As the person Shinomiya Kaguya had specifically sent out to handle this matter, Hayasaka Ai continued having the Shinomiya Family bodyguards investigate the situation inside and outside the bookstore. Whenever they found anyone acting suspiciously, they recorded the person's appearance for a more thorough investigation later.
"So what exactly is Lady Kaguya looking for?"
Meanwhile, Hayasaka Ai, who was in the same café as Miyauchi Hiyage but seated elsewhere, bit down on her straw as she grumbled, checking the information the bodyguards sent her on her phone.
She could guess that her young lady had recently encountered some kind of strange opportunity, causing her entire personality to become more... well, "outgoing" was as good a word as any.
But perhaps because of certain restrictions, Shinomiya Kaguya had not explained things to her in much detail.
All she knew now was that someone called You Know Who had somehow connected many girls together and granted them special powers.
Yet they apparently did not know what You Know Who wanted to do, so Shinomiya Kaguya wanted to find his whereabouts and figure out his intentions.
That was probably Hayasaka Ai's understanding of the entire situation.
The reason she was here was because her young lady had told her there was roughly a ten percent chance that You Know Who would appear nearby for Kasumigaoka Utaha's signing event, and had sent her to investigate.
As for her young lady, she was probably heading toward Chiba with that mysterious fortune-teller and several bodyguards.
"Even ten percent is way too low, isn't it? And I don't even know what You Know Who looks like. Do I seriously have to write down every suspicious person and investigate them one by one afterward? That workload would kill me..."
Hayasaka Ai muttered under her breath.
Completely unaware that