This one may be a slight rehash of a canon class trial cause of the factors involved, but anyways, here we go!
The Fifth Trial
*CLASS TRIAL: IN SESSION*
Monocrow: Well then everyone, you should know what to do at this point. Debate, argue, find culprit, summarize, then vote.
'This trial room is a whole lot bigger this time, was the trial room always this big?'
Yoruko: Wait a second, where's Mikado?
Hibiki: Yeah, he should be here by now.
Monocrow: Well allow me to be honest. Due to the mysterious circumstances regarding this case, it would seem that neither of them are around. So for this trial, I declare that we proceed with solving the murder without them!
Setsuka: But that contradicts the rule that says that everyone must participate in a class trial.
Monocrow: True indeed, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't prepare for anything that might exploit those rules, unlike a certain someone who tried to do that.
Yoruko: Hey! Leave Owen alone, stupid bird.
Monocrow: Oh look, it's a hostess, I wonder how much money she's made.
Yoruko: What did you just say?!
Kokoro: Everyone, ignore him. He has to be feeling confident, because Mikado isn't here.
Emma: I suppose we'll have to start this trial with the unknown factors looming around us.
Hibiki: Well, why should be begin anyway?
Yoruko: Yeah, it obviously has to be Mikado.
Kokoro: It's far too early to assume that. We haven't even worked out if Yuki is the victim.
Owen: Before we can find out the culprit, we need to know who the victim is. Or we'll never be able to solve this case and our lives will be lost.
Setsuka: Alright, Ro-Ro, if you think that's best.
'Some of them seem convinced that it's Mikado who killed Yuki, but I'm not so sure...'
*NON-STOP DEBATE*
Emma: Let's go back to when the monocruise was sunk by Mikado.
Yoruko: And then our harem boyfriend had to play hero by getting himself hurt.
Kokoro: That's not what you should be focusing on.
Hibiki: We then had no choice but to let Mikado have Yuki, thanks to the stupid bird.
Monocrow: ...
Yoruko: So despite how mysterious it all is, there's no evidence that suggests Mikado was attacked.
NO, THAT'S WRONG!
*BREAK*
Owen: Wait a minute, Yoruko, there is evidence that suggests he was attacked.
Yoruko: Really? How come?
Owen: His cape was found stuffed near the frozen food products, right, Setsuka?
Setsuka: Oh yeah, I found it stuffed among the frozen food.
Owen: I pulled it out and noticed that there were two bullet holes.
Hibiki: Bullet holes?
Owen: Remember what Yuki said in his message?
Kokoro: Yes, he said he had a gun so he can protect himself from Mikado, so he must've fired two shots at Mikado.
Yoruko: But what about the bullet hole you mentioned at the crime scene?
'The crime scene, she must mean 'that' evidence...I CAN PROVE IT WITH THIS!'
Owen: Do you mean the red tie that was underneath the rubble?
Yoruko: Yeah, maybe Mikado had either another gun, or he used his magic to take the gun away from Yuki.
Owen: Oh, that thought didn't occur to me.
Yoruko: Which means that no matter how you look at it, Mikado has to be the killer.
Hibiki: Yeah, that has to be right.
Emma: What about his plan for reviving Utsuro?
Yoruko: Doesn't matter, cause if Yuki was killed, then he's gone and thrown away his whole plan.
Setsuka: So then, Crow, can you get Mikado to show up?
Monocrow: Well, I wasn't able to look for him, because I busy building the alternate route to this trial room. It's not like I can say 'Hey, culprit, that's your cue!', and expect them to turn up just like that!
Suddenly, we heard a faint stomp and then, the trial doors opened and in came a walking bipedal robot and it landed on Yuki's podium.
Owen: What the heck?!
Hibiki: That's it! That's the robot I was talking about!
Yoruko: Why is it here?!
?: Whoops, sorry about that. I'm still trying to get used to the controls, I didn't mean to scare you all.
Owen: Huh? Did I just hear you talk?
Setsuka: Is that Ki-Ki's voice?
Kokoro: Why are you piloting that for, Yuki?
Yuki: It's to do with the message. I didn't wanna die, so I hid inside this robot and ran away somewhere safe. But I'm back now, so what's going on with this trial?
