Danganronpa the Twilight of Autumn Springs Academy Chapter 4
Star Crossed Lovers in Reverse DEADLY LIFE
No words could express the amount of resentment Shiori felt..that was rational...but…
"What do you mean revenge!?" I asked perplexed and frustrated..
"Bitch I did not think... I REALLY did not think Kazuki was correct but I cant believe it... he was right! Wasn't HE!? And I was about to take a lance for you!"
"Wait! You have all of this wrong! I didnt kill anyone!" I protested there is no way I could have killed Taichi
"Where is you fucking proof!?" Shiori bellowed
"What the fucking...HELLLL!?"
Kazue came inside what I presume to be the Weaponry.. Now that I am thinking about it, WHY is a weaponry is even inside of a school institution? Kazue was followed by
"Taichi!? In the realm!?" Junko gasped
"NNNOOOOOO NOT MY COOL FRIEND!" Naomi cried covering her mouth looking pale
"The Anti Virus Surveillance Program was deleted!?" Hikaru shrieked
"This is rather peculiar" Kazuki mused quietly , right hand grasping his mouth softly..
And finally
"This is fucking psychotic! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!?" Yuri slowly exclaimed
"BOOOONNNNSSS!?" Monobunny hopped from nowhere smiling gleefully
Monobunny appeared clapping excitably "HHAHAHHAHAHAHA I CANT BELIEVE IT BUN BUNS! Someone ACTUALLY killed that knightmare of a moonbunnny head! Bon bons! I'm so happy!"
"Well at the least we know who the hell did this!" Yuri said in relief with her arms crossed while rolling her eyes.. "The traitor and that boy.. Hayate Takenaka!"
First Shiori now...YURI!?
"Hold it YuYu, we dont know dat yet!" Kazue tried to warn Yuri
"Like whatever!" Yuri laughed haughtily
"Well Monobunnny can you confirm if the motive has been satisfied? Did the traitor murder someone?" Junko inquired
"Well I cant really say..buns buddies, all I can say is that Taichi is not the traitor.. Now with all of that said, I will hand you the Monobunny file!"
Monobunny compared to normal was quiet and instead hand me and everyone the monobunny file number 4... The Victim's name is Taichi Washichi the Ultimate Knight. The cause of death is unknown. The time is estimated at least after morning time possibly before being discovered at 12:30pm. The victim seemed to have not suffered from an instant death...
"As Taichi has fallen, I shall be the one who guards the body along with Shiori"
Kazuki stated giving surprise and receiving an incredulous look from Shiroi as Kazuki said something irreverent. Kazuki shook his head repulsed and quite alarmed.
"YOU of all people-"
"Before you finish I suggest you be grateful for my kindness. Considering that you have no alibi I should exile you from the crime scene. However after analyzing the probability of evacuating you from your friend's side would cause likely more problems than I consider a waste of time, I shall permit you guarding the body. ALSO I am among the ones with an alibi as I stated earlier."
Kazue punched the iron door of the weaponry room.
"DANG IT TO HELL!" Kazue roared
Junko walked smoothly to Kazue and wrench slapped her across the face "GET A FRICKING GRIP WOMAN!"
"YEAH!" Naomi agreed " Taiyo would not want peoples going loco.. we need to work together or...something..."
Kazue the one who seriously hated Naomi saying yoyo...Hearing her soundd mature for once, I could sense a genuine warmth and reassurance from the smile for Naomi…
"Well I'm going to check the fourth floor! I'm sure there will be clues somewhere there!" Yuri excitingly zapped, and in electrifying speed zoomed out of the weaponry.
"Time limit is decreeasing.. Preparations for software and hardware thorough analysis begin."
beeped mechanically the monotone and robotic Hikaru... but I could promise that her aura and vibe was darker and melancholic than normal.. before walking out of the weaponry after the zesty Yuri.
With only a few people left I shook my head. Whoever killed Taichi... Must have been powerful... But there is literally no one stronger than Taichi. Junko, Kazue, and even SHIORI couldnt really match Taichi without weapon expertise. Kazuki could have been able to match Taichi but Kazuki lacks stamina unlike Taichi which brings us back to suspects being zero except me, Yuri and Shiori... But we really as I mentioned are very weaker than him. After all he was the Ultimate Knight. So how in the realm did he get killed? And especially with the vivid dying smile on his face... It almost looked..Creepy.
I need to clear my name and figure out what is with this case.. In fact how did Taichi die if he was sick...in his room? How did he reach the room...? Well for the sake of him and do end this hatred once and for all I shall destroy this cycle of insanity.
My eyes flashed gold for a second and the words
INVESTIGATION MODE ACTIVATE!
Appeared.
I reviewed the monobunny file number #4. "The victim's name is Taichi Washichi. The cause of death is unknown. and the time of death was between 7:00AM and 12:30PM. He did not indicate dying an instant death. " This is interesting.. Taichi did not die instantly.. So he must have been alive for a bit before dying.. and his death... we were all in the dining hall so me, Naomi, Kazue, Kazuki, Junko and Hikaru have alibis... Yuri went to the restroom and Shiori had to leave to go check on Taichi. But both of them were gone for an extended period of time…
"Monobunny File 4" truth bulleted was loaded into my E-Planner. I ran to Shiori who was guarding the body.. Her eyes dilated and crossed her arms in defiance.
