I don't know how long it took me to fully comprehend the reality of what I was looking at. I tried to supress my screaming, but it surged out of me like water from a spring gushing out of the ground.

Togami on the other hand…

"Most unusual, don't you think…?" He asked. Totally calm as if he was watching this all unfold in front of a TV screen. "Look. Chihiro's corpse has been suspended somehow. And something's been written on the wall in blood… "Bloodlust"? Such a brutal way to kill someone… No, this is beyond brutal. Wouldn't you agree?"

"They killed her. How could it not be brutal?" I replied.

"No, that's not my point." Togami continued. "This murder is far too bizarre for any everyday amateur to have committed it. Unlike with Maizono, this murder was not a crime of passion or necessity/ It's almost as if whoever did this did it for fun/ You see what I mean, don't you?"

"…What?" Was all I could say. My head was swimming. I was still reeling. To confused to understand what he was trying to say. And before I could even begin to clear my head…

"Hey, I heard screaming!" Ishimaru's voice called. "Did something-?"

He then screamed as well. "Chihiro!?"

Ding dong, ding dong

Monokuma then came on the monitor. "A body has been discovered!" He said. Way too gleeful about what happened. "After a certain amount of time, which you may use however you like, the class trial will begin!"

"What the hell was that…?" I asked after the monitor turned off.

"Ah, that's right. You were unconscious during Maizono's, so you don't know about it. What you just heard was the body discovery announcement. Apparently, when three or more people discover a body, an announcement plays to let everyone know. I imagine so that the search for the culprit can proceed fairly for everyone involved."

Proceed… Fairly?

"The body discovery announcement!?" Gasped Ishimaru. "Then Chihiro really is…?"

"Dead? Yes." Togami stated.

Ishimaru began stammering. Togami sighed. "Before you start screaming your head off, go round everyone up. It seems another game has begun. Another life-or-death game to uncover a killer…"

Ishimaru bolted out of the locker room. As everyone made their way to the scene, it felt as if no time at all passed. It was like my sense of time had just… Taken wing and flown away.

When I finally came back to myself, I saw everyone had the same look of confusion, fear, and anger. We all just stood there. Gathered around Chihiro's body.

"Damn…" Sakura cursed. "I couldn't keep her safe…!"

"So there's another victim…" Mused Ishimaru with tears in his eyes.

"Which means we are now in the same position once again." Said Celeste.

"Fuck, man… What the fuck is this?!" Mondo panicked.

"It's a dream… This is a dream! It's all just a dream!" Worried Yamada. "In fact, I haven't even been born yet! I don't have any memory of ever being alive!"

Yamada screamed and Celeste sighed. "Shut up."

I glanced behind Chihiro's body and saw the blood-written message. Kirigiri noticed me. "I don't think it's any kind of dying message. It's just too… Strange…"

"But you know… That thing about writing "Bloodlust" in blood…" Ishimaru pondered. "Doesn't it seem kinda familiar?"

A murderous fiend who kills again and again using a bizarre and brutal method where at the scene of each crime, the word "Bloodlust" was left at each murder scene, written in the victim's own blood…

Could it be…?!

"Genocide Jack!" Exclaimed Hagakure.

Genocide Jack… The "Murderous fiend" whose grisly attacks were famous all across the country. The Ultimate Murderous Fiend responsible for creating a reputation of abnormal and downright cruel killings.

"Then this is… Some copycat killer trying to imitate Genocide Jack's "Style"?" Asahina asked nervously. "But… Why would anyone do that?"

"Perhaps… It's the work of the real Genocide Jack." Assumed Togami.

"The real…?" Gasped Hagakure. "Wait, are you saying Genocide Jack is here in the school!?"

"Th-There's no way…!" Asahina worried.

"But going so far as to write bloodlust at the scene… I am surprised at their stupidity…" Pondered Celeste.

"I can't imagine a worse situation than dealing with a stupid murderer…" Said Sakura.

Suddenly, Asahina gasped. "What is it now!?" Screamed Yamada.

"Fukawa!" She exclaimed. Pointing towards the entrance to the girl's locker room.

Fukawa was the last to arrive, and now she was just standing there. Staring at Chihiro's corpse. "Nnnnnno… Wh-Why…? Why…?"

Before we could say anything, Fukawa screamed before falling the ground. "She fainted!" Gasped Hagakure. "That did not sound good!"

"F-Fukawa!" Asahina exclaimed before rushing over to the collapsed Ultimate Writing Prodigy and trying to shake her awake. "Fukawa, are you okay!? Come on, wake up!"

"Oh, that's right." Said Yamada. "I just remembered what she said about how she faints anytime she sees blood."

"So she is hemophobic?" Asked Celeste. "I imagine she does not watch too many horror films, then."

"This isn't a violation of the rules, right?" Hagakure worried. "I mean, technically she passed out somewhere besides her room."

"No, I think it should be okay. The regulations prohibit sleeping. Like, on purpose." I explained.

"Ahh, so since she didn't faint on purpose, it doesn't count? Gotcha." Said Hagakure.

"Fukawa, can you hear me!?" Asahina shouted. "Hey, you gotta wake up!"

And as if she heard her, Fukawa suddenly shot awake. As in she literally jumped up from where she was laying. It was such a strange reaction; I was at a total loss for words. She leapt straight up into the air. Changing her stance as she did. In no time flat, she was just… Standing up.

Ignoring the physical contortions she had to go through, her motions were totally haphazard.

"Sorry about that. I was so shocked, ya know? It happens, right? Was I the only one?" She spoke in a slurred ramble.

"F-Fukawa? Are you… Okay?" I asked.

"I'm fine, I'm fine!" She said before chuckling.

Fukawa then noticed the body. "Whoa is that a dead body!? Hey! Are you dead?!" She shouted before chuckling some more.

"She musta hit her head real hard when she fainted…" Said Hagakure.