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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 8 Chapter 7.5

「If you want to know, take a guess.」

With that, Tensai turns around.

「Where are you going?」

I’m going home, I’m getting sleepy.」

「Then I’ll go home too….」

「I’ll go alone.」

I feel a bit irritated.

「Oh, really? Do as you please!」

「I’ll do as I please, even if you don’t tell me.」

The atmosphere becomes strangely tense.

So I blurt out, 「Hey, Tensai. …That ticket is for the summer vacation.」

Hearing this, Tensai stops and mutters.

「I know.」

Then she leaves. Her cold attitude annoys me for some reason. What’s wrong with Tensai? Seriously. What kind of relationship does she have with Shunju Ikkaku? I’m really curious.

SILENCE

Then I realize that it’s quiet. The members of GREAT 7 and Tensai have been leaving the stage one by one. Now, who is left but me?

「Well, well, I guess I’ll go home and sleep too!」

And so I start walking at a fast pace.

「Well, don’t say that, just come with me Juugo Yama.」

But the other remaining person, or perhaps the most vicious villain, Sansa Kurosu, approaches and grabs me by the shoulder.

「Well, it’s time for the kids to go to bed.」

「You idiot, it’s about time for the kids to do their morning exercises.」

I try to say something, but just close my mouth instead. No matter what I say, I don’t think I can win a verbal battle with this person. Realizing this I took the best course of action I could think of.

「I’m sorry! Someone help me! I’ve been abducted by a scary person! Help me! Tensai-chan, come back for a second. Seriously! Call the police, the police!」

I’m calling for help with all my might. No way, no way, no way. Seriously no way! Someone help me!

「Shut up, just come with me to my place.」

「…What do you mean?」

「I mean the Three Skull’s base in Tsukuyomi Town, of course.」

The image of the torture chamber flashed through my mind. And the image of myself tied up there for several hours.

「Help me! Anyone will do, just help me! I don’t want to go! I don’t want to die! I won!」

And then, as I cried out, the white tiger appeared again at Sansa-san’s signal, grabbed me by the scruff of the neck, and took me away.

Thus, the long leprechaun sponsored <<game>> came to a turbulent close with the intrusion of the GREAT 7.

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As Asumi’s speech ended, the participants of tonight’s <<game>> naturally dispersed.

After members of Seventh High School listened to Asumi’s speech, handed out business cards to those who showed interest, and made arrangements to meet with several of them at a later date, they quickly headed home.

It was still early in the morning, and Asumi and the others jumped on a streetcar heading for their hometown from the nearest station to Seven’s Land, each slumping into a nearby seat. It was the first train of the day, and since summer vacation started today, Asumi and the others were the only ones on the train.

「It’s over,」 Asumi said as she sat next to Taisei Amagi.

He muttered, 「Yeah.」

「Let’s go home and get some sleep for now. Then when we wake up, we’ll all go visit Kishitani-kun.」

「Yeah.」

「We couldn’t win.」

「Well, I guess the publicity was enough.」

「Yeah, I guess so.」

「Yeah.」

Then there is a period of silence.

The only sound that echoed was the swaying of the train.

「It’s over, I guess,」 Asumi’s voice suddenly blurted out, trembling.

「? A…..sumi?」

When Taisei saw her, he gasped.

Asumi was looking down and trembling, tears continuing to fall onto the clenched fists resting on her lap.

「Waaaaaah.」

Then, as if she had finally given up on what she had been holding back, Asumi began to cry. She cried loudly, tears flowing endlessly. The girl who had been acting so bravely in front of everyone until just a moment ago was Asumi Nishi, student council president of the Seventh High School. But at the same time, she was also a girl who had just been dumped by the person she had always had a crush on.

Taisei knows that Asumi is not a strong girl, that she is a weak, kind girl who cares about everyone. A girl who is just trying her best despite forcing herself. And so, while sitting next to her, Taisei gently strokes her head. He just strokes her gently. She looks away, and he can’t say a word, but he strokes her head. The head of a girl who is so precious to him.

