Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

At night in Qingxinliao, Sawamura, who had been thinking all day but had no clue, decisively asked the two seniors who shared the same bed.

"What's your specialty? Of course you're an idiot!" Kuramochi said without thinking.

"I think he was just blind enough to eat the senior's pudding!" It seems that Senior Masuko has been resentful of Sawamura always stealing his own pudding for a long time!

At this time, Sawamura was still carefully recording the senior's loyal feedback to him, and he didn't react at all, hahahaha!

Just listen to the two people continue to read: "Also, he is terrible at video games and his joints are very soft. He is an idiot about baseball and he refuses to tell me Wakana's e-mail!"

Only then did Sawamura wake up and said: "This has nothing to do with that!"

Kuramochi hit Sawamura accurately with a cross-handed sword, then pulled back and fixed Sawamura with his legs, educating him: "Also, if you mess up like this, you can't say anything big or small, hahahaha~(ˉ▽ˉ~ )~"

Senior Masuko was eating pudding and watching the show (ˉy▽ˉ)~*

After Sawamura worked hard to collect the opinions of the two seniors who shared his dormitory last night, the next morning he wanted to hear what his fellow first-year baseball club members thought of him in the classroom. First of all, the first person he targeted was his good friend Haruichi.

"What's Eijun-san's specialty? Well, this is it! It's fun to play defense with you! There will be a lot of balls rolling over, and you didn't throw four bad shots in the previous games. This... should be quite impressive!" The rhythm of the fielder's fielding will not be disrupted." Haruichi tried to praise after thinking carefully.

Sawamura was thinking seriously when he heard Haruichi say again: "By the way, have you heard about the First Army? There are currently 18 players in the First Army, and these 18 players are competing fiercely for the starting position. However, the Tokyo Metropolitan Games can bring 20 players in the summer, which means that two more players will be selected from the second army to join the first army before summer!"

"Really!" Sawamura exclaimed.

"So even if it's a practice match, it should be an opportunity to express yourself!" Haruichi laughed.

"Two?" Sawamura pointed at himself and Haruichi excitedly.

"Yes, two!" Haruichi confirmed with a smile.

"Then the two of us will join the army!" Sawamura laughed excitedly.

"Please, I haven't decided yet!" Haruichi complained softly.

"Okay, I'm going to work hard!" Sawamura said excitedly.

Here Sawamura feels like he's drunk, but Furiya-san on the other side wants to eat baked eggs with crab meat. Yesterday, Kurosawa-senpai's energy tea really hurt his taste buds, and now he just wants to eat something delicious! °(°ˉ??ˉ?°)°?

At this time, Kurosawa, who was in Class B of the second grade, poked Miyuki who was looking at the score book in front and asked: "Can I not participate in the afternoon practice match with Teito! (/w＼)" I'm so tired! I don’t want to move at all. I played the game too late last night. I completely forgot that there was a practice match with Didong today. It’s so troublesome to have to defend and run the bases!

Miyuki turned around and looked at Kurosawa who was lying listlessly on the table and complained: "You think you might as well take the time to rest. Who told you to go to bed so late last night? If you don't let me play, you think the supervisor may agree!"

"Uuuu(????) Kazuya is about to finish that game and I can't hold it back at all! And I also drank energy tea before going to bed, but it didn't work well! Do you want to find someone else to try and how do you feel? 4.0 The effect is not good!" Are you completely ignoring the possibility that you are immune, or are you simply looking for a test subject?

~

In the afternoon at the Yijun Baseball Field, before the game started, Kurosawa approached Furitani, who was going to pitch today, and said, "Since Furitani has a practice match today, we won't be practicing ball control! Let's use this game as a calculation! Let's watch after it's over. Let me see if you want to drink the score book! What do you think!~(ˉ▽ˉ~)~"

Fang Gu stayed where he was, while Kurosawa was already on guard in the outfield.

"Fengtani, it's time for us to play!" Miyuki shouted to Fengtani who was still in a daze, wondering why he was so dazed today? strangeness!

After coming on the field, Miyuki followed up Furuya's powerful throw with relief, thinking that it looked like he was just in a daze!

"Wow! Why did you strike out again!"

"Is he really a first grader?"

"He just threw another 150 kilometers!"

"Has all the information been recorded?"

"He can only throw straight balls, we must have a way to attack him!"

