Disclaimer: Danganronpa belongs to Spike Chunsoft and their respective associates. I do not own any of Danganronpa's characters or other creations.
Author Notes: I decided to go ahead and remove the soundtracks from the story for the time being. I thought they did kinda cut off the momentum of the story a bit. If enough people are insistent on bringing them back, I will. Otherwise, I will no longer add them and start to remove them from the previous chapters.
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doomqwer: I hoped you liked it. My primary aim with the extra chapters is to help further cement the idea that Fumio Kuramoto really is a part of the Danganronpa World and ultimately how his actions affect those not involved in the killing game.
Tsunashi777: I'm glad you are enjoying the story so far. I do hope you will stick around to the story's conclusion.
LazyWriterDude: Only time will reveal the exact fate of Kuramoto's coworkers. But do keep in mind that as of present day, Eiichi City is one of the few cities that is still standing despite the Tragedy.
Arc 2: Dark Pasts and Revelations
Location: ?
Time: ?
All Kuramoto could see was darkness. He could tell that this was a dream of some type. As he tried to make sense of what was going on, he heard an unusual sound. It sounded like something was flying above him. Focusing in on the sound, he determined that it was an airplane. He also began to pick up the sound of something dropping from the sky. He couldn't figure it out until he saw it for himself. The darkness around him vanished as a massive fire appeared in front of him. From the newly found flames, he saw a humanoid figure that was alight approach him. He felt like he knew who it was, but the name was just out of his grasp.
"Why?"
Kuramoto shouldn't have been affected by something as simple as this, but he felt all of his confidence and resolve waver as the figure approach him and ask him that simple question nonstop. Kuramoto began to back away from the figure. As he tried to get away, he realized that the fire had formed a circle around him and another figure that was one fire appeared.
"Why are you still alive?"
More and more figures began to come forth from the circle of fire. At this point, Kuramoto realized that this was a nightmare. It had to be. Unfortunately, him being aware of this fact didn't make hearing the voices or seeing the flaming figures any else painful. It was just too much. The questions, the cries of agony that he was starting to hearing. It was pure torture for Kuramoto to listen to. The voices were taunting, nightmarish. They reminded him of a painful tragedy that he was involved with, but he just couldn't figure out what. He couldn't remember what it was; why he was being so heavily tormented.
"Why didn't you save us?"
"You should have been the one to perish."
"You should join us in death."
"Your actions won't ever make up for your failures."
"You can't do anything. You can't save anyone."
The figures continued to get closer and closer. Kuramoto could feel the fire beginning to sear away at his flesh. His senses could no longer feel anything other than his burning flesh and haunting voices. His mind began to white from everything. But throughout all of the suffering that he was going through, it had revealed more of his memories. The memories of his past.
Location: Hope's Peak Academy, Kuramoto's Room
Time: 0645
Kuramoto had woken up with a jolt from the nightmare he had experienced. Still reeling from the dreadful experience, Kuramoto got up and headed towards the restroom. Looking at his mirror, the pale face that was looking back at him truly showed just how much stress he was dealing with. Now to add to that, the past memories he received and the trauma that came with them. The fact that he hadn't caved in was a sign of his overall mental fortitude.
"Get a hold of yourself!"
Kuramoto slammed his hands onto the sink.
"You can't allow yourself to be overwhelmed by an event that you cannot change. You must press forward! Both for your classmates' sake and theirs. To cower away all because of a few nightmares, it would be insulting to them to do that!"
After that little pep talk, Kuramoto returned to his room and decided to get ready for the day. He now had an idea on what needed to be done in order to bring the mood up both for himself and the others. He first decided to check up on Naegi just to make sure he would now be able to move on his own.
*DING DONG DING DONG*
"Ahem, this is a school announcement. Goooood mooorning, everyone! It is now 7AM! Nighttime is now over! Get ready to greet another beaaauutiful day! "
As the announcement went off, the other students began to wake up. They all began to get ready for the day and make their way to the cafeteria for the usual morning. Many of the students began to notice a pleasant smell was coming from the cafeteria and were drawn to it. Once they entered, they found Naegi was already there and with him, there were several plates worth of pancakes, along with enough coffee, water, tea and juice to serve all 14 of them.
