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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 2 Chapter 2.9

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“Translator: Goma/Editor: TheNix”

Bruh, at that point it’s not just a normal arrow anymore. 

「However, if you point this to someone…… 」

「Point it at someone? 」

     While I repeated her, Batako-san pointed the arrow at me and smirked.

「It flies towards the person’s heart. 」

     I flew behind the sofa with all my might.

 

     However, nothing happened.

「……What? 」

     I could not help but look up. I was dumbfounded.

「Hahaha! Why are you diving behind cover like a bullet has been shot at you?! This guy is just stupid! How stupid! Idiot idiot idiot! 」

     Batako-san pointed her finger at me and started laughing. She was holding her stomach.

「Haha, Anpanman is quite a child. You believed such a dumb lie. 」

     On top of that, the child mocked me as a child.

「……Hmph」

     In the end, even Tetsu could not contain his laughter.

     But in fact, Batako-san was laughing the hardest. She was rolling on the floor and banging the floor with her boot heels.

「Hahaha, of course, that is a lie! Why did you think it was true? Wow, this guy is really such an embarrassment, really! 」

     She laughed so much that I did not feel embarrassed anymore.

     After laughing all she wanted, Batako-san seemed out of breath. She stood up.  

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「Well,  I did not think you would believe me so easily. 」

「What are you talking about? 」

「About the Nanana Collection. It is like a legend on this island, and no one believes in it. 」

     Suddenly, Batako-san’s smile disappeared.

「What? 」

「Yet, your actions were clearly not normal. It was as if you knew that the Nanana Collection exists, and that it has special powers. 」

     At her serious face and tone, I could not help but gulp.

     Batako-san was not smiling anymore. Instead, she was eying me like a snake targeting its prey.

「I am just a scaredy-cat. 」

     I replied so, but her single snake eyes did not stop looking at me. Her gaze wrapped around me and did not let me go. I understood that she was trying to figure out something.

「Then shall I really test you? 」

「How? 」

「I am going to use this arrow. 」

     It was the old arrow that Batako-san had been holding.

「Sure, that was a joke. This does not have the power to pierce a human being. As a weapon it is not usable. However, it can point to something. 」

「What is it? 」

     The snake sneered, and peeked her tongue out.

 

「It can point at the truth. It detects truth, and points at it. 」

 

     That meant that it could determine whether one was lying or not.

     My gut feeling told me from seeing the snake’s eyes.

     Darn, this is real.

     The arrow is really from the Nanana Collection.

     I was about to be fooled, when the snaked cheeks expanded.

「…….He」

     Then, the snake-eyed woman started laughing.

「Hahahaha, this guy believed in it again! Why is he making such a face! I can’t take it. I am going to die! Stop making me laugh so much! I am really going to die from laughter! 」

     Batako-san rolled around the floor as if this was some comedy skit.

     While I was as still as a statue, I was patted on my shoulder.

「Do you want candy? 」

     The child tried to cheer me up, while she smiled gently.

「To sis, lying comes as easily as breathing. Don’t mind her. She does it to me also. 」

     Tetsu also empathized with me.

     Ah, these two are such good people.

     Compared to them……

「Phew, phew! 」

     What a useless adult this woman is. She was laughing until her voice was going haywire.

     I really felt from the bottom of my heart, that like the landlady of the Happiness Dorm, the adults on this island are just trash.

 

     30 minutes later, Batako-san’s handmade cake was ready to eat.

「There you go. It is a special shortcake I had made. Keep that mind as you eat it. 」

     I was sitting on the sofa looking at the cake placed in front of me. I could not help but gulp.

     Er, why is this short cake blue……

「Erm, sis. 」

「What is it, Tetsu? 」

「I get why you are giving the cake to Anpanman, but why are you giving it to me too? 」

     Beside me on the sofa was Tetsu. In front of him was a blue cake as well.

「Well, since you work so hard for me every day, I just wanted to thank you. 」

     Batako-san smiled bashfully.

