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I lied in my bed, eyes wide open, staring at the ceiling. I trying to think of different ways to get out of here but I nothing can come up with is helpful. At the most I could save myself, and maybe someone else if I got lucky. Is there really no way out of this, is this real how we die?
*sigh
There’s no point just lying down here, I should find something to do. I make my way to the game room. However before I get there Monokuma jumps me.
“You…” I growled.
“Oh! Such aggressiveness, that’s the emotion you’re going to be needing” Monokuma laughed.
“What do you want” I said annoyed.
“Oh, I just wanted to tell you about your Ultimate Lab! ” cheered Monokuma.
“Ultimate Lab? Is this best fighting game lab in the world?”
“No silly, this is where you can hone your talents, and maybe find a good way to kill someone. Here’s an idea, try crushing Ryoma with an arcade machine, or, or maybe beat Kaito to death with an arcade stick or, or-”
“Okay, you’ve made your speech, get a move one” I pointed to the stairs.
“Hmph teenagers, so disrespectful” Monokuma pouted.
“Sorry, but you’ve lost my respect a loooong time ago, now leave me alone”
Monokuma left without saying another word. I enter my lab and turn on the television. Maybe indulging myself in my talent will help me remember something. At this point I’m trying to do anything that has the chance of helping us.
“Now, what game to play…”
I browse the rows of games and come across a game called ‘Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.’
“Hmm, this looks interesting”
I boot up the game and jump into the training mode.
“There’s a lot of characters, who do I pick?”
I eventually choose Spider-Man, Phoenix Wright, and Dante. Something just gravitated me to pick them. I started messing around with them, Dante is has a LOT of different moves befitting his stylish nature. Phoenix wright is a lawyer? He has a very unique playstyle and attacks by yelling tellings like “Objection!” and “Hold It!” and “Take That!” Spider-Man feel more traditional, focussing heavily on fast rush down, and comboing. Playing these characters feels very...natural especially Spider-Man.
“Spider-Man…”
“Oh!” My thought were interrupted by Kaede?
“Hey...Rantaro...Th-That tickles…”
“It’s okay, I’m almost done…”
“A...haha...pleasure hurry”
‘What the..”
I burst out of the door.
“Hey! What’s going here-”
In front of me was Rantaro...painting Kaede’s nails with Tsumugi watching?
“What are...What are you guys doing?” I asked, “I heard weird noises”
“Look Eric!” Kaede cheered, “Rantaro is painting my nails!”
“Yeah...so?”
“I’ve never had them painted before, do they look good?” she asked.
“This is a weird place for to have your nails painted for the first time...Oh yeah, it looks...uh good...I guess...”
“It’s too bad I don’t have any rhinestones it would look good with your french slant” Rantaro said like it was the most common knowledge.
“You seem to know a lot about this stuff, maybe your the Ultimate Makeup Artist” I suggest.
‘Certain would explain his outfit...and his personality’
“No, I just have a lot of sisters, and you sorta pick up on things” Rantaro dismissed.
“Hmph, normies…” Tsumugi said while glaring daggers into Rantaro.
‘I didn’t find anything super useful, but at least Kaede and Rantaro weren’t-no nevermind not going to think about that right now...’
After that fiasco, I decided to hang out with Rantaro. He also has memory loss, however his is much more specific than mine. It’s possible his ultimate talent might be a clue.
“So Rantaro” I question, “What exactly *do* you remember. Your Ultimate talent should reflect your life, right.”
“Let’s see, I was born into a very wealthy family. I wasn’t like other kids my age, I spent most of my time traveling the world on my dad’s boat, sometimes with my sisters.”
“Wow, that must be nice, so maybe your the Ultimate Traveler or Tourist” I suggested.
“No, no that does feel right” Rantaro replied.
‘Okay maybe that’s too broad’, I thought, “Well, what exactly do you do when you travel?”
“Well it varies from place to place, sometimes I do some sightseeing, sometimes I dabble in the culture and sometimes I have to run from the local gangs…”
“Woah, how does that happened?” I question.
“You know how it is, you go around asking to many questions, you get the crime families after you’re head” Rantaro said calmly.
“These adventures sounds dangerous” I assert.
“Yeah there are that’s how I lost my-” Rantaro stopped himself, “Sorry it’s nothing…”
“I going to assume that you almost said something personal”
“...basically”
“Well you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. However I can tell you do need to talk about this to someone. If not me then someone else you feel comfortable with.”
