Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

Fangtani was very anxious on the court and didn't understand why he lost so many points with his pitching! I just feel that I am so tired now, and the ball is completely disobedient! Suddenly I remembered what Kurosawa-senpai said to me, when we were practicing ball control that day.

"If you get beaten up on the court by Fang Gu, you know what to do when you don't know what to do!" Kurosawa said calmly.

"Ah! I won't let others hit my ball!" Fang Gu said firmly.

"Hahaha, Fukitani can't become a good pitcher like this! The ball will not be hit without a pitcher, so you won't make any progress at all! This is not something to be happy about!" Kurosawa He said with a faint smile.

"Ah! Then what should I do?"

"For you now, if you encounter this kind of thing! Ask your catcher for help! Explain your situation directly to him, whether he wants you to continue pitching or report to the supervisor to let you off the field and let him judge. That's it. He can help you with the ball better."

"Yes!"

Fang Gu threw away the anti-skid bag, made a gesture, and shouted to home plate: "Sorry for the timeout!"

Miyuki hurriedly stepped forward, thinking that it was too bad or could it not work?

"What should I do, Miyuki-senpai? I won't continue to lose points like this? Although I'm very reluctant, I really can't pitch to my ability today. But I don't want to just walk off the mound like this. Please give me some advice!" "Jiang Gu said seriously but unwillingly.

Miyuki was also shocked by what Feng Gu said. Not to mention that this guy was dying, his eyes were not desperate yet! Moreover, he still suppressed his reluctance and hoped that I could give him some advice.

Fukiya's impatient voice sounded in his ears: "Hurry up!" It's really okay if Miyuki-senpai is in a daze!

"Hahahahahaha!" Miyuki was extremely happy on the pitcher's mound. This guy is still so cool! But now I am sure that this guy does have ace qualifications!

While everyone was puzzled by Miyuki's inexplicable laughter, Kurosawa, who was in the left field, knew that Miyuki was showing joy at seeing Yuyuki, and thought to himself, Kazuya seemed very satisfied with Fukiya! Although I also like Fenggu very much! I have long discovered that double-throwing in first grade is fun! In particular, the love and dedication between the two of them for pitching and the pitcher's mound is unimaginable to ordinary people! Purely touching! (≧?≦)

"Why are you laughing?! ヽ(`Д′)?" Jiang Gu said unhappy.

"Listen carefully, Fanggu. Think about it calmly. You have received seven hits so far, and almost all of the runs you have lost are caused by your four bad balls. But Senior Ashoshi and Senior Ashun have nothing. Let me tell you, do you know why? This means that they have 100% confidence in you!" Mi Xing thought, I am the best, and said seriously.

Jiang Gu was completely led away, and he was extremely moved when he saw the seniors guarding behind him!

"The pitcher's responsibility is not just to strike out! When you pitch, you should trust your teammates who are guarding you more. This is my advice!" Miyuki's words attracted Furitani's attention. Miyuki looked at Miyuki leaving and said It is full of trust.

"From now on, keep an eye on my match ball!" Fang Gu looked at Miyuki's leaving figure and thought blankly, believe it! I remember that in the past I was always alone in pitching, and no one wanted to play and catch the ball with me! I remember that life now is completely different from before. Suddenly, I felt a warm current welling up in my heart, wrapping my body. I felt that I was full of strength again. All I had to do was believe in Miyuki-senpai! The seniors all believe in me!

"call out"

"Bang!" The batter looked at the ball and couldn't help swinging the bat! Furitani watched as the ball was knocked out, but it was easily caught by Isashiki-senpai and passed back to home base to finish off the batter.

"Furitani, you guy, you forgot to go to home base to make up for the loss, you bastard!" Listening to Isashiki-senpai's complaints, Furitani felt very cordial. The seniors are really reliable!

"If I made a sudden pass just now, I'll see what you will do then! Baseball is not for you to play alone, you fool!" Isashiki said handsomely at the end. He is a good senior who he loves very much, hahahaha! e=e=(?≧?≦)?

