When Haru and Tokaku arrived at the cafeteria everyone was already there. Well, with the exception of Suzu and Shiena. Monokuma was also there, on one of his usual screen.

"The two latecomers are finally here! It was high time…wait! Where's Kenmochi-san? I know she's kinda forgettable, but still, I asked everyone to come here…" Monokuma said.

Haru suddenly felt a vivid anger when he pronounced the brunette's name.

"Don't play innocent! Did you really think that Shiena-chan will come after what you have done to her!?" Haru replied.

"Huh? Come on, it was just a little scratch, how weak can she be…" Monokuma said.

"She lost an eye!" Haru shouted furiously.

An uneased silence took place. Nio and Isuke looked both surprised, they didn't know until now about the gravity of Shiena's injury. Suddenly, Monokuma smiled in a taunting way.

"Well, she's not fully blind, isn't she? Then, she had no reason to not come here. If she has at least one valid eye it should be enough."

Haru felt even more infuriated by Monokuma's comments. She was about to yell her frustration at him, but she restrained herself. She knew that he was trying to provoke her, that she shouldn't play his mind game. With a lot of effort, Haru was able to retain her temper and calmed herself.

"Unfortunately, Shiena-chan is currently on morphine. It's impossible for her to be here." Haru replied with cold-blood.

"Uh, I see. Well, it's not like her presence will change something anyway, she won't be missed. And she had been undisciplined recently, naughty children don't deserve to participate to fun event." Monokuma said.

"Fun…event? What do you mean?" Sumireko asked.

"Aw, don't play dumb, you know what I meant. I'm talking about the fifth motive, you bastards!"

Haru felt nauseous. The nightmare wasn't over. The fourth class trial ended not so long ago and despite that Monokuma was already ready to make them kill each other again. It was too much for Haru, she couldn't bear with it.

"You must be kidding me…how can you!? You really don't have a heart…" Haru mumbled.

"Of course I have a heart, I wouldn't never be so mean with you, my dear students. This time, the motive will be different. I'm not gonna tell you what it is, you'll have to find it in this very own school."

Everyone became momentarily quiet, gazing at each other with unsure glances.

"Don't fuck with us! Why would we voluntarily search for something that could be a motive to kill?" Isuke protested.

"The motive isn't only one thing. They are plenty clues scattered inside the school. Some of them are there since the beginning, like the book you found, and others were added recently, like the missing pages. Some clues could be motives to kill, and some are just information that you could need, or things about the outside world and you relatives, and even your missing classmate…Oh and a way to escape is also hidden here." Monokuma explained.

"Wait, so you mean…if we search we could find a way to escape, or to find...a motive to kill." Haru concluded.

"That's exact! This is the Fun and thrilling Treasure Hunt of Monokuma! A treasure hunt where you'll either find hopeful clues or despairful clues. So what are you waiting for, you bastards? Those clues won't find by themselves! Upupu."

The first two places that Haru had went to search was the morgue and the locker room. She didn't have the time to go there with all that happened, but now was the best opportunity to do it. Firstly, she had search inside the morgue to find the last card. There weren't any playing card there. The mastermind must have got rid of it. Kouko's corpse was also there, which explained why the locked locker in the locker room wasn't locked anymore. The padlock had been broken and the locker was now empty, which was probably Monokuma's doing.

The only reasons why Haru accepted to participate into the treasure hunt was to either find a way to escape and save everyone, or to find Suzu. Even if she found a motive to kill, Haru knew that she would never commit murder. However, she was kind of worried about the others. What if someone else came across one of those clues, a murder could occur again…

"No! I can't have those kinds of negatives thoughts. Haru needs to have faith in her classmates!"

But despite her resolution to have faith in everyone, Haru couldn't help herself from being worried. This is why she was in a hurry to find the clues she was looking for, to prevent a possible murder to happen.

Isuke also seemed kind of eager to search for clues. Haru knew that it was probably because she was worried what she could find about her parents. Sumireko seemed rather intrigued by the treasure hunt, while Banba and Nio looked pretty much indifferent.

