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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 7 Chapter 7.5

The emotions that flowed along with the tears were so overwhelming that Asumi herself was overwhelmed by it. In an attempt to somehow stem the tide washing over her, she grit her teeth and curled her hand into a fist. She desperately tried to hold back the endless tears that were flowing.

She was so scared that if she searched for it, it might be gone, and the precious feelings she had in my heart might disappear…

Asumi wiped her tears and took a deep breath, smiling.

「Sorry, I got a bit emotional. I’m fine now… Nanana-san? What happened?」

In front of Asumi, M (or rather Nanana) was blushing beet red with her head bowed.

「….sorry for teasing you.」

「W..why are you so embarrassed Nanana-san!?」

「No well, it was a very precious thought.. or lovely.. or nice.. or something like that. So… well, I asked it without much thought… I’m sorry.」

「Oh, please don’t apologize! It’s just going to make me embarrassed!」

「Well, come to think of it, I haven’t really had these kinds of conversations with my friends… so… I’m sorry.」

「Like I said, don’t apologize!」

Saki could feel Nanana’s timidness very clearly in her head.

It seemed to Saki that Nanana-san may not be able to resist this kind of talk.

Nanana apologizes to Saki, who has been watching all this from inside her head.

「I’m sorry Saki-chan. What can I say?」

「Please don’t apologize like that. That’s what I wanted to know. Thank you so much.」

Saki thought that Nanana-san was very cute when she saw herself bowing and blushing saying, 「Wow, kids these days are so thoughtful.」

And so Saki found out.

About Tetsu’s past.

About the people who loved Tetsu.

And the thoughts of those who still do.

「A..anyways, I’ll fix the situation somehow! Leave it to me! Leave it to your Onee-san!」

Nanana’s face was bright red and she was desperately trying to maintain her sisterly appeal.

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Just before the start of the second half

Detective Team (Blue Spade) Great Detective & Phantom Thief (Hikikomori): 150 Coins

Sakura Team (Yellow Diamond) Yamato Nadeshiko & Military Uniform: 204 Coins

Lady’s Team (Green Club) Lady & Servant A & Servant B: 1089 Coins

Cat Ears Team (Red Heart) Cat Ears Mask & Cat Ears-chan: 378 Coins

The second stage 《sugoroku de pon》, second half starts.

On the 21st turn, M (or rather Nanana-chan) immediately shows off her unique heavenly luck.

Since there are two teams that landed on the same square, a 《forced acquisition game》 will be held.

Her roll was the same number as our roll for the Lady’s Team.

Is it just a coincidence? Not at all.

After all, Nanana-chan preceded then to do the same exact thing three times in a row.

In other words, counting from the 20th, in the first half of the game, this was the fourth consecutive 《forced acquisition game》.

And in every one of these 《forced acquisition games》 Nanana emerged victorious.

「What is going on with this series of consecutive 《forced acquisition games》? And the Cat Ears Team’s Cat Ears Mask has won four games in a row. They are showing a furious comeback.

The voice of the live announcer echoes in the main hall.

As you can see, there is a real rush to catch up.

As the turns progressed and the number of laps increased, our Lady’s Team, who were once far ahead of everyone else, were helplessly losing coins.

However, I was feeling a strange sense of discomfort.

Sansa-san, who is constantly participating in the 《forced acquisition games》 and matching up against Nanana-chan, keeps losing. However, there is something strange about the way she’s losing.

As I was feeling something strange about this confrontation between the two, the 24th turn was about to begin.

Detective Team (Blue Spade) Great Detective & Phantom Thief (Hikikomori): 210 Coins

Sakura Team (Yellow Diamond) Yamato Nadeshiko & Military Uniform: 244 Coins

Lady’s Team (Green Club) Lady & Servant A & Servant B: 799 Coins

Cat Ears Team (Red Heart) Cat Ears Mask & Cat Ears-chan: 688 Coins

And then Nanana-chan started doing strange things again.

「Time-out please」, she suddenly shouted.

M (or rather Nanana-chan) then faced the confused opponents, and continued with a smile.

