Event 29: The Zone

"Are you all right, President?" asked Haruta stopping the ball with his hand

Asuna opened her eyes to hear the voice and saw Haruta in front of her as if nothing had happened before "President are you all right?" Haruta asked again

"H-haruta?" Asuna asked surprised looking at Haruta "w-how was that ...?"

"Well, it seems that you are well" Haruta stepped to Asuna's side as sweat began to cover her body "I think I did a lot of exercise, I should go to shower, then I have to prepare dinner" Haruta left the gym leaving everyone behind .

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Everyone was open-mouthed impressed, looking in the direction where Haruta stood, no one inside the gym could explain what happened and much less find a logical explanation for Haruta's reaction.

The old coach of the Nekoma club had his mouth open watching how Haruta was standing there like a man 'Impossible, it is impossible for a high school student to move at that speed, if he uses the ladder he would not arrive on time ..... The jump from the court to the second floor! ' The coach of Nekoma shook his head to clear the doubts 'That is more impossible, a jump of more than three meters in practically impossible unless ....' The sight of the old coach was fixed on the sidebar that holds the second floor 'I use the bar as a support and then hold on to the edge of the second floor and push up .... all in less than five seconds "The smile of Nekoma's old coach could not be disguised and much less erased.

With the smile of emotion on his face the old man finally opened his mouth "This is the ... Zone" said the old coach excited.

Under the absolute silence inside the gym, the old coach's voice could be heard louder than usual, calling the attention of everyone around him.

"The Zone?" Daichi asked who was on the opposing team that Haruta played before

"What is that coach?" Coach Nakai asked, addressing the old coach who was still wide-eyed, looking in the direction of Haruta who turned around and left while Asuna followed.

The old coach turned around and looked at coach Nakai as well as everyone present. "You really don't know how big the world is, 'The Zone' is a state that players enter when they concentrate on their entirety and this is applied in any sport "

"When a player manages to enter the area he becomes a true beast, his body reacts faster, his instincts are sharpened and even the user's muscles manage to release more force than usual allowing miracles to be achieved" the old coach was still stunned and explained what he knew so that everyone knew what Haruta's true ability was.

"How many people can enter the Zone ?!" asked coach Nakai

"As far as I know, last year there was talk of a 'miraculous generation' in the Teiko high school basketball club at least three of its members must own the Zone while the other three must be close to obtaining it, another child of the I heard he was a boy who played tennis is currently in the professional leagues and is only 16 years old, another example would be Kongo Agon a high school student who plays American Football "the old coach listed the cases known to him.

"None of them play volleyball ?!" exclaimed the young man with silver hair from before "That means he could be the first to enter the area as a Basketball player"

"That is not the case, if you think about it many other people in the professional leagues must have been able to enter the Zone at least once in their life, but seriously speaking 'the little giant' of Karasuno could have entered the Zone" When the old coach finished speaking everyone remembered what the miraculous number 10 game was like in Karasuno.

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When Haruta arrived on the outskirts of the gym, he walked to the bathrooms of the training center, when he entered he noticed that there was no one nearby dropping his body on one of his knees.

"Ugh!" Haruta complained putting his hand in the place where his heart was "are these side effects?" Haruta wondered while the system messages appear in front of him

[Stamina: 0]

[Statistics improved by the electrical impulse ability will return to normal]

[The title 'rescue the damsel' ended its effect, the statistics will be reduced up to 50% in its base state]

[host: Ichijo Haruta]

[Vitality: 20 -> 10]

[Strength: 26 -> 13]

[Speed: 25 -> 12]

[Intelligence: 55 -> 27]

[Charisma: 20 -> 10]

[Luck: 20 -> 10]

[Cooking: 88]

[Stamina: 0]

[System: Lvl 1]

[SP: 15]

[Cooling time remaining 11:59:59]

Haruta felt the forces leave his body causing it to become heavier than normal, the sweat on his body increased and his skin was colored red.

"Incredible ..... never ..... I thought ..... this was so ..... brutal," said Haruta sitting on the floor with his back against the wall "Ugh!" Haruta complained.

In front of his leaves the images of his movements from before were repeated, how it was that everything around him began to move slower as he headed towards Asuna.

A smile full of joy and emotion formed on Haruta's face "I want to be stronger!" Haruta exclaimed, clenching his fist tightly.

When Haruta finally entered the shower the water ran through her body and a question appeared in her mind 'Can the system give me the ability to do magic?' he asked invoking the system and checking it from head to toe but finding nothing.

"Sigh ..." sighed Haruta removing the illusion from his head while shaking his head "Maybe the system can't really do everything ...." Haruta muttered.