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Once again we had to enter the lift, once again we had to enter the room and step on the pedestals, once again I had to look at Alice's crossed face next to me. But now Ammy's and Aviana's faces had been crossed out as well.

This time we didn't need any encouraging words from Monokuma, Tokaku just came straight to the point. "Let's start this! It's pretty obvious that one of those who didn't come to my show did it!"

I looked closely at those five who were suspicious. Akira looked terrible with these bags under his eyes but also very young at the same time. Was it possible for this child to commit a murder? Yes, I could imagine it, he had such an amazing personality disorder and a high intelligence resulting from it.

Artyom stayed completely relaxed though being accused as if he wanted to show us how silly this thought was. Of course it could be just an act.

Tani on the other hand looked somehow shocked as she clenched her fists. She still wore this bandage and I wondered if her injury would have hindered her from murder. To know that it would probably be necessary to know how the murder actually happened.

Marilyn didn't show much of emotion, she just glared at Tokaku as if she felt insulted but I wasn't really sure. Marilyn was always hard to read.

And then there was finally Sandrine who trembled crazily and just stared at her disk with wide eyes. It must be the hell for her to be here again, remembering what happened last time.

So, one of them needed to be the murderer. "You should probably tell us what you did during the time we all were gathered in the music room," I said with a friendly smile so they could see I was ready to believe in their innocence.

Artyom went first. "I was wandering around outside for a bit. I'm sorry, Tokaku, but I just wanted some peace and tranquility."

Tani came second. "Well, I was in my room," she said and that was everything. But the way she looked at her arm meant probably that she either felt uncomfortable around us with her possible infection or just had been in pain.

Marilyn seemed to be thinking about what she should say. "I was in the store room," she explained then. "Because of this dog-motive no one cared about it anymore but I still thought it would be a good idea to see what we could find there."

"Something you could use for murder?" Hachiku growled and she shook her head in annoyance. "Of course not! Why would I do that? I just wanted to make sure there is nothing someone else could use!"

Akira hesitated some more then he said slowly "I was in my room. I just...needed to think about some things." Probably it had something to do with the motives we had been given. Ever since then he had been really quiet.

Sandrine was the last one and as everyone looked at her she trembled even more, her eyes quickly filling with tears. Finally she whispered something like "W-was in m-my r-room… Didn't want t-to...to c-come without M-M-Marilyn..."

So of course no one of them had a real alibi. Still we couldn't really say who was the murderer and everyone seemed to know this.

"It probably wasn't Akira," Tokaku told us her thoughts. "And I also doubt Sandrine and Tani. So it had to be one of you!" She angrily pointed from Marilyn to Artyom and back, making the girl raise an eyebrow. "And why would you think so?"

"Because of the state Avi was in," Tokaku said. Her voice got a bit shaky here but she quickly regained her composure. "Several limbs were broken! She died from a broken neck after all. Someone must have attacked her really angrily! And Akira and Sandrine are probably too weak to do so. And Tani is injured so it must have been one of you two. Just admit it already!"

Of course they didn't and Reece said "Um, hate to disagree but what about the gunshot? I found a pistol at the crime scene and we all heard the shot. They shot her, why would they need to break all of her limbs?"

"They must have been so a-angry!" Sandrine said quietly.

"Maybe they didn't really know how to use the weapon?" Tani suggested. "Or felt uncomfortable with it? They somehow shot her leg so she couldn't move away but they rather killed her by brute force?"

"Brute force sounds like a certain someone!" Vivienne claimed, glaring at Hachiku who immediately clenched his fists. "What do you mean, bitch? I wouldn't have hurt her so much, not a nice girl like her!"

"You better calm down," Daichi said. "That's not how it happened anyway. The time of death was 3:14 according to the Monokuma file and around that time we had heard the gunshot and all came running down there to see what happened. Also she was shot before she died. That means the murderer would have shot her and then broke all her limbs within seconds before he somehow vanished from the atelier again. I don't think that is possible."

"And what do you think has happened?" Tokaku wanted to know. "She fell from the ladder," Daichi explained. "It's a very high ladder, it would be possible to break your bones like this."

"Why would she climb up there in the first place?" Marilyn asked, apparently shuddering from the thought of falling down somewhere and crushing your body like this.

"Aviana wasn't afraid of climbing," I said, remembering this nice afternoon I had been talking with her. "She liked it. And she was very small, maybe she wanted to see if she would fit through that little window."

"But the ladder wasn't standing right next to the window, remember?" Tokaku said.

"Maybe it was suicide then?" Tani asked with new hope in her voice. "She climbed up the ladder and jumped, knowing that she would die?"

"Aviana was a person who loved to be outside," Daichi disagreed. "She would have jumped from a roof then. And I can't believe she would want to create such a mess in the atelier which some people love to use." He nodded towards Panini here.

"Also she had a bullet wound," I added. "It's more likely to believe that someone shot her in the leg and because of this she fell down and broke her neck." It was a nice way of murder, much easier than stabbing or strangling someone. You wouldn't even get blood on yourself. And of course even Akira, Sandrine or Tani could have done that, so we still had no idea who the murderer could be.

I was still thinking about what Marilyn had told me before and so I asked "Tokaku, you really liked her, right?" She looked at me in surprise. "Of course I did! I don't know how anyone could dislike her! She was a real cutie...and although she was cautious she could be really brave! I… I still can't believe this." She looked like she had to fight back her tears.