"Good morning, Naegi-kun!" Ishimaru shouted.
"What's with the pancakes?" Kuwata said.
"Did you make theses?" Maizono asked
"No, I didn't." Naegi denied. "Kuramoto-kun did, he went to check up on me just a bit before the morning announcement. Once it played, he went to the cafeteria together together and he went straight to the kitchen to cook breakfast. He wanted to make some food for everyone today."
"Ah, perfect."
Kuramoto stepped out of the kitchen with one last plate's worth of pancakes.
"It looks like I was able to finish up just in time. It's just like Naegi-kun said, the food is all yours."
The other students began to sit down and eat the food that was in front of them.
"These are pretty good." Asahina said.
"The chick is right, these are pretty damn good." Oowada agreed.
"Are we sure that Master Fumio Kuramoto isn't the Ultimate Cook instead of the Ultimate Mastermind?" Yamada asked.
"You continue to surprise me with your culinary skills." Celes claimed, helping herself to some tea.
"This is delicious." Fujisaki stated.
"I can't believe you are able to make these pancakes so tasty." Ikusaba complimented.
"Like I said earlier, I just learned how to cook by necessity. After doing it enough times with a few recipes, I just got good at it. It also helps that I have decent ingredients to work with." Kuramoto said humbly.
"I can see it now." Celes said, giggling." The fearless, intimidating Fumio Kuramoto being the perfect househusband."
"You're more than welcome to bring a camera the next time I cook." Kuramoto said dismissively. "While I may not enjoy cooking all that much, it's an extremely useful skill to have."
"You should do this more often, this is really good." Naegi said.
"While I don't have a problem doing so, it would help out considerably if I have a pair of extra hands helping out." Kuramoto responded. "Cooking for 14 people does take quite a bit of time. Especially if I plan on making anything more than just a single item."
"Well, I did learn a little bit of cooking from my mother and sister." Naegi said. "I may be able to help out."
"Alright, if you wish to help out, meet me here at the cafeteria every morning just after the morning announcement."
Kuramoto was glancing around with some coffee at hand. Togami, unsurprisingly, hadn't shown up yet. In addition, Fuwaka hadn't eaten yet. A bit concerned, he decided to check up on her, bringing her a plate.
"You're not gonna eat, Fukawa-san?"
"W-Why do you c-care?" Fukawa said.
"I care because I'm worried about you. After all, refusal to eat is always a red flag in these kinds of situations. Even if you want to scoff at the idea that I care about you, I did promise Oogami-san that I would look after everyone and I do intend to fulfill that promise to the best of my abilities." Kuramoto answered before Fukawa could make a remark.
"..."
"Y-You could have p-poisoned these pancakes. T-That way, you could easily k-kill anyone here!" Fukawa accused.
"H-Hey, there's no way he would-" Naegi started.
"I will concede that you do have a point." Kuramoto stated, shocking everyone in the room, Fukawa especially. "However, there are three fundamental problems with your accusation."
"P-Problems?" Fukawa repeated.
"First, there isn't anything that we have found so far that could be used as a viable poison. The only things that could qualify for that would be things like laundry detergent or bleach. But in order for most household things like that to be lethal, you would have to ingest large amounts of them. Not to mention if substances like that were used in the pancakes, it would obvious. So obvious that unless you are not able to neither see or smell, you would definitely notice it."
The others didn't even consider that possibility and were a bit uncomfortable at the suggestion, but Kuramoto wasn't done yet.
"Second, everyone else at this point has already grabbed pancakes and from every plate no less. I'm pretty sure if the pancakes were poisoned, the expected signs that would show up from someone being poisoned would have been appearing by now."
"Lastly, why I would try to poison someone with the pancakes? The food that everyone knows that I made. If someone died at a result of that, I would be shipped off to the chopping block so quickly that Amazon would be put out of business."
Fukawa was completely silenced by his deductions. Seeing that she had been outwitted and Kuramoto seemed like the type of person that would insist, she decided to give up.
"F-Fine, I-I'll have the pancake." Fukawa said with a small tint of pink appearing on her cheeks.
Fukawa began to dig in as well. She, just like the others, was surprised that the pancake was actually pretty good. However, before she could comment on it...