"You understand now, Furigu! If you throw the ball too hard, it must not be sharp enough. The most important thing for a fastball pitcher like you is the distribution of power and ball control. Next, let's score a few points, for the sake of the field Someone!" Fang Gu looked at Miyuki's back in shock.

Kurosawa stood next to Furuya and looked at him who was about to be deceived. He had no choice but to say: "Ichiya Furuya is also very handsome, isn't he!"

"Ah! Kurosawa-senpai, I listen to you! This time I have to tell the catcher properly that Miyuki-senpai is really reliable!" Fukitani said seriously.

"Well! That's right, Fang Gu, you did a great job! I knew you could do it! But you just have to believe in one on the court. It's better not to believe in one too much after the game. Just like I told you just now Ichiya is just looking cool! If you don’t believe it, just watch! He will come down in a while! But you have to identify this yourself! ╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭" Kurosawa warned, Gotsu Masuko Out again, Miyuki comes in with six sticks.

Sure enough, Miyuki hit a ground ball before the pitcher and was out. Fukitani was speechless and choked as he watched Miyuki-senpai's two-game hitless record.

"Furuya, if we pitchers can do it at this time, we have to rely on ourselves to be more reliable!" Kurosawa complained.

"Okay, senior!" (°?°)? That's right. At times like this, I still have to rely on myself. Not only can I get back the missed points myself, Feng Gu suddenly felt his eyes light up.

Then, facing the increasingly better state of Kateishido's seven-ball Hakushu classmate, they were quickly eliminated, and offense and defense were exchanged.

Miyuki was filled with emotion as he watched the opponent's ace go off. The ace pitcher and four-bat player who scored two RBIs can be said to be an important pillar of this team!

"During the time when Furitani was prohibited from pitching, didn't I tell you to keep practicing with your fingers? Let's watch the pitching in today's official game!" Miyuki stopped Furitani who was about to play and said hello in advance.

At this time, Fukutani also remembered the result of asking Kurosawa-senpai for advice last night. At that time, Fukutani quietly waited for Kurosawa-senpai to finish dinner.

"Come on, Fukiya, have you ever thrown a fingerball yourself?" Kurosawa asked.

"No, I just have been practicing the action that Miyuki-senpai taught me last time to hold the ball between my fingers!"

"Oh! So I thought you just wanted to learn fingerball on a whim! But now that you have the skills to do it, let's try it! Let me see your moves!"

After the two came to the bullpen, Kurosawa asked Furitani to throw the ball directly toward the net.

"call out"

"boom"

Kurosawa saw that Furitani's finger-finger ball didn't change much, so he asked him to open the ball in his hand a little more. He saw the ball speeding forward at home plate but then falling quickly. He felt his eyes light up!

He is indeed a fastball pitcher! Although he had known that Furitani was really suitable for pitching pitches before, Kurosawa was still surprised. The addition of this new type of ball, which can be called a fast forkball, will definitely make Furitani even better.

"Continue falling to the valley, open it a little and take a look!"

"Continue descending the valley, please take a closer look!" After trying dozens of times.

"Okay Fanggu, that's it, just use this! Remember, this is how you will throw the crossbow from now on!" Kurosawa ordered.

"Yes!"

"If you vote like that, Kazuya might miss the first call!" Kurosawa looked at Fukiya whose eyes lit up immediately after hearing his words and felt helpless. Kazuya's popularity is really bad!

"Okay, let's continue, Fenggu!"

After coming into the game in the fifth inning, Furitani was ready on the pitcher's mound, waiting for Miyuki's signal.

"Don't hit me with a bad pitch, you first-year rookie!" the striker said with a smile.

Fukitani, who caught the provocation, looked at Miyuki-senpai's hand gestures in shock, right? You really won't get hit when you throw this kind of ball! But I still choose to believe that Yu Xing voted.

The ball slowly flew into Miyuki's glove and got a good hit. Just as Miyuki expected, Tate-kun didn't swing the bat.

Fang Gu looked at Miyuki in front of him and thought to himself! Miyuki-senpai, you asked me to vote for you! You have to catch it well!

