4. How to investigate
After putting his clothes on, Kokichi drove Gonta who docilely followed him to the Art Room where he locked the doors behind them.
As he was looking for something invisible in the air, he asked:
"How do you think Monokuma knows everything we do? How do you think he can be sure about 'whooo done it~'?"
"Gonta don't know… Everything weird here… Maybe cameras but Gonta see no camera here… Himiko tell something about black magic…"
The little adolescent seemed amused and a devilish smile appeared on his face.
"Nishishi~ But you're the one who brought me proofs about them~"
Laughing, Kokichi suddenly threw something looking like a weird grenade on the floor. Gonta instinctively tried to protect himself but there came/was no explosion. There was just a bright light and his ears whistled a moment.
"Ah~ Now we can speak freely without those cameras."
He took the giant's face in his palms.
"Listen to me and stay quiet until I have finished."
Gonta swallowed with difficulty, terrified by what was about to come.
"Thanks to Monokuma, I found a very nice place with a big press. There I'm going to use that bomb, so that no camera could follow us, then…
You're going to crush me with it in a way no one could ever recognize me or can even see my corpse! Just a nice pool of blood!"
Gonta's face deformed, horrified, letting out a small cry but, obedient, he didn't stop Kokichi.
"And thanks to the Bitch, I can now control the Exisals. So after killing me, you're going to hide yourself in one of them and participate to the Class Trial. As… me~"
He knew it was too difficult for Gonta's heart to follow an act like that without breaking his act under the pressure. Hopefully playing an act wasn't necessary. Anyway, it was not like he was going to write an entire script for someone when he needed to be fast before the Mastermind acted and tried to stop him.
"I'm going to give you a voiced recorder."
He took a small device out of his pocket, pushed a button and Kokichi's voice resonate in the locked room.
"Soooooo~ Who doooone it~
Did I kill Gonta or did Gonta kill himself because of me? Nishishi!
Sorry guys, this time I'm just going to enjoy this Trial without helping! It would be just like watching a fun TV Show in which I wasn't forced to participate!"
He put his finger in front of his mouth before laughing.
"Then you're going to shut up and nicely wait until they realize they can't find who the real culprit is! Who is alive? Who did what? How?
See! We're still the Killing Game Busters! We're going to prank Monokuma with an insolvable murder! Nishishi, pretty funny, riiiiiight?"
"Gonta don't understand Kokichi."
His tone was gentle, yet somehow disappointed, like he was trying to reason an unreasonable child.
Kokichi sighed, annoyed.
"What part do you actually not understand? The only thing you have to do is crush me and hide, until Monokuma accepts he can't solve this mystery!"
But Gonta was clearly not convinced, seeming pretty reticent.
"Gonta understand that but… Is insolvable murder really insolvable murder? Gonta probably wrong because Gonta stupid but… isn't Gonta a proof? Isn't better if Gonta die with Kokichi?
If friends vote for Gonta, Gonta die… If friends vote for Kokichi, everybody die… Just like every other time…
Are Kokichi and Gonta going to die for nothing?"
Kokichi stayed silent an instant, very surprised to see the entomologist accepting to think about his plan, before sighing.
"… You're boring Gonta! Really! Think! Use your brain for once!"
"Gonta sorry… Gonta think, really! Gonta try! But Gonta don't understand Kokichi's plan…"
"Monokuma can't execute you or our classmate if he doesn't know who is inside the Exisial, idiot! You just need to hide for hours… or days! This is going to be boring! Monokuma is supposed to know everything. If he can't know who the culprit is, this game is over. He's going to be forced to stop this Killing Game! See? Pretty simple?"
Getting closer to Gonta, Kokichi gave him a sad –false- smile.
"You gave me hope, Gonta. I know the others can survive here. But someone has to stop Monokuma, right?"
"Sorry! Gonta really stupid! Off course Gonta accept! B… But…"
Kokichi's face darkened. What now?
"That means… the culprit survive, right? Gonta useless! Kokichi way better than him! Kokichi deserved better! So can Gonta be the one killed?"
"Aren't you supposed to take care of your insects?"
Gonta burst into tears once again and Kokichi was crushed into the giant's arms.
"Gonta don't want to see Kokichi die!"
Oh, why did Gonta's words have to be so painful? He felt even guiltier than before. He was suddenly very tired.
He was a liar. Like always.
He never hoped to save anyone with such a plan.
Even for Monokuma this wasn't an insolvable murder.
In this crazy academy with insane executions, doing a simple blood or DNA test was far from impossible for Monokuma.
Like Gonta said, it would be better if they both die. Hurting each other and themselves, drinking and making drink poisons… There were so many way where even they themselves couldn't know how they died and who killed each other in this room with nothing but them. Leaving absolutely no proof. A real insolvable murder was so easy to do.
But even with that he knew Monokuma would never accept to release anyone.
"The culprit dies anyway. It would be pointless to make a Trial for that. I'm making this Trial for the culprit after all! Without culprit there is no prize. Nor Punishment."