*DING DONG DING DONG*
"Ahem, this is a school announcement. Emergency! Emergency! Everyone, please gather at the gym immediately!"
As soon as everyone heard that announcement, they headed immediately to the gym, expecting their captor to do something that would push the students further to despair or to incite another killing.
…
…
Only to find just how wrong they were.
"Up and down! Up and down! One. Two. Three. Four. One! Two! Three! Four!"
Monokuma was up on the stage as per usual. However, he was doing jumping jacks. While it was presumed that everyone was expected to join him, the only individual that was doing so was Ishimaru. Everyone else was either baffled by what they were witnessing or realized that there was no punishment for not doing them and decided to ignore the monochrome bear.
Kuramoto was amongst the latter group. He went ahead and retreated into his own thoughts upon realizing that he wasn't required to do anything.
"What the heck is that bear trying to accomplish with this? From any rational standpoint, this doesn't make sense."
From that train of point, a light bulb hit him.
"Unless, whoever is controlling that bear isn't trying to be rational. Now that I think about, maybe that's the problem. That might be why I've been unable to comprehend our captor's thought process. If rationality is tossed out the window, then what he mentioned a few days ago begins to make more sense."
Flashback
"Hold on. What exactly are you? What exactly do you hope to gain by doing this to us?" Kirigiri asked.
"What I gain, you ask?" Monokuma tilted his head. "Well, if you really wish to know…"
"Your despair. That's all."
End Flashback
"If despair is what our captor is aiming for then the emotions that were felt after the execution must be what they were aiming for. In that case, I now have a basic idea for what our captor truly wants. I just might be able to figure out our captor's thought process. If I can, I can exploit it and plan around that accordingly."
Phew! It feels great to get a good workout i! Staying indoors isn't good for your health!" Monokuma said.
"Then shouldn't we be doing this outside, then?" Kuramoto said nonchalantly.
"Don't sweat the small stuff. That's my motto."
"You better not have brought us here just for exercising!" Oowada said, losing his patience.
"Just to exercise? Pffffffft. You're just jealous because you cannot handle by workout!" Monokuma retaliated.
"Just answer the question…" Naegi buts in, annoyed. "Did you really call us here to do some exercise?"
"Heavens no! I don't have that kind of time!"
"Ahem! I have an announcement to make! For every class trial that you guys survive, a new world will be made accessible to you! So, feel free to begin exploring. Enjoy the post-trial world!"
With that said, Monkuma had left.
"A new world?" Naegi asks.
"Maybe it's a way out?" Asahina said optimistically.
"The chances of that being the case are low." Celes comments.
"You can't say shit till you actually looked!" Oowada shouted.
"No matter. It looks like another search of the school needs to be done." Kuramoto said.
"Then, let's get going! We'll rendezvous at the cafeteria afterwards like last time!" Ishimaru declares.
Everyone decided to go their own ways. Kuramoto decided to explore on his own this time. He immediately noticed that both the doors to the storage room and the bathhouse were unlocked now. Kuramoto decided to take a look at the storage room first.
The storage itself was quite massive, plenty of supplies to go around. From more food, to additional clothing, school equipment and a ton of other materials. Regrettably, he didn't find anything noteworthy with his search. The only really noteworthy thing that the storage room itself was outfitted with a card reader, just like with the dorms.
Kuramoto next move was the unlocked bathhouse. As soon as he walked in, he was in a changing room. There wasn't anything special about it and the place was empty. The same was true for the bathhouse itself and the sauna that accompanied it. However, there was one important factor about this place that was noteworthy.
"This is a blind spot for the mastermind. They cannot see or hear anything via the cameras or any bugging equipment. It probably has to do with the heat and steam that this place projects."
Kuramoto then took out his notebook and began to write down a few things.
Other than that, the only other notable thing was that the door was outfitted with a card reader, just like the storage room.
Upon entering the second floor, which was now also unlocked, he head immediately to the pool area ( according to the updated map) since it was the closest thing.
It looks like Celes, Asahina, Kuwata, Maizono, Ikusaba and Fujisaki all had the same idea, as Kuramoto spotted all of them as he entered the pool's front area.
"There's a pool in the back. A pool! There's a pool. A pool, a pool!" Asahina said as soon as Kuramoto entered the room.
