Ace of Diamond: Return of the Pitcher

That night, when Sawamura returned to the dormitory, the atmosphere was very wrong.

Masuko Toru hadn't come back yet, and only Kuramochi was in the dormitory. He sat in front of the TV very calmly, watching TV seriously.

The strange thing is that there is no sound on the TV, and the screen only has a flickering picture.

'So abnormal!'

Sawamura's keen intuition told Him that it was very dangerous here, so he raised his legs and was about to leave.

"Where are you going?"

The room was quiet, and the sound of Sawamura opening the door was particularly abrupt. Now that he was about to pull the door and leave again, the sound was even more abrupt.

Kuramochi calmly picked up the remote control, turned off the silent TV, and asked without looking back.

"It's okay, I'll just go out for a walk."

The ominous feeling became more and more serious, and Sawamura ran away.

At this moment, the names of countless sages and wise men flashed in Sawamura's mind, and these sages told Sawamura the same truth. Running away is Half of the Bravery.

'Although I don't know why Kuramochi is angry, well he is always angry.'

Anyway, Sawamura should be anywhere but here now.

"Come here!"

Kuramochi jumped up and rushed toward Sawamura like a hungry tiger.

"Tell me, how dare you seduce with Sakurako? Do you know that she is our class's Madonna?"

Sawamura might be Kuramochi's opponent, but he was caught by Kuramochi as soon as he turned around.

"Ahhhhhhhh"

As soon as Sawamura opened his mouth, he was fixed by Kuramochi's scorpion lock technique. (Just cross Sawamura's legs and hold them with Kuramochi's thigh. This way, Sawamura can only touch the ground with both hands and has no power to fight back.)

"Don't argue, you playboy. Don't you have a childhood friend in your Hometown?"

"Ahhhhhhhhh~"

What did Sawamura want to say?

Once again, he was rudely stopped by Kuramochi.

Sawamura wanted to cry without tears.

He just wanted to ask, who is Sakurako?

The next morning, Seidou's team members took a bus to watch the Spring tournament semi-finals of the Seidou First String.

High school training is not unrestrained, especially during competitions, at least on the day of the tournament, Seidou does not require everyone to train.

But in a place like Seidou, it's hard to say. Except for the first team of players participating in the tournament, most of the other players will practice on their own.

If you want to climb up, how can you not work harder than others?

In this semi-final, Seidou played very crazily and finally defeated the opponent with a big score of 12:5.

Such a score in the Tokyo semifinals is rare even for Seidou.

Manger Ota looked at the menacing lineup in front of him in surprise, and muttered bizarrely: "Have you all taken some Batting medicine?"

Although Sawamura and Furuya Satoru joined the First String, the registration for the Tokyo Spring Competition had already closed, so they could not participate in the competition as First String for the time being. Only in the audience, watching everyone's performance.

Seidou successfully advanced to the Tokyo finals and won the qualification for the Kanto Tournament.

The whole team cheered.

"Seidou, Banzai!!!"

After everyone got on the bus, Manger Ota announced the order for a holiday after returning to school.

"The players of the first string, gather in the conference room at night to discuss the tactics of tomorrow's final."

In the finals, according to Seidou's previous style, 80% of the time is to arrange for substitutes, so there is no need to prepare specially, just ask at night.

In this way, Seidou's Players ushered in a rare half-day vacation.

Saturday afternoon, all players, have a holiday.

As for how many people will rest this afternoon, it is hard to say. However, when the first string is selected, it is necessary to rest. This is also an unspoken rule, not only to relieve the fatigue of the game but also to free up scarce resources such as pitching machines and training equipment.

The various training areas of Seidou are a lot, but there is still not enough of it to satisfy everyone's training. Like pitching machines and strength training equipment, these things are still closely related to the military.

You must know that there are a total of 93 players in Seidou. If everyone practices batting, they have to use pitching machines. How many pitching machines are needed? The same is true for other facilities

Normally, the First String has occupied these resources for a long time. When there are holidays or rotations, the First String should also be sensible to let these facilities out and give other teammates a chance.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun is in the west, and the spring breeze is gentle, and everyone who witnesses it will be drunk in the atmosphere.

By the small river next to Seidou High School, the environment is very good, the scenery is good, and there are not many people.

In the evening, after dinner, many Players of the Second String like to come here to practice swinging, but of course, they are not here now. Now that the entire string is resting, they rarely have access to training equipment and pitching machines, where they will come here.

Sawamura sat by the small river, feeling the spring breeze, and the sound of beeping constantly came from the mobile phone in his hand, reminding him that a text message had come in.

But Sawamura didn't care about this, he was waiting for someone.

After a while, the person he was waiting for came!

"Hello, Senpais!"

Sawamura got up, looked at the seniors in front of him, and greeted them respectfully.

Yuuki nodded: "Now there are no Senpais, only opponents."

"Let us start!"

Yuuki Tetsuya, Kominato Ryosuke, Isashiki Jun, Takigawa Chris, and Masuko Toru, in the third grade, there are quite a few high-level Batters.

"Wait, there's one more left."

After Chris finished speaking, a figure rushed behind him.

"I'm sorry, I overslept at noon. Hee hee~"

The last person to arrive is Miyuki.

"How come?"

Here is a small river, not as convenient as a baseball field.

"Well, the strike zone is by the river, and I throw the ball with my back against the school wall. With the height of the dam and the wall, any ball higher than that is a home run."

Sawamura has been investigating for a long time, and he has long planned to do this.

"The five of us, how do we arrange it?"

Yuuki is no-nonsense, just asked Sawamura directly.

If five people play four duels, it will be too bullying. With Sawamura's current physical strength, it is impossible to compete with the five of them at the same time, throwing more than four rounds without interruption.

"It's the old rules, you can arrange the lineup freely, a group of three, four rounds."

Sawamura said.

"How is the victory calculated?"

Isashiki said coldly.

"A hit is one point. As long as I drop two points in a round, I will lose. If I lose a home run, I will also lose."

Sawamura thought for a moment and said.

Three people in a round and only one hit in a round, if it's not a home run, Sawamura wins.

"If it's a draw then, we'll add another round."

Sawamura will work with Chris in the first round, Miyuki in the second, Chris in the third, and Miyuki in the fourth.

"I won't give you information about Sawamura in the first two rounds, and I will give you information and advice in the third and fourth rounds."

After Sawamura finished speaking, Chris added.

In this duel, both sides are very serious, and they try to be fair.

This is only possible if they respect each other.

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