     Tetsu seemed quite touched at her words and said, 「Sis. 」

「I definitely did not want more sacrificial tasters for poison. 」

     Tetsu froze. I see. As Tetsu says, this person really naturally lies.

「A.. are you alright Tetsu! Shall I eat it with you! 」

「Fool, stop Yun! It is dangerous! 」

     By the way, it was not Tetsu who said it. It was the person who baked the cake.

     After this dangerous comedy routine, Tetsu…..

「I shall have it then. 」

     He followed his values, and ate it without any hesitation.

     Then, this modern samurai’s face was slammed onto the table.

     He then woke up immediately after his face hit the table.

「It is very delicious, sis. 」

「Wait, you acted very weirdly just now! 」

「What are you talking about Anpanman? Nothing weird happened to me. 」

「Hey Tetsu! Who are you talking to? I am on the opposite side of you! 」

     Tetsu was talking to something on the other side of the room. He turned at me.

「I can’t see anything. 」

「His eyes are gone! 」

     I was amazed at how strong his spirit was. He refused to embarrass his sis. However, this cake is definitely bad! There, Yun is shivering now!

「Impossible! I can’t eat the cake! 」

「Don’t say that. 」

     Even though I begged her, Batako-san tried to make me eat the poison with her soothing voice.

「I can’t eat this! 」

「It is fine, you won’t die. 」

「I don’t want it! 」

「What? I made it for you, you know! 」

「……What. 」

「I see, you can’t eat the cake I make huh! Then don’t eat it! You idiot! 」

     Then Batako-san got angry, and became moody.

「……Argh, I thought if I used good flour it would be very yummy. 」

     For some reason, she was squatting in the corner of the room like a gangster turning her back on us and smoking her cigarette.

     Hey? This doesn’t sound like a joke. Is this person really depressed by my refusal? What, is this a lie? I don’t know. Is she now the boy who cried wolf now? Because she lies all the time, that one cannot tell if she is lying or not?

     This is bad, have I said too much? But Tetsu beside me is somehow spontaneously convulsing now. I really cannot eat it.

「S.. sis! Let’s make it together again! 」

     Yun said to the moody Batako-san. 

「Yun? 」

「Although I am now a proper bad guy! Although I look quite evil. Before that my dream was to become the owner of a cake shop! 」

     Clearly she was not a proper bad guy. She was still a small cute girl. The point about how she wanted to become the owner of a cake shop made me like her even more.

     At Yun’s words, Batako-san who had been moody raised her face.

「Is that so? 」

「Y.. yes! That is why I do know a little about how to make sweets! 」

「Really? 」

「Y.. yes! That is why we should do it together! Surely you would become better! 」

「But, it seems like I don’t have the talent for cooking……. 」

「T.. that is not true! You are good at everything! 」

「Really? 」

「Really! 」

「Really? 」

「Really! 」

「Then, I shall try. Carry me to the kitchen Yun! 」

「Y.. yes! I shall do my best! 」

     Then, the diligent Yun carried Batako-san on her back (though Batako-san’s legs were dragged on the floor).

「Ah, this feels great. 」

     I could really see that Batako-san, who was lazing around, is really a useless adult.

     Alright then, let’s call Batako-san the Second Useless Woman.

「…… Itchy. Tasty. [1. TL Note: An excerpt from the Keeper’s Diary in the game Resident Evil. The Keeper’s Diary is a file authored by an Umbrella researcher responsible for the Arklay Laboratory’s animals preparing for experimentation. This diary is notable for its intimate description of a t-Virus infection written by someone actually undergoing the process, culminating in the chilling final words “itchy tasty”. 」

     After this mysterious murmur, Tetsu fell unconscious.

 

     After one hour, they brought some cupcakes.

「Now, eat it! 」

「Mph! 」Yun seemed quite proud of it.

     Sure, it looked quite delicious.

「Hmph, once I actually put my effort to it, baking is easy. 」

     However, beside her was the Second Useless Woman that made a satisfied face while she smoked her cigarette. I was not that sure that the cupcake was edible. 

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