Someone has stolen all the wages for all the employees at a major company. The culprit was apprehended through a discarded cigarette, but as the whereabouts of the missing money is still unknown, a reward is being offered for anyone who finds it. Kyousuke happens upon a coded message that seems to indicate the hiding place. Leaving Takuboku behind since he's still cut ties with him, Kyousuke sets out with young Hirai to decipher the note.
back then, I couldn't even grow a beard."
".آنذاك، لم أستطع أن أربّي لحية حتّى
Das war wohl die Zeit, als sich
gar mein Bart bemerkbar machte.
C’est sans doute à ce moment-là
que je me suis laissé pousser la barbe. »
mi sono fatto crescere la barba
Quando nem barba eu tinha"
Был я тогда безбородым юнцом».