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I see. Hmm, in that case, I shall witness this very moment.

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[player]If that's the case, I shall address thee by thy true name, KR-976! [Anju Suzumiya]Answer: Thanks for recognizing KR-976. [player]But... KR-976 is too sci-fi as a name. Others may easily mistake it for a robot, don't you think so? [Anju Suzumiya]Answer: KR-976 is a social artificial intelligence designed for communication. In a way, I can be considered as a robot. [player]Don't you have to hide your identity as a robot? [Anju Suzumiya]!!! [Anju Suzumiya]Answer: After serious consideration, KR-976 believes it is necessary to use a cover. [player]Can I call you Anju in future? [Anju Suzumiya]Answer: System has performed an analysis and decided PLAYER is allowed to refer to KR-976 as "Anju" in front of other humans. However, please use KR-976 when no others are around. She's so persistent. But... Anju sounds like a good name. [Anju Suzumiya]Question: Is PLAYER going out? [player]Yeah, I'm going to find Usumi Ishihara and ask him how to make mooncakes. [Anju Suzumiya]KR-976 would like to watch the mooncake making process. PLAYER, please approve the application. [player]If you are interested, of course. But we need to find him first. [Anju Suzumiya]Question: Are you unable to contact this human named Usumi Ishihara? [player]You are right. That's why I want to try my luck at his place. [Anju Suzumiya]According to KR-976's observation, some people always choose to stay at home during weekends. KR-976 has defined them as "otaku". Could Usumi Ishihara be one of them? Usumi... he doesn't look like an otaku at all... [player]We won't know unless we see him in person. Let's go to his place. What do you think? [Anju Suzumiya]Agreed. Anju Suzumiya went to Usumi Ishihara's home but couldn't find him. Where could he be? [Anju Suzumiya]Proposal: You can go to Asaha High School. There are school club activities during the weekend. As the president of the student council, it is possible that he is participating in club activities right now. I gave Anju a thumbs-up. At least we have a new direction. Asaha High School Asaha High School was quite well-known in One Han City. It was located near the Mahjong Soul Shrine, next to the shopping street. There were a lot of things going on when we arrived at the entrance. Someone gave us a flyer the moment we got there. I looked at it and realized it was a festival event at Mahjong Soul Shrine. [player]Mooncake... tale? [???]Umhmm, Mahjong Soul Shrine is hosting our Mid-Autumn event, "Mooncake Tale"-nyaa! I heard Ichihime's familiar voice. She jumped in front of us, waving the flyers in her hand. [Ichihime]I knew it was you, master-nyaa! Wanjirou said I was wrong, hmph-nyaa! Ichihime would never mistake someone else for master! I then saw Wanjirou and Mai Aihara behind Ichihime. They were also carrying flyers. [player]Thank goodness you are here. Asaha High School is so big. I'm looking for someone, but I don't even know where to start. [Wanjirou]Looking for someone? Well, we are busy giving out flyers. We don't have the time to help you. [player]It's okay, you don't have to. All I need is some information. Speaking of which, you have been here for a long time, haven't you? [Mai Aihara]Yeah... We've been giving out flyers here after lunch. [player]Okay, but have you seen President Ishihara of Asaha High School? He looks like this. I opened Usumi Ishihara's photo on my phone and showed it to them. It was a formal ID photo. As to how I got this photo... that was another heart-tingling story. [Wanjirou]This guy... He entered the school at lunch time but never came out. I think he's still inside. [Ichihime]Nyaa? No way. Ichihime saw this guy at Mahjong Soul Shrine when I left home at lunch time. [Mai Aihara]I didn't see Mr. Ishihara at Mahjong Soul Shrine when I went there to pick up the flyers. [Ichihime]I'm sure this person is at Mahjong Soul Shrine. Ichihime's had a lot of fish recently! I've got great memory-nyaa! [Mai Aihara]Maybe... he left? Anju Suzumiya and I looked at each other in confusion. I thought they would give us a clue, but things ended up more chaotic. [Anju Suzumiya]Hint: There are three possibilities. Usumi Ishihara could be in Asaha High School, or Mahjong Soul Shrine. Or, he may not be in Mahjong Soul Shrine at all. [player]How about... we go look for him in the school? [Anju Suzumiya]Agreed. After bidding farewell to them, we entered the school and bumped into Eliisa, who was leaving in a rush. [Eliisa]Safe! Hoho, what a perfect escape. Finally, I don't have to listen to the vice president's nagging. We are lucky, aren't we? [Shaun]Baa— Hearing she said "vice president", I had an idea and walked up to her. [player]Eliisa. [Eliisa]Ouch! M-Mr. Wolf, why are you here?! Are you also here for Eliisa? [player]No, I just wanted