The third place where Haru investigated was Suzu's dorm room. She thought that maybe she was hiding there, but it wasn't the case. But, when Haru search inside the closet, she found a locked strongbox with a four digit padlock. Since she didn't have the combination, Haru didn't try to open it.

After, Haru and Tokaku went inside the sewing club room and inspected the room. After few minutes of searching, Haru found a piece of paper glued under the table. She took it and discovered what it was.

"It's…Mahiru-san's student profile!" Haru exclaimed. "Banba Mahiru, student #12, 158cm, SMSL Seamstress…and no mention of Shinya-san."

"The page was hidden in a club that was reflecting her talent. So it could be the same for the other missing pages." Tokaku concluded.

"The missing pages are mine, Hanabusa-san and Nio. Haru doesn't think that a Lucky or Lady clubs existed."

"Hum, that's true. But I'm sure that we can find Hashiri's profile in the trash room."

"Tokaku-san…"

"I was joking. According to Kenmochi, it's possible that Hashiri wasn't the original #10 student, which make it even more complicated to find this student profile."

"Shiena-chan…she would have liked to participate into this treasure hunt."

"She would have probably been obsessed with finding the traitor, like usual." Tokaku replied. "Ichinose, I think we are done with this room. Let's go investigate the other club rooms."

Haru agreed and they both left to check on the other clubs. They didn't find any student profile. The last club they didn't investigate was the art club room. When they went inside, they discovered that it wasn't empty.

"Oh, isn't Ichinose-san and Azuma-san. Did you find anything remotely interesting?" Sumireko asked.

The lady was inside the art club room, holding what seemed to be a piece of paper, in the company of Banba.

"We found Mahiru-san's student profile, but all the information in it was mostly things that we already know." Haru replied. "Haru found it in the sewing club room."

She gave the page to the silver haired girl and went near Sumireko and whispered to her.

"So, earlier, did you gave her…the you know what?" Haru asked.

"Why don't you ask her yourself? Banba-san, show to Ichinose-san what I gave you."

Mahiru took out something from her pocket. Haru recognised the strap that Hanabusa had made.

"Hanabusa-san…gave me…this. It's a…beautiful relic. But it'll be even more beautiful…when it will be holy." the seamstress mumbled.

Banba was slightly blushing. Haru thought that it was because she was happy, but she then noticed that something felt wrong about her. Mahiru's gaze seemed kind of…demented. Sumireko didn't seem to have noticed. Haru began to think that she may be had imagined that.

"What about you? Did you find something relevant?" Tokaku asked.

"Maybe. Say, Ichinose-san, you said that you title was SMSL Lucky Student, right?" Hanabusa asked.

"Yes, I said that…why? Could it be…the paper you are holding is my student profile!?" Haru exclaimed.

Sumireko showed her the paper. Since the page was bent in two, Haru could only saw the picture. But it was well enough to confirm to her that it was indeed her student profile.

"Can I have it?" Haru asked.

"No. I found it, so it's mine." the lady replied with a cold smile.

Haru didn't insist, but still, Sumireko's behaviour seemed somewhat odd, like she was distant. Haru wasn't sure why.

"Well, we'll let you investigate this room, we'll take our leave. Let's go, Ichinose." Tokaku suddenly said.

They both left the art club room. Haru was still kind of confused about Sumireko's sudden coldness toward her.

Haru and Tokaku went inside a classroom, where they discovered Isuke. The pink haired girl was holding a folder, reading with a dismayed expression the documents inside.

"Isuke-san, what is it?" Haru asked.

The kick-boxer raised her head and looked at them with a bothered expression.

"Oh, it's just you." Isuke said. "These are just newspaper clippings, but they don't seem to be…accurate."

"Can I see them?" Haru asked.

"Sure, if you want to lose your time with this bullshit." the pink haired girl replied while handing her the folder.

Haru took the folder and put it on a desk, before opened it. The newspaper clippings were mostly about strange incidents that would have happened at Myojo Academy, like disappearance of students, and some more disturbing events like violent battles, aggressions, and even murders.

