Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

It rained very hard today, which made the Qingdao players even more melancholy! For Qingdao, this is really a rainy night when the house leaks!

Due to the rain, everyone was notified to gather in the indoor gymnasium, and the coach had something important to announce.

"Are the seniors okay? They haven't had much energy since yesterday!" Kuramochi said worriedly.

"For the third-year seniors who have been with us the longest, yesterday must have been a huge blow to them! And it comes at a critical period when morale is most needed to be boosted!" Miyuki thought to himself.

"But as long as we keep winning, Tanba-senpai will play! Now is a critical period to improve our strength. We can only work harder for Tanba-senpai!" Kurosawa said lightly.

People listening to Kurosawa's words couldn't believe that this was coming from a guy who usually left as soon as he completed his training mission and never trained at all!ヽ(`Д′)?

Fortunately, Coach Kataoka showed up in time and prevented Kurosawa from being loved and rubbed by the seniors, hahahaha!

"I think you all have heard about it! Yesterday, despite Kurosawa's timely reminder, the touch ball still hit Tanba's head. The doctor said he had a concussion and had to be hospitalized for observation! Fortunately, nothing serious happened, but I'm afraid It’s too late to participate in the preliminaries!” Coach Kataoka said helplessly.

"Honestly, I don't know what to do! He finally found his ability as an ace, and I think the one who is most unwilling to do so is himself! This is a decision I made as the team coach, absolutely. There is no personal emotion involved! The number one responsibility is given to Tanba! Before he returns to the team, everyone must unite to win this battle!" Kataoka said firmly, he was too passionate, but the Mandarin teacher was too contagious. !

"So, not only Kurosawa and Kawakami, but also Furitani and Sawamura, the two first-year players, will have more opportunities to play as pitchers! At that time, we must focus on the third-year players and support these two pitchers during the game. !”

"Yeah!" The third-year seniors nodded in response.

"Please, everyone!"

"Yes!"

Kurosawa looked at this scene and thought, it seems that he can't be lazy in the next period of time!

Chris looked at Sawamura who was thinking and joked: "It seems that you know what you are lacking! Then I won't worry!"

Then he turned to Miyuki and said: "Miyuki, I think you also know very well that we have no time. Now we can only train them two on defense and ball control!"

"Yes!" Miyuki smiled.

"We must catch up with the summer competition, so let me train these two! You can help Kurosawa and Kawakami get closer to the team and their own pitching!"

"Ah! Got it!"

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After the practice partners were assigned, in addition to basic warm-up and physical fitness items, everyone began to conduct specialized training based on their respective fielding positions the next day.

Kurosawa and Kawakami conducted bullpen pitching practice, while Sawamura and Furitani followed Chris to another field for basic fielding practice.

...

"Kurosawa, Miyuki, why don't you two review?! The final exam is coming soon!" Kuramochi looked at the two people, one sleeping and the other looking at the score book.

"Ah! Does this need to be studied? I just need to listen carefully in class^w^" Kurosawa said with a smile, as if he no longer remembered himself who was studying hard at the beginning of school.

"Hahaha, it's okay, I just need to read Nanye's notes!" Miyuki said casually. ~(ˉ▽ˉ~)

"Hey! Is Kurosawa good at studying?!" (?Д?≡?д?)!?

"Ah! Don't you know? Nanno was a transfer student who passed the exam in his cultural class! And you didn't even pay attention in class. The teacher likes to ask Nanye to answer questions!" Miyuki said helplessly.

"Eh?! Kurosawa, lend me your notes too!!" Kuramochi always thought that everyone who played baseball had poor grades, but he didn't expect that the clown was actually me!

On the other side, our first-grade double-tou, whose performance is worrisome, is also trapped in confused and painful studies. However, little angel Sawamura directly entangled Kanamaru's mother, while Bone-chan was unwilling to face reality!

During the afternoon training, the court was completely silent. The players were not as active as usual. The third-year seniors were in heavy hearts. Coach Kataoka was helpless when he saw this scene and could only invite Yuki and Isashiki to discuss it.

"Do you know what situation the team is facing now?!" Coach Kataoka really likes to squat on the ground and scratch the soil with branches, hahaha! (????)

"I know!" the two replied.

"Then you guys, why don't you set an example and shout out?! Aren't you the core players of this team?" Kataoka pointed out sharply, making the two of them feel guilty.

"Tamba's accident has made the whole team's morale very low! Isn't it your third grade's responsibility to boost the morale of the whole team at this time?! Yuki and Isashiki, you two will go to the bullpen every day from now on. Pitching practice!" The two were surprised after hearing this.

"After the mass training volume has reached its peak, now we have to switch to adjustment practice! However, if we are to compete with the current lineup, the team will need more of your strength. As the practice volume increases, I know that your burden will also increase. It’s heavier, but now I can only rely on you!” Coach Kataoka continued.

