Chapter 438

"Wh… what?"

Kondo Miyuki blinked; she actually also knew that Natsume-kun didn't seem to have any particularly outstanding talents, but Akita Sana was so certain at this moment that she couldn't help but be curious for a moment.

"Tell Auntie about it?"

Natsume Ruri was also stunned.

She knew that her brother didn't have any special talents in many areas.

As for writing novels or something, she imagined he did have some talent.

But the school side generally wouldn't recognize a student as a talented student and waive tuition just because their novel was accepted.

This wasn't realistic at all!

So Natsume Ruri truly didn't know what Akita Sana was talking about at this moment.

She thought to herself, could this girl also know about her brother writing novels, which was why she wanted to say it?

Kondo Miki remained silent, but she could guess what Akita Sana intended to say.

Akita Sana explained happily:

"Natsume-kun is super amazing at playing baseball!"

"He only practiced for one day and beat our school's baseball talent—Zhongdao Satoshi!"

Kondo Masaaki clearly didn't believe this statement and smiled contemptuously:

"Akita-chan has also been getting better at joking lately."

"Beat a baseball talent after practicing for only one day? How is that possible?"

Kondo Miyuki asked with interest:

"Is this true?"

Natsume Ruri also looked at Akita Sana with great confusion:

"Akita-san, Ruri doesn't know much about what happened to my brother at school, please tell me in detail."

Akita Sana was beaming with joy, even explaining with a hint of exaggeration:

"Natsume-kun is so popular at school!"

"And our school has a genius violinist who is even more amazing than Miki—Tsukishima Rin-senpai, who is pursuing him."

"But she was rejected by Natsume-kun. Yet that Tsukishima-senpai still doesn't intend to give up and continues to pursue Natsume-kun."

"This matter was found out by one of the boys who was also pursuing Tsukishima-senpai—Zhongdao Satoshi, so he directly picked a fight with Natsume-kun, even brought in the student council, and made a baseball bet with Natsume-kun."

"Pitch ten balls; as long as Natsume-kun can hit three, he wins."

"If he loses, Natsume-kun has to stay away from Tsukishima Rin-senpai from then on."

"If he wins, Natsume-kun can take away Zhongdao Satoshi's most beloved baseball bat, and Zhongdao isn't allowed to get within ten meters of Natsume-kun anymore or something."

"Then Natsume-kun only did special training for one day and beat Zhongdao Satoshi!"

"Almost the whole school knows about this; if you don't believe me, ask Miki, she knows too!"

Kondo Masaaki's expression stiffened:

"Miki, is this true?"

Kondo Miyuki and Natsume Ruri also looked at Kondo Miki with the same curiosity.

Kondo Miki was silent for a long time, then confirmed somewhat reluctantly:

"……Yes."

Kondo Miyuki gently covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes full of surprise and joy.

"Natsume-kun is really amazing! He actually beat that baseball talent after practicing for only one day."

Akita Sana nodded repeatedly, echoing the praise:

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! Auntie, you really think so too, right!"

Natsume Ruri also showed a look of surprise on her face and quickly shook her brother's arm beside her:

"Brother, did you really beat that Zhongdao Satoshi?"

Natsume Chikage nodded and smiled:

"Yeah."

Kondo Masaaki's expression was somewhat ugly.

He, who had originally intended to disparage Natsume Chikage, clearly hadn't expected that this guy could actually play baseball, and it looked like he was quite talented?

Otherwise, how could he have beaten a baseball talent.

No…

Natsume Chikage only practiced for one day, how could he possibly beat a baseball talent?

This was too exaggerated; he must be bragging!

Students were all like this, they loved to exaggerate!

Not to mention this guy Natsume Chikage.

He remembered last time Natsume Chikage said at home that he would definitely be in the top ten of his grade in this month's monthly exam.

You have to know that Natsume Chikage's grades had always been at the bottom; how could he suddenly jump into the top ten of his grade!

So Natsume Chikage was a habitual bragger; saying "practiced for one day" must mean he had secretly practiced for a long time without anyone knowing, which was how he was able to beat Zhongdao Satoshi.

It was absolutely like that!

Before Kondo Masaaki could question him again, Akita Sana continued, still extremely excited:

"Natsume-kun isn't just amazing at baseball; he's also very amazing at shogi!"

Natsume Ruri tilted her little head, blinked her clear eyes, and was confused:

"What?! Brother is also very amazing at shogi?"

Kondo Miyuki was an amateur female shogi player herself; hearing this topic, her eyes lit up instantly, and she asked:

"Sana-chan, tell me in detail."

Natsume Chikage's expression stiffened instantly, and he shouted "not good" in his heart.

However, before he could open his mouth to stop her, Akita Sana said excitedly, rattling off:

"Isn't there a shogi tournament called the 'Newcomer Shogi Tournament' recently?"

"Natsume-kun is participating in this tournament! And he's very amazing now; he's already advanced to the third round!"

"No matter how you look at it, it's a very amazing level!"

Natsume Ruri, hearing this, was first stunned, and then her fair little face puffed up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she glared at Natsume Chikage somewhat angrily.

However, she hadn't said anything yet.

After all, they were in front of outsiders, so she planned to "interrogate" him carefully after returning home.

Kondo Miyuki was pleasantly surprised:

"Natsume-kun, you actually participated in this shogi tournament? And even advanced to the third round? This is too amazing!"

"I have several friends who went to participate, but their luck wasn't good, and they were all eliminated by players stronger than themselves in the first two rounds."

"They didn't even earn back the 20,000 yen registration fee."

Akita Sana smiled, showing her cute little fangs, and giggled:

"Natsume-kun has already won two rounds, so logically, he has already earned back 10,000 yen."

"If he wins again after this, it's all profit!"

Natsume Ruri's little hand gently hammered Natsume Chikage's thigh under the table, but a fake smile hung on her face:

"So brother spent 20,000 yen to participate in a shogi tournament, and even advanced to the third round now, and even won back 10,000 yen—wow~ Ruri only knows now, it's really a 'surprise'!"

Natsume Chikage was somewhat between laughter and tears; he could naturally feel his sister's angry gaze and small movements.

Come to think of it, he had never thought about letting his sister know about him playing shogi under these circumstances.

Even if he were to say it, he had actually planned to say it after winning the third round.

After all, he would have won 40,000 yen by then; no matter how angry his sister was, looking at the money, he imagined she would be more happy than angry.

But now it had been known by his sister in advance…

Natsume Chikage felt that after returning home, he was afraid he would have to do some work to coax this sister.

Kondo Masaaki was speechless for a moment, his expression somewhat ugly.

He hadn't expected that this kid had actually participated in a shogi tournament and even won two rounds.

However, he had heard from Natsume's father that Natsume Chikage's shogi strength wasn't very good, even weaker than his father and Natsume Ruri.

Looking at it this way, being able to win two rounds was probably just good luck, running into players weaker than himself.

Kondo Masaaki frowned and asked tentatively: