Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

Kurosawa woke Miyuki up as usual in the morning. Now that he was almost familiar with this pattern, he packed up and got ready for morning training.

The bullpen was very busy this morning, and Kurosawa heard a "bang" as soon as he came over. Various complimentary voices came from my ears: "What is that voice! Is that guy really a first-year student!?"

As soon as he heard it, he knew that it was Furitani-san who was pitching, and he exclaimed: "Furitani-san is very energetic today!" As he got closer, he saw Coach Kataoka, Deputy Director Takashima and Manager Ota observing the pitcher's ability.

Kurosawa looked at the scene in front of him and thought to himself: It seems that the game I am looking forward to will start soon!

Sure enough, in the evening, I heard the news that the first graders were preparing for the red-white game against the second and third graders tomorrow.

In the evening, after Kurosawa and Miyuki came to the cafeteria to prepare a meal, Kurosawa pulled Miyuki and sat next to Sawamura.

Miyuki sat down next to Sawamura and joked: "I see you are eating more and more, and you even vomited it out on the first day! Young people are so good, they grow up so fast!"

"Stop blabbering!" Sawamura replied angrily.

"Eat slowly, it's not good for your health!"

"Kazuya, hurry up and eat! You have other things to do later! Good evening! Sawamura-san!" Kazuya really likes to tease Sawamura! Kurosawa said as he thought.

"Kurosawa, why do you always hang out with guys like this!"

"Haha, Sawamura-san, Kazuya is very cute! We need to get along well!" This was already a filter like an old father's.

"Everyone is so quiet. What happened?" Sawamura asked with a strange look on his face.

"Huh? Haven't you heard? Tomorrow the first graders will form a team to compete with the second and third graders! Tomorrow Minano will be your opponent!" Miyuki said with a joke on his face.

"What?" Sawamura was so shocked that he almost dropped his chopsticks and quickly looked at Kurosawa to confirm again.

"Yes! Sawamura-san, there is a competition tomorrow! Didn't you receive the notification?" Kurosawa replied with a smile.

"Sawamura, don't you believe me? Why are you looking at Kurosawa asking!!!" Miyuki said speechlessly beside him.

"Why haven't I heard about it? Can I participate? Can I?" Sawamura said excitedly, selectively ignoring Miyuki's question.

"Originally, the first-year players would not be selected from among the first-year players. But the situation changed after the previous competition!" In the end, Miyuki explained, and Kurosawa had already covered his head to work.

At this time, a voice was heard, "Can I sit next to you?" interrupted the conversation between the two, and forcefully pushed Sawamura out of his seat.

Kurosawa heard Fukiya's voice next to him and had already put down the tableware in his hands and was about to eat the melon. He looked at Miyuki and Sawamura's surprised faces and continued to eat without saying a word. He then watched Fukiya separate the two of them manually. LOL.

"Kazuya, you are so charming! This is so interesting!" Kurosawa joked from the side.

"Hey! Nanye, this is not a funny thing!" Miyuki said with a speechless face, and continued to watch the two people arguing next to him, but suddenly he heard Fukiya cueing him next to him.

"Miyuki-senpai! In tomorrow's game, I will never let anyone hit my ball. At that time, will you be willing to catch my ball?" As expected of you, Furiya-san, it was like a proposal line, Kurosawa you lose!

The atmosphere in the cafeteria quickly solidified. The second- and third-year seniors all looked at Fang Gu with fierce expressions, but he was a natural idiot. How could he get it? Let’s just say.

Kurosawa leaned close to Miyuki and whispered: "It's a disaster for the country and the people! Kazuya~(ˉ▽ˉ~)~"

"You're joking right now, don't you see what the atmosphere is like!" Miyuki replied in a low voice.

“Should be fun???”

At this time, someone couldn't help but come forward and said: "Rookie, you said you won't let others hit your ball, have you figured out where this is? You just graduated from junior high school, how dare you be so arrogant!"

"If you want Miyuki to catch your ball, let's wait until you get the results!" Everyone gathered around and said.

"What are you doing? It's so ugly!" Unexpectedly, Senior Tanba suddenly said.

"Tamba-senpai!"

"We only rely on performance here!"

"Hi!"

Fang Gu also looked back at the senior who spoke, feeling surprised.

"I see, this is the purpose of the coach! Use the freshmen who have just joined to stir up the fighting spirit of these seniors that has not been ignited for a long time." Miyuki said to Kurosawa after leaving the cafeteria.

