Everything you need to know to solve the murder is in this chapter!

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Nao ran as fast as he can to reach their quarters. He almost slipped on the stairs but he did not care. All he could think about was the crime scene. I can't imagine how people will react. Mako will definitely be devastated. Both their lover and best friend are gone. How can I say such to him, to everyone? We were so happy earlier. The fighting was over and then this happened.

He rushed. Eventually, he made it. The person he went to wake up was Umeko. He vehemently knocked on Umeko's door. "Umeko! Wake up! Please wake up! It is an emergency!" After a few seconds, Umeko opened her door.

It was obvious to Nao that he had just woken her up. She looked at Nao with confusion. "What is happening?" Umeko asked.

Nao hesitantly answered, "Another murder…" Nao could not finish his sentence. However, it was enough for Umeko to understand. Disbelief was written all over her face. Her hands trembled with fear. "Where?"

"In the chemistry laboratory…Reyes and Jitsunori…" Nao answered.

Umeko was still processing everything. He left Umeko to wake up everyone else. After a while, Umeko helped in. Nao took care of the boys while Umeko dealt with the girls. The girls were easier to wake up than the boys except for Manon.

All of the girls were awake except for Manon. Umeko was repeatedly pounding on her door. "Manon, it is an emergency! Please wake up!"

Asuka was starting to get bothered by everything that was happening. She helped Umeko out by kicking over and over again on Manon's door. "Manon! We are not stopping until you open up the fucking door! Bitch, it is not the time to play hard to get!" Asuka shouted.

After a while, Manon opened her door with her hair all messy. She was definitely in a bad mood for being woken up. "What the fuck is your deal?" Manon shouted.

"Bitch! It is an emergency!" Asuka said.

"What's the emergency?" Manon grumpily asked,

Asuka turned to Umeko and asked, "What is the emergency Umeko?"

Umeko could not answer. All she could do was look at Nao who was waking up the boys. The girls were left unanswered by Umeko.

Nao has successfully woken up everyone except for one, Mako. He was standing in front of Mako's door. It was hard for him to wake him up. What am I going to say? Should I even say anything and just let them see it for themself?

After a while, Nao finally decided to knock on Mako's door. "Mako! It's Nao. Please open the door." It did not take a while for Mako to open his door. They looked at Nao with confusion. I can't do this to Mako.

"Hey Nao! Is there a problem?" Mako asked.

Nao hesitantly answered, 'Yes, there is…"

"We should wake up Reyes and Jitsunori. They might know what to do." Mako suggested.

Nao looked at Mako and sadly said, "There is no need."

After that, he looked at everyone. Everyone was awake. He immediately led the group to the laboratory. People were starting to feel anxious about it. "Uhmmmm…Where are we going?" Eri asked.

Umeko, who was beside her, answered, "We're going to the chemical laboratory."

Hana was becoming annoyed. She was looking around and said, "Everyone is in their sleeping outfit and no one is telling me what the actual fuck is happening! Where are Reyes and Jitsunori anyway?"

Nao did not answer. He just quietly led the group to the chemical laboratory. Once they were in front of the room, Nao hesitantly opened the door. Slowly, the bloody crime scene was revealed to everyone. At first, was only blood they saw. Once the door was fully opened, it was revealed to them the bloody corpse of Reyes and Jitsunori.

Suddenly, an announcement by Monokuma was made. "Ding-dong-ding-dong! A body has been discovered. Following a brief period of time, we will commence our first ever school trial!" Monokuma quickly turned off the audio system.

Everyone was silent. Nobody could believe what they were seeing. Reyes' face was burnt while her epee was sticking out of Jitsunori's face. Mako slowly walked towards Jitsunori. They knelt beside him and tried to touch him. However, their hands trembled and their lips quivered in sadness and disbelief.

"No…This can't be real…Jitsunori, wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" Mako screamed at the top of their lungs.

Umeko went to their side. She tried to console them. "Mako, let's calm down. We need to investigate."

Mako then turned to Umeko and asked, "Did you do this?"

Umeko was surprised by this. "Of course not."

He looked at the others and asked, "Who did this? Who could kill someone so brutally? A sword in his face? He did not deserve this! They did not deserve this! They were so kind to us! Why?" Mako pointed at Jitsunori and Reyes.

