❝ FOR A LONG TIME , HUMANS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT IF YOU TRY HARD ENOUGH ,

YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING . . . BUT THAT'S A COMPLETE LIE . THE WORLD IS NOT THAT ACCOMMODATING . ❞

—komaeda nagito, the ultimate luck

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The elevator stops moving, finally reaching the lowest floor. When the large metal doors slide open slowly, only white light shines into the area. We all stare at the opening, preparing to enter the new and unfamiliar room.

I have to defend myself. I'm not Gold's killer. She was the closest friend I had in here, and now she's gone. But they don't believe that. They think I did it, that I murdered her. I have to. I have to defend myself. Somehow, I will.

One by one, each of us start to walk towards the open doors and the room. As we're walking out, all I can think of is just one thing: good luck, everyone.

Before us is a large courtroom. The floor is checkered in a colored pattern of black and white, with the red silk curtains draping down the walls of the room. At the very back of the room is a large chair, a throne of sorts, where Monokuma is seated.

In the center of the room, however, is what I assume is the centerpiece. In a circle, sixteen podiums stand. One for each of us, with a few to spare now.

"Why are there sixteen podiums? There was only fifteen of us when we all first woke up," Alec points out as we all start to approach the podiums.

"Sheesh, don't read into every little thing, kid! It's just meant that this courtroom can hold a maximum of sixteen students!" Monokuma explains, slouching in his throne.

One by one, each of us pick an individual podium and stand behind them. In place of the empty spots where Gold and Yandere would be are stands with their photos on them, and on those photos are two large X's written in red marking across their faces.

"This is screwed up," I murmur to myself, balling my hands into fists as I press against my podium with my nails.

"You're saying that because you're the murderer," I hear Felicia mumble beside me, to which I ignore.

"Alright, kiddos! Let the class trial commence!" Monokuma announces enthusiastically.

GoldenGlare, the Super-High-School-Level Cook, who was the first person I ever met inside this entire ordeal, the first friend I made in here, is dead. Murdered by one of our own classmates. And everyone thinks it's me who did it.

No. I refuse to let this happen.

I refuse to be wrongfully accused.

𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗘𝗚𝗜𝗡

𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗘

𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗞𝗨𝗠𝗔

Let's begin with a basic explanation of the class trial! Your votes will determine the results. If you can figure out 'whodunnit' then only they will receive punishment. But if you pick the wrong one... then I'll punish everyone besides the blackened, and the one that deceived everyone else will graduate!"

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"So, one of us truly is the killer?"

𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗞𝗨𝗠𝗔:

"Yup! Now, get debating!"

𝗞𝗬𝗥𝗔𝗡

"How... how do we even do this?"

𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗞𝗨𝗠𝗔:

"That's not my problem! Figure it out!"

𝗞𝗬𝗥𝗔𝗡:

"I mean... what if we close our eyes and then the murderer raises their hand?"

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡

"You better be kidding."

𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗭:

"Well, do you have any better ideas?"

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"I'd rather take my chances with a game of Russian Roulette than that idea, no offense."

𝗔𝗟𝗬:

"Do we really have to question anything? I mean... we all know that Funneh is suspicious..."

𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗖:

"Aly! We can't just throw her under the bus because of a few clues. We have to prove it."

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗬𝗡 𝗪𝗬𝗡𝗗:

"Now, now, steady. Before we truly start this trial, I must ask, why the portraits of the deceased in their place?"

𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗞𝗨𝗠𝗔:

"Just because they're dead doesn't mean we can't pay them respect, right? Think of them as... tributes in their honor."

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗬𝗡 𝗪𝗬𝗡𝗗:

"...Very well. I suppose we should proceed in this trial with caution."

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

I can't let them choose me. Not just for my sake, but for everyone's sake. If they pick wrong, we're all going to die.

°°°

𝗘-𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞: 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗦

𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡....

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 "𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞" 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

°°°

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄:

[𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐄]

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬' 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆?

[𝙮𝙚𝙨] 𝘯𝘰

𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜....

°°°

𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗘:

"There are very little things we know for sure, but one thing we have to believe is that Gold is the victim."

𝗔𝗟𝗬:

"And the murder took place in Funneh's room."

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗦:

"So, she must've been taken by surprise, right? She was killed in the shower room of Funneh's room."

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"Maybe."

𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜:

"Oh, poor Gold... 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕..."

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

Wait, what? There was something in there... something they said wrong... I have to listen.

𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗘:

"There are very little things we know for sure, but one thing we have to believe is that Gold is the victim."