“Wow that’s unexpected, usually people are really pushy about it” Rantaro crosses his arms, “You’re a pretty cool guy, you know?”
“Thanks...but seriously, you should talk to someone about this, you put up a nice act, but I can tell it’s hurting you on the inside”
“Hmm, I guess you’re right, I haven’t really openly talked about it to someone” Rantaro sighed.
“If I could make a suggestion, Kirumi is out of a job, and you seem like you can afford her help,” I recommend, “She can probably help you find whoever your looking for.”
“Thanks…” said Rantaro.
“It’s no problem” I respond.
I make my way back to my room, and call it a day.
This is it, the day of the deadline. The day where we could all die. My only hope was that Monokuma was bluffing. He clearly had put a lot of effort into ‘game’ he wouldn’t just let that go to waste right? Otherwise they’re all toast.
‘I guess I rather die innocent, than live as a murderer’
They only problem was the other students, what if someone gets desperate? It’s definitely possible with a deadline like this. Plus with the first blood perk, they might get off scot free.
‘I *hate* this. I keep having to go off assumptions, and assumptions can be dangerous’
I tried to relax in my lab but I was too nervous to play any games right now or sit still in my room, so I paced around the academy anxiously waiting for something to happen. Is probably due to my powers making me so jumpy. There was nothing I wanted to do more than just run , to move, let my thoughts drift away and be free . But I was stuck in this school, stuck in this killing game. I decided to keep an eye on the other students, it seemed the everyone other than Kaede and Shuichi was at the dining hall, or in there room. It’s weird how I can sense people without actually seeing them. Also what exactly *are* my powers?
‘Super strength,speed, agility, sticking to walls, sensing my environment without sight…kinda like a bug or something...’
I continued to wander the halls after taking a quick bathroom break.
‘I wonder where Kaede and Shuichi are? Maybe they have a plan’
Then as I passed through someone classrooms I heard them talking.
“...I’m not a real detective, Kaede. What kind of stupid detective is afraid of finding the truth?”
“I wish there was piano here. I would play you a song to help cheer you up!”
‘Looks like they’re having a private conversation, I should leave.’
“Kaede…?”
“You noticed, huh? Yeah...I’m shaking, too. But I’d be a mess if you weren’t here, I would be so lost. With you by my side I feel like I can do anything. So, please...be more confident. I believe in you, so you should definitely believe in yourself!”
I slowly backed away from the door and walked away.
‘Why...why do I feel weird?’
All of the sudden, loud music started playing from the monitors. Along with several flashing images tell us to kill each other.
*click, clack
At the same time I heard the sound of footsteps, it appeared a large amount of students were heading to the basement? Why? Now I was really anxious, something bad was going to happen, and there was nothing I could do to stop it…
‘Danger! Below me!’’
I jumped backwards looked down, but there was nothing there that was a danger to me
‘The basement!’
I proceed to run back to the staircase leading to the basement, and hurried down the stars. Along the way I ran into Kaede, Shuichi, Tenko,and Kaito.
“Eric?” Kaito said surprised, “What you doing here?”
“Something bad is going to happen” I say, “I can feel it.”
“Hurry!” yelled Shuichi, “The mastermind is going to get away!”
‘Mastermind?!’
We burst through the doors, revealing a hidden door behind a bookshelf closing.
“Where’s the mastermind?” Shuichi question.
We slowly approached the bookshelf, where we saw...Rantaro Amami...dead on the ground.
‘No...I...failed’
Someone screamed it was probably Tenko, Kaito was speechless, Shuichi seemed unable to react to the current situation, and Kaede look riddled with guilt. She’s probably blaming herself for this. The other students I saw Kaito and Tenko with came running into the room.
“Hey, Gonta heard a scream is everything oka-AAAHHH!” Gonta screamed.
“Rantaro’s dead” said Maki, “The killing game has started”.
“No...that can’t be true...” Kaito said frustrated.
“No that’s wrong!” Kaede yelled, “I think that Rantaro was the mastermind”
“Mastermind?” I question, ‘So Rantaro was working with our kidnappers? That feels...wrong. I just talked to him.’ “Wait, in that case. How did he die? We all entered this room together...”
“Hmm..” Shuichi thought to himself.
‘Shuichi’s talent is going to come into use now’
*Ding Dong, Bing Bong
“W-What?!” Kaede stammered.
“A Body Has Been Discovered! Everyone Please Gather in the Library” Monokuma said though the monitor.
“N-No this can’t be true...that means…” Kaede looked pale.