After the three of them finished talking, Yuki, Isa Shiki and Coach Kataoka walked to the bullpen.

Kurosawa was curious when he saw the two seniors coming to Miyuki, so he stepped forward to listen together, only to hear Isashiki say: "The supervisor just asked us to do pitching practice, when will you be free to come and catch us?!"

"Eh?! The supervisor told the seniors to practice pitching! He's worried about our pitchers! Let's do it now! Minamino happened to be pitching well today!" Miyuki immediately realized the reason after hearing this, but it didn't stop him from adding jealously, After saying that, he saw Kurosawa's expression change next to him.

"The seniors don't have enough time to adjust after the training camp! Now they have to come to practice pitching training. Don't you look down on us!" Kurosawa still doesn't know Coach Kataoka well enough! But looking at Miyuki who is snickering beside us, we know that his goal has been achieved anyway. As for what kind of consequences are waiting for him later, we don’t know, hahahaha! ~(ˉ▽ˉ~)

"Hey! Are you questioning the supervisor's decision, kid?!" Isashiki also realized that Miyuki was going to cause trouble, but after all, he had been a teammate for so long and cooperated.

"Oh, there are already enough pitchers in the team. We don't need rookie pitchers like you to fill them up. You don't need to waste your time here. I will explain the situation to the supervisor myself!" Kurosawa said expressionlessly and turned around. Go find Coach Kataoka.

The three people who stayed there were shocked by Kurosawa's momentum. They could only see Kurosawa saying something to Coach Kataoka from a distance, and finally bowed. Although I don't know what he said, it can be seen that he is determined.

"This is the first time I've seen such a strong Kurosawa!" Yuki exclaimed, thinking about the expressionless look on Kurosawa's face just now, but he was quite unhappy. It was a rare and obvious change in mood!

"Hmph! You can look good every day. If you want to show off and don't want to train, why did you go there?!" Isashiki complained, "I feel a little energetic today. It's a good thing you did to feed Miyuki! I just said But I will cooperate with you!"

"Ah, so be it! Although Minano's attitude usually seems casual, he is fully confident in pitching. This time I use this opportunity to supervise that even if you two amateurs are allowed to pitch, it will be better than letting several pitchers in the current army. If you reveal to him the idea that you have to trust him to pitch, how could he possibly endure it!" Miyuki said with a smile.

"As expected of you, Miyuki! You are obviously so close to each other!" Yuki sighed, while Isashiki nodded beside him.

"Hahahaha~(ˉ▽ˉ~)~"

Just as they were talking, they saw Kurosawa coming over after talking to the supervisor. There was no change in his expressionless face. Only the turbulent eyes in his eyes indicated that a storm was coming, and his whole person's energy was rising!

"Miyuki, let's continue our pitching practice!" Kurosawa continued, "Captain Yuuki, Jun-senpai, and Coach Kataoka asked you to do batting practice!"

"Don't you have to do pitching practice?!" Isashiki said in disappointment, and Yuki was also disappointed to the naked eye.

"Well, I will personally feed you the ball tomorrow, and the seniors will use their own bats to measure whether our team needs a pitcher like you!" Kurosawa felt very unhappy when he saw the disappointed two people! ←_←

"Huh?! Are you trying to challenge us?! Are you giving us a gauntlet?!" Isashiki said angrily. Originally, he had doubts about Miyuki's statement that Kurosawa was very confident in pitching, but now he no longer has any doubts. I already think this is arrogance! ˉ\_(ツ)_/ˉ

"Well! I'm looking forward to it tomorrow too!" Yuuki was as usual, not emotionally disturbed at all, but looking forward to it! If the team really has a pitcher who can handle itself, it will be good against other schools, and it will be more confident to go to Koshien!

"Let's go, Jun!" Then he turned around and pulled Isashiki away.

"understood!"

"Hmph! Kazuya, you are really awesome! You even fooled me this time!" Kurosawa said with a smile.

"Ah! It's already been discovered!" Miyuki said in surprise, "Hahahaha, isn't this just to reassure the seniors! Without knowing it in detail, the seniors will not trust and recognize you, and you don't want to be questioned all the time. Show your pitching ability!" Miyuki thought of a reason quickly in his mind.

"Ha! Then I'll take it as what you're telling the truth! Then I have to thank you very much! I'll treat you to the new version tonight! Where's the 10.0 version! It was just mixed last night^w^" Kurosawa (?? w??)

"Hahaha, you believe me right! How could I lie to you! Let's go practice!" Miyuki said quickly.

"Let's go then!" Miyuki looked at Kurosawa who turned around and quickly wiped the sweat from his head. I was scared to death! But what I said is correct e=e=(?≧?≦)?