HYOUKA > 1. The Return of the Time-Honored Classic Lit Club
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折木奉太郎（Houtarou Oreki）:
They say high school is all sunshine and roses.
Sunshine, roses, rainbows, unicorns.
I’ve heard so much about blessing excitement being high school student that I bring it off as a worn-out cliche.
Who’s to say that all teenagers even want high school to be like some fairy-tale fever dream.
Seems ridiculous to me.
As all the studying, the sports this area, the saccharine sweet meet romantic affairs.
Those are the worst.
A lot of teenagers have no interest in that kind of nonsense, right?
Well, I guess when you rule out all that crap there’s not much leftover, is there?
Satoshi:
Wow, Hotaro, I never knew you were such a full-fledged pessimist.
Hotaro:
Wait, pessimist?
Satoshi:
Why have you got a problem with studying, sports, romance, things normal kids enjoy.
You make it sound so dismal.
Hotaro:
That’s not what I said.
You misunderstood me.
Satoshi:
I’m telling you what I hear.
Maybe you're just lazy.
What do you think of that?
Hotaro:
hm
Satoshi:
Anytime you think something’s a hassle, or seems like it might be frivolous, you refuse to do it, which explains your motto.
Hotaro:
If I don’t have to, I’m not going to.
And, if I have to, I’ll do it as quickly as possible.
Satoshi:
That’s the one.
But just so you know, by not joining any of the offerings the veritable mecca of clubs, which we call Kamiyama high, you’ve made a little black cloud appear above your head.
You might think you're slick, but you're only punishing yourself.
You’ve crossed over into downright of masochism.
Hotaro:
You sure like to run your mouth.
Satoshi:
You just now noticing?
We've been friends since middle school.
Hotaro:
hm,, whatever go without me.
Satoshi:
What do you mean, without you?
What the..
Is that what I think it is??
A club application?
Hotaro, you're joining one?
Classic lit club?
Really?
Hotaro:
Oh you know.
Satoshi:
Off course I do.
Since what're you in the classic lit.
What’s that?
What does the letter from your sister have to do with it?
Hotaro:
She sent it to me from India, some place in the north, called Varanasi.
Satoshi:
Oh, yeah.
I see what’s going on.
Your sister's blackmailing you.
Hotaro:
They're threatening to shut it down for lack of members.
She wants me to join and help keep the club alive.
Satoshi:
But I thought your sister was more into martial arts.
Hotaro:
Aikido actually which is worse.
If she wants to hurt you, she knows just how to do it.
Satoshi:
Then you should do what she says.
Hotaro:
Well, it’s not like I have anything better to do.
Believe me, I have tried to think of (any) excuse.
Satoshi:
So, the club doesn’t have any members?
Hotaro:
Nope.
Satoshi:
Well then, look on the bright side, you'll have the club room all to yourself.
It'll be nice to have your own private space on school grounds at least.
Sounds like a dream.
Hotaro:
My own private space?
I salute people who have that kind of energy.
knock knock
People usually misunderstand me on this.
It’s not like I think my way of doing things is better than theirs by any means.
I don’t think myself superior to those who choose to get involved.
I'm just true to my motto, that’s all.
If I don’t have to, I’m not going to.
And if I have to, I’ll do this as quickly as possible.
Student:
(There see?)
Student:
Ew!
Hotaro:
Fourth floor of the auxiliary building, that's as remote as it gets.
um?
Eru:
hm
Hotaro:
huh?
Eru:
Hello there. I didn’t know you are in classic literature club.
Oreki, right?
Hotaro:
Who are you?
Eru:
Oh, you don’t know?
My name is Eru, Eru Chitanda.
Hotaro:
Sorry, I have no idea who you are.
Eru:
Hotaro Oreki from class 1B, that is your name, isn’t it?
I’m in class 1A, so we have met.
Hotaro:
I’m sorry, but that’s not () rebels so..
1A.. Maybe we share elective.
Wait a sec, you wouldn’t happen to be my music class, would you?
Eru:
Yep
Hotaro:
We’ve only hand that class once so far this term.
Her memory is incredible.
So what, Chitanda, what you doing in here.
Are you lost or something?
Eru:
Nope.
You see?
I join the classic lit club.
This is what (accessary) supposed to mean.
Hotaro:
Are you for real?
Why would you do that?
Eru:
I have my own reasons, but they’re kind of personal.
Why did you join?
Hotaro:
Oh well, no reason really, I’m just glad you have members.
Are you happy now, sis?
