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

Tanabe's voice went softer. I could not understand what he was thinking then,
"No, you guessed wrongly, but I don't blame you for that. The only other
person who would get the message would be Anjou-san,"
Hmm?
"Not both Kugayama and Anjou?"
"Mune, Kugayama wouldn't get the message,"
What's going on? I was starting to get confused,
"But Anjou Haruna has......"
"She's transferred, so she probably didn't come today,"
"Then, your target was?"
As though enjoying the reversal of roles, Tanabe smiled bitterly,
"It's Kugayama, as you've guessed. Though the message was different.
"The original message was supposed to be 'Kugayama, The Kudryavka
Sequence is slipping away from you', in other words,
"'Kugayama, do you not intend to draw Anjou-san's story?'"
Ah.
"A plead, huh?"
"Not even that,"
Tanabe's smile remained, but it was one of jaded realization,
"Kugayama never felt like drawing manga.
"You've read it, right? I knew Anjou-san was a genius, but I never knew