「You idiot, if you’re really a man, then show some masculinity and lend her your shoulders, you wimp!」

「Guwaaa!」

He then gets hit hard over the head from the side.

The culprit was, of course, Kuroko Ooki.

「What are you doing, Kuroko?」

「That’s what I should be asking! Are you stupid? Show some backbone and hug the crying woman, you idiot!」

Misao was standing a little distance away, and Haruto was smiling wryly. That’s when he realized that Saumi and himself weren’t the only ones there.

「Waaahahaha.」

That’s when Asumi began to cry in earnest. The atmosphere was kind of sloppy. But well, this is the atmosphere of the Seventh High School Community.

In the end, Asumi is hugged by Misao who rushes over as she cries. While Taisei is chased away by Kuroko who tells him ‘go away, you wimp!’. Kuroko, being Kuroko, hugs Asumi together with Misao. However, her facial expression is very creepy, so it’s clear that she’s there for a different reason than Misao.

After being chased away, Daisei reluctantly distances himself from the women.

「You’ve missed your chance to show us your good side, Taisei.」

And then, laughing out loud, is the fake foreigner (Although he is a real one), Neidhart D. Polnareff.

「Shut up. I’m fine the way I am,」 he says.

「To the rest of the world, you sound like a whining loser.」

「Shut up! And stop talking like that!」

「Roger.」

Taisei then asks Haruto, who is sitting next to him, 「By the way, what happened with that?」

「What do you mean ‘that’?」

「That red notebook.」

‘Unfortunately….」

Haruto sighs with a straight face.

「Are you serious? I think we’re actually quite responsible for that whole mess at the end.」

「Actually, it’s our fault. I’m really relieved that it didn’t turn out worse.」

The actions of Taisei and Haruto during the Third Stage undoubtedly thwarted Juugo’s plans and were one of the factors that led to Saki Yoshino’s crisis.

Retracing his memories, Taisei remembered the moment when M declared Juugo was the victor. When Taisei and the others caught up with M, who was bleeding and running away, they found the big man wearing M‘s cloak. He was one of the factors that hindered their escape and brought about the crisis for Saki Yoshino.

「And then?」

「After I drove away the pitch black humanoids with Ikusaba’s help, I barricaded myself in a nearby room and checked on her secretly, but she no longer had the notebook. The big man must have taken it.」

In any case, Haruto’s plan to steal the red notebook, which was likely used by M to check the Nanana collections brought by the participants of the <<game>> tonight and which contains information on many of the Nanana collections, has failed.

「Well, we can just be patient.」

As Taisei says this, he looks at Asumi who is being held in Misao’s arms from a distance. Asumi and the Nanana collection. Taisei intends to continue pursuing both of them forever.

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「Yama! How dare you win the <<game>> over Isshin-sama! I’ll absolutely destroy you! …Yeah, because, if Yama has it, then maybe we can take it if we kill Yama.」

Morals and common sense have no place among girls in love.

The three third-year students from the Third high School Adventure Club were heading to catch a trolly. Yuu was walking at the front and spouting scary things, and Kagetora and Isshin could only smile wryly as they walked behind her.

「Even so, it was a very meaningful night. We also unexpectedly found out the location of the <<secret book of double heavens>>.」

Hearing Kagetora say this, Isshin remembered something that happened a while ago. After the group disbanded, Kagetora was talking about something with Taisei Amagi.

「What are you going to do now?」

「Once during summer vacation, I will speak with Taisei Amagi’s demons. Specific action will be taken after that.」

「After that… after you have finished all of your business….」

In response to Isshin’s halting question, Kagetora answered without thinking.

「I will be with you wholeheartedly until the end. That will never change.」

「I see. Thank you.」

With a somewhat relieved look on his face, Isshin looks up at the sky where the sun is beginning to rise.

「Even so, I lost again this time.」

That was my honest feelings this time.

「But Isshin, even considering that, you have a very refreshing smile on your face.」