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

Global Act Club would have their exhibition. Before leaving school
yesterday, I went to check if they had anything stolen or if any note was left
behind, but could find nothing. So by making a stakeout here first thing in the
morning before "Juumoji" could act, I was sure of my success in catching
him.
Even so......
There was already someone else in the Class 3-E classroom.
"Hey, Fukube, you're late."
It's Tani-kun, and it wasn't just him.
"Hmm? You're with the Classics Club...... Thanks for the help last time. So,
you're into this case as well?"
It was Haba Tomohiro-sempai from the second year. I met him during the
"Empress Incident" during the summer vacation, he's from the Detective
Fiction Study Club if I remember correctly. Once this becomes public, it'll
attract a great deal of attention. Looks like Tani-kun's prediction was correct.
Does that mean I too have been attracted to it as well? Well, I don't deny it
though.
Besides these two, there was another student I didn't know standing some
distance from us. As this is the last day, it's not like the clubs would need to
prepare for anything extra, so I presume he too is a detective-wannabe. That
makes four of us. This is bad, though we may now have more eyes present, it
would also mean security has become too tight for "Juumoji" to make his
move.
Hiding such anxiety, I spoke cheerfully to Tani-kun,
"Hey, morning. For you to stakeout here, you sure must have some spirits,
huh?"
"Same goes for you."
"So? Has it begun?"