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

something without even considering any missing link, or mistakes made by a
suspect whose identity has not even been narrowed down?"
"Well...... yeah, that's about it,"
"HOW?!"
For someone whose only interest in detective novels come from Sherlock
Holmes, you're quite excited about this, aren't you, Satoshi? Well, this is
Satoshi we're talking about, it won't be surprising if his interest went from
Conan Doyle from one instance to Takagi Akimitsu the next.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akimitsu_Takagi)
"I've not gone around to figuring out who the culprit is just yet. I'm just trying
to organize my thoughts, want to hear me out?"
I requested to Satoshi, to which he shrugged his shoulders for some reason.
Before I could ask the reason, he reverted to his usual smile and said,
"Sure thing, man,"
He then placed his hand on the hand rail on the opposite side like me and
leaned against it. We both felt the autumn breeze blowing between us.
Now, where should I start?
I paused for a while, As this discussion was not just to explain to Satoshi, but
to organize my thinking for myself as well, I began by withdrawing my index
finger on my right hand,
"First, why would 'Juumoji' target only ten clubs, taking one item from each
club? This is due to his name, which literally means 'ten characters', which is
where our deduction is mainly based on."
"Don't think anyone would object to such a theory by now."
Neither do I. I withdrew another finger,
"Second, why would 'Juumoji' leave behind a greeting card at the crime