"call out"

Miyuki obviously didn't expect that the timing of the ball change was so late, and he thought it was a mistake in judging the straight ball and missed the ball! ╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭

Furitani in front looked at Miyuki's shocked expression with a blank expression, but he actually felt happy in his heart. Hahahaha, it's exactly what Kurosawa-senpai said. Miyuki-senpai didn't receive it, so happy? (?＞?＜) ?3

Fukitani threw the last ball according to Miyuki-senpai's instructions and eliminated the opponent's four shots. He was very happy listening to the cheers from all around and the praises of the seniors.

"it is good!"

"This goal is the best goal today!" Team Zhe said.

"If there was a ball like that, why didn't you throw it earlier! You didn't want to use this trick, right?" Isashiki said

"Good shot!" Liang Sang said.

"You're awesome, you kid!" Kuramochi said, with Masuko nodding in agreement.

"It's great, Fang Gu!" Kurosawa said.

Hahaha, a halo appeared directly on Jiang Gu’s happy head, and little flowers appeared all around? (?^o^?)?

Feng Gu, who recovered, quickly got three outs in the inning, ending the inning.

"Sawamura will replace you when Furutani's game is over! You should be ready!" Coach Kataoka interrupted Sawamura, who was unwilling to look at Furutani.

"Yes!"

Jiang Gu, who was on his way to prepare next to the strike zone, passed by and said unhappily: "Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't need to change!"

"Stop blabbering, you were obviously beaten! Hurry up and get struck out!" Sawamura was also unhappy.

At this time, huge cheers came from the field. It turned out that Kurosawa Shotate-kun's ball hit a home run. Everyone was very happy to see Kurosawa running around calmly.

"Ah! You're lucky! This time I have to thank Furutani for the strikeout just now! I was thinking just now that the catcher would use a straight ball at the beginning of the inning to find his groove, but I didn't expect that to be the case. So don't blame me!" Kurosawa whispered.

"Haha, you kid beat me out again?!" Kurosawa, who returned to the rest area, was receiving the baptism of love from his seniors.

"Hahaha, Kazuya, look at Minano, look at you, you haven't even been on base now!" Kuramochi complained.

"Ha! Yoichi, have you forgotten that you haven't reached base yet? You haven't been able to get on base at all!" Come on, let's hurt each other!

Kurosawa quickly escaped from the clutches of his seniors, because Feng Gu came to replace him!

When Fukitani came on the field, he thought that Kurosawa-senpai was right and he could make back the points he lost by himself! Watching the home run hit, Tate took the opportunity to hit again!

But there wasn't much time left for Aomichi, because Kiryu's coach Matsumoto quickly cheered up the team.

"As expected of a coach who represents the Osaka region! Just one sentence can revive the morale of the players!" Miyuki said with emotion.

This is an experienced coach! The player's grasp of emotions is top-notch! Hahaha, as expected, the pitchers are all coaxed.

"Don't be so nervous, Sawamura!" Miyuki turned to look at Sawamura's shocked look and joked.

"I...I don't have it!" Sawamura jumped to his feet.

"The speech is no longer big or small!" Haruichi complained from the side.

"I want to confirm your ball path, throw a few balls and let me catch them!"

"As ordered!"

"But this is the first time I'm in a group with you since that time!" Miyuki said with emotion.

Sawamura also remembered the first time he and Miyuki partnered up to deal with the hitter Tokiyo before the start of school. He decided to come to Qingdao because he still wanted to form a partner with Miyuki.

What a crime this man is! What a terrible attraction to pitchers!

Soon the exchange of offense and defense ended in the fifth inning, and Sawamura came on to pitch in the first half of the sixth inning! The score between Kiryu and Aomichi was 11:4.

"I will try my best to hit the opponent, please give me some advice!" Sawamura's opening remarks.

Sawamura has a big tongue as soon as he comes on stage! But this is the first time for Little Angel to play with the seniors of the First Army! It’s normal! But the little angel is indeed the group favorite! It felt like the atmosphere was lively last time he pitched!

Sawamura's exclusive posture makes it difficult for the hitter to choose the right time to strike! Wei Jin was unable to hit the ball well, but the ball was slow and lacked power and control, so he was still hit one after another.