Emma: Hold on, so the one who died wasn't Yuki, it was Mikado?
?: Fufufufu! My apologies, but I couldn't contain my laughter anymore!
The robot suddenly jumped from Yuki's podium to Mikado's podium.
Mikado: Oho! Did you really think I was dead? Not a chance!
Emma: Wait, Mikado?
Yoruko: So you're the one inside the robot, I should've known.
Owen: Is that really you in there, Mikado?
Mikado: Indeed it is, Mr. Rogers.
Owen: Then why don't you come on out and show yourself?
Mikado: Oh this is for self-defense reasons. If I came out, one of you girls would definitely kill me.
'I can see the stares from the five girls, yeah, one of them would, I fear...'
Mikado: I can understand if this all sounds complicated, then allow me to provide you with one missing evidence.
Setsuka: Missing evidence?
Mikado: Here you are, a security camera from the warehouse!
Kokoro: Security camera? From a security office?
Mikado: Actually, there was a security room behind the supermarket checkout. I'm surprised that none of you went there to look for clues.
Hibiki: So what does the camera have?
Mikado: Footage of the moment the victim died!
Owen: What?!
Mikado: Mr. Monocrow, would you mind connecting the camera to the monitor, so that we can all see what happened?
Monocrow: Very well, one moment while I set it up.
Monocrow took the camera from the robot and went behind the back of the throne chair and pulled the monitor down. He then flew back to the seat and we looked at the screen which showed security footage of Yuki who was struggling to stand as the bipedal robot walked towards him. Yuki threw a stun grenade which blinded the footage, but then we heard gunshots and explosions and the sound of something falling before we could see the footage again that showed the rubble and the blood under it.
Owen: Huh?! Yuki?!
Setsuka: Why would you...do something like that?
Emma: We may not have seen it, but the sound of gunshots and explosions...how horrific!
Mikado: I wish to add that no editing was involved. Mr. Maeda threw a stun grenade, but it had no effect against the robot I'm piloting.
Monocrow: It is true. I just checked the footage myself before playing it, and it has been not edited in any shape or form, the recording is 100% original.
Yoruko: If that's true, then we can jump straight to the conclusion. That Yuki is the one who was crushed by the rubble.
Security Footage added to truth bullets!
Hibiki: Poor Yuki, I can't believe he was killed like that.
Setsuka: Then it's already obvious. Kado is the one inside the robot.
Kokoro: You only assume that he's the one inside it. He says the footage is not edited, but we're forgetting one thing. You remember, don't you, Owen?
'Remember...oh, it's about what Emma said the other day...I GOT IT!'
Owen: Oh yeah, it's that Mikado is a manipulative lair. We found that out about him after Yuri was revealed as the blackened a while ago.
Mikado: Oho! Such a nice trip down memory lane, isn't it? But regardless of what you say, it seems that you all accept that I am inside this robot.
Owen: But then why do it? Yuki was the one key part of your plan and now he's gone, that means your plan is ruined, right?
Yoruko: Owen, I know you want us to go through the whole evidence, but why do it when we already know the obvious answer?
Owen: Hm?
Hibiki: She is right, it's so obvious that he did it.
Kokoro: You're assuming things again. Did you forget what happened last time we assumed who the culprit was?
Setsuka: Yeah, we know, Koko. But this time though, we don't need to assume because we already know who it is.
Emma: But then what was the point about telling us his plan to revive Utsuro if he was gonna kill Yuki anyway?
Mikado: Fufu, perhaps you lot should work out why yourselves, but I won't tell you.
Yoruko: There's no point in working it out, just like there's no point in having this trial either.
Owen: What do you mean?
Yoruko: Well, you should know what I mean, right? Going through this whole class trial doesn't matter when it's obvious we know who the killer is.
Monocrow: Now hold on a second, I can't let that comment stand!
Setsuka: Sheesh, who ruffled your feathers?
Mikado: Oho! Good one, Ms. Chiebukuro!
Monocrow: It bothers me when someone says that a class trial doesn't matter, it drags down the mood of the killing field trip. Besides, there are still a few unknowns surrounding this trial, correct? For example, is Mikado Sannoji really inside that robot? There you go, one unsolved mystery.