He would probably say something like that.
Kokichi never wanted to kill nor die to begin with but he really doubted there was a "good ending" for him –or anyone- here.
…Releasing the culprit?
How could he trust the rules of his crazy Killing Game anyway?
What was the truth? What was a lie? And worse: where did reality begin?
What was the real meaning of death here?
Wasn't this stupid game simply a stupid piece of fiction?
So he was going to create a Trial where the people who stuck him here –even if its true self was a part of that- and always watching him were forced to investigate – at least a simple blood test- until they understand that their dear Kokichi Ouma, even trapped here, still managed to play with them!
And better: his classmates were probably going to vote for him as the culprit anyway. With that, there was a good chance to kill everyone. So he also had a good chance to end this Killing Game by killing everyone!
He was the Ultimate Supreme Leader! He still had his Free Will and could die like he wanted! This was his personal victory!
At first, he wanted to manipulate Gonta for this "(not) unsolvable murder" plan right after Miu gave him the bomb. But she changed everything. She planned to kill him. That was enough for him. She was a genius after all. A dumb genius, yes, but still a genius. And sadly only Gonta could accept to follow the plan to murder her.
But things went crazy and Miu, Gonta and him were all still alive.
This was even better! He could do this plan right now with Gonta!
…But why did Gonta have to look him like that?!
"Nishishi~ That was just a lie~! You really are an idiot! Monokuma would never accept that! I guess my body just gave you too much hope! You really like me, right, Gonta?"
Hearing that, Gonta was so relieved he became bold enough to kiss him. Surprised, Kokichi almost wanted to struggle for a second but he finally decided to answer, putting his tongue in his mouth. This was a nice feeling.
The entomologist was looking at him fondly. Kokichi giggled.
"Mmm… I really want to rest against you, you know. I can tell, you would make a really nice pillow…You know what I also want to do?"
Gonta became suddenly red at Kokichi's caresses as he remembered the hard little cock against his hole.
But Kokichi stood, leaving him. "Well! We can't let Miu go alone right? The library's door is awfully suspicious! I'm sure we're going to find a way to stop this Killing Game there!"
He already assumed this door was an obvious trap. But maybe they wanted him to think like that. Maybe this door was really where all the answers laid within.
How ironic, maybe Miu really gave him hope after all. His ass still hurt a little however…
They finally found themselves where everything began.
Miu was waiting in the library, turning around in the front of the secret door nervously. She was obviously afraid to do anything.
When she saw them, now that all this depraved situation was finally over, she seemed terrified by their presence.
"Uuug! D-Don't follow me!"
Gonta smiled to her. "Don't worry, Gonta protect Miu!"
She spat. "Yeah, sure! It's not like you failed to murder me just before!"
Arguing with her again was the last thing Kokichi wanted now. He quickly took the card from Miu's hand and the mysterious door finally opened.
Despite the cute hearts and flowers everywhere, the atmosphere inside was heavily oppressing. In the middle of this weirdly decorated room, a strange object, covered by a red sheet, attracted their eyes.
Without any hesitation Kokichi removed the sheet and the enormous head of a Monokuma appeared. Miu let out a disgusting exclamation. "What the fuck is that shit?!"
"Upupupu… Took you some time to get here, isn't it? So much time, we could even called that a Plot Hole! Which could easy be avoided by forbidding access to the Library or asking to The Ultimate Inventor to find a way to open this door and making her take time to create it. Upupupu! Too bad they didn't do it!"
Miu hid herself behind the entomologist. "Da fuck it's talking about?"
Kokichi stared at the gigantic head. He need some confirmations of his hypothesis.
"I guess you're the thing which creates and controls Monokuma."
"The thing? That's rude! I'm not a thing! I have feelings you know! That's pretty… robophobic."
"Could it be…? Oh! That's an amazing discovery! Keebo and Monokuma have the same mother! What a twist! Maybe Keebo is the real Mastermind here! And this game is just an elaborate twisted plan to force people to put propaganda about robots, isn't it? "
"Indeed. Robots aren't objects! But the real message is: 'buy Spike Chunsoft Games!' By the way, ever heard of Pokemon: Game to the Infinity?"
"Nah. Whatever. Soooooo… What are you?"
"Who am I? I'm Motherkuma! I'm giving birth to all Monokumas!"
Miu was terrified for a second before returning to her normal state. "Giving birth?! Do you have a hole? Can I see it?"
Gonta was shocked: "M-Miu should not ask that! That… no polite!"
"Stop being a fucking egoist! I'm going to be a mother myself one day! A fucking big baby is going to poop out my tight vagina! I need to be informed!"
"S-Sorry G-Gonta… didn't…"
"Upupu… I have only one advice then. You need the right person." Said the talking head.
"Tss! What a shitty advice from a shitty fairy tale! So can I see your hole or not?!"
As Miu began an even weirder conversation with Motherkuma which a red-face Gonta was trying his best to ignore, Kokichi started to inspect the room. He was sure that sentence meant that only the Mastermind could ask to create another Monokuma. And considering the circumstances, he was sure that was none of them here.
