Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

The fifth game ended quickly. Both sides showed their extraordinary strength to solve the opponent's line and defend the score without allowing the other side to score.

At the beginning of the first half of the sixth inning, Tanbo came to the bullpen and began to practice pitching. At this time, Kawakami knew that he had fallen into a trap, but his thoughts were soon disrupted by Danba, who was preparing to pitch at all times with him.

After watching the opponent's ace go to the pitcher's mound, Coach Hong gathered the players and stimulated the crowd: "Hey, the opponent's ace has gone into the bullpen to warm up. Look at his bald head, like a monk. You guys?" Are you going to let Qingdao get what he wants?! Kobayashi and Ota can use whatever means they want, but there must be someone on base before Raiichi takes the field!"

Then he pointed at Lei Shi and said: "He will find a way to send you back then! No, it must be! We have to rely on this to make a living!" Lei Shi laughed, fried pork chops! (?w?)

"That first-year pitcher must not be allowed to leave the game without incident!" Coach Todoroki said fiercely, his villainous look confirmed.

"In the first half of the sixth inning, Yakushima High School's eight-hitting shortstop Kobayashi-san!"

With his supervisor's instructions, Kobayashi showed his extraordinary hitting ability and lived up to expectations by hitting the ball and running to first base.

In order to send Kobayashi to first base, nine-bat Ota-san chose to attack with a bunt that had never been used on the field before. He gave Kobayashi a hint of pinching his nose and blowing. Coach Todoroki in the dugout also had a look on his face. I'm glad that my children finally have brains, and I can't wait to play games with them! ~(ˉ▽ˉ~)

To be honest, Coach Todoroki is a bit lacking as a father, but he really has nothing to say about baseball! I don’t know why I always feel similar to Echizen Nanjiro! (//?//)

The bunt technique that had never appeared before but was extremely skillful really exceeded Seido's expectations. Ohta steadily sent Kobayashi to second base and was eliminated from the game.

"One-hit third baseman hits classmate!"

At this time, Yaoshi's ace hitter Lei Shi ushered in. He quickly attracted a large number of fans in a short period of time. In an instant, deafening cheers erupted on the field.

"Here comes the monster cannon!"

"Carry a big one!"

"It's almost time to counterattack!"

"It's so exciting, it's time to show off!"

"Thunder City, Thunder City!" Lei Shi on the field was also shocked by the cheers from the audience. He could only respond to the audience's enthusiasm by laughing loudly! e=e=(?≧?≦)?

Kataoka looked at Sawamura, who was facing Leichi for the second time, and silently made a decision. He raised his arm to signal a timeout, and sent Koharu up to deliver the order. Everyone thought it was a decision to change shots, but the coach seemed to have other ideas.

Sawamura looked at Koharu in shock and exclaimed: "Koharu, what are you doing here? Are you changing pitches?! But you are not a fielder! Σ(ˉ□ˉ||)"

"I'm just here to help the coach convey a message!" Xiaochun said with a speechless face.

"What? The boss's last words?! (?Д?≡?д?)!?" Sawamura said. Σ(?д?;)

"I'm too lazy to complain about him anymore, so forget it and ignore him!" Liang Sang said to his brother tiredly. ╮(╯_╰)╭

Koharu ignored him and said directly: "The coach asked me to come up and give an explanation. This game will be handed over to Sawamura!" After saying that, Koharu went down.

"Follow your orders, boss! I will definitely live up to your expectations, boss, and I will definitely not let you down, boss!"

After hearing Koharu's message, Sawamura couldn't help but respond to Kataoka's trust, even though the coach might not want it! ╮(╯▽╰)╭

"Old...boss!"

"He just said boss!"

"Is this how Qingdao calls coaches?! It's too American!"

"I didn't expect Qingdao to be like this!" Kurosawa listened to the exclamations from the audience and silently pulled up the brim of his hat, thinking that Sawamura still needs teaching! ~(ˉ▽ˉ~)

Lei Shi looked at the Qingdao people who were finally ready. He stood on the strike zone and tidied the ground silently, and then looked expectantly at Sawamura. It would be fine if he didn't change. I really want to hit that shot again, so he endured the thought. I couldn’t help showing an excited expression!

"call out!"

"boom!"

"No, it's not this ball!" Lei Shi said unhappy, hitting Sawamura's ball directly into a foul ball!

"call out!"

"boom!"

