OMG! I cannot believe this is the last update for the third chapter! I hope you guys will enjoy this!
Everyone was waiting for what Nao has to say. Nao looked at his facts again to be sure. After that, he continued with his statement. "Does everyone have the fact about the instruction for making the acid?" Nao asked.
Everyone said they have a copy of the instruction. Nao took a sigh a relief. Thankfully, everyone has a copy. This will make explaining easier. Nao continued, "Look at your copies carefully. Tell me if you see something that might help us narrow down our list of suspects."
Hana immediately answered, "Is it the listed chemicals?"
"Not really but keep figuring it out." Nao said.
Umeko, who was standing beside him, tapped him on his shoulder. Nao looked at him. She leaned towards him and whispered, "Is it the duration of making it?" Nao nodded. Umeko was surprised she got it.
Knowing that she was right, Umeko shouted her answer, "It's the duration of making it!"
Everyone looked at it. Most of them were still confused. "Five hours… What does that mean to us?" Hana asked.
Nao simply answered, "To make the acid requires a lot of time from the killer. This means that whoever killed Jitsunori and Reyes disappeared from everyone for at least five hours."
Asuka added, "If you think of it like that, it means whoever was fucking missing from our sight for that long will automatically be a suspect."
Nao said, "Exactly! We just have to think of the people who were gone for that long. Let's think of the people who were gone for that long today."
"Why only today?" Eri asked.
Nao immediately answered, "Try thinking about it carefully." Because of that, people tried to come up with an answer. Eventually, it was Takashiro who got the correct idea. "Is it because the chemicals only went missing now?"
Nao answered, "Correct! If the needed chemicals for the acid only went missing today, it meant the killer only prepared the acid today." Everyone understood what he said.
"Now we got that, let's think about what happened today." Umeko said.
Asuka was the first to narrate. "This morning, Hana, Manon, Samuru, and I were together helping Samuru to prepare for his fight with Reyes." Nao asked the other three if Asuka's version was right. All three of them confirmed it.
Takashiro went next. "Same goes with us! We were all together helping Reyes."
Norio said, "However, as usual, I was nowhere to be found."
Umeko continued, "Then, the fight happened. Obviously, Samuru was there since he fought and lost against Reyes. Our group was complete."
Norio also said, "I was there with Manon supervising the fight."
Manon added, "However, unlike your group, we were incomplete. Hana was missing."
Hana immediately defended herself. "I was gone for five hours but because of my super sticky slime. Not because of acid."
Eri continued, "A-a-after Reyes won, we all went back to the cafeteria except for Norio."
Samuru was next, "We ate together but Manon left earlier than everyone else. She was gone from our sight five hours before Reyes was killed."
With that, everyone was able to summarize the events of today. Nao continued, "Because of that, we are now down with three suspects, Norio, Hana, and Manon. One of them is the killer."
Takashiro commented, "But, there are still plenty of them to choose from." Takashiro is right. There is still plenty of them to choose from. However, Nao was prepared to make the list smaller.
"Now, let's think about what our killer's traits are." Nao said.
"Traits?" Samuru asked.
"Yes! The killer showed to us a lot of things to describe them." Nao said. People paused for a while to think about it. I know it is quite bizarre to make them think like this but I know this is the only way to narrow it down to just one.
Umeko was first to describe the killer. "The killer was determined to kill."
Asuka added, "That means whoever they are must be fucking affected by the motive."
Nao looked at Norio and said, "That makes Norio not our suspect. He was not even remotely affected when Monokuma revealed his compartment."
Everyone agreed with him. With that, it was only between Hana and Manon.
"The killer d-d-does not have any b-b-basic knowledge in chemistry. They had to rely on a manual to create an acid." Eri said.
"That is a good observation Eri but that could still mean it was either Hana or Manon." Nao said.
Takashiro said, "What about the killer being able to pierce Reyes' heart precisely? That has to mean something to be mentioned in the facts, right?" Nao smiled. That exactly what I needed to hear.
