Chapter 21: The Ultimate Despairs

With the truth out in the open all eyes are on MC. With no hesitation MC has revealed the truth of his identity and his relations to Michelle. Despite this MC still feels as if there is more to the story, but what? While everyone remains silent to what they discovered the room darkened. When the light turned back on the room changed.

It didn't look like a prison anymore, but instead look more like a computer world. Everything you could see is nothing but ones and zeros flying around the room. The walls covered in just two numbers. With that everyone now knows that this is definitely a Virtual World. Anything can go.

Monika: "Is this world for real?"

Natsuki: "What the hell! Michael is it really true that you two are related?" MC doesn't say a word.

Michelle: "It's the truth. Me and him are The Ultimate Despair Siblings. The very same that are documented within those files and are mentioned in those Manga stories."

Natsuki: "I'm not asking you I'm asking him!"

Monika: "I can't believe it. Why Michael? Why did you lie to us? Why did you have to reveal this to us now?"

Sayori: "Stop it! It's not true! MC would never betray us like this. What would be the point of him saving us in this gaming world?"

Michelle: "Perhaps he wanted to gain all of your trust only to lead you all to your demise? Ever thought about that?"

Sayori: "No! I refuse to believe that. MC please say something? Argue back or something?" MC still remained quiet. "MC?" Tears started to build up in her eyes.

Monika: "To think the one we trusted, the one we all cared about, the one who promised to protect us. Was really our enemy? I don't know who to trust anymore?" Michelle starts to laugh.

Yuri: "No, you're all wrong. Michael would never betray us!"

Monika: "Then do you have the proof that he's on our side?"

Yuri: "Well … I ..."

Monika: "Not even you could back up your claim and you're the one that stole his heart."

Michelle: "Ah look at your faces. The look of Despair and distrust in all of you is so beautiful. Well looks like my job here is done. So I wonder, how should I do this?"

Monika: "What? What do you mean by that?"

Michelle: "What do you think I'm talking about!? I'm gonna press the restart button and redo this entire thing all over again. I'm just wondering what kind of MOD I could do this time?"

Sayori: "You can't do that?"

Michelle: "Of course I can and I will."

Natsuki: "You … You insane bitch!"

Michelle: "Sticks and stones. In the end your just going to suffer more whether I restart this game or not."

Yuri: "No, it can't be over?' She says nervously.

Michelle: "It is over. Deal with it." She says coldly.

?: "It's not over yet."

Michelle: "Who said that?"

?: "Like you said, this is the final boss and we haven't un paused the game yet." A man appeared taking his seat in between Sayori and Monika. "The true battle has only begun."

Michelle: "Oh great you showed up."

MC: "You! I remember seeing you at the School Festival. I saw you when I was performing my poem to the crowd."

Jason: "My name is Jason Salvato. I'm the one who completed The Anti-Despair Program.

Michelle: "Should've known you were the one who left those clues for them to find. What the hell are you doing here and how did you get in here?"

Jason: "I came here using an avatar I created. Unlike them I'm still able to move around in the outside world. It took me some time to finish it, but I managed to do it just in time. Thanks for buying me some time Michael."

MC: "I did?"

Sayori: "Hey since you came here does that mean you're going to save us?"

Natsuki: "And while you're at it, can you tell us why you left us in here?"

Jason: "…"

MC: (Why does he look so cautious?)

Jason: "The answer to Sayori's question is yes and for your question. You all need to know that yourself."

Natsuki: "What more investigation?"

Jason: "Both me and Michelle left you all plenty of clues to find. All you need to do is put them all together and you will find the answers, but before we do that I need to address that Michelle is the true enemy and not Michael."

Monika: "Not our real enemy, but isn't Michael one half of the …"

Jason: "Not quite!" Monika jumps a bit. "You all need to know the truth about the Conner siblings. Michael, you know what I'm saying right?"

MC: (What are you talking about? The truth about me and Michelle? Wait I think I know what you're talking about?) "Are you referring to the files about The Ultimate Despairs?"

Jason: "Good you figured it out."

Monika: "What about the files?"

Yuri: "Wait! I think I know what there referring to? The files on Michael."

Natsuki: "What about them?"

Yuri: "When Michael and I found them I remembered it saying something about the brother. On the page it mentioned that the boy had to be brainwashed to be part of the project."

Monika: "Brainwashed?"

Jason: "I know it sounds far fetch, but it's the truth. Michael had to be brainwashed in order to become an Ultimate. The Michael you see before you is the original before he his change."

Sayori: "So that means MC is a good boy. Hurray!"

Michelle: "Hold it right there! Even if it is true that Michael was brainwashed. How is he the original if the picture proves he's different?"

