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

lost the manuscript for The Kudryavka Sequence? Something which Anjou
Haruna, who had left Kami High, had left behind. Perhaps the culprit could
not forgive Kugayama, who had wasted the preview that 'Ajimu Takuha' had
written, and thus instigated the 'Juumoji' Incident.
"In other words, the culprit's message would be: 'Kugayama
([KU]GAYAMA) has lost The Kudryavka Sequence ([KU]DORIYAFUKA
NO JUNBAN) '.
"Finally, the afterword of Ashes at Dusk was written by neither Anjou nor
Kugayama, but by a third person in charge of the background drawings. So
'Juumoji' is none other this third member of 'Ajimu Takuha',"
From the shoulder bag on the ground, I took out a copy of Ashes at Dusk. I
showed him the cover, which clearly shows the author's name "AJIMU
TAKUHA".
" 'Ajimu Takuha' is a rare pen name. I heard it's named after some town in
Kyushu. This may be a bit stretching it, but what if this pen name was a
composite of the names of the three creators of Ashes at Dusk? For example,
if Tarou ([TA]ROU) and Jirou ([JI]ROU) had formed a unit, its name would
be 'Taji' ([TA][JI]),
"We have Anjou Haruna ([A]NJOU [HA]RUNA),
"We also have Kugayama Muneyoshi ([KU]GAYAMA [MU]NEYOSHI),
"From 'Ajimu Takuha' ([A][JI][MU] [TA][KU][HA]), we can deduce the
third person's name by taking off the initial characters of the other two. That
would leave [JI] and [TA],
"The culprit would be amongst the second years that have participated in last
year's Cultural Festival, who is a member of the General Committee, whose
names contains the characters [TA] and [JI], who is close to Kugayama, and
who is familiar with drawing manga. There can only be one person who fits
the above description,"
I spoke in a calm tone that surprises even myself,