"Calm down, Asahina-san. I heard you the first time." Kuramoto replied.
"There's also tons of exercising equipment. I'm sure you and Ikusaba-chan will like it!"
"If it means our quality of life keeps improving like this, I could deal with the occasional class trial. Ehehehe…" Ludenberg said, giggling a little bit.
"Ugh. Please don't joke about that." Kuwata groaned out.
"While the additional luxuries are nice, I would prefer that it wouldn't result in people dying in order to obtain them." Kuramoto stated.
"Anyways," Maizono said, trying to change the subject. "It looks like you need your e-handbook to get inside the locker rooms."
"So it's identical to our dorm rooms." Kuramoto deduced. "But that doesn't explain why there's a gatling gun just above us."
"I presume it's to keep everyone in the correct areas." Celes suggested.
"Right, because apparently a gatling gun is entirely necessary for locker room security."
"You are absolutely right!" Monokuma said, appearing out of nowhere. "It's only a matter of time before some of you tries to go for straight up sex in one of our dressing rooms. So security must be cranked up a notch!"
Most people's faces now had shades of either pink or red on them as their minds trailed south.
"Wait." Kuramoto said. "So, you are worried about people getting intimate in the locker rooms, but not anywhere else inside the school?"
"Meh. If you that desperate, I doubt 100 gatling guns will stop you." Monokuma shrugged.
" *Sigh* Of course."
"If Maizono-san is right in that you use the e-handbooks to differentiate genders." Fujisaki said, trying to change the subject. "What if someone borrowed an e-handbook from someone else?"
"..."
Monokuma went silent for a moment before saying.
"Sure. Why not, knock yourselves out." His response surprised everyone. "If you that desperate to be willing to give someone else your only key to most of the school, then be my guest. After all, I did mention on the first day that these things can be used for more than just identifying you. It would be *pretty* incriminating if your e-handbook was found at the scene of a crime."
Tension grew within the room after those words were spoken. No one could deny that. It was the key to access someone else's room. Plus, they could be used to prevent someone from collecting evidence as it did have that function. On top of that, there's no telling as to what other functions the e-handbook could have due to Monokuma being able to add apps at will. Simply put, to give someone else your e-handbook was a huge risk, one that no one else was willing to take.
After that, Monokuma had left the room.
"Hmm…..I know a way to ease the tension. It may be a little cruel but…"
"So, what do you guys plan to do in the locker rooms?" Kuramoto asked.
Everyone's mind trailed south again at what Kuramoto words were implying. But someone did end up taking the bait.
"What are you saying Kuramoto-kun!?" Asahina said with her face now red. "There's no way anyone would do that in a locker room!"
"Oh my." Kuramoto said, feigning a surprised look. "What were you thinking about just now? I was just referring to if you guys were planning on investigating the locker rooms."
Asahina's face turned even more red as she now realized her mistake. She tried to explain that she didn't mean it like that, but she became a stuttering mess.
Celes just simply started giggling. "How cruel Kuramoto-san. I wouldn't have expected you to pull something like that."
"Well hey. It increases the impact of the words if it isn't something one would expect. Besides, I am the Ultimate Mastermind. One does not simply become a mastermind, much less an Ultimate, without being skilled at manipulation." Kuramoto replied.
"I can't believe that you would do that, Kuramoto-kun!" Asahina said, her face still red.
"Now, now." Kuramoto said, using his hands in a 'calm down' gesture. "I was only teasing, no need to get so flustered."
"Your teasing is going to your throat slit one of these days." Celes said, still amused. "And I would prefer not to lose our most valuable intellectual asset all because of a poorly timed choice of words."
"Oh, come on Celes-san, give me some credit." Kuramoto replied. "I'm pretty sure if I was that easy to kill, I would have died a long time ago."
"Ugh. Can you two please just stop." Kuwata complained. "You're giving me a headache."
Seeing that their talk was starting to make the others uncomfortable and neither of them wanted to antagonize the others more than what was needed, they just simply smiled at one another before parting ways.
The investigation of the guys locker room and swimming pool was pretty straightforward. They were pretty much exactly as one would expect them to be. It was somewhat baffling for Kuramoto that a swimming pool was on the second floor to begin with; mainly due to the immense structural strength one would need in order to prevent the water from crashing down on the floor below. Other than that, there was nothing noteworthy of the pool area that wasn't already covered by the others.