𝗔𝗟𝗬:

"And the murder took place in Funneh's room."

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗦:

"So, she must've been taken by surprise, right? She was killed in the shower room of Funneh's room."

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"Maybe."

𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜:

"Oh, poor Gold... 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕..."

[𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓]

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"No, that's wrong!"

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 "𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞" 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 "𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢'𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭"

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊!

[𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐄𝐍𝐃]

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"Hold on, Valerie. In my room, there were definitely signs of a struggle. There were slashes on the walls and even the furniture was upturned. There had to have been a struggle. The state of my room proves it."

𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗨:

"A struggle? Between who?"

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"Gold and her killer, obviously. Gold definitely resisted before she was murdered."

𝗔𝗟𝗬:

"Then she must've been attacked in the main room before fleeing or being cornered in the shower room, right?"

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗬𝗡 𝗪𝗬𝗡𝗗:

"Precisely. The evidence proves it."

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"Obviously. Now, what's next?"

𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗖:

"The murder weapon, right? I mean, it's like the elephant in the room."

°°°

[𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍]

𝗘-𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞: 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗦

𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡...

"𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞" 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

°°°

𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗡:

"The Monokuma File said that she was stabbed with a sharp object, right?"

𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗘:

"And that the wound from said object caused her death."

𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗣𝗔𝗜:

"I never got the chance to investigate the body, but did anyone else see a plausible murder weapon? 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆? 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒑 𝒐𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇."

[𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓]

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"I agree with that!"

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 "𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞" 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 "𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐢'𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭"

[𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐄𝐍𝐃]

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"When I investigated Gold's body, a knife was stabbed into her stomach, which lines up with her cause of death."

𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗡:

"So, the murderer just used some random knife they had on them to kill her?"

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗦:

"No, itcouldn't have been some random knife. On the first day we were here, I was in the kitchen."

𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗭:

"We don't caaaaare! What does you being in there mean to it not being a random knife?"

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗦:

"It matters because while I was in there, Gold came in. Said she wanted to see the kitchen. I didn't think it was unusual because of her Ultimate. But that day, when she left the kitchen, one of the knives from the set was missing."

𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗖:

"So, the knife that was used to kill her was the same one from the kitchen? Has it not been returned?"

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗦:

"No. My eyes are sharp so they would notice if it suddenly reappeared! Haha!"

𝗞𝗬𝗥𝗔𝗡:

"But why get a knife? I get that she was the Ultimate Cook, but why take it and keep it?"

𝗔𝗟𝗬:

"We haven't figured that out, yet."

°°°

[𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍]

𝗘-𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞: 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗦

𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡...

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 "𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞" 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

°°°

𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗖:

"Maybe she really did just take it to cook."

𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗡:

"But take it and keep it in her room?"

𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗘:

"But, that's the thing. 𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒂 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔?"

[𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓]

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"I agree with that!"

𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 "𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞" 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 "𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐄𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞'𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭"

[𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐃𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐄𝐍𝐃]

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"The night Gold was murdered, she came to me. She told me she had gotten a threatening note when we first got here that she'd be in danger. It never specified when she'd be in danger, so she must've taken the knife and kept it for safe measures."

𝗔𝗟𝗬:

"So, the very thing meant to protect her killed her..."

𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗣𝗔𝗜:

"Is this really all the evidence we have? At this rate, we'll never figure out who killed her."

𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗘:

"But it had to have been Funneh, right?"

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"What?"

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"All the evidence points to you. Gold was found in your room, was she not?"

𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗡:

"He has a point, Funneh..."

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗬𝗡 𝗪𝗬𝗡𝗗:

"Now, now. We must wait to present our arguments, otherwise there is no point to this entire trial."

𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗣𝗔𝗜:

"I mean, we already have a conclusion. Is it even gonna change if we do bother to argue?"

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗬𝗡 𝗪𝗬𝗡𝗗:

"I think that if we continue to prove our points and continue with our debates, something will surely be revealed in the end."

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"I'm not going to be wrongfully accused. Already, there's proof that I'm not the killer. I didn't grab the knife and Rainbow can testify to that."

𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗡:

"But... does that mean you aren't the killer?"

𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗭:

"Pft, I got it solved!"

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"What?"

𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗘:

"That's it. We're gonna die here."

𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗭:

"Oh, puh-lease! My gorgeous brain has managed to figure this all out before any of you ironing boards!"

𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗖:

"We don't have time for your narcissistic comments. What did you figure out?"

𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗭:

"Hmph! If you're gonna act like that, then I'll just keep my mouth shut!"

𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜:

"Oh, Felicia... please, cooperate. This is for the sake of everyone, including you."

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"...She has a point."

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"What? What are you talking about?"

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"I'm guessing Felicia has come to the same revelation I have. And if she has, then it is a fair point."

𝗔𝗟𝗬:

"Spit it out, then. We don't have time for cryptic messages!"

𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗨:

"We, like, all wanna survive, y'know!"

𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗡:

"Felicia, didn't you say you figured it out? Why pin it on Draco to explain?"

𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗭:

"I'm just... uh... testing him! To see if he's as smart as me!"

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"Uh-huh. Sure you are. Just continue, Draco."

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"Who is to say they aren't a team? Alliances?"

𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗘:

"What are you getting at, Draco?"

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗦:

"Yeah, what do you mean?"

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"What are you proposing?"

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"I mean, there's a possibility that you two are lying for one another. You could have made a pact to cover for each other, couldn't you?"

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗦:

"What? Why would I ever lie? What would I get out of lying to save Funneh?"

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"Hm... I wanted to ask this earlier, but I got sidetracked."

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"Ask what?"

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"Monokuma, if someone were to act as an accomplice to a murder, would the helpers also be allowed to graduate?"

𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗞𝗨𝗠𝗔:

"Nopety-nope-nope! Only the person who delivers the final blow or directly causes the death of someone will become the blackened, and only the blackened can graduate. Accomplices cannot."

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"I see."

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗦:

"See? I wouldn't get anything out of helping her."

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"We only just found out that information. You could have acted under the impression that as an accomplice you could escape before Monokuma told us just now."

𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗞𝗨𝗠𝗔:

"Shut it! There are no accomplices in this case this time! Whoops, did I say that out loud?"

𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗖:

"Geez, fine. We'll drop it. Let's just move onto the next thing."

𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗣𝗔𝗜:

"Although, back on the subject of the murder, we still only have the same suspect, just with less evidence to prove her name."

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"Look, I didn't go to the kitchen during that time and I didn't take the knife. I'm not the killer."

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"Then, could it be that you, Rainbow, are the killer?"

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗦:

"What?"

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"Well, I'm just saying... you admitted to being in the kitchen at the time, yeah?"

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗦:

"Well, yeah—"

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"Then, there's a chance you could have been the one to take the weapon and now you're pinning it on the late Gold for taking it."

𝗣𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗦:

"It wasn't me! I didn't take the knife!"

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"Do you have any proof to back that up?"

𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗘:

"She has my testimony."

𝗔𝗟𝗬:

"You? Why you?"

𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗘:

"On the day that Gold indeed took the knife, I was with Rainbow in the kitchen. Both of us were searching for clues when Gold came in."

𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗣𝗔𝗜:

"Why not mention that you were with her earlier?"

𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗘:

"I didn't think it was relevant at the time. Rainbow has all the same answers as me."

𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗖:

"But isn't it possible that Draco is right and that one of you took the knife? That one of you is pinning the knife's disappearance on Gold?"

𝗟𝗨𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗣𝗘:

"No. Both of us were in the kitchen again last night. Rainbow was too scared to go alone after seeing the videos and she said sweets calm her down. I only was asked because my room is right next to hers and it was the first door she knocked on. Plus, both of us like sweets, so I was fine with it. When she got scared again, both of us just hung out in her room while we ate the sweets. Neither of us could have murdered Gold."

𝗔𝗟𝗬:

"Isn't that against the rules?"

𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗣𝗔𝗜:

"Actually, it isn't. The rules state that you cannot sleep anywhere else except for the dorms, but it doesn't say it has to be your own assigned dorm."

𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡:

"Despite Lunar and Rainbow's testimonies, you, Funneh, could still have taken the knife from Gold and used it against her."

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"No, I didn't! I swear!"

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

I have to prove to them that I'm not the killer!

𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗬𝗡 𝗪𝗬𝗡𝗗:

"It's too early to decide that Funneh is the killer. Besides, if she truly is the culprit, then she did something quite strange if Gold was killed in her room."

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

Something strange? If she's talking about something, she had to have mentioned it to me during the investigation. Come on, think...

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𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄:

【𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐌𝐀𝐍'𝐒 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐈𝐓】

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫.

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𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛

"I've got it!"

𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗜:

"Hm?"

𝗜𝗧𝗦𝗙𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗛:

"Earlier when we were investigating, Evelyn had asked me something. She had asked if I was a clean freak after she had noticeably investigating the floor of my dorm."

𝗔𝗟𝗬:

"And that's relevant how?"