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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 7 Chapter 7.10

「This time, the 《forced acquisition game》 will be the 《match taking》 game. However, unlike the first time, the team that took the last match will be the loser and will have to pay coins to the other two teams.」

The rules are a little different. But this is good. Match taking is easy to collude in. It’s a perfect match to trap M.

「The rate will be 10 times the number of laps.」

Although there is a negotiation time, the one who has the power to decide the effective rate is Yukihime-neesan from Sakura Team, who is in an alliance with our team. 「The maximum of sixty.」, she decides.

As a results of rock-paper-scissors, the turn order was M, Sansa-san, and then Yukihime-neesan.

The surefire way to win in this case is to adjust the rotation so that five sticks are played per turn, while the stick that M will have to take are the 6th, 11th, 16th, 21st, etc.

And so the battle begins.

M: 30th, 29th, 28th.

Sansa: 27th, 26th, 25th.

Yukihime: 24th.

M: 23rd, 22nd.

Sansa: 21st, 20th, 19th.

Yukihime: 18th, 17th.

Yes, we got it.

M: 16th, 15th.

Sansa: 14th, 13th.

Yukihime: 12th.

M: 11th.

Sansa: 10th, 9th, 8th.

Yukihime: 7th, 6th, 5th.

Hmm?

M: 「Well, 7th, 6th, 5th then.」

Sansa-san’s hand stops here.

Then she glared at Yukihime-neesan.

「You…」

「What’s wrong? Go ahead and pick up the last one.」

Yukihime-neesan smiles coldly.

Sansa: 「….1.」

It’s been decided then, the loser is Sansa-san. But what are you doing, Yukihime-neesan!!

As President Yuiga (the banker) announced that we were the losing team and needed to pay 60 coins to each of the Sakura Team and Cat Ear Team, Sansa-san yelled at him, 「Yo banker. This is a violation of our 《transaction》. 」

In response to Sansa-san’s report of a transaction violation, all the bankers gathered at the 《bank》 to begin deliberation.

Meanwhile us participants, who had returned to the main hall, were waiting at our respective bases. I couldn’t help but look towards the Sakura Team’s base, but Yukihime-neesan had a straight face. Haruto was yawning.

The monitor in the great hall was showing details of the deal that had just been exchanged between us, the Young Lady Team, and Yukihime-neesan of the Sakura Team, the subjects of deliberation.

Judging from the content, Yukihime-neesan’s actions earlier were clearly a breach of contract.

Less than a minute later, the banker Ino-san returned.

「I will now announce the results of the deliberations. The result is ‘innocent’, and there is no violation of the contract by the Sakura Team.」

「Huuuuh!?」

「Therefore, the transaction violation report from the Young Lady Team will not be accepted.」

This is unacceptable!

「Can you explain your decision to me?」

It was Lady Ageha who stepped forward to ask.

Seeing Lady Ageha’s reaction, Ino-san the banker pointed at the monitor.

「Please take a look here.」

A new contract was displayed on the screen.

《Transaction Statement》

Transaction teams: Sakura Team and Cat Ears Team

Time of Transaction: 04:01:22

Transaction Contents: Any future 《transactions》 made with the Young Lady Team will be annulled. Both teams will continue to cooperate.

Stamps: Diamond and Heart

「No way…「

What’s noteworthy is the time of the 《transaction》. In other words, this is 《transaction》 took place just before our 《transaction》 with them.

The transactions teams on this document were Yukihime-sand and her partner, and M (rather Nanana-chan) and her team.

So I turned my attention to M who was pumping her fist in excitement, looking as happy as can be.

That was you, wasn’t it Nanana-chan?

So Nanana-chan had already predicted that Sansa-san would try to win over Yukihime-san. …No, she probably made the same deal with the Great Detective Team as well, not just the Sakura team.

I glance at Sansa-san who is slouching in her chair. She doesn’t seem particularly panicked.

「Hahaa, I know what you’re going to do.」

Ah, it seems Nanana-chan’s heckling irritated her a bit. However, she immediately responds in the same tone.

「…Well, I guess I won’t be missing the 200 coins I was going to pay out in the contract.」

And at this point someone arrives at our base. It was none other than Yukihime-neesan.

Yukihime-neesan stood proudly in front of Sansa-san, meeting her gaze directly as she looked up at her.

