(AN: Just going to reply to reviews. Nothing new to talk about here.
Ode30: Yay! Lol. Just as a reference, in the future, just because a character doesn't do anything, doesn't mean you should be worried. They have the same chance as being the culprit as any other. That doesn't mean she's NOT the culprit in this case though, teehee…
Iloveyourstories: Hmm… looks like you got it hit right on the head. Or did you? Nah, you probably did. Thank you for leaving the review!
MonokumaSensei: Thank you! Just because someone seems obvious doesn't mean they can't be the culprit! But keep on thinking… never know when you're right or wrong.
Enjoy this chapter, you guys!)
Soundtrack: Welcome to DANGAN Island
USAMI: Is it time? Is it time alweady?
USAMI: I'm cwying inside… why do my pwecious students have to go through this?
USAMI: I've seen it happen twice…
USAMI: But I'm not worrying!
USAMI: These students are different! They'll get through this by hope!
USAMI: P-poor Junichi…
CHAPTER ONE
THE CLASS TRIAL
Have you got your facts straight?
AMMUNITION LIST
1 – Monokuma File #1
2 – Knives
3 – Amount of Blood
4 – Junichi's Position
5 – Junichi's Head Injury
6 – Metal Baseball Bat
7 – Picture of Skateboard
8 – Dawn's Testimony
9 – Junichi's First Dying Message
10 – Journal
11 – Trash Can
12 – Missing Knives
13 – Dawn's Vision
14 – Kneepads
15 – Chef's Knife
16 – Pole
17 – Rubbings
18 – Junichi's Body Location
19 – Shina's Testimony
...
COURT IS NOW IN SESSION!
…
Soundtrack: Class Trial Dawn Edition – Volume Two
MONOKUMA: First off, since this is your first class trial, I thought that I'd help you a little bit. Guide you little ducklings to the pond.
SHINA: Eh? Ducklings?
NANAO: Ducklings don't need to go to the pond. Fish do!
ETSUYA: …You didn't seriously say that, did you?
MONOKUMA: Anyways, let's get started…
HIDEYOSHI: Indeed! A duckling would love to float and bathe in an excellent body of water!
MONOKUMA: Okay, we can all shut up now.
MEOWYKINS: Y'all better listen to the bear over here!
MONOMI: No! Do not worry, students! Keep interrupting Monokuma all you want!
YUJIRO: …I do have a few questions before we begin.
MONOKUMA: Yes? What is it, my dear?
YUJIRO: First off, why is Monomi tied up?
MONOMI: Pwease call me by my real name: Usami!
MONOKUMA: She's my little sister. She's annoying. I've been through all of this before…
MONOKUMA: It's depressing! I just want to tie her up into knots and separate parts of her body, but she does make a good method of murder.
MONOMI: Eh?
MONOKUMA: When someone sees her face… they'd want to kill!
MONOMI: My fwace does not cweate a violent reaction!
YUJIRO: Second, was it really one of us who killed Junichi?
MONOKUMA: Of course it was. One of the sixteen of you killed Junichi Goto. That's how murder works.
TAIKAN: Still… I can't imagine any of us actually killing…
GIICHI: That execution was rather brutal though. I don't think that it's too much of a surprise.
SHINA: Eh? Giichi? You lowered your volume on your headphones?
GIICHI: It seemed important enough to get my attention.
ETSUYA: Sheesh…
MIYOKO: Enough with this idle chit-chat. We need to begin right away.
YUJIRO: Hold on, Miyoko. I still have a question to ask.
TERUYO: …A smooth question, huh?
YUJIRO: …No…
TERUYO: …Alright.
YUJIRO: First… that motive… about you stealing our memories.
MONOKUMA: Hmm?
YUJIRO: I doubt that was real. I can't imagine it being real.
YUJIRO: Therefore, that part of the motive wasn't involved with this case, was it?
LUCY: What are you talking about? Was stealing our memories part of the motive?
ARE: Was it not just the deaths of our parents?
MONOKUMA: No, he's right. It was sort of subtle though.
ARE: S-so… our memories were taken from us?!
TATSUYA: I-I-I don't believe that for shit!
MONOKUMA: It's true though! But we can debate about that later!
RUMIKO: Why later?
MONOKUMA: It's not involved with the case.
MONOKUMA: I'll give you guys a little hint. No, Junichi was not murdered, because his killer was influenced by the memory wipes.
MONOKUMA: Crystal clear?
YUJIRO: Crystal.
YUJIRO: I still… don't want to believe one of us killed him though.
MEOWYKINS: What a dumb person, meow. Of course no one wants to believe that.
MEOWYKINS: But it's true y'all! One of you killed Junichi Goto!
MONOMI: And how do you know that?!
