The original intention of the diamond ace

At this time, I was in the room with Sawamura.

"Senior Eijun, where are you going so late?" I spread the quilt and looked up at Sawamura who was about to go out.

"Oh! Miyuki-senpai will tell me about tomorrow's match against Hakuryu, so let me go find him at this time."

"Bailong, I'm quite interested in this school, can I listen to it?"

"It's okay, come on!"

"Okay, Eijun-senpai!"

………Small steps to keep up………

Miyuki Room

"Oh! Stealing a base at this time?! Isn't this a runaway?" Sawamura looked at the video.

I sat in the back silently and wondered what I would do against a school that was aggressive and stealing bases.

It's the easiest way to keep them from hitting base, but their three-bat and four-bats are not people I can completely suppress now.Especially the three-stick, it is called Mei Ma, not only is the hit not weaker than the four-stick, but also the speed is frighteningly fast, even if he does not hit well, he can run a hit with his foot speed, it is simply an upgraded version of the warehouse. Well, and he is still a backbone player, I guess his foot speed is also a big killer in defense, hey, Suzuki Ichiro, is he...

"...Then if I perform well in this game, can I become the ace?"

Suddenly, the atmosphere seemed to change.

I raised my head and looked blankly at Sawamura?

Miyuki paused for a moment, then said calmly: "It's not that simple, you said that because you understand."

"For us who want to become the No. [-] player in Japan, having one more stable pitcher is the most reassuring thing."

I listened quietly.

"Tomorrow's game, I will consider motivating your strength to the maximum. You can concentrate on solving the batters in front of you one by one. Others will naturally have good comments after the game."

I silently looked at Senior Eijun who lowered his head slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable for some reason.

…………

After the meeting, I followed Sawamura to the room.

I hesitated for a moment, but decided to speak up: "Senior Eijun, can I ask what happened just now?"

"What do you want to ask!?" Sawamura's eyes turned into cat's eyes, "I already know what happened just now. Miyuki-senpai is right, I have already reflected on it!"

"Hahaha, that's not the case!" Why would someone talk about introspection so proudly? He's just too amusing.

I paused, sorted out my language, and said carefully: "I just want to ask, why do you want to be the ace so much, senior?"

I saw him stunned, and quickly explained, "I've been in the United States before, and I don't know much about Japanese high school baseball. In our country, there is no such thing as ace, only starters and relays, and no matter what kind , Usually there are a lot of pitchers in rotation. So I don’t know much about it, so I want to ask you.”

He looked at me calmly: "Because Ace is very handsome."

well?Just because of this?I have black lines all over my head.

I thought it might be a sensitive topic...

He turned his head, looked at the lights in front of him, and continued: "Actually, I didn't think too much about it at the beginning. I set this goal at the beginning because I betrayed my former teammates before I was in high school and ran to the Youth League by myself. Dao came to study baseball, so I can’t let them down, I want to become the ace of this team, and then go to Koshien. But at that time, I didn’t even know Koshien very well, and I didn’t even know what the ace was responsible for.”

I quietly looked at the figure in front of me.

He was quiet for a while, and continued: "So when I was in the first grade, I was scared on the mound in the final summer qualifiers of my seniors, because of the awareness of the hitters. The pressure of the opponent's hitters finally made me unable to pitch. Letting the team lose. That's when I kind of understood the meaning of the trump card."

"Afterwards, when I competed with the aces of other schools, I saw different aces, but they have one thing in common: that is, no matter at any time, especially in a crisis situation, teammates and supervisors will believe My trump card." As he said that, the light in his eyes dimmed a little.

But soon he returned to his usual positive attitude, "In the semi-finals of the spring conference later, the match between Teito's ace Mukai and Inashi's Narimiya-senpai showed me the handsomeness of being an ace: no matter what I am now No matter what the situation, Ace will believe in himself extremely, and firmly believe that his pitching will definitely suppress the opponent and lead the team to victory. I think this is very cool.”

"So, Jianggu! I will not lose to you! I will definitely snatch that back number from you! Youxi, youxi, you must perform well tomorrow!" He suddenly became excited and ran back room.

I still stand where I am.

Do you firmly believe that you can lead the team to victory? It's really a simple and secondary belief!

***

The next day, in the stadium.

The third scene, Qingdao - White Dragon

In the first game, Bailong attacked.

I stood leaning on the railing in front of the rest area, my God, isn't this one the fastest, super offensive team is not an exaggeration.

ah!Let the second bat hit the base, this is troublesome.I remember that it was very difficult for Rizawa Village to stop Kuramochi-senpai from stealing bases during the defensive practice. Is it still the beautiful horse next...

Wow, hits so fast, for such a famous guy.

Um?It's a front hit to left field!Do you want to go directly to third base by bypassing second base?The ball is so close to third base, do you trust your speed so much?

"safe!"

"safe!"

Senior Jiang Gu missed the pass? !Fortunately, Senior Kanemaru jumped up and caught it. Otherwise, it wasn't about the second and third bases. With the style of this team, it is very likely that both of them will hit home plate!

What happened to Senior Jiang Gu recently, the defense is not in the state?Or is Bailong's speed putting too much pressure on the defense?

Next, there are people on second and third base, and the hitter is still fourth, Mr. Eijun!

oh!The first ball is the high inner corner, and it really is Miyuki, but there is no objection, and Eijun-senpai who believes in Miyuki is also very good.

This ball is... Carter's ball change!It's amazing no matter how many times you watch it!

"Two out!" I yelled out with the people on the bench.

At this time, Kuramochi glanced at me on the bench, 'Why is this kid so lively today? What happened? '

"Bang!"

"Snapped!"

"out!"

"Xiaochun!"

"Rong Chun-jun!"

"yeah!"

…………

In the second half of the round, Qingdao attacked.

One stick, Yoichi Kuramochi

"Oh oh oh! Hit the first ball!"

"This is the preemptive head-butt shot." Hahahahaha, what the hell kind of name is that, if Kuramochi-senpai hears it, Eijun, you will definitely get kicked by him.

Mima in center field caught the ball and passed it quickly to first base.

"safe!"

Hahaha, White Dragon!You are not the only ones who have fast players, our Kuramochi seniors are no worse than your beautiful horses!

"How about it, everyone in Gunma County, this is the Cheetah classmate of our team. His name is Yoichi Kuramochi, please remember his name before you go back." My God, Eijun must not be a crazy type, today He is very excited.It's a good thing I won't play today, if he does this to me too, I'll be ashamed.

"Oh, Xiao Minato-senpai doubled at the right time!" First base line, the skills are really impeccable, and the wooden bat is also used very well.Kuramochi-senpai at first base... huh? !came back!when?When did you start running?

While being surprised, I couldn't help laughing: Such teammates are really reassuring.

Miyuki was actually struck out. Although the pitcher Bailong was covered by Mima, he was also a very difficult pitcher to deal with.

…………

oh!That one-stick runner was actually blocked by Miyuki!Yuxing's passing speed and accuracy are almost as fast as mine!Sudden little injury.

The next one is the second bat. I remember that he hit a changeup in the last batting seat. It stands to reason that it would be better to change the ball here, but if it is Miyuki...

really!Still with a changeup!Although everyone knows that hitting once does not mean that you will definitely hit it later, but you are still afraid that someone else will catch the ball.Miyuki doesn't care about that at all~

Oh, no, I really want to play and pitch, but there is no arrangement for me to play today.I stared at the court, my hand clenched the railing...

Yui from behind looked at me with a smile, "Do you want to play too? It seems that everyone is in the same mood." '