Chapter 4: Truth of the Trap

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I saw nothing but darkness.

"You're such a bad girl" a voice said, "Trying to change the plot of story."

I recognized that voice, it was Junko...a distorted Junko.

"It's okay" the voice said, "Even if you're acting strange, the show is an utter hit."

Right, I'm in Dangaronpa V3, which broke the fourth wall.

"Perhaps it because you're not actually Miu Iruma?" the voice said, "You know, like an Isekai? Reborn into this world to change certain outcomes?"

What? Why would 'Junko' ask that? Unless...no, I refuse to believe that.

"No matter, you will face endless despair just the same" the voice laughed, "More so than you can image."

The voice laughed manically in to the distance.

Then I woke up.

"What a bizarre dream" I mumbled.

"Miu?" Kaede said, "Why were you sleeping in the library?"

"What?" I blinked, "I said it already, I was going to pull an all nighter to build these piece of shit contraptions."

"So...you wasted the night?" Kaede gave me a puzzled look.

"No you piano freak" I rebuked, "They will do the job, but using disposable cameras is ass. Clunky AF!"

"Sorry I'm late" Shuichi interjected.

"Fashionably so" I joked, "Here's the cameras for the trap."

"Ah...thanks" Shuichi whispered, "I suppose we can set one each."

"Before that, I have something to show you" I remarked, "I used this drone in my bag to map out the library's layout. We can use this to determine the best setup."

"I see" Shuichi as he began to exam the floor plan, "By the way...I was thinking about something...about the murder weapon."

"Go on" I waved.

"So I discovered that my lab opened up and it contains many various poisons and stuff" Shuichi gulped, "And I was thinking that we might use those instead of a shot put."

Huh? That doesn't make sense. Shuichi's lab isn't supposed to open up until chapter 4.

"How do you suppose we administer the poison?" I asked, "A dart mechanism? Sounds like something that would be spotted."

"I...didn't think about that" Shuichi admitted. I sigh before pointing to a particular object on the layout.

"Ah, the vent" Kaede exclaimed, "It's connected to the classroom above."

"Yeah, I discovered that too" I said.

"...I think I know a perfect trap" Kaede spoke up, "How about we arrange the books in a manner that allows a shot put to travel down a path to the mastermind's head?"

"So like a Rude Goldberg machine?" Shuichi said.

"Exactly" Kaede replied, "It should have enough weight and momentum to do the job."

"I agree" I partially lied.

"But how would we get the mastermind to the correct position?" Shuichi asked.

"By getting them to notice one of the cameras?" I said, "A sudden flash would get their attention."

"Oh, you're probably right" Kaede snapped, "Being caught on camera would alert them and they would likely scrambled to remove the evidence."

"And then wham, the shot put drops on their head" I demonstrated.

"One problem" Shuichi interjected, "How do we know when to trigger the death trap? We could be in the wrong place once the sensors go off."

That...was a good point. I should've seen this flaw in making sure Rantaro would be in position for the kill: the lack of the second motive.

Without it, there would be no reason for Rantaro to approach the library...nor bizarre announcement to mask the shot put ball.

Rise and Shine, Ursine

"What?" the three of us gasped.

"So it appears that no murder has occurred yet, much to daddy's frustration" Monotaro spoke up.

"Yeah you bastards are boring as hell, I can't even rock out to someone's doom!" Monokid interjected.

"If..If nobody dies, daddy will do something dramatic" Monophanie whined.

"You idiots have until 10pm this evening to kill someone, if you don't you will all die by an army of dads" Monosuke grumbled.

"..." was all Monodam said.

So Long, Bear Well

Horror flashed on our faces.

"We don't have a lot of time to setup the trap" I gasped. "We need to hurry." And hurry we did, taking a few hours to set everything up. When we were done, it was approximately 8: 30pm.

"Whew, all done" Shuichi breathed as he laid out the final book, "We should probably get some quick dinner and wait in the classroom."

"Yeah, there isn't much time left" Kaede said, "Something tells me the mastermind will certainly use that hidden entrance soon, given the time left."

"To unleash the army of Monokumas?" I suggested.

"Yeah, something like that" Kaede answered.

"I think we should get going" Shuichi answered.

"You go on, I still have a few things to do" I said. They looked at each other before nodding and leaving the library.

With the camera traps armed, I left the library and head to the A/V room.

"Now to fix this broken piece of junk" I whistled to myself as I placed my bag down next to the sliding door. This was my plan. I was to going relax in the A/V room until I spotted Rantaro heading through the side door. As Gonta would be the only one in the room, I would easily be able to dismiss myself through a fixed door. Once Shuichi's shot put missed Rantaro, I would deliver the final blow.

Simple and done.

But almost 25 minutes passed and the door still wouldn't budge.

"For fuck's sake" I screamed, "I used do to maintenance on doors all the time in my past life, how can this shitty sliding door be such a pain in the ass?!" With a huff, I decide to retrieve some more tools from my lab.

But on my way up, I run into an unexpected face.

"Gonta...what are you doing here?" I asked.

"Gonta walk back and forth, Gonta really upset at situation" Gonta frowned.

"Yeah, it's really rough" I bite my lip.

"Gonta was mad at you at the other day" Gonta admitted, "But...Miu has not killed anyone...that make Gonta feel better."

"I would never murder anyone" I lied, "Murder is wrong...this killing game is wrong."

"Gonta agree" Gonta shook his head, "But Gonta can't get announcement out of head."

"Have you tried reading a book?" I spontaneously said, "I read to distract my mind sometimes."

"Gonta not smart...Gonta can't read well" Gonta frowned.

"There's some easy reading in the back of the library" I recall, "Quite a few bug-centric fictions."

"Oh, Gonta love bugs" Gonta smiled, "Maybe Gonta read a small book to refocus mind."

"Alright, enjoy yourself" I smiled before walking passed him. It took a minute or so to realize my mistake.

Shit!

I scramble back down the stairs in hopes to stop Gonta, just as the announcement went off. Breathing hard, I kick open the library's front door.

Too late.

Gonta noticed the flash from the camera and had went to inspect it, but now was staring at me in confusion.

Wham!

And then by unfortunate circumstance, Gonta was in the right position for the shot put to land squarely on his head, killing him.

Nononononono...this isn't how the story is supposed to go.

Everything I planned is ruined, the story is screwed up.

And...And...Shuichi is the blackened.

I fell to my knees and slammed my first into the floor.

"This is fucking bullshit!" I screamed in agony. And if on cue, Shuichi, Kaede, Rantaro, and Tenko ran into library.

A body has been discovered, please meet in the library

A/N: An unspoken fact, but Miu is in real deep shit.