"It's not this ball either!" Lei Shi refused to give up until he hit the ball, hitting all Sawamura's balls as foul balls. He had already fully adapted to Sawamura's powerful ball, and he completely hit it!

Sawamura thought about the words of supervision and was full of energy and prepared for the attack. Unfortunately, Lei Shi was also coming with menacing force.

"call out!"

"Bang!" Sawamura threw the best ball ever. Unexpectedly, Lei Shi saw through the throwing posture that it was the ball he wanted, and he swung the bat without hesitation and directly knocked Sawamura's ball away. When he went out, the ball flew high and landed directly on the auditorium. There was no way to save him!

"out!"

"Two-point cannon to chase the score!"

"Really or not, wasn't that a lob just now?! Σ(?д?;) could actually hit the audience!"

"It's coming, Medicine Master's counterattack!" The audience loved watching the drama of the dark horse defeating the rich, and they expressed their support one after another.

That's right, Miyuki deserved a high lob just now. He originally threw it for Lei Shi, but he didn't expect that he misjudged Lei Shi's striking ability and carried such an obvious bad ball directly to the audience. Of course, there are also some in this. The reason why Little Angel's ball path has not evolved yet, and the ball speed is slow but the ball quality is light.

Miyuki was also very upset, and quickly shouted to comfort Sawamura: "Sorry, it was my problem with the ball just now!"

The seniors also expressed support: "Don't worry about Sawamura!"

"We're still four points ahead!"

"He even hit that bad shot, that guy is too perverted!"

"Don't worry, keep voting for them!"

"There's no runner on the bases now!"

The seniors at Qingdao are all really good, but looking at the expressions of these seniors and listening to their comforting words, Sawamura felt as if a shadow had been cast in front of his eyes, and there was a lingering haze in his heart.

Sawamura's pitching level plummeted, and the ball was hit one after another. His mood seemed to have hit rock bottom, and he lost all strength.

At this time, Sawamura listened to the voice of coach Kataoka changing shots, and felt that his whole person was gloomy. In the end, he still failed to live up to the coach's expectations, failed to solve the problem, and failed to control the subsequent situation.

"Aomichi High School is now changing players. The eighth batsman, Sawamura-san, comes out and is replaced by left fielder Itai-san. Kurosawa-san is changed to the pitcher!"

Sawamura ended up in despair, and Kurosawa was also very surprised that he would play now. After all, he saw the two people sitting in the bullpen preparing early, and he didn't expect it at all!

But think about it, at this time, no matter whether it is Kawakami or Tanba, he will not be very relieved! Four runs with two people on the field seems like a lot, but Yakushi's line is not weak either. If he replaces Kawakami, who cannot show his strength well in headwind games, and Tanba, who has not recovered his strength, it is better to directly replace him with a stable one. Kurosawa ends the game as soon as possible!

"Ah! Kurosawa-san is a pitcher?!"

"Isn't Kurosawa-san a left fielder? Is Aomichi desperate?!"

"No, they still have Kawakami and Tanba! (#?Д?)"

Coach Todoroki also had an angry look on his face: "Where did this pitcher come from? Wasn't this a left fielder just now? Is he a fill-in? This is looking down on us! Get out of here, boys!"

Qingdao's own rest area also looked surprised, Kurosawa was allowed to play so soon! Everyone thought that the supervisor would keep him in Daoshi!

"Ah w(?Д?)w Supervisor, why don't you replace him with Kawakami?! Kurosawa-san, okay? This is his first time pitching in a pitching match!!" Ohta said nervously.

"That's why I let him play. Looking at Sawamura's performance, I realized that things would not develop as we imagined. The players' mentality is completely different when playing in formal occasions. This is exactly what is being assessed. Does he have the ability to deal with Inomi?" Kataoka looked at the dejected Sawamura who slowly walked back to the rest area, and found that there had been a misunderstanding in his consciousness. His mentality and performance during the practice match did not represent the official match. can also be played perfectly! If we don't take out the weapon and test it, I'm afraid the opponent will interrupt us as soon as we take it out, and we may even take advantage of the situation and hit ourselves with a sword. But we can't afford this sword now.

Chris looked at Sawamura who had been silent since he came back, and found that the current Sawamura had a completely different expression from Kohakusai and Kiryu when he faced a home run. So what was the reason? Because the players all bear responsibilities on the court. At that time, Sawamura was pitching for himself, but now Sawamura is pitching for the team. However, the ace is the one who carries the weight of the entire team forward. Not everyone can bear this weight. Being overwhelmed by the expectations of others and wanting to repay with pitching performance cannot show his own strength, whether it is Jiang Gu or Ze. The village does not yet have the capacity to carry it.

