Cho has medicine in his lab.

That being said, I need an aspirin.

But, I can't.

Why?

Another statement of the obvious.

I'M TRAPPED IN THE SECOND FLOOR OF A SCHOOL.

"Atsuto? Do you want to help us try to break the wire?" Koji asked me.

Nothing can break through MY wire! His words taunted me like a bully in elementary school.

"Nope." I simply stated.

"Don't you want to help us?" Morino said.

"I really do, it's just your efforts are useless." I replied, my voice sounding really serious.

Both went dead silent.

Morino stopped shooting.

"Kagaji's right, ya know!"

"Monokuma? What the hell are you doing here?" Koji yelled.

"Now being who I am, I can go through both obstacles to check on both groups! Your methods are really sad. It's depressing, but true!" he said.

Morino started to point his rifle at Monokuma.

I stood in front of him.

"Are you seriously starting to protect this bastard bear?" he said, irritated.

"No… just remember the rule that said Violence against the headmaster is strictly prohibited. Violators of this rule will be punished accordingly? I don't want you to get killed." I replied.

Morino slowly put his rifle down onto the floor.

It was sort of a mistake.

The second it hit the tile, Monokuma swiped it and left.

"That little…" he said.

I figured wasting my time there would not help.

So I went to go find the girls.

Not like that.

Idiot.

I walked down in the direction of the dormitories.

I found Calliope.

She was lying on the floor.

I tapped her on the shoulder.

"AHHH! DON'T HURT ME- oh. It's just you, Atsuto. Thanks for waking me up." she said as her eyes opened.

Good, she was just asleep.

"No problem." I replied hastily.

"So, what exactly is the purpose of this motive? I mean, we're just locked in a floor with all the exact same stuff as the floor below." Calliope asked me.

As soon as she said that, Akiko and Katsu ran down the hallway holding… a monomono machine.

"We couldn't find a kitchen, but we found this, and there is candy inside." Katsu said, panting along the way as he slowed down.

"The problem is… we don't have a high percentage of getting food from it." Akiko said, "We're going to starve!"

"Don't be so negative! We'll get some candy! I'm sure of it!" Calliope said cheerfully.

"I doubt it. This is most likely the main reason of the motive. Starvation." Em said almost out of nowhere.

But putting us in a group?

He could have just blocked off the dining hall if he wanted to do that…

The first entry of the monomono machine… out came a peppermint.

Katsu and Akiko stared at it like it was a sorcerer's stone.

Calliope just looked.

Em walked away.

I didn't know how to respond.

I tried my hand at trying to break the machine so we could open the lid.

My hand got cut severely.

"Atsuto!" Calliope yelled.

"I'm… okay. Don't worry about me… go get some food." I replied.

I walked near the stairs.

I swore I heard a siren.

"Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah Woah. You need immediate care! I'm taking you to Cho!" I heard Monokuma say as he held my other hand and I went through the wire.

Literally, I went through the wire.

Monokuma then showed me Cho's lab.

"Kagaji here is injured, so he's gonna be with you guys until his hand heals." he told him.

"That's alright." he said as I laid down on the bed.

He had a lot of surgeon tools.

Makes sense.

I should be the Ultimate Obvious Stater because all I'm doing is stating the obvious.

"So, how bad is this injur- oohh… this is deep." Cho said as he saw the cut on my hand.

Chijimatsu walked in.

"I thought this peasant was in the other group!" she yelled.

Monokuma replied, "He's injured. So he'll be here until injuries are cleared!"

"Can't he stay in his group though? It was in the rules." he replied.

"There's no nurse's office on the second floor…" I replied.

Cho wrapped a bandage on my hand.

I couldn't move it.

Chijimatsu stared at me.

"How even did you get injured? Oh! You cut yourself just so you could come down here!" she said.

"If he did that, I'd just leave him there." Monokuma replied.

"There was no dining hall on the second floor, so I tried breaking into a monomono machine and… I cut my hand." I replied.

"That's because they have a defense mechanism! If anyone tries to steal something out of there without turning the knob, the defense hurts the thief! Why would you steal something Kagaji?" monokuma said.

"BECAUSE MY GROUP WAS GOING TO STARVE TO DEATH!" I yelled.

Cho, Chijimatsu, and monokuma fell silent.

"Peasants don't deserve food! Only I do, because my sculptures sold like hotcakes to the public! That way, I actually had money for food! But only the best kind of-" Chijimatsu started, but…

"Would you cut it out with the peasant crap already? I'm trying to heal Atsuto-kun here!" Cho yelled, cutting her off.

