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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 4 Chapter 1.4

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“TRANSLATOR:Foxsunes/EDITOR TheNix”

 ｢ Yeah, I’m somewhat of an expert. ｣

  Hao-chan puffed her chest. Seems like I have a strong ally on my side.

 ｢ Alright, let’s do it right away.  ｣

  I gave the dealer money and got the chip.

***

  Sansa in reality had given up on the plan even though she seemed supportive of it when talking about it with Nanana. The initial cost to turn their dream into a reality is hundred billion yen. That was the amount Ikkaku Shunjuu had calculated and that amount was enough of an impact to make Sansa give up on Nanana and the rest of the group. It isn’t realistic, thus the dream that they had planned wouldn’t become real.

  There isn’t anything worse than a dream that can’t be realized. They use it as an excuse to throw away everything that they had built up. If you ask Sansa, dreams and admirations are poison that lead people astray.

  So Sansa thought that Nanana who could only see illusions would end up with a huge debt and end up selling herself.

  Sansa hired Hao who approached them when they came to this country as Nanana’s personal interpreter. Sansa told Hao to go around the casino after they lose all the money they have. Eventually a perverted old man would approach them showing a big sum to gamble with them and she had told Hao to accept the challenge if it happens. If they are able to win then they’ll be getting a lot of money but if they lose then Nanana would end up in a perverted geezer’s bed. Sansa predicted that it would be a fine end for a girl that kept dreaming. Sansa showed her the way since Nanana asked, she pulled her hand and led her to the entrance. But Sansa knew from the beginning that this path only leads people to hell. No matter what the reason, the destination of people who bet their hopes on a gamble has been predetermined. They end up being hyenas’ prey, as a result they get their bones crushed and sucked to the marrow and end up dying. Sansa knew it well since she had witnessed a person end up this way personally. Goodbye Nanana, stay strong in this country.

   ｢ Well then. ｣

  Sansa who said her farewell to Nanana in her heart started to think of something else. The reason Sansa came here is to prepare the framework for her ambition. Kurosu Sansa’s ambition is to get in touch with the underground societies that exist all around the globe and eventually create an organization of her own.

 Sansa has been steadily getting closer to creating the framework she needs. Since creating those connections is one of the things she needs and for that reason she came to this country’s metropolis’ casino. This casino is a special place where adults of prominent positions come to forget about the issues of the underground world by gambling.

  What can create such an environment you ask? It’s something that has an authority and violence that everyone fears, this country’s underground organization.

  No matter what kind of heinous act or scandals exist in this casino, nobody will investigate it. Once you get involved a retaliation worse than death awaits.

  Sansa came to meet with an executive of the organization who runs this casino. She reached the door at the end and people wearing black approached her.

 ｢ Pardon us, respected customer. This place is off limits. ｣

 ｢ I have an appointment with Rou Daren today, my name is Kurosu Sansa. ｣

  After hearing Sansa speak in their tongue, they asked Sansa to wait and started talking on the headset they were wearing.

 ｢Pardon us for the inconvenience, this way please.  ｣

  Sansa put on a friendly smile for the man. He got flustered and opened up the door. She followed the usher who came from inside the door and walked deeper into the hallway, up the stairs, and was guided up to the last room at the top.

  Rou, the owner of the casino, was sitting on the sofa. People in this world called him Rou Daren with respect and fear. She had heard that he was in his forties but he looked younger than that. He didn’t look that intimidating either. In fact he was a slim, handsome looking man. 

 ｢Oh my, gorgeous. ｣

  Rou stood up from the sofa and welcomed Sansa with a smile.

  Sansa returned the gentle smile witnessing his reaction and grinned internally. Kurosu Sansa has a firm view when it comes to life. It is a unique personal theory regarding life and the way a person looks is an important part of her theory. There are people who say that personality matters when it comes to people but according to Sansa that’s just being naïve. It isn’t wrong that personality decides the worth of a human being but to understand who people truly are requires a lot of time and effort. It is tedious work and most people tend to skip that effort. People don’t ponder about what people are like inside. If they are indifferent to that person then that’s more of a reason not to spend their time on it.

  Sansa’s usual outfit is that of a delinquent and she has dressed up like that for her research. The majority of the people will pay attention to beautiful or handsome looking people. Why is that? That’s because people are hardwired to be attracted to beautiful things. Following the same logic, the majority of the people will not approach malice on their own will. Nobody likes to be in danger.

  That’s why people stare at beautiful women and handsome men that they see on the street, while they look away from scary looking people or the delinquents. Sansa believes that the way people look can give them a big advantage. In order to give a good impression to people who are meeting you for the first time and the people are indifferent about you, you need to have looks good enough to leave an impact.

  It wouldn’t be an exaggeration if to say that everything gets decided by the first impression. If you want the other person to give you a hundred out of a hundred in likability and if your first impression is really bad then you would start at zero points. But if it is a good first impression then you would start out with eighty points. If your end goal is to take it to hundred points then you need to put in effort worth hundred points. If your first impression is that good you don’t need to put in as much effort the rest of the time.

  It’s the difference of the first impression that can drastically change how you need to act afterwards.

  That’s how Kurosu Sansa thinks. 

 ｢Rou Daren, it’s a pleasure meeting you. ｣

  Rou was surprised after hearing Sansa speak their language fluently.

 ｢It’s quite amazing that you can speak our language. ｣

 ｢I can also talk in English if you want. ｣

  Sansa replied in English and Rou laughed and spoke back in English.

 ｢No, it’s fine. I want to have a conversation in my language. ｣

 ｢As you wish, Rou Daren.｣

  Sansa tells others that she doesn’t have much knowledge because she is a middle school dropout. But even so, Sansa learned six languages on her own and now she can speak and understand them well.

  Language is an important factor too, whether you can speak them or not changes your impression too. But then, according to Sansa, language is just a tool to be on good terms with someone else. It’s a means to scoop up information that’s all over the place and an antenna to understand what the other people are thinking. And just like these examples, Sansa’s theories are quite numerous. Sansa uses her courage and boldness to converse with people and on top of that she speaks and acts based on her theories in order to leave a strong impression on others.

  Having well established theories and philosophies regarding life can turn into a great strength. The results of Sansa’s theories have been proven by the connections she has made. Sansa has succeeded in creating a vast network at the young age of sixteen.

  It isn’t something that a person is given due to their birth, bloodline, or house like Kakyou Uzuki. Neither is it something that was created by talent like what Futaba Saito or Mutsumi Koma have. It’s something Sansa has created from scratch, bit by bit. It is definitely Sansa’s strength. There is no grace or talent involved in it. She built it up little by little, making it stronger, and never giving up even after being covered in the filth of her deeds.

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