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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 8 Chapter 7.3

Meanwhile, someone arrives at the hanging garden.

「Oh」, says the incredibly beautiful woman who appears. My eyes are glued to her. It’s a face I’ve seen at the tanabata festival. The beautiful woman in a kimono was Gogetsu Kakkyo-san. But that’s not all. Next arrives a scientist in a white lab coat… or should I say, a mad scientist. Saito Futaba-san was also a member of the GREAT 7. And then there’s yet another person…

「Huh? Is it Juugo?」

「Shiki-san!」

Shiki-san is not dressed in her usual lazy manager wear, but in a suit. She’s like a beautiful woman in men’s clothing. She looks at me with a surprised expression.

I asked a question to that familiar face, 「Um, I heard that you were giving instructions to the General Security.」

「Ah, my title is honorary advisor, but I had some trouble and I had no choice but to lead them. …Ugh, I’m tired. I want to go home and drink beer. I want to drink in the sun in the middle of the day, drink until I lose consciousness.」

No matter how you look at it, you’re still a lazy manager inside.

「By the way, what about the trouble….」

「Oh, Sansa pretended to be the general security and was harming the students… Ahh!」

Suddenly, Shiki pointed and shouted. The person she was pointing at was, of course, Sansa as she was hugging Mutsumi.

「You. Sansa!」

She ran off while confused and grabbed Sansa by the collar.

「Hey, Shiki. What are you doing all of a sudden?

「You broke Nanana’s will!」

「I don’t know anything about any will.」

「By the way, where’s Kiyomi? Give us back our captain!」

「I released her a while ago. She exchanged email addresses with one of our young guys and went home with a big smile on her face.」

「Of all things, she used name to harm students!」

「Huh? I didn’t harm any students are anything.」

「Don’t lie! The kid who got shot is….」

「That was one of my subordinates.」

「……Huh?」

「The ones who fired the gun and pretended to be shot were all my subordinates. It was just an act. It was a thrilling performance by the Three Skulls theatre company. And so I didn’t lay a hand on the participants.」

「What?」

「On the contrary, there was a GREAT 7 member who, in a panic, rushed in alone, and knocked out several students. She even stopped the heart of one of them. All because she wanted to catch me quickly.」

Shiki’s expression was completely twisted.

「Guh, how did you know?」

「And then she ignored what she herself did and goes and grabs an innocent person by the collar and threatens her. That’s just horrible.」

「No, I mean….」

SCRATCH

「Ouch! What the hell are you doing, Shiki!?」

「Shut up, be grateful you weren’t hit!」

「What? I did I do to deserve being hit?」

「Shut up, you’ve always been someone who finds the faults with everyone….」

The two of them started arguing loudly. By the way, didn’t they just say that they had stopped someone’s heart?!

Koma laughs as she watches the two of them arguing.

「Those two really get along well, don’t they?」

「How so?」

Futaba and Mutsumi look on with amusement.

The people here are the members of the GREAT 7, who run the island. But looking at them, it just seems like a gathering of student friends.

「They all seem to be here.」

One more person joined this impressive group. Shunju Ikkaku, who had down downstairs earlier, had returned. But there was another unexpected person next to him.

「Hey, great detective. Why are you here?」, I asked as Ikkyu Tensai left Shunju Ikkaku’s side and came over to me.

「I’ve got some business to attend to. What about you, Juugo?」

「I’ve just been left behind by circumstances. By the way, can I go home?」

「Do as you like. I still have business to attend to, so I’ll stay here.」

With that, Tensai looked in their direction. The members of GREAT 7 had begun to move as soon as Shunju Ikkaku appeared. The five of them lined up in a circle. Shunju Ikkaku, Saito Futaba, then there was a gap followed by Shiki Maboro, Utsuki Kakyou, and after another gap there was Shunju Ikkaku again.

Amidst all of this, the only one away from the circle is Sansa-san.

「Sansa, take your position」, Shunju Ikkaku calls out.