“Rantaro isn’t the mastermind, and one of us killed him” Maki put bluntly.
“N-Not necessarily…” I refute, “He was killed close to the door, perhaps the mastermind killed Rantaro in an effort to kickstart the killing game.”
“No, I put dust on the card reader by the door, if the mastermind went through the door the dust would’ve fallen to the ground.” Shuichi explained.
“That means one of us really did kill Rantaro” Himiko looked depressed.
“Hey what the fuck happened!” yelled Miu as she entered the library.
The remaining students rushed into the library.
“It’s seems that a murder has occurred” said Kiyo.
“Nishishi...finally things are getting interesting” laughed Kokichi.
“How could you say something like that you degenerate male!” screamed Tenko.
“Stop giggling” I say, “I know your scared, stop trying to hide it”
“Phuhuhu...finally! I was starting to get bored with you kids” said Monokuma.
“S-So Rantaro isn’t the mastermind?!” Kaede stammered.
“Nope! If that was the case the killing game would be over automatically” said Monokuma.
‘So even if there are thousands of people working on this, we only have to kill one person…’
“But if Rantaro isn’t the mastermind, why did try to open the door? How did he even know about the door” asked Kaede.
“I-I don’t know, I don’t know. I can’t figure this out. He has to be the mastermind. He...” Shuichi stammered.
Shuichi looked like he was having a meltdown, unable to figure out what was going on
“Shuichi...” Kaede said with concern.
“I can’t do it, I can’t figure it out…” Shuichi was breathing deeply.
“Shuichi, c-calm down, we can figure this out!” Kaede grabbed his hand.
“Well lucky for you, since the first blood perk is in play, you don’t have to figure it out. Doesn’t that fill you with despair, knowing you’ll never figure out the answer” Monokuma giggled.
“Aww, but that’s boring” Kokichi pouted.
“Nyeh, investigating would be a pain…” Himiko sighed.
“Now would the murderer of Rantaro Amami, Ultimate Who Cares, please step forward”
“….” Nobody moved a muscle.
“Um, I said whoever killed Rantaro please step forward…”
“ ….”
“What’s this? Does one of you actually *want* a class trial! Well in that case I’m a generous bear, so we’ll hold a class trial! Better get investigating after a certain amount of time the trial will begin!” Monokuma left.
“What’s going on?!” I yelled, “Who’d in their right mind would want to have a class trail”
“I agree” said Keebo, “What could they possible have to gain from a class trail”
“Perhaps, they don’t simply wish to escape but to also kill the rest of us” Kiyo said creepily.
“What…?” Kaede stuttered.
“E-Eh? One of you virgins want me to die as well” Miu speaked, “H-Hey you losers better figure this out”
“It’s must have been one of the males, a girl would never do something like this” said Tenko.
“Gonta is a gentleman, would never kill Rantaro” said Gonta.
“Atua says that Rantaro killed himself” said Angie.
“That’s not real evidence” said Maki.
“Well of course *I* killed Rantaro, but that’s just a lie” said Kokichi.
“I think I saw this in an anime once and in that-”
“EVERYONE BE QUIET!” Shuichi yelled, “We can’t just stand here and point fingers, we to do *actual* investigating and we need to do it together. The only way we can figure this out is by working together, otherwise we’re as good as dead.”
Everyone was shocked at this Shuichi’s outburst. No one thought the detective had it in him to speak out like that.
“Wow that was impressive” I break the silence.
“Shuichi right, Monokuma said we only have a certain amount of time before the trail began, so we need to hurry” Kaede seemed to have her spirit back.
“But there is so may of us, how should we proceed” Kirumi asked.
“We should split up into groups, there’s an even amount of us now so there should be any problems” said Shuichi.
“I see that way no one can tamper with evidence” sadi Tsumugi.
“We should start with the cameras. Hopefully they managed to capture the killer” said Shuichi.
“Cameras?” I question, “When did you set up cameras”
“Right we didn’t explain our plan to catch the mastermind” said Kaede.
“Plan to capture the mastermind?” I say.
“Alright everyone there’s something you need to know” said Kaede.
Kaede explained her and Shuichi’s plan to stop the mastermind, and how the mastermind could be one of us.
‘Wow they actual had a pretty good plan, while I was just running around the place like an idiot’
“That means we can use the cameras you guys set up to find the culprit” Kaito said with a grin, “Though I’m slightly offended you didn’t tell us.”
