Ace of Diamond: Golden Cleats and Silver Bat
Chapter 132

Things Before the Practice Match

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Sendou outside the door was very confused. He had just beaten someone to tears, and then he saw something he shouldn't have seen. This was simply doomed!

"You can't run! Then you can only wait!" Finally, he made up his mind to wait for the other party to come out.

Sendou outside the door definitely didn't know what Ozawa inside Changing Room was sitting and entangled in his thoughts. About ten minutes later, Ozawa opened the door and came out.

Sendou saw Ozawa coming out with a serious face. Although he didn't know what to do, he could only bite the bullet and speak.

"That!..."

"Just pretend that nothing happened today!" Ozawa interrupted Sendou before he could speak.

"Huh?" Sendou was said to be unable to react.

"Just pretend that nothing happened today and forget everything. Did you hear me? Otherwise I will kill you!"

"Hey! I understand!" Looking at Ozawa with Killing Intent on his face, Sendou gave up resisting and raised his right hand obediently like a primary school student.

"Don't you want to change clothes? Go quickly!" After hearing the answer, Ozawa seemed not to let Sendou speak and spoke directly.

"Oh!" At this time, Sendou answered completely mechanically, and then turned around and walked towards Changing Room like a robot that had received instructions.

Just as he reached for the door handle, he suddenly reacted.

"Would you believe me if I said that my mind went blank just now and I didn't see anything?" Sendou suddenly turned his head and said in a low voice.

The whole process was watched by Ozawa who had his eyes on Sendou throughout.

"SHUT UP!!! GET IN!!!"

"Oh!" After hearing this, Sendou could only give up and continue to quibble.

He didn't even know how he said it, words that no one would believe.

After seeing Sendou completely enter and close the door, Ozawa's face turned red and blue for a while. In the end, he could only sigh and leaned against the door next to him, waiting for Sendou to come out.

At this time, the roles of the characters were reversed, and Sendou in the room also looked confused.

In the end, I found that I couldn't do anything. If the other party didn't let me talk, they wouldn't pursue it, so there was no way to apologize.

So Sendou could only sigh and began to take off his clothes.

Sendou, who had finished changing clothes not long after, saw Ozawa waiting outside the door and knew that she must have something to say.

Sure enough, the other party spoke immediately when he saw him coming out.

"Don't think about anything to make up for me. It was just an accident. Also, don't let anything go during practice." Finally, Ozawa concluded the accident with strong words, which was a final conclusion.

At this time Sendou had no way to resist, other than what the other party said.

However,

"You said it's okay if the water is not released?" Sendou, who returned to normal, immediately grasped the key point and spoke.

"What are you going to say?"

"Then, normal duel is no longer difficult for me..." At this point Sendou glanced secretly at the girl in front of him.

I found that Killing Intent began to appear in the other party's eyes.

"Don't get me wrong, I mean, I want to try something, and this counts as my best effort, right?" Seeing that Ozawa was about to get angry, someone immediately explained.

"What an attempt!"

"Well, for example, I want to practice controlling the direction of the attack or something!" Sendou immediately thought of a reason. This was another kind of letting go, but the reason was impeccable.

"Yeah!"

"So, where is Ozawa-san going?" Sendou asked with a sigh of relief.

"Go back to the dormitory! Do you have anything else?"

"No!" Sendou immediately shook his head.

So Ozawa left without saying anything.

Sendou looked at her back and sighed again. This matter can only be taken one step at a time.

And Sendou simply went to the tennis court to have a good time.

Moreover, Sendou, who was in a depressed mood, simply told everyone after returning and did not participate in the subsequent fielding exercises.

Except for Sawamura, no one else said anything. Fumino felt a little strange from the same expression, so he went to take a look and found that Sendou went back to the room directly.

She had no choice but to give up. She believed that Sendou could recover.

Starting from the day when Sendou defeated Ozawa, just as he said, he will be able to aim the ball in one direction instead of just pursuing high and far like before.

So although Ozawa was still being beaten non-stop, there was no despair like Home Run continuously.

She also felt that Sendou couldn't make a move now, and she had no choice. Just like she said, she could only ask the other party not to let go.

The only change, which Ozawa didn't know, was that Sendou no longer found excuses to come in late because of training with Ozawa.

