Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

In the evening, Miyuki and Kuramochi, who were passing by the playground, stood on the slope and watched the first graders quarrel. They found it very interesting, hahahaha!

"Hahaha, what are those two guys doing?! They are arguing over a tire! They are so tired from finishing the race today, and they plan to come out to practice!" Kuramochi laughed evilly.

"It's because of the excessive adrenaline secretion that I can't sleep! They don't have to play tomorrow, so what does it matter!" Miyuki said with a smile.

"Ha! How about Sawamura's ball after you actually squatted?" Kuramochi is still very concerned about the little angel!

"His ball quality itself is quite good! Although he also relied on defense to help, he was able to suppress Kiryu's line within three points. However, his ball control and defense are not good enough. Like Furiya, there are too many areas that need to be improved. Too much! To be honest, he can’t cope with important scenes now!”

"I think so! Well! Anyway, we still have Tanba-senpai, Kawakami and Kurosawa on the team, so let them practice and study! After all, Fukiya's physical strength is also worrying!" Kuramochi said with a smile.

"Ah! Yes! The two of them are not able to handle big scenes at all!" Miyuki said with a smile.

"You should be fine, right?! I'll tell you secretly! Tanba-senpai probably hates you! Although he is not easy to get along with, you, a junior, really say what you say in front of him without giving in. ! It’s only natural that he would hate you! Hahahahaha!” Kuramochi turned to look at Miyuki beside him and joked.

After hearing this, Miyuki sighed inwardly that this guy was observing so carefully, and then smiled and said, "There's nothing we can do about it! A pitcher and a catcher can only be considered a pitching and catching partner if they work together! This is completely different from being a senior and a junior! As long as I can make the pitcher shine on the mound, I'm willing to do anything! Even if I have to lie and make people annoying, I don't care!" Ah o (≧口≦)o Damn man said such cool words again, so fascinating La! e=e=(?≧?≦)?

This guy! Kuramochi was still stunned when he was brought back to his senses by Miyuki's sinister character.

"You two, listen carefully. Even if you don't have to play in the game tomorrow, it doesn't mean you can sleep next to me! You have to get up early tomorrow so don't be too tired from practice! But it's no wonder that you two dropped fifteen points combined. I can't sleep!" Hahahahaha, I laughed so hard that I couldn't help but irritate the little cuties who cared about me at the end.

"I think... I'd better go to bed!" Kuramochi watched Miyuki leave in stunned silence.

"Wait a minute, don't go! The total is fourteen points! Don't lose an extra point casually!" Sawamura couldn't help but wanted to reason, but Feng Gu beside him had been shocked to the point of fading. Now the two of them were completely asleep. No, hahaha!

"That's right, one extra point!" Jiang Gu couldn't help but echoed.

"You're not the same. Who would recognize you if you take off your hat and goggles!" Sawamura couldn't help but complain.

"Hahahaha!" Miyuki (?＞?＜?)

"By the way, Kurosawa knows your character! You probably don't have any friends!" Kuramochi said with shame.

"It's so unpleasant!" Sawamura was extremely unhappy.

"Hahahaha!" Miyuki was extremely happy.

Kurosawa looked at Miyuki who was very happy when he came back, and knew that he had probably just come back from playing tricks on others! (′?_?`)

"Didn't Kazuya just go practice his swing? What makes him so happy?" Kurosawa asked curiously.

"Hahaha, that guy from Sawamura..."

"Ah! Kazuya, you are really mean! But it's true! The two of them are not very good yet, but they have made great progress. Furuya actually knows how to take the initiative to practice physical strength! They will become very good ace pitchers in the future. !" Kurosawa sighed.

"Nano, what's the matter with that old father-like expression on your face? Aren't you only one year older than them?" Miyuki said speechlessly.

"Hahaha, I can't help it. Those three children are all cute! (??_?)?"

"How are you preparing for Minamino's match tomorrow? Are you sure of a clean sheet?" Miyuki said with a smile.

