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

"If they're popular. To begin with, we had a lot of trouble trying to sell most
of the items on the site. We would have asked you already if we had wanted
to put those anthologies on the site for sale. That's how these sites work
anyway...... So you're gonna need a very good reason for us to accept such an
offer,"
Understood. However,
"But Hyouka will be popular,"
"How so?"
"Thanks to the 'Juumoji' Incident, of course. You need to complete the
sequence all the way to [KO] or your message wouldn't be conveyed, right?
In that case, how about having fun together with others for the finale?
"Me and Fukube Satoshi will be able to provide support for your final target.
You won't find insiders willing to assist you in other targets.
"The final target, the Classics Club, will be packed with people. Regardless
of whether the anthology itself is popular or not, it's sure to sell like hot cakes
anyway. So not only do you have a reason for putting them on the site for
sale, you get to complete what you have started. How about that?"
Now how will it go?
If Tanabe were to lash out, then my plan would have failed. Not only would
we not be able to sell all the Hyouka copies, I would have created a grudge
with Tanabe. It's a risky move, but in order to achieve the impossible task of
selling 200 copies of anthologies, this was a risk worth taking. Not to
mention we have to sell as many copies as possible, though we weren't able
to keep things simple......
I held my breath and waited for Tanabe's judgement. Oh man, I'm getting
nervous.
Why're you not saying anything, Tanabe? You wouldn't have anything to lose
in such a deal.