Yoruko: But we just discussed that.
Hibiki: Yeah, it has to be Mikado if the killing game is still going.
Emma: After hearing his voice, we can be sure that it is him.
Monocrow: But we also heard Yuki's voice as well, didn't we?
Yuki: Yeah, but I wouldn't trust that too much if I were you, this robot has a voice-changer installed on it.
Owen: Voice changer?
Yuki: Because of that, no one realizes that I'm pretending to be Mikado. Maybe I should stop doing that now, right?
The robot leaped from Mikado's podium to Yuki's podium.
Yuki: Don't worry everyone, I'm still here for all of you.
Hibiki: What's going on?
Yuki: Didn't you just hear, it's me. I was pretending to be Mikado and hiding in the robot, because I didn't want Monocrow to come after me for causing damage to the warehouse.
Setsuka: So is that really you, Ki-Ki?
Yoruko: Don't be easily fooled, that's still gotta be Mikado in there.
Yuki: But it really is me, Yoruko, don't you believe me?!
Yoruko: Then come on out already!
Yuki: Woah, calm down! There's a good reason why I can't, seriously, it's a lot worse than you think.
Emma: How worse could it be?
Yuki: Well, when the bullets started flying, one went through my tie but I sidestepped just in time thanks to my luck, and another caught me in the foot. It hurts a lot, so I can't stand properly, it's why I'm sitting inside this robot.
Kokoro: Is that so?
Yuki: But if you don't believe me, we can't really move on. So it's on you, Owen.
Owen: Me?
Yuki: You should explain to them why I can't be the one who's dead.
'So Yuki is alive after all? Is that really the case though...even I'm starting to get confused.'
Owen: I wanna believe, but I'll accept that if you come out of there.
Yuki: But I told you that I can't stand.
Setsuka: Then maybe it really is Ki-Ki who's inside the robot.
Yoruko: No, I refuse to believe that it's Yuki inside there.
Kokoro: She has a point, we do need to follow the evidence.
Hibiki: So we're split again, right?
Emma: Yes, we're at a disagreement somehow.
Monocrow: HOO-HOO HOLD ON!
*HOLD ON*
Monocrow: So you're at a disagreement? Then it's time for the scrum debate once again! The one inside in the robot will not participate, so hold on tight.
*SCRUM DEBATE*
Which one is dead?
Emma, Hibiki, Setsuka = It's Mikado
Owen, Yoruko, Kokoro = It's Yuki
Setsuka: My gut instinct tells me that it's gotta be Ki-Ki inside the robot.
Owen: Well until he comes out of the robot, we can't be sure of that.
Hibiki: He says he can't leave because he was shot in the foot.
Kokoro: Anyone who knows that Yuki got shot can make that claim.
Emma: Then perhaps, was it Mikado who was crushed under the rubble?
Yoruko: Did you even watch the footage?! Yuki was the one who got crushed!
Setsuka: But there was a bullet hole or two on Kado's cape.
Owen: Yuki's tie had a bullet hole as well.
Hibiki: I wanna say Yuki is alive and he defeated the mastermind, but...
Yoruko: The mastermind is still alive...inside that robot.
Emma: Why are you against Yuki being alive?
Kokoro: Because the evidence we have so far, doesn't support the claim that Yuki is alive.
THIS IS OUR ANSWER!
*BREAK*
Owen: I'm sorry girls, I know how much you want to believe Yuki is alive, it's just like how it was with me and Sora and like how it was with Yuki and Shinji. But the evidence we have so far doesn't support what you wish to believe.
Kokoro: Correct, we can't allow ourselves to be blinded by nothing except pure faith, especially when the evidence says otherwise.
Emma: Alright...if you believe that's true, then we'll accept it as well.
Setsuka: Then Kado should stop playing with us and get to his own podium.
Yuki: Hehehe, I guess I messed with you all too much.
The robot then jumped back to Mikado's podium.
Mikado: My apologies, but it would seem that my act was seen right through.
Hibiki: What a cheap act!
Yoruko: You really are an asshole!
Owen: Now that we know for sure, let's get back to discussing the evidence.
Yoruko: What other evidence is there?
Owen: Well, there's a reason why I left the supermarket for a short while.
