Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

Ukumori High School~

"The opponent in the next battle is Qingdao." Onishi sighed as he looked at the battle table.

In the second round, they met Qingdao High School, the champion of Xiajia, and the candidate for the championship of this autumn university. This luck was so bad that they had no friends!

"Even if we don't fight Qingdao, we will still encounter Didong, so what does it matter!" Xiaoga said with a smile.

After all, Ukumori lost to Teito High School led by ace Mukai in the summer competition. They have a deep understanding of Di Dong's power.

But even Di Dong, who was already nearly invincible in their eyes, was defeated. The team that defeated Teidong High School is still their next opponent - King Qingdao!

"Tch, I thought I could get revenge on Di Dong! That ace player really wants to play again!" A young man with a plane head and a delinquent curled his lips and said dissatisfiedly, he lost so easily.

This person is Seiichi Umemiya, the ace pitcher of Ukyumori High School. He comes across as very confident and arrogant, as if in his eyes Qingdao and Didong are just the same team as them.

He will not give these powerful teams any filter or halo such as invincibility, but wants to seize their weaknesses and defeat them all.

He is a typical challenger who is eager to overcome the challenge! He is burdened with the expectations of his friends, but he is eager to win and become stronger every moment!

Even if he is asked to serve as the team manager, he wants to take him to Koshien. It has become his obsession to lead the team onto that field and fulfill the dream that he had when he was young but has now become elusive.

Kondo glanced at his ace with envy, he was so confident! Even facing Qingdao, he didn't show any cowardice.

"No matter who the opponent is, we will always be the challenger!" At this time, a firm voice came out from the crowd. Everyone immediately became quiet, looked towards the source of the sound, and listened to him quietly.

"If you want to taste the joy of victory, wait until you stand on that stage!" The boy in the wheelchair is the manager and coach of the team - Nan Peng!

Yes, this person is the source of everything. The only brain in this team, his presence is the hub of everything. It is also what keeps the team united and getting stronger.

Challenger!

His words made all the players in Ukusen become very excited. After all, it was for this person that everyone gathered together, and felt his strength and moved them, giving them courage.

The team also continued to move forward under his leadership, slowly changing from a weak team to what it is now. Step by step, I want to take him into Jiaziyuan. This is what everyone is longing for!

We will leave it to you for the next three years. This is the unanimous idea of ​​​​everyone. Whether it's devil training or hell mode, everyone is working hard to achieve it.

At night, in Qingxinliao, everyone gathered together for a meeting. The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss Ukumori, their opponent in the second round.

Koshien has a seed selection system in the summer. Ukumori reaching the top 16 means that they must have killed one of the seeds.

"Although the information Abian gave was recorded in this way, he also came up with a strange idea." Miyuki's words successfully attracted everyone's attention. After all, the information Watanabe compiled and the intelligence he collected were very useful.

"Just because Ukumori looked very relaxed throughout the game, Abian guessed that they didn't give their all in this game." Miyuki said cautiously.

He and Kurosawa looked at each other and saw the vigilance in each other's eyes. Maybe this was another pharmacist and the same dark horse team.

In contrast, a dark horse pharmacist suddenly appeared in Hajia before, and it still makes many teams fearful. If they hadn't played against the three high school students from City University first, their own team might have missed out on Koshien in the summer!

But compared to them, Ukumori High School didn't have any strong teams that tried them. Even though they, Ha Jia, were defeated by Di Dong, the game time had already passed so long.

Now when we fight again, any outcome can happen. This is a baseball game! It’s so unpredictable that no matter what outcome happens, it’s no surprise.

If we take it lightly against Ukumori this time, we may overturn and become the top three in the city in the next summer conference.

Although he and Kurosawa had such doubts, Miyuki was still reluctant to believe it. Is my luck really that bad? !

Probably not! Moreover, the score of Ukumori's first round match was 6:4, a thrilling victory over the opponent with a narrow gap of two points.

The score is so stalemate, and if you are not careful, it will be doomed. Can they really preserve their strength with ease? This makes people doubtful.

However, Abian's intelligence has never been wrong. He must have seen some clues before telling us his suspicions.

He is by no means an empty talker, so we can go on the field and test Ukumori's true strength! Instead of being so anxious before the game, it is better to focus directly on the field and take a gamble!

At this time, no one knew that because of Qingdao's slight cognitive deviation, they almost fell into the hands of this baseball team composed of little-known people.

"The starting pitcher is Fukiya, and the other starters will be announced tomorrow. No matter how strong the opponent is, everyone must not relax before winning!" Kataoka said seriously.

"Yes…"

"Boom!" You deserve to own the Daigu gas stove!

"That's all, let's disband!"

Fangtani turned on the gas stove and left, but Sawamura on the other side was still sitting in his seat, muttering unhappily: "I wasn't the starter in the second round, and the coach chose Fangtani again. I always feel like Getting more and more unhappy!”

Haruichi cautiously said: "Eijun, why don't you leave?"

"Damn it! I won't be able to bear it if I don't move my muscles!" Sawamura yelled, I want to go first too! ?_?

He said and walked out. Obviously this guy wanted to go to extra training again. A training madman who takes training as a joy is really not just talk!

"Why this conclusion?!" Haruichi complained speechlessly, why is his little friend's brain circuit so strange!

"Sawamura, please don't practice too much today. Maybe you will have a chance to pitch tomorrow." Kudo immediately reminded Sawamura as soon as he heard that Sawamura was practicing with drugs.

"Okay..." Sawamura responded with a blank look on his face. What was going on with these people? He suddenly became enthusiastic.

"If you want to stretch your muscles, come to our room! I'll teach you a few simple stretching exercises." Kudo suggested with a smile.

"Senior Ah Chun forced us to massage him before, so it's pretty awesome~"

After the meeting, the coaching staff returned to the office. Coach Kataoka frowned and sat on the sofa, thinking constantly in his mind. He always felt that Ukumori's strength was more than what he saw on the cards.

"They are very active in stealing bases!" Ohta said with emotion: "With the ability to reach the top 16 of East Tokyo, we cannot underestimate him!"

Kataoka naturally knows very well that his team cannot underestimate its opponents too much, but how to guard against this? ! In the end, the people competing on the field are the players, not themselves.

Even if I ask everyone to be careful, everyone will still ignore their opponents before understanding their specific strength.

This is not the arrogance of a strong team, but the subconscious psychological reaction of the players. It's a reaction caused by confidence and preconceived notions honed through constant battles.

"Nowadays, more and more teams appear across the country that use speed to disrupt their opponents. For example, the most famous one is Hakuryu from Gunma Prefecture!"

"I think Ukumori probably used this as a reference to form the prototype of the team!" Ochiai stroked his mustache and sat opposite coach Kataoka.

Just listen to him musing and said, "Once the base is on, he actively steals bases to disrupt the pitcher's condition. This is Ukumori's normal pattern."

"Most of their players are average in strength, but their tactical execution ability is very good. I think this has something to do with the manager!"

The information collected by Watanabe mentioned that although this person is Ukumori's manager, his substantive role in the team is as a coach.

After summarizing for a long time, Ochiai believed that although Ukusen posed a certain threat to Aido, the threat was really not great. And the biggest threat to this is probably the unknown!

For Aomichi, who still doesn't know much about Ukumori's details, winning the game is indeed difficult. This also created a situation where Qingdao suffered a serious disadvantage even though he was mentally prepared at the beginning.