"How is this possible…so many horrible things happened at Myojo…?" Haru mumbled.

"Like I told you, those are nonsense. There's no way that such events happened at Myojo Academy, we would have heard about this sooner." Isuke commented.

Haru read another clipping and was shocked to learn what it was about.

"Twelve Class Black's students mysteriously…disappeared. According to the police's investigation, it was most likely a kidnapping… the police first thought that it could be the doing of other students due to the current bitterness against the gifted, but since Mizorogi Ataru, the Class Black's teacher, also disappeared, he became the prime suspect in this case…" Haru read.

"But, those students…it's us, right?" Tokaku reacted.

"What!? But we didn't even officially start attending Myojo and we are already kidnapped?! What the hell!? It must be this creep, Mizorogi, who's Monokuma! It's what Nerdy said the other day." Isuke exclaimed.

"Wait…you said twelve? Weren't we thirteen at the beginning?" the blue haired girl said.

"There's a list of the missing students…and it's our names. We seem all in the list…" Haru replied.

"Let me see." Tokaku asked.

Haru gave her the clipping newspaper and the blue haired girl read it.

"One of us is not in the list. I don't see Hashiri's name." Tokaku said.

"What, really? Let me see!" Isuke replied before she tears the clippings away from her.

While the pink hair girl was reading the clipping, Haru found another one in the folder. This one was even more disturbing.

"Due to the multiples riots, Myojo Academy's chairwoman, Yuri Meichi, has decided to shut down the school and barricaded all the exits with the remaining students still inside. Myojo Academy has been converted into a shelter." Haru read.

"Well, that explained the barricaded windows. But why? Which riots?" Tokaku wondered.

"Isn't it obvious? The chairwoman must be an ally of Monokuma! She must be the one who trapped us here, and her accomplice must be…Nio. It can only be her. She's a Myojo's student and she's not on the missing Class Black's students list. That damn midget! Isuke is going to make her talk…"

"Wait! It's too soon to accuse Nio, maybe the clipping newspaper didn't mentioned her name because she wasn't a Class Black's student at that time…" Haru began to say.

But it was too late, Isuke had already left the classroom. Haru wanted to pursue her because she was worried about Nio's safety, but Tokaku stopped her.

"Don't interfere, Ichinose. If she doesn't want to risk an execution, she won't kill Hashiri."

With resignation, Haru obeyed. They both left the classroom and began to walk into the corridor, until the blue haired girl suddenly stopped walking.

"Tokaku-san, is something wrong?"

"This door…the lock is outside. It's kind of strange. Remember when Takechi locked me inside the storage room? She took advantage of that kind of door."

"So you think that…something is hidden inside?"

"Rather someone could be locked inside."

Immediately after that Tokaku said that, Haru grabbed the handle. She understood what the blue haired girl meant. When she tried to open the door, Haru noticed that it was indeed locked. She unlocked the door and opened it.

It was another classroom. All the desks and chairs were pushed in the back, except one chair. Someone was sitting on it, their hands tied together in their back. This person was also wearing a black bag on their head. Haru immediately recognized the clothes.

"…Suzu-san?" Haru called.

The person didn't answer. She was immobile on the chair. Haru began to be worried. She rushed toward the person and grabbed the bag and hesitated to remove it. She suddenly remembered Kouko's burned corpse and was scared to discover Suzu in the same state. She took a deep breath to calm herself and finally removed the bag.

Besides a plaster on her forehead, Suzu's head seemed intact. The gamester's eyes were closed, like she was asleep. But still, even if she looked fine, Haru was still worried. Tokaku approached from Suzu and slightly touched her neck.

"She has a pulse. She's alive." the blue haired girl declared.

Haru sighed with relief. Suddenly, Tokaku slightly slapped Suzu in the face.

"Shuto! Wake up! It's not the time to sleep."

"Tokaku-san!"

Slowly, the Suzu opened her eyes. She looked around, looking confused. She seemed even more dismayed when she realised that she was tied up.

