Diamond Ace's Passionate Swing

On the other side of the field, defensive training was also in full swing.

Lin Xiao's defensive abilities are outstanding, far surpassing those of Sawamura and Furuya.

Therefore, Kominato, Sawamura, and Furuya focused on defensive training.

Kominato takes his older brother, Kominato Ryosuke, as his role model. He is experienced and skilled in defense and performs exceptionally well in practice, making almost no mistakes.

His every movement was fluid, natural, and precise, drawing nods of praise from the third-year students.

"Wow, that's amazing! Their movements are so fluid!"

"That guy is only a first-year student."

"However, his skills are in no way inferior to Ryosuke-senpai's."

In contrast, Sawamura and Furuya's performances were less than satisfactory. Although Sawamura had participated in games during junior high school, his knowledge of baseball was extremely limited.

Furuya, on the other hand, is a complete blockhead, only focused on pitching, and his defensive skills are about the same as Sawamura's.

During today's defensive training, the two of them became the ones who received the most criticism.

"Sawamura, do you even know where the runners are?" the third-year student shouted, his face showing a hint of anger.

Tell me about it.

Sawamura lowered his head, not daring to look his senior in the eye, and whispered, "First... and second base, I guess."

"The ball flew to the outfield, are you going to cover home plate?!" The senior's anger grew stronger, and his voice rose a few decibels.

Sawamura then realized, "Oh right."

"Don't look around."

Furuya couldn't escape being criticized either. He kept making mistakes when catching the ball, and the ball would always fly away after being touched by his glove.

"Furuya, don't keep making mistakes for me."

The senior student said helplessly, his face full of worry, "Sigh, are you sure it's okay?"

There has been absolutely no progress.

"Lin Xiao is more reliable."

The senior couldn't help but glance at Lin Xiao, as if he had found some comfort in him.

Then, the senior patiently taught Sawamura and Furuya, "Think while you do the action." But the two started arguing again after a short while.

"Don't worry about it," Furuya said, offering a blank reassurance to Sawamura.

But Sawamura didn't appreciate it, saying, "You have no right to encourage me."

Chris watched all this from the side, analyzing to himself, "The two of them must be able to mentally rehearse all sorts of scenarios and then make their bodies move on their own."

"This way, Lin Xiao and Danbo will be under less pressure in the Summer Tournament." Thinking of this.

He looked at Lin Xiao, Tanbo, and Kawakami and said, "Lin Xiao, Tanbo, and Kawakami, you should go into the cowshed first."

All eyes turned to Chris.

"And what about us?" Sawamura asked, pointing to himself and Furuya.

Chris's expression was stern as he commanded, "I won't let you go until you can complete the defense entirely by instinct."

"what!"

Upon hearing this, Sawamura and Furuya froze on the spot, their faces filled with helplessness and frustration.

Lin Xiao and Yu Xing went to the cowshed to practice pitching.

boom!

boom!

boom!

Lin Xiao's pitches were incredibly loud, each pitch seemingly carrying a powerful force that shook the surrounding air.

Everyone could hear the sound clearly, and each time they heard it, they were deeply moved.

"Since the training camp started, I've felt that the summer tournament is finally coming soon," Captain Ota said with a hint of anticipation on his face.

"Yes, everyone is working hard for the Summer Tournament." Takashima Rei nodded in agreement.

"I hope there won't be any eliminated players this year," Minister Ota continued, a hint of worry in his eyes. "I hope so," Rei Takashima replied.

"The purpose of this training camp is to unite the entire team as one," Coach Kataoka added.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a gasp of surprise came from afar.

Sawamura jumped high in the outfield, raising his hands above his head, but the ball flew over his gloves and landed in the open field behind him.

"What are you doing, you idiot?" the third-year student said with exasperation, his expression full of helplessness.

Department Head Ota, Rei Takashima, and Coach Kataoka were all speechless upon seeing this scene.

"You have to do this during the competition too!" the senior roared.

"Damn it!" Sawamura repeated the action he had just performed in frustration.

"Crying won't help, keep catching the ball for me," the senior said.

The three coaches looked at Sawamura and sighed silently. "Never mind that kid for now," Takashima Rei said.

As evening approached, the sky gradually turned orange-red, and the sun was about to set.

As the team's four managers, they had already prepared dinner.

After a long day of training, everyone was starving, and they couldn't help but get excited when they saw the plentiful food prepared by the team manager.

"Wow, dinner's ready!" Sawamura shouted excitedly, his eyes sparkling.

Various delicacies were laid out in front of them.

There are rice balls.

fruit.

Fried chicken nuggets.

That's so much!

"This..." Sawamura exclaimed in surprise, "The team manager did all of this."

"That's amazing! I'll start right away..." Sawamura couldn't wait to start eating, but Kuramochi pulled him away.

"Your senior hasn't eaten yet, what are you going to eat?" Kuramochi lectured Sawamura.

"Take this, heheha!"

"Ouch, Kuramochi-senpai, that hurts!" Sawamura pleaded.

Mealtime.

Everyone enjoyed the delicious food.

Kuramochi is up to his old tricks again.

"Although it's called a training camp, it's not much different from usual," Sawamura asked while eating.

"It's just letting people who don't usually live on campus stay in the dorms," ​​Kuramochi replied.

"However, the two courts are only for 20 people each."

"So everyone's training requirements are twice as high as usual. You should really thank my teammates who supported me."

"Do you know?" Kuramochi said seriously.

"Yes," Sawamura replied quickly.

Kuramochi grinned slyly and continued, "On the other hand, it's okay to eat as much as you want."

"We still have practice after dark."

"Really?" Sawamura looked at Kuramochi expectantly; the food in the cafeteria was never this good.

"There's plenty more, eat as much as you like, don't be shy." The manager brought over a plate of rice balls.

"Oh." Sawamura picked one up and started eating, proudly saying, "After eating these, I could practice all night without any problem."

Kuramochi continued to persuade him, "That's right, that's right, eat more so you have the energy to practice."

Lin Xiao watched Zecun's foolish appearance from the side and felt sorry for him in his heart.

"That's terrifying!"

"My stomach is going to feel really awful later," Lin Xiao thought. "Sawamura, it's not that I don't want to save you. We have to respect the plot."

Lin Xiao didn't want to miss the exciting scene that was about to unfold in Sawamura.

Yuki, Masuko, Isashiki, and the others watched Kuramochi's prank with a mixture of amazement and exclamations.

Yuki said, "He'll probably throw up."

Masuko nodded and said, "She'll definitely throw up."

Izashiki laughed and said, "He's dead meat."

Ryosuke Kominato couldn't help but say, "How pitiful."

Kuramochi revealed a devilish expression of wanting to take revenge on humanity, and said smugly, "Last year, I was also forced to eat by Chun-senpai until I almost died."

"The hellish training is only just beginning!"

"Hahaha!"

Standing behind him, Miyuki watched all this and sighed, "Thank goodness this guy isn't my senior."

"This is truly terrifying!"