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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 6 Chapter 4.6

「Isn’t this different than what I was told? Wasn’t this supposed to be a battle for two coins? 」

「Oh yeah, that was a lie. 」

The man who had been acting very friendly until just now spit that out with an evil grin.

Asumi is offended by this whole thing.

「I see. So you tricked me to coming into this room? 」

「Don’t say that I cheated. This is just strategy for the first stage. It seems that you didn’t attend the training seminar. 」

Hearing what the grinning man said, Asumi thought to herself, ‘I see…’.

Apparently this man knew that she hadn’t attended that seminar and targeted her.

Asumi placed four coins on the bet table while sighing and asked, 「Can I ask you one thing? 」

The man’s eyebrows rose at the sight of Asumi, who was neither angry nor regretful, just calm.

「What is it? 」

「Indeed, this method may have been given as a strategy. However this is still an act of deceit. Have you no hesitation in deceiving people? 」

「What are you saying? Are you an idiot? This is a game right? Yes, it’s a game. Every game has strategies. Nobody would complain about someone who is following a video game strategy. 」

The man is sneering while looking down on Asumi. Still, Asumi says, 「Do you really understand? 」

「I know. Tricking you into the game betting more than you want is the strategy. 」

「That’s not what I mean. This is M‘s…」

「Just stop it Asumi. Your words won’t reach this boy. 」

Asumi stops what she was going to say when this voice comes from out of nowhere. The man looks around with a surprised expression.

「But…」

「The weak only listen to the words of the strong. It’s frustrating, but the kid sees you as a weakling. This is why I hate people who can’t measure their own abilities. 」

「Who are you? Show yourself! 」

It appeared, as if responding to that demand.

The man’s eyes widened when he saw a face peek out from the chest of Asumi’s clothes.

「S…snake! 」

It literally looked like a snake. A small and elongated snake with beautiful sparkling scales. The snake came out of Asumi’s chest and wrapped around her neck. Its two eyes were turned as if looking at the man.

The man instinctively took a step back while being glared at by this snake.

H..hey Nee-chan. W..what’s with that snake? 」

「It’s not a snake. Tanabe-san is a dragon. 」

「T…Tanabe-san? …I mean A DRAGON!? …t…then perhaps that is Nee-chan’s Nanana collection? 」

「Personally I don’t call him a collection. 」

「Don’t worry Asumi. I don’t care. 」

「Shhh shhh shhh」, the very small dragon called Tanabe laughed and asked again.

「Now Asumi. The other day when you were have a battle of wits with that famous detective little girl, I thought it would be in bad taste to force my way in, so I followed Master’s wishes and stayed quiet, but are you not planning to use me even in this stage? If the one I look up to as master keeps being defeated, it will also affect my reputation as the guardian of the east. 」

「No, please lend me your help Tanabe-san. 」

「I understand. 」

In an instant, the entire room is enveloped in light.

「W..what is that? …U..uwaaaaahhhh! 」

When the light went away, the man opened his eyes and could help but scream because of what he say in front of him.

In this small room, a huge creature suddenly appeared behind Asumi, who was standing as she was before. It has two large horns of an unusual shape, fangs peeking out from a mouth so large it could swallow a man in one bite, and huge eyes staring intently at him. Its body is as long as a snake’s, there is no telling how many meters or how many tens of meters it is. However you can tell it is not a snake because it has four limbs. And the beautiful blue scales that covered its body told us that the huge dragon was actually the same smaller dragon from earlier.

The man completely froze in front of the huge dragon that wriggled its body as it covers the room.

「GUGAAAAAA! 」

The man fell to his knees on the floor with fear on his face. In the corner of the room a gorokuma was trembling in fear.

「So Asumi. What do you want me to do with this guy? Shall I eat him? 」

「Please wait just a moment Tanabe-san. 」

Asumi held off the huge dragon with one hand and stood in front of the man who was completely frozen in place.