MEOWYKINS: Monokuma and I are like tight friends now, isn't that right, meow?
MONOKUMA: Yup. We're like two chickens about to be eaten by an alligator!
MEOWYKINS: That doesn't work as a metaphor, honey. Meow!
MONOKUMA: It doesn't?
MITSUO: Hmm… what are we supposed to do from here though?
MITSUO: Waaahhh! I'm scared!
MONOKUMA: You're supposed to find out who murdered Junichi Goto of course!
ETSUYA: Easier said than done. How the fuck are we supposed to do that?
MONOKUMA: Hmm? Didn't you investigate?
MONOKUMA: This courtroom runs like a quasi-style one. You guys talk about whoever killed Junichi Goto, then when you feel like you've made a decent accusation towards someone…
MONOKUMA: I say whether or not you are right or wrong!
MIYOKO: If we do not finger the correct culprit…
MONOKUMA: You will be punished!
TAIKAN: But if we finger the correct culprit instead of getting it wrong…
MONOKUMA: They will be punished!
RUMIKO: …
[Punished? As in executed?]
RUMIKO: …
RUMIKO: …Alright. How do we start this thing?
MONOKUMA: You should start by talking about a certain topic. Upupupu, which one will you think about?
YUJIRO: …First off, I'd like to present some evidence to all of you.
NANAO: Ooh! Evidence! OBJECTION! I'm pointing my finger at YOU!
YUJIRO: Haha… I didn't even show my evidence yet!
NANAO: …Hmm, so what is it?
SHINA: It's not anything nasty is it?! Eww! Yujiro!
YUJIRO: Hee, no.
YUJIRO: It's in fact, a dying message left by Junichi.
ETSUYA: A dying message..?
ARE: Are you familiar with the term?
ETSUYA: I mean… it's obvious, even if you've never heard of it before.
GIICHI: Who was this message addressing?
LUCY: Dying messages usually address someone, I guess.
MITSUO: Hurry and tell us, Yujiro! I want to get out of this place!
YUJIRO: Alright, alright…
YUJIRO: But before I show this to you, I want you all to promise you won't get any bias from this.
ETSUYA: Bias?
YUJIRO: Automatically when I show this paper, there's someone's name on it.
[That name… it belongs to Etsuya.]
YUJIRO: Because of that, you'll automatically rule out that person as the murderer, right?
TATSUYA: Y-yeah… who wouldn't?
TATSUYA: I mean… it's obvious that whoever's name is on that paper must be the killer, right?
YUJIRO: …You would think, huh?
YUJIRO: But there's a reason why this person can't be the killer.
SHINA: Hmm? Then this guy isn't the killer?
YUJIRO: I'm not saying that either… I'm saying it can go either way.
[Etsuya isn't the killer..? I don't believe that for a second. There's more than enough evidence to incriminate him.]
YUJIRO: Let me show you now. This paper has Etsuya's name written on it.
ETSUYA: Huh?! Mine?!
ETSUYA: W-w-w-why the hell would that fucker write my name on it?!
TAIKAN: It's written with his blood, isn't it?
YUJIRO: Yes. But some of it is wiped away.
ETSUYA: W-wiped away?
YUJIRO: You can see clearly here. It looks like Junichi spelled "ESYA" from the distance.
YUJIRO: But what does that spell out into? There are smudges everywhere that suggest that his name was erased somehow.
DAWN: As a result, it's more than likely "ESYA" actually translates into Etsuya, am I correct?
YUJIRO: Yes.
ETSUYA: H-hold the fucking door! That could mean anything! Anything at all!
YUJIRO: …
YUJIRO: No. You are most definitely involved with this murder somehow.
ETSUYA: H-huh?
ETSUYA: Y-you're fucking lying!
ETSUYA: There's not even proof that "ESYA" means my name!
MITSUO: Stop denying it and face the truth!
MITSUO: My allergies are acting up in this dusty place!
ETSUYA: T-Tch…
[It's definite that Etsuya is involved with this murder. First off, I have to prove that "ESYA" definitely spells out Etsuya. I… should have something that proves that.]
What you are about to read next is the first Nonstop Debate. The Nonstop Debate is stylized so that it will resemble the game. The characters will begin speaking, and contradictory terms will be bolded. However, like always, there is only one contradictory term. That contradictory term will be surrounded by equal signs, being stylized like so: ==insert contradictory term here.== I hope you will follow along, and piece together the murder with these students of hope. Good luck…
Soundtrack: BREAK! 2nd Mix
==PHASE ONE==
Nonstop Debate!
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Usable Ammunition:
- Journal
- Shina's Testimony
- Rubbings
- Trash Can
- Kneepads
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ETSUYA: T-there's no proof! Why does "ESYA" mean Etsuya?!