Whoever did this is heartless! This brutal murder yet. And, there are two victims this time.

Nao looked at everyone. As he looked around, Norio caught his attention. Norio, who was standing behind the group, was making his way to the front. He looked at everyone and said, "This is no time for just standing around. We need to start investigating. Or else, we will run out of time."

That's right. We have another trial to prepare for. I just wish we could just stop killing each other. Norio continued, "We should investigate by pair. Nao and Umeko, Eri and Takashiro, Asuka and Samuru, Hana and Mako, and me and Manon. Does anyone have a complaint about their pair?"

Everyone was silent. "Good! Let's get to work!" Norio said. After that, Nao went to Umeko who was still beside Mako.

"Hey, let's start investigating." Nao told Umeko. Umeko left Mako with Hana.

Before they start investigating, Umeko asked, "How did you discover this?"

Nao answered, "I woke up from my sleep. Then, I was curious to see what was happening in the laboratory. I decided to check it out and this is what I saw."

"If you never checked this room out, no one would have discovered this tonight." Umeko said.

In the middle of their conversation, their tablet rang. The two checked it out. It was a new folder named "Case #3: Jitsunori Setsunosuke and Reyes de Todos los Santos de Borbon Ortiz". The two opened it and saw their first two facts of the case.

Fact #1: Autopsy Report #3

The first victim is Reyes de Todos los Santos de Borbon Ortiz. The estimated time of her death was 12:06 am. The victim died from a stab wound on her back.

Fact #2: Autopsy Report #4

The second victim is Jitsunori Setsunosuke. The estimated time of his death was 12:31 am. The victim died from a stab wound on his head.

Reyes died first before Jitsunori. Interesting… Nao looked at Umeko who was done reading the facts. "We should start investigating. Let's start with Reyes." Umeko suggested.

The two went to Reyes' body. It was positioned like she was sitting on the floor with her back against the wall. The first thing noticeable about Reyes was her face. What happened to her face? It is full of splotches. Reyes' face had dark splotches, especially around her eyes.

Fact #3: Dark Splotches

Reyes' face was covered with dark splotches. Most of the splotches were around her eyes.

Nao tried to touch it. As he touched it with his right index finger, it stung the tip of his finger.

"Ouch! What was that?" Nao said as he pulled his finger away from Reyes. He looked at Reyes' face. Nao observed something. "Her face is wet and I bet that is not water." Nao told Umeko. Nao noticed the yellowish liquid on her face.

Fact #4: Wet Face

Reyes' face was wet. However, it is not water that is drenched on her face.

"That is weird. I wonder what it could be?" Umeko said.

After that, they continued to look at Reyes' body. Umeko immediately spotted something. "Nao, look at her hair. Is that glitter. What is that?" Nao looked at it and saw what looks like to be tiny shards of glass. The shards were mostly on her scalp.

"How did these get here?" Nao asked.

Fact #5: Glass Shards

Reyes' hair was covered in shards of glass.

What a random place to have shards of glass. After finding nothing worth noting anymore, Nao decided to turn Reyes' body over. "What are you doing?" Umeko.

"We need to look at what has happened on her back. It said on her autopsy report that she was stabbed in the back. We need to check it." Nao said. Umeko understood and followed Nao's lead. The two quickly found where Reyes' wound was.

"Wow! That is deep. That must have been painful." Umeko said as she pointed at Reyes' wound. The wound was just below her left shoulder blade. The person must have been really eager to kill her. The sword was aimed right at her heart.

Fact #6: Reyes' Stab Wound

Reyes has a stab wound on her back below her left shoulder blade. It was deep and aimed right at her heart.

After that, there was nothing left to discover on Reyes' body. The two decided to move on to Jitsunori's body. Beside Jitsunori were Mako and Hana. Hana looks frustrated. She was clearly angry at Mako. When Nao and Umeko approached Jitsunori's body, they overheard the conversation of the two.

"Mako! We need to investigate! Get up already!" Hana shouted. Mako would not move and was completely silent. Sadness was painted over his face. Nao and Umeko tried to help first diffuse the situation.

"Hi guys! Is everything alright?" Umeko asked.

Hana immediately answered, "No! Mako would not get up! I can't investigate like this!"

Nao tried to talk to Mako. "Hey, are you up to investigate?" Mako was dead silent. He was just staring at the wall. Mako is heavily affected. I don't want to come across apathetic but he has to move somewhere. He will be hindering everyone's investigation.

