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...
and ask them to keep a woman 
called Otaki free for me?
والطلب منهم إبقاء امرأة تُدعى
أوتاكي محجوزة لأجلي؟
und dafür sorgen,
dass Otaki freigehalten wird?
et demandez à ce qu’Otaki
soit disponible.
a dire che tengano libera una donna di nome Otaki.
e pedir que deixem a
O-Taki disponível para mim?
и попросить О-Таки
их придержать для меня?