As far as Hank was concerned right now, he had only mastered volleyball's basic techniques. If he wanted to truly integrate them into his play and reach a level where he could use them freely and effortlessly, he still needed quite a bit of time.
At the very least, from this point onward, he had to do even more for the team.
Otherwise, relying on his strength alone still would not be enough to defeat the other teams participating in Spring High.
Ding-dong! Comprehensive strength approaching national-team level detected. System mission refreshed! Successfully raise comprehensive strength to national-team level. Reward: course-changing spike.
"…"
After Hank finished looking over his current data panel, the system's notification suddenly sounded beside his ear, telling him that as long as he successfully raised his physical stats to national-team level, he would directly obtain the course-changing spike.
This was something Hank had not expected.
He could actually obtain the course-changing spike this easily?
One had to know that this was Sakusa's spiking technique. A large part of why he could become one of the current top three spiking aces in Japan while only being a second-year came down to this course-changing spike.
And now, it was actually being given directly to Hank.
That was indeed quite good. After all, he was currently only four points away from truly reaching national-team level. It would not take him too much time.
He might even be able to break through to national-team level directly in the next match.
After Hank briefly thought through his plan, he prepared to pack his luggage bag.
Next was Spring High.
He had to be ready. Starting from the most basic point, he would fight his way up step by step. No matter whether he could reach the top of Spring High in one run or not, he had to give it everything he had.
After all, this was currently the most important tournament of his stage.
Early the next morning, the Aoba Johsai team was brought to the Spring High venue by the school's special bus.
This was also the first time the entire Aoba Johsai team had arrived at the Spring High site together.
Gathered here were a large number of teams. They were all the strongest teams from their respective prefectures.
Whether in terms of overall strength or the individual performance of their players, they all stood at the peak of their own regions.
The Spring High that followed would further filter through these teams, selecting the strongest among them. In the future, that team would be cultivated as Japan's strongest team and sent toward world-class competition.
"This is the Spring High venue. According to the match order announced earlier, our first match should be against Inarizaki High. And on Inarizaki High's team, they have Atsumu Miya, the number one setter in all of Japan!"
The Aoba Johsai assistant quickly obtained the data sent by the Spring High representatives.
The team Aoba Johsai was about to face was Inarizaki High, currently known for having the nation's number one setter.
Their overall team strength could not be called weak. It could even be said that compared to the previous Shiratorizawa, they were evenly matched. In certain areas, Inarizaki was far more difficult to deal with than Shiratorizawa.
A setter famous for his serves.
Atsumu Miya was definitely not as simple as he looked. If Aoba Johsai did not take this first match seriously, there was a very real chance they could be defeated.
The Aoba Johsai assistant staff understood this very clearly.
The Inarizaki led by Atsumu Miya was extremely powerful.
(End of Chapter)
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