Hi guys! It has been a while! I hope you are doing well with everything that is happening right now!

I hope you guys will enjoy reading this! It is time to solve this murder!


The fun-filled place of Monokumaland fell into silence as the six ultimates stared at the lifeless body of Mako. None could say anything. No one dared to take a step forward. The excitement of Nao's group to ride the wheel was destroyed when Monokuma rang the announcement.

"Ding-dong-ding-dong! A body has been discovered. Following a brief period of time, we will commence our school trial!"

This cannot be happening! We were supposed to have fun today. No one should be dead. Mako was full of energy, but now, they are nothing but a lifeless, silent corpse.

The silence was shattered when the Ferris wheel audibly stopped. It produced a loud boom when its engine let out a thick cloud of smoke. Everyone's attention quickly shifted to the engine. What is up with the smoke?

After a few seconds, the annoying voice of Monokuma popped out of nowhere. Everyone turned around to see Monokuma with Asuka and Norio. The two quickly ran up to the others when they saw everyone else.

Norio was the first to speak. "What happened?"

Eri quickly pointed at the Ferris wheel. The two immediately saw Mako's corpse.

"I did not expect this at all." Norio muttered.

"Nobody did." Eri added.

While the group was still in shock, Monokuma grabbed everyone's attention. "Attention shitheads! I temporarily stopped the operation of every attraction in this place so all of you can do the investigation properly. You will be receiving Mako's autopsy in a minute. Good luck!"

After that, Monokuma disappeared into thin air.

Hearing this, everyone snapped back to reality. Another murder has occurred. We will be having another trial. I need to focus on the investigation. We need to figure out who killed our dear friend, Mako. Nao turned to Norio waiting for his instructions.

"We should go to Samuru before we start investigating." Norio suggested. He was the first one to approach the cart Samuru was in. A few seconds later, everyone followed. It was the first time the group saw Mako's body up close.

At least it looks like a peaceful death, unlike Jitsunori's and Reyes' death.

Asuka knelt beside Samuru and was the first one to talk to him. "Hey, what happened?"

"I don't know. I am so confused." Samuru simply answered.

Suddenly, everyone's tablet buzzed. Nao took out his tablet and saw that he has Mako's autopsy. I guess it is time to start investigating. Everyone opened their tablet and saw a new folder with the name "Case #4: Ichimako Watadzumi" Nao opened the folder and read the only file it has.


Fact #1: Autopsy Report #5

The victim is Ichimako Watadzumi. The estimated time of his death was 1:29 pm. The victim died from strangulation.


Strangulation? What an interesting choice the killer made… Nao thought to himself.

After a few seconds, Norio started telling the group what their next course of action is.

"Just like the last trial, let's investigate in pairs. I will pair up with Hana. Nao, go with Umeko. Eri and Takashiro, you two go together. Roxanne, stay with Samuru until his okay to investigate." Just like that, everyone started their investigation.

Nao first approached Umeko to discuss how they will do this. "Let's investigate this cart but after this, I am not sure where to investigate next." Nao told Umeko.

"Let's figure out that after we get everything we can in this cart." Umeko suggested.

After that, the two started looking around the cart. The duo first took a look at Mako's corpse. This is unexpected. I did not think anyone would kill Mako. Mako is quite athletic. Targeting him is a bold choice.

The two examined Mako's body. They noticed first Mako's position. Mako's body was lying on the ground with their face flat. The two examined the body from their head down to his feet.

Umeko immediately pointed out weird markings on Mako's neck. "Look, Mako's neck is bruised, probably because of the way they were killed. But, look at the bruises. It looked like something was pressed on it. The markings are really prominent around their adam's apple."


Fact #2: Mako's Neck

Mako's neck was bruised and had weird markings caused by something being pressed on it. The markings are more concentrated around their adam's apple.


"Why are there markings like this? This is really out of place." Nao commented. He looked at the floor thinking the floor might have caused the markings but the floor was smooth and did not have any ridges to cause markings.

After that, they continued their examination. The next thing that caught their attention was the bright neon green slime on their back. Isn't this the slime from the Underbelly? How did they get this?


Fact #3: Mako's Back

Mako has green slime on their back.


"Isn't this slime from the weird sewer-like part of the Underbelly? Did Mako enter the Underbelly?" Umeko asked. Nao did not know what to answer Umeko's second question.

"It is only the third fact. We might find something else to connect with this later." Nao said.

