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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 5 Chapter 5.4

I hurriedly tried to make excuses, but then I realized something important.

「That’s right! That super-beautiful woman will grant a wish. I can ask her to dress like a teacher with glasses and we can have a secret supplementary class, just the two of us. Dammit, that’s it! 」

Why can I only have one wish come true? Well what if there were two of me…

「…」

This is bad, Yukihime-neesan has started to completely ignore me. I decided to sit down quietly and reflect on my actions.

「Now, we will explain how the drawing works! Please look at the large display at the back of the stage! Each wish strip is pre-numbered and a number will appear at random! The hostess will press the stop button to select one of the numbers and determine which wish will be fulfilled. 」

A blonde-haired event girl appeared from the bottom of the stage while pushing a stand with a button with the number 5 written on it. She pushed it in front of Utsuki Kakyou-san and then left the stage.

「OK then, this is the lottery of fate! 」

There is a drum roll as all the numbers on the screen change randomly too quick to see. Everyone at the venue and on Nanaejima were watching intently at the moment that Kakyou-san pressed the switch and the numbers stopped.

「Strip number 53,210 has been selected. Kakyou’s slot is awarded to Futoshi Oowada-san. 」

The shouts and groans of those who were not selected echoed from around the venue.

「Now for the wish… Oh, this is an awesome wish! …The event staff has begun to move in a hurry… we are going to wait for the announcement? Ok then let’s go to commercial! 」

The whole venue is buzzing with anticipation. Then after a few minutes the announcer was heard again.

「Thank you for waiting. I was going to announce the wish here but the plans have changed! I just contacted Futoshi Oowada-san! He is in the area so we asked him to come to the venue and make his wish in person! 」

The crowd in the venue roared.

Within five minutes Futoshi Owada-san, surrounded by six security guards, appeared at the back of the audience. With the spotlight on him, Futoshi Owada-san slowly walks towards the front of the venue.

BAR SQUALL. BAR SQUALL.

「Oooops, a bar squall is about to explode from the venue! Futoshi Oowada-san pushes his way down the Champions Road while the screams of curses from those who weren’t selected are heard around him. He is 168cm tall and weighs 94kg. His strong legs and glasses are his charm point. However his aura and eyes are unusually sharp! What is this? Is this the style of the chosen one? His appearance while going to the stage and being flanked by security guards makes him look like a world class boxer heading to the ring. This man has come here to take the world by storm! 」

True to the announcement of his weight and size he is a very large man. Why does he look like a pig now though? Well not a pig, more like a boar. Well you might even say he looks like a grizzly.

Futoshi reaches the stage with Utsuki Kakyou-san. He starts off by shaking hands with Utsuki-san. Then the audience screamed.

「Congratulations Futoshi-kun! 」, says the live commentator.

「Thank you! 」

「Can you tell us how you are feeling right now? 」

「Very happy! 」

「Now let’s hear Futoshi-kun’s wish for Utsuki Kakyou-san! 」

The hall fell silent and a drum roll started. Futoshi Oowada shouted his wish.

「I want you to step on me, with all your might! 」

After a moment of stunned silence, screams rise from the venue.

「So, Futoshi Oowada’s wish is ‘to faint after being stepped on by Utsuki Kakyou’! 」

The whole venue was buzzing at the unexpected request. Is that seriously his wish?

Utsuki-san, who took the microphone, was very confused. Of course she would be.

「This is trouble. Sheesh, will she really do it? 」

What? Is she going to do it, I wondered.

Crack!

Utsuki-san’s splendid high kick smashes into Futoshi’s cheek. He takes the unexpected blow to the head. Futoshi’s body slackens as it dances and writhes in the air. Futoshi is knocked to the ground and holds his face as he slumps to the floor. Utsuki-san steps on his body.

「I guess that’s what he wanted. 」

She twists her heel into him, occasionally kicking his back and stepping on his face.

