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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 4 Extra Story 1.1.1.7

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“TRANSLATOR:Foxsunes/EDITOR TheNix”

「So leaving everything aside we all will be having a party in this room, I won’t take no for an answer.」

  The landlady’s act of barbarism was completely disregarding our rental contract. And for some reason Shiki-san was throwing the party in my room without my consent. Shiki-san brought in a lot of beer and started demanding snacks. She had D’arc next to her and was sexually harassing him every so often, or actually it was more like all the time. Tensai was going around by herself and started reading the mystery novel I was reading without asking me first. She had just read twenty or thirty pages and said 「This woman is the culprit.」

  Things couldn’t get any worse here. I was fed up with the boyfriend-less landlady nearing her thirties being a nuisance, Nanana-chan who was a ghost and couldn’t step out of this room was enjoying the situation. 

「Woah, it has been a while since someone came here to visit us like this so it’s really fun.」

  I couldn’t complain about it after hearing Nanana-chan saying that with a big smile. Well, it is enjoyable so I guess it’s fine, and with that thought I joined them. Since we didn’t have anything to eat in the refrigerator we ordered pizza. We ate and talked, watched television, laughed a lot, and shouted frequently. Our noisy commotion was nothing more than a nuisance to my neighborhood and lasted for about four hours. Things changed around ten p.m when Shiki-san passed out after drinking so much beer at such a high pace. 

  The commotion had ended and I went to the kitchen to clean up the mess and to wash dishes. The landlady who had drank the entire beer case (twenty four cans of five hundred milliliters) was sleeping soundly and D’arc who was getting sexually harassed by her was sitting next to her with his face all red. He had his thighs closed and was moving them, it made him seem like a frail girl. Nanana-chan was watching the television with pudding in one hand. Tensai took the cards on the shelf and observed the patterns on it one by one. 

  I returned to the room after being somewhat done with the clean up and Tensai raised her hand while holding the cards as if she was waiting for that moment. 

「Hey, how about we play cards?」

  They were the A certain Geas: Funga Funga of Rebellion cards that I had won in the character product lottery in the convenient store nearby. It seems like Tensai wants to have more fun even after all she has done. I didn’t have any reason to reject her proposal so, 「I’m fine either way.」, I replied right away. And there was no way D’arc would turn down Tensai so she nodded, but then something unexpected happened. It was Nanana-chan who showed that she was unwilling to play. 

「Ummm, I’ll pass.」

  Yeah, that lonely earth bound spirit was unwilling to play with the others. I couldn’t help but pry and asked her why she didn’t want to play…..

「It’s not that I am against playing together with you guys, since it’s extremely enjoyable. The reason why I don’t want to play is because I don’t like playing cards that much.」

「Oh I see, that’s unexpected. I didn’t think that you were bad at games like this, Nanana-dono.」

  Similar to Tensai, who uses ‘Dono’ for a certain person, Nanana-chan’s words were surprising for me too. if you knew Nanana-chan’s feats from when she was alive, you would think that she was a fearless person and there was nothing she could accomplish. It’s quite a surprise that she is bad at cards. But it seems like my deductions about it had completely missed its mark. 

「No, it isn’t like that. I would definitely win no matter what happens so I would be a wet blanket if I play cards with others.」

  Nanana-chan made a declaration that she was going to win no matter what and at that D’arc’s facial expression changed to that of ‘Oh, shit.’ Whatever the attendant was fearing at that moment came true. 

「Rest assured, Nanana-dono. The person who will win no matter what will be this supersleuth, Ikkyuu Tensai.」

  Tensai grinned and her eyes had a strong glare, it seemed like Nanana-chan’s words had pumped her up. 

「Is that so? In that case, I guess I can try playing.」

  It seemed like Nanana-chan wanted to win too. But unlike Tensai who was completely focused on defeating Nanana-chan, it seemed like Nanana-chan was just happy and excited to play. 

「So, what kind of game are we going to play?」

  I asked while I shuffled the cards that I got from Tensai. 

「I am fine with anything, I’ll let Tensai-chan decide.」

「Then, let us play Daihinmin.」

「Oh yeah, there’s four of us so it seems like a perfect game.」

  I answered casually, I hadn’t been much enthusiastic about the game back then. We all had just enjoyed a party and I was thinking of casually playing cards to end the commotion we had earlier in the night. 

「But it seems boring just to play cards, how about we bet something? Let’s see…..like the person who would lose will be getting a penalty?」

  Tensai suggested and Nanana-chan replied with a smile. 

「Oh, that seems a bit fun.」

「Well then…..how about we play for a couple of times and the person will get the penalty if they get last place a certain amount of times? Three times maybe?」

  Tensai replied casually. 

  Everything was smooth till then…..things would have been like that if only Nanana-chan hadn’t said something absurd. 

「Yeah that’s fine. Oh, and let me add a special rule to it.」

「A special rule?」

「Everyone can go with three times but I would lose even if I come at bottom even once.」

  She suggested that with a smile. All of us were baffled by it in a different way after hearing her proposal. I was surprised at Nanana-chan’s recklessness since she suggested a rule that was going to put only Nanana-chan in a position of disadvantage. D’arc was probably surprised for the same reason, he had a similar face as me unable to understand why she was doing that. 

But there was one person who had interpreted Nanana-chan’s words in a different way. 

「…..Ku, ku, ku, ku, nya hahahaha.」

  I looked at Tensai since she was laughing in a peculiar manner. And there is only one reason why Ikkyuu Tensai is laughing like this, which is when things don’t turn out as she expects them to. 

「Well, this is quite interesting. I can’t hold myself back from laughing. I didn’t expect you to give me such a handicap, Nanana-dono. It has been a while since someone has taken me so lightly. 」

  It seems like Tensai had taken that as Nanana-chan looking down upon her. But yeah, Nanana-chan’s words could be taken like that too. 

「I am not taking you lightly or anything, Tensai-chan. But like if I don’t do something like this then we wouldn’t be able to have fun.」, Nanana-chan replied with a smile and without a shred of any malice. Her smile had no ill intent in it. That was when I realized that Nanana-chan was serious about what she had said. 

  I was surprised that Nanana-chan, who wanted to get along with everyone, would say something provocative like that. But it is evident that her words had set Tensai on fire and I could see that Tensai’s cheeks had been twitching for a couple of seconds. 

  This is bad. 

「Alright, let’s calm down now. It’s just cards.」

  I tried mediating the situation but Tensai gave me an intense glare. 

「That’s right, Juugo. It’s merely cards, a game. We don’t need to get heated up for something like this.」

  Tensai said that but her eyes were dead serious. 

「Y..yeah, that’s right. Hey now, let’s have fun together. 」

  I mustered up my strength and called out with the spirit of love and peace. Then Tensai, who was looking at me with a displeased face grinned boldly, as if she had a malicious idea. 

「It is as Juugo said. It was immature of me to make a fuss about mere cards.」

「Yeah, Tensai. We are going to play cards and they are something that are meant to be enjoyed together.」

  I nodded while being relieved inside. But my relief was short-lived. 

「I shall follow Juugo’s words and enjoy things to the fullest. I am sure everyone is fine with the penalty getting a bit extreme. So, let’s do this. We can decide different penalties depending on the person who’s going to get the penalty and only the one who loses will get the penalty. 」

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