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

Club, I'll gladly give it to him as long as it's not my wallet. Though
afterwards Chitanda would probably be very curious and would badger me
about who 'Juumonji' was."
"Well, you could always just ignore her."
"She's not the sort of person you can just ignore."
Oreki frowned.
Hee hee.
How silly.
Tossing the last bits of bread roll into my mouth, I stood up. As I proceeded
to move, I thought I should give my thanks.
"That reminds me. Oreki, thanks for the bag of flour. I was really at a loss
back there."
"Oh. Don't mention it."
As though remembering something, Oreki gave an enigmatic smile.
"I got that bag of flour via the straw millionaire protocol."
Straw millionaire protocol?
"What're you talking about?"
"The story of the straw millionaire, you know?"
Oh, I see.
"So you want something in exchange for the bag of flour, is that right?"
"You got something? If you don't, then I don't mind ending my protocol
here."