Adored Pure Gold Girl

Zanzaburo! Excavation mode!

Drill, drill, drill, zan!

So Chacha, you're sure there's buried gold in this cave?

Relax! Chacha is much more sensitive to gold than Chacha looks.

It was no accident Chacha ended up with the most golden man in all of Japan, you know!

So keep digging, Okuni and weird robot thing!

Really? Are you absolutely positive?

Sus-zan.

Don't worry, just trust Chacha! By the way, is Chacha imagining things, or did that robot just talk?

All right, if you're that sure, I'll trust you. Besides, it's not like my purse can get much emptier.

Chacha knows that golden sound!

Is this really happening!?

Jackpot, zan!

Okay, Chacha's definitely sure that robot is talking now, but whatever! You did it! Now Chacha can go back to living in the lap of luxury!

And I can make the Okuni Show competitive with the streaming sites it's been losing viewership to lately!

In fact, with this much moola, this could be the perfect time to get into the streaming business ourselves, Zanzaburo!

And if I have to remake you into a moe character to up our viewer count, well, that's showbiz.

ZanTuber?

All that aside, I can't believe we literally struck gold. I guess trusting the Consort of the Sun was a good call.

Of course we did. After all, this is

One of the Takeda gold mines.

Uh-oh.

Oh, I recognize you. You're the head of the Takeda clan, right? What's he doing here, Lady Chacha?

So you're the ones who've been going around robbing our gold mines.

I-it's not what you think, Master.

This has nothing to do with Chacha burning through all of His Imperial Highness's allowance or anything.

Well, I couldn't get a permit to perform in Lord Imagawa's territory, so I've just been sitting around, doing nothing.

It's just been wake up, watch streams, go to sleep, wake up, watch streams, and so on.

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So you know each other, huh? Either way, you've got guts, robbing my gold mine in broad daylight.

I trust you're prepared for the consequences?

Wait. I'm a victim here, too! Lady Chacha tricked me! I mean, I am looking to get rich, but not by doing anything criminal!

Well, uh... Oh, right! His Imperial Highness told Chacha at our last cherry blossom picnic that he was going to give Chacha Kai's gold mines!

Chacha knows that's a little ways off in the future, but surely there's no harm in taking a teensy-weensy advance. Right, Takeda?

His Imperial Highness? Who the hell's that? And what right does he have to give away OUR gold mines?

You don't know who His Imperial Highness is!? Unbelievable! Then again, he was still an ashigaru foot soldier in your time, so maybe Chacha can't blame you.

As for you, I take it you're some kind of traveling shrine maiden or something? I'm going to have to bring you in for questioning to make sure you're not secretly a ninja.

Khh! This guy's a looker, but I don't think he's going to listen to me! Especially since this isn't the first time someone's suspected me of being a ninja!

Well, I've had it! At this point, I'm just gonna do whatever it takes to get us out of here!

Wake up, Zanzaburo! It's time to make our escape!

Yeah, good point! If Chacha's got time to hole up, Chacha's got time to go on the attack! You don't happen to have a machine like a Zanzaburo Unit, do you!?

Doomed, zan.