Kyousuke has been arrested. Hagiwara Sakutarou, Nomura Kodou, and the others gather at the "milk hall," a small cafe serving European beverages and foods, to try to discover the truth of the situation. Each of the literary men unveil their deductions. Natsume Souseki introduces Akutagawa Ryuunosuke who also participates in the puzzle solving, but none of them come up with a deciding theory. As they ponder, a boy named Hirai Tarou steps forward. Hirai tells them that everything started two nights ago...
But no matter how long 
she waited, he never came.
لكن مهما طالَ انتظارُها، لا يأتي أبداً
Aber egal wie lange sie auch auf ihn wartete,
er ist nie erschienen.
Pero aunque lo esperara, él no llegaba.
Pero aunque lo esperara, él no llegaba.
Néanmoins,
le temps passait sans qu’il se montre.
Ma poiché, per quanto aspettasse,
lui non si presentava...
Mas, por mais que ela
esperasse, ele nunca foi.
Но как бы она ни ждала,
он не появлялся.