"Ah! If it's just the second army, I still have a little bit of confidence! It's a little difficult not to be knocked down, but it's still possible to not let people score!" Miyuki looked at Kurosawa's confident look and thought to himself, how curious he is. ! Nanye is really confident sometimes! And the expressions on the people who have passed by are really strange! He obviously hasn't played in a game!

"Minano, take a rest soon! We have to pitch tomorrow!" Miyuki warned.

"Ah! It's so rare that you went to bed so early today!"

"I'm very tired too!~_~"

"Ah, yes! Then take off your clothes and lie on the bed! Let me help you relax!???????"

"Ah! Okay!" Miyuki said happily.

"Yeah! It's so comfortable! It doesn't seem to be very painful! I saw that Achun-senpai was in so much pain last time!~(ˉ▽ˉ~)~" Miyuki felt the strength on her body and felt extremely comfortable! I'm so lazy all over! ?(?^o^?)?

"Humph, who told me to be unhappy at that time!" Kurosawa said with a smile.

"Ah! That's it!" Miyuki looked back at the smiling Kurosawa and felt so frightened that she was done (/TДT)/ I probably haven't offended Kurosawa! I didn’t expect that he would take revenge quietly like this! Σ(?д?;)

But it’s so comfortable! Huhuhu…

After Kurosawa finished the massage, he looked at Miyuki who was already asleep, put on his eye mask, covered him with quilt, and touched his head.

"Good night, sweet dreams! Thank you for your hard work!" Then he turned off the lights and went back to bed!

~

On the last day of the training camp, the round-robin competition between Qingdao and Daocheng Industrial and Xiubei began!

In the first game, Aomichi's first team substituted against Inami's second team. Kurosawa was the starting pitcher and Inami defended first.

Aomichi scored 1 point in the first half of the first game, and it was Miyauchi who Kurosawa came on to catch for him.

Miyauchi looked at Kurosawa standing on the pitcher's mound and thought about what he just said to himself: "Senior, don't worry, just leave it to me! You just need to believe that every ball I throw will go into your glove!"

Miyauchi chose to trust Kurosawa and placed the first ball in a low inside corner.

Kurosawa looked at the first one and fiddled with the baseball casually, thinking that he would throw the first ball to the opponent! I'm tired too! At the beginning of the round, throw it at the opponent and try the opponent's attack first! - ??(????)

"call out"

"boom"…

The ball was hit continuously, but because the shots were all from the corners, no points were scored.

"Ah! How about that pitcher? The bases were loaded as soon as he came on the field!"

"How's that! He was still in left field yesterday!"

"Yes! He is a pitcher!" Qingdao OBs all worried.

Kurosawa watched the fourth pitch unmoved, looking at himself with a confident face. It seemed that he was very sure to hit my ball for a home run!

"call out"

The fourth bat of "Good Shot" looked at the bat he controlled with a confused look on his face and was puzzled.

"What are you doing, kid! Why are you swinging the bat when it's so fast!" He only came to his senses after hearing what his teammates said.

But Kurosawa didn't give him time to think clearly and quickly threw the second ball.

"call out"

"nice shot"

Kurosawa quickly looked back at the bat he was trying to steal and threw out his third pitch.

"call out"

The "strike" bat swings halfway through and into the catcher's mitt.

"The batter is out."

"Three outs and exchange of offense and defense!"

After receiving the ball, Miyauchi turned around and immediately hit Inomi's first pitch, passed the ball to third base, and sent the second pitch out.

"Wow! I didn't lose any points!"

"What's going on with that pitcher? I see the ball isn't very fast! Why do you always control it?"

"Ah! I don't know either! I feel like my swing is just right, but I don't know why it's always too fast or too slow!"

"Okay! It must be an accident! That pitcher's ball is still very hitable!" The Kunitomo coach on the side felt something was wrong. Is this really the case? ! But I still can’t see the reason yet.

Kurosawa has calmed down, put on his equipment and is ready to hit the field. It is worth mentioning that Kurosawa scored five goals today!

Kurosawa stood in the batter's box and looked at Inami's pitcher, thinking that the pitch he saw in the dugout last inning was not fast enough to hit.