Soon there were people on the first and third bases, but Sawamura soon used the method taught by Chris to solve the opponent's stolen base and scored a double play.

This made the opposite coach very angry hahahaha! He doesn't know how to control but knows how to prevent stolen bases. It's too serious to be biased!

Sawamura quickly used his defense to solve the batter and completed the inning's defense.

In the second half of the sixth game, Captain Yuuki was the first to hit the field, and he was still so reliable! The opposing pitcher threw an offensive ball and walked the captain.

Kurosawa looked at Miyuki who was arranging his equipment while complaining about Sawamura, and joked: "Kazuya, Sawamura-san has already shot very well! In other words, the ball control is a bit worse, the ball speed is a bit slower, and the change ball is a bit missing. That’s all!”

Kuramochi heard this and added: "Isn't this guy the loudest? Hahahaha!"

Sawamura listened to how many people kept finding fault with him, and he could only complain in his heart that these three people were devils!

Miyuki watched as he immediately went to his own dugout and left the dugout to go to the batter's box, thinking that since Team Zhe was already on the field, I couldn't make a mistake this time.

Yuki looked at Miyuki standing in the batter's box, and took advantage of the opponent's pitch to steal a base. After all, standing on first base and second base were completely different for Miyuki.

Kurosawa watched this scene and said with emotion: "The captain really understands Kazuya! He gave full play to his striking talents!"

Sure enough, Miyuki hit a long hit down the right field line, sending himself to second base. The team returned to home base and scored one run.

"It really is a completely different performance when someone is on the base!"

"No way! He actually hit the ball with that kind of ball and even pulled it!"

“That’s a good point to get back!”

"It's amazing, he deadlifted that ball just now!" Everyone cheered and exclaimed.

Miyuki secretly rejoiced that the opponent's power pitcher turned out to be a powerful pitcher, so he had to counterattack him with strength!

"out!"

"Two out!" the catcher encouraged.

Miyuki advanced to third base on Hakushu's grounder, and Kurosawa came in to bat the next at-bat.

Kurosawa looked at Miyuki on the third base bag and thought about sending Kazuya home! After looking at the supervisor, I didn’t see any instructions. It seemed like I was left to perform on my own!

The catcher looked at Kurosawa standing in the batter's box and thought that he couldn't throw another straight ball. The first two batters were knocked out. Let's throw a slider this time!

"call out"

Flying out quickly with a "bang" sound

"Left field," the catcher yelled, and the ball hit the left field wall.

"Oh, it's so heavy! It's hard to hit!" Kurosawa ran to second base and Miyuki returned to home base.

"Oh ho ho Kurosawa is very good at fighting today!"

"Get another point!"

"This guy is very good!"

"Should we supervise the order of Kurosawa-san's strikes earlier?" Rei Takashima asked, looking at Kurosawa's strikes.

"Well! I'll think about it after it's over!" Kataoka was obviously very satisfied with Kurosawa's performance today.

Jiuban Sawamura came on the field confidently, and then left the field at the speed of light hahahaha! He swung the bat three times without even touching the hair of the ball. Of course, Sawamura himself firmly believed that he was only just a few inches away from hitting the ball.

"Three outs, exchange offense and defense!"

In the first half of the seventh inning, Qingdao defended and the score difference was still 5 points.

Sawamura made a good shot against the opponent's second bat, but it didn't matter Masuko defended it with her body! How handsome! (*???*)

"call out"

"Bang" the ball flew directly to left field.

"Wow, when did he stand there!"

"Yes, yes! I thought it would be a super long fight!"

Although the third bat hit a long hit to left field, Kurosawa ran to the landing spot first and directly caught the out.

"Ah, Kurosawa-senpai is so handsome!" Sawamura exclaimed.

Miyuki really couldn't stand it anymore and was saved by the guards. This is totally not possible, Sawamura!

"You know, Sawamura! Next is the fourth shot. I think this kind of request is still too difficult for you now! I will not ask you to vote for the inside corner again." Miyuki pretended to be helpless.

"What should we do?!"