TAIKAN: Junichi was writing a dying message, wasn't he?
TAIKAN: So it would only make sense for him to be spelling your name.
MIYOKO: In addition, there were the erased blood marks…
SHINA: Yahoo! Erased blood! Only a sicko would touch that!
ETSUYA: N-no! Fucking no!
YUJIRO: In that case, why don't we present evidence that proves he was talking about you?
ETSUYA: Fine! Show me! ==Why does "ESYA" mean that it had to belong to me?!==
RUMIKO: You've got that wrong!
Ammunition used: Rubbings
BREAK!
Soundtrack: Class Trial FUTURE PART
RUMIKO: It's definite. Junichi was talking about you, and we have proof.
ETSUYA: Liar! Fuck you!
YUJIRO: Now, now, let's be a little more friendly here!
YUJIRO: Alright Rumiko, you tell him. Why does "ESYA" mean Etsuya?
RUMIKO: These rubbings are more than enough proof.
ETSUYA: Rubbings? What rubbings?
YUJIRO: When we found a journal in the trash can, there was a page with completely erased text.
YUJIRO: But I managed to retrieve it.
ETSUYA: Tch!
ETSUYA: So? What do rubbings have to do with anything? That doesn't prove shit!
RUMIKO: No, it definitely shows something.
ETSUYA: Huh?
[The reason why this proves Etsuya is the killer… it has to be because…]
== Only he would have erased it.
== Because the rubbings mention Etsuya.
== Because Etsuya was the one who wrote it.
[RUMIKO: This is it!]
RUMIKO: It's because of two things. First off, there's something interesting on the text that would prove you're the killer.
ETSUYA: Huh? What would that be?!
RUMIKO: It mentions your name directly.
ETSUYA: H-huh?!
YUJIRO: You see, it's a diary entry, so to speak, that Junichi created, that mentioned you being something.
YUJIRO: Some of the text was unsalvageable. But it does mention your name.
TATSUYA: W-what does that mean?
YUJIRO: First off, it shows that someone erased this journal entry.
YUJIRO: The only one who would benefit from this is Etsuya.
ETSUYA: Tch!
RUMIKO: Think about it. What gain would a normal person have from erasing a journal page like that?
DAWN: I see.
DAWN: It shows that only Etsuya would have erased the text.
RUMIKO: Yes. It's clear that because of that… Etsuya must have erased the text from the journal.
ETSUYA: SHUT YOUR MOUTH ALREADY!
Soundtrack: Class Trial ODD EDITION
ETSUYA: No, no, no! So what? That doesn't have anything to do on what we're talking about NOW!
RUMIKO: …
ETSUYA: We're talking about that first dying message, aren't we?
ETSUYA: Just because I erased the text, it doesn't mean anything at all for the dying message!
ETSUYA: I don't have anything to do with this murder besides me erasing the text!
YUJIRO: What benefit would you have from entering Junichi's room just to erase some text?
ETSUYA: That doesn't matter! Am I wrong, Rumiko?!
RUMIKO: …
[Yes. That's an obvious yes. But… I guess I won't be able to shut him up if I don't take him on.]
Were you surprised at Etsuya's outburst? I wasn't. I believe I used that line before in a different tutorial. Anyways, what you just heard was an outburst by a student who believes that your reasoning is wrong and they are correct. That means that they are CROSSING SWORDS with you. It's going to be a logic battle between you and your foe. Similar to Nonstop Debates, contradictory terms are within equal signs. ==Insert statement here.== On a final note, you will often see marks that look like this: …=/=... That will represent you cutting through your opponent's logic. You will see how this unfolds now, won't you? Try and piece together the puzzle…and I bid you farewell.
Soundtrack: CROSS SWORD
==PHASE TWO==
Cross Swords Battle!
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Usable Blades:
- Junichi's First Dying Message
- Journal
- Rubbings
- Trash Can
- Shina's Testimony
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ETSUYA: Just because…=/=…that I erased the text means nothing!
ETSUYA: You can't even prove…=/=…that I erased the text at all!
ETSUYA: Isn't that right?...=/=…You have no proof of that!
ETSUYA: So your argument is…=/=…invalid! You can't argue when you don't have a basis!
…DEVELOPMENT!
Cross Swords!
=/= =/= =/= =/= =/=
RUMIKO: How can you prove that you're not involved with this case?
RUMIKO: I'm almost one hundred percent sure that you're involved with this case somehow.
ETSUYA: Ha! Liar! …=/=…I'm not involved with this at all!
ETSUYA: Get that in your head…=/=…I never even went into his room!
ETSUYA: ==Why does it mean that I erased his dying message?!==
RUMIKO: I'll cut that claim to pieces!