“We couldn’t tell everyone or there’d be a mass panic” Shuichi explained, “No one would trust one another”.
“That’s why I think this is the masterminds fault” said Kaede, “They’re the only person who could get the chance to kill Rantaro. It would also explain why they didn’t take the perk.”
‘But if they didn’t come from the door where did they enter, and how did they leave?’
“Hey” Monophaine interrupted, “Um, I could develop the pictures while you investigate.”
“And how do we know you won’t just tamper with the pictures to ‘balance’ the game” said Ryoma.
“Yeah, thanks but no thanks” said Kaito.
“I could develop the photos if that is what you wish” said Kirumi.
“That would be great” said Kaede, “Just make sure you take someone with you.”
“Preferable Kokichi” I add, “I don’t want him messing around with the crime scene”
“Wow, you I’m the killer, I’m hurt I thought we were friends” Kokichi burst into tears.
“No, however you might tamper with the evidence to make things ‘interesting’ I say.
“Well that’s too bad because I’m taking those-” Monophaine started.
“Here you go Kirumi” I say as I hand over the camera.
“What?! So fast!” Monophanie exclaimed.
“Ha!” Miu laughed.
“Hmph, suit yourselves...So long, bear well…” Monophanie sighed.
Everyone split into groups and started to investigating. While Kokichi and Kirumi went to develop the photos. Somehow I ended without a group so I figured I would investigate with Shuichi, and Kaede.
“Wow Shuichi you were very assertive back there” said Kaede.
“It was nothing…” Shuichi blushed.
“Hey guys, mind if I investigate with you?” I ask, “I everyone else is taken...”
“Sure!” said Kaede, “Okay let’s do this”.
*Beep Beep
“Huh, my Monopad is ringing” says Kaede.
I pull out my Monopad instead of its usual menu, it read ‘Monokuma FIle 01.’
“Looks like some kind of case file” said Shuichi.
‘The victim is Rantaro Amami, Ultimate ??? The victim’s body was discovered in the library. The estimated time of death is 9:10 pm. The victim was subject to blunt force trauma to the back of the skull resulting in cranial fractures and immediate death. No other injuries were detected.’
“How were they able to do an autopsy report so fast?” I said.
“That’s something we can worry about later right now, we should start investigating the body” said Shuichi.
Rantaro’s body was facing the bookshelf adjacent to the bookshelf in front of the secret door with a bloody shot put ball close by. There was a lot of blood, leaving the ground and the bookshelf drenched. Rantaro body was also covered in blood particularly his left hand, with a noticeable wound on the back of his head. Kaede looked pale staring at Rantaro’s body.
“It appears that the shot put ball is the murder weapon, it matches the wound on the back of his head.” said Shuichi.
“Judging by the splattering marks on the bookshelf, Rantaro was standing up when he was hit from behind by the shot put ball. We’re looking for someone about Rantaro’s size, and strong enough to hit Rantaro in the head.” I deduce.
“Woah” said Kaede, “You’re pretty good detective”
“Uh thanks” I reply.
“I wonder shouldn’t he noticed his attacker” said Shuichi.
“Ah, the monitors!” Kaede exclaimed, “During the final hour of the deadline, Monokuma was blasting that weird music. That’s why they didn’t hear the culprit”
“Ha! You’re pretty good yourself” I say.
Shuichi proceed to check his person, only finding his Monopad in his pocket.
“This proves it,” said Shuichi, “If he was the mastermind he’d have the card key on his person.”
“If that was the case, why did he even come to the library?” said Kaede.
“He probably discovered the door earlier, and like you guys, planned to intercept the mastermind before the deadline” I say, “But luckily for us, this might just give us the chance to stop the mastermind.”
“Yeah, I won’t let Rantaro’s death be in vain. I’ll use the class trail to expose the mastermind and save everyone” Kaede pumped her fists.
“Well I think that’s everything we’ll get from the body” said Shuichi.
“Ok in that case...” I whip out my notebook, and draw a diagram of the library, including the body, the murder weapon, the bookshelves, the cameras, and the vent, “Okay we can refer to this in the future”
Also in the library Miu was messing around with a controller.
“What’s with the controller?” I ask, “Are you using a drone to collect data for the investigation.”
“No dickcheese! I’m using a drone in order to take pictures for the investigation.” laughed Miu
“Isn’t that basically the same thing” said Kaede.
“Shut up small tits, no one asked you!” said Miu
“Y-You shut up! My chest is way better than your nasty cow udders!” yelled Kaede.
