compete were officially formed, preparing to go to Koshien to fight, with the goal of dominating the country.

On August 4th, Aomichi High School was fully prepared and ready to go. The destination was Hyogo Prefecture.

The baseball team's coaching staff of three, the first-choice team of eighteen, plus some training staff, got on the bus together. Everyone on the bus was extremely excited.

Everyone now looks like they are participating in the spring outing for the first time, full of curiosity and expectations, and their emotions are very high along the way. After all, Qingdao High School has never been to Koshien!

The most noisy one among them is Sawamura. After all, it is difficult for Sawamura, a social maniac, to calm down at this time! One moment I was chatting with Chris, another moment I was pulling my senior, and the next moment I was whispering to Xiaochun.

Jiang Gu was already bubbly from sleep, but he could still sleep despite the noise! And I heard that the temperature in Hyogo Prefecture is two to three degrees higher than that in the Tokyo area, so that’s no problem, kid! Kurosawa observed everyone quietly, then turned to look at Miyuki beside him.

have to! Another sleepy guy. Didn't he sleep well last night? ! Really! He quickly put his head on his shoulder to avoid hitting his head directly when braking later!

In order to ensure the success of the competition, the school also provides strong support in this regard! Not only was there a special car transfer, but a hotel near Koshien Stadium was also booked, and all rooms were double rooms to allow the players to have a better rest and adapt to the place earlier.

But this is normal. After all, this is the first time Qingdao has entered Koshien in six years. The school will not tolerate any mistakes. This is related to next year's enrollment!

After arriving at the hotel, everyone received their room keys and the coach announced the disbandment on the spot, asking everyone to put away their luggage and have lunch first. Yuki went to draw lots, and then gathered in his room at two o'clock in the afternoon for a combat meeting.

After all, time is very tight, Koshien opens on August 7th, and Qingdao will compete on August 8th. The best luck is to get a bye in the first round. After all, there are forty-nine schools entering Koshien, and Qingdao has not entered Koshien for many years and a lot of information is insufficient. If they play one more game, it will be exposed. has much more information than them.

Chunsang and Liangsang quickly took Yuuki to bathe and change clothes, burn incense and wash hands and pray, hoping that his luck would be better this time.

of course! With the luck of our Zhe team, this was a complete dream, but fortunately the team in the first battle was not a super strong one. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as long as they were not unlucky! Everyone is really becoming more and more tolerant towards Team Zhe!

The opponent in the first match - the Kyushu regional representative team - Baoming High School is a high school that frequents Koshien, and its strength is also at the upper-middle level. It has reached Koshien for several consecutive years, and its best result has been to the semi-finals. Everyone at Qingdao is quite satisfied with this result. Competing with them will neither expose you too much nor fail to sharpen your skills. Overall, it is still very cost-effective.

"Homei High School is a relatively stable high school. The ace pitcher is third-year Isato. His specialty is butterfly ball. This is the ace of Sakurazawa High School who we saw playing against Inomi in the semifinals. Pitcher Akira Nagao's winning pitch. The only difference is that this ace controls the ball very well and does not rely solely on the erratic swing of the butterfly ball to decide the outcome like Nagao Akira. In short, he is very difficult to deal with. " Chris The pre-match report started as usual.

A group of people gathered in the supervisor's room and listened carefully to the intelligence analysis that Chris brought to everyone. Of course, this information cannot be collected by Qingdao alone, and the friendly provision from Supervisor Kunitomo really helped a lot. !

"It's very interesting! I actually want to hit that ball!" Kurosawa said with a smile. I have wanted to hit that ball for a long time!

"Hahaha, sometimes I really don't know if you are a good pitcher!" Kuramochi joked.

"Yes! How can you like a pitcher who likes to beat up the opponent's pitcher so much! Are you already planning to give up pitching and switch to outfield defense?!" Miyuki pretended to be horrified. It's so interesting. Pitchers are really a group of full of personality. people!

"Baoming overall feels pretty good. It's just right for our first game! Ah Zhe's fortune is good this time! It seems that the method of drawing lots to wash hands is still effective! Right Ah Liang!" Chun Sanglie! He opened his mouth, turned around and joked with his two companions.

"Well, this time the signing is okay!" Team Zhe nodded with satisfaction. Unexpectedly, it actually worked. I will do this all the time from now on. There is an inexplicable light in my eyes. I am so happy that can be seen with the naked eye! How unlucky you are!

"Yes, Azhe's luck is pretty good this time!" Liang Sang said with a smile, thinking darkly that he didn't expect it to be really useful! Could it be that I got lucky once? What a surprise!

Ignoring the commotion below, Chris continued to report dutifully: "They also have a second-year pitcher whose ball speed can reach 140. He has played consecutively in the Kyushu regional competition, and even scored in the finals. He is also a very troublesome person to have a record of shutting out the opponent with a follow-up shot in the sixth inning!"