Sword Used: Junichi's First Dying Message
BREAK!
Soundtrack: Class Trial FUTURE PART
RUMIKO: No! You definitely did something to tamper with that dying message that Junichi wrote!
ETSUYA: Huh?! How'd you get that idea?!
RUMIKO: I'm just applying common sense here!
RUMIKO: You went into his room to erase his journal entry, making it so no one was suspicious of you, seeing as the journal was erased!
YUJIRO: In addition, the journal was found in the trash can.
RUMIKO: Because of that, you erased the text, and you saw Junichi's dying message!
YUJIRO: By that time, the blood already had to have dried. Otherwise, it's impossible for there not to be any more tampering done to the message.
YUJIRO: There's something else too, isn't there, Rumiko? A hint that Junichi was giving to us that Etsuya was involved with this case.
RUMIKO: A hint… What evidence was that?
== Presenting Ammunition #7: Picture of Skateboard ==
RUMIKO: That picture of a skateboard found on his desk?
RUMIKO: You did what you could with water or something to make the message unreadable. Plus, there was that picture of a skateboard!
RUMIKO: You could do that in one blow…after you had killed Junichi!
ETSUYA: A…AHHHHHHHH?!
MIYOKO: W-what was that? Etsuya was the culprit to this case?
MITSUO: Wow, Rumiko-oneechan! It all makes sense!
MITSUO: So that son of a bitch must have murdered Junichi Goto, HUH?
ETSUYA: H-hold on! I didn't do anything like that!
YUJIRO: …
[Why does Yujiro look so troubled..? We've caught the murderer… and it was surprisingly easy too.]
DAWN: It's also clear how you got the weapons.
ETSUYA: Huh?
DAWN: I saw someone in a trench coat enter the restaurant that day.
DAWN: Is it not possible that you were that person?
ETSUYA: Tch!
ETSUYA: …
ETSUYA: FUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK OOOOOOOFFFFFFFFF!
YUJIRO: …Alright then.
YUJIRO: I suppose… it's settled?
RUMIKO: …Yes.
RUMIKO: Etsuya was the murderer of Junichi Goto!
YUJIRO: …
ETSUYA: N-no! Stop it!
TAIKAN: …But…
TAIKAN: Is he really?
RUMIKO: Huh?
TAIKAN: I agree… everything is pointing to him now.
TAIKAN: But there's some reason why I don't think it's possible that Etsuya had killed Junichi.
RUMIKO: Why?
YUJIRO: …Yeah. I've had that suspicion too.
[What are they talking about?! It's too clear that Etsuya was the killer!]
ETSUYA: I didn't kill Junichi Goto!
HIDEYOSHI: So the culprit is showing its true bloom… my, what a risky attempt to claw up from defeat.
ETSUYA: Shut up, you fucking nerd!
YUJIRO: …If you guys don't mind, I'd like to discuss this a little more.
YUJIRO: I don't want to make the wrong mistake for no reason.
ETSUYA: Y-yeah! Let's talk more!
[But what is there to talk about..? There's… no way that he isn't the killer. Right?]
From this point on, there is a new possibility. While terms may not be contradictory, they may be instead correct! These terms that may be corrected will be bolded and italicized at the same time. If a term is in fact correct, it will be surrounded by equal marks like a regular contradictory term. Let's see how it plays out…
Soundtrack: HEAT UP! 2nd Mix
==PHASE THREE==
Nonstop Debate!
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Usable Ammunition:
- Junichi's Head Injury
- Metal Baseball Bat
- Kneepads
- Pole
- Picture of a Skateboard
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ETSUYA: I didn't kill Junichi Goto! Stop accusing me!
DAWN: All the evidence points to you.
ARE: There are more than enough ways to prove you as the killer.
ETSUYA: B-but… I didn't!
TAIKAN: …Is it really true though? Did Etsuya kill Junichi?
ETSUYA: N-no! Of course not!
SHINA: Yahoo! ==He bludgeoned Junichi with that baseball bat!==
NANAO: Maybe he killed Junichi using those knives!
MITSUO: You mean like the Monokuma File actually says?! Hmm? THAT WAS FUCKING OBVIOUS!
SHINA: Maybe Monokuma lied!
TATSUYA: I-I doubt he would do that…
…
RUMIKO: I concur!
BREAK!
Soundtrack: Class Trial FUTURE PART
RUMIKO: …Hmm… maybe… Taikan is right. Maybe Etsuya didn't kill Junichi.
ETSUYA: H-ha! See?!
ETSUYA: Wait! I don't want any approval from you!
DAWN: What might make this the case?
RUMIKO: I think I see what Yujiro was saying about Etsuya being involved in the case.