Classic lit club lives to see another day.
Well, see you later.
Eru:
You are leaving already?
Hotaro:
Sure I am, have fun in here.
Be sure to lock up when you leave.
Eru:
What?
I can’t let go before I don’t have a key.
Hotaro:
What’s that?
Eru:
I was saying that I don’t have a key.
Hotaro:
Oh yeah, here.
Eru: Wait a sec, why do you have the key to this room, Oreki?
Hotaro:
What do you mean by that?
How (and how) was I supposed to get door locked class room without one?
Pardon my flinch I’m confused.
I don’t understand how you got in before I showed up.
Eru:
The door was open when I got here.
Hotaro:
Well, then, you must’ve just locked behind you.
Eru:
Are you saying what I think?
I was locked in here?
Hotaro:
Yeah, you were.
Eru:
So, someone came along and trapped me alone in this room until you showed up?
Hotaro:
Look, I’m sure you just did yourself.
Are you certainly you didn’t?
Eru:
Yes I am absolutely certain.
Hotaro:
But, I’m the only one with the key.
I mean what else could’ve possibly happened here.
Eru:
Maybe we should ask the guy who’s hiding in the hallway.
Hotaro:
Satoshi.
Satoshi:
Hey hey, sorry about that.
I totally didn’t () eavesdrop on you guys.
Hotaro:
You totally did.
Satoshi:
Okey, guilty is charged.
But I’ve got admit when I see good buddy, Hotaro known for his () in the empty classroom with the young lady in (dusk fast) approaching?
I get more than a little curious.
I had no intention of versing in there.
I kind of want to see what it was like to be a Peeping Tom.
Eru:
Hey, we were, no, I wasn’t,,
Hotaro:
You’ve gotta be kidding me.
Satoshi:
Off course, just joking.
Eru:
Oh thank goodness.
Hotaro:
Sorry about that.
This guy has no manners at all.
Satoshi:
Nothing beats a good joke, don’t ever take life too seriously.
I live by that model.
Eru:
Right..
Oreki, who is this boy.
Hotaro:
This is Satoshi Fukube, would be a comedian.
Satoshi:
hm
Eru:
I see.
Satoshi:
Hey, good one.
I’m honored that you think so, good friend.
Nice to meet you.
And you are..?
Eru:
I’m Eru Chitanda.
Satoshi:
Did you say Chitanda?
(As) in the very famous Chitandas?
Hotaro:
What’s the matter with you?
Satoshi:
Wait, are you telling me you’ve never heard of Chitanda family?
Kamiyama has more than a few prestigious dynasties.
But none of them () notable is the four higher power familes.
There is the shrine Jumonji family.
This is the Sarusuberi book store tycoons.
The wealthy Chitanda farmers.
And the Manninbashi land owners.
Written this way, the Kanji for its name increases by the power of ten hence the name higher power families.
Hotaro:
Is that true?
Eru:
I wouldn’t say we are prestigious family.
And I’ve never heard of (as referred to) that name before.
Hotaro:
You made up the name.
Satoshi:
It sounds cool and I thought I can be the one (who) coin the phrase.
Eru:
They really increase by powers of ten, huh?
Hotaro:
Don’t (accele) impressed.
Forget ().
Satoshi:
They also say the oldest Chitanda girl is known for her beauty and incredible grades and that she is the most refined girl in the all of Kamiyama.
In middle school, she got a perfect score on the prefectural exams and the school board went crazy.
Hotaro:
No way, is he right?
Eru:
It’s just a fluke.
I have () for acing standardized test.
Satoshi:
Well, I beg your pardon.
Anyway, I happened to hear you guys talking.
Wow, what a mistery, am I right?
Hotaro:
I’m not following.
Satoshi:
How and the heck did Chitanda get locked inside this room earlier?
Eru:
Oh, we are forgot.
When I showed up the door (to) this room was most definitely unlocked, but when Oreki got here was bolted and () get inside.
So, what happened?
Hotaro:
Well that’s easy.
You must’ve locked when you came in and forgotten.
Satoshi:
Try again.
Kami high school’s doors can only be locked using keys from the insides or the outsides.
So that means it’s not even possible for Chitanda to lock self in.
Eru:
That’s crazy.
Hotaro:
Man, you’ve been such a (know) at all.
Satoshi:
I prefer the term database, sir?
Hotaro:
Hm,,
Well, I’m sure there is a reasonable explanation for this lock thing.
See you guys later.
Eru:
No.
Please don’t go just yet.
Hotaro:
Why not?
Eru:
I have to know.
How did it come to be locked in this room like that.
And if the door was supposed to be locked why was it open when I got here.
Did someone leave it open on purpose?
And If they did, why?
If not, how did they lock () without me noticing.
I beg you Oreki, think about it carefully.
I need your hand.
Please I have to know.
Hotaro:
Yeah,, ok
I’ll help.
It is interesting after all.
Eru:
Thank you so very much.
So, do you have any ideas to (stop) the top of your head?
Satoshi:
Wow, Chitanda, give (me) some time, when I fall off useless information and can’t make any deductions, Hotaro is the opposite.
Once he seizes some time to think, his conclusions are fairly accurate.
Hotaro:
That’s enough.
Let’s see.
So, how long were you here before me.
Eru:
It couldn’t have been more than three minutes.
Hotaro:
Did you notice anything unusual?
Eru:
Well, actually, I’ve been hearing this weird rattling below us this whole time.
Satoshi:
What?
I don’t hear anything.
Eru:
It’s really faint.
Listen.
Satoshi:
You must have really sharp ears.
So, have you figured anything out yet?
Eru:
Maybe.
Hotaro:
I bet the culprit is on the floor below us right now.
Worker:
Last one, good
Satosi:
Uhuh, Chitanda must have gone into the room where the maintenance guy was working and accidentally got locked inside without knowing it
Hotaro:
I have the regular key to the science room in my pocket.
I know the (genetor) has a master.
They don’t give those out to students .
Satoshi:
That’s how you knew he was working.
But still, you guessed that just from the noise.
Hotaro:
Yeah, I did.
Anyway, I still don’t understand why didn’t notice the sound of the door locking when you are inside the science room if you could hear the (genetor) through the floor.
Eru:
Ah, simple explanation.
I was distracted by that old building.
Satoshi:
It’s ancient.
Eru:
Yep
Hotaro:
Is it really?
Satoshi:
Yeah, look at it.
Eru:
By the way, we should talk about the club.
Satoshi:
That’s right.
Eru:
Yeah.
(From the look of things), I would say it’s only gonnna be the three of us
Hotaro:
Three of us.
Eru:
Fukube, what do you think?
Wanna join?
Satoshi:
Why not?
I sure had a lot fun today.
I’ll have to () executive committee in the () clause, but a,,
Yep, I’m in.
Hotaro is in too.
He’s already filled up the application.
Eru:
Have you, really?
Hotaro;
Yeah, I filled it up.
Eru:
Great.
Right, I’ll turn this in.
I’m really looking forward to seeing you again.
Satoshi:
Yeah, same here.
And Hotaro is too.
Eru:
I guess we gonna have to choose a president.
Who should be picked?
Satoshi:
Huh,, good question.
I don’t think Hotaro would be the best candidate.
Hotaro:
Well, there you have it, sis?
Your pressures to classic literature club lives to see another term.
As a result, my dreams of conserving energy are dead.
No, I’m not gonna () rest (for the) out of a fight.
I refuse to give up my piece () easily.
I will devote all my effort to do (this) as little as possible.
There’s just one problem, that little lady.
Satoshi:
It happened yesterday after school.
A first year girl climbed to fourth floor of the auxiliary building.
When she arrived, she heard () streams of moonlight sonata coming from the music room.
Setting sun,() the hole way () and () the warm tone.
Hotaro:
Objection, it rained all day, you couldn’t see the sunset.
Satoshi:
Fine, it was a dark and gloomy afternoon and dusk () here.
A fear of knees climbed the girl in the ()() skin () shiver.
Hotaro:
Embarrassing.
Satoshi:
Lured by the mysterious tone, she entered the room.
immediately the music stopped.
The lid of piano was up and no one was seated at the ().
The drawn curtain and the gloomy weather mede the room darker than usual.
That’s what she saw her.
A female student with long messy hair hang over the face front over across the room.
Her eyes was so blood shut and almost ().
It was the gun step of the piano member of the past.
() tragic () before national competition.
Hotaro:
Oh really.
Satoshi:
Well, I don’t know the that part for sure.
It’s not impossible.
Hotaro:
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
Satoshi:
Hey, I’ve gotta say, this is a surprise.
I don’t think you have ever forgotten your homework all the years I’ve known you.
Hotaro:
I didn’t forget to do it.
I just left it home this morning, that’s all.
So, now I have to stay after school, write same stupid essay again while you talk my ear off.
Satoshi:
Yeah, lucky you.
