It almost felt odd. No one was executed? The five just stared at each other for a long moment.

"Well, there's no use in standing around." Yuma said with a sigh, adjusting his tie, "I'm leaving."

"Same!" Fuka grinned, leaving with him.

Akihisa groaned, and said, "I need a drink." Then he left.

Emiri smiled at Haru, "At least we don't have to watch an execution. Let's just hope... it ends here."

Haru looked back at her, "Yeah, Let's hope." He smiled a bit in return, as they left together.

Days seemed to go by without anything interesting happening. It just seemed like the remaining ones weren't up to murder someone. Almost as if stuck in a pattern, Haru got up, got dressed, and was going to walk to the cafe. He left his room, only to see a shocking sight. Emiri was crawling on the ground, a trail of blood behind her. Weakly, she mumbled, "Haru? Thank god..."

Somehow, he flinched. Something about her being on the ground like that sparked... worry?

He ran over, kneeling down, "Emiri?! What happened?!"

Weakly, she crawled closer to him, forcing herself up enough to grab his shoulders, "Haru... Please end this."

Haru said, "L-Let's get you to the nurse's office, okay?!"

She shook her head, and smiled sadly, "I'm not gonna make it, Haru. The...mastermind attacked me. I guess maybe I found something I shouldn't have? I didn't get a good look at them, since it was too dark... But there's no way I can live through these wounds. I just wanted to talk to you..." She breathed, a bit sharply due to the stab wounds all over her stomach. She coughed, then continued, "I want you to end this, Haru. As soon as you can. You have what you need. They can help you too. Have some hope in them..."

Haru held onto her, "Emiri..." He felt his blood run cold. He had never felt this way before. He couldn't explain it, but something was definitely wrong here.

Emiri just gave him a pitiful smile, and said weakly, "Please... Finish this." She then collapsed, losing consciousness.

Haru panicked, and said, "Akihisa! Yuma!"

Akihisa opened the door, tired, "What are you yelling about..?" He froze, "Emiri!? What happened?!"

Haru said, "The mastermind attacked her!"

Akihisa's voice shook a bit, "Is...she dead?"

Haru looked at her for a moment, then said, "She will be in a moment. The wounds were lethal. I'm surprised she lived long enough to crawl over to the hallway here."

Akihisa frowned, then looked shocked as Haru began to stand. "What are you doing?"

"Doing what I need to. Please take her for a moment."

Akihisa went over, carefully taking Emiri's body. He looked very confused at this point, "Haru?"

Haru's expression couldn't be properly expressed. It seemed emotionless. Blank. He just called out, "Mononuki! It's time to end this!"

Mononuki appeared, "Ah? Why? It's so fun!"

Haru said, "One last trial. We either all die, or we find the mastermind and be freed. How does that sound?"

Mononuki thought for a moment, "Yeah, The boss will think that's fun. Sure! I'll make an announcement." It suddenly disappeared.

Suddenly, Mononuki appeared on the monitors, "Emiri has been found dead! The killer was the mastermind! You have permission to start investigating! The next trial will be the last kiddos! Prepare to say goodbye!"

Yuma walked out, "Whoa! So... Damn..." He was speechless, "Four remain then... Are... We really able to do this?"

Haru nodded, "Yes." He walked over, picking up Emiri's body, "I'm gonna go put her in the morgue." There was a different air around him. Something perhaps more mature. He suddenly grinned, "We're gonna make this fun!" He carried Emiri's body off, leaving the two confused.

Akihisa decided to start investigating. Emiri was stabbed to death by the mastermind, so he knew he probably couldn't find a murder weapon, or anything else like that. So instead, he wanted to focus on the mastermind themselves.

He couldn't find much. But the thing that he noticed was Haru, standing in front of the door backstage of the ballroom's stage. Akihisa said, "Haru? What's up?"

"It's open."

Akihisa looked taken back, "What?! Then go inside!"

Haru opened the door. It was a simple room, with monitors that could check everywhere. There was no sign of a mastermind, or of Mononuki. Haru sighed, "Nothing really here. But it is interesting. The mastermind must've come here to look over footage, and would sneak over here whenever they could."

Akihisa nodded, "Yeah. Sounds right." He looked, seeing a notebook. It only had one page, since the others were ripped out.

It read the following:

I read in a book about Junko Enoshima. A strange person, she was. But what I wonder is...

Did she exist? They say what she did went down in history. The world slowly rebuilt itself to wonders after a young man defeated her. Together with his friends, they rebuilt a beautiful world.

But I still don't understand. What was the cause? Why did she make the killing game? For fun?

I want to know.

I want to know.

I want to know!

Akihisa said, "So, whoever it was, read a history book and got confused."

Haru said, "Junko... Enoshima?" He tilted his head to the side, "Sounds like a novel."

Akihisa explained, "It was so long ago, that historians today believe that it might've been false. They were told stories, but everyone who lived long enough to tell the tale are long dead. It could've been a story like Santa Claus. That just stuck to the human race."

Haru tilted his head to the side, "Weird. Well, This note doesn't really narrow anything down. The handwriting is nice, but that really still holds the doors of the mystery open. Any of us could've learned about Junko, and made a killing game. We're all messed enough to do it, except for you."

Akihisa sighed, "That's because I'm not crazy, or in Yuma's situation, done with the human race."

Nothing else of interest came up. To Haru, he knew he had what he needed. An idea was already forming. Although it didn't seem there was much evidence, Haru had plenty. But before they left the room, they both suddenly jumped, hearing something. It sounded like someone was in the vents. Akihisa and Haru exchanged glances. Then, Haru climbed up on a chair, "It's...not nailed in...?" He moved the cover to the vent, and fell back, "Huh? How?"

Akihisa caught him, "What?! What did you see?!"

Haru got back up, reaching in and dragged something out. What he found was something that would make the next trial somewhat more interesting.