Ace of Diamonds: The Last Piece of the Puzzle

"Nanye, are you asleep?!" The voice in my ears sounded as familiar as ever, and I couldn't tell where I was for a moment.

"Did he really sleep?! It would be bad! This guy really is!" Miyuki said helplessly, looking at Kurosawa who was curled up under the quilt, and stepped forward to rescue him from the quilt.

After Miyuki pulled down the quilt covering Kurosawa's face, he saw the person lying on his side staring directly at him, and he was startled: "You're not sleeping?! Then why are you ignoring me?" Wow!"

"Pfft, pfft, are you still thinking about that home run and feeling embarrassed?!" Miyuki looked at Kurosawa, who had been silent, and continued, "What does it matter? The life of a pitcher who has never hit a home run is... Imperfect wow!”

How rare! It’s really rare to see such a young and immature Kazuya! Let Kurosawa know where he is now. After all, that person usually says to himself at this time: "How lucky! We have one more hitter on the list of batters we have to beat!"

For him who didn't have many friends in his early years (although he didn't have many after that, at least he was more mature!), such conversations were obviously a pain in his ass! But as a catcher, he has to appease his pitcher. This guy is really contradictory! Kurosawa complained silently.

"Nano, Nanye, are you listening?! Do you have a fever?!" Miyuki couldn't help but stretched her hand to Kurosawa's forehead.

"Of course it's okay! Ichiya doesn't know how to comfort people, so don't force it! It's better to go to bed quickly. It will be a new day when I wake up tomorrow!" Kurosawa reluctantly held Miyuki's hand. She scratched his palm twice and blinked her eyes to show that she was fine and there was no need to worry.

Miyuki couldn't help but pout after withdrawing his hand fiercely, thinking in his heart that he was not very good at comforting people? ! Forget it, don’t argue with him! But since he can make fun of himself, it means that Nanye is fine! That's good, but Nanno who just looked at me without saying a word is really scary!

It seemed like there was a sense of existence that was going to disappear at any moment, but in the end it seemed very cute. Was it coquettish? ! Impossible, impossible! Was he also affected by that home run? ! Miyuki shook his head to throw away the messy thoughts in his mind and walked towards the bathroom.

Kurosawa was lying on the bed and looked at Miyuki in bewilderment, who suddenly pulled out his hand and started shaking his head and leaving for no reason. What's wrong? ! Did Kazuya suddenly break down? ! This is not possible! Why don't you ask him what's wrong later? But I didn’t pout just now. It seemed that I was unhappy because I said I didn’t know how to comfort people. It’s so cute!

Kurosawa, who was thinking about all the messy things, couldn't help but feel sleepy and fell into a dark and sweet dream before Miyuki came out of the bathroom. He slept particularly well that night, without a dream.

When Miyuki came out, he saw someone sleeping soundly. He breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved. It seemed like everything was fine! I cautiously opened the door and went out to report the situation to the few people who were still waiting for news.

"It's fine when I look at him. I will continue to pay attention to him later. He is already fast asleep!" Miyuki complained in a low voice.

"It seems that boy is also very nervous! This puts us at ease. After all, we are the ones who suffer without the boy's combat power!" Chunsang couldn't help but joked after feeling relieved.

"You are really a junior to worry about!" Ryousuke said with a smile.

"Our next opponent should be out tomorrow, but no matter where they are, it can't be as good as Xibang. I think the coach should let Kurosawa take a break to prepare for the final!" Chris analyzed lightly while looking at the list of opponents. .

"Well! Then everyone, let's go and have a rest! Just wait for the coach to tell you what to do tomorrow!" Team Zhe concluded in the end.

After helping Kurosawa deal with the greetings from the seniors, and watching the seniors leave with peace of mind, Miyuki returned to the bed in the room, put on her beloved eye mask and began to officially sleep.

In fact, generally everyone doesn't worry too much about this kind of thing, because the pitcher basically either vents his anger directly on the mound or directly blows himself up and is replaced. This is normal for Qingdao pitchers after being hit by a home run. open mode.

A pitcher like Kurosawa, who had no emotional changes at all and yet neatly killed the batter behind him, was such a contrast that Aomichi was at a loss for a while.

After the game, it was discovered that he was not unaffected, and everyone became even more uneasy. Thinking that the kid hit his first home run in his first start or in the ninth inning when he was most afraid of a comeback, he really Are you okay? !

