Chapter 828

Natsume Chikage was slightly stunned and looked at the female clerk whose cheeks were flushed with excitement unexpectedly.

"You... know me?"

The female clerk nodded forcefully, her eyes shining, her voice filled with irrepressible excitement:

"Of course!"

"I secretly watched the live broadcast of your shogi game this morning using my phone during my break!"

"But... but what surprised me even more is..."

Her gaze moved back and forth between Natsume Chikage's handsome face and the novel in his hand.

"You are actually the newcomer author of this bestseller 'The Devotion of Suspect X'?! "

"My god... you are really too amazing!"

As soon as the words fell.

She seemed to suddenly think of something vital.

"Please, please wait a moment!"

She threw down a sentence in a hurry and turned to run away.

Not long after.

She ran back in a rush, her breath slightly panting, holding a brand new novel tightly in her hand.

It was the copy of "The Devotion of Suspect X" she had bought herself.

She carefully handed the book and a signature pen that had been prepared long ago to Natsume Chikage with both hands.

Her face was mixed with excitement, expectation, and a hint of nervousness about being rejected.

"Although I... I haven't had time to read it yet, I will definitely read it as soon as I go back!"

"Now... can I please... ask you to sign it for me? Just sign it on the title page!"

Natsume Chikage looked at her sincere and worshipful eyes and hesitated slightly.

Immediately, he smiled gently and did not refuse.

"Okay."

He took the book that was still cold from the plastic seal and the pen.

His fingertips opened the hard cover, and on the blank title page, he fluently signed the pen name 'Sanken Li'.

The female clerk took the signed book, as if holding some precious treasure, and held it tightly to her chest.

The flush on her face deepened, and a pure joyful light flickered in her eyes.

"Natsume-sensei, please be sure to continue to work hard for your subsequent shogi games!"

"I will always be cheering for you!"

Natsume Chikage returned a sincere smile.

"Thank you, I will work hard."

The female clerk only felt her heartbeat skip several beats, and only one thought remained in her mind:

The real person... the real person is simply countless times more handsome and dazzling than the glimpse on the phone screen!

At this time.

Uda Ayaka, who had been briefly shocked by this unexpected episode, finally came back to her senses.

She immediately took a step forward, reached out her hand, and gently pulled Natsume Chikage's sleeve.

She looked up at that exquisitely made-up face, her beautiful eyes wide open, filled with unbelievable surprise.

"Natsume-kun... you, you actually participated in a shogi tournament?"

"And... even won against a quasi-professional player? Is this true?"

Natsume Chikage nodded.

"Yes, the game this morning."

Uda Ayaka heard this, almost without thinking, quickly took out her phone.

Her slender fingers slid and searched rapidly on the screen.

When the clear news page and game results entered her eyes—

She stared at the screen and was stunned for several seconds.

Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and deep in her eyes, complex and violent ripples rose.

There was shock, realization, and even more of an indescribable, treasure-finding-like heat.

"Actually... it's true..."

She looked up, her gaze locking onto Natsume Chikage again, her tone filled with unbelievable exclamation.

This Natsume-kun is already so talented at writing novels... in shogi, actually also... so amazing?

Takahashi Jun and Niigaki Shoji on the side were also in huge shock at this moment.

The two also hurriedly leaned closer, looking at the news on Uda Ayaka's phone.

Black and white text, clear pictures.

The facts were indisputable.

"Actually... actually it's true..." Niigaki Shoji muttered, trying to digest this information.

Natsume-sensei is actually a genius author, not to mention, and shogi is also so amazing?

This is simply countless times more amazing than his cheap 'cousin' Shankou Hirota.

After all, the only thing that guy can take out is basketball.

As for that novel that passed the review?

If it weren't for him watching the manuscript the whole time, and even opening a back door for his cousin, that guy probably wouldn't have passed at all.

As for the subsequent sales situation, it definitely couldn't compare to Natsume Chikage's "The Devotion of Suspect X".

Because he is an editor, he can see at a glance which side's content is stronger or weaker.

But precisely because of this, he was so shocked by Natsume Chikage's talent.

After all, most high school students are actually about the same as Shankou Hirota's situation.

If there is no relationship, the novel simply wouldn't pass the review.

Let alone shogi, which eats more brain talent.

Takahashi Jun opened his mouth, unable to speak for a long time, just looking at Natsume Chikage with a brand new look, as if seeing him for the first time.

A quasi-professional shogi player?

You know, in Japan, shogi has an extremely strict promotion system and a long path of practice.

To want to touch the threshold of "quasi-professional," talent, effort, character, and years of painstaking research are all indispensable.

How many children have devoted themselves to this since childhood, struggling in the reward society for many years, and may not necessarily see the door of a professional.

And Natsume Chikage...

He is only sixteen!

What is the concept of a sixteen-year-old quasi-professional? ===== CHAPTER 829 =====