Anyway, I heard the really was a crazy hair ghost in the music room, that’s all.
Anyone in class A talked about it during lunch today.
The real question is how quickly the story was spread through the rest of the school.
().
It’s one of the seven wonder of Kamiyama high school, number two, you know?
I’m interested to see how many days it takes to spread to class D, my class.
Hotaro:
Hold on a second.
Exactly when where from home did you hear this story?
Satoshi:
Earlier today, in the club room from Chitanda.
Hotaro:
Is the music room goes to the second of seven wonders, what’s the first.
I’m sure you are dying to tell me.
Eru:
Hey, I was suspected I might find you two in here.
I laddered up for you, here you go.
Satoshi:
Thanks, I appreciate that.
I’m sorry, as a member of the executive committee, I’m forced to delegate some of responsibilities to others.
Eru:
Don’t worries, after all I am the club president now.
Hi, Oreki.
Hotaro:
You came in the perfect time.
Satoshi just finished telling me a quite interesting story.
Eru:
Yeah, I’m glad you () that up.
I heard that at lunch.
Hotaro:
It’s about the mysterious secret club recruitment notes.
Have you heard it?
Eru:
Secret club?
Hotaro:
Why don’t you tell that story, Satoshi?
Satoshi:
What do you say?
Wanna hear it?
Honestly, it’s pretty fascinating.
Eru:
Yes.
Satoshi:
I heard it today at the executive committee meeting.
Well, you already know this school has a million clubs.
So, off course there are recruitment posters postered all over the place.
There are so many at the bulletin boards could ()().
When the executive committee finds an unauthorized post, we take them down, no exceptions.
However, for the past few years, a strange recruitment notice (has) been turning up.
No one claims (who know a) thing about it.
Last year, showed up as a scrap of a note book paper with just a meeting place and times scribbled on it.
This club has been gathering, conducting secret business and recruiting new members all without the executive committee knowledge.
No one knows for sure who they are, what they do, but we do have one piece of information, their name.
Eru:
Yeah, what is it?
Satoshi:
Joro spiders society.
Eru:
Joro spider.
Satoshi:
So, you know Tanabe, the chair of the executive committee?
Well, he tried () them up last year by going to the legend meeting place at the exact time the note says.
That plan didn’t go over so well.
He didn’t find anything beside it was a hopes that the committee looks stupid.
However.
Eru:
What happened?
Satoshi:
On graduation day, one of the departing student () aside, and says,“I was the president of Joro spider society.”
Please give my warm regards to the one who succeeds me, which will be hard because we will ensure that you never unveil (us) identity.
They’re likely recruiting members for this year, too.
But we haven’t be able to find the secret base yet.
Eru:
The () recruitment note of Joro spider society.
That’s it, I must know.
Hotaro:
Yes.
I had feeling you’d say that, which is why I said you came the a perfect time
Eru:
What do you mean by that?
Hotaro:
You are just in the next step, to find the note.
Eru:
Right.
Hotaro:
There’s total of thirty bulletin board throughout the school.
Eru:
That many?
Are we going to search all of them?
Hotaro:
No, we are not.
It’s faster just the search the board with the most likely to hide the note.
Eru:
That make sense.
Hotaro:
Where would you put the secret recruitment note?
Eru:
Well, if it were up to me, I think I pin it to another corner bulletin boards where it would attract as little attention as possible.
Hotaro:
That’s where you are in wrong, though.
Eru:
Wait, why is that?
Hotaro:
Remember that the purpose of this notice to recruit members.
So, they probably put it on the boards in the first floor entrance.
Eru:
What?
But everyone in the school would see, wouldn’t they?
Satoshi:
Hold on, Chitanda.
I’m sure Hotaro has a brilliant idea (up) sleep.
Wow, it’s pretty impressive that our school has all these clubs, kinda hard to believe.
Eru:
Well, this remarkable, a calligraphy club, a basket ball club, a track club, but it just keeps going.
There’s barely it would be space left on the board.
Hey Oreki, are you doing OK?
Hotaro:
Yeah, I’m just a little overwhelmed by all this activity, I guess.
Satoshi:
This world must be beyond () to our energy conserving friend here.
Anyway, since this is a first bulletin board that students see, it’s become a battle ground.
Eru:
Wait, what is that mean?
Oh, right.
I get it.
There’s so many clubs competing to get notice so that unauthorized post can slip (under the later).
Hotaro:
That’s part of it.
Eru:
Part of it?