「Ruri is taking my place.」

「Sansa.」

However, when Shunju Ikkaku called her name once again, Sansa-san reluctantly replied, ‘ugh’ and stood between Futuba-san and Shiki-san. She looked like a delinquent student who had been told by her teacher to take her seat.

Seeing the GREAT 7 facing each other like that, I realized that something was about to begin.

And then Shunju Ikkaku announced, 「Now, let’s begin the emergency GREAT 7 meeting.」

3

Early in the morning, the members of GREAT 7 lined up in a circle in the hanging garden on the upper levels of the royal castle in Seven’s Land.

The first to speak was their leader, Shunju Ikkaku.

「First, regarding the treatment of the students, this case falls under our agreement and we will let it go. Does anyone have any opinions on this?」

Shunju Ikkaku nodded at the other five’s silence.

「Then we will proceed with this matter as per the regulations. The next topic is how to deal with Sansa who broke the rules.」

At this point, I somehow understood.Right before my eyes was a meeting of Nanaejima’s leaders, and a trail for Sansa-san was about to be held.

「Why the hell do I have to attend a meeting where I’m being judged?」, Sansa-san immediately began hurling insults.

「So? How are you going to judge me, Ikkaku? This time you’re really going to fire a member of the GREAT 7 this time?」

Sansa-san shows no signs of remorse, and instead displays a defiant attitude. Even from the sidelines, I am very interested to see how Shunju Ikkaku will judge Sansa-san.

「No, Sansa. I have no intention of blaming you this time.」

But contrary to expectations, this was Shunju Ikkaku’s response.

「What do you mean?」

「As for Sansa, we’re just going to give you a strict warning, and there will be no specific penalty. Is there anyone who wants to comment?」

Shiki-san, who was standing next to Sansa-san, opened her mouth to speak, but closed it when she received a glare from Shunju Ikkaku. On the other hand, Sansa-san, who had just been acquitted, narrowed her eyes and looked wary. And her wariness turned out to be justified.

「Then this topic is over. The next topic is about the severe punishment of Saki Yoshino.」

Sansa-san’s one eye widened for a moment, then she quickly calmed down.

「What do you mean, Ikkaku? Yun should be free of punishment, just like the other students.」

「I have no intention of blaming the students who participated in the secret <<game>> hosted by the leprechaun tonight. As I stated at the beginning, that falls under the rules we have agreed upon. However, I think that the mastermind, Saki Yoshino, does not fall into this category. Therefore, it is appropriate to give a severe punishment to the extremely vicious culprit who caused tonight’s series of disturbances.」

「Wait a moment!」, I shouted.

Everyone turned their attention to me and I continued.

「Yun-chan was just being manipulated, she is not to blame!」

I couldn’t just sit back and ignore the ridiculous adult logic.

「You idiot! Shut it, Juugo.」

Tensai, who was next to me, grabbed me in a panic.

「Shut up. Yun-chan….」

I was going to complain further, but I stopped there.

Shunju Ikkaku stopped me from saying anything further with his hand, and his gaze made me swallow any further words.

「Juugo Yama, could you please stay quiet? Whatever you say here right now will not change or overturn anything.」

Why does the head of Nanaejima know my name? Not only was I surprised, but there was also a forceful gaze from Shunju Ikkaku that left no room for argument.

As if I had never opened my mouth in the first place, Shunju Ikkaku turned his attention back to the others.

「The mastermind, Saki Yoshino, will be placed on probation and one of us will be in strict custody of her. Regarding the appointment….」

「Ah, I get it! Shut up! That’s enough of this farce!」

Sansa-san shouted in the middle of Shunju Ikkaku’s sentencing.

「I’ve had enough of this pointless drama! I’ll admit it, I’ve lost! So hurry up and ask me for whatever you want and give me custody of Yun!」

Sansa-san, who seemed to have anticipated Shunju Ikkaku’s thoughts, spat this out in a sulky mood.

「That was a relief that we were able to get through it quickly. This saved me 35 minutes of work.」

「Huh, were you planning on convincing me for 30 minutes or so?」

「Ten minutes was going to be enough. I was going to spend the remaining 25 minutes listening to Sansa-san’s complaints.」