Emma: Oh yes, where did you go to?
'I know that answer, because I saw something that wasn't packed away...'
S-N-I-P-E-R R-I-F-L-E
Owen: I went to the gun store to check for clues, and I found a sniper rifle that wasn't packed away inside the case that came with it.
Yoruko: A sniper rifle? But why?
Kokoro: I think the who is more important the why.
Hibiki: The Who? What kind of band name is that?
Owen: But I can't tell for certain when that happened, because the time of death is unknown. But because Mikado and Yuki were not present, and that Yuki he said he went there first before going to the warehouse, it has to be one of us who must've left the hotel to visit the store.
Setsuka: YOU'RE MISSING THE CUE!
*ARGUE*
Setsuka: Hold on a second, that's a heck of a leap to make, Ro-Ro.
Owen: A heck of a leap? You mean I'm wrong?
Setsuka: Yeah, but it looks like you don't even know why that is, so let me make this right. Haha...
'I get the feeling there's something she knows...did something happen with her before the murder?'
*REBUTTAL SHOWDOWN*
Setsuka: We know Ki-Ki was taken by Kado...
...and we allowed that to happen.
But did you forget the message from last night?
He said he had a gun...
...so why would he need another one?
*ADVANCE*
Owen: You're right, Yuki did say he was gonna protect himself and that he had a gun. But how do you know it wasn't a sniper rifle, when I haven't even asked for your alibi?
Setsuka: Because handguns look easy enough to use, right?
Shin had one in the last trial...
...so Ki-Ki must've used one as well.
And why ask for my alibi, when we don't even know the time of death?
But if you wanna know, I didn't go anywhere last night!
I'LL CUT YOUR ARGUMENT IN TWO!
*BREAK*
Owen: Setsuka, you're all over the place with your statement.
Setsuka: I'm all over the place?
Owen: You say you didn't go anywhere last night, but that's wrong, someone saw you leave your hotel room.
Setsuka: Huh? Who did?
Kokoro: It was me, I heard footsteps from outside when I was near the front door, so I opened it and spotted you going to the elevator.
Setsuka: Oh umm...th-there's a good reason for that.
Emma: Setsuka, why are you hesitating?
Mikado: It must be because she knows something. Something that must've happened before Mr. Maeda attacked me.
Hibiki: Suka, you can tell us anything, right?
Owen: I need a reason to believe you, Setsuka. So why did you leave the hotel room?
Setsuka: I guess I'm not a good lair...the reason why I left the hotel room...was because I went to see Ki-Ki last night.
Yoruko: What?!
Emma: But what for?
Setsuka: It was last night, it was shortly after we all got that group message from Yuki. He asked for me to go visit him at the Gun store, and that I had to go alone. Of course, since Mikado has captured him, I was scared that Mikado would come and attack me or something.
Mikado: And you should be scared, I can appear anywhere and anytime.
Kokoro: You can just ignore him.
Mikado: Fufufu...how rude!
Setsuka: Ki-Ki also asked me to promise not to tell anyone, unless something happened to him, that's why I hesitated a little. Anyways, I met up with him inside the gun store and he asked if I could give him some help in putting a sniper rifle together. Obviously, I don't have experience in assembling weapons, so it was all new to me. But we found an instruction manual inside the case and followed that to put it together. I then gave him the sniper rifle and asked me to leave in case Kado shows up.
'So that's how it happened...that would explain the bullet holes on Mikado's cape. I should make a note of that in case we need to recap that event again.'
Setsuka's Account added to truth bullets!
Owen: I see, well, thanks to your account, we may be able to narrow down the time of death.
Yoruko: Does that mean it happened last night?
Mikado: Interesting, so that would explain why Mr. Maeda had a sniper rifle ready, when I found him in the gun store.
Kokoro: So you knew where he was?
Mikado: Well of course I did. In fact, I whisked him away to the TV Studio in the entertainment building.
Hibiki: So you and Yuki were there all day after you captured him?
Mikado: Exactly, I was about to tie him up and get everything ready, but then he suddenly bolted out of the TV studio and I gave chase. It was in the heat of the moment that I forgot to used my magic to teleport. So it took me hours to find to him before I thought I saw someone leave the gun store.