Wait, what could assume other reasons be.
Hotaro:
You’ll see.
Let’s just start looking around, OK?
Eru:
Right.
There’s the environmental club, debate club, even a hundred poets card game club, ah, fortune telling club.
I have a good friend who just joined that one on this year.
Satoshi:
Oh yeah.
Eru:
Koto club, ping-pong club, the art club,,
It doesn’t seems like there’s anything here for the Joro spider spciety.
Satoshi:
I don’t know.
You might not be able to tell what the secret recruitment note is just by looking at it.
Eru:
What?
What do you mean by that?
Satoshi:
Well, they might come up with the code to keep the executive committee from finding them out .
Eru:
A code,,
I see.
Satoshi:
Aha.
But if it’s here we are gonna break it.
Hotaro:
Found something.
Eru:
There it is, all right.
I would imagine they pick a more crowded place on the board to hide it.
Hotaro:
Definitely the work of amateurs.
An unexperienced first years trying to be ().
If this secret club knew at all what they were doing, our job would have been much harder.
Eru:
It’s a good point.
It’s still weird, though.
They are lack of any real skills painfully obviously now you mentioned it, but I’m not actually surprised (on the least).
Satoshi:
No stamp of approval from the committee.
Well, I’d better report this.
Hotaro:
All right, I’m gonna stop by the faculty room to turn in my essay.
Then start to head home.
Satoshi:
Yeah, OK.
I guess I’ll walk alone with you then.
Eru:
It is getting late.
Until the next time we meet then gentle man, any experienced first years trying to be ().
I’ll never forget that.
Satoshi:
Well, you fight mystery with mystery plan was a real success, I applaud you.
Hotaro:
Yeah, thanks for all your help.
For some reasons, I had feelings she was coming find us.
Satoshi:
Uhh, so that’s why you wrote the note and got the pin ready.
Well, looks like you have a () for the (ception).
I’m curious though, why did you go to so much trouble to set up () loose just to the distract from the music room mystery.
Don’t tell me that silly ghost story actually freaked you out or something.
Hotaro:
The music room was too far away.
Satoshi:
Are you kidding?
Hotaro:
No, I’m not.
I wanted to find the way to get us close to the main entrance, wrap up the mystery, so I can turn in my essay, and get the heck out of there fast.
Satoshi:
I wish I could say I’m surprised.
That’s typical Hotaro.
Eru:
“Please I have to know.”
Hotaro:
If I have to do something, I’ll do this quickly as possible, right?
Satoshi:
No way.
You won’t get away with that.
If you gonna proclaim your model, do it with your head held high, don’t paraphrase.
If I’d know any better, I would say you are just making a solely excuse.
Distracting from one mystery with another mystery?
I approve.
Nice ().
But you know something, Hotaro, what you did today wasn’t your style.
When Chitanda showed up, why didn’t you just (blow) her off, like the lazy bones we know in love.
That was fatal mistake this afternoon.
You would have been home, already.
Sometimes, you don’t know how to best live by your own model.
Hotaro:
Maybe you are right.
Satoshi:
Inexperienced, first years trying to be ().
That’s exactly you were today, as a matter of fact.
Chitanda was throwing you off your game, my friend?
I didn’t expect (that of you).
I wonder why you took such a meander detour.
I understand you were trying to trick Chitanda at all, but there were efficient ways.
Hotaro:
I wasn’t actually trick her.
Satoshi:
No, off course you weren’t.
You were just putting the situation on board for later.
Hotaro:
().
Oh yeah.
That’s right.
Satoshi:
Speaking of the other situation, what do you make up for the music room’s thing.
Hotaro:
Right.
Well,() shut eyes.
It sounds like someone who just woke from a nap.
Satoshi:
Oh, you are right.
Hotaro:
Some piano club member got sleepy and decided to have a rest.
She was nervous that she’d sleep past six o’clock when they lock up.
So, she set the alarm on the CD player and put it moonlight sonata.
It’s a simple, is that?
Satoshi:
That make sense.
I’m sure we check it out, we would have known it right away.
Hotaro:
The music room is too far away.
Satoshi:
Yeah, I hear that.
Even so, you know what?
I have a feeling you wasted a lot of time by (aboarding) the trip.
You could conserve more energy by checking it out.
Be careful next time.
This might end up costing you more than you think.
This is me.
Don’t worry.
I don’t judge.
But (knock) it hold over your head.
Bye.
Hotaro:
One (hold), huh?
Right.
最終更新：2024年01月15日 11:14
