Chapter 457

He also understood in his heart that this was indeed a normal and common practice.

But what annoyed him was that he had almost no official match records or shogi score data for Natsume Chikage on hand; this guy was like someone who had popped out of thin air.

If he also had the other party's data and could study it in advance, the result of that duel might have been different.

And Chao Rina Xiaoyue and Ling Mu Longzhi, who were sitting in the seats in front of Tian Feng, listened to Tian Feng's words and were also thoughtful, feeling that this possibility was very high.

After all, Tian Feng's "signature style" of targeting newcomers was indeed famous for being tricky in the shogi newcomer circle.

Even they themselves had played against Tian Feng when they first entered the Shogi Association and were still newcomers.

At that time, facing his tactics, they were quite embarrassed during their first encounter, and even lost the first game directly.

But as long as they seriously reviewed it afterward and studied through the core ideas of Tian Feng's few sets of tactics that he kept repeating, it was basically no longer a problem when they played against him again.

If Natsume Chikage had really done his homework in advance, then victory was indeed not surprising.

And at this time.

Their gazes were all attracted by the giant screen above the center of the venue.

On the screen, it happened to show the scene of Natsume Chikage walking to the draw table.

The transparent draw box shook gently in the staff's hands, and the number balls inside rolled and collided, making a fine sound.

Ku Chuan Jia Zhi's heart couldn't help but rise to her throat, and her hands tightly grabbed the back of the chair in the front row.

After all, if Natsume Chikage drew those professional shogi players who were already famous in the spectator stands, or powerful members of the shogi association, then he would really be in bad shape.

The draw box finally dropped a small ball, which was held in Natsume Chikage's hand.

At the same time, the small ball was displayed in front of the camera.

Ku Chuan Jia Zhi quickly narrowed her eyes, trying hard to identify it.

When she saw clearly that the number displayed on the ball was '10'.

They immediately moved their gazes and looked anxiously toward the direction of the corresponding number 10 shogi table in the venue.

I saw that behind that table... there was no one there at the moment.

This meant that Natsume Chikage was the party who drew the position first and needed to wait for the opponent to draw and come over before the match could begin.

After witnessing this scene, Ku Chuan Jia Zhi's heart not only didn't relax, but tightened even more.

She stared dead at every player who went on stage to draw later, secretly praying in her heart that a weaker player could quickly draw that '10'.

However, things went against her wishes.

Those players she thought were relatively weak in strength drew other numbers one after another.

When she saw the last player she thought "might be able to win" also draw an opponent with strength above him, rather than Natsume Chikage.

Horikawa Kaori suddenly felt like a deflated balloon; her entire body slumped powerlessly into her seat, and she raised a hand to her forehead, sighing:

"It's over... those relatively weak ones have all been drawn away. It seems Natsume-kun is definitely going to face those players who are stronger than Tian Feng this time."

"He's in trouble now..."

Gu Chuan Changhong was still calmly stroking his snow-white beard, with a mysterious smile on his face:

"Miss Ku Chuan, don't worry too early."

"Things are unpredictable, maybe the development of the situation will not be what you think."

Gu Chuan Cai Xu also immediately nodded hard, echoing:

"That's right, that's right! Big Brother is really amazing!"

Ku Chuan Jia Zhi glanced at this optimistic grandfather and granddaughter and sighed softly:

"I hope so..."

Although she said so, she felt it was really difficult in her heart.

Although Natsume-kun said he had records of more than 5,000 games, in the end, which of the players who could break into this third round hadn't fought thousands of battles, and the number of actual games played was generally over tens of thousands?

Many of them were often tempered in internal competitions or official tournaments of the Shogi Association, and their strength was far from what ordinary amateur shogi players could compare to.

She secretly estimated that Natsume Chikage's strength was about the same level as Tian Feng, or slightly stronger, which was equivalent to about 5th to 4th grade in the shogi association.

And now, the draw results showed that players below 4th grade had basically been matched to other opponents.

This also meant that Natsume Chikage was bound to face a strong enemy of 3rd grade or above in the shogi association...