Nao tried to tell Mako to move. "Hey, Mako, why don't you go back to your room first? We will come and pick you up when it is time for trial. Is that okay?" Mako slowly nodded.

Umeko turned to Hana and said, "Take him to his room first. After that, you can join us for the investigation." Hana quickly agreed.

Mako stood up. Before they left, Mako mumbled, "The last time Jitsunori and I talked, he told me I should go back to my room."

This caught Nao's attention. Nao immediately tried to get more out of him. "What were you doing with Jitsunori?"

Mako answered with a smile. "We were both talking in the cafeteria how things would be if we met outside, if all of us met before this. It was such a great time. It was too good to end that we went to our rooms around midnight."

"Midnight? You were not with Reyes?" Nao asked.

Mako shook his head. "It was just the two of us." Suddenly, Mako started crying again. "It was our last moment together."

"Was he worried about something?" Nao asked.

Mako nodded. "He said he was worried about something but he did not tell me because he did not want me to worry about it."

Fact #7: Mako's Testimony

Jitsunori and Mako stayed in the cafeteria until midnight. Jitsunori mentioned he was worried about something. Reyes was not with them.

After that, Hana took Mako to their room. Nao and Umeko continued with their investigation. Jitsunori's body was positioned just like Reyes but on the other side of the room. Before they continued, Umeko commented, "I can't imagine what Mako is going through right now. They lost the two people they were closest to."

The two continued with the investigation. The first thing they noticed was Reyes' epee. "I can't imagine the pain of being stabbed in the face." Umeko commented. Why was he stabbed in the face? Of all places, why was his face targeted?

Fact #8: Jitsunori's Stab Wound

Jitsunori's face has Reyes' epee stabbed through it.

Nao continued to observe Reyes' epee. He noticed something. "The hilt of the epee is wet as well. And, it looks like it is the same as the liquid on Reyes' face." Nao said. Umeko agreed with Nao's observation.

Fact #9: Wet Hilt

The hilt of Reyes' epee is wet with the same liquid on Reyes' face.

After that, Nao continued with the investigation. He looked at the blade of Reyes' epee and noticed something. "Is that a piece of white cloth?" Nao asked. He saw a piece of cloth stabbed through by the epee.

"Why is there a piece of cloth there?" Umeko asked.

How could this be here? The two continued to wonder as they looked at the misplaced cloth.

Fact #10: Torn Cloth

A piece of white cloth is stuck between the epee and Jitsunori's face. Its edges seem to be torn.

The two continued to observe Jitsunori. Nao looked at Jitsunori's stabbed face. Poor Jitsunori! His beautiful face is destroyed by whoever stabbed him. Your face was clear and free of wrinkles. Suddenly, he noticed something weird with Jitsunori's face.

Are those dark splotches? Nao was shocked to see the splotches since Jitsunori's face is fair. He recognized it was similar to Reyes' splotches. However, Jitsunori's splotches are less than Reyes'. The splotches were mostly around where Jitsunori was stabbed.

Fact #11: Jitsunori's Face

Jitsunori has dark splotches around his stab wound.

After that, there was nothing any more to observe. The two decided to observe the room. They immediately notice a lot of things. "This place is a mess. Look at the blood trails!" Umeko pointed out. There were two blood trails. Each one led to where the victim was sitting. There is more blood away from the victims. However, Reyes' blood trail is smaller.

There will only be blood trails if the victim was moved. Why would they move the victim?

Fact #12: Blood Trails

There are two blood trails each leading to one of the victims. There is more blood away from the victim. Reyes' blood trail was smaller than Jitsunori's.

The next thing they took note of was the wiped puddle of the yellowish liquid on the floor. It was near Reyes' blood trail. There was so much but it looked like it had been by something. What is this liquid? It is everywhere! It is on the floor. There are some on the victims' faces.

Nao pointed this out to Umeko. Umeko immediately replied with, "It must be a dangerous chemical or something to be used for murder." I think I have to agree with Umeko on this one. Nao tried to find any puddle near Jitsunori but there was none.

Fact #13: Puddle

There is a puddle of yellowish liquid near Reyes' blood trail. It looks like it had been wiped with something.