Setsuka: And that must've been me, I guess I got out of there just in time.
Owen: Then that would mean that Mikado and Yuki fought in the gun store, where and with the sniper rifle ready, he must've fired first during the confrontation and it must've caught Mikado on the back since there were two bullet holes on the cape.
Mikado: A bold leap to make, Mr. Rogers, but you are correct. Mr. Maeda shot me first, so of course I had a reason to go after him.
Kokoro: And that was where the two of you went into the warehouse and there, you shot back at Yuki after he threw the stun grenade.
Emma: If that's the case, are we able to narrow down the time of death a little more?
Owen: Well, let's try and make a timeline of the events and see if there's anything we've missed.
*NON-STOP DEBATE*
Kokoro: So to start with, Setsuka met up with Yuki at the gun store.
Hibiki: Then after Suka left, Mikado then showed up.
Emma: Yuki then shot Mikado first with the sniper rifle.
Yoruko: Then they ran from the store and over to the warehouse where Mikado got hold of the robot.
Setsuka: Then Ki-Ki used the stun grenade which blinded the security camera.
Kokoro: We heard gunshots and explosions during the blindness and then we saw a pile of rubble that crushed Yuki.
Hibiki: What about when we saw the robot leap through the hole in the ceiling?
Emma: Well, they would need something powerful to lift that robot up effortlessly, but there wasn't anything like that when we got there.
NO, THAT'S WRONG!
*BREAK*
Owen: Actually, there was something else could help boost the jump of the robot, right Yoruko?
Yoruko: Oh yeah, the nitrogen tanks made it possible, because I saw a crate of them that was opened.
Mikado: Right you are, Ms. Kabuya. The robot's leap function is only possible, if there are two nitrogen tanks installed on the back of the robot.
Emma: So now that we know that, how many minutes do you think went by...roughly?
Kokoro: I would say all of that happening would've taken at least twenty minutes.
Setsuka: I left the hotel at 9:00pm so then the time of death would have to be 9:20pm, or close enough to 9:20.
Mikado: So now that we have the cause of death and the time of death, we can go over the alibis again. Mr. Roger's favorite.
Owen: You call me going over alibis as a favorite past time? You really don't know me that well, do you?
Mikado: Of course I do, but even so, I continue to learn more about you, even though Mr. Maeda was my number one interest. If going over alibis isn't your favorite, then let's talk about you being a manwhore for all the females that you met in this virtual world. Well, the ones who are still alive at least.
Owen: ...
Yoruko: How dare you insult him like that?! Owen is a far much better man that you will ever be! YOU...FUCKING ASSHOLE!
Mikado: Oh dear, Ms. Kabuya's lost her temper. Good thing I'm inside this robot.
Yoruko: ...
Mikado: But in all seriousness, going over the alibis is pointless. All of you were there when the body discovery announcement went off and I was absent, so it's pretty obvious what you plan to do next.
Owen: So you knew we were all together when we arrived at the hanger.
Mikado: Indeed I was. So if you want me out of the way, now that my plans are ruined, why don't you go and vote already?
Kokoro: Start voting already?
Mikado: Of course, if you wanna vote for me, I won't stop you. There's nothing left for me to accomplish anymore, so let's begin voting.
Monocrow: Wait just a minute, Mikado! I'm afraid that this has gone too far! I will not allow you to overrule my authority as the teacher of the field trip! Only I say when it is right to start voting. But right now is not the right time. We haven't had the penultimate mini game and the closing argument yet!
Mikado: Who cares about that? They obviously know what the answer is...and besides, you know who the culprit is too, just like you always do!
Monocrow: Hmm?
Mikado: You should know who it is as well, since you're the teacher and everything.
Monocrow: Well...o-of course I do!
'Huh? What's with the slight hesitation? Wait a second...'
Owen: Monocrow, do you not know who it is?
Monocrow: Y-yes, I do, wh-why would you ask me that?
Emma: What's with Monocrow's change in behavior?
Yoruko: Wait, he doesn't know who it is?
Monocrow: B-b-but I do know, what do I n-not know?!
'Monocrow's getting flustered...if he doesn't know, then what does that mean about this case...ah! Wait a second...'
Owen: I got it! So that's what Mikado's real objective was!
