Diamond Ace: Another Story of Sawamura

Chapter 146: The Battle of Xibang

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In the top of the third inning, Seidou's batting line-up started from the ninth batter.

As the first batter, Danbo swung the bat beautifully and was caught by the left fielder and was out.

Because Danbo's attack was not particularly good, the crowd was not surprised, but instead placed their hopes on the next attack.

Seidou's batting line has completed a circle here and starts again from the first batter.

Everyone also hopes that the batsmen can do something in the second inning...

"Three out, exchange offense and defense!"

"Good shot! Niwa!"

"Nice throw!"

"Sibon! Keep going!"

"Niwa once again showed his resilient pitching, forcing Seidou's batters to get on and off the field three times!"

At this time, not only the Qingdao team was shocked, but even the Qingdao supporters in the audience were shocked.

"what happened?"

"Obviously... I was able to catch the ball in the last round..."

"Why is it that after going around in one circle, there is no gap at all?"

"Were the first two games just tests?" Yamatoda was also confused at this time, she couldn't figure it out.

"..." Mine Fuji frowned seriously, and after careful consideration, he turned his gaze to the pitching and fishing duo.

"..." Looking at the pitching and fishing duo leaving the field, Eijun turned his head to look at his own rest area, and then looked helplessly at the competing Fūya.

"...No matter how well you perform, you won't have a chance to play..." Eijun had no choice but to sidestep to avoid Fūya who was almost coming up to him to protest.

"Furuya, you can't throw the ball when you're so close..." Kawakami looked at Furuya helplessly, "If you don't rest well, you might have to rest in the next game."

"That's right! If you don't go back and rest, I will report to Senior Chris."

"..." After being scolded by Senior Kawakami and Eijun, Furuya pursed his lips and frowned seriously, "The same tricks will not work on me!"

"What..." Rongchun was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the rest area in shock, "Chris-senpai!"

"!?" The originally stern-looking Kouya was instantly frightened.

"Fouya he... ow..." With the mask covering his mouth, Eijun turned to look at the defeated Fouya, his eyebrows curved with a cunning smile.

After all, in Eijun's eyes, Fūya is just a natural polar bear. How could he possibly scare a veteran like him?

However, it seems that the rest area has no time to pay attention to the farce here...

"Ninth bat, pitcher Niwa."

It was quite a coincidence that in the third inning, both teams started with the ninth batter.

Starting from the bottom half of the inning, Xibang’s batting line is about to enter the second round.

The summer of Koshien is burning fiercely...

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“It’s so hot…”

At the same time, in some balls of summer, the ashes from the burning covered the flames, waiting for the ashes to disperse...

For the schools that were unable to go to Koshien, new teams have already started, and the gloomy atmosphere is slowly dissipating.

"Hey! Carlos!"

"Don't take your clothes off on the court!"

Carlos had already taken off his clothes out of habit and walked across the court shirtless, so he naturally received complaints from his teammates.

"There was a ball left on the court yesterday... and there were two the day before yesterday..." Bai He was muttering in dissatisfaction, "Those who can't be cleaned up, just die..."

On the other side, Yabe was drinking water from a bottle in the break room...

"Why did you just drink it? You drank too much!"

"..." Although he looked the same as usual, Minister Hayashida still frowned seriously and looked at Supervisor Kunitomo worriedly.

"Ming..."

"He should still be in the indoor training ground..."

He doesn't rest on his days off, nor does he participate in practice matches. He also refuses to go when the starting players go to Koshien to watch the games.

After that day, he never slacked off for a single day. He repeated the annoying exercises over and over again, trying his best to throw every ball.

"Snapped!"

The moment the ball entered the glove, even though it was wrapped in the glove, it still ran around forcefully and slipped out of the catcher's glove.

"despair!"

"I'm sorry!" After failing to hold the ball steady again, Tadanoki bit his lower lip in frustration. "Please throw another ball. I'll catch it this time!"

"Next, let's play a low ball."

"..." Looking at Senior A Ming who was speaking in a low voice across from him, Tadono's nervous expression became more and more obvious.

Because Senior Aya, who could still control him, has left, he can act as willful as he wants...

It should be like this...

But no, he is now a good senior, and he should be more willful...

"..." Seeing that Ashu on the other side looked embarrassed, Ming put down his gloves, "If you are tired, take a rest."

"Ah! No! I'm not tired!" Seeing that Senior A Ming was about to leave, Duo Tianye stopped him anxiously, "I can still continue to catch the ball!"

"..." Ming looked at him in silence for a moment, then stood back at the pitching position, "Don't worry, I will throw the ball exactly where you want."

