Ace of Diamond: Return of the Pitcher

Chapter 6: The High School Experience

The next morning was the day when the school officially opened. (Yes, that’s right, the players of the Seidou High School baseball club entered school early. The old students were about a week in advance, and the freshmen were two or three days in advance.)

Several team managers in the baseball club, after packing up the equipment, gossiped about the performance of the newcomers yesterday.

A few team managers didn’t have to go to school early with the players, they all got up early this morning.

“Takako-senpai, does this year’s rookie have any outstanding players?”

A second-year manager asked her third-year senior.

Although everyone is the team's manager, in terms of well-informed information, of course, the senior manager who has been in the baseball club for two years is more informed.

“Yes, of course there is, this year is good. There are famous students like Takatsu, and there are also Toujou and Kanemaru, who were in the Matsukata junior club. There is also a very good pitcher who can make a 120-meter long shot.”

“Wow!”

“Wow wow!!!”

Every time that senior said a name, the two second-year team managers screamed in unison. They didn’t expect the Seidou baseball club to have such good luck!

“There is one more person, you absolutely won’t believe it.”

“Who? Who?”

The two second-year team managers were in the gossip mode, looking at her eagerly and asking curiously.

Just as that senior had hyped enough and was about to say the name, there was a bang, and a baseball box opposite to them fell over, and the baseballs rolled to the ground.

Several team managers followed the noise and saw the manager of the first-year small team who had just joined the baseball team.

“Haruno, is that you again?”

Natsukawa, the second-year team manager, holding her forehead helplessly, looked at the guilty-looking Haruno with a face full of disappointment.

“I’m sorry, senpai?”

“You’re increasing our workload!”

Umemoto, the second-year team manager complained but said nothing more.

“Go and prepare ice cubes, let us pack them up here.”

The two second-year team managers helped Haruno clear the mess.

Haruno left, and the two second-year managers continued to gossip.

“Senpai, who is it that you were telling us about before?”

That senior girl didn’t stall out and whispered a name.

“Eh? Him? Is this possible?”

Voices like this talking about Sawamura can be found everywhere on the campus of Seidou High School.

For two consecutive years, he took the no-named Akagi Middle School and won the national championship.

Is Sawamura Eijun’s current strength the first in the nation in the same year? It may still be debatable, even Sawamura himself would not dare to pat his chest and say that ‘if you searched all over the country, there will be no first-year high school player who is more powerful than me!’

But when it comes to fame, let alone first-year high school students, even third-year students are counted, and there are not many more famous than him. (This does not include those high school students who have graduated and are participating in the professional leagues, such as Azuma. For real fans, their fame must be greater than that of Sawamura.)

In the freshman test, his strength ranks first, and he is a Star player himself.

Different from the previous life, wherever Sawamura walks now, he is in the spotlight.

He had worked hard for his baseball career from an early age in his life.

It seemed that all the time, someone was pointing behind him.

Fortunately, in the face of such a situation, Sawamura also had experience in dealing with it in his previous life.

As long as he can keep his cool, everyone’s enthusiasm will fade after getting used to him.

Classes, classes, training…

Just a week after entering school, Sawamura maintained such a low profile.

Soon, he was freed from that kind of gaze.

After getting rid of it, Sawamura let go of his cover, and from time to time, he went to chat and spend time with Furuya and Haruichi.

Furuya longed for friends from the bottom of his heart. Facing Sawamura’s enthusiasm, although he didn’t know how to respond, he never refused.

Not to mention Kominato, Kominato was curious about Sawamura himself, and in the face of Sawamura’s initiative, soon he became Sawamura’s little fanboy.

Of course, he wouldn’t think so, but to outsiders, Haruichi, who runs behind Sawamura’s butt all day, is no different from a fanboy.

In the past life, the reason why they became friends was that they believed that there was something in their character that attracted each other. Although Sawamura has been reborn, the things in his bones have not changed.

Everyone loved baseball, and they got to know each other very quickly.

To a certain extent, Sawamura Eijun, Furuya Satoru, and Kominato Haruichi are all very simple people.

Of course, there are not only the two of them who have a good relationship with Sawamura.

Kanemaru, Toujou, Kaneda, Kariba…

These people had a very good relationship with Sawamura in their previous lives too.

But now, for some reason, they don’t get along well with Sawamura.

Time passed day by day on such plain days.

For the freshmen who have not even joined the Second String, their task is very simple, that is, training, training, and training again.

Seidou High School is a place that respects strength. Only when you truly show your strength you will get the opportunity.

For new students, their physical strength, experience, skills, and knowledge are mostly different from those of the old students.

And for those who have just entered the school, their first task is to keep up with the training intensity of the old students.

This is of course no problem for Sawamura. He is a little stamina maniac himself, plus he has trained rigorously in the winter before coming to Seidou.

After entering the school, he was also the one who trained the hardest. While everyone else ran empty. Only he dragged a small tire and ran ahead of everyone.

If you just look at the performance, except for Sawamura being late on the first day, his other performances are all excellent.

In terms of strength, even some seniors of the Second String believed that Sawamura could enter the First String.

But there is no way, it is not them who call the shots.

Kataoka Teshin is a person who is stricter on the inside than on the outside.

Since he had decided that before the end of the Spring Tournament, he did not intend to let Sawamura be promoted to the first string, so he would not easily change this decision.

No matter how good Sawamura’s performance is, for him, rules are rules.

Of course, Kataoka’s rules are not set in stone. If the team is really in need, these rules of his are not incapable of adapting.

However, it is very regrettable that in this Spring Competition, Seidou High School played smoothly, and they reached the top eight in the Tokyo competition, and they did not encounter any strong teams.

For this reason, Sawamura has never had the opportunity to enter the first string.

Until the spring quarterfinals.

Things just turned around!

In the Quarterfinals of the Tokyo Spring Competition, Seidou High School played against their old rival Sankou High School.

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T/N: This Chapter has been Revised.