Kuramoto then decided to check the classrooms and bathroom before heading to the library. He didn't find anything of value within the classrooms.
On the other hand, when he did investigate the second floor guys bathroom, he did notice a few things. First, the bathroom was another blind spot for the mastermind. Secondly, upon entering the closet, he found out that there was a secret entrance. Surprised, he entered the new entrance way to find that there was a room inside. It was a dimly lit and dank place, but it had a desk, a shelve and a couple of documents. Additionally, it also contained a box that had some random machine parts.
"Holy mother of…"
"I'll come back later. If the mastermind doesn't expect me to find this place, they might get suspicious if I am gone for too long."
Kuramoto returned back to the hallway, keeping his usual appearance to prevent the mastermind from reading him via the cameras.
Having checked everywhere else, Kuramoto finally headed to the library. Inside the library was Togami, Kirigiri, Naegi, Fukawa and Yamada. Both Kirigiri and Togami were inspecting the laptop that was on one of the desks, but it looked like it was either broken or out of power. Kuramoto thought is was the latter due to the huge amount of dust the library had and that there were no visible signs of damage on the thing. Naegi was currently inspecting the shelves to see if he could find anything. Lastly, Fukawa and Yamada were having a debate on magna/doujin vs classic literature and novels. Kuramoto decided to just ignore them, not wanting to get dragged into that conversation. While the others were doing their thing, Kuramoto decided to investigate the door that didn't lead back into the hallway.
"It's just an old archive, I doubt you will find anything of interest in there." Togami stated.
Kuramoto decided to ignore him and enter anyway. The room, just like the library, was dimly lit and filled with dust. However, there was one thing that almost immediately grabbed Kuramoto's attention. One of the shelves contained some cold case files. Kuramoto immediately recognized some of them due to his time working in the Criminal Investigations department. Upon taking a look at a few of them, he recognized one of the cases. It was a file on Genocider Syo. He began to read through it. He could tell right away that this was an authentic copy of files having looked over it himself. Taking a closer look at some of the other documents in the room revealed to be that these documents were dangerous. In the sense that having knowledge of these things can ensure that you can end up having a bullet between the eyes. Kuramoto, naturally, recognized a few of theses due to the research he had to do in order to combat powerful organizations.
As he stepped out of the archives, with the Genocider Syo case file in hand, he noticed that the others were gathered around Naegi. It looked like he found a letter of some kind. Naegi then began to read the contents of said letter.
"Notice from the Hope's peak Academy Administrative Office,
For many years, Hope's Peak Academy has dedicated itself to the cultivation of world-class talent. The academy – operating under special government sanction – has a long-standing tradition of producing the highest quality graduates in all fields, many of whom are still flourishing in society.
Nevertheless, it has come to pass that this glorious work must, for the time being, be placed on hold. We bitterly regret having to make this decision, but the grave problem which has arisen has our hands tied. However, this does not spell the end for Hope's Peak Academy. We fully intend to reinstate operations as soon as the aforementioned problem has been remedied.
In conclusion, we would like to offer our sincerest thanks to everyone who has provided their support and assistance over the years. And, in addendum, we would like to make it known that we are waiting to receive approval from the relevant branches of the government before formally ceasing operations here at Hope's Peak Academy."
"What does this mean?" Naegi asked.
"The note's contents are quite intriguing." Togami states.
"This note seems to indicate that Hope's Peak Academy was shut down." Kirigiri deduced. "And if I had to guess, judging from the amount of collected dust, I'd say this letter is at least a year old."
"This seems to further collaborate the idea that a lot of time has passed from when we lost consciousness to when we woke up in this situation."
"You're saying...that Hope's Peak Academy was shut down a year ago?" Naegi asked.
"It would explain as to how the mastermind managed to take over the school and install the modifications to the school." Kuramoto chimed in. "If a whole year had passed, they would have had plenty of time to set everything up. Additionally, if the school has been closed, it would also explain why there are no other students of staff members around."
"Very true." Kirigiri agreed. "It would be a simple and reasonable answer."