RUMIKO: He didn't mean Etsuya was the culprit, but was in one way or another involved in this case.
LUCY: H-hurry up and explain what you mean!
LUCY: Did or did Etsuya not..?
RUMIKO: No. I don't think he did.
ETSUYA: …Tch!
RUMIKO: I think Shina was right, about what Etsuya did to Junichi.
SHINA: Ooh?! I was right?
SHINA: Waha! Shina Wakabayashi is on FIRE!
SHINA: Eh… what was I right about?
GIICHI: Sigh. What kind of IQ test should I give you?
TERUYO: Ha. You aren't saying anything.
GIICHI: Neither are you.
TERUYO: Anyways… are you saying that Junichi was hit by a baseball bat?
HIDEYOSHI: My, my! An all-star baseball bat had bludgeoned poor Junichi Goto in the noggin?
HIDEYOSHI: What a terrible crime!
SHINA: Oh! So that's what I was right about!
SHINA: Mmhmm! Junichi was definitely hit in the head with that baseball bat thing!
ETSUYA: What are you saying..?
ETSUYA: That… I hit Junichi in the head?
ETSUYA: Heh.. heh… HOW FUCKING FUNNY!
RUMIKO: It's not funny. It's exactly what I'm saying.
RUMIKO: Etsuya had tried murder Junichi, but he definitely failed!
ETSUYA: Don't fucking mess with me! I didn't do anything like that!
TERUYO: What's the point of fighting now? You aren't the culprit anymore.
ETSUYA: I don't want to be seen as a fucking murderer, though!
ETSUYA: Okay, I admit it! I erased the name and the journal entry! But I didn't attack Junichi at all!
DAWN: Care to explain your side of the story then?
ETSUYA: Gladly!
ETSUYA: I was worried about Junichi not coming to the meeting.
ETSUYA: I knocked the door on his room, and he didn't expect anything at all.
ETSUYA: So then when I opened the door, I saw him dead already!
TAIKAN: Are you saying… Junichi wrote that note to frame you?!
RUMIKO: He wouldn't do something like that! He wouldn't frame anyone!
ETSUYA: But that's exactly what happened!
ETSUYA: Care to prove me wrong, again, Rumiko?!
RUMIKO: …
RUMIKO: So you erased his name from the message and the journal just to divert suspicion?
ETSUYA: Y-yeah!
MIYOKO: If that was the case…
MIYOKO: …why did you not inform any of us about the murder?!
ETSUYA: I-I was nervous, as all! Why would I tell you guys that?!
MITSUO: Hmm… I don't know…
MITSUO: To find the fucking body, perhaps?!
[…There's something that doesn't match up with Etsuya's story… and what I know. I wonder… if there's something that I can go off of.]
You are about to experience an Epiphany Anagram. These phases are not very substantial and are only used to progress the conversation. The numerous letters will be put together to create one word that will prove something else. Let's see how this unfolds…
Soundtrack: Flashing Anagram
==PHASE FOUR==
Epiphany Anagram!
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S/_/_/_/_/_/_/
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…T
S/T/_/_/_/_/_/
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…E
S/T/_/_/_/_/E/
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…R
S/T/_/R/_/_/E/
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…O
S/T/O/R_/_/E/
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…A
S/T/O/R/A/_/E
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S/T/O/R/A/G/E
STORAGE
RUMIKO: That's it!
BREAK!
Soundtrack: Class Trial FUTURE PART
RUMIKO: That's right… there was a certain something in the storage room of the antique store that could easily prove that Etsuya was involved with this murder!
ETSUYA: H-huh?! The storage room?!
ETSUYA: L-like hell! I've never been in that room before!
RUMIKO: …
[No. It's obvious that he was in there before.]
==Presenting Evidence #14: Kneepads ==
RUMIKO: No, you were definitely in that room before, weren't you?
ETSUYA: Of course not! Where did you even get that idea so fast?!
RUMIKO: Nanao, you know too, don't you? What you and I found that day?
…
NANAO: Hmm? What are these?
RUMIKO: Hmm?
DAWN: It looks like Nanao is further in the back.
TAIKAN: Did she find something?
NANAO: I found these behind the box.
RUMIKO: Kneepads?
…
NANAO: Oh, yeah! I found those in the antique store! It was behind a box.
DAWN: Lots of boxes were toppled over, weren't they?
NANAO: Hmm, yeah… But what do the kneepads have to do with anything?
RUMIKO: Isn't it obvious? First off, why would kneepads even be in an antique store?
SHINA: Maybe they were selling the kneepads of famous skateboarder: Zan Himmerzammenschnieder!
ETSUYA: I-I know for a fact that he doesn't exist..!
ETSUYA: Hey! Rumiko! Where are you going with this?
