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

ラブ) was too heavily guarded for him to be able to steal anything,"
Though I get where he's coming from, surely he must have realized how
strange this is. Anyway, I have one more issue to raise, so I released my
middle finger,
"Seventh,"
I opened the Ashes at Dusk copy I had with me and showed Satoshi the
afterword, and pointed at the part that read "plans on writing a mystery
story... based on one or two of Agatha Christie's most famous works", and
asked,
"Satoshi, what famous work of Christie's can you think of?"
Without hesitation, Satoshi replied,
"Let's see, there's And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express,
The Murder of Roger Ackryod, and The A.B.C. Murders...... namely these
four,"
I nodded,
"I would also add The Mysterious Affair at Styles to that list, but that'll do.
The manga that would be titled The Kudryavka Sequence will be based on
one of these 'most famous works', which one do you think it is?"
Satoshi wouldn't be too familiar when it comes to the details of detective
fiction, not unlike me. But for someone who takes pride in his database, he
should at least have an idea of which 'most famous work' it could be.
Crossing his arms and thinking for about ten seconds or so, he spoke
cautiously,
"If I remember correctly, Kudryavka's the name of a dog that was sent to
space via a rocket, and died on it when its oxygen supply ran out. She died
believing she was returning to the planet below her."
"Is that all?"