"But that doesn't make sense!" Naegi objected. "It would mean that it was closed when we all arrived a few days ago. But I didn't notice anything that would indicate that the school was closed. Furthermore, if the school had been closed, surly it would have been mentioned on the news or something. And I didn't see anything about Hope's Peak closing when I was searching about the school online."
"You do have a point, Naegi-kun. I also didn't see anything about Hope's Peak closing when I was researching the school. And I refuse to acknowledge the idea that something of that big of a caliber would escape my notice." Kuramoto concurred.
"I'm now entirely certain that we have been here for a long time now, but the question is why and is my memory loss connected to this."
"Hmph. Such conclusions are based entirely on whether or not the note is true. It could easily just be here to mislead us." Togami claimed.
"Or it could be to give us a hint." Kirigiri suggested. "Monokuma does seems to be the type of person to do that. Plus, he has been actively encouraging everyone to explore the school."
"Kirigiri-chan brings up a good point. Although if that's the case, there are only two reasons I can think of as to why Monokuma would do that. Either he's that confident that we won't find the truth or our investigation of the school must be a part of a Xanatos Gambit."
"A fair point." Kuramoto added. "Let's keep both possibilities in mind for now."
"By the way, what exactly are you holding in your hand, Kuramoto-kun?" Naegi asks.
"This?" Kuramoto said, revealing the case file. "I found this in the archive. It's a cold case file about Genocider Syo."
"Cold case? Genocider Syo?" Naegi asked.
"Take a look for yourselves, albeit a fair warning, this document is quite graphic." Kuramoto said, laying the case file down for everyone to see.
Everyone, except Fukawa had gathered around the file.
"Cold case files like theses are normally not released to the public and you would typically need permission from,at a minimum, the Lieutenant of the Office of Criminal Investigations to even see these types of files."
"That's make it all the more curious as to what this was doing in the archives." Kirigiri said.
"That's because the archive is filled with files of a similar nature to this one." Togami answered. "Not just of police files, but of all types of files that the public eyes' would never gaze upon."
"Huh?" Naegi said.
"Say what!?" Yamada said.
"Togami speaks the truth. The archive is filled with all types of files that would get people assassinated for having knowledge of." Kuramoto confirmed.
Naegi, Yamada and Fukawa were all shocked by this information. They just couldn't believe that such information existed and it was right here at Hope's Peak Academy, no less.
"As for why it's here, easily accessible to everyone, is a mystery to me." Kuramoto continued. "But at the very least, Hope's Peak has a considerable level of influence across the nation and even as a bit of influence on a global scale as well. So, I'd imagine it's not that big of a stretch to suggest that the staff at Hope's Peak could procure such information. Even if they couldn't, there's still our captor to consider, who most likely has influence on a national level considering that we are still trapped here and there hasn't been any known attempts at getting us out from outside."
Kuramoto looked up and noticed that Fukawa was away from the group, close to a corner of the room as a matter of fact.
"Fukawa-san, what are doing?" Kuramoto asked.
"I-I'm a h-hemophobic." Fukawa answered. "I-I don't handle blood v-very well."
"I see...anyways," Kuramoto said, closing the case file. "It looks like that's everything that is here, unless anyone else managed to find anything here?"
Seeing that no one gave Kuramoto an answer, he took their silence as a yes. He put the case file back where it was and headed back to the cafeteria.
Location: Hope's Peak Academy, Cafeteria
Time: 1300
"Excellent work, everyone!" Ishimaru said, beginning the meeting. "What have you guys discovered?"
Everyone began to go over what they found. The pool and it's security measures, the library and the mysterious note, the archives and the usual documents contained in it as well the first floor storage room and bathhouse.
Kuramoto decided to keep quiet about the blind spots inside the bathhouse and second floor bathroom. Lest the mastermind take actions to correct this and prevent making these weaknesses exploitable.
"So, did find anything about a way out?" Oowada asked.
The room had went silent at Oowada's question.
"Seriously!? Who gives a flying damn about some goddamn pool and library when we're still stuck here!?" Oowada shouted out.
"Now. Now. Trying to find fault in everything isn't going to get us anywhere. Adaptability is survivability. I believe I have mentioned this before, yes? So, we might as well enjoy being locked up together."
"Celes-san does have a point." Kuramoto agreed. "I'm far from keen on staying locked up here. But if it's inevitable, we might as well make the most of it. Banging our heads against the doors and windows will only accomplish so much."