"Hayate Takenaka, I have NOTHING to say to you except that I would not have expected you to go this route! Taichi treated you like his pupil.. And then you offed him? Maybe thats why that numskull was smiling... Proud of you..."
"Shiori I understand that you do not believe me but I did not kill him!"
"Well, like...hmm..." Shiori shifted back to her contemplative personality "Well if you did not kill him... I guess I'll ask why the hell did you poison the food of an Ultimate Gangster Leader!?"
"Poison?"
"Like after I had that gnarly and radical american cuisine that I must admit was delicious, I left to go check Taichi's room. He was not there.. I went to try and go to the fourth floor to search for Taichi, but my stomach cramped and I had to...go to the woman's restroom on the second floor. I was trapped in the toilet for some time... Then the black out happened and instantly knew there was a problem. I hurried out the restroom and ran upstairs. It was pitch black and I bumped into someone with eye wear of somekind.. but whoever it was, knocked me down.. and I got lost.. Shortly after the lights turned on and I saw a faint trail of blood that led to the weaponry and then,, huh?"
Shiori looked back at Taichi corpse, bent down to his left side and looks at the side and Shiori closed her muth with her hands.
"Oh my...you monster!" Shiori without warning punched me in the throat.. Everyone who was in the weaponry staggered, in a mentally alarmed state.
"Everyone check this out!"
"What the blazing hell is that!?" Kazue flared She bent down as well to she was Shiori was talking about and I looked as well.. And
"Its a dying message!? It says...Haya...WHAT!?"
Kazue rational switched flipped out of control. among with the death of Taichi I immediately become the prime suspect!? How in the world is that…
"Haya in otherwords, Hayate!" Scowled Shiori…
Kazuki glared harshly at me... Its strange.. he looked as if he was repulsed at the accusation itself more than the fact that I could be culpable for murder…
Kazuki aside, I would not have had time to kill Taichi... When I left to check on the fourth floor, he was already dead.. The body discovery announcement should have been able to prove that. But I need to think back... Taichi was still sick so he never went to the dinning hall at all. When I went to the dinning halll Everyone was already there... We hanged out for a bit before I was ordered by Shiori to make lunch Yuri then suggested to make hamburgers on the table.. Kazue went to start cooking in the kitchen and closed the door. Shiori and Yuri later left the dinning hall. At probably around 12:15 the black out happened and we heard some muffled laughter.. and then I was told to go to the fourth floor.. While trying to feel my way around, I heard Shiori bump into someone, and then I made it to the Weaponry. The lights turned back on, and then I discovered Taichi's body. Which mean from when the body was discovered Kazuki, Yuri, Kazue, Hikaru, Junko, and Naomi were in the dinning hall while I was upstairs, but Shiori was gone to th second floor restroom while Yuri was in a restroom. Perhaps the culprit spiked the food somehow?
[Shiori's Account], [Everyone's location during the black out], [Dying Message], [The Black Out] Truth Bullets were loaded into my E-Planner.
Now, its time for me to examine the crime scene. Taichi was sitting down in a throne... The dying message was to the left side of the throne. But on the right side was a small crater... I checked his finger tips. His left index finger was bloody. Also.. on his neck were two wounds...they did not seem to be deep and were infact shallow. I normally would have asked Shiori for information but I figured that she refused to speak with me. But I also noticed something else...Taichi's eyes were wide... and his dying face was grinning.. but blood seeped from his mouth.. While there was his...SWORD...stabbed in his chest...But the way it was stabbed the sword was wobbly not straight or sharp... Whoever stabbed him, definitely did not have any fighting expertise. That much I can say with some confidence...The handle of the weapon did not have any blood on it.. but his right hand was covered in blood... But then I saw a streak of blood and the clock... it was stabbed with a...green lance.. That was the same lance Monobunny used against Shiori... I looked closer in the weaponry... Iron barbed abd threaded ropes, blungeoning weapons, toxic grenades, axes, swords..machine guns, lasers...katanas... This looks more like an assassin's heavenly mall than a weaponry. But some weapons were familiar...titanium paintbrushes, ceramic busts, and shotgun rifles... Several tools used in executing Keiko Yukimura, Moe Moto, and Jurou Matsumoto. [Neck wounds], [Taichi's Body], [Taichi's Sword], and [Small Crater] were uploaded on my E-Planner
Everyone... I am unsure where your spirits are...and I cannot seem to detect them..Even through my prayers... But I cant let my emotions distract me... Even if I am distraught... For them I cannot surrender my life. But the Weaponry seems to be one source of Monobunny's weapons that he use for his executions. Which means wherever he is, surely its going to be on the next floor.
I checked the clock's time... Looking closely..as if my eyes were like a digital camera, I zoomed towards the numbers that the clock hands were touching... From there it was. 12:04. And the lance did not have any blood on it.