Miyuki was at home base listening to the discussions on the sidelines and the observers from other schools, thinking that more and more people came to investigate the enemy's situation day by day. It seemed that this guy's reputation was getting louder and louder! But this is what the supervisor wants! Who would have thought that there is another one in the dark of Qingdao if you put one in the light!

At this time, Miyuki heard Fukiya's voice on the pitcher's mound requesting a timeout. He felt nervous and stepped forward quickly, saying, "What's going on? It's not a crisis?" Then he saw Fangtani's right index finger bleeding (?Д?≡?д? )!?

"Ah! (#`O') What's wrong with your hand?" This guy's ball speed is because he concentrates all his weight on his fingertips to throw the ball. The price is that even his own fingertips can't bear the ball! I didn't expect him to have such a weakness! Miyuki thought immediately.

Miyuki immediately stepped forward to cover Fang Gu and said, "Don't let anyone see your hands. Go back to the rest area! Don't be seen by those who are investigating the enemy's situation."

Seeing that Miyuki Furutani continued to vote, he pushed him off the court and said, "You should just go back!"

Kurosawa looked at the move of changing pitchers in the left field and was confused, what's wrong? The valley has just fallen and you should still be able to invest! Although the ball control is average, it is far from the point where I need to change shots! Why! Forget it, it must be Kazuya’s decision anyway, so that’s right! It’s a pity that I can’t taste the new products for Furuya-san today! So who should I give it to (??w?)?

"Coach, I can play at any time!" Coach Kataoka looked at Danba's firm words and felt gratified that after three years of training, he finally saw the characteristics of an ace pitcher in him.

"Okay! But you can only pitch three games!" Coach Kataoka warned.

"Yes!"

"Fukutani, your nails are cracked! Nails are the life of a pitcher. This is evidence that you don't take good care of yourself every day! Fangtani, you are not allowed to pitch for these two weeks! Go back to the Second Army playground and have a good run!" Coach Kataoka said seriously road.

"Coach, will the penalty for the second team be too heavy?" Manager Ohta exclaimed from the side.

But Coach Kataoka obviously has his own considerations. He is a first grader who has just joined the club and still has time, and a third grader who has the last chance this year. There is no comparison to the hopes they have for this summer! For a first grader, the number on the ace pitcher's back is still too heavy! According to Kurosawa, he is strong enough, but with his current state of mind, he cannot safely hand over the ace number to him.

Miyuki, who was on the court, caught the ball from Tanba-senpai and sighed in his heart: That's so awesome, Tanba-senpai! Is this the perseverance of third graders who have nowhere to retreat? It seems like his curveball accuracy is getting better and better!

Midfielder Jun Isashiki supported in the outfield: "Our outfield is going to be boring to death!"

Kuramochi also cheered: "The situation is really getting better and better!"

"He finally has the consciousness of being an ace pitcher, just a little slow!" Ryosuke said, and Yuki also smiled happily.

Kurosawa was surprised when he saw the obvious changes in the team after Tanba-senpai came on the court. He didn't expect that Tanba-senpai's ace was so charming. Although his own mentality was unstable, he gave his team stability on the pitcher's mound. The feeling is something other pitchers at Qingdao don't have.

Kurosawa looked at Tanba who was taking down batters one after another on the field, and thought that Tanba-senpai seemed to be recovering well!

Our Furitani-san just felt envious in the rest area. Looking at the obvious changes in the team after Tanba-senpai came on the court, he didn't understand what happened. Why is this happening? Shiratani, who used to play alone, obviously doesn't understand the meaning of a team and what it takes to be an ace besides strength.

On the other side, our little angel Sawamura also encountered a dilemma, because he felt that his characteristic was to control the ball, so he used all his energy to control the ball and threw the ball to the position designated by the catcher, completely putting the cart before the horse and wasting his own ability. He was beaten out again and again, and finally had no choice but to be kicked off the field, and was fooled by Chris, the old Riddler, into thinking about his own characteristics again.

But let’s just say that Sawamura-chan really doesn’t have any self-awareness at all sometimes! He actually thinks that his own straight ball is useful, how can such a slow and soft straight ball be useful! I completely forgot what kind of ball I shot in the red-white game, so I could hold on and not score a lot of points╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭

~

In the cafeteria in the evening, after Kurosawa had eaten, he saw Sawamura taking in the food with a sad face. After thinking about it, he pulled Miyuki next to him and sat down next to Sawamura.

