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Buchner is a student of an Arts spire. She often appears at outdoor concerts for her own research, and therefore has experienced many noise disturbance incidents. According to her, there seems to be a pattern to them.

In order to explain it to me clearly, she pulls a roughly-chewed pen from her mouth and begins diagramming inside a notebook.

So you're saying that the noise contains a fixed rhythm?

Precisely! Look at the sound scores I've recorded from Bach, Wein, Doppelhörner, and here, Sorgfalt and Luton too... Do you see it? This passage–– the sounds are almost identical.

The anomalous noise has not surfaced for a number of days now, and I have no audio data of it. However, if her account is credible, the pattern in the sound may prove to be a breakthrough in the case.

Is it possible that other sections currently considered meaningless noise also have some kind of pattern? Maybe these sounds are a code of some sort?

It's not outside the realm of possibility, but if this indeed is a secret code, then we must deduce the corresponding cipher table beginning with this melody... Wait a second! I seem to have the vague impression... that I've heard this voice somewhere before...

I'll continue questioning.

Are you able to recall where you heard it? What were you doing at the time? I can help you remember.

...I remember it was at the Neuleopoldshof. I was on my way to the Ewigegnade concert hall, and there were celebratory decorations being put up on the sides of the road, and musicians playing the piano... Suddenly, I felt a pang of hunger, but didn't have a single coin in my pocket. Just then, the aroma of roasted hock started to waft over...

At the time of the incident: The subject was <color=#d41f1f>extremely hungry</color>, and had <color=#d41f1f>no money to buy food</color>.

The music of the heart sounds, resonating with the heartstrings of the subject and bringing back memories.

As the melody shows, you were distressed by your insatiable hunger when you heard the noise... Do you remember now?

Oh, yes, that was, that was... *gurgle*––*gurgle*... Ugh, it was the sound coming from my stomach. The topic of my research is 'Relationships Between Musical Trends and Regional Cuisine.' In order to collect data, I spend all my money rushing between various concerts, and end up having to go hungry... Ugh, I'm starting to get hungry again...

I treated Buchner to a meal of roasted hock and three large portions of sauerkraut. I was unable to garner any useful information from her, and closed this line of investigation.