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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 6 Chapter 3.3

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Juugo and his group were acting on their individual ideas, as the other participants were also considering what to do.

The participants were in a panic when M announced that she was holding a ‘must-win’ strategy training session. Besides them, there was other groups that was in a hurry to take action.

「Now then gentlemen, get your coin out of your bags right away. 」

The first is a quartet with a perfectly formed master-servant relationship.

The young lady’s name is Ageha Kachiyou. She is a third-year student at Nanaejima’s First high School, where the best and brightest students gather. She is the eldest daughter of the famous Shukan family, a well known wealthy family.

In response to Ageha’s command, the three men in butler uniforms offer coins they have taken out of their bags.

「Now, which one should I choose? 」

Ageha is examining the coins in the palms of her three subordinates, Inui, Loto, and Hamaji, who were all wearing pet collars.

「Um, young lady. What are you planning to do? 」, asked Loto, a brown-haired servant who didn’t understand the meaning of Ageha’s actions.

「Of course I’m choosing whose coin I’d like to use. 」

「Eh!? Is it ok to trade coins directly with each other? M explained earlier that it’s supposed to be done in the battle area right?」

To Loto’s surprise, Hamaji, the baby-faced servant, laughs.

「As usual, Loto-kun is an idiot. Of course it’s fine right? There’s nothing forbidden about it.「

「Damn you Hamaji. Who are you calling an idiot? You know what though, M never said anything about it…」

「If the rules forbid it, they would have said so. If the rules prohibit it they should tell us. Using the battle areas to compete is only one way to take coins from others. M is proof that this is the case herself. 」

Loto’s face obviously looks confused at this.

「You’re talking about the sure-win strategy seminar of course. 」

The one who answered was Inui, a servant wearing glasses.

「What do you mean Inui? 」

「M is the organizer as well as a participant. In other words, as a participant she must abide by the rules. M is holding a training seminar and charging a fee for entrance. That means that if anyone attends they will be giving her a coin. 」

「Huh? You mean M was not acting as the organizer and using special rules, but as a participant who is demanding payment in return for information? 」

「That’s right. The handicap is probably something she placed on herself as the organizer, but there is no need for her to hold a seminar as an organizer. Otherwise it doesn’t make sense. Well, just like in the streetcar, if she says ‘I’m the organizer and I’m special’, then that’s the end of the matter. 」

「But you know…」

Ageha shoots an angry glance at Loto as he was grumbling and talking back.

「Loto really is a failure. I told you it would be all right. I’m saying it, so there’s no mistake. If youw ant proof, take a look over there. 」

In the direction that Ageha was pointing was a black snowman, or gorokuma. The gorokuma stares at Ageha and the others but doesn’t do anything special.

Ageha approaches the gorokuma.

「Hey listen. I’m about to receive coins from my servants on the basis of an agreement, do you have any qualms with this? 」

Upon being asked this the gorokuma froze for a bit, then turned away as if to say , ‘No, I have no problem with that’.

Satisfied with the response, she returned to her group.

「How’s that Loto? 」

「Yes, I’ve been convinced. 」

「I’m glad」, says Ageha while smiling.

It is easy to think that the choices at this moment are either ‘1, attend the seminar’ or ‘2, do not attend the seminar’, but in fact, these are not the only options available. There is also ‘3, move on to the second stage without participate in the first stage at all.’

Since 10 coins are required to proceed to the second stage, so all you have to do is collect them from your allies. Therefore exploitation, which is normal Ageha’s group which has a master-servant relationship, is about to take place.

「Well, since I don’t want to be unfair I guess I’ll take them from everyone. 」

With that said, Ageha grabbed two coins from each of the three servants’ hands.

With this, Ageha now has 11 coins and is guaranteed to advance to the second stage before the first stage has even started.

After putting the coins into her bag, Ageha turned around and looked at her three servants.

「It’s a good thing you guys are here. You’re going to come out victorious. That’s an order. 」

「Yes, ma’am」, they all say at the same time.

Elsewhere is the 7th High School community.

「I had heard this from Daisei, but the organizers’ actions were worse than I expected. 」

Asumi Nishi, a third-year student who was the leader of this community and the student council president of the 7th High School, muttered this as she watched the participants heading towards the seminar.

「As expected, Asumi really hates this kind of thing. 」

The person who says this and is smiling bitterly is Daisei Amagi, a blonde yankee second year student who holds the title of Student Council Vice president of the 7th High School. The other side of Daisei is that he is a master of 《ruin》 strategy and is nicknamed 《strategist》. Also he was one of the participants in the last 《game》 held 2 years ago.