Setsuka: What are you talking about, Ro-Ro?
Owen: I just worked something out. Mikado was trying to create a murder mystery that not even Monocrow could figure out.
Monocrow: What?!
Owen: My theory is that after capturing Yuki, he was planning to create a murder mystery that Monocrow couldn't work out. And if that turned out to be the case, then the rules of the killing field trip would be thrown out and the game itself wouldn't work anymore. All so that he can advance his plans to turn Yuki into Utsuro without Monocrow's interference.
Monocrow: And how did you reach to that conclusion?
Owen: Because that leads me to another theory. We all watched as Yuki used the stun grenade to blind the footage. During the commotion, I believe that Yuki relied on his talent by removing his tie before climbing up the robot, open the cockpit and shove Mikado out of it before getting inside and using the robot's weapons, not to attack Mikado but to attack the ceiling and crush him underneath.
Setsuka: Ro-Ro, are you skipping past the clue and going straight to who did it?
Owen: I know it sounds crazy, but I do have one evidence that proves Yuki was the one who got inside the robot while the security camera was blinded.
Mikado: ...
Hibiki: Oh, it's that one, isn't it? Is that why you think that's what happened?
Kokoro: Why didn't you tell us that earlier?
Owen: Because I wanted to be absolutely sure I had everything else right before bringing it up.
Yoruko: But that would mean...Yuki killed Mikado? But how...that can't be right!
Owen: But why? I haven't told you what it is.
Yoruko: It doesn't matter! Do you really think Yuki could do all that because of his luck! You can't prove that happened with just that!
'Then I will prove it to you, I show you what the evidence is, right now!'
*PANIC TALK ACTION*
You can't be right!
Why are you making this hard for us?
Yuki can't be the culprit!
The mastermind is here with us!
We saw the footage!
Mikado can use magic!
You have to be wrong this time!
There's no way Yuki is inside the robot!
YU-KI'S-HAND-BOOK
IT ENDS HERE!
*BREAK*
Owen: Yuki has to be the one piloting the robot, because he left his handbook behind!
Yoruko: His...handbook?
Hibiki: Yeah, I saw it on the floor and it was right where the robot originally was.
Kokoro: Then it must've fallen when he was trying to push Mikado out of the robot.
Emma: So the one inside the robot all along was...
Mikado: ...
Owen: Now that I've come this far, it's time to put an end to this trial!
Setsuka: If you think that's for the best, then okay, we'll listen.
Yoruko: I'll listen too...I'm sorry.
Owen: It's alright, we can hug it out after I summarize this complicated case from start to finish.
*CLOSING ARGUMENT*
HERE'S THE TRUTH OF THE CASE!
The journey to this challenging case all began when Monocrow gave us an emergency announcement. We were ordered to evacuate the monocruise and then moments later, Mikado pulled out a switch and the monocruise was completely destroyed and sunk into the sea, leaving us with no place to stay until were reminded of the hotel apartment in Higa City. Mikado then vowed that he will kill anyone or everyone who stands in his way, unless we give him what he wants. I tried to stand up against him, but it was no good and I got hurt for it. In the end, Monocrow ordered us to let him have the person we were protecting, how ironic that we would end up being the culprit.
When the culprit in waiting was captured by Mikado, the final phase of his ultimate plan was set to begin, he was going to have them trapped in TV studio where they suddenly rushed out of the studio and all the way to the gun store. They then sent a message to Setsuka to come over and help assemble a sniper rifle, once it was complete, Setsuka left the gun store and a few minutes later, Mikado showed up, but he was unaware that they were already armed. They shot a bullet that caught Mikado in the back, leaving a bullet hole in the cape, and then shot another one which was how the two bullets appeared on Mikado's cape.
After using the sniper rifle and with Mikado temporally down due to the gunshot wounds, they left it behind and rushed over to the supermarket warehouse where things got a little complicated. They tried to hide in the warehouse for as long as possible until Mikado finally caught up with them. He went inside the bipedal robot because of the wounds he sustained which prevented him from moving around freely. It was then that the culprit caught in the middle of the warehouse. But they had one last trick, they hid a stun grenade, threw it out and the whole place was blinded which the security camera recorded but couldn't show it.