「…psht, how boring.」

As Sansa-san spat out hese words in a sulky tone, Yukihime-neesan bowed respectfully.

「I learned a lot from this experience.」

After saying this to Sansa-san, Yukihime-neesan turned her back on Sansa-san and stopped in front of me.

「Well then, Young Master. If you need anything else, please let me know.」

Please don’t say things like that to someone you just scammed.

And then she whispered, 「…thanks to M and Young Master, it seems like a lot of poison has been removed.」

Hmm? What did that just now mean?

Thus the 25th turn ended.

The Great Detective Team easily clears the square’s task and gains more coins. Furthermore, the Sakura Team and Cat Ear Team steal the coins from the Young Lady Team, and as before, they split the coins evenly among the three teams.

Detective Team (blue spade): Detective & Thief – 500 Coins

Sakura Team (yellow diamond): Yamato Nadeshiko & Military Uniform – 500 coins

Lady’s Team (green club): Lady & Servant A & Servant B – 499 coins

Cat Ears Team (red heart): Cat Ears Mask & Cat Ears-chan – 502 coins

 「…goddammit are you serious?」

The four teams were just about even. The difference between the top and bottom places was only 3 coins. Before I knew it, our team was in last place.

「Hahaaa! What do you think of that Sansa!?」

With this result, M (rather Nanana-chan) raised her hands in excitement. She high-fived Nishi-san, Tensai, and Haruto, then shouted ‘Yay!’. Looking at us she taunted with ‘Wheeee!’

Wow, that looks like a lot of fun over there. I want to join in too.

But sadly, I am a minion of the evil Demon Queen (Sansa-san), so I can’t go over there.

Even so, I somehow understood that Nanana’s goal up until now was to equalize all the teams… but now that that had been completely achieved, I had to say without a doubt that Nanana-chan was in control of the situation.

Nanana-chan, who purified this world (through games) which had been ravaged by the evil Demon Queen (Sansa-san), is truly a hero. No, she’s a goddess.

「Yay! Sansa isn’t a big deal at all.」

Well, I guess there aren’t many goddesses who would get so excited that they’d be heckling their opponent like this.

In any case, as a minion of evil I feel like asking, 「Great Demon Queen, what should we do?」 in this situation.

However, Nanana-chan and her friends weren’t the only ones who were smiling at the results.

Grin

The one who had the eerie smile was the Demon Queen… or rather, Sansa-san.

「Now that all the conditions are met, let’s finish this off.」

With the creepy smile, that made me swallow involuntarily.

On the 26th turn, another 《forced acquisition game》 started. Of course it was Sansa-san and Nanana-chan competing. This was the seventh consecutive 《forced acquisition game》 between the two.

And this would be the final showdown of the night between the vicious intruder and the powerful earthbound spirit.

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Sansa was in thought as she headed to the robbery room, the venue for the 《forced acquisition games》.

Sansa already knows now that Nanana and the others are in cahoots. Nanana had gathered the participants together and was talking about her plan.

Other than that though, her guard was lax. Yeah, like for example, ignoring the gazes of the TV staff nearby.

The television staff, who were watching Nanana and the others discussion from the side, had their eyes fixed on the mouths of the group. They themselves may not have been able to understand what was being said, but Sansa could tell from watching through their eyes.

Nanana is of course aware of the power of the eyepatch that Sansa wears over her left eye, 《Klause’s Demon Eye》. However, she doesn’t know how well Sansa is able to use 《Klause’s Demon Eye》 now. Sansa has already mastered the use of the Nanana collection more than Nanana, the former owner, could have ever imagined.

Sansa can steal the vision of anyone within a 500 meter radius of herself. Moreover, she can steal the vision of multiple people at the same time. Of course, this exceeds the safe range of usage though.

Sansa, who started using the Nanana collection after her defeat five years ago, initially found herself over exerted and exhausted. However, she persevered and overcame this in order to realize its true potential, and now she doesn’t feel the strain of being over the limit at all.

Of course, there was a price to pay. Sansa’s left eye could no longer see much unless she was using《Klause’s Demon Eye》 to sneak a peek at what others were seeing. But the price of losing her left eye was worth it, because now Sansa’s left eye could see much more than it could before.