Few days have passed since the first time Manabe arrived in Namimori. Except for some quite surprising things he found out on his first day, there's nothing else he can take for his article. Yet, he continues to watch Yamamoto Takeshi movements, sometimes from close range, sometimes from afar, but always in the shadow. He doesn't want to create suspicion anyway. It will just make his job harder.
After some days with no significant result, Manabe can't help but to think whether his seniors failed because, frankly, there might be nothing interesting from Yamamoto Takeshi's life. So, Manabe takes a little detour from his usual routes and heads towards Namimori School. Perhaps, visiting a place where the baseball player used to study will give him a better insight.
When he arrives, the school is rather empty since it's not break time. He manages to enter the building after pretending that he had studied there before and just want to remember the good old times.
Inside, he find that there's a special section on the hallway where the school put on display the pictures of it most successful alumnus, one of them being Takeshi Yamamoto.
He proceeds to the library and once again gets the access for the yearbook collections by repeating the same white lie he told before. Perhaps, it's one of the benefits from having a bland innocent face.
Now, now… Where is it? The yearbook when Yamamoto Takeshi graduated. Umm… He's about the same age as me, so it makes him graduated approximately… at year… Aha! Here it is!
Manabe took his time analyzing the yearbook. There's nothing much, although something which is not significant enough, really caught his mind.
Apparently, Yamamoto Takeshi was already popular since his school time. On almost every picture, he was always surrounded by a bunch of other kids, either boys or girls. But when he did take a picture with only a few people, his companion will mostly be this two kids, a silver haired boy with a scowled face and a seemingly timid brown haired boy. Manabe searched for their names and successfully found it on the absence list.
Manabe's note:
Try to find more about Gokudera Hayato and Sawada Tsunayoshi.