Chijimatsu looked like she was about to cry.

I thought it was an act, considering who she is.

"Emi-san, will you please do me a favor and LEAVE ME TO MY WORK?!" Cho yelled at the top of his lungs.

Chijimatsu scoffed and left Cho's lab.

"Atsuto-kun, you should stay in here for a while. Your wrist is starting to bleed very rapidly." he said as he took off my current bandage and wrapped a new one on it.

It was very cold.

It felt like someone had placed an ice cube on my wrist.

"That concoction can stop rapid bleeding. Andrew worked on it with me. It doesn't stop cancer, but it's best how it is right now." he said.

"Oh, so that's why it feels like my wrist is going to freeze." I replied sort of sarcastically.

"Sorry, Atsuto-kun. It's really the only option." he replied with a sheepish grin.

The lab's door opened.

"I heard Atsuto was down here, and I wanted to see if he was okay!" Eiko said as she entered the room.

"I've already had too many visitors. Go away." Cho said as Eiko cowered and left the room.

I then heard a fizz and looked at the monitor in Cho's lab.

It turned on.

"You guys get to hang out with each other now! Except Atsuto. He has to stay with Cho. DEAL WITH IT!"

The monitor turned off.

"So Cho, how did you get the title of Ultimate Surgeon?" I asked him.

"Oh, it was really by a fluke. And it was on my own mother, too. The other doctors had misplaced something in her chest when they were giving her surgery. I ran in, and took it out. I saved her life. The next thing I knew, the doctors were surrounding me and congratulating me. One of them offered an early scholarship to their Health and Nursing school. It kept going from there." he replied.

"That wasn't a fluke! That was a miracle!" I stated, amazed at how his story became.

I couldn't even save my dad.

Obviously.

"Nope. It was a fluke. People under the age of 13 weren't allowed in the surgery room. I was 11." he replied.

"But you knew what went wrong!" I said.

Cho rolled his eyes.

"I actually had no idea what I was doing. I just… really cared about my mom, and I didn't want her to pass." he calmly stated before going back towards the door.

"I think you can handle yourself in here, right?"

"Yeah. I'm not a kid y'know." I replied.

Cho left the room.

After a while, it got pretty boring.

I saw a face breathing against the window of the door.

They pushed too hard, and the door opened.

"Hey, peasant boy." Chijimatsu said.

"Go away." I replied.

"Have you ever bought an Emi Design sculpture?" she asked me.

Now that I think about it, I actually have.

My dad and I went to a farmers market.

They were having art stands too.

There was a girl, by the age of what I thought 10, selling sculptures.

A lot of people were admiring them.

"Only ¥1,000 for the mini ones, and ¥2,500 for the medium!" she called out.

Once the people heard the prices, they walked away.

But my father went up there.

He dragged me along.

"How much for the blacksmith one?" he asked the girl.

"Since it's a mini, ¥1,000, but since you have blacksmith written all over your face, I'll knock it off half price!" she said.

Five hundred yen.

That was a good deal.

"Sold!" he said happily as he handed the girl the money, and she gave him the sculpture.

"Make sure to tell your friends you bought an Emi design exclusive!" she said happily.

We waved goodbye to the ten year old girl.

"Yes." I told Chijimatsu.

"Which one? The golden angel goddess? The limited edition lucky miner? The self-portrait?!" she yelled intensely.

"The blacksmith." I replied.

"Ooh.. That was an old one… I don't think I remember the price of that one…" she replied.

"Five hundred yen." I replied.

"You bought a CHEAP one?!" she yelled at the top of her lungs.

"It was originally 1,000… but you knocked it off." I replied.

"Me? Knock the price down? I, Chijimatsu Emi, would never do such a thing!" she replied.

Cho entered the room again.

"Get away from my patient. NOW!" he yelled.

Chijimatsu ran out in a hurry.

"What was she doing to you?" he asked me.

"Wha? Don't go making an assumption like that! She wasn't doing anything to me! She… just asked me if I bought one of her sculptures…" I replied.

"In that position?"

She was on top of my knees, her hands pressing them.

"Shut up." I heard a voice say.

Em?

But… how did she get out of the wire?

Hi guys!

I know, it's a terrible cliffhanger.

But I needed to at least get one chapter in before I officially go on hiatus.

Or whatever I'm doing.

I don't even know anymore.

Enjoy your suspense!

Extra Notes: wrist so icy wonder why he like me cho im drowning because of your ice cold bandage you dipped it in a fountain