"It has to be Tsubako! After all, he is the Ultimate Interrogator! He trapped them so he could ask them everything they knew about the mastermind! He then killed them because there was no information left for the victim to answer!" Jin, the Ultimate Security Guard told the rest of the survivors.

Tsubako was shaking nervously.

"Now, hold on just a second, I-" he started to say,

"Now that I think about it, it makes perfect sense." Tomoyo, the Ultimate Lucky Student said.

Tsubako Hokemu was the Ultimate Interrogator, and he was being accused of a crime he didn't commit.

But you guys remember why, right?

Em Ishiku was messing with her hands.

She didn't want to tell them she committed the crime.

It was an accident, after all.

The trap was set for monokuma to get information about the mastermind.

Not Elichi.

Elichi, the Ultimate Violinist, was the unfortunate victim of this murder case.

Em started crying.

She could not bear this.

People… were accusing her Tsubako…

The Tsubako that stuck with her during the first trial…

The Tsubako that guarded her life from the obstacle blade course motive set up by Shima…

The Tsubako that…

Was going to die.

She wanted to scream, "IT WAS ME!" but she didn't want to die.

She wanted to discover what her talent was.

After all, she had amnesia.

"Now, let's move straight to voting time!" monokuma yelled as the screen above him showed everyone's verdict… incorrect.

Tsubako yelled, "See! It wasn't me!"

"It was… Em Ishiku! Congratulations for surviving! To the rest of you guys, unfortunate losses for ya!" he yelled.

Tsubako ran out of his podium and hugged Em.

"Thank you… for keeping your promise…" he said.

Em wailed in sorrow.

"But I didn't! You and the others are going to die, thanks to me!" she yelled.

"But you still kept your promise… you found your talent for me… the Ultimate Survivor…" he said.

His lips touched hers.

He was then dragged by a chain away from the Ultimate with the others.

They were all repeatedly stabbed in the heart until their blood drenched Em from below.

Em collapsed.

She did not want it to end this way.

"Congratulations!" she heard a voice say.

She turned around… and there was a girl dressed like Junko Enoshima standing next to her.

"Go away! I'm trying to mourn my friends!" Em yelled at the top of her lungs.

"Well, this wouldn't have happened if you just admitted your crime. Oh wait! You would have died still! Kyahahaha! Isn't it despair inducing?" the mastermind yelled.

She handed Em a key.

"You are free to escape to the outside world! Have fun admiring your fans in the Danganronpa universe!" she said.

Em slowly put the key in the door.

She opened it…

There were people with signs saying, "Em is my favorite!"

"Congratulations!"

"How's Tsubako? Oh wait!"

Em ran from the crowd.

Her eyes turned into spirals.

This… was despair.

If only… she died.

That would have been better.


Hi!

I decided to write this short story about Em to keep you guys more into her backstory.

She's basically the Kirigiri of this series, so keep a look out for more of her!

She was stuck in despair for two years, and then returned to normal.

Then she was put in another killing game with Atsuto and the others.

She doesn't want to bond with anyone because she is afraid of their life ending.

So she's kind of melrose.

But anyways, this is just a bonus chapter!