However, Sendou is usually much more well-behaved when facing Ozawa, which makes others feel a little strange.

The same head coach of Hou Dai comes on time every day to watch Sendou play, and sometimes has a brief chat with Sendou.

As for guidance, Coach Sakaki had nothing to say. After all, he didn't want to disrupt Coach Nakanishi's training of Sendou.

After all, the playing styles of Japan and the United States are very different, and Coach Nakanishi, who combines Japanese and American baseball knowledge, is obviously more authoritative in training Sendou, and he is not willing to do bad things with good intentions.

As time goes by, Sendou has begun to enter the game state and achieved the purpose of adjustment.

Similarly, Wildcats Little League has also completed the reorganization of the new team. Fumino leads everyone to Wildcats Little League for a week-long joint practice every day.

Now that Batting Practice Pitcher doesn't have to do it himself, Sendou finally has a lot of rest time. Sendou, who has lived a leisurely life for so many years, is really not used to this kind of busyness.

In the morning duel training, Coach Mitani is no longer the catcher but Starting Catcher. This can test how much the catcher has learned during this period and also make it easier for Coach Mitani to make corrections.

And Sendou has slowly made up for the previously eliminated batting, and now the overall batting average has reached an astonishing 72%.

Although this is also due to too many duels, Ozawa's ball became more and more familiar, and Ozawa also stimulated its potential during this period, and the ball speed soared by 5 kilometers.

At this time, half of the summer vacation was over, and Coach Mitani stopped the training at this time.

Next, Sakura will go on a series of expeditions. When she comes back from the expedition, she will have more than three days of Practice Match with Akashi.

Not only Sakura, but the Wildcats have also completed team integration and are about to start an expedition to find Practice Match opponents.

But how could Coach Nakanishi forget his precious apprentice?

Before the start, Akashi was also contacted by Practice Match's opponents, including Akashi's old rival Seiwa Middle School last year, five middle schools who were still training during the summer vacation. Basically, it was a three-day battle.

Helping Akashi complete the running-in after Summer Training Camp. According to Coach Nakanishi, everyone at Akagi Middle School has made great progress in both attack and defense.

Even without Sendou, they can compete normally with Qinghe, who has entered the ranks of strong teams in the Tokyo area this year, and their overall strength is only slightly at a disadvantage.

However, Sendou does not have a concept. After all, Qinghe has made rapid progress compared with last year, so there is no reference.

You have to fight everything to know.

It can be said that the parts of Akashi's summer training camp that need improvement have basically reached the planned level.

The only thing worth mentioning is that Sawamura has been running throughout the summer vacation and surprisingly has no complaints.

Since there is Practice Match to play, Sendou also needs to use First Match to get a feel for the team's strength before starting.

In the next two days, Sendou participated in the training, and Sawamura no longer complained.

What's the easiest way to find out?

Of course it is a simulation of actual combat, so this is Sendou's method of finding out.

In terms of attack, Sendou is the best, but Batting Practice Pitcher has a duel with the line.

Defense is a full-field defensive practice. Whether it is attack or defense, you only need to increase the difficulty a little bit, and then everyone's level will naturally be clear.

Everyone has been miserable these past two days.

"Akio, hurry up! Block it with your body!"

"A Shin, there is no need to pursue a direct pass. It is a waste of time to be accurate and follow the Low Ball parabola. Even if it bounces once and the ball is passed, it will be much faster than the parabola!"

"Yes, that's it!"

Sendou always found the ball that everyone could barely catch, and forced everyone to increase their defensive range while feeling the bottom.

After that, I took a brief rest and then started fighting. Of course, it is impossible to tell everyone about Ball Trajectory in a serious duel. This kind of duel is also very brutal.

It is because of this strict bottom-up training that Sendou has easily regained control of everyone's level. Now he has confirmed that their high-ranking explosive power may not be as good as last year's De Chuan, but their comprehensive series connection ability is not much weaker.

Small Ball Strategy's various tactics, especially base running, have also begun to take shape, and are very close to the finished product stage.

During this period, due to the previous accident, the relationship between Sendou and Ozawa started to talk more online.

