Chapter 490

"The monthly rent for the apartment you are currently renting will be adjusted to ten times the original amount."

"Of course," she said, as if seeing through Natsume Chikage's possible thoughts, "don't think that moving away will allow you to avoid it. As long as you are still within the borders of Japan, no matter where you move, the result will be no different."

Natsume Chikage was stunned.

That wooden sword... is hers?

And even the house he is currently living in... the landlord is also her?

But, when he took the wooden sword from the kendo club, Jinwei Tong was clearly at the scene!

Why didn't she stop him at the time, but instead tacitly allowed it?

Natsume Chikage turned his head suddenly and looked at Jinwei Tong.

Jinwei Tong remained expressionless, only when she noticed his gaze, she blinked an extra time, which was unusually obvious.

Like a silent confirmation with a hint of mischief.

'This guy!'

A deep sense of helplessness welled up in Natsume Chikage's heart.

Facing these two women whose minds were as deep as the sea and whose actions were inscrutable.

He couldn't understand their logic at all, let alone grasp the initiative.

In the end...

It was still because his own strength and bargaining chips were insufficient, leaving him with not many choices.

Since that was the case.

Winning was the only path.

After winning, he would ask clearly about the reason for all this.

He took a deep breath and looked up at Yutang Zhiji:

"I agree."

Hearing the affirmative reply, Yutang Zhiji didn't seem surprised.

She turned to ask Jinwei Tong:

"Tong, what time is it now?"

Jinwei Tong raised her wrist and glanced at her exquisite lady's watch.

"Two twenty-seven in the afternoon."

Hearing this, Yutang Zhiji was silent for a moment.

Subsequently.

She stood up without warning and straightened the sleeves of her kimono.

She didn't look at Natsume Chikage again, nor did she say any words of farewell.

She turned and walked straight in the direction she had come from.

Her pace was still composed, as if she had just completed a casual afternoon stroll.

Jinwei Tong followed closely behind, quickly catching up to Yutang Zhiji's back.

The two, one after the other, soon disappeared at the entrance of the backyard.

Leaving Natsume Chikage alone, sitting in front of the empty board.

Looking at the direction they left, he sighed lightly.

Not long after.

Sensing that the two "uninvited guests" had already left, Furukawa Masahiro brought Furukawa Caixu back to the backyard cautiously.

As soon as Furukawa Masahiro entered, he patted Natsume Chikage's shoulder heavily, his face filled with lingering fear and relief.

"Xia Mujun... ten times white in a row! This is simply a miracle!"

"It seems that the Goddess of Fate is indeed on your side today!"

Furukawa Caixu also nodded like a chick pecking at rice, her eyes full of worship:

"Mm-hmm! Big Brother's luck is super amazing!"

Natsume Chikage's mouth twitched slightly.

Only he himself knew what was going on with this so-called "luck."

If it weren't for the double-positive coin, he feared he wouldn't have been able to complete this "feat" at all.

Looking at the ten-thousand-yen note lying quietly on the board, he fell into a brief contemplation.

Yutang Zhiji... why go to such lengths to play such a seemingly casual coin-flipping game?

Even setting a rule like "one thousand yen per time," which was almost like giving away money?

Although for her, hundreds of thousands or millions might just be pocket money.

But given her personality, she would never do anything meaningless.

There must be a deep meaning in this.

He collected his thoughts and turned to Furukawa Caixu, asking gently:

"Little Caixu, you call Senior Sister Yutang 'Senior Sister,' do you mean senior sister in terms of shogi? Or is there another apprenticeship?"

Furukawa Caixu secretly glanced at her grandfather, who was winking frantically to the side, afraid of losing face, and scratched her cheek, stammering:

"It... it is senior sister in shogi."

"However... the teacher who teaches us is not here right now."

Furukawa Masahiro laughed it off:

"Haha, that's right."

Natsume Chikage understood.

"I see."

Around four in the afternoon.

Natsume Chikage finally returned to the apartment he was renting.

He pushed open the door.

The house was quiet.

His younger sister, Ruri, had not yet returned, so he assumed school hadn't ended yet.

That was fine.

He needed a little time alone.

Natsume Chikage first tore open the envelope containing the instruction fee paid by the Furukawa family.

Inside were twenty-five thousand yen in neat bills.

Plus the ten thousand yen Yutang Zhiji "lost" to him.

Just this afternoon, he had earned thirty-five thousand yen.

The income was quite good.

Moreover, by tonight, the forty-thousand-yen prize money for winning the third round of the Newcomer Shogi Tournament should also arrive.

In this way, today's total income would reach seventy-five thousand yen.

His wallet instantly became much fuller.

This feeling wasn't bad.

He carefully put the cash away and placed it in his wallet.

Next...

It was time to use that one precious attribute point.

He assumed his sister had gone out to play with friends, so while she hadn't returned yet, it was the perfect time for an upgrade.

Natsume Chikage summoned the virtual panel that only he could see and carefully examined his current attribute status:

【Character: Natsume Chikage】

【Age: 16】

【Strength: 4】

【Agility: 4】

【Spirit: 6】

【Constitution: 7】

【Charm: 11】 ===== CHAPTER 491 =====