Nao clarified everything. "The killer was able to pierce Reyes' heart precisely. It was clean just like what Samuru said earlier. It means the killer was confident with what they were going to stab."
Asuka interrupted, "Does that mean the killer has experience with stabbing people as well?"
Norio laughed then sarcastically commented, "Nice guess."
Asuka rolled her eyes and said. "I was just fucking trying to help."
"Well, it does suggest something about our killer." Nao said.
Samuru had an idea, "The killer has sufficient knowledge about the body."
"Yes! Between Hana and Manon, who do you guys think have more knowledge about the body?" Nao asked everyone. People immediately looked at Manon who was standing quietly listening to everything. She raised her brow and looked at Nao who was at her right.
"Why me?" Manon calmly asked.
"Obviously, you have more knowledge about the body than Hana." Nao said.
Manon replied, "How do you say so?"
"Your experience with first aid must have given you so much knowledge about the anatomy." Nao said.
"My knowledge in first aid is for helping people and not harming them." Manon defended herself.
"But you could easily use that to know people's critical area such as the heart." Nao continued.
"What if Hana luckily stabbed Reyes through the heart?" Manon said.
"I doubt that! I am sorry to say this Hana but she is clumsy. She is not precise unlike you who has shown precision with everything you have done." Nao continued.
"Why is it just me? Hana I think was equally affected as me." Manon was still continuing.
"I agree but it does not really prove you are not guilty of it." Nao said.
Manon was slightly annoyed by this. "Nao, I do not get why you are pinning the murder on me. You still have not proven my guilt as well."
She is right. I know it is her from how our killer behaved but I am having a hard time pinning her down. She is calm, unlike Jirou last time who was obviously affected. I need help. Nao looked to Norio for help. Norio immediately understood his expression.
"Manon, give up already! You are the killer." Norio said. Everyone was shocked by this. Even Manon did not expect for Norio to jump in.
Umeko asked, "Manon is also your answer."
"Yes, she is!" Norio said.
Manon was slightly affected by this declaration but she still remained calm. "You must be making a mistake for the first time in your career." Manon said.
This definitely irked Norio but it only made him want to bring her down even more. "Manon, do you think I did not notice how you tried to derail our investigation earlier?" Norio asked.
"I don't know what you mean. I was just pointing at stuff I thought would be helpful." Manon answered.
"You were pointing at the trash can which obviously did not have anything. That was stupid." Norio said. Manon was a bit irritated when she was called stupid.
"Is that all you have to say?" Manon said.
"I am not yet done." Norio said.
He looked at everyone which was surprising since he was just looking at Manon as he interrogated her. He started talking. "Can you guys describe the crime scene again?" Norio asked.
"It was messy." Umeko immediately answered.
"That's right! The room was a mess. It had scratches and acid all over the lab. But most of all, it was bloody. Blood was everywhere. We all know the killer cleaned. Do you think the killer would be able to get out of there without any blood on them?" Norio continued.
Everyone said no. "Right answer! Now, let's take a look at everyone here. Does anyone here have blood on them?" Norio asked.
Everyone was stain-free. Norio continued, "Obviously, no one has blood. Now, what do you think the killer did to get rid off the blood?"
"They washed it off." Takashiro said.
"The killer did not just wash it off. Just imagine the amount of blood that gushed out of Jitsunori's face. That must have been a lot. The killer definitely took a shower." Norio answered.
Norio looked back at Manon. "What were you doing before we knocked on your door?"
"I was sleeping…" Manon answered.
"No, you weren't! You took a shower! That is the reason why it took you so long to answer the door! You were still in the bathroom dressing up and drying yourself down. You just used your reputation of loving to sleep as an excuse for not answering the door quickly." Norio said.
"What? That is insane! What is your proof?" Manon asked.
Norio smirked. "How many clues does everyone have?"
Most of them answered twenty-two, including Manon. After hearing that, Norio answered, "Well, I have twenty-three."
Norio showed his tablet which displayed a fact that he only had.
