Diamond Ace: Monster Slayer

Chapter 45 Memorizing the Number

After picking up Tamba, Coach Kataoka drove all the way back to Seidou High School.

Tamba also told Director Kataoka some details about what happened in the hospital, which gave Director Kataoka some peace of mind.

At least according to what Danbo said, he has recovered well and will not have any problem participating in the summer competition.

Director Kataoka finally felt relieved.

With all the original members present, Seidou High School's lineup is once again ready to impact this year's Koshien.

"I'll go park the car, you go to the training ground and gather everyone."

“Good supervision.”

After getting out of the car and closing the door, Danbo walked straight to the place he was most familiar with.

Training Course!
"Everyone."

After hearing Danbo's voice, the students of the First Army put down their training tasks and looked outside the guardrail.

It's Tamba!
Danbo is back!
"Tamba is back."

"Look, Danbo is back."

"Tamba-senpai."

After seeing Danbo, everyone was surprised and delighted.

Their ace pitcher is back!

Danbo quickly returned to the training ground and reunited with his classmates.

Seeing Tamba coming back, Minister Ota went over immediately.

Although Minister Ohta's favorite player is Kawakami, he also cares about the ace pitcher.

"Tamba-san, are you healed?"

"No problem, I can participate in the summer competition."

Hearing what Tamba said, Minister Ota breathed a sigh of relief, and the other students also laughed.

Very good!
Now that Tamba can compete in the summer tournament, their chances of entering Koshien are a little better.

Danbo took off the hat he had been wearing.

At that moment, the sunlight shone directly on Danbo's head, and the reflective feeling made many students' eyes uncomfortable.

Danbo has shaved all his hair off! He is now completely bald!
"Hey, Senior Tamba, can you please put on your hat quickly? It's so blinding!"

Kuramochi covered his eyes.

As soon as these words came out, Danbo was instantly embarrassed and his face even began to redden.

Especially when I saw other classmates laughing, my face turned even redder.

Even Zhou Hui, his roommate and classmate, couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh.

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean? Is it really that funny?"

Danbo was in tears.

I cut this hairstyle because I wanted to start over after being injured, but I didn't expect to be laughed at by my classmates.

Danbo was already beginning to regret it.

“But it still feels pretty good.”

Ryosuke went straight up, touched Danba's big bald head, and said jokingly.

"Ryosuke!!!"

“Ahahahahahahahahaha.”

While the students were still playing around in the training ground, Coach Kataoka had already walked to the entrance of the training ground with Rei Takashima.

And in Takashima Rei's hands, she was holding a stack of bibs.

For these students, the number cloth is a symbol of strength and proof of their hard work in training.

The bigger the number, the more stable their position in the team.

After Coach Kataoka and Rei Takashima walked to the training ground, the students in the first army gathered together tacitly and stood in a square formation.

When Sawamura saw the stack of bibs in Takashima Rei's hand, his eyes lit up and he kept staring at the stack of bibs.

Finally I have my own number!

This was a very proud and exciting moment for a pitcher who made the first team as a freshman.

Zhou Hui had a blank expression on his face.

No matter which number he wears, as long as he can play for Qingdao High School as a starter, he will be satisfied.

If he starts in his freshman year, he will definitely attract a lot of attention from scouts.

As long as they put in an explosive performance, they will attract scouts not just from the island country.

Major league scouts may have noticed his presence. Zhou Hui plays baseball because he loves it and has a talent for it.

The second is to make money.

As long as he can make money, he is willing to do anything and play any position.

Zhou Hui's family is not wealthy to begin with. If he doesn't grow up, his family will only be in even worse shape.

This is also one of the reasons why he agreed to join Qingdao High School.

There is no way, the biggest feature of Qingdao High School, a private high school, is its grandeur.

He gave too much!

"Now we will start handing out the back numbers. If your name is called, come up and get it!"

As he spoke, Director Kataoka picked up the first number cloth.

Number 1!
This belongs to the team's ace pitcher!
"No. 1, Koichiro Tanba!"

Director Kataoka called out Tamba's name loudly.

"Yes!"

Danbo already knew that he was still the team's ace pitcher, so he didn't show any surprise and responded with his loud voice.

Tamba walked forward and took the number cloth from Supervisor Kataoka's hand.

"Summer competition, good luck!"

"give it to me!"

Having said that, Danbo took his number cloth and returned to the team.

"Hee-ha, Mr. Ace, the summer competition is depending on you."

Kuramochi smirked.

"Yes, Mr. Bald Ace."

Ryosuke still can't avoid his sharp tongue.

"A bald head is redundant."

"Continue, next one, number 2, Takigawa Chris Yu."

Well deserved.

Yukichi had no objection either.

If he had lost to anyone else, Miyuki might have been depressed for a while, but after losing to Chris he was convinced.

When they were in junior high school, Miyuki had never beaten Chris, and he had great respect for Chris.

"Congratulations, Senior Chris."

When Chris returned to the team with the jersey number, Yuki was the first to send his blessings.

Although Yukichi usually looks bad and has a lot of tricks in his mind, no one can really suppress him.

There are very few people who can hold him down, and Chris is one of them.

"Number 3, Yuuki Tetsuya."

Tetsuya Yuuki is the captain of Seidou High School and the most stable member of the team's batting line.

Giving him the number 3 is well deserved.

Yuki is the captain candidate chosen by the East Qing Kingdom.

It’s just that they don’t hit home runs often, which makes them seem more low-key than Dongqing Kingdom.

"Number 4, Zhou Hui!"

Shock!

He got such a forward number 4 in the first grade, which made many third graders feel inferior.

Such a high ranking number for Qingdao High School was actually given to a freshman.

But judging from his hard power, Zhou Hui is definitely worthy of this title, it's just that his strength is not enough.

"It's amazing that you can get such a high score in your first year."

“The future is promising!”

“This is a monster!”

Zhou Hui received his back number and stared at it blankly for a long time.

"I will put you in the starting lineup for the summer competition, please do your best."

"Don't worry, my goal is Koshien!"

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(End of this chapter)