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In the end, Satoshi didn't come up with any theories. Guess it can't be helped, not that I had much expectations from him anyway.
 
In the end, Satoshi didn't come up with any theories. Guess it can't be helped, not that I had much expectations from him anyway.
   
Though the problem now lied with me. Darn, I now regret not having read my research materials. I did have a theory in mind already, so I ignored the wavering in my heart and proceeded with the meeting.
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Though the problem now lied with me. Darn, I now regret not having read my research materials. Though I did have a theory in mind already, and so I ignored the wavering in my heart and proceeded with the meeting.
   
"Now then, Oreki-san, you may start anytime."
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"Now then, Oreki-san, you may start anytime,"
   
I nodded and handed out the copies, while taking a quick glance at my own copy as I did so. Like Satoshi's material, my copy itself did not contain much that was of much relevance to the incident. It was nothing but a listing of dry facts; that was the information that I researched.
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I nodded and handed out the copies, while taking a quick glance at my own copy as I did so. Like Satoshi's material, my copy itself did not contain much that was of much relevance to the incident. It was nothing but a listing of dry facts, that was the information that I researched.
   
   
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* Japan's Gross National Product exceeds 45 trillion yen to become the 3rd largest economy in the capitalist world. By 1968, it is expected to leapfrog West Germany to 2nd place.
 
* Japan's Gross National Product exceeds 45 trillion yen to become the 3rd largest economy in the capitalist world. By 1968, it is expected to leapfrog West Germany to 2nd place.
* Lightning strikes on a group of Fukashi High School students from Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, while they were hiking at Mt Nishiho, leaving 11 dead.<ref>TL: Mt Nishiho is part of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hida_Mountains Hida Mountains] in Nagano Prefecture. Though only the [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E7%A9%82%E9%AB%98%E5%B2%B3 Japanese Wikipedia entry] is available for Mt Nishiho itself. As well as the said [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E7%A9%82%E9%AB%98%E5%B2%B3%E8%90%BD%E9%9B%B7%E9%81%AD%E9%9B%A3%E4%BA%8B%E6%95%85 lightning disaster]</ref>
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* Lightning strikes on a group of Fukashi High School students from Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, while they were hiking at Mt Nishiho, leaving 11 dead.
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(TL: Mt Nishiho is part of the Hida Mountains in Nagano Prefecture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hida_Mountains Though only the Japanese Wikipedia entry is available for Mt Nishiho itself. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E7%A9%82%E9%AB%98%E5%B2%B3 As well as the said lightning disaster http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E7%A9%82%E9%AB%98%E5%B2%B3%E8%90%BD%E9%9B%B7%E9%81%AD%E9%9B%A3%E4%BA%8B%E6%95%85 )
* Student activism in Waseda University escalates with students participating in massive strikes<ref>TL: All Wikipedia entries concerning Japanese student movement in the 1960s are in Japanese. Googling "Japan student movement" may yield more English results.</ref>
 
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* Student activism in Waseda University escalates with students participating in massive strikes
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(TL:All Wikipedia entries concerning Japanese student movement in the 1960s are in Japanese. Googling "Japan student movement" may yield more English results)
   
 
Events in Kamiyama High School<br />
 
Events in Kamiyama High School<br />
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"Houtarou, could this be..."
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"Houtarou, could this be......"
   
I replied with a sour expression, "Yup, recorded from 'Kamiyama High School: Walking Together for 50 Years'. It is as you have seen..."
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I replied with a sour expression,
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"Yup, recorded from 'Kamiyama High School: Walking Together for 50 Years'. It is as you have seen......"
   
 
Having seen how the other three have presented their materials, if I were to imitate them, I would have to summarize my findings.
 
Having seen how the other three have presented their materials, if I were to imitate them, I would have to summarize my findings.
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It's not like I brought this material with much thought anyway. Looking at it another way, this material simply didn't have much meaning to it.
 
It's not like I brought this material with much thought anyway. Looking at it another way, this material simply didn't have much meaning to it.
   
The next few moments were spent with me at a loss for what to do next. Since this was only a request from a female student, as well as a club assignment, I wasn't going to get stiff because of it. It's more my style to say "Sorry guys, I can't think of anything," and let Chitanda and Ibara take care of the rest.
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The next few moments were spent with me at a loss on what to do next. Since this was only a request from a female student, as well as a club assignment, I wasn't going to get stiff because of it. It's more my style to say "Sorry guys, I can't think of anything," and let Chitanda and Ibara take care of the rest.
   
 
But even this option was a bit too grey-coloured for me.
 
But even this option was a bit too grey-coloured for me.
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"Excuse me. Before I go on, I need to go to the bathroom first."
 
"Excuse me. Before I go on, I need to go to the bathroom first."
   
Chitanda couldn't help but giggle.
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Chitanda couldn't help but giggle,
   
 
"Yes, of course."
 
"Yes, of course."
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And then, the debating that would follow.
 
And then, the debating that would follow.
   
What is the answer that links them all? What happened 33 years ago?
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What is the answer the links them all? What happened 33 years ago?
   
I went into thinking...
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I went into thinking......
   
 
And finally came to a conclusion.
 
And finally came to a conclusion.

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