I continued my questioning. "And, did Aviana like you, too? I mean did it look like you two had a future?" Now she stared at me, a painful grimace destroying the beauty of her face. "What are you trying to do? Pouring salt in my wounds? Well, no, she never told me that she liked me the way I liked her but maybe she would have. Thanks to some bastard we'll never know!"

"Tokaku, I'm so sorry," Panini said, almost crying herself. But I had got the answers I needed. Apparently Aviana hadn't confessed to Tokaku but maybe to someone else?

Now Hachiku clenched his fists once more. "Stop acting like you're the victim here!" he growled. "We're all sad that Aviana died! But you know what I think? It's great how you have an alibi!"

"What do you mean?" Tokaku asked back with a frown.

"Well, you thought of this show!" Hachiku claimed. "And you were doing something so everyone could say that you were with the rest of us at the time of murder! Isn't that just the perfect alibi?"

"You're such an idiot!" Vivienne hissed, not able to hold her anger back. "Yes, it is a perfect alibi because she really was with us at the time of murder, there is no doubt to that! And why the hell would she ever kill Aviana?"

"Because she got rejected?" Hachiku guessed. "She's one hell of a hot chick but maybe Avi didn't care. And if she used some trick, maybe it's possible?"

That was surprisingly smart, I had no idea how Tokaku would react if she were rejected twice.

"Or maybe she hypnotised someone else to do it while everyone else was gathered in the music room?" Reece wondered.

"Would that person be the murderer then?" Daichi asked Monokuma who was doing a handstand for whatever reason. "Or Tokaku?" "Well, Tokaku of course," Monokuma replied happily. "Always blame the big bad mastermind!"

"What?" Tokaku protested. "That's not fair! You morons have no idea of hypnotism, have you? I can't just force everyone to do everything! For example, if someone really doesn't want to kill I can't just force them! So, if I would have hypnotised someone so they'd kill Avi, this person would have already been ready to do so. And that means it's their fault! But that's totally absurd – I would have never wanted to hurt Avi in any way! How can you even think that?!"

"It really could be disappointment," Daichi said calmly. "Or maybe a motive. Or would you tell us now what your darkest secret is?"

Tokaku bit her lip and kept silent, just glaring at the boy. Daichi continued "It could have been possible for you to hypnotise someone to do it. I believe that a bit of murderous intent is in almost everyone of us. Plus you're not just a simple Hypnotist, you're the Ultimate one. Your abilities should be amazing."

Tokaku clenched her fists, unable to argument against that. It was Vivienne who spoke up. "Leave her alone, all of you! Isn't it obvious in how much pain she is right now?! We should rather focus on those who don't have an alibi! Tani for example! She probably would have wanted to get out of here as soon as possible to get her wound treated!"

"I wouldn't betray you guys!" Tani simply objected.

"I don't think this is bringing us any further," Marilyn barged in. "Maybe we should stop the accusations and rather think about all the other evidence."

"What evidence?" Hachiku asked with a frown. "We know how it happened, we just don't know who fucking did it!"

"A-Artyom has the most knowledge of guns," Sandrine said quietly and the boy simply said calmly "I didn't do it."

Immediately Sandrine started to cry as her nerves couldn't bear it any longer.

"Well, other evidence could be the mobile phone," I got us back to topic. "Akira, have you found out anything about it?"

The boy slowly shook his head. "It must have been seriously damaged when the body hit the ground. I managed to use the memory card on a different phone but apparently Aviana didn't have any contacts. I also don't think the phone was used for calling."

"Maybe for activating a bomb then?" Ari suggested, almost excited by thinking of this. "And where was the bomb?" Tani asked back.

"So, we have no idea," Artyom concluded. "What about the dog then? Who shot it?"

Of course no one admitted that either. "We only heard one shot," I thought aloud. "But both Aviana and the dog were obviously shot. That could mean the dog was shot somewhere outside and then brought to the atelier..."

"Artyom could have done that when he was wandering outside!" Vivienne interjected. "And why should I have dragged it back to the atelier?" Artyom asked. "To get a painting from the dead dog?"

Panini shook her head. "No, no! That wouldn't be a nice painting!"

"Or maybe we could only hear one shot because the culprit used a sound suppressor for the other one," Marilyn said. "The question is why would they do it?"

That was a really good question, did that mean we were supposed to hear the gunshot? But only one? I had no idea why the murderer would want this. There was a tense silence as we all were too clueless to continue. Monokuma chuckled softly, obviously enjoying our desperation.

Just then Marilyn said "I have been investigating inside the dormrooms and when I was looking outside of my window, I found something interesting. Outside of the building at the wall, just a few centimetres underneath the rain gutter, was a strange trail of something black. I'm pretty sure it was ash. And as far as I could see from my window it started somewhere at the boys' rooms."

"Now that you mention it, I saw something like that, too!" Tokaku remembered. "On the sill of the little window in the atelier. I just thought that was dirt."

So, there was ash? I guessed then something has burnt there… "Reece?" I asked. "Do you think that has anything to do with your missing plans?"

"What missing plans?" Marilyn asked and he quickly explained it without looking up. "You just let some dangerous plans lay around?" Tani snapped. "Are you stupid?"

"No! I just tried to help everyone!" Reece protested. "But none of my plans included burning something anyway!"

And so we were standing there, wondering what had happened and who did it…

!CLASS TRIAL SUSPENDED!

So, what do you think so far, dear readers? Do you have ideas what happened?