Fact #23: Manon's Hair
Manon's hair was unusually wet for someone who was sleeping for a while.
"Did you think I, Norio, your partner throughout the investigation, would not notice your hair?" Norio asked. Manon could not say anything. She was silent and could not say anything to defend herself.
Norio looked at everyone and said, "Remember this, Monokuma only gives us clues that are important to the murder and if it only caught our attention."
Norio looked back at Manon and said, "You could have gotten away with your wet hair easily with someone else but not with someone like me. I immediately noticed your hair when you opened your door. That is why I wanted to pair with you, to see if I was right."
Manon was silenced.
"I think it is time to end this." Norio said.
Norio took the initiative to tell the class how the murder went down.
Reyes de Todos los Santos de Borbon Ortiz and Jitsunori Setsunosuke's Murder
"Let's start from the beginning. The killer's original plan was to kill Nao. They gave him a note to meet them in the chemical laboratory. Finding this note, Nao told Reyes along with Jitsunori about it. Reyes told Nao she will handle it. This made Nao not comply with the note. Instead, Reyes was the one who was going to meet our killer.
The killer quickly went out of the cafeteria after eating dinner. They had to or else they would run out of time to make the acid which is one of the important things they need to commit the crime.
The killer took the chemicals they needed from the chemical storage room to make the acid. They were following the guide since they did not know how to make acid. For five hours, the killer created the acid.
Midnight came. The killer was preparing for Nao's arrival. However, instead of Nao, Reyes was the one who came. The killer immediately thought on their feet and sprayed Reyes acid to her eyes. Reyes was blinded by this but she did not give up. She swung her sword around scratching a lot of things in the room.
The killer could not kill Reyes because she was still moving too much so they smashed the flask on Reyes' head incapacitating her. The killer immediately grabbed Reyes' epee and precisely stabbed Reyes to the heart.
The killer wanted to clean up the crime scene to cover their tracks. They grabbed a pair of rubber gloves and a rag. While wiping the acid, the rag burned because it was not acid-proof. This made the killer look for an acid-proof rag.
While cleaning, Jitsunori walked in next. Jitsunori came because he was worried as well. Even though the killer was cleaning, they were able to react quickly. They threw the rag on his face and stab him with the epee on his face.
The killer ripped the rag off Jitsunori's face but the killer did not continue to clean since it was not usable anymore. The killer moved the two and to the wall and hid the cleaning materials.
The murder was bloody. The killer definitely had blood on them so they took a bath. While they were trying to clean themselves, people were trying to wake her up since they thought the killer was asleep. The killer used their reputation to take their time.
Eventually, the killer answered the door and went to the crime scene. They pretended to have not seen already the gruesome murder with everyone else. They would have gotten away if I did not notice their wet hair. There is only one person who could have done this all! The murderer is Manon Aid, the Ultimate Cyclist!"
Manon was silent. She did not say anything to defend herself.
Monokuma then said, "I think we are done with this trial! It is time to cast your votes!"
Nao looked at the buttons. I guess it is clear who the killer is.
1. Nao Hisoka - Ultimate N.E.E.T.
2. Umeko Midori - Ultimate Environmentalist
3. Jirou Katashi - Ultimate Mathematician
4. Reyes de Todos los Santos de Borbon Ortiz - Ultimate Fencer
5. Jitsunori Setsunosuke - Ultimate Hairstylist
6. Kayle Ito - Ultimate Tact
7. Ichimako Watadzumi - Ultimate Lifeguard
8. Manon Aida - Ultimate Cyclist
9. Takashiro Tanoshi - Ultimate Ventriloquist
10. Eri Shizuka - Ultimate Toymaker
11. Ayumu Watanabe - Ultimate Mythologist
12. Hana Ongaku - Ultimate Composer
13. Samuru Yagyuu - Ultimate Executioner
14. Asuka Kiyora - Ultimate Rocker
15. Norio Kurosawa - Ultimate Defense Attorney
16. Rei Kurosawa - Ultimate Supernatural Novelist
Everyone was finished voting. Suddenly, the television screen on top of Monokuma turned on. It displayed a huge wheel with everyone's name on it. A red arrow was beside it. Suddenly, the wheel began to spin. The wheel was spinning faster and faster until it slowed down and stopped with Manon's name beside the arrow. Confetti appeared on the screen with the results of the voting.