「No no no, I’m not good at these kinds of things. 」

No no no, you’re doing great. I mean, you seem like you are used to this kind of thing. I watch with a smile on my face.

The expression on the face of the man who sought that pain was ecstatic. What is even going on here?

「To everyone who is watching this television program: We are currently broadcasting a perverted act on the public airwaves. Adults who are watching this with their children are advised to cover their children’s eyes with their hands. Junior high school students are also urged to refrain from watching this part of the program. Please note though that the station has no plans to change the programming or replace these images. This is Futoshi’s shining moment. Think about it, Futoshi is definitely throwing his life away. I don’t believe that a bright future awaits a man who has spoken out in front of the public this way. He will never have a normal life. In other words, he’s thrown away a normal life in exchange for this moment. This is the moment Futoshi Oowada has peaked. This is not a horror movie, it’s a moving documentary! This is no difference than a video of the birth of a baby white seal! This is very moving! 」

How is that possible?

「We at 《NNE》 are proud of doing the things that major TV stations could never do! 」

Is that true?

Before long, Futoshi Oowada, who had been stepped on without mercy, lost consciousness with an expression that said ‘I have no regrets in my life’.

Futoshi Oowada was carried by stretcher off the stage by the staff. The stand with the button on it was cleared away by the same blonde girl from earlier. After fulfilling the wish assigned to her, Utsuki-san sat down with a smile on the special seat reserved for her beside the stage.

「What is with this festival? 」

「Yeah…」

This is the beginning of a new wave, or rather an incident.

「Let’s get back on track now and draw to see who the next presenter will be! 」

Next, the girl doing the live commentary drew the number 2. Like Utsuki Kakyou-san, a man in white appeared on the stage and cheers rose from around the venue.

「So, the next person to appear is Saito Futaba! The genius who serves as Director of Nanaejima Development Research! It is no exaggeration to say that over 80% of the technology on this island comes from his mind! On the other hand, he is also known as a mad scientist because of his radical statements and inhumane actions! 」

I had imagined him being a genius scientist wearing a dirty lab coat, but I was wrong. He wears a lab coat like a scientist but that’s all. She has blonde hair and rabbit-shaped earrings in her ears. With her slender figures it would be more convincing if she was introduced as a host or something, rather than a scientist. Hmm, so that’s Saito Futaba?

Saito Futaba stood in the middle of the stage, and a girl with twin-tail hair, different from the girl earlier, carried a stand with a switch labeled 2 on it. According to an announcement, he received 15,889 votes.

Again there is a drum roll and the displayed number is changing quickly. Saito Futaba presses the switch and the numbers stop.

「Strip number 31,950 has been selected! Futaba Saito’s slot is awarded to Naoki Toudou! 」

Shouts and applause resounds throughout the venue.

「I will now read the request to Saito-sama, ‘My name is Naoki Todo, a graduate student at Central University on Nanaejima. I am impressed by your inventions. I would be very grateful if you would allow me to be one of the researches in your laboratory.’ Well, this is a very serious request! 」

After hearing this, Saito Futaba who had grabbed the microphone, spit out a quick reply.

「That’s boring. I’m rejecting it. 」

「Huh? 」

「Yo, Naoki. Are ya an idiot? Why did you send your wish to me, stupid? Don’t get too excited. If you have something to ask me then come ask me in person! This would be boring for TV so I’m not going to do it. Give me a different one. 」

「Yeeeaah, no. That’s not how the rules works. 」

「Shut up, I make the rules. 」

「There he is! The mad scientist! 」

Yells of cheers and surprise were mixed together. Futaba called from the venue for one more wish. He was stirring up excitement raising both hands.

「Well then, Saito-sama. Hit the switch again please. 」

There is another drum roll as Saito Futaba hits the switch.

「Strip number 15,412. Takeru Sano-san… no kun. This is a three year old boy.Congratulations Takeru-kun. Are you watching on TV? 」