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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 8 Chapter 1.5

Hearing this from his club president, a womanizer and master of betrayal, made him chuckle bitterly.

「It can’t be helped. I don’t think I can win even if I play honestly.」

I thought there were two people to watch out for in this final stretch. One of them, needless to say, M. I am on high alert knowing that she will definitely try something.

And the other person is the great detective Ikkyu Tensai. If we do a bad job in a battle against Tensai here, there is a possibility that all of our carefully prepared cards will be revealed. I want to conserve Ageha-ojousama’s butler (or rather servant) nanana collection as much as possible to use it more effectively.

「But Juugo, if you didn’t want to fight Tensai, why did you do something weird like that, leaving our representative in question? Knowing Tensai, if she knew you weren’t going to battle she just wouldn’t have come out here to battle at all.」

「Then Ikusaba-san would appear and that would be the end. Then Tensai would still possibly be appearing again later. No, I needed Tensai to understand my intentions and then start sulking.」

My aim is not to avoid Tensai, it’s to neutralize Ikkyu Tensai.

「’There’s more than one way to win’」

「What’s that?」

「It’s a family motto.」

President Yuiga, who had been listening to my conversation with Tetsu-kun, chuckled.

「Well, you seem to know Tensai-kun very well, Yama-kun.」

When he says that, the only thing I can say in response is this, 「Yeah, well after all I am a worthy rival to Tensai.」

「Juugoooooo!」

Apparently Tensai had found out from the monitor in the main hall that I was hiding in the robbery room and had returned. So I ran away again, apologizing in my heart. Sorry Tensai. It seems that the second stage won’t be the one to decide our personal dual.

At the end of turn 33

Detective Team (blue spade): Detective & Thief – 821 Coins

Sakura Team (yellow diamond): Yamato Nadeshiko & Military Uniform –919 coins (Begging Time Used)

Lady’s Team (green club): Lady & Servant A & Servant B – 1109 coins

Cat Ears Team (red heart): Cat Ears Mask & Cat Ears-chan – 242 coins

The <<forced acquisition games>> continue every turn after that.

The 34th turn was a match between our team and the Sakura Team. The representative was Ageha-ojousama. Her opponent was Haruto, who had won the previous match against Ageha-ojousama.

Tetsu-kun, wearing sunglasses, and I accompanied her to the robbery room as spectators. I was the one who planned to support Ageha-ojousama here. I was planning on using Inui-kun’s (the butler in glasses) Nanana collection <<Ghost Hand>>. That’s not the official name, it’s just the name Nanana gave it.

The item is a mummy’s arm, about the size of an index finger. It is in the shape of a human arm, and is so intricately made that it’s natural to hope that it’s just fake. It is hanging from the end of a necklace. To be honest, it seems like you will be cursed if you wear it, but it only works when wearing it around the neck, so you have no choice but to put it on. Nobody can see it under my shirt but …. Ugh, this feeling of a mummy’s arm against my chest is disgusting.

As the name suggests, the ability allows the user to reach out with invisible hands, a somewhat horrifying item. However, this does not mean that the user can do whatever they want with them.

First of all, you can only touch living things. The target always has to be a living thing, so you can’t touch objects. Also you can only touch them if you grab them or lift them up.

Hearing this it sounds like it’s nothing more than an item meant to scare someone, and that’s exactly what Ageha-ojousama said when she explained it to me. But it all depends on the situation and how you use it. In fact, it was quite effective.

Immediately after the game started, something suddenly brushed against Haruto’s arm, causing him to flinch. He looked around, wondering if it was his imagination, and then returned his attention to the table. Next he felt something touch his right ear. Haruto, who was completely shaken, noticed that Ageha-ojousama was giggling.

Seeing this, Haruto became more cautious. However, this power is different from the power of <<humpty dumpty>> which is Ageha-ojousama’s Nanana collection. Also it is not a power of the collections that Tetsu-kun or I have, so he is visibly confused.

After that, whenever Haruto tried to do something, an invisible hand would reach out and touch him somewhere, distracting his attention. He was so wary of something invisible that he neglected the battle unfolding before his eyes, and as a result…

「Well, this is what happens when I decide to try.」

Ageha-ojousan, hiding her mouth with her hand, wins the match and succeeds in stealing 200 coins.

Haruto, who had been completely thrown off balance by the <<ghost hand>> I had used, had a difficult look on his face as he couldn’t comprehend what had just happened.

It’s just a threat. That indeed might be a weak effect for a Nanana collection. That’s why, depending on the situation, the other people may actually read deeper into the phenomenon than needed.

In the final stretch of the second stage, where numerous Nanana collection abilities flying around in the shadows, an unknown ability suddenly appears at this critical juncture. No one would think that it would be such a trivial ability. The smarter the opponent is, the more they read into it. They suspect that it might be some incredible ability saved like a trump card for the end.

In other words, it’s a kind of bluff. It’s only a matter of time before it’s called out. But in the short time before it’s found out, the few opportunities that you can use it in become crucial. Especially in the home stretch of this battle.

This first attempt was a success.

During this turn, Ikusaba-san succeeded in the task in the room for the number of the square he landed on, and the Great Detective Team won 100 coins, but M who was representing the Cat Ears Team failed and did not win any coins.

In the following 35th turn, the matchup was between our Young Lady Team and the Great Detective Team. The Great Detective understood with her usual deductive abilities understood my intention of refusing a direct confrontation with her. She was sulking and slurping on some coffee milk at her base while Hiiyo Ikusaba appeared.

Still, just to be sure, the three of us played our game of ‘Who’s the representative?’, but in the end it was me who confronted Ikusaba-san In the robbery room.

The reason why I faced off against Ikusaba-san was as a psychological attack on Tensai. (Not harassment though) But my main purpose was because I wanted to have a match with Ikusaba-san once, knowing what his Nanana collection was. That’s because depending on the results of the second stage, there’s a possibility that I’ll face Ikusaba-san again after this.

The game is <<1 / 0>>. The game is played by using 5 cards: 4 white cards and 1 joker. First, players are divided into the roles of attacker and defender. The defender places the five cards face down in any order. The attacker turns over cards one at a time seeing how many white cards they can turn over before finding the joker. It’s a competition to see how long you can go without drawing a joker.

At first glance it may seem like luck plays a big role, but there are actually a surprising number of factors that go into figuring out the other person’s psychology.

With Ikusaba-san setting the rate, the game this time would have the following wager: 100 coins would be lost/won for the difference in the number of cards turned over by each player. I’ll be the first defender, while Ikusaba-san will be on the attack.

Ikusaba-san me put out the five cards one by one. Without taking his eyes off me, he tries to gauge my reaction by only pretending to turn over cards. The result is…

「Tsk, I didn’t get much.」

As he said, he turned over three white cards before making a mistake on the last one. This was enough to be a success for me.

Next it was my turn on offense. I watched as Ikusaba-san set out 5 cards one by one, looking at Ikusaba-san’s expression and gestures. Then I turned over three white cards just like Ikusaba-san. It’s a 50-50 shot now.

Ding Ding Ding

「Yama-kun, the one on the right is correct. You should pick that one.」

As he said that, Ikusaba-san tapped his finger on the card to my right.

He’s finally using it. The ‘absolute command’ ability using the ring from the Nanana collection. It’s the skull ring that is now on his middle finger of his right hand.