After that, the two quickly finished examining Mako. There was nothing else to see on Mako's body. The two then turned to Samuru for clues. Samuru was still kneeling silently with Asuka beside him. Throughout this whole time, he has been silent. Because of this strange behavior, Asuka was really worried for her friend.

"Hey! It's alright! Just take your time to process things." Asuka told Samuru.

Seeing this, Umeko sat on the floor in front of Samuru to comfort Samuru. "I know what happened must have been confusing but we need you to compose yourself. Nao and I are going to ask some questions. Can you answer them?" Umeko asked.

Samuru simply nodded.

"Can you tell us what happened?" Nao asked.

"I went to this cart because of this note." Samuru handed them two notes. One note said:


Meet me at the Eye in the Sky cart #1 at 1:00 pm. Don't say a single word until I start talking.

-Mako


What a weird note. Why would Mako instruct Samuru to shut up?


Fact #4: Secret Note

Samuru received a note telling him to meet Mako at the Eye in the Sky cart #1 at 1 pm and to not talk before Mako did.


Samuru continued. "We both went here together coincidentally. When we got here. We were both silent. I was waiting for them to say something. All of a sudden, smoke enveloped this cart and I fell asleep. I was woken up when I felt something hard pressed on my hand. When I woke up, I was on the floor. Then, I looked at my hand first and saw this."

Samuru put out his hands. The back of his hand was covered in green slime, just like Mako's back.


Fact #5: Samuru's Hand

Samuru's right hand has green slime on it.


"I looked at the door of the cart and saw a person running away from here. I could not clearly see who it was since my vision was still foggy. I must have been still under the influence of the smoke when I woke up." Samuru ended his testimony.


Fact #6: Samuru's Testimony

Samuru went to The Eye in the Sky with Mako. The two were silent the whole time until smoke enveloped the cart that causes him to fall asleep. He was woken up from the feeling of his hand being pressed on by something. He saw a person running away but could not make out who it was because his vision was still foggy.


"Thank you Samuru! That will be very helpful for the trial!" Umeko said.

Samuru clenched his fist and punched the floor. With his forceful punch, he dented the floor and created a loud cracking sound. This surprised everyone. Everyone was silent. Nobody was sure about what was happening. "I am so angry! I was here this whole time but I was not able to protect Mako! I was useless! If I had woken up faster, I could have done something! I am so disappointed in myself! Mako would have been alive if I had done something!"

Umeko turned to Samuru and said, "You did not do anything wrong. You did not kill Mako so don't beat yourself up about it. Use that anger to motivate yourself to solve this murder. Let's get the justice Mako deserves."

Samuru looked up to Umeko and nodded. Now with a goal in mind, he stood up and readied himself for his investigation. He turned to Asuka and said, "Sorry for being a burden. Roxanne, let's do this!"

Asuka was happy to see her friend back to his normal state. He was fully energized to start the search for clues. The two were about to get out of the cart when Nao stopped them.

"Roxanne, wait! I need to ask you something."

Roxanne turned to Nao and asked, "Sure, what is it?"

"What were you doing this whole time?" Nao asked.

"You want my testimony?"

"Yes! It would be helpful to know what the people who weren't with us doing." Nao explained.

"Well, I saw you guys before you entered Monokumaland. As I was about to enter the cafeteria, I saw Mako and Samuru follow you guys. After that, I just stayed with Norio the whole time. I was awake most of the time but I would occasionally fall in and out of sleep because of the medicine I am taking for my migraine. It was a long time before the announcement rang. Monokuma fetched us afterward." Asuka said.


Fact #7: Asuka's Testimony

Asuka saw Nao's group enter the Monokumaland first, followed by Mako and Samuru. After that, she entered the cafeteria and stayed there with Norio.


"Thank you so much, Roxanne! That is really helpful!" Umeko said.

Asuka smiled. Nao and Umeko were about to go back to searching for clues when Asuka remembered something.

"Wait, I don't know if this will be helpful but we both went to the clinic to get me medicine. Norio and I saw the visitor counter saying there were seven of you already in there."


Fact #8: Visitor Counter

According to Asuka, there were seven students inside Monokumaland before the murder announcement rang.


"That might come in handy in the trial. Thanks for the info!" Nao said.

"Sure! We better get going! There is not much time left." Asuka said.

Asuka and Samuru left the cart and Nao and Umeko continued searching for clues inside the cart. Umeko looked below the seats while Nao tried to assess the condition of the cart. It did not take a long time for Umeko to find something.