"Haru-san, Azuma-san…? Can you tell me why I'm tied up?"

Haru suddenly hugged Suzu out of relief and happiness.

"Hum, Haru-san, it's not that I dislike this sudden mark of affection, but it would be better if you untie me first."

"I'll do it." Tokaku replied.

The blue haired girl went behind Suzu and tried to untie her, in vain.

"It's a noose…I can't untie the rope. Well, I'll have to cut it."

Tokaku took out her knife and freed Suzu. But, Haru was still hugging the gamester. When she felt arms touching her back, she knew that Suzu hugged her back.

"It's ok, Haru-san. Don't worry anymore, I'm fine." the gamester said softly.

Haru suddenly felt a gentle pat on her head. Suzu gave off such a warm vibe, she was acting so motherly…no, she was acting more like a sweet granny. Maybe it was because of her old age.

"Sorry to interrupt you but where were you all this time, Shuto?" Tokaku suddenly asked.

Haru had to break the hug to allow the gamester to rise up.

"All this time? Weren't the class trial yesterday?" Suzu replied.

"Yes, but you disappeared for almost a day! And you were in 'detention', so Haru was worried sick about you."

"Ah, I see. Hum, after that the little Monokumas attacked me, I woke up first in what seemed to be a cell. I stayed there for couple of hours, and then…I fell asleep I think, and woke up tied up here."

"So you weren't being tortured in a torture dungeon?" Haru asked.

"Haha, no. It was just a regular dungeon."

Haru was relieved. She was so afraid that the golden eyed girl might be suffering somewhere.

"So…what happened during my absence?" Suzu asked.

"If you want to know if a murder occurred, it's not the case. Kenmochi is still at the infirmary, and Monokuma revealed the fifth motive. It's some kind of treasure hunt to find information about the outside world…"

"Wait…Shiena-san is in the infirmary? Why?"

Haru remembered that when the hacker was injured by a Monokuma, Suzu was already unconscious. So it was normal that she didn't know about the brunette's state. Haru hesitated to tell the truth for few seconds, before finally say it.

"When you were taken by the Monokumas, Shiena-chan tried to stop them…and she ended up injured…"

Haru could see regret in Suzu's eyes, but the gamester remained quiet. Haru understood that she must felt guilty for that, since Shiena was hurt by trying to protect her.

Haru suddenly recalled the treasure hunt. Maybe an important clue was hidden here. She began to look around. The room looked like a regular classroom, except for all the desks and chairs that were in the back, near an air vent. Haru approached from the teacher's desk and search inside. The only thing she found was a screwdriver.

"What a weird place to keep something like that." she thought.

Haru put the tool back where she found it and recoiled.

"Ichinose, stop!" Tokaku suddenly warned.

Haru immediately stopped walking. The blue haired girl approached from her and suddenly crouched on the floor, retrieving a small object.

"It's a screw. If you had step on it, you could have injured your foot." Tokaku said.

"Oh, you're right. Thanks Tokaku-san!"

Haru continued her searching. She went back to the chair where Suzu was tied up and examine it. It seemed to be just a normal chair. She then looked at the rope. Because of Tokaku, it was cut in half. But by examined it more, Haru could see a node in it, like the rope had been already cut once and tied back together.

"Attention everyone! This is the Body Discovery Announcement. A body has been discovered in the infirmary. You're invited to go there for more information."

Haru blenched. It couldn't be possible. Somebody died? In the infirmary?

"Oh no, Shiena-chan!"

She could see that Suzu was also chocked by the announcement. The three of them left the classroom and rushed toward the infirmary. It didn't take them too long to arrive since the two rooms were in parallel with each other in opposite corridors.

The three of them went inside the infirmary. Isuke, Sumireko and Banba were already there. Haru spotted Shiena lying on the bed. She looked unharmed. And then, she looked at the floor and noticed blood. Nio was lying on the floor, her throat sliced.

Well, somebody finally took out the trash...I'm sorry.