With this thought in mind, Kurosawa accurately hit the pitcher's first pitch.

"Bang!" Kurosawa felt the current feeling in his hand and knew he was safe. After throwing down the bat, he ran towards home plate slowly.

"Wow! That pitcher didn't throw the ball well, but he hit really hard!"

"Yes, yes! That was the same blow when I faced Kiryu yesterday!"

"That's right! Thanks to those home runs he hit yesterday! He's so handsome!"

Inami's pitchers quickly dealt with Aomi's sixth, seventh and eighth at bats to start the second half of the second inning.

Kurosawa didn't intend to change his strategy. After all, there were still five people left who hadn't seen their attack! So I nodded to Miyauchi and let’s get started! …

A scene that is exactly the same as the strategy just now appeared. Anyone who is not a fool will know that he has been tricked!

"Ahaha, are there such bad pitchers in Qingdao?!"

"Yes, yes! He definitely did it on purpose!"

"Ah! Damn it, the pitcher on the other side is looking down on us!" Inami felt very unhappy.

"Huh?! What are you angry about? Are you angry that he fooled you or are you angry that you are too weak? Do you already understand why he was able to knock you out?" Coach Kunito said calmly.

"Coach, what should we do? Now he has thrown that kind of ball to two people. Why did they swing the bat too fast, too slow, and then too fast?"

"Ah! Since you don't know, just wait until you have it! I believe you can hit the ball speed." Uh-huh, Kurosawa only shot 135 ball speed! Although Qiu Wei is not weak in controlling the ball, it is difficult for them to play in corners! But the speed and power of the ball can only bully them! Ha ha ha ha! ╮(╯▽╰)╭

Inami quickly got three outs at the beginning of the third inning, and it was Kurosawa's turn to take the field.

Kurosawa looked at Inami's ninth bat and thought that this was the last one. The information had almost been collected. There was no need to use that kind of ball, otherwise the opposite coach would see through it if he shot too many!

After Kurosawa made nine at-bats, it was hilarious to see the opponent looking at him angrily at Inami's first at-bat! Yes, this expression is indeed very happy! Suddenly I don’t feel so tired anymore! Sure enough, playing tricks on others is the most fun, hahaha! ?(?^o^?)?

"call out"

"boom"

"First base," Kurosawa said calmly. He saw the first baseman easily catching the ball that was not too far away from him, with a confused look on his face.

In this way, Kurosawa quickly finished the third and fourth bats and ended the third inning with three outs.

...

The game quickly shifted to the second half of the seventh inning, and the score between Qingdao and Inomi was now 4:0.

"Whoops!" Oops!

"Run away, catcher!"

Kurosawa looked at the fifth bat that was on base, rubbing his trembling hands and thinking that his energy was draining faster than he thought. It seemed that he had to hit and think about the opponent's batter to adjust the speed of his ball to let the opponent hit. Getting to where you want is not as easy as you think!

Kurosawa touched his wet hair and looked at Miyauchi-senpai who called to stop and came forward.

"Are you okay? Can't control the ball anymore?" Miyauchi asked worriedly.

"It's okay. I may need to be vigilant all the time. Now I may not be able to use the method just now to get the batter out. I may only be able to control the ball to the level of four squares. I may increase the ball speed to 140. But I believe the senior will be fine!" Miyauchi looked at Kurosawa who was comforting him and suddenly didn't know what to say. He knew what to do next, and his emotions didn't waver at all.

"Okay Kurosawa, I will catch it!" Miyauchi said seriously.

In the rest area, Sawamura was also worried. He rushed directly to Coach Kataoka and said: "Kurosawa-senpai, he can't hold on anymore! He can't control the ball. He must be too tired during training. If you need me I’ll have no problem going up there!”

"I don't want you in today's game, please step aside!" Kataoka said calmly.

"No...don't want me, don't you want me anymore?" Hahahahaha, I laughed to death. What a treasure Sawamura is!

