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

from such a despairingly wide gap, then as someone who has no idea how
wide that gap is, I have no way of knowing how bad that expectation was.
Neither would I know admiration or have stars in my eyes.
...... Would there come a day when I would find myself in such a "sequence"?
However, even now, I understood the meaning behind Tanabe's actions.
And so I spoke,
"So, what you really wanted to convey in the 'Juumoji' Incident...... a question
that you were unable to ask directly, 'Kugayama, have you read The
Kudryavka Sequence yet?'"
Tanabe slowly raised his head,
"You really are something,"
"And your answer is?"
"Yeah, it's as you say.
"Mune has never gone to read the manuscript that Anjou-san had spent her
entire energy writing. The hidden message was never deciphered, and he
never did receive the message,"
So, has your expectation turned into disappointment?
Even I had the sense to not utter such a question. Without saying anything, I
turned around.
Turning my head one more time, I saw Tanabe still standing there.
The school radio began broadcasting,
"...... Anyway, we've now come to the final day of the Kanya Festival. The
topic of the day is of course the 'Juumoji' Incident......"