After that, Nao observed the floor itself and noticed it was marked by multiple slashes. The same goes for some of the equipment. These slashes and dents are so random. What made these dents? These weren't here before.

Nao touched the markings. There were markings that were shallower than the others. How are these markings made? Nao pointed them out to Umeko. "Umeko, this room did not have these, right?" Nao asked.

"No! This room was very clean. These chips are surely new." Umeko answered.

Fact #14: Slashes And Dents

The floor and some of the equipment have slashes and dents. Some markings are shallower than the others.

They also noticed a broken Erlenmeyer flask. It was near one of the stations. However, what was interesting about it is that it only had a few shards. It was definitely missing some of the shards. Where is the rest of it? Nao asked himself. He also noticed that it was wet.

What does this have to do with liquid? He pointed this out to Umeko. "Do you know where the rest of it is?" Nao asked.

Umeko tried to look around but there were no shards she could find other than the ones on Reyes' hair. "It is just this or on Reyes' hair." Umeko answered.

Fact #15: Broken Erlenmeyer Flask

A broken Erlenmeyer flask was found on the floor near one of the stations. It was wet. Some of its shards are missing.

After that, they moved on to investigate the station near the broken flask. Before they could continue, Hana finally came back. She greeted the two and said, "So far, what did you guys find out?"

Nao and Umeko shared with her everything they have found out so far. Hana was happy to be informed. She was definitely more pumped to solve the case. "Okay! What are we going to do next?" Hana asked. This is the energy we need right now to solve this case.

Before they moved on, Umeko asked how Mako was. "How is Mako holding up?"

Hana answered, "When I left Mako, they were sobbing their bed. I just left them when they started sobbing. I don't know what to do to help Mako so I just let them grieve." I think that is all we could do for now.

After that, they quickly went back to the investigation. The station was messy. It had tools that were not familiar to them. There were several chemicals on the station. Hana commented, "For sure, this is not how I left the laboratory." Nao was struck by this.

Nao asked her, "What do you mean?"

Hana answered, "I think I am the last person who entered the lab. I went here this afternoon to make the slime. This is the exact station I used. I put back everything I used. And, I did not use any of these gizmos. I should be sure of that since I have been staring at it for five hours."

If it was not Hana who set all this up, who did? Why are these all laid out here?

Fact #16: Hana's Testimony

According to Hana, after she used the station earlier this afternoon, she cleaned it up and put back everything she used. The equipment she used were different. It took her five hours to make the slime.

After hearing Hana, Umeko quickly asked, "How did you know how to make your slime?"

Hana immediately answered, "I used the guide book. I left it somewhere over here." Hana looked for the book. She found the book on the station. She was surprised to see it when she found it. "Why is this open? I left it closed."

Nao and Umeko took a look at the opened guide book. It was open just like what Hana said. The page that is shown is an instruction on how to make acid G. The two read the instruction. The instruction says:

Chemicals needed:

10g of Chemical V

10g of Chemical O

10g of Chemical L

25g of Chemical E

5g of Chemical G

Tools needed:

Alcohol Burner

Steel Stand

2 Erlenmeyer Flasks

Thermometer

Bowl

Funnel

Steps:

1. Mix 10g of chemical V, 10g of chemical O, 10g of chemical L, and 25g of chemical E in an Erlenmeyer flask.

2. Put it over the alcohol burner using a steel stand. Put the thermometer inside the flask. Wait for it to reach 89˚C.

3. Once it reaches 89˚C, pour it into a bowl. There, add 5g of chemical G. Put the thermometer in the bowl. Wait for it to reach 57˚C.

4. Once it reaches 57˚C, pour the mixture inside another Erlenmeyer flask and store it until use.

Expected duration of process: 5 hours.

Nao was intrigued by the instruction. This is really clear. Anyone can do it even though they are not chemists.

Fact #17: Instruction For Acid G

The guide was opened on the page that shows how to make acid G.

After that, Hana suggested, "Let's check out the cabinet for cleaning. If something was moved there, I will be able to tell it. I was the last one who arranged the things inside." The two quickly agreed with Hana's suggestion.

The three went to the cabinet. Hana opened it. Immediately, she noticed a lot of things. She first pointed out the gloves. "I never used the rubber gloves so I know it should not be there. It should be down here."

Nao was looking at the rubber gloves. He noticed something about it. "Should the rubber gloves be wet?" Nao asked.