RUMIKO: Think. Why would there be kneepads in an antique store?
RUMIKO: Isn't that just a little bit odd? I mean, it's an antique store. There's no reason for kneepads to be in an antique store, is there?
ARE: Perhaps it belonged to someone else before the store was taken over by Monokuma?
RUMIKO: Maybe… but it seems likely that the kneepads belonged to Etsuya.
DAWN: Hmm… Etsuya… you aren't wearing any kneepads, are you?
ETSUYA: H-huh?
DAWN: My suspicions are confirmed. He is in fact not wearing any kneepads.
ETSUYA: S-so? What does that have to do with anything..?!
RUMIKO: If you're not wearing kneepads… where are they?
ETSUYA: G-go fucking die! I didn't lose them in the antique store!
[…There's a logical reason why you did lose them there. That is…]
== Because I saw you go in there.
== Because there was a baseball bat in there.
== Because of the toppled boxes.
RUMIKO: That's it!
RUMIKO: The toppled boxes should be sufficient proof that the kneepads belonged to Etsuya.
RUMIKO: And while Etsuya went into the store…
RUMIKO: He got a metal baseball bat.
DAWN: It was true that the baseball bat was rather old.
RUMIKO: Yes. So it's not difficult to think that the bat came from the antique store, right?
ETSUYA: W-what do a pair of toppled boxes have to do with anything?!
TAIKAN: …I think I see where you're going with this.
ETSUYA: Well I don't!
ETSUYA: What the hell?! What the hell does that have to do with anything at all?!
ETSUYA: Heh heh… I'm lost… I'm fucking lost, man!
[There's that piece of evidence that proves that Etsuya lost his kneepads in the antique store.]
HIDEYOSHI: Ah… so the dawn of a villain is coming to its close.
ETSUYA: H-huh?
YUJIRO: Rumiko? You found something like that?
RUMIKO: Y-yeah.
[I have to shove it up Etsuya's face. Otherwise, this will never end.]
Soundtrack: HEAT UP! 2nd Mix
==PHASE FIVE==
Nonstop Debate!
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Usable Ammunition:
- Amount of Blood
- Pole
- Kneepads
- Dawn's Testimony
- Missing Knives
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YUJIRO: Are you saying that...
YUJIRO: …there's a reason why…
YUJIRO: …Etsuya went into the storage room?
ETSUYA: Of course there's not!..
ETSUYA: …because there's no proof…
ETSUYA: ==…that I even went in there!==
RUMIKO: You've got that wrong!
…
Ammunition used: Pole
BREAK!
Soundtrack: Class Trial FUTURE PART
RUMIKO: No! There's a clear piece of evidence that you did go into the storage room!
ETSUYA: H-Huh?!
RUMIKO: Don't you realize it, Etsuya? There was a pole in the storage room!
NANAO: Hmm… weren't the kneepads attached to the pole?
ETSUYA: So what?!
RUMIKO: Now, connect the dots. The boxes were toppled over… and the pole had your kneepads attached to them.
RUMIKO: Why do you think that is?
LUCY: Are you saying that Etsuya… tripped?
ETSUYA: T-that's ridiculous!
GIICHI: One can easily trip at the wrong time… and then an unfortunate resolution will come afterwards.
ETSUYA: N-nggh!
ETSUYA: I-I don't even follow you anymore!
ETSUYA: Where are you going with all of this?!
RUMIKO: …
[I have been talking a lot. I don't even really follow myself… I need to collect my thoughts again. Alright… so what happened was…]
Right now, you're going to read a Dive Drive. Rumiko will have to ask questions to herself to fit pieces of a puzzle together. In this case, what does it mean? Why does Etsuya going into the storage room of the antique store hold significance? Shall we figure it out together? Let's see what's about to unfold…
Soundtrack: DIVE DRIVE
==PHASE SIX==
Dive Drive!
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QUESTION #1: What proof is there that Etsuya went into the storage room?
A: The Kneepads … … … B: The Pole … … … C: BOTH the Kneepads and Pole
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QUESTION #2: Why did Etsuya's kneepads get attached to the pole?
A: He attached it himself… … ... B: Etsuya tripped over, and it got caught somehow … … … C: Etsuya likes pole dancing.
QUESTION #3: Why would Etsuya go into the storage room?
A: To retrieve something … … … B: To look at neat artifacts … … … C: To hide after finding Junichi dead.
QUESTION #4: What did Etsuya go to retrieve?
A: A knife … … … B: A cool item … … … C: The baseball bat
RUMIKO: I've connected the dots!
BREAK!
Soundtrack: Class Trial FUTURE PART
RUMIKO: Right… where I'm going with this?