"Hey, look what I found!" Umeko showed Nao a long grey metal tube with a circular digital timer sticking to its side.

"What is that?" Nao asked.

"Let's see…" Umeko turned the tube upside down and saw a label. "It is a sleeping gas bomb. Wait, if this has a label, maybe this timer also has a label."

Eventually, Umeko found a small text inscribed on the timer. "Universal timer… Haven't we heard that before?"


Fact #9: Sleeping Gas Bomb and Universal Timer

A sleeping gas bomb with a universal timer was found inside the cart where Mako was found.


Nao tried to remember where he first heard of it. I feel like Monokuma told us something like this before. Thinking Monokuma might know where this came from, Nao called him. "Monokuma! Come out! I have a question for you!"

All of a sudden, Monokuma was right behind the pair.

"What do the lovebirds need from me?" Monokuma asked.

The two turned around. "Monokuma, can you please tell us what this universal timer is and where we could get one."

"Sheesh! Is that all? Weren't you listening to my tour? The universal timer is a device you can attach to anything to make it operate at a certain time. You can get one in the Isle of Games. Seriously, I thought it was something important! You interrupted me preparing for the trial. How am I going to look camera-ready for the trial now?" Monokuma answered. Immediately, Monokuma disappeared.

"I guess we now know where we are going next." Umeko said.

Camera-ready?

After that, the two went out of the cart. Suddenly, Umeko stopped Nao. "Nao, wait! There is something on the bottom of your shoe!"

Nao looked at his shoe and saw a piece of paper with a message written on it. He took it off his shoe and read it out loud. "Meet me at the Eye in the Sky cart #1 at 1:00 pm. Don't say a single word until I start talking. From Samuru…"


Fact #4: Secret Note(REVISED)

Samuru received a note telling him to meet Mako at the Eye in the Sky cart #1 at 1 pm and to not talk before Mako did. Another note was found inside the cart with the same message but this one says it came from Samuru.


"We should ask Samuru about this later." Nao said.

The two continued with their search when something caught Nao's attention. Nao stopped and went to the trash can near the Ferris wheel. Nao immediately picked up a mask and a piece of paper from the bin. Nao looked for any label to identify what they were. Quickly, he found a label.

"Sleeping gas mask and a secret map of the Underbelly…"


Fact #10: Sleeping Gas Mask

A sleeping gas mask was found inside a bin near the Eye in the Sky.


Fact #11: Secret Map

A secret map of the Underbelly was found inside a bin near the Eye in the Sky.


"We should get going. After visiting the Isle of Games, let's take a look at this map." Nao threw the mask back inside the bin while he gave Umeko the map to keep it. Umeko pressed a button to call for a train. Immediately, a train came and took them to the Isle of Games. The two got off the train and went to the games. A particular stall caught their attention.

"Look! Someone played here." Umeko pointed out. The stall that offered them pictures for a motive has its wheel of different sets of pictures crossed out.

"There are three panels crossed out." Nao said.

Nao saw panel "8", "3+5", and "Jackpot" crossed out.

"Someone won the jackpot?" Umeko asked.


Fact #12: Missing Photos

Three sets of photos have been already won. These are "8", "3+5", and "Jackpot".


"It looks there are at least three people who have motives to kill. I wonder what these photos really are." Nao said.

Umeko worriedly looked at Nao. "What are you planning to do?"

"I need to see one photo to understand how these photos can drive someone to commit a murder." Nao answered.

"Okay, but there is no one managing the stall." Umeko said.

Suddenly, Monokuma appeared. "Hello! Are you here to play?"

"What are you doing here? I thought you were preparing for the trial." Umeko said.

"Well, I was but I heard someone wants to play so I came here as soon as possible. Do you have any problem with that darling?" Monokuma answered.

Nao took a deep breath and said, "I want to play."

"Splendid! Take a shotgun and hit all three targets. That is all you have to do to win your very own photo!" Monokuma instructed.

Nao positioned himself in front of one of the shotguns. He took a deep breath and grabbed one of the shotguns. Carefully, he aimed at the first target. Slowly, he pulled the trigger and successfully hit it.

"Yes! Good job Nao!" Umeko cheered.

He moved on to the next target. Steadily, he aimed and fired. Just like the first one, he successfully hit the target.

"One more left! You can do it!" Umeko continued to cheer.

