Chapter 847

Even if one of them is a peak that many writers cannot overcome in their entire lives!

Late night at the publisher.

The pointer passed 11:50.

The large open office area was already empty, and the noise, phone rings, and keyboard tapping sounds of the day had all sunk into the cold darkness and silence at this moment.

Only group leader Miyagi Kazuu was still in the office.

He had maintained a posture for a long time—his back slightly hunched, his left hand pressed on the spread manuscript, his right hand suspended in mid-air, his fingertips still remaining with the touch of unconsciously rubbing the paper when flipping through it just now.

In front of him was the stack of "Snow Country" photocopy manuscripts he had read for nearly five hours.

The last period of the last page had long fallen into his field of vision.

The message was replied to instantly.

【Akita Sana: (#^. ^#) I watched your match today; winning against two such strong opponents is truly amazing!

By the way, how about we celebrate tomorrow?】

【Natsume Chikage: Tomorrow? I might not have much time tomorrow; I have to go to work.】

Natsume Chikage knew that although he now had the tournament prize money, his manuscript fees had not yet truly been secured in his pocket.

Relying solely on the current prize money, he might still be stretched thin if an emergency occurred.

Before his income was truly stable or he had other clear plans, it was better to maintain the status quo.

【Akita Sana: Work, huh... that's totally fine! After all, I was planning to come over to your place tonight with some late-night snacks, hang out and play games for a while, and then head back.】

【Natsume Chikage: But I don't get off work until around ten at night... Are you sure it's okay to come over so late? Won't your family say anything?】

【Akita Sana: It's fine, because I was already planning to go to Miki's place to hang out today, and Miki's place is right near yours. I'll just stop by your place to celebrate on the way, and then go back to her place to spend the night!

Also, also, I'm very curious about the manga progress of Ruri-chan and Reisaki-chan, so I was thinking of going over to take a look... Is that okay?】

【Natsume Chikage: I see, of course that's fine.】

【Akita Sana: (〃'▽'〃) Great, then it's a date!】

【Natsume Chikage: Mm.】

After replying to Akita Sana.

Natsume Chikage tapped on Kondo Miyuki's message.

【Kondo Miyuki: Natsume-kun, congratulations on successfully advancing to the sixth round of the tournament.】

【Natsume Chikage: Thank you.】

The reply came back quickly.

【Kondo Miyuki: But I really didn't expect your strength to be this great.

Since you are this strong, why didn't you take shogi seriously before?

I heard from your father that you clearly had no talent for shogi, yet now you are like this...】

Reading this, Natsume Chikage decided to use his younger sister's previous explanation to get by for now.

【Natsume Chikage:... I was more playful before and liked playing games, so I didn't really take playing with Dad seriously, thinking that if I just brushed it off quickly, I could go play.】

On the other end of the screen, Kondo Miyuki saw this message, was stunned for a moment, and then shook her head with a helpless smile.

She had not expected the truth to be like this at all.

But thinking back carefully, it was reasonable.

Natsume-kun at that time was indeed obsessed with games.

She just hadn't expected him to be so obsessed that he would rather hide his shogi talent just to race against time to play games.

However, thinking that Natsume Chikage now almost never touched games, and was either studying or running around for his younger sister and his livelihood, she fell into silence again.

She only felt that it was hard on this child...

At such a young age, he actually had to abandon the hobbies he liked and shoulder responsibilities that only adults should have.

【Kondo Miyuki: Please be sure to do your best in the upcoming matches; Auntie Miyuki will definitely continue to cheer for you.】

【Natsume Chikage: Thank you, I definitely will.】

After replying to everyone one by one.

Intense fatigue surged like a tide.

Natsume Chikage plugged his phone into the charger.

He still had to go to school tomorrow.

He closed his eyes and soon sank into a deep sleep.