Hyouka - Volume 03 - The Kudryavka Sequence - Welcome to KANYA FESTA! (1)

"Was there a message left behind?"
"I'm not sure if it's from the culprit, but they found a strange memo inside."
Now this looks pretty interesting. At the very least, my interest has now
increased beyond the level when I first heard this from Tani-kun. We have a
phantom thief lurking in the Kamiyama High School Cultural Festival! This
is actually quite a fun prank.
Hmm hmm, now how should I plan my schedule from here on.
...No wait, now's not the time for that yet.
"What's wrong, Fukube? You're grinning."
"Nope, no~thing really."
It's still too early to indulge in this yet. In order for a phantom thief incident
to be established, the phantom thief would need to continue with his prank. If
I end up scaring the thief prematurely, it'll just make me look foolish. My
experience tells me that it is better to first play with the thief.
Furthermore, not many within the school are aware of this yet. Even I have
only just heard about this. I wasn't really concerned with whether the thief
intends to attract much interest or not, but right now, his flute is only vaguely
audible.
Since I still had an event to attend, it wouldn't be too late even if I take some
rest now and allow the thief to surprise me even further. So it was better for
me to leave this aside for now.
All right, now where's my drawstring bag?
"I guess I'll get to work then."
"Sure, good luck."
Having encouraged me, President Tanabe turned back towards the timetable
board.