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

"It's not a bribe, is it?"
"Well, not quite, but close enough,"
I smiled bitterly.
"I'll get straight to the point. You must be 'Juumoji', right?"
"Hmm?"
Unexpectedly, "Juumoji" smiled at my suggestion,
"Surely that's just a wild guess?"
"Chances of making a correct wild guess would have been less than one in a
thousand. It's not that simple."
"As I don't really have that much free time, so I'll at least hear what you've
got to say,"
As he said that, he leaned against a nearby pole. I took out a greeting card
from my pocket,
"In a hurry huh? Well, so am I. I'll make this as short as possible.
"First, this is the card that's left in the scene of crime. Why would the culprit
use the word 'lost' to describe items being taken? To be precise, what was the
difference between 'lost' and 'stolen'?"
He showed some interest, though his expression remained unmoved.
"There wouldn't be much difference whether the A Capella Club had things
stolen or lost. Yet along the way, something was not merely stolen, but
completely destroyed. And that was a major hint. You have stolen everything
from that, but why is that?"
While the "Juumoji" Incident was foretold in Ashes at Dusk, but the
connection is still very weak. There must be some other meaning.