"I can see it too Kazuya, yes! But the most important thing is to select pitchers who can be used on the field!" Kurosawa said lightly. After all, after playing baseball for so many years, his physical strength may not keep up, but Experience is never lost.

"Then try your best tomorrow! I'll wait for you in the First Army!" Miyuki patted Kurosawa on the shoulder.

"Kazuya, is Coach Kataoka a regular pitcher?" Kurosawa suddenly asked.

"Hey! How did you know? Yes! The supervisor wants to train an ace pitcher." Miyuki answered as he opened the door.

"Then you can look forward to it tomorrow. There is no guarantee that the promise of Feng Gu can be fulfilled! It is possible that he will be directly promoted to the First Army tomorrow." Kurosawa said with a smile.

"Oh! Then I'm looking forward to it! Is that guy that powerful?" Miyuki said with anticipation.

It’s just not what you expected! Hahahaha, it’s just that the alternative facilities can’t keep up, Kurosawa complained silently.

~

Early the next morning, Kurosawa called Miyuki up with familiarity, "I'm going to compete!" You have to train too, so get up quickly!

When Kurosawa arrived at the rest area, he saw everyone's serious expressions. He looked at the expression of the first-year student opposite who was completely out of sorts. He didn't realize the seriousness of the matter and didn't have a leader. Judging from the few people he observed, he was basically sure. The newcomers are going to be blown away.

But looking at Sawamura Kurosawa opposite, he thought silently: It seems that Coach Kataoka doesn’t want to let go of this good prospect! Interesting! Sawamura should be able to last a few games if he plays!

Sure enough, after the game started, the freshman pitcher Tojo was completely beaten. Losing 10 points in three games was not bad, but the second- and third-year teams performed well, while the first-year team was completely frightened.

How strange! Tanba-senpai can't do it on the playing field. This is totally unacceptable! No matter how well he shoots down there, it's totally useless if he can't get on the court. But that curveball plummeted vertically, which was really impressive! Kurosawa thought silently.

Suddenly I saw Miyuki coming from the opposite side, "Oh! I still can't hold it back! Have you come to see the curious pitcher? Kazuya is as playful as ever!"

At the beginning of the fourth inning, I only heard the supervisor say, "Okay first graders, the pitchers and outfielders will be replaced!"

"Okay, then it's up to you!" Coach Kataoka said.

"Oh! Is Sawamura going to play? I'm really looking forward to it!" Kurosawa laughed.

"Where are you going? You're going to right field. Kaneda, you're going to pitch." Well, I can only wait and see what's good. Looking at Sawamura's fielding, I really don't dare to expect anything from him. Kurosawa thought silently. road.

Sure enough, looking at a ball flying towards the outfield, Sawamura caught the ball first, missed the ball, ran towards the ball and threw it forward. It was obviously the same situation as before. The ball took a turn and hit it directly. Runner's back. . .

"Hahahaha, I can't stop laughing. What kind of incomparable cuteness is this!" Kurosawa chuckled.

After losing 7 points in the fourth game, everyone on the court was already feeling exhausted. At this time, the supervisor said: "The pitcher changes pitches, Jiang Guxiao, come up and pitch!"

The seniors immediately became energetic, and Kurosawa straightened his back slightly and looked ahead. How interesting! What a scene it would be!

Furitani changed his equipment and walked out expressionlessly, stepped onto the court, arranged the pitcher's mound with his feet, and glanced at Miyuki.

"Ah, hey! That sinful man Kazuya! But just watch Kazuya, as long as the supervisor likes it, he can do it!" Kurosawa said silently in his heart.

I saw Jiang Guxiao take a step back with his right foot, then raise both hands high, lift his right foot sideways, and throw out his right hand fiercely.

"call out!"

"Bang!" The ball speed of 150 was beyond the reach of today's catchers, and the ball hit Coach Kataoka directly in the face! The helmet flew off! ! ! However, it didn't just hit the face, it just flew out with the helmet on.

"You've passed the test, Jiangu! You'll start participating in the First Army's training from tomorrow!" Everyone exclaimed in disbelief.

"Ha! It's so interesting! The coach likes his own style! But he must be very passionate at the beginning of every game, but it's totally impossible to stay on the court for a long time. Just controlling the ball like this..." Kurosawa said with a low smile.