Nao, with only one target left to hit, started to feel nervous. His hands were trembling. Calm yourself. You need to get this! You can do this! As he was aiming, his finger slipped triggering the gun to shoot. Nao knew the bullet would not hit the target. Goddammit!

All of a sudden, Monokuma jumped, grabbed the bullet, and threw it at the target.

What just happened?

"Congratulations! You won yourself a photo!" Monokuma announced.

"What did you just do?" Nao asked.

"I helped you win! No rule says I can't interfere with your games." Monokuma said.

"B-b-but…" Nao stuttered.


Fact #13: Monokuma's Interference

Monokuma can help players win the games in the Isle of Games.


"Spin the wheel!" Monokuma pointed at the wheel.

I guess I will just take the photo and get this over with.

Nao spun the wheel. The wheel kept spinning and spinning. After a few seconds, the wheel was slowing down until it stopped. The panel that landed on the arrow was "14".

"Ughhh! That is a boring photo! You are extremely unlucky to get that one!" Monokuma said.

"Just give me the photo already!" Nao demanded.

"Fine! Sheesh! I even helped you win this and I did not even get a thank you." Monokuma mumbled as he searched for the photos. After a few seconds, Monokuma gave the photo to Nao.

"Thanks!" Nao said.

"Finally, someone thanked me! You are the only one who said thank you to me after winning a photo." After that, Monokuma disappeared.

Nao and Umeko were left with a polaroid-like photo. The two looked at the photo and saw who was in it.

"Isn't this Reyes?" Umeko asked.

"It is her…" Nao answered.

The two were looking at a photo of Reyes stabbing two people with swords in the neck while blankly staring at them.

"This is gross!" Umeko said.

"How did Monokuma get a picture like this? This must be photoshopped, right?" Nao said.

"I know what a photoshopped pic looks like thanks to my field of work. That is all real." Umeko said.

"But… Reyes… Why? How?" Nao could not come up with any clear sentences. The photo was too much for him.

If this is a "boring" picture for Monokuma, what kind of photos does he think are okay?

After this, Nao asked Umeko to bring out the map. "Let's take a look at the map."

Umeko brought out the map and opened it. Nao and Umeko read it together. Immediately, Nao noticed something.

"The Underbelly is not a maze like we thought it was. Each door has a certain path that leads to an exit. This means every one of us took a different path." Nao said.

"But, how come we were able to experience similar parts like the school shooting scene?" Umeko asked.

"I think we should ask Monokuma about that during the trial." Nao said.


Fact #14: The Underbelly

The Underbelly is not a maze. Each of its doors leads a different path. No path is similar.


The two continued looking at the map. Umeko immediately pointed out something.

"Look, each path has a secret path that leads to another exit. But according to this map, it is a secret exit." Umeko said.


Fact #15: Secret Exit

Every path in the Underbelly leads to a secret exit.


"The Underbelly has a secret exit?" Nao said.

"It says here." Umeko said.

"This murder seems all over the place. I guess we should check that one out next." Nao suggested.

"But how are we going to get there?" Umeko asked.

"Let's just ask Train Conductor Monokuma to bring us there. It is the only thing we could do other than reenter the Underbelly." Nao said.

"Let's just hope he will bring us there." Umeko said.

Nao pressed the button to call a train. Immediately, a train arrived. Nao quickly went to Monokuma and showed the map. He pointed at the secret exit and said, "Can you bring us here?"

"Of course! Hop on! It will only take two and a half minutes to get there!" Monokuma said.

The two quickly went in and waited until they arrive at the secret exit. The two were shocked to find out the place was real. "There really is a secret exit." Nao said.

The two looked around and saw marks of green slime. "Aren't these the same slime on Mako's back and Samuru's hand?" Nao said.

"Yes but how did this get here?" Umeko asked.

"I think we should follow the trail." Nao suggested.

The two followed the trail. As they were following the trail, they ended up in front of ten different doors that lead to different parts of the sewer that had green slime. Nao checked the map to see which path would have access to one of these doors.

"Eri took this door right?" Nao asked.

"That is the one she took." Umeko answered.

"This is Hana's then?" Nao asked.

"Yes…" Umeko answered.

"This is going to be harder than I thought. Everyone had access to this path." Nao said.


Fact #16: Trail of Green Slime

The trail of green slime was found at the secret exit of The Underbelly. The trail leads to all of the paths of everyone who entered it.


"What are we going to do now?" Umeko asked.

