The original intention of the diamond ace

A few days later, we ushered in the last national competition of the year - the Shrine Conference.

When we walked into the Jingu Stadium, some familiar scenes made me stunned for a while.

Speaking of which, a year ago, I was sitting in this stand watching Qingdao's game, a year has passed so quickly...

"Xiaohe! Come on~" I turned my head in surprise, and saw grandma and Che sitting on the seat in front of the net, waving to me excitedly.

I walked towards them with a smile, "Why did you come so early? This position is pretty easy to find."

"Hahaha, it's okay anyway!" Che returned to me with a smile.

"By the way, I haven't had time to watch it recently. How is the season this year?"

"Hahaha..." He scratched his head and didn't look back at me.

"I haven't sang for a long time~" Grandma smiled.

"Uh...oh! By the way, will you start today?" He changed the subject a little bluntly.

I let him go, "Well! You guys are so lucky. I don't know when I will start. After all, there are many good pitchers in the team."

"Oh! Yeah! We'll cheer you on!"

"Your teammates seem to be calling you, so hurry up and get ready."

"Okay, then I'll go first!" I waved my hand with a smile, turned around and walked towards Okumura...

Coincidentally, in the first game we played against Hoyongbi.

Compared with when we first formed the team, we have improved a lot in the process of practice and competition, which is fully reflected in the game against them-we won easily.

The consistency of the line of play has become a model, and the slugging rate of the clearer hitters has increased.

I shot the whole game straight away without losing a point.

After saying goodbye to Toru and grandma happily, we went back to school.

The progress of the Jingu Tournament was very fast, and we reached the final within a few days, and the opponent was very familiar - Jumo and Fujimaki.

Since I started and finished throwing in the semifinals, Sawamura and Furutani-senpai finished throwing in this game.

Sawamura gave up one run in seven innings, and then replaced Furutani. The two sides stalemate until No. 11 innings. They caught a mistake by Furutani and ended the game.

Although the line of play in this game basically failed to break through their defense, the surprise here is that Yuuki hit a home run from Hongo in the eighth inning.

At this point, all competitions for this year are over.

We started a long and difficult winter training...

—————Stubborn dividing line—————

... Spring, Jiashiyuan.

"It's hit again! A blow from Qingdao's five sticks!"

……

"The game is over! Qingdao has entered the final!"

After the game, there was another flood of reports.

"Oda Kazu is an "artificial human"?! Continue without losing points! Where is his end point?"

"Qingdao—the Kingdom of Pitchers!! How many trump cards do they have?"

"Seomedao's violent line-up!! The Qingzhengsha's trump card can't stop it!"

"The four sticks of "Killer Bee Line"—Shoji Yuuki!"

……

And this time in the finals of the Chunjia, it was no longer with Jumoda, but Kiryu who had been silent for three years. They defeated Jumoda and advanced to the final.

"Yue washes away the shame of two defeats! Kiryu defeated Jumo Da Fujimaki 4:2!!"

"The return of the king!! Kiryu made it to the final again!"

""Tornado" vs "Killer Bee", who will be the strongest lineup in Japan?"

The next day, the finals began.

This game was quite anxious, and the pitchers on both sides had a very difficult time facing the batters.

1:2

3:2

3:3

4:3

……

In the ninth inning we were trailing 5-6 and it was the clearer's turn to hit the line.

The three-bat Kominato hits base, Yuuki hits a double, Minato bypasses the third base, and survives the home run!

6: 6!

At this time, the five-stick Gao Jin successfully hit a long hit!

competition is over! !

We have won the spring armor championship!

After returning to school, we welcomed this year's new students.

In the early morning of the first day, new students are introduced.

I stood across from them with my head drooping sleepily.

Suddenly, I vaguely felt as if someone was looking at me, opened my eyes with difficulty, and looked at the opposite side in a daze...

I was startled when I saw it clearly: in the first row directly opposite to me, a thin bamboo pole stared at me with a bull's eye, 'seriously'!

I frowned, and began to recall tangledly: Who is this?I have no impression at all... When did I offend him?Do you want to ask me later... Forget it, it's so troublesome, let's talk about it later...

I didn't struggle with it for a long time, because it was his turn soon.

The bamboo pole took a serious step forward, with its hands behind its back: "My name is Matsuo Ichiro, and I have been a catcher in middle school for three years." He still stared at me.

Oh—is he a catcher? He's a little skinny.

"...The reason why I came to Seido was because I watched the finals of the Hagar qualifiers last year and was moved by Oda-senpai's farewell home run. After that, I decided to come to Seido. I hope to form a shooting partner with Oda-senpai in the future !"

It turned out to be a fan... No!You watched me fight, is there any connection with Hope and I formed a shooting?Isn't this kid a little silly?

……

After the episode, we started our usual practice.

Nothing in my life has changed except for one person who is always quietly staring at me.

Not long after, the Spring Tokyo Metropolitan Convention began.

Supervisor Kataoka and coach Ochiai selected three freshmen to enter the first team, including a pitcher and two fielders. I heard that their potential is quite good, and many second and third graders became quite nervous.

The game went smoothly. After the sixth inning, Director Kataoka replaced a freshman to defend the outfield.

I went into the bench area, sat on a chair and wiped my sweat while watching the freshman hit.

It's okay~ I didn't feel very nervous when I played for the first time.

……

Then in the eighth inning, the overseer put on the first-year pitcher, and I went to the outfield.

Although the freshman heard that his strength was good, he was too nervous and didn't perform well at first, but the defense behind him saved him, and finally ended the game almost on the bottom line of Supervisor Kataoka.

Hey—it's a pity that I didn't seize this opportunity.I don’t know when will be the next such good opportunity——I looked at him with some sympathy.

However, the road to growth is always so tortuous~Come on, boy~Oda, Shunfengshui, and He looked at him with a smile.

Afterwards, we encountered many expected or unexpected strong enemies, but we still won the championship.

After that is the red and white battle.

Since the pitcher didn't perform well in the next game, Supervisor Kataoka put him back in the freshmen to participate in the red and white game.

After independent practice, I walked slowly to the side of the court and found that the game was not over yet.

That junior Matsuo happened to be the catcher, I stopped curiously, didn't he want to partner with me, there is no chance if he doesn't join the first army, junior.

At this time, in the arena.

Matsuo made a quick signal, and the pitcher looked at him hesitantly, then shook his head slightly.

But the expression of the catcher at the home plate became a little cold, and he still made the original gesture and looked at him firmly.

'The seniors are so good, they will definitely be kicked out if they vote there! The pitcher looked at him a little angrily, "Forget it, I don't care, if you get kicked out, it's all your problem!" '

He threw it hard, and to his surprise, the hitter didn't hit well, hitting a three-base fly that ended the inning.

The pitcher was a little angry and walked towards Matsuo, "That shot just now was too risky! Fortunately, I was lucky."

Matsuo said anxiously: "No! He won't hit that ball well..."

……

I watched the game with great interest. Although it was no surprise that the seniors won by a big score, the catcher was quite interesting.

Seeing Matsuo come out, I walked towards him with a smile: "Is your name Matsuo?"

"Yes!! Senior Oda! My name is Matsuo Ichiro!" He replied excitedly, "Excuse me... have you watched my game?"

"Hmm. I'm a little curious. Why did you play that ball at the end of the eighth game?"

"Well... I don't know how to say it, it feels like it should be like that..."

"Really, it feels like...Matsuo-kun, I am looking forward to partnering with you, come to the army early!"

"Yes!! Oda-senpai!"

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