Voting Results
Manon Aida – 9
Hana Ongaku – 1
Answer: Manon Aida
Correct!
Everyone was silent. They could not believe they got it right. Manon remained silent. Everyone wanted to know why she did it, especially Asuka who was the closest to her this whole time. Asuka was about to ask her when Mako suddenly walked towards Manon.
Everyone watched as Mako approached her. Mako stopped when they were already in front of Manon. Manon looked at them. She saw Mako's anger in their eyes. Manon trembled. All of a sudden Mako headbutt her.
This made her fall to the ground. Mako immediately sat on top of her. He threw a punch on her eye. This gave her a black eye. After that, they put their hands around her neck. Everyone was surprised by this and could not react quickly.
Manon screamed with everything she has, "Help! I can't… I can't breath!"
Hearing this, Mako even strangled her more. Seeing this, Samuru intervened. He put his arms around Mako's waist and arms. Then, he lifted them off of Manon. Manon immediately took a deep breath and crawled away from them.
Mako started shouting, "How dare you ask for help when you killed two people? How dare you! I will never forgive you for this! You killed the two people that made my life here tolerable! Now, I have no one! No one!"
Mako tried to get out of Samuru's arms. He wiggled but Samuru would not let go. "Let me go! She needs to feel the pain I am feeling right now! She deserves it! I hate you! I hate you bitch!" Mako continued to scream.
Manon looked around for anyone to help her, to defend her. She looked at Asuka who only stood watching her get beaten up and verbally attacked.
All of a sudden, Mako was able to get out of Samuru's grasp. They quickly ran towards Manon who was still on the floor. Mako was about to kick her when Samuru punched Mako knocking them out. Samuru carried Mako and put them aside.
After that, everyone looked at Manon. They were waiting for an explanation. She stood up and went back to her podium. She tried to act as if nothing happened but her black eye was too evident to disregard what happened.
"Why did you do it?" Nao asked.
Manon answered, "I did it for my sister."
"For your sister?" Hana asked.
"The shirt that Monokuma showed me was a gift from my sister, Rina. It should be with her right now at our house in Amsterdam. But, it is here in Japan. How did Monokuma get it? I have to get out of here! I need to make sure they are okay, that my sister is fine." Manon said.
Nao asked, "Why did you target me?"
Manon answered, "Isn't it obvious? I chose you because you are very helpful when it comes to trials. I need to make sure I get out of here. It was not anything personal."
Nao continued to ask, "Why me and not Norio?"
"It is true that both of you are equally vital in solving trials but you sway people more to vote for a person since Norio is not as personable as you, even though you are not really that personable." Manon answered.
"You were really willing to kill everyone just to get out." Asuka said.
"I am sorry Roxanne. My sister is more important to me than all of you. That is why I chose her over you guys." Manon answered.
"Was our friendship fake?" Asuka asked.
"Of course not… I really thought of you as my friend." Manon said.
"But why did you want me to fucking die?" Asuka shouted.
Manon wanted to answer her but she saw Asuka's eyes. She knew there is nothing she could say to calm her down. She turned to Nao and said, "I am really sorry."
After that, she turned to Samuru and said, "I am sorry. Please tell Mako how sorry I am. I am sorry everyone."
She turned to Monokuma and said, "I am ready for my execution."
Monokuma was excited when he heard this. "I was expecting a lot from you but you fell short like the first two. Well, at least you volunteered for your execution! Let's get to my favorite part of the trial! I have a very special punishment for you, Manon Aida, the Ultimate Cyclist! Let's give everything we got! It's punishment time!" A red button appeared in front of him. Then, he pulled out a gavel and used it to hit the button.