He took a Monopad covered in blood left on a table then played it.
The entire map of the academy and a way to lure the Mastermind in this very room were written in front of his eyes with the more terrifying advice possible: "Only share this video with people you know you can trust. How you determine that will mean your life or your death." From Rantaro to Rantaro.
Interesting…
Except a pink trash, there was nothing else which seemed useful here. He looked inside. There was only a single shot put ball. Wait, a shot put ball?
Memories were suddenly vivid in Kokichi's mind.
He was so absorbed in his thoughts he mentally jumped when something touched his shoulder. It was Gonta.
"Need me for something? Or are you too afraid by Miu's depraved mind? Nishishi?" He replied with a childish voice, without showing his emotions.
"Gonta don't know if it useful to Kokichi but Gonta find something."
He showed him a part of the wall in the darkest corner of the room.
"So? What do you want to show me?" asked Kokichi trying to scan the darkness.
"Mm? Kokichi not see it? Gonta think that a door."
The entomologist was right. Gonta's eyes were really impressive. Even by touching the wall, Kokichi could barely feel it. He pushed it and a small passage opened in front of them. He advanced.
"Let's go".
As they were arriving at the passage's end, Miu ran into them.
"Ahhh! Why did you leave me alone with that creepy thing?!"
"That creepy thing? Oh, but you seemed to have so much f-…"
Kokichi's sentence died in his mouth as they arrived in the girls' bathroom.
"Ha! I knew it! I knew Monokuma was into some weird shit like this! He probably-"
Miu was going to make some more vulgar remarks but suddenly Kokichi started to laugh insanely, staring at the room with amazement.
"We should be dead from the beginning! Hahaha!"
Everything was now clear. The information on the Monopad. The put ball. This place. Monokuma's precious rules.
All lies!
He stopped his laugh when Gonta gently hugged him from behind.
"Is Kokichi okay? Can… Can Gonta do something?" He seemed very concerned.
Miu was looking at him with disgust and terror. "W-What da fuck was that? Are you finally going nuts?!"
Kokichi hesitated a long moment. He had a new plan. And this one wasn't going to be boring.
"Let's just say… If you just do what I say and only speak when I tell you to do, this stupid game would be over! Nishishi~ I found out who's the Mastermind! Just listen…"
When they returned to the computer room, Miu logged out everyone.
"We were so worried for you!" "What happened?" "Did you lock us in the Virtual World?!" "Where's Kaito?!"
Without giving them the time to explain Kokichi's scream covered their voices.
"Monokuma! I neeeeed you!"
Like always the white and black bear appeared out of nowhere.
"Oh, is the most beautiful mascot demanded?"
"Nishishi~ You probably already know what I want, riiiiight? I want a Class Trial! I looooooove those so much! There're so fun!"
"A Class Trial? Oh? Mmm… That's tempting. But… Oh, well, I guess I'm going to accept it. Alright then. You heard Kokichi everyone? It's time for… a Class Trial! Dum dum dum~"
With a high pitch laugh Monokuma disappeared.
As everyone started to yell in the confusion, Kaito ran into the room.
"What's going on here?!"
"I don't know" answered Maki calmly. "Apparently we're going to have another Class Trial. Where did you disappear to?"
"Wait?! What?! A Class Trial?! But Monokuma didn't make any announcement! Who's dead?!" replied Kaito, trying to find a corpse.
"Nobody. Kokichi just asked a Class Trial and Monokuma accepted." Explained Shuichi looking at the white boy with concern.
Maki dangerously glared at him.
"Kokichi, can you explain?"
"But why? It's not fun if I do it now. Aren't we going to have all the time we need during the Trial, Maki Roll?"
Kaito ran into Kokichi ready to punch him. But Gonta took the little student in this arm, putting his cheek against his own in a weird cuddle.
"E-Everybody! Gonta not smart but… Kokichi is! Gonta know he want to help everyone! Trust him, please!"
Kokichi did his best to hide his embarrassment and managed to free himself out the strong arms to sit on Gonta shoulders.
"Oh, one last thing…"
This was going to be his very last game.
"Nishishi~ When all your precious friends are going to hear the Truth they probably going to be shocked, Shu-i-chi~
Well Gonta, let's go!"
Shuichi approached Miu with confusion as Kokichi and Gonta disappeared in high speed.
Himiko looked at them go with envy. "I'm jealous… I wanted to be carried too…"
"Miu… What happened when we were in the Virtual World? Where did you go with Kokichi?"
But she was staring at him like he had some highly contagious mortal disease, putting a confused Keebo in front of her, like a shield.
"Hiiiiiiii! I-I don't know! I guess Small Dick wants a stupid trial for the death of his ass's virginity!"
Then she ran away dragging a confused Keebo with her.
"…What's going on here!?" Kaito repeated, shocked.
Maki sighted "Well I guess we have to go to find out."