Chao Rina Xiaoyue, who was a female shogi player on the side, and Ling Mu Longzhi, who was only one step away from a professional shogi player, didn't actually care much about Natsume Chikage's win or loss.

After all, for shogi players at their level, Natsume Chikage, who didn't even have an official rank, was barely worth calling a "stumbling block".

That he would lose this time was just a matter of course in their view.

It would be better to say that he could break into the second round was already considered heaven-defying luck.

If he won again, it would make them feel unreasonable instead.

And just at this time.

The gazes of the two simultaneously captured a familiar figure—Tian Bian Youren, who was also a member of the Shogi Club, walked onto the draw table.

I saw Tian Bian Youren reach into the draw box, fumble a bit, and take out a small ball.

The small ball was picked up by the staff and displayed in front of the camera.

The number displayed on it was—'10'!

The moment she saw this number.

Chao Rina Xiaoyue and Ling Mu Longzhi looked at each other subconsciously, and could see obvious astonishment in each other's eyes.

Subsequently, both of them showed smiles mixed with helplessness and a trace of comedy on their faces, and shook their heads.

"It seems Natsume-kun... is really in trouble this time."

"Yeah... Tian Bian-kun's strength is a solid 3rd grade in the shogi association, compared to Tian Feng's 5th grade level in the shogi association, I don't know how much stronger it is. But this kid, his luck is also 'really good', the way he was muttering when flipping the coin just now, did it really 'pray' for some effect? He actually drew the weakest opponent, Natsume Chikage, as it seems now."

"It's really strange."

A small cross vein appeared on Tian Feng's forehead, and he was already too lazy to complain about being used as a "combat power measurement unit" repeatedly.

And Gu Chuan Changhong was looking at Tian Bian Youren on the screen, shaking his head repeatedly, sighing repeatedly:

"This boy, his luck is really not good..."

Gu Chuan Cai Xu nodded happily in agreement:

"Mm-hm—this Big Brother's luck is really not good!"

Ku Chuan Jia Zhi thought this grandfather and granddaughter were talking about Natsume Chikage, and also sighed with empathy:

"Yeah... luck always has a day when it runs out."

"It seems now, this is the situation."

At this time.

Jin Teng Weixi, who was in class in the classroom of Private Moonlight Academy, suddenly felt the phone in her pocket vibrate.

She took advantage of the teacher on the podium turning around to write on the blackboard, and quickly and covertly took the phone under the table to look.

It was a message sent by Qiu Tian Shana.

【Qiu Tian Shana: (⊙_⊙) Natsume-kun's opponent this time is actually a 3rd grade in the shogi association! Is this very strong?】

Jin Teng Weixi frowned and replied quickly.

【Jin Teng Weixi:... It's already very strong. The strength is about... my mother's female 2nd dan, or even stronger.】

【Qiu Tian Shana: Σ(⊙▽⊙"a I remember your mother's shogi is really very amazing! I played against her last time, and I had no power to fight back at all. Then... doesn't that mean Natsume-kun is in trouble this time?】

【Jin Teng Weixi: Very normal, nothing to be surprised about. And he can hold on until the third round to meet such an opponent, it's already okay, what step do you still want to hope he reaches?】

【Qiu Tian Shana: At least... win a championship or something.】

【Jin Teng Weixi: Still a championship? You're really invincible... I don't know how to complain about your infatuation.】

【Qiu Tian Shana: (#^. ^#)】

And on the other side, Xue Cun Lingyin and Xiyuanji Qilai, who were also in the classroom, both knew that Natsume Chikage was competing at the moment.

They were also thinking about watching the match situation in their hearts.

But unfortunately, both of them were the type of students who were famous for studying seriously in school, and basically wouldn't touch their phones during class time.

So even if they were thinking about it, they had to wait until the break time after class to talk about it.

As for Tengyuan Kui in Class D.

She also didn't have the habit of playing with her phone during class time, and although she was also thinking about the match, she also held back because of her determination to improve her grades.

It was just that she stared at the dense mathematical formulas and geometric figures on the blackboard, and her brain couldn't help but feel a little dizzy.

She felt that these numbers and symbols knew her, but she didn't know them. ===== CHAPTER 458 =====