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

...... That wasn't exactly what I was thinking, though.
For a moment, Satoshi gave me a curious smile,
"Well, I have great expectations of you, Houtarou,"
Well, I'm not sure about that. I placed my hand on the handrail and said,
"It's not something that you could expect a lot from. These are just my gut
instincts at work, and I'm just working my thoughts around them,"
"Well, there're a lot of things that one's gut instincts can lead to, besides the
biggest question of who 'Juumoji' is,"
"That's something not even my gut instinct can tell me, besides, we don't
even need to consider that at all,"
"You've found the missing link?"
Missing what?
Seeing my dumbstruck face, Satoshi smiled bitterly,
"The missing link. I'm asking if you have found the final piece of clue that
links all the clubs targeted by 'Juumoji',"
Erm, that's not what I'm trying to say. Try again.
"...... Nah, not really,"
"Then, you've discovered 'Juumoji' have made some trivial mistakes?"
"Not that either,"
Satoshi suddenly stopped moving and looked at me intently with an
unusually serious look, causing me to wince. He then spoke,
"None of those? This is a phantom thief case, a serial thief, with over a
thousand suspects we're talking about. And you're telling me you thought of