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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 3 Chapter 7.3

“TRANSLATOR:Foxsunes/EDITOR TheNix”

The shadows, so that’s what it was.

I suddenly remembered the first time I met Ikusaba. Ikusaba had been standing on the balcony of room 202, and when Shiki-san made her appearance he had suddenly disappeared. He hadn’t entered the room so that he would not have to take off his shoes. 

「Anyhow, be aware of him moving through the shadows Yama-kun.」

I shifted my attention while I nodded to president Yuiga.

「By the way. I was very surprised, president Yuiga. To think that you could also use the same grappling move that Ikusaba was using.」

That grappling attack just now was without doubt the same as Ikusaba’s.

「No, it’s a shame but I myself cannot actually use it.」

「Huh? What do you mean by that? But that body control, that was absolutely not a move a beginner could do.」

「You mimicked me right, shitty four-eyes?」

The one who said that was Ikusaba.

「Those glasses, I didn’t notice at first because the frame changed. I can’t believe they’re those..」

「I didn’t like the frame, so I tried changing it up. Because the ability is in the lenses after all.」

「But do you tamper with Nanana’s Collections to make it suit the current fashion, normally?」「In my opinion, this is preferable to just selling it.」

From Ikusaba’s annoyed words, I involuntarily looked at president Yuiga. Then, I finally noticed it.

「President, your glasses today. Aren’t they different from the ones you usually wear?」

「You didn’t notice?」

Ehh, to be honest that’s because I really don’t have interest in glasses for men.

「Whatever, but those glasses. They’re from Nanana’s Collection?」

In response to my question, president Yuiga nodded his head reluctantly.

「The name Nanana-chan gave them is Mimic Glasses. They let you mimic your opponent’s moves.」

「When did you get a hold of such a Nanana Collection?」

「When the first generation of the Adventure Club disbanded, all the Nanana Collections that we gathered were distributed between the members at that time. At that time, Konjou-senpai gave me these glasses. Their official name is Gilbert Balaam’s Copying Magical Spectacles. The frame was actually different, but it was so lame that I changed it up. Put simply: you can imitate your opponents skills and techniques, if you see them through these glasses.」

「Then that throwing move just now was you copying Ikusaba’s hand-to-hand combat with those glasses? That’s an amazing Nanana Collection!」

In contrast to how surprised I was, President Yuiga didn’t have a very positive look on his face.

「However, for me this Nanana Collection is the worst.」

「That’s just because these glasses are exactly like you, shitty four-eyes. 」

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「Though, I was really convinced that you were not going to use those glasses.」

President Yuiga glared at Ikusaba, who was laughing in an unpleasant manner.

「Don’t worry, Ikusaba-san. Just like you predicted, this is the first time I’m using them since Konjou-senpai graduated. I honestly did not want to use them. However, I thought of this kind of situation and could not help but wear them. In order to defeat you, that is.」

「Defeat me, is it? Well, surely as long as don’t use those on just anyone. Because there is really nothing to you.」

「…!!」

At Ikusaba’s words, President Yuiga’s expression became very grim.

「Ah well, the most important thing is that there is no way a shitty four-eyes will beat me. Not even if you pull out a Nanana Collection that’s only endowed with such a worthless power.」

Having declared that, Ikusaba continued to attack President Yuiga.

「Gilbert Balaam’s Copying Magical Spectacles, they can certainly copy your opponent’s skills and techniques. However, that’s all there is to it.」

President Yuiga was perfectly dodging all the kicks and punches that were coming his way. However, with attack upon attack his face became more distorted.

「Your body’s strength cannot keep up. That’s why even though you are avoiding my attacks like this, you cannot stand the pain of the evasive moves themselves. In short, no matter how much you mimic someone’s moves, as long as you are using them you can only become an inferior version of the person you are copying.」

President Yuiga somehow still continued to deal with Ikusaba’s attacks. However, soon he received a fist in his stomach. He was staggered.

「What’s more, there is a time limit. You cannot mimic something, unless you do so at the time you see it happening through the glasses. As a consequence, when some time has passed, you revert from a mimicking four-eyes to just a shitty four-eyes.」

Ikusaba tried to deliver a finishing blow to President Yuiga, who had fallen to a crouch, coughing.

「As if I’d let you!」

To prevent that, I rammed into Ikusaba. However, my attack was predicted.

At the same time my fist was evaded, my hand was grabbed.

「Oh shit.」

Just like that, I was slammed to the floor with full force.

「…! !」

What the heck is this throw? I can’t take a proper fall like this. Shit, this seriously hurts!

「You can lie down for a while!」

Bwack!

The color on Ikusaba’s face changed as he was startled by my attack. I jumped right back on my feet again.

「Arghh, damn it that really hurt!」

The back of my head hurts, my gut hurts, my butt hurts, and my right hand that was grabbed really hurts. It got sprained at the moment that bastard threw me just now.

「Well this sure is a surprise. You’re the first person to hit me back immediately after receiving taking one of my throws, Yama-kun.」

「Getting praise from you doesn’t make me happy at all!」

I kept lunging my fists, aiming for Ikusaba’s face.

However, Ikusaba dodged them and I ended up receiving his attack instead.

「I was startled for a second, but I’m glad the damage from my throw is still properly affecting you. Your movements are more sluggish than before.」

「Shut up!」

And then another one of my anger-infused punches was grabbed, and for the second time I was slammed against the ground.

「Oouurgh」

It seemed like the throwing technique was probably different from the las one, but it hurt just the same.

Ikusaba looked down at me as I was sprawled on the floor, unmoving.

「I wonder, did you finally lose consciousness from getting hit on the head?」

 「Th- there’s no way I would.」

I tried to punch Ikusaba in the face with my other hand, my left fist.

「Khu.」

Ikusaba dodged the punch. I won’t let him get away like this.

But Ikusaba also didn’t remain silent.

He stretched out his hand towards my right hand (which had grabbed his collar) and dug his finger strongly into a spot at the back of my elbow.

「Idchi!」

The hand of which the elbow had been grabbed let go of the collar on reflex. The offense didn’t end there. Ikusaba continued by seizing my right hand and trying to hold it in a joint lock. I realized this would be bad and forcefully pulled back my hand. Then I stood up and tried to create some distance between us. However, he didn’t let me get up so easily. As I was trying to get up, he kicked up against my jaw with his forefoot. I was painfully blow, but I managed to get some distance.

The damage on my side was great. Even though I hadn’t been able to get in more than one hit on Ikusaba.

I was panting.

「Going strong, Yama-kun.」

「Shut the fuck up!」

I closed the gap between us again, but that charge was just a feint.

That was because I saw that behind Ikusaba President Yuiga had gotten up and was starting for Ikusaba.

President Yuiga was approaching Ikusaba from behind his back. Perhaps it was the effect of Gilbert Balaam’s Copying Magical Spectacles, but his pupils seemed to have a reddish glow.

Ikusaba was distracted by my decoy just like that, and President Yuiga’s one punch hit him right from behind on his temple. When Ikusaba stumbled to turn around, he hit him one more time.

「Tch, this is what I meant when I said that. Even though our moves are the same, your fists are much lighter!」

Having brushed off president Yuiga’s fist, Ikusaba was now coming in for an attack instead.