"..." Although he succeeded in retaining Senior Ming, Tadono turned his face away, "Then I am just a wall..."

"What's that expression?" Seeing his dissatisfied expression, Ming knew that he didn't understand at all. "Are you thinking that I just treat you as a wall?"

"I didn't think so!" Unexpectedly, he was discovered. Tadano hastily denied it, "You have a really sharp intuition..."

"Don't worry, I don't think you can replace Senior Aya anytime soon..."

"..." I didn't expect it to be said so directly. Duo Tianye was stunned for a moment, then looked at Senior Ming, "After being...after being said that by you, I actually..."

"But..." Ming said with a look in his eyes that was different from before, "I will not lose again!"

"Especially before seeing the view from the top..."

"Gulp..." Tadono swallowed his saliva, 'So that's how it is...'

In fact, they have never stopped, and are already moving towards a more difficult path, towards the apex...

"Besides..." Ming couldn't help but reveal a mocking expression because he saw the funny expression, "As long as you keep receiving my ball, it will be hard for you to become stronger."

"Uh..."

"Let me tell you, I am very willful."

"Yes!"

"I will also reject your signal."

"I...know!"

"Besides, I will receive so many letters from fans!"

"What? Uh..."

"Oh, by the way, let me tell you a secret. Yesterday...a freshman girl in the band came up to me and confessed her love to me..."

"what are you talking about!"

The players who were passing by the indoor training ground couldn't help but gather outside the door and eavesdrop out of curiosity.

"Are you arguing?"

"That's how it should be!"

“……” Harada on the side looked inside and just smiled.

He knows...

The reliable third-year seniors have retired...

They no longer have the support of their predecessors...

They need to become seniors like their predecessors...

Summer has stopped again...

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"One out, runners on first and third base!"

Bottom of third inning...

After striking out Niwa, the ninth batter, neatly, Nishibon's batting line also took a turn.

Because the first batter hit a curveball at the beginning, Chris was also very cautious about the first pitch.

change...

That’s where it all started...

The first batter caught a low ball on the inside corner, and then the second batter also hit a difficult high ball.

"The batting line is finally going to explode!"

"Go on!"

"Fight it out!"

The fast batter was at third base and the third batter was at third base, so Sibon got another chance to score.

At the same time, Qingdao's defense also adjusted its defensive position under instructions.

"It's only the third game, and we've already seen such a strong situation..." Yamato covered his mouth in surprise.

"Ah..." Fujio Mine straightened his back seriously, "The next first ball is crucial..."

"Qiang!"

“Swing on first pitch!”

"The batter hit the first ball beautifully, and it penetrated the defense of second and third base and flew towards center field!"

"what!!"

"Good fight! Yamashita!"

"Run!"

"Center field!" Kerry lifted his mask, stood up and shouted to the defense, "Swing the bat without hesitation..."

"Bastard!" The moment the ball flew over, Isashiki had already taken action and ran towards the bouncing path of the ball.

"The runner on third base returns to home plate and scores! The runner on first base also..."

"Oh!"

Like a cannonball, a pass from center field shot straight to second base, stopping the broadcast commentary.

Just one step away, a ray of white light shot straight into Kuramochi's gloves.

"A cannonball-like pass from center field stopped the runner!"

Even so, the originally balanced scale tilted...

After conceding three consecutive hits and losing runs, Tamba suddenly looked panicked.

The game had just begun, and Xibang's batting line had just made a rotation, but the opponent had already caught his ball path.

"The situation seems to be getting very bad..." Seeing the current situation, Mukai Taiyang frowned unhappily.

"Qingdao is falling behind..."

Because of Taeyang's temper, it was not until the third game that the players from Didong finally arrived.

What they didn't expect was that when they arrived, they saw Qingdao losing points first.

Chris asked the referee for a timeout and trotted to the pitcher's mound, while several infielders also surrounded him...

"Sorry, I think my pitch was guessed." After walking up to the pitcher's mound, Chris covered his mouth and spoke his thoughts directly.

"Do you think your shot was guessed?" Yuki looked at Chris.

"Although their swings suddenly became very decisive..." Zengzi also looked at Chris in disbelief.

In the same class, everyone acknowledges and recognizes Chris. This is really the first time in a long time that I have heard him say such things.

If it was just to appease Danbo's emotions, he wouldn't have...

"Are you saying... they might be deciphering our secret code?" Ryosuke pointed out Chris's ulterior motive.

"Is this true?" Kuramochi exclaimed in disbelief, and was then stopped by Ryosuke.

"..." Chris frowned and looked embarrassed, "I felt that the ball just now was a changeup, but I could hit it..."

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