"The opponent is the fourth batsman of the Osaka representative team. Since you are standing on the pitcher's mound in this situation, and you fight him with your momentum, just trust our fielding!" Ah, I have never been moved for a second!

"But Fang Gu defeated him with three strikes before!" Miyuki added.

"You...what do you want to say?!" Sawamura was extremely unwilling.

"Nothing╮(╯▽╰)╭" Miyuki smiled.

"Does this guy want to encourage me or put pressure on me?" Sawamura thought to himself about how bad and self-centered he must be. Sometimes it was really annoying to not understand what he was thinking! Although I feel very unhappy, I chose this place and came to Qingdao because I wanted him to catch my ball. I want him to recognize my strength!

When Kurosawa listened to Sawamura's words in the outfield, he knew that Miyuki was deceiving people again. He always smiled to hide it from others guessing what he was thinking, leaving the pitcher who wanted his approval completely confused. Even though we have been partners for so long, sometimes I still don’t know what Kazuya is thinking! ╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭

"call out"

"Strick" Sawamura took a pretty good inside corner kick!

Hahahaha, isn’t this how you know how to vote?

~

As the sun sets in the west, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the trivial dark clouds, and the whole sky suddenly becomes brighter, making people feel relaxed and happy. The patches of fire clouds have distinct layers, and their colors gradually become lighter from west to east.

At the end of the competition between the two schools, everyone in Qingdao bid farewell to the Kiryu players.

"Sorry, there are rice balls here! I'll give them to you to eat on the way back!" the managers said.

"Thank you for doing it yourself?!" Player Kiryu was extremely envious.

"Please forgive me if it doesn't taste good!" Yoshikawa said gently.

"Haha, your team is so good. There are four female managers! And they are all so cute!"

"You guys should still be training, right?! You were so desperate, and the last attack was really nerve-wracking! I almost didn't get overtaken by you, hahaha!"

"Don't be verbose and don't think it's over. If there is a next time, there must be a winner!" Isashiki said unhappily.

"I can't ask for it!"

"Hey! Where's your left fielder?" Guan asked in confusion.

"Ah! Kurosawa-senpai and Miyuki-senpai seem to have gone to the bathroom! What's wrong, Kanate-senpai?" Haruichi replied respectfully, thinking about the direction in which he saw his senior going to the bathroom just now.

"It's okay! Hey, I always feel that seeing you guys working so hard reminds me of my old self, and it's a good encouragement to me! Come on!" Mr. Tate encouraged shyly.

"Yes, we will..." Before I could finish, I saw the window closing! ! !

"Don't take it to heart and don't look at him like that, he is actually very shy!"

"Shy?!!!" The three first graders were shocked.

"Today was a really interesting game! It also gave us a good opportunity to observe and practice!" Coach Matsumoto said after the coaches of the two sides shook hands.

"You're welcome, each other!"

"But I really envy you, Coach Kataoka! Among the first-year rookies, there are two such completely different types of pitchers! The pitcher who was stable in the second half is really good at fastball, and the one who was replaced next time His left-hand power shot is also quite extraordinary! If you can practice handling the ball with a ball like that, you will be a great pitcher in the future! Do you want to use them as a secret weapon?" You are indeed a first-class coach! It’s so accurate to read people! (?▽?)

"And the second-year left fielder seems to be new too! He hit home runs so many times on our ball and even defended the ball that flew to left field! His hitting and fielding are both very impressive! Your line this year will be even stronger with his addition!"

Kataoka thought that he was able to tie the score today thanks to Kurosawa's home runs, but he still said seriously: "But those guys are still very young!"

"Hahahaha, you are really strict! All in all, our players must have been stimulated a lot in this competition! See you next time at Koshien!"

"Okay!" Kataoka smiled.

"Okay, I'm going to Kanagawa tomorrow, everyone, cheer up!"

"Yes!"

"Thank you for your guidance!" The three coaches bowed to say goodbye, which was really polite!

"Thank you for your advice!" Player managers bowed in thanks.

When they stood up, the three little ones were startled, as if they had just seen the bright smile of the senior in charge again! Hahahahahaha so cute! (*/?＼*)