Suddenly, a clamp appeared and grabbed her away.
The screen suddenly showed:
GAME OVER
Manon Aida has been found guilty
Tour Du Désespoir
Manon Aida
The Ultimate Cyclist Execution
-Used-
Manon fell onto a chair. It was dark. Manon could not see where she was. All she could do was wait for something to happen. Suddenly, a spotlight was put over her revealing she was sitting on a bicycle. Seeing this, she sat on it like a proper cyclist.
Her path suddenly lit up. She saw a path full of turns and inclines. Manon recomposed herself. She does not know what to do other than pedal. She pedaled fast like she was in a race. She was starting to feel comfortable with the track thinking she was out of harm's way.
All of a sudden, gears and blades appeared in her way. She tried to avoid them but the path was getting narrower forcing her to get cut by the many gears and blades.
Each cut was painful earning a scream for her. She tried to endure it but it was too much. She got cuts, some were almost to the bone. She was starting to go slow. Nothing was making her go anymore.
All of a sudden, she heard a girl scream.
"Help! Help! Please! Don't! No! Manon! Don't let them hurt me!" Manon immediately recognized the scream. It was her sister's. After hearing her screams, she continued to pedal looking for her. She pedaled and pedaled even though she got cut so many times. She endured everything just to find her sister.
After a while, she was able to find her sister. She was at the end of the path. Her sister was sitting on the floor with her hands and feet tied up. Manon immediately rushed to her. She pedaled and pedaled. She was so close to her sister when she suddenly hit a flat surface.
She crashed into a screen that was showing her sister. It was just a video of her sister screaming for help in a loop. Her crash left her immobile.
She was leaning on the screen when spikes protrude from it. This immediately impaled her and tore of her limbs. She died painfully while hearing her sister screaming in pain.
Everyone was silent. People were disgusted with how brutal the execution was. Eri threw up when Manon's limbless body was shown on screen. Umeko went to her to help her. "Are you alright? Let's get you some water first."
Umeko took Eri out of the room. Takashiro followed them. The remaining six just stared at the screen and at Monokuma. As Asuka keep looking at the screen, her anger grew and grew until she could not contain it anymore. She shouted, "What was that? That was so fucking brutal!"
Monokuma simply shrugged it off and said, "Really? She did brutally murder her victims as well. I thought it was only fitting for her to die in the bloodiest way I could think of. Hahahahahaha!"
Nao did not care about how bloody the execution. All he could think of was the video of the woman in Manon's execution. Why does he have a video like that? How did he get that? Thinking about this sent shivers down his spine.
I hope my dad is safe. That is all he could think of. After a few minutes, Monokuma disappeared. Many went out of the room as well. Samuru carried Mako out of the room. Asuka followed him. Hana was the next to go. The only two people remaining in the room were Nao and Norio.
Nao stood in silence as Norio approached him. "It looks like I was right." Norio said.
Nao looked at him and said, "What do you mean?"
"I predicted that you will be targeted by a killer. You are just lucky this time the killer's plan did not work." Norio said.
"I guess I am." Nao said.
"You owe your life to Reyes. If it wasn't for her, you would be dead by now." Norio said.
He is right. If Reyes did not tell me she will handle it, I would have gone to the laboratory as the note told me to. Nao was saddened by this realization.
Norio continued, "But, I did notice you did something different this time with the trial."
"What did I do differently?" Nao asked.
"You let everyone think. It was not just you and me who came up with answers. You let them answer as well." Norio said.
"I did." Nao said.
"Why?" Norio asked.
"After hyperventilating, I realized that I will become a target of another killer if I continue doing what I usually do." Nao said.
"Smart… Smart people are the kind of people I would hang around with." Norio said,
Nao was shocked to hear this. Norio then walked away. Before he left the room, Nao asked, "Are you saying you will start hanging around with everyone."
Norio turned around and said, "I realized something as well during the trial. Being not seen by everyone will always automatically make me a suspect. That will just hinder us whenever there is a trial."