“*inhales, OOOOOOOHHHH!” I yelled jumping up and down. “You just got told!”
“Heeeee!!!” Miu stuttered.
“....” Shuichi was both speechless and blushing.
“My girl!” I cheered “High five!”
Kaede gave me a high five, and we proceeded out of the library.
The game room was our next spot as it’s right next to the library and that’s where Kaito and several other people were gathered.
“So Kaito what exactly were you guys doing here” Kaede asked.
“Well I gathered everyone I thought could put up a decent fight against Monokuma and went to somewhere they couldn’t get the jump on us” answered Kaito seemingly proud of his answer.
“Yeah, but you also trapped yourself in the basement where you had no chance of escape. Not to mention there’s not enough a lot of space to fight” I say.
“Butl...you...see...Monokuma wouldn’t have never expected it!” Kaito cheered.
“Anyways Rantaro was a part of this group as well correct?” said Shuichi, “Did you notice him leaving.”
“Of course!” said Kaito, “He said he needed to go to the bathroom, but when he didn’t come back, me and Tenko went looking for him”
“That’s when we met up” Kaede said, “Did you notice anything suspicious? Did anyone else leave the group?”
“I don’t think so, but Gonta was in the by himself in the movie room” said Kaito.
“We should talk to Gonta” said Shuichi.
“Ok, you guys do that while I search my lab, I’m the only one who’s been in it long enough to tell if anything been tampered with” I said.
“Right” Shuichi nodded.
I entered my lab, and checked to see if anything was out of the ordinary. However it appeared the room hadn’t been touched since I last entered.
‘There was a secret door in the library, maybe my lab also has some secrets...’
I began to move around the stuff in my lab, checking behind the arcade machines and cabinets for any secret doors. Unfortunately my search turned up empty.
‘I guess that makes sense, they would put secrets in more common areas to access them easily without arousing suspicion.’
I walk out of my lab and enter the A/V room, inside Kaede and Shuichi were both blushing at a dvd. Gonta and Himiko was also in the room.
“Hey guys I didn’t find anything in my lab...you ok?” I question.
“Y-Yeah we’re find” Kaede stuttered, “Just investigation…”
“Ok, well did you find anything?”
“Well we found this sliding door that leads to the library, it only opens a crack thought…” said Kaede.
“And the screen could be rolled up and used for a pole” Shuichi added.
“So?” I question, “It’s not like it could’ve been used to kill Rantaro”
“...right” Shuichi sighs.
“So Gonta” Kaede moved on, “What exactly were you doing in here by yourself?”
“Oh, Gonta was watching a bug movie to get himself pumped to fight Monokuma” said Gonta.
“Are you sure you watching a movie?” said Himiko, “Or were you killing Rantaro!”
“No, Gonta would never hurt friends” said Gonta, “You gotta believe Gonta, Gonta gentleman!”
“It’s okay Gonta I believe you” I comfort him, “You’re the lowest on my suspect list”
“Thanks Eric, Gonta should introduce you to bug friends!” Gonta yelled.
“I’d like that” I nodded, “I’ve always thought spiders were really cool”
“Okay, I think we’ve searched everything you need to in here, let’s go” Kaede suggested.
We left the library, and began to ask people for the alibias, mostly everyone was either at the dining hall or with Kaito in the basement. The rest where in their rooms. However Kiyo noted that Tsumugi in particular left to use the bathroom and was gone for awhile.
“Interesting…” Shuichi said.
“Do you think that Tsumugi could’ve disguised herself and commited the crime?” said Kaede.
“It’s possible...what if the Rantaro with Kaito and the others wasn’t actually Rantaro” I theorised, “But Tsumugi is cosplay?”
“We’ll have to ask her to be sure” said Shuichi.
We made our way back to the library where Tsumugi and Miu were still investigating.
“Tsumugi, I’m just going to cut to the chase-since you’re the ultimate cosplayer you could disguised yourself as one of us” said Kaede.
“Cosplay isn’t a disguise!” Tsumugi burst out, “Besides I can’t cosplay a real person, even if I wanted to…”
“What do you mean by that?” Shuichi questions.
“It’s called cospox, whenever I try to cosplay as a real person my skin becomes red and itchy, It’s better if I show you” Tsumugi said as she grabbed Kaede hand and head off.
“Hey where are you going!” I exclaimed as I went after them.
“H-Hey wait!” Shuichi yelled.
Tsumugi brought Kaede to the first floor and into the girl’s bathroom, while me and Shuichi waited outside.
