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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 7 Chapter 6.6

Sakura Team and our Lady Team stopped on the same square.

Sakura Team’s representative was Yukihime-neesan who rolled the dice.

And then there was…

「Yo, it’s my turn.」

Batako-san returned at just the right time. Apparently she’s motivated by playing the 《forced acquisition games》.

「Where have you been?」

「Want to know?」

Batako-san has an evil smile that seems to be messing with people.

「No, I don’t want to know.」

「What’s up with that? Boooring.」

No, you’re definitely going to lie anyways.

Batako-san, who stepped forward as the representative, grinned at Yukihime-neesan.

「Well then, let’s go rabbit hunting for a bit.」

 

 8

 

Batako-san VS Yukihime-neesan.

In order to watch this showdown in person, I follow the two competitors to the robbery room.

Lady Ageha seems to be interested as well and is watching from next to me.

In the robbery room, the banker with the refreshing smile Yuiga is wearing a mask. There was also one woman from the staff operating the camera set up in the room. Maybe it was just my imagination but her clothes were a little disheveled… yeah, I’m going to beat up this guy for real.

Well I ignore the calls of violence from all the men in the world, and move on.

「Have you come to watch too Haruto?」

「Well, I guess so. But still Juugo, you’ve brought in a pretty incredible person.」

Haruto glares at Batako-san.

Oh yeah, that’s right. Haruto had slipped through the security of Nanaejima and entered with Batako-san’s guidance. Even though they aren’t acting like it, they are acquainted with each other.

By the way, the illegal entrance under the guidance of Batako-san only ended up being Haruto’s family (the Korunad family), had been ripped off a large amount of money by Batako-san.

「See ya.」

Haruto leaves with those words and takes a spot away from us. He doesn’t want to watch with us for some reason. He may be trying to be careful because we are competing against each other.

We turn our attention again to the 《forced acquisition game》 at hand.

The person who draws the cards that determine the game is Batako-san, the team representative who has the most coins.

She draws one card from the 2 being held out by President Yuiga.

It had the words, 《Blackbeard crisis》 written on it.

…yeah, anything is possible.

「Please proceed to table number 5.」

At President Yuiga’s direction, the two moved to a standing table with no chairs. Those of us that were there to watch also moved. Haruto stood behind Yukihime-neesan, so Lady Ageha and I decided to take positions behind Batako-san.

And what was placed in front of the two competitors facing off across the table from each other was a familiar barrel.

「Now let me explain the rules. The basic rules are the same. The person who sticks a sword into one of the 20 slots and makes the doll go flying loses. However, in this 《forced acquisition game》 there is a special rule that allows you to stab as many swords into the barrel as you want on your turn.」

It seems that some strange rule has been added.

「When it’s your turn, please declare the number of swords to be inserted into the barrel. You may then stab that many swords.」

Batako-san, who was listening to the explanation said ‘hmmm’ to herself.

「So are there benefits of stabbing so many?」

「No, not really.」

If there is any, it’s that stabbing a lot will put pressure on the opponent.

President Yuiga continues.

「The number of coins that will be won or lost is determined by the number of coins decided at the beginning times the number of swords stuck into the barrel when the pirate pops out. Please note that the number of swords initially decided on will be counted for this number.」

For example if there are ten swords stuck in the barrel and you declare that you will stab five, if the pirate pops out after the third sword, the count will be 15. This is because 5 swords were declared to be stuck in, even if only 13 were actually stuck in.

I mean…

「There is almost no benefit to going out of your way to declare a large number of swords.」

Batako-san’s grumbling was correct. All I can see are the risks. Well maybe it’s a way to increase the number of coins that can be stolen, but is it worth it?

Director Yuiga smiles bitterly and continues speaking.

「The maximum bet is 10 coins times the number of rounds, so it will be 30 coins. Then it’s time to negotiate…」

「No need to negotiate. 30 coins, I have no intention of betting anything else.」

Ignoring President Yuiga’s instructions, Yukihime-neesan offered a 30 coin max bet without any questions asked.

Batako-san grinned at this.

「Heh, isn’t that interesting?」

Surprising, yes very surprising. Because using the Max bet means that she is declaring absolute intent on winning against Batako-san.

「If you want, I’d be happy if we doubled it again.」

Somehow Yukihime-neesan is even more agitated.

「Eh, nope.」

In response, Batako-san responded with a straight face.

Yukihime-neesan looks confused at first for a moment, but she then laughs at her.

「Are you scared?」

「No, I mean you’re really motivated. And yet you are going out of your way to double your bet like a fool.」

Now hold on here. You did something similar just a bit ago.

「You are all bark and no bite.」

「Hey hey, there aren’t many women who are as humble as I am.」

No no no, I think every woman is more humble than you.

After bragging about her self-proclaimed humility (which was a total lie), Batako-san continued by saying this to Yukihime-neesan, 「Isn’t it true? If you’re not modest enough, you won’t get any men?」

「? What do you mean by that?」

「No, it’s a just a general theory, just in general. I just think if you keep telling men what to do and what not to do in a commanding tone, they will run away. Right Servant A?」

「Huh? Me?」, I asked pointing at myself.

Then Yukihime-neesan seemed to understand what Batako-san was getting at and glared at me with all her might.

Hey, I didn’t say anything!

「So when you want to provoke someone, you should do it in a more feminine and humble way. Let’s practice. Say, ‘Young Master, please play with me…’」

Bam

「Shut up!」

Yukihime-neesan’s fist slammed into the table. She glares at Batako-san, her ears burning red.

「What are you so angry about? Keep it cool, keep it cool. Hey Young Master, bring this girl some orange juice you idiot.」

「I don’t need any!」

No, please don’t glare at me.

Anyways, how does Batako-san know so much about us? No matter how I think about it, she seems to know everything about us.

This is dangerous. Yukihime-neesan, you should be a little more cautious about this.

Even though I knew she was on the opposing team, I was worried and tried to signal to her with my eyes. But Yukihimeherself seemed to be completely enraged and didn’t notice it at all. She was glaring at Batako-san as if ready to attack.

「I’ll make you regret your unrelenting words.」

「That’s impossible, because I’ll never lose.」

Yukihime-san looked as if she was about to spit fire from her mouth at any moment. Meanwhile Batako-san had a mocking grin on her face.

This is how the rate was determined. Before the match, the two distanced themselves.

Anyways, how did things end up this way? With Batako-san getting completely in Yukihime-neesan’s head.

「Hey, Servant A. Your father has done business with the company we run, and that woman calls you ‘Young Master’. Are you perhaps the son of a fairly well-off family?」

Lady Ageha, who was standing next to me, asked me this question.

「No, that’s not really true.」

「That’s a lie. Because I can see that you have received some kind of special education.」

「I..is that so?」

「Yes, because you have the same smell as me.」

No, even if that was right, I don’t’ want people thinking I come from the same type of people as someone who calls herself 「Lady」

Well, that aside… Are you OK Yukihime-neesan?

As if to help control her anger, she turned her back to Batako-san and took a deep breath.

On the other side, Haruto was smiling bitterly. It looks like he’s pretty pissed off.

「Sevant A, how do you view this matchup?」

Even though Lady Ageha asked me that question, I could only smile bitterly.

「No matter how you look at it, this is just a game of luck.」

However, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t concerned about Yukihime-neesan’s bullishness.

And so the match begins.

「I’ll let you take the lead. Stab all you like.」

Batako-san was so quick to provoke her opponent. The first player is at a disadvantage in this game.

「You’ll regret it.」