"Sawamura, come here!" Senior Masuko directly covered Sawamura and prepared to drag him away from the coach. It was so funny! There’s so much fun in dormitory No. 5, hahaha~(ˉ▽ˉ~)~

Miyauchi returned to home plate and squatted down while looking at Kurosawa, remembering what Coach Kataoka said to him before going on the field. He thought unwillingly that I don't have Miyuki's ability to match the ball, nor do I have the hitting ability that he has when he has another chance to score! I've known all this for a long time, but if I admit that I'm not as good as him, then I... I will never miss a single ball!

Kurosawa took advantage of the timeout in the palace to take a short rest, and looked at the determined expression of senior Miyauchi who was squatting in front of him with sighs. The seniors at Qingdao are really reliable! Miyauchi-senpai's gloves look so big, that's enough!

"Come on Kurosawa!"

"Don't worry, we will catch it!"

"Ah! Don't worry about losing points! Vote for them!" Hearing the words of his teammates, Kurosawa felt that he had strength again.

Kurosawa quickly used fast/slow balls to solve seven or eight bats to end the seventh inning.

Kurosawa slowly returned to the rest area and saw Sawamura looking at him with excitement╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭

"Kurosawa-senpai is here to do it! Is your towel hot? This is your water! (°?°)?" Like a hardworking little bee ヽ(?w?｀)?=3=3=3

"Thank you Sawamura! Leave it here! I'll take a rest first." After saying that, he closed his eyes and thought about whether to reveal more about the pitching content in the next two rounds or to cheat!

But I feel like my CPU is going to explode. I’m so tired. I want to sleep! (-_-)zzz

Sure enough, high school baseball really kills people. There will never be a situation where I have to pitch completely in the future! No, I have to plan my physical distribution. This is my first experiment and I’m not yet proficient at it! I am also worried that my defense will not be able to keep up. If I encounter the same situation as Sawamura before, wouldn't I be fooling people instead of making a fool of myself!

After a while, the offense and defense exchanged again. The two schools changed sides very quickly in the second half of the eighth inning.

Kurosawa looked at the people on base and thought that they obviously had the ball in hand before they hit it. It seemed that the Kunitomo coach had already given the order!

"call out"

"nice shot!"…

"out"

"Oh! Why did that kid's ball speed suddenly become so much faster? Isn't it already the eighth inning?"

"Is he just pretending?"

"No, no, no!" the audience commented one after another.

"Maybe the ball control is not stable!" Some attentive spectators discovered.

Ah, so tired! Now I can only strike out! What a hassle! Kurosawa complained in his mind.

"call out"

"nice shot"…

"out"

But I still throw the ball seriously, but the control is really only four squares!

However, after speeding up, Inami's player couldn't adapt anymore because he had an illusory perception of the ball speed and it was already too late to swing the bat!

"call out"

"nice shot"

"out"

"Three outs, exchange offense and defense!"

At the beginning of the first half of the ninth inning, the score between Inomi and Seido was 0:4, and Inomi defended.

Kurosawa looked at the situation that was a foregone conclusion and then looked at his trembling little hands. He sighed and thought that he might as well forget it. After all, this is Ming's school! He just waved a few times and left!

"Humph, I underestimated Qingdao! You guys will train together as a group when you go back!" Coach Kunyou said with narrowed eyes, and the players in the rest area collectively trembled. It's so scary!

"The game is over, both sides salute!"

"Thanks for the advice!"

After the game, Kurosawa was doing some maintenance and then slumped down on the chair. He was so tired! o(╥﹏╥)o

"Kurosawa is going to watch the match between Inami and Shuhoku later. Don't fall asleep here! How about I take you there directly?" Kuramochi looked at Kurosawa who was about to fall asleep and asked worriedly.

"Ah! It's okay Kuramochi, I'll take a rest and go there later!" Kurosawa said confusedly.

"Hahahaha, okay! Sawamura quickly goes over to tidy up the rest area. Everyone will go to watch the match between Inomi and Shuhoku later. I think Inomi's main force will come out in the next game! You will take Kurosawa with you later. Come together, I think he can hardly hear my voice!" Kuramochi warned.

"Yes! Don't worry, leave it to me!?(????)"