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

broadcast. As a result, we were able to sell off the Hyouka copies quite
quickly, compared to before when only up to two copies per hour were being
sold.
Of course, having many people gathered alone does not guarantee sales. So
most of the credit for this has to go to Chitanda, joining up well with
Satoshi's down-to-earth PR. As another copy was sold, I came to be amazed
by their dynamism.
Right now, they too were in the club room, so too was Ibara in her tracksuit,
who came despite her duties with the Manga Club.
Those three stood at the centre of the room, forming a triangle with their
backs facing outwards, while extended their arms firmly. Within that triangle
was another triangle made of yellow stickers plastered on a table.
Within the centre of these two triangles was a stack of A4 paper. The cover
sheet on top read Hyouka Manuscript. This was the "Proofread Manuscript"
bait that the Classics Club was using to lure "Juumoji" out.
By the way, those were the manuscripts for Ibara's section. Since Chitanda
and I wrote too many for our sections, while Satoshi wrote too little.
Those three guarded the manuscripts, emphasizing the showdown between
the Classics Club and "Juumoji" to the crowd. There was no way to know
when "Juumoji" will strike. The crowd who came was either feeling bored, or
maybe it's due to Satoshi's advertising, they all decided to buy a copy of
Hyouka from me. I couldn't see it from where I was sitting, but there's a
makeshift illustrated poster drawn by Ibara that was posted on the door. The
showdown felt like something from a Spaghetti Western, which was kind of
embarrassing when you calmly think about it, but perhaps it wasn't so bad if
it's to keep the Kami High students entertained till the very end of the
festival.
As I was busy selling the Hyouka copies, I had no way of knowing...
Hey, I like the sound of that, let me repeat.