Chapter 652

Not long after Mido Orihime and Konoe Hitomi left.

Furukawa Masahiro brought Furukawa Saio back to the backyard corridor.

Furukawa Masahiro's lips moved, and an expression of wanting to speak but stopping appeared on his face, apparently extremely curious about the content of the conversation between Natsume Chikage and Mido Orihime alone.

But after hesitating for a moment, he swallowed the questioning words back.

Some things, knowing too much, might not be a good thing.

And Furukawa Saio was much simpler, she just blinked her big eyes and asked curiously:

"Big brother, have senior sister Mido and senior sister Konoe already left?"

Natsume Chikage nodded:

"Mm, they have already left."

Little Saio recalled the thrilling match Natsume Chikage had today, and excitement immediately radiated from her small face again.

She happily approached Natsume Chikage, held his hand, and shook it gently.

"Since senior sister is gone, big brother, hurry up and teach Saio how to play chess!"

"Saio wants to learn the playing style big brother used to deal with senior sister Asahina this morning!"

At this time.

Furukawa Masahiro finally couldn't suppress the doubt in his heart and opened his mouth:

"Natsume-kun, actually after watching your match today, this old man has always had a doubt in his heart. With your chess strength, you could have clearly used a safer and more concise way to win the match, why did you have to choose such a... perilous playing method?"

Furukawa Saio also nodded vigorously, her face full of curiosity:

"Yeah yeah, big brother, Saio also wants to know!"

Natsume Chikage smiled and explained honestly:

"Actually, the reason is not complicated... it's mainly considering that if I continued to entangle with the flexible and ever-changing steady style of Asahina-san, the match would likely be dragged into a long tug-of-war."

"And the strategy I adopted of luring the enemy deep and then winning with one blow, although it seemed risky, could end the game at the fastest speed. Therefore, I chose that playing method at the time."

Upon hearing this, Furukawa Masahiro's eyes widened instantly, his face full of astonishment.

"Just... just to be able to end the match faster... you dared to adopt such a risky tactic?!"

"You... are you really not afraid of losing at all?"

Natsume Chikage shook his head, his tone calm and certain:

"Not afraid. Because I have deduced and prepared for all subsequent changes and response plans, there won't be any accidents."

Furukawa Saio didn't understand the deeper calculations, but only felt that big brother was amazing, and said happily:

"So that's how it is! Big brother is indeed the most amazing!"

"Saio wants to see those subsequent changes you mentioned!"

Natsume Chikage smiled gently:

"Alright, I'll demonstrate it for you now."

When Natsume Chikage started to guide Saio and really casually set up several exquisite subsequent changes and traps that were no less than that "drop" move.

Furukawa Masahiro, who was watching, was shocked, and a complex and powerless expression couldn't help but appear on his face.

He knew... that he would find it very difficult to turn the tables in this situation.

But Natsume Chikage thought of several solutions.

It could even be said that Natsume Chikage's predicament was caused by himself on purpose, just to win quickly... this was simply outrageous.

At this moment... he finally deeply realized that the helplessness and emotion in the hearts of those chess players who were defeated by him in the past when looking up at him were exactly the same as how he felt looking at Natsume Chikage right now.

Just don't know... between Natsume-kun and the contemporary "Dragon King" who is known as the strongest and youngest in history, who is more amazing?

Around three o'clock in the afternoon.

Home.

In the cramped single room of 3 tsubo.

Natsume Chikage, who had finished the guidance at the Furukawa family and received a guidance fee of 20,000 yen, returned to his residence.

If he added the 80,000 yen salary he expected to get from working at the coffee shop at night.

Just today alone, his income would reach 100,000 yen.

Delicious!

Natsume Chikage's mood was quite good.

For him, whose family was in financial straits, 100,000 yen was undoubtedly a considerable sum of money!

With this money, the basic living expenses for the month after next would be settled.

As for his tuition... although it still seemed insufficient, it wasn't a big problem.

It wouldn't be long before his novel would be officially listed for sale.

Referring to the brilliant sales and influence achieved by "The Devotion of Suspect X" in his previous life, he had enough confidence.

Before the end of the semester, he could receive at least two royalty payments.

By then, the income from any month's royalties would be enough to easily cover the tuition.

And now, there were nearly two hours until he went to work at the coffee shop at five o'clock.

Natsume Chikage naturally didn't intend to let this time be wasted in vain.

His gaze focused on the translucent illusory panel visible only to himself in front of him.

【Strength: 5】

【Agility: 5】

【Spirit: 7】

【Constitution: 7】

【Charm: 11】

【Available attribute points: 1】

Currently, the constitution and spirit attributes reached a balance, and there were no abnormalities in the body.

Strength and agility still belonged to the category of ordinary people, and could be gradually improved through daily exercise, so there was no need to add points for the time being.

Charm attribute... let's not mention it.

Therefore, for him, the most ideal choice was still to improve the constitution or spirit attribute.

Constitution, seems to be related to the strengthening of the life level and overall physical quality?

Spirit, then might be related to thinking speed and reaction?

Regarding the specific effects of spirit and constitution attributes, Natsume Chikage could only make a preliminary inference because the number of times he added points was still small.

If he wanted to understand the deep influence of each attribute more clearly, he was afraid he would need to obtain more attribute points to conduct more comprehensive improvement and experience to know.

At the moment, he didn't have much hesitation.

Natsume Chikage took off his coat, spread a clean bath towel on the tatami, and then lay on it.

This was to avoid sweating profusely due to drastic changes later and wetting the floor.

After preparing properly.

His mind moved, and he added that one precious attribute point to 【Constitution】 without any hesitation.

【Available attribute points: 1→ 0】

【Constitution: 7→ 8】

The moment the attribute improvement took effect.

That familiar and shivering, far exceeding any torture, extreme pain instantly erupted from every corner of the body, from the depths of every inch of tissue!

Muscle fibers seemed to have life as they twisted, expanded, and re-wove crazily, becoming denser and more powerful.

A sour sound and dull pain like decomposition and recasting came from the depths of the bones, and the density and strength increased quietly.

The heart was like a war drum beaten by a heavy hammer, and the sound of violent pulsation roared in the eardrums, as if it would break out of the chest in the next moment.

Blood flowed and washed at an unprecedented high speed in the blood vessels, transporting massive amounts of energy and substances.

A large amount of sweat poured out rapidly from the pores of the whole body like a spring, quickly soaking the bath towel under him.

This extreme pain came violently, making Natsume Chikage clench his teeth instantly, his eyes went black, and he almost fainted.

But unlike the extreme pain when improving the spirit attribute which directly led to fainting, the extreme pain of constitution, although extreme, faded relatively quickly.

When the strengthening process ended, the pain receded like a tide.

Following that was an indescribable, extreme sense of comfort that was refreshing all over the body.

The five senses seemed to become sharp and clear again, and the control over the body also improved by a level.