During the blindness, Mikado fired the weapons, and a bullet strayed through a red tie which forced them to take it off. Some would say it was a miracle, but that was the culprit relying on their luck. When they got close enough, they climbed up the robot, opened up the cockpit which must've surprised Mikado, before throwing him out of there. They took over the controls of the robot and with Mikado off-balance, they aimed at the ceiling and shot at it which caused the ceiling to fall, crushing Mikado. After that, they used the leap function thanks to the nitrogen tanks and escaped through the hole in the ceiling.
Mikado was trying to create a murder mystery Monocrow couldn't figure out, just to bring his plans forward. But in a stunning turn of events, he was the one who ended up dead, killed by the culprit that he had captured. There was only one person who was able to do this and they relied on thier luck to help pull off the impossible...
...the person inside the robot...it has to be you, Yuki Maeda, the Ultimate Lucky Student!
*COMPLETE*
Owen: And that is where the truth reaches it conclusion. So then, Yuki, are you ready to come out now?
Mikado: ...
Yoruko: Yuki, please say something.
Emma: What's wrong, has Yuki gone silent?
Setsuka: Is something going on inside the robot?
'Why is he not saying anything? There's no way I can be wrong...there's no way!'
Mikado: Mr. Rogers, whilst I do praise you with your closing arguments, I'm afraid this one has led you down to the wrong path.
Owen: The wrong path...so it's not Yuki? Is it really you, Mikado?
Kokoro: I wish I could tell if he's lying or not, but being inside that robot, it's incredibly difficult to tell.
Mikado: Although it was a good try and you were at your best, it is time for you to admit that you are wrong!
Owen: But why, how can I be wrong?!
'Now I'm getting flashbacks of the first trial...not now...not like this!'
Mikado: ...
Owen: Dammit! Dammit! How could I be wrong this time? All of those statements I made, how in the world did I get it so wrong?!
Yoruko: Owen...
'I don't know what came over me, but realizing that I was wrong, it was all too much and that was when I finally broke...'
I got on my knees and looked down, in shock as my eyes were clouded, filled with tears that fell, one after the other.
Owen: I...I knew this was going to be a difficult trial. The moment once this all started, I knew! But why...why am I so wrong? Because if I am wrong, then we're all gonna be punished...and Mikado is gonna win...please, why can't you come out of the robot right now? Don't you understand, Yuki? You're one of the friends I got to know so well. It's true that I love these girls, but you've become...hic...one of my best friends...hic...in the world!
Emma: Owen...
Yoruko: Please come on out, Yuki, you're hurting everyone!
Setsuka: Ki-Ki...you have to come out!
Hibiki: Get out of there! You're our best friend!
Yuki: STOP IT! Stop everyone, that's enough!
Owen: Huh...
Yuki: I...I understand how you feel, Owen, loud and clear...it's over.
The robot then shut down and the cockpit opened to reveal...Yuki without his tie and looking sad.
Yuki: I understand if that you get this wrong, you would all be punished. I don't want that to happen to any of you, so it's alright, let's end this as a group.
He walked over to his podium and when he saw me, he offered his hand out and I got up before sharing a bro-hug.
Hibiki: Yuki!
Setsuka: So it really was you?
Yuki: I'm really sorry that I tricked you all and that I made you all upset. I promise, I'll explain why I did it. But before I do, it's time to vote.
We pulled away and I rubbed my eyes as I got myself back together.
Yuki: Alright everyone, don't get this wrong. I'm definitely the culprit, okay? I'm the one who killed Mikado!
Emma: Yuki...
Yuki: I'm so amazed, Owen. You solved a trial that was even this complicated. You really are an amazing person. I'm happy to call you my close friend.
Owen: Thanks...
Yuki: Monocrow! Let's hurry up and start voting!
Monocrow: Roger that, one voting time coming right up! Who will be chosen as the blackened? Everyone, cast your votes now!
We voted and a roulette wheel showed, the spinner stopped on Yuki's face and then confetti and coins came out...we were right and now to find out why.
*CLASS TRIAL END: ALL RISE*
Again, I wanted to do a trial like this because of V3 and how the fifth one was like a minefield.
Next time! Yuki waves goodbye and faces his execution...until something serious occurs...