"Pitcher changes pitch!" Coach Kataoka here completely ignored the words of the second and third graders and simply said: "No one in the first grade can catch his ball!"

"Never let anyone hit his ball. Judging from the results, that's right! So that's what Nanno means! It's really different from what I imagined! How interesting!" Miyuki thought silently.

"Tamba, you go down and have a rest. As long as you can resume your original pitching, you will definitely be able to compete in the national competition and pitch with confidence!" Coach Kataoka is indeed a Chinese teacher! I gave Senior Tanba an injection of chicken blood directly!

"Hi!"

"Next, Kawakami, you vote!"

At the end of the fifth inning, the score was 18-0.

In the next game, Sawamura went up to bat, and I was kind of looking forward to it. I haven’t seen Sawamura play yet! It looks very lively! Kurosawa thought silently.

With one swing of the stick, Kurosawa basically knew that there was no chance, and even the blows would not work! I don’t know how the short game is at this time, but I remember Sawamura’s short game is very good! I don’t know if it’s that good now? Ask Kurosawa when it's time to finish, muttered.

"It's not over yet! The catcher's ball leaked to the back!" Kurosawa looked towards the place where the sound came from, and only saw a pink hair.

"Oh! This new student is pretty good! He's still so calm now! He's a good prospect. I don't remember what position he plays? He seems to be a pretty hard hit. He seems to be the younger brother of Ryosuke Kominato from the First Army." Kurosawa thought silently. .

There were cheers from the field, and Sawamura got on base with a strikeout. Soon after that, there was new news in Kominato Haruichi, the freshmen student's side.

Haruichi Kominato pointed a baseball at Kanemaru and said, "I would like to ask, what are you doing here? What they ask us to produce is results. No matter how good our grades in junior high school are, they will not be used. You should too You should realize this earlier! If you don’t want to fight, just let me do it!" As expected of Liang Sang, he is his younger brother and his temper is okay~(ˉ▽ˉ~)

"Sorry to bother you, I need to change someone! I'm the one doing the beating!" Haruichi stepped forward and said directly to the supervisor.

"Ah! Another interesting boy appears!" Miyuki and Kurosawa whispered at the same time with a smile.

When Kominato gestured to Sawamura, he was just ogling the fool, hahahaha, it made me laugh to death!

Haruichi's batting average of 63.5% is not for nothing, and the catcher's distribution has been basically seen through.

"Bang!" The ball was hit directly, and Sawamura quickly flew to the end. The final slide was really random!

"safe"

"Get a point!"

"Well done that guy, well done!" The freshmen also cheered, no longer lifeless!

Just as everyone finished cheering, the last out number came out. After the fifth inning, the coach announced a terrible news.

"Both teams have formed a team, that's it! Continuing will only widen the score gap in the game!" Coach Kataoka said.

Everyone present was stunned, and Kurosawa was also stunned: It's over, I haven't even played yet! Damn it, it’s because I haven’t adapted to the rules of high school baseball yet, right? Are there any other internal rules? But still silent!

"However, if all the first-year players want to continue playing, then that's a different matter. What do you think?" What a twist, wow! As expected of a Chinese teacher, amazing!

Everyone was talking about it, but in the end it was Sawamura, the idiot, who took the lead! ~(ˉ▽ˉ~)~

"Please let us continue playing, coach!" So that's the idea! Let the freshmen realize that they must go all out in every competition without leaving any regrets! interesting!

"Why didn't you have the same determination to win when you first started playing?! There's no next time in high school baseball!" Coach Kataoka said seriously.

"Kid, you will be the pitcher at the beginning of this inning. For the second and third graders, Kurosawa Minano will be the pitcher! Get on the mound immediately!"

"Wow! Didn't you expect that I would still be able to play? So suddenly, I didn't even warm up! I thought I wouldn't be able to play today! I had already thought about recommending myself!" Kurosawa complained silently!

"I've seen all the first-year pitchers. If you want to continue the competition, you can go up and pitch. You, too, have seen all the second- and third-year pitchers. You and I haven't seen it yet."

"Hahaha, I didn't expect Minano to go up to the mound under such circumstances, but just go up and let me see what kind of ball you have? But no matter what method he uses, that guy always makes people who have no fighting spirit Those who are motivated in their grade should get the opportunity to play! The coach is not just a bad guy!" Miyuki said calmly.