Hana quickly answered, "No! It should be dry. Why would it be wet?" Why would it be?

Fact #18: Rubber Gloves

The rubber gloves are misplaced. It is also wet.

The next thing she pointed out was one of the rags. The rag is white but it had burnt patches. "This should not be like this. There is no reason for it to be burnt." Hana said. A burnt rag? That is interesting. Why would someone burn a rag? I don't see the point in doing that.

Umeko added, "But, it is like a bit wet though. Look around it. There are like wet marks around it." A wet burnt rag… Isn't that just more confusing.

Fact #19: Burnt Rag

A rag had burnt patches. It could also be noted that it was wet since around it was also wet.

The last thing Hana noticed was another rag. However, this time, the rag was ripped. It has a huge rip that in its center. It was also wet. What were these rags used for? If it is not burnt, it is ripped. It has blood as well.

Hana suddenly said, "This was the rag I used earlier. I should know since it has a label. It did not have this rip."

"What does the label say?" Nao asked.

"Acid-proof…" Hana answered.

Fact #20: Acid-Proof Rag

An acid-rag was ripped in the center. It was also wet and has blood on it.

After that, there was nothing left to search for in the room. Where should we go next? He thought about the facts that he has collected. A lot of them are related to chemicals. I think we should visit the chemical storage room.

"We should go to the chemical storage room." Nao suggested. The two agreed. The three went to the chemical storage room. There, they saw Eri and Takashiro. The two were also checking out the chemicals.

Nao could see the two have a problem. They approached the two to ask. "Is there any problem?" Umeko asked.

Takashiro answered, "There are a lot of chemicals missing and we do not know why."

Eri added, "There should be 100g of each chemical but there are a lot of chemicals that have been used.

"Can you tell us what the missing chemicals are?" Umeko asked.

"There are 40g of chemical R and chemical U missing-" Hana immediately cut Eri off.

"That is probably my fault. I used those to make slime." Hana answered.

"That is not just that. 10g of chemical V, O, and L, 25g of chemical E, and 5g of chemical G are missing and we do not where it is." Eri continued. That sounds familiar.

Fact #21: Missing Chemicals

There are missing chemicals in the storage room.

Nao asked, "How is your investigation?"

Takashiro said, "We are actually doing better than we thought we would."

"That is good!" Umeko commented.

"We really want t-t-to solve this since Reyes and Jitsunori did not deserve to die." Eri said.

"Those two were really kind to everyone, especially Jitsunori. He never fought with anyone. He always tried to help everyone." Umeko said.

"Just imagine what it feels like to be Mako." Nao said.

"That must have been horrible. Th-th-they lost their lover and their best friend. I think I would lose my mind if that happens to me." Eri said.

As the five were talking about Mako, Monokuma suddenly announced, "Investigation period is over. Please proceed to the gymnasium now." The five went out of the room. The five went together to the first floor. Once they reached the floor, Nao separated from the group. He was going to fetch Mako from his room.

Once he arrived in front of Mako's room, he knocked on the door. It took a while before Mako answered the door. Nao immediately noticed how distraught Mako was. Their eyes were red. Their cheeks were wet because of their tears. This is the first time I have seen Mako like this.

"Is it time?" Mako asked.

Nao nodded. Mako went out of the room and went with Nao to the gymnasium. There, they were greeted by people. Umeko was the first to approach them. "Hey, are you ready for this?" Umeko asked Mako. Mako simply nodded.

"We are going to get through this. We will figure out who killed them, okay?" Umeko said.

Mako suddenly cried again. "Who-who-whoever k-k-killed them m-m-must pay!" He said as he holds his tears.

Nao readied himself for the upcoming trial. I have to be ready for anything. The killer is definitely someone to be wary of. From the way they killed, they must be willing to do everything they can to get out.

As Nao was preparing himself mentally, Umeko suddenly approached her. "Nao, do you have the note with you?"

Nao was surprised by the question. "I don't have it with me. Why?" Nao asked.

"Well, I have a feeling it has something to do with the murder" Umeko said.

Suddenly, Nao and Umeko's tablet rang. They looked at it and received a new fact. Nao was surprised to see it.

Fact #22: Nao's Note

Nao received a note that tells him to go to the chemistry laboratory room around midnight.

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