"Not to mention, nobody who is smart enough to figure out an exploitable weakness wouldn't blurt it out for the mastermind to hear."
While Oowada was annoyed by the fact that Kuramoto was agreeing with what he thought as a loon, he couldn't argue against him, so he decided to drop the matter.
"Well, continue to keep an eye on things. If anyone finds anything, please let the group know." Ishimaru stated, concluding the meeting.
"Now it's my turn!" Monokuma said, making his appearance.
Most were caught off guard by his sudden appearance.
"W-What are you doing here?" Naegi asks, taken aback.
"Now that you guys are finished exploring the new world, I'd thought I would explain some new rules for you guys." Monokuma explained.
"New rules?" Kuramoto said.
"Yes, new rules." Monokuma continued. "You see, attempting to maintain this school all by yourself is extremely tiring. So, I thought of a way to ease the burden of doing so by using you guys!"
"What do you mean?" Togami said.
"Simply put, I'll be assigning tasks that you guys will need to completed on a consistent basis. It ultimately doesn't matter who does what, just as long as the task is done. By the way, in case you need confirmation, failure to complete these tasks will result in a grizzly punishment. If you guys want to know what they are, I've added a new app to the e-handbook that will display all of the available tasks and who volunteered to what. Details on the exact instructions and the expectations will be made available to those who accept the tasks. The app will also state the special privileges one gets for signing up for these tasks. I've also updated the rules for you, since I'm a nice bear!"
Monokuma then left the scene and with it, the expected noises came from everyone's e-handbook, confirming that the e-handbook had been updated.
Rule 13: Students are now required to complete the tasks that are on the "Chores" app. If the group willingly fails to complete the tasks, everyone will be punished. If a person who is assigned a task fails to complete it, that person will be punished.
The Chores displayed the following tasks that were required to be done.
Trash Removal
This person will be in charge of removing all trash within the school and dispose of it via the incinerator.
Special Privileges: This person will be given the key to the incinerator's shutters.
Pool Cleaning
This person will be in charge of taken care of the pool and ensure that it is properly cleaned and maintained.
Special Privileges: While this person has taken the task, this person's e-handbook will give them unrestricted access to the swimming pool and both locker rooms at all times, even after nighttime.
Bathhouse Cleaning
This person will be in charge of taken care of the bathhouse and ensure that it is properly cleaned and maintained.
Special Privileges: While this person has taken the task, this person's e-handbook will give them unrestricted access to the bathhouse at all times, even after nighttime.
Cafeteria Cleaning
This person will be in charge of taken care of the cafeteria and kitchen and ensure that everything is properly cleaned and maintained.
Special Privileges: While this person has taken the task, this person's e-handbook will give them unrestricted access to the cafeteria at all times, even after nighttime.
Storage Room Manager
This person will be required to account for all things within the storage and make sure that supplies don't run out.
Special Privileges: While this person has taken the task, this person's e-handbook will give them unrestricted access to the storage room at all times, even after nighttime.
Security Guard
This person will be required to patrol the school at night.
Special Privileges: While this person has taken the task, this person's e-handbook will give them unrestricted access to all dorms rooms and all areas that are locked at nighttime during nighttime.
Seeing as this was a new development and that all the tasks had to be done at the risk of execution for not complying. Everyone decided to debate on who would do which task. Ultimately, it was decided that, for now, Yamada takes care of Trash Removal. Asahina deals with Pool Cleaning. Maizono paired with Kuwata and Naegi handles the Bathhouse Cleaning. Kuramoto decided to take the Cafeteria Cleaning task. Ishimaru volunteered to take the Storage Room Manager. Lastly, Oowada paired with Kirigiri, decided to take the Security Guard task.
Everyone began to disperse to go do there own thing.
Kuramoto decided to catch Kirigiri real quick before she left.
"Kirigiri-chan, got a sec."
"What is it?"
"There's something I want to show at the bathhouse." Kuramoto said, darting his eyes in the direction of the cameras.
Taking the hint, Kirigiri simply nodded and together, those two made their way to the bathhouse.
Author Notes: I hoped you enjoyed and will see you guys on the next part. Another Author out!