Ozawa started chatting with Sendou, but for people like her who are all over the world, they only talked about baseball.

Talking about his Practice Match results and asking them how their training went, Sendou also learned that Sakura Girls's recent Practice Match all had great victories.

Ozawa basically had shutouts in the innings he played. In particular, there was a classic game in which he pitched zero hits and zero runners in a pitching game.

After a hellish duel with Sendou, Ozawa no longer has any opponents at the same level in college.

Coach Sakaki also often talks to Sendou from time to time, even though he has begun to understand the fact that Sendou will not follow him.

This is indeed the case, but Sendou has also considered whether to introduce Sawamura to Coach Sakaki.

But not long after I remembered it, I was rejected by Sendou. In Sendou's view, although Sawamura is a good pitcher and Coach Sakaki is also a good coach, Sawamura can grow rapidly because Seidou gave him a lot of playing time.

Moreover, performing well in a famous school will also be beneficial to Sawamura's future career selection.

Regarding Sawamura, Sendou is determined that unless he hears the butterfly effect, which causes Takashima Rei to not see Sawamura's game and cannot enter Seidou's situation, he will consider recommending him to Yuliang.

Sendou himself believed that his influence on Akashi was not that big, and there should not be any big changes, so he made up his mind to adapt to the situation when the time comes.

"I'm so exhausted! It's finally over!" After two days of training, Sendou, who was about to take a shower after dinner, stretched his waist and groaned slowly.

"You haven't hit my balls recently!" Sawamura suddenly jumped out from behind and said resentfully.

"Don't worry, I won't miss the answer! Just vote with all your strength!" Takeda burst into tears when he heard this.

In this regard, Sendou and Fumino are truly a match made in heaven.

"Don't you want to catch my ball after you finish evolving?" Sawamura refused to give up.

"I'm going to take a shower and go to bed! There's a game tomorrow! I'll let you shoot enough and maintain your strength so you don't get tired."

"What is Tiupa? Tiupa!"

But Sendou completely ignored it.

"So what kind of team will we face tomorrow?" Seeing Sawamura being ignored, Ono quickly changed the topic.

"Well done! Ono! This is what you should do!" Sendou was joking in his mind Ono.

"Don't worry! Although the Tokyo area is a fierce battle area, you will not encounter strong and perverted players. This is the territory of Little senior LEAGUE (a Little Senior League league's branch in Japan). The really powerful ones are all fighting Little Senior League!

And all you have to do is play your own baseball! "

"That's it! We'll do our best!"

"Then go take a bath and go to sleep!"

However...

"Can't sleep! Find something to do!" Sawamura said.

"There's nothing to do!" Aoki said.

"How about a pillow fight?" Akio suggested.

"I don't want to fight!" Kondo also said.

"What should we do?" Ono also asked.

Boys definitely don't want to sleep at this time.

Sendou silently watched everyone think, then silently withdrew from the circle where everyone was sitting and silently picked up a pillow.

"How about playing poker? Park..."

"Bang!" Just when Ono suggested it, a pillow hit him in the face!

At the same time, everyone was startled and dispersed instantly.

"Sen-chan! You bastard!" Ono picked up the pillow and threw it, but it hit Kondo in the face.

Kondo, who just said he didn't want to have a pillow fight, remember what he said before when he picked up two pillows and started fighting. Ono, as a flexible shortstop, easily dodged, and the pillow also hit Aoki's glasses, as well as Oomura!

Now the melee begins!

The instigator, Sendou, easily exited the battle circle and ran to the corridor, where he sat and watched the battle.

I saw people going back and forth inside, and suddenly Sawamura, who was looking confused in the field, was also hit in the face.

"Idiots! Regret for provoking a pitcher like me!" Sawamura said while holding a pillow in one hand.

Then he threw hard and got beaten all the time because his position was not very good.

"You bastards!"

In the end, Sawamura was furious and lifted up the quilt, but everyone was immediately furious.

"This scene is exactly the same as last year! And who just said you don't want to fight?" Thinking of this, Sendou glanced at Kondo, who enjoyed the fight the most.

"It smells so good!" She silently gave him a thumbs up in her heart.

The two girls next door heard the sound and came over to watch the game with Sendou. All they needed was snacks and drinks.

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