「Everyone who is not on the Lady’s Team, please gather together. Let me explain about Servant B-san.」

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So, Nanana… I mean M-dono, why are we forced to wear baseball gloves?」

Tensai’s question is valid. When Tensai, Asumi, Haruto, and Yukihime gathered for M’s meeting, they are told to wear baseball gloves that the realistic looking kumagoro had produced from somewhere.

「Ok everyone, this is to cover your mouth with. Imagine being on the mound of a baseball game」, M said while hiding her mouth with the glove.

While Asumi was confused and Yukihime was appalled, she said, 「Well, I’ll play the role of third base.」

Haruto gives M a thumbs up and says, 「Then I’m the pitcher」, and joins in the conversation.

「I’d like to know the reason why.」

Even though she did as she was told and covered her mouth with the glove, Yukihime was still not sure of this action.

「It’s to guard against Sansa’s Nanana collection.」

Everyone’s expressions change.

Yukihime asks M, 「The former Servant B, and the new servant B over there… I guess we can use their real names now… Isn’t the Nanana collection that Kurosu Sansa has something that can replace one person with another? 」

「That’s true. The ring that the former Servant B-kun, also known as Tetsu-kun, wore on his right hand and the ring that she now has on her left hand both make up the Nanana collection item. As expected, her ability is for the two of them to switch places. Since the participants of this 《game》 were only allowed to bring one Nanana collection, so of course Tetsu-kun only had that ring. …However, it’s a different story for the replacing player.」

「Hmph, so that means that when Kurosu Sansa replaced him, she not only had that ring, but some other Nanana collection with her as well.」

M nods in agreement at Tensai’s guess, but Yukihime immediately questions it.

「Wait a minute. Doesn’t the Nanana collection only replace the people? In fact, Kurosu Sansa is wearing the same black clothes that Servant B was.」

「That’s not the point. The ring can switch even what the people are wearing.」

「So what you are saying is that the black clothes that Kurosu Sansa is wearing now are not the ones that were worn by Servant B. Instead they were what Kurosu Sansa was wearing before switching places?」

「That’s right. I don’t know why she did it though.」

「So what exactly is Kurosu Sansa’s Nanana collection?」

M points to her left eye.

「That eyepatch. That’s the Nanana collection.」

「The eyepatch?」

「Yes. The design has been altered, so I didn’t recognize it right away, but I finally figured it out now. The Nanana collection is the 《peeping eyepatch》, officially called 《Klause’s demon eye》. By wearing it, you can see things from someone else’s point of view.」

「See things from someone else’s perspective?」

「Right now for example. Everyone is looking at me right? Can I see what you are looking at?」

「Hmph, so that means you can spy using other people’s vision?」

Tensai nods and says this to M‘s words.

「It’s possible that Sansa is still spying through us and seeing what we are saying now.」

「Can you hear people’s voices too?」

「No that’s not how it works. But Sansa can read lips, so I think she could easily pick up our conversation.」

「Please wait. Is that really possible? For example, imagine that Sansa could spy through my field of vision and read the movements of M‘s lips. However I can’t see the movement of my own lips when I’m speaking.」

「Then you would just need to steal my vision as well.」

「Is it possible to steal the vision of multiple people at the same time?」

「Technically it’s one person at a time, but once you get good at it you can switch between people instantly.」

「No way, then you could eavesdrop on other people’s conversations… no, you could ‘seesdrop’…」

「It looks like that Nanana collection has gotten quite a lot of use.」, says Yukihime, who was listening to the story. She snorts as she laughs.

「One mystery has been solved. During the 《13 old maid》 game against Ikusaba, Kurosu Sansa was just peeking through the vision of him and the banker. Once you know the secrets of the magic trick, you realize how simple it is.」

Hearing Yukihime’s dismissive words, M felt like she needed to respond.

「If that’s what you think, you’ll never be able to beat Sansa, Yukihime-chan.」

「 Yukihime-chan can’t? What do you mean?」

「That’s fundamentally wrong. The strength of Sansa does not lie in the power.」

「So what would you say then is the strength of Kurosu Sansa?」

「Well, basically everything about her is amazing, but… Specifically this time, maybe her directing?」

「Directing?」

「Sansa can direct all actions in the most effective manner.」