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...
when Ishikawa-san was caught peeping 
and she sneered at him,
عندما انكشفَ إيشيكاوا-سان وهو
،يسترِق النظر فاستفزّتْه
wurde Ishikawa-san beim Spannen erwischt
und wurde verspottet,
que Otaki insultó a Ishikawa
por espiarla
que Otaki había insuiltado
a Ishikawa por espiarla
qu’Ishikawa, pris en plein acte
de voyeurisme et couvert de ridicule,
Ishikawa, scoperto dalla ragazza a fare il guardone
que o Ishikawa foi visto por ela espiando,
О-Таки подняла на смех 
подглядывавшего за ней Исикаву,