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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 4 Extra Story 1.1.1.10

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“TRANSLATOR:Foxsunes/EDITOR TheNix”

  As a result, the game started with us having the stronger cards. And finally in this game we were able to make Nanana-chan lose for the first time.

  I was super happy. D’arc seemed to feel the same way, and even Tensai showed an expression of relief. However, there was one person completely calm in this situation. Of course, it was the person who had lost her first game in the best out of 50 tournament: Nanana-chan. She didn’t act as if she was suspicious of us, or even mad about losing. All of a sudden her face just went blank.

  However when I think back on it now, I was so busy being happy about the situation that I didn’t really pay attention to it at the time. That’s why I did the exact same thing one more time, regrettably. And what’s more, this time I was in such a good mood, I was blatant about my cheating. I shuffled the cards in exactly such a way that the strongest cards, a quartet of two’s and both the two jokers, ended up on the bottom of the pile after shuffling. Then I used the exact same trick as before to deal the cards.

  That was when I got called out.

「Wait a second.」

  When I was about to deal the cards, Nanana-chan interrupted me to check.

「Hm? What’s up, Nanana-chan?」

「Show me those cards.」

  When Nanana-chan held out her hands to me, I felt a thick drop of sweat roll down my back.

「Eh, why?」

  Of course, in this situation, I couldn’t let any of my real feelings show.

「Because you are rigging the cards, Juugo.」

  Nanana-chan declared that with a dead-serious face.

「Uhh, wait. What are you suddenly saying Nanana-chan? There is no way I would….」

「That’s why I’m saying you should show those cards to prove that you’re not cheating.」

  Nanana-chan’s eye were not smiling. Rather, they looked serious and angry.

  To be honest, they gave me the feeling of being in a really bad spot. But I was obviously not the kind of idiot who would readily admit to cheating.

「It’s kind of mean of you to say it like that.」

  I had already shown that I was offended by her, so I decided to continue in that direction.

「So, what are you planning to do when you find out I haven’t cheated? Do you realize what that would mean?」

  Would it mean that you’re a little piece of shit with a bad personality? I was picking a fight as if I was trying to imply something like that. However, Nanana-chan didn’t plan on giving up at all.

「Of course, it’s okay if it was my fair loss. In the world of games, it is an unspoken agreement to never resort to something like cheating. That is why I am complaining about it. But if it is not the case, I will take my loss without any complaints.」

「There is no way I will let you just get away with that, though? Isn’t this a matter of trust?」

「Then, if I end up being wrong about this, I’ll do anything you say. I wouldn’t even mind wearing just an apron over my naked body, or becoming your girlfriend, Juugo.」

  The amount of sweat streaming down my back at this point was no joke. I had no idea that Nanana-chan would make such a provocative suggestion and persist to persuade me. Also, how many fights had this poltergeist gotten herself into before becoming a spirit? It made me look at the spirit girl in front of me, who had been at the top of the Great 7 with a new sort of respect.

  Before I even realized it, this had become a situation that I could not back out of anymore.

「You know, Juugo, when it comes to a game, I think generally everything goes. You can think of several strategies, outsmart the other person, and win. I think there is a certain kind of beauty to it. That’s why I’m not really complaining about what you and D’arc-chan have been doing until now….」

  Hey, what is with the serious tone she has been talking in? This damn poltergeist. And she noticed about me and D’arc teaming up?

「…. However. I can hold only ill feelings towards someone who is not even protecting the rules at a bare minimum. I always make sure punishment is dealt to the fellows who pull that kind of stunt.」

  Hearing Nanana-chan talk so seriously about this rule she made for herself, I swallowed audibly. At that moment, one of my family’s mottos flashed across my mind: 『If you do not get caught, all is well. But if you do get caught, you should prepare to die. Such is the fate of a cheater.』

「Juugo, Nanana-dono is insisting this much already. Hurry up and show her the top 6 cards of the deck. 」

  I involuntarily got startled and looked at Tensai, who had a devilish grin on her face.

So she also noticed it! However, that attitude….

  Then I understood. Tensai had foreseen that I would try to screw over Nanana-chan, and had intentionally let me get away with it. If I had been able to keep it up till the end that would be good enough for her, but in case I got caught she made sure that none of the blame would land on her. What is she, a politician?

「Come on, Juugo. Show those cards already, the quartet of two’s and both of the jokers on top of that deck.」

  Based on Nanana-chan’s cold words, I realized that my deeds had been completely found out. Thinking it was really impossible to fix the situation at this point, I threw down the cards and tried to run.

「As if I would let you run away!」

  Before I was even able to fully get up, I was grabbed by the collar. Just like that, I was pulled up and my body was turned upside down. Yes, upside down. For someone with such a slender body, this was an unimaginable amount of power.

  As I was held upside down at shoulder-height by Nanana-chan, I took a deep breath.

「Wait, for real?」

「You are going to pay for this, you shameless bastard!」

  KA-BWAM!!

  I am not kidding, I was slammed head-down into the floor with full-force. It was an undisputed perfect brain buster. After my head had crashed into the floor with a force that made the entire building of the happiness dorm shake on its foundation, I lay sprawled out on the ground.

「Okay so, since we were just simply playing cards, I will let you off with just this much. However, if you happen to do something like this in the future, I definitely will not forgive you for it. Just so you know.」

  Nanana-chan’s intense eyes as she was looking down at me were seriously terrifying.

「Well then, since Juugo unfortunately is broken, we might as well take a short break. I’m getting kind of thirsty.」

「I..I’m going out to buy us some drinks!」

  D’arc, who had so far been in a team with me and just been sanctioned, quickly stood up while trembling like a leaf.

「Then while you’re at it, also get some extra oreos, and a coffee milk.」

「Pudding for me, please.」

「I..I’ll be right back!」

  He stomped away at full force, and slammed the door close behind him.

「Then, shall we watch some TV?」

  Nanana-chan sat down on the bed as if nothing had happened. Ehm, this suffering the consequences of my own action is all well and good, but could you please worry about me a bit more…..

  That is as far as I was able to retain my consciousness. After this, along with my presence of mind, I also completely lost my memory. 

  Thanks to a full-body slam from Nanana-chan, my memory had largely returned.

  However, it was not everything yet. The only one thing I was still forgetting is what kind of punishment I had to undergo for losing the game. I had no clue.

  However, having regained all my other memories I looked at Tensai again, who had been talking.

「Let me say it one more time. Can’t the next game be the last one?」

  In our best-out-of-50 Daihinmin tournament, with the punishment game of terror at stake, just before the 46^th game Tensai suggested this. Everyone looked at her.

「What do you mean, Tensai-chan?」

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