RUMIKO: You went to the storage room to retrieve the baseball bat.
RUMIKO: When you went there, you tripped, and toppled over some boxes, as well as getting your kneepads caught on the pole somehow.
ETSUYA: H-hold on! That doesn't even sound possible!
TERUYO: Strange things like that happened sometimes.
TERUYO: For instance, once, I got something stuck in my –
RUMIKO: Moving on…
RUMIKO: After getting the kneepads stuck to the pole…
RUMIKO: You left them there, got the baseball bat, and returned to Junichi's room, am I correct?
ETSUYA: N…nngh!
YUJIRO: Looks like you hit the nail on the head.
ETSUYA: …
ETSUYA: …Alright.
ETSUYA: Ha… Guess the jig is up, huh?
Soundtrack: All All Apologies
ETSUYA: Hahaha….HAHAHAHA…
ETSUYA: You caught me, Rumiko!
ETSUYA: You fucking caught me, didn't you..?
ETSUYA: Yeah…
ETSUYA: I thought…
ETSUYA: When I hit him in the head…
ETSUYA: I was sure he was dead.
RUMIKO: …You… you tried to kill Junichi… you fucker.
ETSUYA: Heh… but I'm sorry to ruin your parade.
ETSUYA: I can't be the murderer, can I?
RUMIKO: …Yeah.
[The reason for that..?]
== Presenting Ammunition #1: Monokuma File #1 ==
RUMIKO: This is it!
RUMIKO: I mean… Junichi died by slits to the wrist, didn't he?
ETSUYA: …
ETSUYA: But to this point… I honestly thought I was the culprit.
RUMIKO: You didn't read the Monokuma File?
ETSUYA: That was a mistake made by me… cause of course I didn't think I'd actually need to, you know?
RUMIKO: …
YUJIRO: …So, we solved that mystery.
YUJIRO: The baseball bat was there… that was obviously because of Etsuya.
TAIKAN: Etsuya hit Junichi over the head with the baseball bat, and ran away thinking that he was successful in it?
MIYOKO: …So it seems.
YUJIRO: …Etsuya, seeing as you have no more reason to lie, I want to ask you one question.
ETSUYA: Yeah?
YUJIRO: …
Soundtrack: Class Trial TURBULENT EDITION
YUJIRO: Did you really touch those dying messages at all?
ETSUYA: H-huh?
ETSUYA: What kind of question is that? Does that relate to anything at all?
YUJIRO: …It might. I'm… a little suspicious of something.
YUJIRO: But I can only confirm this… if it happens that you didn't tamper with the messages.
RUMIKO: Huh?!
ETSUYA: …Alright… I guess I could be honest.
ETSUYA: Yeah. I touched them. I erased one of the pages and then tried to get rid of the first dying message.
YUJIRO: …I see…
YUJIRO: Then never mind.
RUMIKO: What?
YUJIRO: No, I was thinking that if the messages were promptly erased and the journal page was erased too, then someone might be trying to frame Etsuya for the murder.
LUCY: Frame him?!
TAIKAN: Though it doesn't not make sense. Remember how Etsuya kept bullying Junichi? That's a good enough reason to believe why Etsuya would kill.
ETSUYA: …
LUCY: But, if someone were to frame Etsuya… then was it just a coincidence that Etsuya attacked Junichi before?
YUJIRO: …Yeah. It does seem sort of coincidental, doesn't it?
YUJIRO: …Hmm…
RUMIKO: Are you thinking about anything?
YUJIRO: …I think, we should probably talk about some other things, just a little bit more, right Rumiko?
RUMIKO: Hmm? Me?
YUJIRO: Yeah. I have a theory, but I want to prove some other things before we get into this.
RUMIKO: Alright… What should we talk about then?
YUJIRO: First off, there's still a mystery that we still haven't yet solved.
RUMIKO: Huh?
[A mystery that we didn't solve yet?]
== Global warming
== Junichi's body
== The knives
RUMIKO: This is it!
RUMIKO: You mean we didn't find out anything about the knives?
DAWN: I believe if Junichi just went to the antique store for a baseball bat, then the man in the trench coat could not have been Etsuya.
YUJIRO: Yes. That's exactly right.
HIDEYOSHI: E-err… what does this all mean, exactly?
YUJIRO: If we don't find out who got the knives, we obviously can't figure out who the murderer was, can we?
ARE: The murderer of Junichi Goto was the person who went to get the knives?
YUJIRO: Sounds about right, right?
TAIKAN: Is it possible that it wasn't, though?
YUJIRO: Hmm?
TAIKAN: I mean, don't you remember?
TAIKAN: At the crime scene, there were two knives from two different places.
YUJIRO: …You're right.