Jason: "!"

Michelle: "See Michael wasn't always like that. So how can he be what he is now if the photos show him being a different person?"

MC: "That's wrong! Evidence about those photos is that was me before I changed my look. I can prove it thanks to Sayori's dairy as she mentions me having long hair when I joined the club and will most likely have evidence of me getting a haircut."

Sayori: "Can we stop using my dairy?"

Jason: "Not only that Michael's eye color is gold, but as an Ultimate Despair he has red eyes and so do you." He points at Michelle.

Michelle: "Tsk! Ok so you found out who he was, but you still got to tell them how they wound up in here Jason."

Jason: "I can't just do that until they figure that out for themselves."

Natsuki: "Oh come on why can't you just tell us already?"

Jason: "If I do then you won't accept the truth. You all need to know who you all were before you got in here."

Sayori: "But where do we start?"

Michelle: "You could all start by figuring out more about The Ultimate's."

Sayori: "Huh, but didn't we just discovered there only being two?"

MC: "No there happens to be more."

Sayori: "Say what?"

MC: "There are actually more of them than two."

Monika: "How many?"

MC: "It's unknown, but I did found out there happens to be sixteen along with Michelle and me."

Yuri: "There are, but how do you know?"

Michelle: "Because he's one of us duh!"

Jason: "That's not it. Michael has no memories of being an Ultimate."

Monika: "Then how does he know."

MC: "I know this because when I was looking around the school for clues me and Natsuki came across two Manga's. The one I found in the Anime Club room and other Natsuki found. Both of them contain more info about The Ultimate's."

Natsuki: "Oh yeah I completely forgot about them."

Yuri: "How could you forget?"

Natsuki: "Hey lay off! The covers on them scared the crap out of me ok?"

Monika: "Never mind that. Just tell us what you found."

MC: "The titles for both Manga's are The Ultimate Despair Siblings and The Great Tragedy, as for the other one it's called The Ultimate Despairs and The Great Massacre. I know both Manga's are referring to me and Michelle as the first one talked about how me and her would attack police officers and cause mayhem to others. The second one would talk about the siblings along with the other fourteen people. However it also mentioned how one of them would convince others to join, so that could explain there being more than just sixteen."

Michelle: "Let me explain a little better about us. The sixteen people includes me and Michael. Thus making it fourteen people who joined our cause."

Monika: "What about the ones who joined later on, how does that work?"

Michelle: "There are sixteen of us. Two of them are the leaders who give the orders around. Those two being me and Michael. Father would be our supreme leader as he is the one that gives me and my brother our orders. Think of us as his generals."

MC: "Father?"

Michelle: "Yes Father better known as Dr. Renier. Not our actual dad. It's a name people called him when he unleashed us to the world. If you're wondering about our real dad. He's not in the picture, as a matter of fact he straight up abandoned us when we were kids."

MC: "He did? Then who the hell was that man I talked to over the phone?"

Michelle: "A fake." She looks at him seriously. "Our dad built a bad reputation upon our town. Instead of trying to fix it, he would take it out on us. He was the cause of our suffering and by us I mean you."

MC looks at her confusingly. "He was a man you looked up to, but reality struck you when he gets into a fight with mom. Soon enough he left us all alone. However it wasn't enough for him, no he wanted us to suffer more thanks to him. He left a bad reputation for us. Anyone who knows of us looked down on us. A reputation you carried for years. It was our first true Despair together. You want to know more about yourself look at those photos!"

Everyone looks at the photos of MC. "The reason why you had long hair? Is to hide yourself from the world that turned their backs on you. You didn't want anyone to see the Despair in your eyes. Sayori this is the reason why you two stopped seeing each other. He never wanted you to see what he became!"

Jason: "No that's wrong! Sayori, the only reason Michael stopped seeing you is because of her. He wanted to protect you from her as she would always bullies you. If you want proof about that then look at your diary! After that, his dad left the picture."

Sayori: "Can I ask you something? How much do you know about us?"

Jason: "Oh well you see ..."

Michelle: "We ain't got time for that! If you all want to know about your backstories wait for the fucking prequel!"

Sayori: "What is she talking about?"

Natsuki: "Just ignore her."

Jason: "Well anyways. All of you still need to figure out why your all here."

Monika: "But we still don't know? How are we supposed to figure out why we end up here?"

MC: (Maybe not you, but I do know why. The question is will they accept it? Can they handle the truth? I don't have an option.) "There is one explanation to why we round up here."

Monika: "And what is that?"

MC: "With everything we gathered it should make sense now. We all know about The Despair Project and that there are many others right?"

Monika: "Wait … you don't mean?"

MC: "I do. We're all Ultimate Despairs."