Of course, Kataoka couldn't help but comforted Sawamura when he saw him losing his mind: "Although it was knocked out of the wall, it was your most powerful shot today!"

Senior Chris also immediately began to divert Sawamura's attention and said: "Compared with being hit by a home run, what is more important is your mentality afterward. The more you want to calm down, the more you can't see what's going on around you! You still have to Learn, now you can first take a look at the performance of the opponent's ace. After being hit by Kurosawa with a home run just now, he still defended the score very well and completed his mission! After you go back, you can also take the video to watch, ponder, and digest it and make it your own. thing!"

"You are only in the first grade and I won't ask you to make a perfect shot! Remember this experience and make better progress next time!" Kataoka warned.

Kurosawa quickly handed over the position to Itai-senpai and went to the pitcher's mound, ignoring the doubts around him. But I didn’t expect that I would actually play today! Well, Lei Shi, I’m looking forward to the duel with you! (??????)??

Miyuki and Kurosawa threw a few balls at random, and Kurosawa asked Miyuki to come forward.

Miyuki said unexpectedly: "What's wrong? I didn't expect the supervisor to let you out at this time, but this small scene can be solved. After all, except for the first three sticks, their line is relatively weak!"

"Huh? Is there any need to say that? Just use that to solve this game, go down and practice! Don't waste time now!"

"Hahaha, you are so confident! Then let's get started!" Miyuki looked at the confident Kurosawa and returned to home base with confidence to signal the referee to start.

Kurosawa stood in the strike zone and looked at his fourth bat aggressively. He felt that it was a pity. After all, he had already watched the pharmacist's line for several rounds, and now there was no need to waste any balls! If you want to fight so much, just fight!

Kurosawa silently counted the number of revolutions and threw a slow ball speed of only 135. Although the four-ball shot looked like a corner ball, he just thought he had good control of the ball. With such a speed, he felt that he could hit it easily.

The ball was hit as expected, but the path was right in front of the pitcher. The bouncing ball was easily caught by Kurosawa, who turned around and passed the ball directly for a double play. It was exactly like the scene in Sanada's game and went straight to the pitcher. After showing off his power, the situation in which the audience turned towards the pharmacist came to an abrupt end, and the momentum that the pharmacist had just risen was cut off directly.

The pharmacists and the others looked at Kurosawa who had turned around and left. They didn't know whether the other party did it intentionally or if it was just an accident. They couldn't figure it out at all!

Miyuki patted Kurosawa's shoulder and said, "It's so easy for me to be your catcher! e=e=(?≧?≦)?"

"Ah haha, let me catch the ball in the next game too! I want to stretch my muscles even though I'm standing all the time!"

"Haha, that's right!" Qingdao defenders made demands one after another. Everyone was reassured by Kurosawa's mentality and skills. They felt that as long as the opponent's touch was on the court, everything could be solved, and these were no problems! Probably it would take some effort for the opponent's strong stick, but who let Lei Shi just pass by!

"Kazuya, let's go practice now! I'm going to hit again later, and I didn't expect that I would appear like this!" Kurosawa complained in his heart. Fortunately, he didn't encounter a thunder market at the beginning, otherwise he would make a fool of himself! My dignity as an older brother was almost gone. Fortunately, fortunately! ~_~

In the second half of the sixth inning, Yakushi quickly changed his mood and began to defend. Although Sanada was hit frequently in this inning, Aomichi's line unexpectedly failed to connect to score effective points, leaving a warm-up for Kurosawa's pitching. enough time.

In the first half of the seventh inning, Kurosawa used a very perfunctory pitching strategy against Yakushi's five-six-seventh bat. He used the same technique as he used against Inami at that time, so that they all got into the fielding gloves that wanted the ball, allowing them to fully participate. feel.

Such a strange scene formed on the court. Once or twice was an accident, but three goals and three people were too fast! This is too scary. Can that man control the ball?

The fans of Yakushi were speechless for a moment, but the fans of Qingdao were extremely happy and cheered for Kurosawa on the field.

Such a fast rotation made Sanada, who was not in good health and was not able to pitch for a long time, start a crazy self-burning mode, but it was obviously beyond his capabilities.

After a difficult victory over Seido's third base, the first pitch of the fourth base was hit by Team Cheol with a home run and the score opened up by 5 points. The whole audience was drowned in the cheers of Seido fans.