RUMIKO: So basically, even if they did get the kitchen knife, we can't rule them as the murderer completely either, can we?
GIICHI: What a confusing moment.
MITSUO: Ugh! I can't think of anything anymore!
MITSUO: I need brain food! Anyone got a carrot?
SHINA: Eww! Carrots are not good!
YUJIRO: Don't forget, there's one more strange thing about this case.
RUMIKO: Another one?
[What could that be..?]
==Presenting Ammunition #18: Junichi's Body Location ==
RUMIKO: This is it!
RUMIKO: Yeah… Junichi's body placement was really weird, wasn't it?
MIYOKO: What do you mean?
MIYOKO: Why would that be strange?
[The reason that all this was weird… it's pretty obvious why.]
Soundtrack: DIVE DRIVE
==PHASE SEVEN==
Dive Drive!
QUESTION #1: Where was the metal baseball bat found?
A: Near the desk… … …B: Beside Junichi's bed… … …C: Outside of Junichi's room.
QUESTION #2: Where was Junichi's body found?
A: Near the desk… … …B: Beside Junichi's bed… … …C: Outside of Junichi's room.
QUESTION #3: What position was Junichi in?
A: He was standing; pinned to the wall… … …B: He was lying down… … …C: He was sitting
RUMIKO: I've connected the dots!
BREAK!
Soundtrack: Class Trial DAWN EDITION Volume Two
RUMIKO: It's weird, that Junichi was found on his desk, isn't it?
RUMIKO: Sitting down too.
ETSUYA: What's so weird about that?
RUMIKO: You attacked him at the bed, right?
RUMIKO: Meaning if he was knocked out the whole time, he should've been killed near the bed.
GIICHI: Why would the culprit not move the body?
RUMIKO: I mean, what's the point of doing that in the first place?
RUMIKO: It creates more evidence to be found, too. If the body was found next to Junichi's bed, there's a better chance Etsuya would have been convicted.
DAWN: Yet we deemed that impossible, did we not?
RUMIKO: Yeah…
YUJIRO: So let's think of it like this.
YUJIRO: Isn't it just likely that…
YUJIRO: …Junichi woke up before all this happened, and moved positions?
RUMIKO: Yeah… yeah, it does.
YUJIRO: Meaning that Junichi had to be in his room the whole time.
RUMIKO: …Yeah…
RUMIKO: …It does, doesn't it?
NANAO: So what if he was in his room the whole time?
SHINA: …Hmm…. Hmmmhmmmhmmm….
RUMIKO: ...
[I think I have a good sense of what Yujiro was talking about. If Junichi woke up before Etsuya had attacked him later… then someone could have attacked him in a place other than his room?]
YUJIRO: …
[Or maybe it was in his room, and Junichi was trying to recover?]
YUJIRO: …Hmm...
[How could two people attack Junichi? It… it's despicable…]
YUJIRO: …Hmm…
ETSUYA: Wait, a minute, I just realized something…
YUJIRO: What is it?
ETSUYA: I have a good idea of who the killer could be!
NANAO: Is it really good? Or is it just good in your opinion?
SHINA: How about it?!
ETSUYA: There's someone without an alibi during this whole time, isn't there?
YUJIRO: An alibi? Do you mean…
ETSUYA: Ha! I'm fucking genius, aren't I?
Soundtrack: New World Order
ETSUYA: Rumiko! It's you!
RUMIKO: Huh?
ETSUYA: You were in your "room" the whole time, right?
ETSUYA: So you're the killer! You killed Junichi Goto!
RUMIKO: W-what?!
[I killed Junichi Goto?! Why would I do that?! What the hell?!]
MONOKUMA: …
MONOKUMA: Alright! This is a good stopping point for now!
RUMIKO: Huh?
MONOKUMA: Let's all take a nice five minute break for refreshments and to recollect our thoughts!
TAIKAN: Why would we do that?
MONOKUMA: Because! They always do that kind of thing in courtrooms.
MONOKUMA: …Let's enjoy our recess, you guys!
MONOKUMA: And before we go, let's consider what we talked about!
MONOKUMA: Who got the knife from the two places?
MONOKUMA: Who infiltrated Junichi, and where?
MONOKUMA: And is Rumiko the killer?
RUMIKO: I… am not!
MONOKUMA: Upupupu! I'd hate to end this so abruptly, but it's such a good place to stop it in terms of plot, isn't it?
MONOKUMA: Nyahahaha!
COURT IS NOW SUSPENDED
Continued in Class Trial: Part Two
(AN: Hope you liked this class trial and the new elements I put into it. I loved both new gamemodes added in SDR2 so I found a way to incorporate it into here. Though I'm not a fan of how I used Dive Drive. Whatever though, leave a review like always, and see you next time!)