Sayori: "Wait what!?"

Yuri: "We're The Ultimate Despairs?"

Natsuki: "Hold on, you got to be joking right?"

MC: "No it's the only explanation to why we're here in the first place. It's in the name The Anti-Despair Program.

Monika: "No that's a lie! There is no way we are murders!"

MC: "It's the truth."

Monika: "No, you need to show proof! I won't except it."

MC: "Really? Are you really going to argue with me?" He says with a serious tone.

Monika: "That's right. Don't forget that I was the President of the Debate Club. You need to show me evidence to what your claiming!"

MC: "Please Monika don't make me go through with this again."

Monika: "You can't prove that I was part of this terrorist group! You can't, so just stop! Sayori is right you are horrible!"

Sayori: "Monika"

MC: (Sorry Monika, but I have proof.) "If you won't accept it, then let me show you the truth! The message to Jason!"

Monika: "W-what?" She says with the look of sadness in her eyes.

Yuri: "What message?"

Jason: "He's referring to the message I got from a friend. Todd was asking me why I would protect you all since your all The Ultimate Despairs."

Natsuki: "Todd?"

Yuri: "You know of him?"

Natsuki: "Isn't he the Chess Club President?"

Yuri: "No I don't think he was? I think he was just a member? I do recall he is a very popular student of our school."

Monika: "N-no it can't be." She fell on to her knees completely defeated.

Natsuki: "Monika? Can't say I blame you." She tries not to cry either as Monika starts crying.

Michelle: "Well looks like you all found out why you all came here." She says with a smile on her face.

MC: "Why? Why are you like this? What drives you to do all this?"

Michelle: "Because I have no faith in humanity."

MC: "What?"

Michelle: "Those who cling to others and all types of bull shit are doomed to fail. The only thing humans are good for are showing just how horrible they can be. Just like wild animals. The only thing I want is to show humanity there true colors. It's alright to kill, rape, and steal. That is the truth of humanity. That is why Father created us to show these humans there is no such thing as Hope or humanity, but to restart our world." She says seriously.

MC: "Restart our world?"

Michelle: "Our mission as Ultimate's are to cleanse this damned world to the ground. Restart by forcing people to return to their primal selves. That is our goal."

MC: "No your wrong. That's not what being human is about."

Michelle: "Then what is it?"

MC: "W-well …"

Michelle: "See you can't come up with an excuse. Well that's fine. Well now since you are all Ultimate's it's time for you all to know more about yourselves."

Natsuki: "T-there's still more?"

Michelle: "Tell me, what horrible deeds did you all do as Ultimate's?"

Sayori: "How are we supposed to know if our memories are gone?"

Michelle: "Read the fucking book you stupid ass. It contains examples of what you all did."

MC: "Your referring the Manga's right?"

Michelle: "Correct! Wow your good big brother. To sum it all up you each had a job to do. Michael would get people to join us, I would force people to play a deadly game for their survival, Monika would give advice to people or help them only to lead them to their demise, Natsuki would cause diseases with her cooking considering most of the stuff she made is out of people that Sayori provided as she would randomly beat them to a pulp, and Yuri, oh my!"

Yuri: "No please stop."

Michelle: "You would be in charge of holding …"

Yuri: "Don't say another word." She starts to freak out.

Michelle: "You would hold the orgy parties! Yay!"

Yuri: "Stop now." She made a look as if she was going to snap.

Michelle: "Don't worry. If it makes you feel any better you would slice up anyone who dares to try touching you. For your body is only for Michael to use when he pleases, but man oh man it was hardcore! I mean I walked in on the two of you only looking at it with interest. I mean damn! Kinky."

Yuri: "Stop! Stop it! I refuse to believe that!"

Michelle: "Oh my and here I thought you were hardcore considering you like to know your true self?"

Yuri: "What do you mean?"

Michelle: "The clue was in front of you the whole time! Hell you enjoyed it so much that you threaten Michael for not liking it before you start stabbing yourself for pleasure."

Yuri: "No I would never."

Jason: "It's the truth. You're all Ultimate's and nothing is going to change."

Yuri: "No I refuse to believe lies like that."

Jason: "Yuri … Michael please tell her the truth."

MC: "Me?"

Jason: "It's clear she doesn't want to listen to me. You've seen how she acted before? The way she talked, the way she acted. It's proof of that."

MC: "What are you talking about?"

Jason: "Think about it? It's something you and Yuri share all the time."

MC: "No you don't mean?"

Jason: "I do. It has all the info you need.

MC: "No" (To think the one thing we shared together would also break us apart. I'm sorry Yuri, but it seems I have to reveal what their talking about.)

End of Chapter 21