Kicks is awoken by the sound of the morning announcement. His head was still hurting after all that's happened. Kicks hadn't seen this much death since The Incident.

Today, Kicks wanted to find out more about the Despair Villagers and the history of Nook Inc and its sister company Redd Corp. The library had some useful stuff.

On the way to the library, Kicks runs into Cherry.

"Good Morning Kicks," Cherry said.

"Morning Cherry," Kicks said.

"How are you holding up?" Cherry asked.

"I could be better. We all could." Kicks said. "I was actually on my way to the library to do something"

"Cool, can I join? I've got nothing better to do other than mourn my dead friends" Cherry said.

"Sure thing. It's better that we stay together" Kicks said.

At the library, Kicks went through that shelf and he and Hana investigated while setting up the traps. He finds an extra file labelled "Nook Inc's Smash Bros Expansion Getaway"

"Hey Cherry, check this out" Kicks said. Cherry runs up to him and Kicks shows her the file.

"Nook Inc's Smash Bros Expansion Getaway?" Cherry said. Kicks opens the files and reads the contents inside:

"On December 7th, 2018, the worst tragedy ever took place in the annual Smash Bros Tournament. Nook Incorporated hijacked the tournament and forced all the fighters to murder each other in order to escape. The only survivor was Sonic the Hedgehog, the Ultimate Speedster, who was shortly taken into the custody of Nook Inc. He was never seen again"

"Crikey" Kicks said. "It also says that shortly after the tragedy, Nook Inc advertised a brand new package called the Super Smash Bros Expansion Getaway, which was actually a trap to spread the killing game even more. To other video game universes. These killing games took place in every video game verse. From Doom to Final Fantasy, to Zelda to Mario. The very last Nook Inc killing game took place in the Sonic Universe. It's unknown who survived and who died"

"That's insane," Cherry said. "They were so determined to spread despair that they went to every single video game universe beyond the ones in Smash Bros"

"And it's a shame they succeed," Kicks said. The two of them suddenly hear a scream.

"Tiffany?" Cherry said. The two of them ran out of the library, stopping their tracks in the hallway when they saw:

Ribbot, torn apart and leaking oil.

"Did they really have to kill the robot, bunyip?" Snake said.

Ding Dong Dong Ding

"A body has been discovered," Timmy said through the intercoms. "Looks like the killing game continues"

--6 ISLANDERS REMAIN--

Victim: Ribbot, the Ultimate Robot

Cause of death: Fried circuits

Found: Hallway

"I don't get it," Snake said. "I thought enough people died for the killing game to be over"

"You don't suppose that the mastermind was the one that killed Ribbot?" Cherry said.

"No doubt about it. Maybe if we expose the mastermind in this trial, the killing game will finally be over. But…" Kicks said. "...what will we do once this is over?"

"What do you mean?" Cherry asked.

"What will be of us once this killing game is over? Will we go back to our normal lives after this is over? What about the outside world? We know how it is after the Tragedy, but how much of it will have changed?" Kicks said.

"Well, we won't know until we get there," Snake said. "And as long as we have hope, we will end this killing game. And then we can go get some TATER TOTS"

"Tater tots?" Kicks asked.

"I miss my mom's cooking," Snake said.