"What's wrong, Sawamura! I heard that you had a poor pitching performance today and were kicked off the field? What's going on?" Kurosawa asked worriedly.

"Ah! It's Kurosawa! I don't know either! Master Chris asked me what my specialty is. I thought about it for a long time and just thought that it should be ball control! So today I pitched the ball well into the catcher's position, but All were beaten out?°(°ˉ??ˉ?°)°?" Sawamura said confused.

"Hahahaha, do you think your pitching is controlled?!!!" Miyuki couldn't help laughing.

"Hmph╭(╯^╰)╮" Sawamura looked at Miyuki who was still a little embarrassed and ignored him.

"Kurosawa, what do you think my pitching characteristics are?" Sawamura asked.

"Huh? I feel like Sawamura-san's ball is very slow! I can probably guess that today you have to control the ball, so you are throwing straight balls! There is no change in the ball, it is so slow and soft, and you don't want to hit a home run. Even that won’t work!” Kurosawa said slowly.

"Ah! (#`O′)"

"Yes! Sawamura-san, do you still remember why you were able to eliminate the seniors in the last red-white game? What ball did you throw at that time? Was it the ball that the catcher wanted? Your red ball at that time was really It's a red shot!" Kurosawa said calmly.

"No! Sawamura-san's ball was very good at running at that time! Although the speed is not fast, it makes people think it is easy to hit, but it does not make people hit well, so the defense was actively mobilized by you to support you! And the catcher If you don't catch your ball very often, you may think that you really hit the red, but these are just your own feelings that the ball is stuffed into the red. It may be far from the reality. If the catcher really catches the ball, he may directly catch the ball. !" Kurosawa explained.

"So Sawamura-san, think about it again! Or borrow a video tape to find your own characteristics from the perspective of a bystander, and observe what your golf course is like! This may be the answer that Chris-senpai wants! You too You need to learn to look at these to find your own shortcomings and take yourself one step closer!" Kurosawa warned.

"Ah! That's it!" Sawamura said not understanding but was shocked.

"So Sawamura-san, I see you have worked hard today after thinking for so long and participating in the competition. This is the energy tea I specially prepared for you. Please use it slowly!" Kurosawa smiled and handed the thermos cup in his hand. Sawamura.

"Wow! Thank you Kurosawa, you are so kind! (*?▽?*)" Sawamura took the thermos cup and drank it in one gulp.

Next to him, Miyuki gloated at the familiar scene and quietly tugged on Kurosawa's clothes and said, "Is it something newly developed inside?"

"Yes! Kazuya (′-w-`)" Kurosawa replied looking at the cute Miyuki.

At this time, all he heard was "touch", and Sawamura had already fallen down on the dining table.

"Ah! Kurosawa, what did you give Sawamura to drink?" Kuramochi worriedly stepped forward and looked at Sawamura who seemed to be poisoned and asked.

"It's nothing! It's my homemade energy tea, which is good for restoring physical strength! Sawamura just fell asleep and woke up soon! Kuramochi, do you want some (?????)" Kurosawa tried hard to sell With.

"Hahahahaha, I can't. Just give this to Sawamura. His physical strength is so weak that he needs to drink more!" A drop of cold sweat fell from Kuramochi's forehead. Was he really fainting when he fell asleep? He must be dizzy! I don't want to drink this stuff even if I die!ヽ(≧Д≦)?

"Okay! If you need it, come to me! I provide it for free! It obviously tastes good!" Kurosawa said regretfully.

Several people on the side looked at Kurosawa in horror. They were so scary to Kurosawa-san.

Hum, although it was unintentional, Sawamura-san, who made Kazuya unhappy that day╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭

"Kazuya, do you want some?" Kurosawa suddenly turned his attention back to the people around him.

"Hahaha, okay! That's troublesome for Nanye!" Hehe, he's going to drink it sooner or later anyway, so he'd better get used to it quickly! I just finished drinking and went to bed, and I woke up feeling refreshed the next day (*?′╰╯`?)

The people next to me looked at Miyuki's indifferent expression, and were a little unsure about what happened to this thing? Is it bad or good to drink? (｀Δ′)

Miyuki looked at the faces of the people next to her and snickered inwardly because she wanted this effect. Everyone should taste such good things! I'm such a good person~(ˉ▽ˉ~)