Karasuma resumed the treasure hunt in earnest, in search of the Shining Marbles and the crows' marbles. |
The spirit of the shogun's attempts to defeat the thieves has so far not been a problem. This is because we have not touched his buried gold or other treasures at all. |
But the shogun's spirit who had left once did not seem to have given up on us yet. |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"What on earth, is this sign?" |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"Please look, 'The treasure is this way!', It says." |
![Story Karasuma.png](/images/0/03/Story_Karasuma.png) Karasuma |
"My, what a helpful sign. Ye've sure found a good one!" |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"If you follow this sign, surely you'll find what you're looking for in no time!" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Wait a minute." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"This thing, is obviously a trap set by the shogun's spirit from earlier. If we follow him, we'll be in big trouble." |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"B-but if the Shining Marbles and crow-san's marbles are treasures too, they're probably where the signboard says they are, aren't they?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"That possibility is not zero. But I am sure that the possibility of a more sneaky trap is higher." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"There it is, the switch is on the floor." |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"S-suddenly, buried treasure fell from the ceiling!" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"It was a close call. If we had gone on without knowing it, the money will surely have fallen inside someone's pockets, and he would have treated us like thieves because of it." |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"What a terrible trap..." |
![Story Karasuma.png](/images/0/03/Story_Karasuma.png) Karasuma |
"What a cowardly thing to do, even for a shogun." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"The two of you, you two should never fall for a trap, especially not one as obvious as that." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"However this room is the only one we can go on to. I'll open it, so you two be careful. Now, let's go." |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"Wow, now there are lots of sparkling vases and tea sets." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Oh no, Karasuma can't refrain herself from all this glitt--" |
![Story Karasuma.png](/images/0/03/Story_Karasuma.png) Karasuma |
"CAAAAAW-! SO SPARKLYYYY~~!" |
![Story Karasuma.png](/images/0/03/Story_Karasuma.png) Karasuma |
"Bling bling, bling bling, everywhere I look there's bling everywhere!" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Hold it, Karasuma, you mustn't grab anything in this room." |
![Story Karasuma.png](/images/0/03/Story_Karasuma.png) Karasuma |
"Oooh gosh, I LOVE ALL THESE BLIIIIING~~ ~~ gulp!?" |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"Phew, that was a close call." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Nice lariat, Kumamoto-san." |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"Eh, a lariat? Kuma thought she stopped Karasuma-san by hugging her though..." |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"Aaah, Karasuma-san passed out! Please pull yourself together, Karasuma-saaan~~!" |
![Story Karasuma.png](/images/0/03/Story_Karasuma.png) Karasuma |
"T-thank you for stopping me..." |
![Story Maizoukin Shogun.png](/images/c/ca/Story_Maizoukin_Shogun.png) Maizoukin Shogun |
"Tch, you didn't get the treasure again huh. But that little crow-like girl over there seems to like treasure, doesn't she? Kukukuh, I'm going to retreat for a while." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"It seems he was watching from the shadows after all. He's a very tricky opponent." |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"If he's a ghost that wants to protect the treasure, why didn't he just attack us instead of doing this..?" |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"Oh, so sorry. Not that a fight is what we wanted." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Kumamoto-san's question is valid. But I'm sure the shogun's spirit can't fight now." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Just as a corporeal body moves according to certain emotions, such as resentment and regret, that shogun's spirit must also be moving based on certain emotions." |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"Emotions that made the shogun move even after his death, could it be 'I want to fight off thieves'?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"I'm sure of it. But we have not taken any treasure. That's why the shogun's spirit can't attack us." |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"So if we don't take any more treasures in the future, Kuma and everyone else will be safe." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"That may not work out so well." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Trouble is, perhaps because his desire to repel the thieves is not being fulfilled, the shogun is using force to make us grab the treasures." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"So the traps may escalate in intensity moving forward. No, maybe he will hand it over to us directly and call us thieves." |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"That's too unreasonable..." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"They are ghosts driven by paranoia. There is a good chance of that." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"But then Karasuma might be dangerous in the future. After what happened earlier, the shogun seemed to realise that Karasuma can be tempted by shiny things." |
![Story Karasuma.png](/images/0/03/Story_Karasuma.png) Karasuma |
"Hold it Miyako, you're not going to tell me we're withdrawing, are ye? I'm absolutely not going to accept that!" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"But if he set up another glitter trap, you might fall for it this time, right?" |
![Story Karasuma.png](/images/0/03/Story_Karasuma.png) Karasuma |
"Hmph. I'm a woman who loves sparkles and is loved by sparkles. I know how to deal with bling!" |
![Story Kumamoto.png](/images/f/f2/Story_Kumamoto.png) Kumamoto |
"Countermeasures against bling...! Never thought you had perfected such a thing. Even Kuma, who's known you for a long time, didn't know." |
![Story Karasuma.png](/images/0/03/Story_Karasuma.png) Karasuma |
"Now, watch me perfect my perfect plan. Let's begin!" |
Kumamoto |
"Closing your eyes, what is Karasuma going to do from here, Kuma wonders. How wracking." |
![Story Karasuma.png](/images/0/03/Story_Karasuma.png) Karasuma |
"Caw caw caw~♪ Please, the perfect countermeasure is to close my eyes. If I don't see it, then glitter isn't glitter. Come, Miyako, take my hand!" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Let's hurry on ahead." |
![Story Karasuma.png](/images/0/03/Story_Karasuma.png) Karasuma |
"Eh, wait a minute, Miyako, I can't walk like this because I can't see what's in front of me - OWW!?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"I was a fool to have expected anything more." |