It was as if, as long as Hank remained standing on the court, their team could defeat every opponent.
Seeing the scene before them, every spectator was filled with shock. After all, the sight in front of them had already overturned everything they had understood from watching volleyball matches all these years.
Other teams worked together through mutual coordination.
But now, everyone on Aoba Johsai's side of the court seemed to be constantly coordinating around Hank.
They might never forget the scene before them for the rest of their lives.
"It's practically like a dream. Did you see that!?"
"The opposing ace's footwork is too unreal. There's no way to guess how he's going to move next."
Very soon, Fukurōdani Academy fell into a massive disadvantage in their match against Aoba Johsai.
Clearly, less than ten minutes had passed since the start of the match, yet the score had already reached 11–4.
That enormous point gap already left some of the players on the court unable to understand what had just happened.
How had so many changes appeared in an instant?
But now that it had happened, there was nothing else to say. Not only had they failed to predict it, even many of the Aoba Johsai players on the court had not expected Hank to suddenly explode like this during the match.
In such a short time, he was able to display such terrifying dominance.
This situation filled many people with shock.
"Why does it feel like every time Hank plays against another team, his strength improves a lot?"
"How exactly does he do it!?"
Oikawa looked at Hank in front of him, unable to keep the shock from appearing on his face.
To be honest, this was also the first time he had seen Hank possess such talent. In such a short amount of time, he could keep improving nonstop.
Speaking of which, when Oikawa had first met him, Hank's strength had only barely reached the level where he could serve as Aoba Johsai's ace.
Back then, no one had believed that he could lead Aoba Johsai this far.
But now, Hank had brought Aoba Johsai all the way to Spring High.
Even for Oikawa, everything happening right now filled his heart with shock. He could hardly believe it.
"I feel like after every match, Hank's strength improves a lot. I don't know if it's just my imagination."
...
As Hank's strength grew stronger and stronger, the evaluations of him from the people around him also grew higher and higher.
The appearance of this one person had directly brought Aoba Johsai to the peak.
From this alone, it was obvious just how monstrous his strength was.
If nothing unexpected happened in the future, he would definitely step toward becoming the strongest in the world.
There was no doubt about that at all.
No one would question it.
"Hiss!"
Along with the sound of a whistle, the match between Fukurōdani Academy and Aoba Johsai officially ended.
Across all three sets, Aoba Johsai took the final victory every time.
There was not even a real scene of the two teams competing evenly.
Basically, as long as Hank got the ball, they could score next.
With this nearly overwhelming strength, Aoba Johsai successfully advanced to the battle for the top four.
As one of the first teams to reach the semifinals, Aoba Johsai also received attention from sports television reporters across Japan, who began asking them how they felt right now.
(End of Chapter)
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