「I do not approve of methods that take advantage of people’s weaknesses. 」

Asumi always speaks her honest opinions.

After the tanabata Festival the other day, Asumi and her friends competed with Juugo and his friends for the password, and they are also participating in the event with the aim of winning the prize, 《Nanana’s Sword》.

The goal of Asumi and her group is to promote the name of their newly established Nanana collection community and to recruit participants. Strong communities with a proven track record and strength are more likely to attract people. In order to do this, it is necessary to win the game and obtain the winning prize, 《Nanana’s Sword》.

This time, all six members of Asumi’s community are participating.

「So, what should we do Asumi? There are six of us and we have 30 coins in total. One way to do this is to just exchange coins among us and make sure three of us advance. 」

When Daisei suggested such a possibility, Asumi shook her head.

「I want everyone to move on to the next stage. Let’s all think of ways to accomplish that. 」

Daisei let out a sigh at his leader’s statement.

「You’re a sweatheart aren’t you? 」

Well, that’s what’s so great about Asumi, thought Daisei. But he didn’t say it out loud.

「So, what about the seminar? 」

「Considering the time limit, it’s better to get all the information we can. 」

「Then should we all go? If so, then that would mean we pay 6 entry fees. …That would be a waste. 」

Asumi giggles as Daisei scratches his head.

「There’s no need to do that right? We are a team. We just need to send someone in as a representative and share the information they bring back. 」

「I see. That’s a good idea. As expected of Asumi. 」

「Daisei should be smarter about it. There is a big difference between when you do and don’t use your head. 」

Daisei looks disgusted as Asumi points this out.

「Whatever. So, who do you want to go? 」

Daisei looks at the other 4 people. There is Masaaki Kishitani, a third year student and martial arts instructor. He’s a reliable sempai. Misao Imawano, a second year student classmate who is attentive to every little detail. Kuroko Ooki, a second year student who is a tall woman with unusually long bangs. And finally there is the only foreigner in 7th high school, an international student with the silly name of Nightheart D. Polnaroff.

Asumi put her hand on her mouth as she thought.

「One is Misao-kun. And I want one more to go, either Daisei or Haruto. 」

「Eh, two people? Just Misao would be fine. Misao is good at this kind of thing. 」

「No, that may not be enough. I don’t know what the true meaning of this seminar is. I want Misao-kun to be concentrating on the explanation of the rules and such, and the other person to be looking for if there is anything else of interest. 」

「Wouldn’t that be wasting a coin? 」

「I wouldn’t say it’s a waste. A waste would be spending the money and effort and gaining nothing at all. This is different. This is a necessary expense to ensure the reliability of the information and to gain additional information. 」

「It’d be a waste if there is nothing else to gain. 」

「The goal is to create an environment that allows for the best results. 」

As Asumi looked proud Daisei stopped himself from voicing further objections.

Misao Imawano, who was the first to be nominated, raised her hand.

「Then I suggest Dai-chan please. 」

When Misao makes this recommendation it is met with a look of concern from Daisei and 「Oh, shit! 」.

「That’s terrible Misao. Why wouldn’t you choose me? 」

Nightheart D. Polnaroff shouts in broken Japanese with a surprising amount of passion. Among his friends he is nicknamed Haruto.

Haruto is a sophomore at a college near Seventh high School and has known about the Nanana Collection Community for about a year. They met when Haruto was sneaking into the newly established Seventh High School, and as a result cleared the 《ruins》 in the school together. He then became part of the community.

Although this man is easy going when it comes to women, he has a variety of knowledge and skills that normal people would not have an opportunity to learn. He has a strange focus on his knowledge and studies, such as methods of disarming traps, independent preliminary investigations, etc, but it has proven to be very useful in conquering 《ruins》. When he was asked why he knew so much about these kinds of things, he replied, ‘I’m aiming to become an archaeologist who uses whips.’

「I know that Haruto-san is good at probing the insides of people, but he is clearly a sexual harasser. 」

「That’s not sexual harassment! I’m just extremely touchy-feely. 」

Haruto laughs by himself at his American joke. By the way, this man is from an aristocratic country in Northern Europe.

Seeing Misao, who was already covering her ears and turning her back to the man sexually harassing her, Daisei nods.

「OK, I’ll go with Misao」, Daisei says casually.