“So...ah...what now?” I turned to Shuichi, “You want to go first to 5 in Street Fighter?”
“Uhh...:” Shuichi paused.
“I’m just kidding that would take too long…” I joked.
We waited a few minutes as Kaede and Tsumugi were doing...whatever they were doing in there. However Kaede exited with tears in her eyes, causing both me and Shuichi to rush to here.
“Kaede! Are you okay?!” Shuichi panicked
“Who did this? Was it Tsumugi! I’ll mess her up! I’ll really do it, I’m not sexist!” I said furiously.
“I-I’m okay, but Tsumugi couldn’t have disguised herself…” Kaede whimpered
“Kaede what happened in there?” Shuichi investigated.
“It’s-it’s nothing, but Tsumugu was telling the truth, shes gets an allergic reaction when attempting to cosplay a real person” said Kaede
“Heeeyyy!” cheered Kokichi, “What’s going on! I figured I should save you some time that I’m the killer, but that would a lie, and I know you hate lies. Also Kirumi done generating the pictures like you asked.”
Everyone gathered in the storage room. We were all eagerly anticipating what the photos would reveal to us.
“I developed the photos to your request and organised them into 3 folders for each camera” said Kirumi.
“Thanks Kirumi” said Shuichi.
“Hey!” yelled Kaito, “Don’t keep us in suspense! Open it!”
“Ooh, I wonder who it is?” Angie squished her cheeks.
Shuichi opened the folders, and flipped through all of the pictures. There were pictures of Rantaro entering with his Monopod in his left hand, opening the hidden door, walking up to the bookcase, and...all of us entering the library.
“What?” Kaede exclaimed.
“That’s it?!” I gasped.
“Gonta don’t understand, where is culprit?”
“Maybe he was killed by a ghost” said Tsumugi.
“Ghost?!” Kaito yelped.
“Don’t be an idiot” said Maki.
“I don’t understand how was the culprit able to avoid being captured on camera?” said Keebo.
‘Damn it! It’s like the more I investigate the less I understand. Maybe Shuichi is having more luck-’
*Ding Dong Bing Bong
‘What! No, not now. I need more time!’
“Alright! It’s time for what you’ve been waiting for-the class trial! Please assemble in front of the Shrine of Judgement in the courtyard. Phuhuhu...hope your ready!”
“Damn! We’re out of time” said Kaito with frustration.
“We will have to figure out the rest in the trail” said Keebo.
“I-It’ll be fine, we’ll be fine!” Kaede encouraged, “We’re going to expose the mastermind and save everyone..who’s left. Let’s go!”
In a few minutes we arrived at at the ‘Shrine of Judgement’ all eagerly anticipating the class trial. Shuichi in particular looked nervous.
“Hey don’t worry Shuichi, this not up to just on you. We’re going to figure this case out together. I’m sure we can crack this thing if we work together.” I said
“Right...thanks” Shuichi nodded.
“I feel like you say that a lot”
“...sorry”
“You also say that a lot too” I chuckled.
All of the sudden the ground began to rumble as the Monokuma statue began to sink and a pathway leading to an elevator rose behind the waterfall from the water.
“This guy really likes being dramatic…” said Himiko.
“Atua please protect us in this class trail” Angie prayed.
“I guess we have to get in the elevator” said Kaede
We entered the large elevator one at a time. All of us nervous about what would happen next. Everyone was mostly silent during the ride down, except Kaede who was whispering to Shuichi.
“Hey Shuichi remember what I told you before?”
“....”
“I think everyone is afraid of learning the truth. But the people who are willing to find the truth are the ones who get to choose the path you they’re on. But if you don’t, you won’t know what path your on; you don’t get to choose. It’s the choices that make us who we are. So please...choose to fight for the truth, even if it’s scary. I believe in you.”
“.....”
“You know I use to be like you, so unsure in myself I thought I would vomit on stage. Then I thought of all the people I’ve made smile thanks to my performances”
“...Kaede”
“Alright! Let’s expose the mastermind and save everyone!”
‘That speech is feels familiar, very familiar. This is weird, that speech it makes me feel scared and brave at the sametime, happy and sad. Why?’
The elevator stopped and the door opened revealing a strange circular looking courtroom, with Monokuma sitting in the judge’s bench, and his kids in the jury.
‘This is it. Even with all my powers I could save Rantaro. But I won’t let his death go to waste. We’ll find the killer, take down the mastermind. I won’t let anymore of my friends die.’