The pharmacists all looked at Sanada worriedly, but Sanada just took a few deep breaths, adjusted and relaxed everyone's tense hearts and said: "Strength is indeed not simple! Ha, I may give you more in the future. Please forgive me for the trouble!"

Everyone on the court and on the sidelines was well encouraged and relaxed, and the pharmacist's momentum gradually increased again.

"It's completely ok, Sanada-senpai! Just give me trouble!" Lei Shi was the first to respond.

"Ah! I don't want to be said like that by you!" Sanada said speechlessly for interrupting him but I really know how to thank him.

"Why?" Lei Shi said with a sad look on his face. π_π

"Don't pull everyone's back, Lei Shi!" Dad Hong was so merciless when he complained about his son!

"Stop talking, you stinky daddy!" You two are really happy!

Sanada's performance on the field shocked Sawamura greatly. It was a shock to the soul. His heart was beating rapidly. It turns out that I still have a lot to learn. This is the performance and performance that an ace should have. What a big heart!

Sanada took advantage of the situation and solved the remaining five or six strikes to end the game. The momentum of the pharmacists and the others actually picked up again. It was like a wild fire that could not be burned out, but the spring breeze blew again!

But the score was open by five points after all. If Yakushi could break through Kurosawa, there would still be hope of winning. This would only happen if Sanada could suppress Aomichi's line.

In the first half of the eighth inning, Kurosawa faced eight and nine bats and easily defeated two people with two players. Although the two of them had tried bunts with balls that were so slow after all, they thought that the power of the ball should not be very heavy, but it was a pity. The abacus was wrong!

Kurosawa, who was on the pitcher's mound, took a few easy steps and got them out. Ah, the power of the ball at different revolutions is different! Although my pitch speed is slow, the quality of my ball is very different from Sawamura. If you want to think that my ball power is weak and you can easily shoot it, then save it!

After all, you don’t have the short game skills like a little angel, hahahaha! ╮(ˉ▽ˉ)╭

"The third baseman hit the classmate with a bat!" Yaoshi now placed all his hopes on Lei Shi. If he didn't hit this ball, there would be no chance of playing in the ninth inning.

"Hahahahaha!" Lei Shi also looked at Kurosawa with excitement, he really wanted to see it! It's really magical, it seems like the ball is all under control.

Miyuki's eyes indicated that he wanted to expose the speed ball? ! Or expose the ball speed? If you don't show some skills to Lei Shi, you will be kicked out directly!

Kurosawa nodded and replied, "You can figure it out!" I just want to get rid of him!

Brother's majesty cannot be violated. I will fight to the death to earn this breath! I'm sorry, Lei Shi. I'll treat you to fried pork chops after this! e=e=(?≧?≦)?

Kurosawa looked at Miyuki's gesture and nodded, with a serious expression on his face. Let's strive for a good number of shots first!

"call out!"

"Oh!"

"Good shot!" Not surprisingly, Lei Shi swung faster. The ball speed that looked like 140 was actually only 135. Although he had the bat in hand, he still swung it empty because he was not used to it for the first time.

"call out!"

"Oh!"

"Good shot!" Lei Shi missed the shot again because his vision was directly misdirected! The ball speed I thought was 135 actually turned out to be 140. When the ball reached my eyes, my body was already swinging too late and half a beat too slow. This instinct is not so easy to control.

"Hahahaha! Interesting!" Lei Shi thought that this feeling of seeing with his eyes but feeling like his body was being controlled by the other party was amazing and great.

Miyuki watched Leiichi, who was eager to hit, score the last ball. Let's get rid of him, Kurosawa!

Kurosawa nodded, spinning the baseball in his hand and throwing the ball where Miyuki wanted.

"call out!"

"Bang!" Lei Shi looked at the ball that seemed to have the same speed as before. He swung the baseball and hit it. However, it did not fly out as expected, but fell into Kurosawa's hands. Because the actual ball speed reached 145, the ball speed and power were completely beyond Lei Shi's expectations, and the hitting route was predicted in advance.

"Good shot! Three outs and exchange of offense and defense!"

The pharmacists all lost hope. In the second half of the eighth inning, Sanada held on to the score and gave the pharmacist a chance to breathe.

In the first half of the ninth inning, Kurosawa directly harvested the opponent without mercy, quickly solving the second, third and fourth bats to get the number of outs and end the game.