to ask you a question. Have you seen Usumi Ishihara anywhere? [Eliisa]Oh, you are looking for the president. I heard the vice president say he ran away to the shopping street. [Anju Suzumiya]Hint: New clue found. Usumi Ishihara could be on the shopping street. [player]Yeah, the vice president is extremely good at finding the president. He is usually right. [Anju Suzumiya]Question: Do we need to go to the shopping street and look for Usumi Ishihara? [player]Let's go. Shopping Street Anju and I said goodbye to Eliisa and came to the busy shopping street. Compared to Asaha High School, finding a person here seemed to be more difficult. I was lost in thought... [???]You seem to be in trouble, young soul. Which of these lovely girls did you lose? This quiet and well-behaved girl, or this energetic and bubbly girl? That sounded so wrong in many ways. I turned back and saw Zan Tsukimi standing behind, smiling. Momo Hina and Haruna Igarashi were following him. [Zan Tsukimi]Looks like something's really troubling you. We've been standing here for five minutes, and the girl next to you tried to talk to you for three times. You didn't hear her at all. [player]Ah, sorry. I was thinking about something, probably lost in my thoughts. [Zan Tsukimi]Come on, tell me. What's your trouble? [player]Um, it's not really a problem. Anju and I are just looking for someone. I took out Usumi Ishihara's photo and handed to them. I also told them what Ichihime, Wanjirou, Mai Aihara and Eliisa said. Momo Hina cautiously asked me about Usumi Ishihara's characteristics and thought for a while. [Momo Hina]Momo didn't see him around the shopping street in person, but according to Mr. Rabbit, Momo thinks Eliisa could be right. [Haruna Igarashi]If you ask Haruna, first of all, Momo must be right! Hehe! As for others... Haruna thinks Mai is also telling the truth. Because she's bad at lying. You are just rooting for the people you know! There's no logic! [Zan Tsukimi]Well, I think Haruna is just supporting the people she knows, so she may not be right. Hmm... other than that, Ichihime could also be wrong. [Anju Suzumiya]Hint: Another three contradicting clues have appeared. [player]I just realized... I never thought finding Usumi Ishihara could be so difficult. I had a lot more respect for the vice president, Ren Kisaragi. But surely someone else could provide me with reliable information. For instance, Ein worked here every day. He knew the shopping street better than others and it would easier for him to trace Usumi Ishihara. Thinking about it, I took Anju Suzumiya away from the trio, and continued to walk further down the shopping street. When we were about to arrive at the convenience store that Ein was working at, I saw him rushing past us on a bicycle. [player]Ein— I tried to talk to him over the crowd, but he only stopped for a brief moment, shouted something and left again in a hurry. Before I could figure it out, he rode on the bicycle and left again. What was that? Anju Suzumiya thought for a brief second, then drew a stroke on the notebook. [Anju Suzumiya]Hint: New clue found. ……………… I bought two ice-cream cones from the convenience store. Anju and I sat on the roadside bench, eating while analyzing the available clues. Someone patted my shoulder from behind. [???]Yo! [Kirara Fujimoto]I was just checking the nail polish stock, didn't expect to meet you here! Haha! [player]Nice timing. Kirara, you are a student of Asaha High School, aren't you? Have you seen President Ishihara today? [Kirara Fujimoto]Ah, that fashionable President Ishihara, right? Hmm... I didn't see him in person. Have you asked anyone else? I told her what the others said. She thought for a while, then gave me a sly grin. [Kirara Fujimoto]What I can say is, only one person was right out of Ein and Haruna. As for why... just try to figure it out yourself, haha! Kirara Fujimoto's friends were looking for her, so she patted me on the shoulder, said "good luck" and left. I only felt more confused... Anju Suzumiya pulled my sleeve and showed me her notebook. [Anju Suzumiya]Based on KR-976's observation and understanding of humans, I just re-analyzed the clues provided by all 9 people. Although they sometimes contradicted one another, a pattern could be found. KR-976 believes 3 of them were correct, while the other 6 were giving false information. I looked down at the clues that Anju summarized. Ichihime: Usumi Ishihara is at Mahjong Soul Shrine.//nWanjirou: Usumi Ishihara is at Asaha High School.//nMai Aihara: Usumi Ishihara is not at Mahjong Soul Shrine. Eliisa: Usumi Ishihara is at the shopping street. //nMomo Hina: Eliisa may be right.//nHaruna Igarashi: Mai Aihara and Momo Hina are right. Zan Tsukimi: Both Ichihime and Haruna maybe wrong.//nEin: Said nothing.//nKirara Fujimoto: Between Ein and Haruna, only one of them is right. Considering Anju's analysis, where should Usumi Ishihara be...