"You are joining the group?" Nao said.
"I did not say that. All I said is I prefer hanging out with people like you." Norio said.
"So, you are going to hang out with me." Nao said.
"Yeah, yeah! Whatever! Don't make it a big deal." Norio said.
After that, he walked out of the room. Norio is finally joining us. This will be interesting.
Nao was the last person to walk out of the room. He went inside the elevator and rode it to the gymnasium. Nao walked out of the gymnasium. As he was walking in the hallway, he saw Umeko inside the cafeteria. He stopped and went inside.
Umeko was sitting with a glass of water in her hand. She was drinking. When Nao went inside the cafeteria, she stopped drinking and said, "Hey! What are you doing here?"
"I saw you here so I thought to check up on you." Nao said. Nao sat beside her.
"I'm alright. I am just processing everything that happened." Umeko said.
"How is Eri?" Nao asked.
"Takashiro took her to her room." Umeko answered.
"That is good to hear." Nao said. After that, it was silent. No one dared to say anything or move. They just sat there. But, they were not waiting for the other person to say good night. They were okay with the silence.
Umeko looked at him and said, "Are you already okay?"
"Of course I am fine. Why wouldn't I be?" Nao answered.
"You know, when we found out you were the original target, my heart dropped." Umeko said.
"Why?" Nao asked.
"I can't imagine you dead. I don't think I will be able to handle it. You are the closest person to me here. You make living here less hellish. I was scared to lose you." Umeko said. Suddenly, tears streamed down her cheeks.
Nao put his arm around her. Then, Umeko leaned on him. "The thought of me dead frightened me. I have so many things I want to do. I have so many things to say. I am not yet ready to die." Nao said.
Umeko wiped her tears and looked at him. She locked eyes with Nao. The two stared at each other. Nao could feel his heartbeat. His heartbeat grew louder and louder as time passed by. All of a sudden, Umeko leaned in and kissed him on the lips.
Nao was surprised by this. He did not know what to do. After that, Umeko looked at Nao who was blankly staring at her. Umeko quickly stood up and walked out of the room before Nao could even process what happened.
Nao touched his lips thinking of what Umeko did. She kissed me… Nao did not know what to say nor what to do. All he could do was sit in silence.
After a few minutes, he stood up and walked out of the room. He walked to his room with only the kiss in his mind. He thought he did not know what to feel but little did he know after he was kissed, he was smiling the whole entire time like he won a lottery.
Killing Two Birds With One Sword (Deadly Life)
-END-
Remaining Survivors: 9
1. Nao Hisoka - Ultimate N.E.E.T.
2. Umeko Midori - Ultimate Environmentalist
3. Jirou Katashi - Ultimate Mathematician(DECEASED)
4. Reyes de Todos los Santos de Borbon Ortiz - Ultimate Fencer(DECEASED)
5. Jitsunori Setsunosuke - Ultimate Hairstylist(DECEASED)
6. Kayle Ito - Ultimate Tact(DECEASED)
7. Ichimako Watadzumi - Ultimate Lifeguard
8. Manon Aida - Ultimate Cyclist(DECEASED)
9. Takashiro Tanoshi - Ultimate Ventriloquist
10. Eri Shizuka - Ultimate Toymaker
11. Ayumu Watanabe - Ultimate Mythologist(DECEASED)
12. Hana Ongaku - Ultimate Composer
13. Samuru Yagyuu - Ultimate Executioner
14. Asuka Kiyora - Ultimate Rocker
15. Norio Kurosawa - Ultimate Defense Attorney
16. Rei Kurosawa - Ultimate Supernatural Novelist(DECEASED)
Death Toll: 7
That is the end of chapter 3! I hope you enjoyed it!
I want to thank TheRoseShadow21 for submitting Manon Aida! I hope I was able to portray her properly! I really had fun using her!
Did you get the killer right? I hope you did!
I cannot believe the next update will be for chapter 4! I am so excited!
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Good luck to all of us!