「I’m going to ask you just once. If you admit defeat, nothing…」

「I lose. 」

「…wha? 」

「I lose. It’s impossible, I’ll never win. I’m sorry, please forgive me. 」

The man surrendered quickly. Well, Asumi noticed a puddle forming around the man’s crotch.

「Well, that’s boring. 」

Immediately after the surrender the big dragon turned back into a small snake. It swam smoothly through the air and slipped back into the cloths of Asumi’s chest.

「Tanabe-san! I’m ticklish. Please let me know before you go in. 」

Asumi blushed as she voiced her complaint. In a nasty voice Tanabe says 「That’s something I won’t do」, and became quiet.

Gorokumo, who of course had no objections with this result, raised its hand saying 「Shaaa」 as if to say ‘You’ve won’, although its legs were still shaking.

Asumi put a total of eight coins that were on the betting table into her own bag, and handed out a business card she had taken out of her pocket to the man, who was completely slumped over and openly weeping.

「Anyways, this is a business card for the Nanana collection community that we created. If you feel like it, please contact us. 」

When the stunned man took it, Asumi said, 「Then…」, and left the battle area.

「At least we have a win to start things… but not in the way I expected. 」

When I went outside and looked around, I saw the same smiling faces as before, all of them looking for someone to battle against. They must be feeling nervous.

「I was wondering what the 《game》 was like this, but I didn’t expect to turn out like this from the start. …But I guess it can’t be helped if M‘s first move is like this. 」

「Chairwoman, can you hear me? 」

Suddenly a voice echoed in Asumi’s head. Asumi responds to that voice without any hesitation.

「I hear you Misao-kun. 」

The voice was from Misao Imawano of the same community.

「This is our regular communication, is there anything you need? 」

「I just won and got four coins. 」

「As expected, Chairwoman. 」

「So, as mentioned in the meeting before we split up, it seems that most of the participants are setting up traps as instructed by M. Please let everyone know to be careful when accepting battles. 」

「Got it. …Sorry, Chairwoman. 」

「? What’s wrong Misao-kun? 」

「Because of this Nanana collection, I’m the only one who couldn’t participate in the competition. 」

「There’s nothing to be sorry about. Your communication system Nanana collection just isn’t compatible with this kind of competition. Besides, I’m the one that asked you to do it. 」

The Nanana collection that Misao is using this time is 《my feelings are conveyed to that special person》. The official name is 《ambolsa sacred tree》, and by holding this in your heart and visualizing a person in your head, you can communicate with someone far away. It is certainly an amazing power, but in these days of widespread use of mobile phones, it’s honestly not too impressive. On top of that, considering that only one side can transmit communication, it can only be described as a Nanana collection with a lot of shortcomings.

When Asumi saw the rules saying they would be confiscating mobile phones though, she decided this would be necessary.

「Misao-kun, we are a team and we complement each other. Using your Nanana collection as our means of communication will play a major role for all of us. So have confidence. 」

「OK, thank you Chairwoman. 」

Misao’s voice sounds cheerful after hearing Asumi’s words.

「Besides, we are all using a great selection of Nanana collections. It’s almost impossible for us to lose. 」

「I see. The chairwoman has Tanabe-san, and Dai-san has Soutenmange’s demons. Masaaki has his usual iron shackles, while Kuroko has a pillow that goes well with his delusional powers. I wonder if Haruto’s pocket watch is …strong? 」

「Haruto’s strength is being able to make the most of it. So there is no need to worry. Misao-kun can rest assured. 」

「Yes. I understand chairwoman. 」

「Also, please tell everyone again. ‘It’s ok to ignore some slight disadvantages, but don’t be afraid to take on a fight you think you can win.’」

「Got it. I’ll contact you again at the scheduled time in 10 minutes. 」

「That’s very dependable of you. 」

After finishing the conversation with Misao, Asumi looks around the park again. The same challenger is standing in the same place from before, waiting for someone else to come along.

In general there is no competition going on.

That’s how it seems to Asumi.

When will they realize they are being screwed by M?