"Let's go back to the entrance of Monokumaland. I don't think we will be able to find anything else here." Nao answered.

The two went back to the secret exit and called for another train. They rode it to the entrance of Monokumaland. As they arrived, they immediately searched for anything. However, there was nothing out of place. The two sat down for a while and discussed what they got so far.

"What we have right now is information about Mako, Samuru, the Underbelly, and items from the Isle of Games. I still feel like we are missing something to connect everything." Nao said.

"What do you think are we still missing?" Umeko asked.

"I am not sure." Nao said.

After that, Nao looked at everything there is around them. Chairs, pots, bins, tables, tracks…

Suddenly, Nao had an idea. He stood and quickly looked for the map of the whole place. He rushed towards it and observed the tracks. Umeko quickly followed.

"Did you think of something?" Umeko asked.

"I think what we are missing is this."


Fact #17: Time of Travel

A trip from the entrance to any attraction and vice versa takes five minutes. A trip from one attraction to another other than the Isle of Games also takes five minutes. A trip from one attraction to the Isle of Games and vice versa takes two and a half minutes.


While they were observing the map, Norio and Hana showed up. They got off the train and went straight to the pair.

"Hi guys! How is your investigation going?" Hana asked.

"It is fine. I just feel like we are still missing a few clues." Nao answered.

"You are not alone with that. Can I ask both of you a question?" Norio asked.

"Go ahead!" Umeko answered.

"How long did each one of you take to get out of that maze?" Norio asked.

"Eri got out under 17 minutes. I got out after 20 minutes. I was followed by Takashiro. He went out after 28 minutes. Hana took 33 minutes while Umeko took 39 minutes to get out." Nao answered.


Fact #18: Players' Timeframe

Eri got out after 17 minutes

Nao got out after 20 minutes

Takashiro got out after 28 minutes

Hana got out after 33 minutes

Umeko got out after 39 minutes


"I actually have questions for you too." Nao said.

"What is it?" Norio asked.

"Is it true you spent the whole afternoon with Roxanne and there were seven of us in here before you entered?" Nao asked.

"Yes, I was stuck with Roxanne the whole time. When we went to the clinic, we saw 7 on the visitor counter."


Fact #19: Norio's Testimony

He was with Asuka the whole afternoon.


Fact #8: Visitor Counter(REVISED)

According to Asuka and Norio, there were seven students inside Monokumaland before the murder announcement rang.


After that, Monokuma rang another announcement. "Investigation period is over! Get your asses in the gymnasium now!"

"I guess it is time for another trial." Hana said.

The four waited for the others to come to the entrance. Once they were complete, they all started walking to the gymnasium. While they were walking, Eri tugged Umeko.

"Uhmmm…" Eri mumbled.

"What is it?" Umeko asked.

"Can you come with me to the comfort room?" Eri asked.

"Sure, let's go." Umeko answered.

She turned to Nao and told her about Eri's request. The two broke off from the group. The other six stood in the middle of the gymnasium waiting for Eri and Umeko to come back. While they were waiting, Norio approached Nao.

"How many clues do you have?" Norio straightforwardly asked.

"Umeko and I have nineteen. What about you and Hana?" Nao asked.

"We only got thirteen." Norio answered.

Nao was surprised by this.

"Why so few?" Nao asked.

"Unlike you guys, I was not here. I am not entirely sure what happened so it limited my ability to search for clues. I thought Hana would be of help but she was as clueless as me." Norio explained.

"What do you want me to do now?" Nao asked.

"Can I take a look of your clues and I will let you take a look of mine. I think you might have missed some clues that we have. I need to know as many clued as possible to do this trial properly." Norio answered.

Nao immediately showed Norio his clues.

"Thank you! That was enlightening. Here is mine." Norio showed his clues.

Nao immediately saw one clue he did not have.


Fact #20: The Underbelly Guide

When a student enters The Underbelly and fails to get out under thirty minutes, Monokuma fetches them and guides them to the exit.


"Thank you! I found one I did not have." Nao said.

"Good, I already have two people in mind. I will find out who the killer depending on what happens during the trial. We need to do this Nao with no mercy." Norio told him.

"Of course! That is what I intend to do." Nao answered.

After that, Umeko and Eri entered the room. Suddenly, Monokuma appeared. "Are you twerps ready for the fourth trial?"


That is it for now!

With these clues, who do you think killed Mako? Why do you think they killed them? How did they do it?

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Anyway, that is it for now!

Good luck to all of us!