[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment":3,"chapter-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-492":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Tokyo: You Call This Normal Equipment?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1952467,2739,"Chapter 492","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-492",492,"\u003Cp>Natsume Chikage stood up slowly, his face still the calm expression that hadn't changed from the opening to the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you for the game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Referee Kishida Minesuke took a deep breath and stepped forward to examine the chessboard carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the time on the chess clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natsume Chikage didn't use more than two minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conversely, Suzuki Takayuki had already used more than forty minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, his face was unprecedentedly heavy and solemn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only felt that everyone might have underestimated this teenager...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When his gaze swept over Natsume Chikage, it was complex and unclear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kishida Minesuke announced in a clear and solemn voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The fifth round, 'Hell Double-Header', final round, first game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Game over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Winner—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Natsume Chikage!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief silence, the entire venue was completely submerged by the exclamation and applause like a mountain and sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Fukuda Tsukasa stared blankly at the giant screen, his body as if nailed to the seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The muscles on his face twitched slightly, and his lips opened unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected Natsume Chikage to win again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was with this steady, step-by-step advancement that he won against Suzuki Takayuki, who was a quasi-professional?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This... this is a quasi-professional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the realm he has tried his best to reach and dreamed of entering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That Natsume Chikage, whom he had always been pessimistic about and even secretly mocked... actually won?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold reality poured down from the top of his head like a bucket of water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be... Natsume Chikage’s strength has already touched that threshold?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horikawa Kaori’s slender fingers were still covering her lips, her fingertips trembling slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the warm current of surprise rushed to her heart, a stronger sense of disbelief submerged her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her wide eyes reflected the word \"Victory\" on the screen, her eyelashes trembling gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She never expected that the sixteen-year-old Natsume Chikage would actually win the hellish battle of the fifth round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even... defeated the quasi-professional Suzuki Takayuki.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know, the three words \"quasi-professional\" are already the best of the best in the Shogi world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the other shore that countless enthusiasts cannot reach in their lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without extraordinary talent, you can't even touch the edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Natsume Chikage just won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clean and neat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say, the strength he showed at this moment is the real quasi-professional level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it is... a quasi-professional better than Suzuki Takayuki!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My God... too powerful!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asahina Akatsuki took a light breath, and complex ripples rose in her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The regret and heartache of seeing her childhood sweetheart Suzuki Takayuki lose indeed existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when her gaze fell on the giant screen again, fixed on Natsume Chikage’s calm and handsome profile—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A more surging, more indescribable emotion instantly dispersed that regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deep in her eyes, like a lake with pebbles thrown into it, ripples that could not be calmed down spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her sight seemed to be attracted by a magnet, unable to move away from that calm figure at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tanabe Yuto, on the other hand, was completely petrified on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression froze on his face, his pupils trembled slightly, and slowly enlarged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very light, unbelievable breath sound came from his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very... hard to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You know, Takayuki has always been the high mountain in his heart that is hard to cross.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now... now he was actually won by that Natsume Chikage, whom he had always thought was mediocre?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn't some lucky reversal, but a steady, oppressive advancement?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What... what is going on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What made him even more chaotic was—Xia Xia Xia Mujun winning like this, his original carefully constructed plan was completely shattered again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought that when Natsume Chikage lost and was in low spirits, he would let Akatsuki go to comfort him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that fragile moment, perhaps it would be logical to get close, or even...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, there could be some close contact, holding hands, kissing, etc...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, everything has fallen through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No... his chaotic thoughts turned sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conversely, letting Akatsuki go to congratulate the winning Xia Xia Xia Mujun, wouldn't it be the same?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps that could also create opportunities?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... would Akatsuki agree?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She might... want to go comfort the lost Takayuki more now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the one who lost was Takayuki.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tanabe Yuto’s fingers curled unconsciously, falling into a new round of entanglement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furukawa Saio didn't have so many complex thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her small body almost bounced up from the seat, and her fair little fists waved happily in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she had known from Grandpa that Big Brother would win, when the victory was truly announced, pure joy still bubbled up like bubbles, filling her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her sparkling big eyes curved into crescent moons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Big Brother Natsume is the Big Brother she likes the most!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furukawa Masahiro on the side just stroked his snow-white beard leisurely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A calm smile of everything under control appeared on his old face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his turbid but deep eyes, there was no surprise, only faint appreciation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For this result, he had already understood it in his heart at the beginning of the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the corner of the audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brat who had been staring at the giant screen—Fukuda Yasuhiro, was frozen like a sculpture at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw with his own eyes that Natsume Chikage actually won against Suzuki Takayuki, who had just easily crushed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His small face was full of shock, his lips slightly open, and his murmur almost dissipated in the air:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible... he... how could he be so strong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An opponent even I couldn't win against... he actually won?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn't that mean...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gritted his teeth hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he didn't want to admit it in his heart, the cruel fact was right in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natsume Chikage is indeed stronger than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And stronger by more than just a little bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creed of worshiping the strong and despising the weak fiercely impacted his stubborn self-esteem at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he loosened his gritted teeth, turned his face away, crossed his arms in front of his chest, as if to convince himself, and let out a light snort from his nose:\u003C\u002Fp>",1037,"2026-06-15T07:10:31.195Z","2026-06-15T07:45:40.648Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e8d5cf26c95b4e511d8ef0d62946f0d05b1a59e56b7b1c53c9d58809a0884197","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-493","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-491",624,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-cover.jpg"]