"As for their hitting line, there are relatively few outstanding players. Whether it is the four-base captain, center fielder Shinichi Kamiya, or the rest of the hitters, they all tend to have a technical hitting style, which is a problem for our pitchers as a whole. Not big. It mainly depends on our line play to earn more points, just like we have always done before." Chris finally closed the book in his hand with a smile and turned his attention to the coach.

Kataoka nodded in response and said: "Well, that's right. We just need to implement the style we have always had, and attack aggressively without missing any points!"

"Yes!"

"So about the starting pitcher in three days..." Kataoka looked at the extremely active first-year double pitcher, the second-year double pitcher who was not active at all, and then looked at the silently longing ace Tanba. They had completely different expressions. ! After thinking for a while, he decided to choose someone who can directly give the team momentum from the start.

"Jiang Gu, come here!"

"Yes!" Jiang Gu's eyes brightened obviously, and little flowers began to float around. ??(ˊwˋ*)??

"Mmmmm! Why not me?! Damn it! I really want to play!" Sawamura complained softly.

Kurosawa sat and watched the show hahahaha these two are so interesting, right? ! But their competition in the future will definitely be huge!

"As Ace Tanba, you have to be prepared. Depending on the situation, I will arrange for you to play. Kawakami and Sawamura, you also have to be ready at all times. I will only let those in better condition play. Kurosawa, you go first as well. Left field fielding. To dominate the country, it is impossible for one pitcher to complete the pitch. I need the strength of each of you pitchers. You must always maintain your condition and be ready to play at any time. Are you mentally prepared?! "Kataoka slightly comforted his pitching staff.

"Understood!" Several people responded immediately.

"Boss, I will definitely live up to your expectations. I will be warm-up and ready down below!" Sawamura immediately started the self-recommendation mode.

Miyuki and Chris looked at each other and immediately understood what the supervisor meant by doing this. It is indeed the most appropriate thing for Furiya to do this kind of thing! Although Kurosawa's ball speed is not bad, he doesn't have that terrifying deterrent power! And he himself prefers to play with his opponents! The ace has still not regained control of the ball, so it is not safe to play. It is important to start with momentum.

"Other positions are as normal! What you have to do is to support the pitchers at all times, whether it is fielding or hitting, and always keep your spirits up. Our goal is to dominate the country!" Kataoka is already able to handle Sawamura's chaos with ease. La, I didn't care and turned around to give myself a shot of chicken blood.

"Yes!" Everyone in Qingdao said in unison.

"Dismissed, remember not to add training!" Kataoka was really worried that these disobedient students would start swinging the bat wildly on their own as soon as they returned, and then signaled that everyone could leave and go rest!

Since the supervisor said so, Miyuki and Kurosawa were still very obedient. They only completed the basic training and stopped their activities. Then Miyuki began to confirm the status of the pitchers every day.

"Very good, you are in good condition! Your ball control is as accurate as ever! It's completely different from those two guys, hahahaha!" Miyuki couldn't help laughing, looking at the two people who probably came to pitch to him. .

"Ha! You bastard, of course we know you can't control the ball as well as Kurosawa-senpai! Are you trying to sow discord between us?!" Sawamura Huodao felt a little itchy, but forget it for the sake of Kurosawa-senpai. !ヽ(`Д′)?

Fukitani nodded silently, expressing his agreement. Kurosawa-senpai should control the bat!

Seeing that his teasing was unsuccessful, Miyuki immediately changed the subject and said, "What are you doing here? Are you looking for me to pitch?!"

"That's right, it's all your fault that I've forgotten why I came here! Come on, I'm going to throw the ball!" Sawamura said excitedly.

"Me first!" Blue flames appeared on Jiang Gu's body, and I would not give in.

"Sawamura, why don't you go find Chris-senpai?!" Kurosawa said, looking at Sawamura who was still fighting with Furiya.

"Ah! Master has gone to collect information and has no time to accompany me!" Sawamura felt very sad when he talked about this.

"What about Ono?!" Considering that the team has a lot of pitchers during this trip, Miyuki and Miyauchi are not enough, and Ono is also included as a backup. Although he does not have a nickname, I am very happy. La!

"Eh?! That's right! I'll go find Ono-senpai right away! I'm leaving, Kurosawa-senpai!" After saying that, Sawamura rushed out.

Kurosawa was very helpless watching Sawamura go through the wind and fire! Really, I completely forgot about Ono! Ono would cry if he knew it!

"Fanggu, you go ahead and throw! I'll be there to see how your pitching recovery is going!" Kurosawa said with a smile. If it doesn't work, just drink a cup of the energy tea I specially prepared for you to recover!

Really been waiting! I just had some free time and went for a walk nearby. Unexpectedly, I encountered an unexpected surprise! I found some good materials and unexpectedly found a suitable combination!

"Yeah!" Fangtani shook his head and responded immediately. He always felt that Kurosawa-senpai was going to do something! If not, you have to vote well!

Of course, I slept peacefully at the end of the night! Sawamura almost thought he was dying because he couldn't wake him up, so he even called a large number of people to watch, let's not mention it for now!