I am worried that there will be other uncontrollable changes in his state, that he will leave any sequelae or shadows, and whether it will affect subsequent games.

Generally speaking, everyone in Qingdao is not used to such a stable pitcher. After all, this is the first time they have encountered him! The previous pitchers were very worrying! It’s really unaccustomed!

After all, Qingdao has been well-known for not having an ace pitcher in the past few years. Once the pitcher takes the pitch, he is always on tenterhooks, fearing that he will suddenly have a bad mentality and blow himself up.

In today's game, everyone was already prepared to be overtaken by the score, and then use the second half of the game to rely on their own line to recover the lost points, okay? ˉ\_(ツ)_/ˉ

Unexpectedly, the game ended so unexpectedly, with 8 outs in one fell swoop. Everyone was at a loss for a while, thinking that there were such reliable people in their pitching staff. This time, it was completely unexpected. We were not used, and I felt a bit uncomfortable for a while!

The next morning everyone gathered together after breakfast to prepare for the arrival of the coach.

After Kuramochi arrived, he walked straight to Kurosawa and sat down next to him and asked, "Did Kurosawa sleep well last night?"

Kurosawa, who has been fully resurrected today, was of course keenly aware of several glances coming over him as soon as he came over, as well as many guys who were eavesdropping with their ears raised. A warm current came to his heart for a while. These guys are really cute. Well!

"I slept very well. I slept without any dreams until dawn!" Kurosawa said honestly without worrying anyone. As expected, many people felt relieved when they heard this.

"Where's Kuramochi, how did you sleep last night?"

"Ah, me! It's okay, I'm almost used to it! It's just a bit boring!"

"Eh?! Isn't it boring to sleep with Sawamura?!"

"That kid has been practicing outside corner kicks, ball control, etc. lately. How can he have time for me to play!"

"Oh! It turns out that I feel lonely when I am alone! What a surprise, you can choose to accompany him!"

"No, no, there are enough people to accompany him, I might as well play games alone!" Kuramochi complained.

Kurosawa is silently eating, so Kuramochi-kun is really lonely! Kazuya was abducted by me. The junior only sees pitching, and Liangsang can only respect him, and he has become a pitiful little boy with no one to accompany him!

"Hey! Kurosawa, your expression is too obvious. You almost feel pity on your face!" Kuramochi said speechlessly, regretting that he came to care about this kid!

If the seniors hadn't said that Miyuki is sometimes unreliable, so they asked me to come and check it out in the morning to see if you are really okay, I wouldn't have come! Damn it! Why is he taking pity on me?ヽ(`Д′)?

Miyuki, you must be too excited to watch the show next to you! Don’t you need to control the gloating expression on your face? ! If you weren't unreliable, would you still need me to come in person? ! Who is the catcher? As expected, these two gangsters are bastards, and I shouldn't have interfered.

"How could it be! If Kuramochi is bored at night, you can come and play with me! I'm quite bored too. I always watch game videos or scorebooks, like an old man!" Kurosawa watched as his face gradually darkened. Kuramochi quickly comforted him.

"Hey, Nanye, please don't involve me in this! Who is the old man?! Don't you think you can take it seriously? Don't push all this on me now, okay?!" Miyuki retorted with a slight twitch in the corners of her mouth and black lines all over her head. .

The third graders looked at the trio of second graders who started making noise again and the trio of first graders who never stopped. Suddenly they were a little worried about Qingdao's future! Is it so unreliable that the next generation can only rely on freshmen to maintain it? These guys will only embarrass Qingdao if they go out! So is there still an image of childish Qingdao? !

But this time the chaos disappeared soon, because Qingdao's boss, Coach Daoka, showed up in time with his three capable men!

For a while, everyone sat obediently and listened quietly to the next arrangements.

Chris recounted what he had just talked with the coach: "Our next match should be Yurong High School or Haoyong High School. The team they win today will be our opponent in the semifinals. The other side is the same as us. The winning team is Hakuryu High School in Gunma Prefecture, but I also discussed it with the coach. Before that, we can go there early to watch the game between Teito and Trolls. After all, Teito is stronger overall. , is likely to be our final opponent, so it’s good to know about it in advance.”

"Well, the main task today is to observe the two games and determine the strength of the opponent. Get ready, we will set off later." Kataoka's menacing eyes glanced at a few people who were often late, warning them not to run around. .