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

phantom thief "Juumoji" did not seem to carry out his thefts in a flashy way
like most phantom thieves do.
Anyway, if it had come to this, there was no reason for me to stay anymore.
If it had already been stolen beforehand, then it rules out the people here as
suspects. All that's left is to...
"The card you've chosen is the Maple Deer, right?"
"...That's it!"
I clapped my hands.
I straightened myself up and watched on carefully.
042 - ♦09
Returning to the Manga Club, one of the first years with whom I'm friendly
greeted me.
"You're late."
I smiled kindly in response and returned to my seat at the booth.
The posters drawn during the morning had some effect in drawing visitors, as
they seem to have increased from yesterday.
I asked the girl sitting beside me in a low voice, "How is it? Compared to
yesterday."
She took a look across the room, and it was then that I noticed Kouchisempai
was here.
Making sure Kouchi-sempai was engaged with her followers and not looking
over here, the girl replied in an even lower voice, "Well, there are more