[Weaponry Secret] [Green Lance] and [Weaponry Clock] were uploaded to my E-Planner.
I believe that I have checked everything in the Weaponry... With nothing else interesting me I left to leave the room but I tripped I pick myself up from the floor. And then I noticed three things... One... a vent, a vent cover and two is a an aluminum empty unopened soda can... with a medium-small hole and two.. A pretty wide vent that a human could probably fit inside of…
[opened vent] and [Unopened Vacant Can]
"Hey what gives...?" questioned Shiori as Kazuki tossed a tissue at her that she caught with her left hand
"If you are to watch over the body you need to clean your jacket..."
I didnt need psychic powers to tell me that Shiori had no clue what he was talking about. But she looked at her jacket arm and jumped as if startled. Her left shoulder had a smudge of peachy white paint on her.. something that Shiori immediately cleaned off, puzzled from how that happened is my guess. It was clear that she didnt have that smudge on her earlier... [Smudge on Shiori Jacket] was loaded as a truth bullet. so I was ready to leave. Now first thing first exploring the fourth floor of the Academy. Since I was knocked out by Junko and barred from the fourth floor, I could not search the floor.
I walked out of the door and first went to the two class room. Classroom 4A looked like the normal class rooms but Classroom 4B was different. When I entered it, a powerful scent of chemical wafted through my nostrils. I looked at the many cabinets. There were three sections. Section A, which were dietary supplements, B full of reagents and C which startled me the most... Chemicals and poisons. All of the substances were organized in alphabetical order. and would be a clear indicator that they were organized. One bottle was in the wrong spot... Under the Z slot under section C was a poison called Cross 4 Poison. Why would a bottle of poison marked starting with C would be in the Z lettered chemicals? and I read the label..
"A long lasting toxic poison. when spread on an object the substance becomes clear. It takes a few hours to come into effect but will cause gradual and excruciating pain to the victim. To speed the effects of the poison, the poison must enter the blood through the jugular. The poison causes the victims eyes to cry and vomit blood upon death"
But the jugular...that means... Taichi...was he stabbed or poisoned to death? Poisom suddenly made me think back to Kokoro.. But Hopefully this should be a big clue…
[Chemistry Lab], and [Cross 4 Poison] were added to my truth bullets…
My eyes then became focused to a bunch of chain fragments all over the floor... They were kind of colorful...yet slightly bloodied but then I found another bottle that was shattered and on the ground... Gas... but most of the bottle was shattered similar to the chains almost...
[Broken chains] and [gas] Were added as truth bullets and loaded in my E-Planner
Opening the door I immediately thought back to the other events that took place... Shiori's...Diarrhea... and Yuri's disappearance. I cant check the womens restroom.. but I however can go to the dinning hall. I was walking down the stairwell when I noticed something... Small strains of green hair... on the floor as if someone hair was falling out or shedding..
the [Green Hair Strains] truth bullet loaded into my e planner.
I decided to find the weight room... when I went to the weight room... It looked like a normal workout gym... but nothing seemed as if anyone was in the room. I turned around and then on a wall next to the fourth floor restrooms were the breakers...and the breakers were not altered... did how did the lights turn on then!?
I added [Weight room] and [breakers] truth bullets
I ran to the Dinning hall where I bumped into Naomi who was pouting to herself. What was she doing here?
"Naomi what are you doing here" I asked nicely
"This is not right! Shiori thinks that I killed Taichi and I am going to prove her wrong!" Naomi yelled
"Because of the berries, right?"
"YES! Why is it that she is angry at me when Taichi was the one who told me to get those berries!"
"But the berries that you got him..were poisonous..right?"
"Well But he told me toooooo~"
"Are you sure? He said blackberries not venom nightshade!"
"OF COURSE! ME AND YURI WERE HELD HOSTAGE BY JUROU AND FORCED TO LEARN EVERY PLANT IN THE GARDEN! He said those type of berries HAYATE YO!" Naomi snapped visibly offended.
Naomi were a lot of things, but she was not lying or mistaken...I added the [Naomi's Account] truth bullets. I then checked the salt shaker.. the container at first did not look awkward... up until I checked the salt itself... The salt grains looked a slight tan color... and it felt slightly lighter... I added the [Salt Shaker] truth bullet and then I remembered when I entered the dinning hall… I was not the first person to arrive… Meaning anyone could have tampered with the food before I entered the dinning hall. To my astonishment a truth bulllet titled
[Hayate's Account] loaded in my E-Planner
"DING DONG DING DONG, DONG DING DING DONG!"
"Bun buns buns booooonnnsss! Its time every bunny buddies! for the class trial! Please make your way to the elevator so we can begin our fourth class trial!"
A nauseating feeling conusmed my stomach... Taichi... who killed you...? Me and Naomi walked to the elevatpr..
By the time we reached the twilight zone... Everyone was here... Shiori sized both me and Naomi ruthlessly... Junko and Hikaru were typing on their E-Planner until I showed up. Junko walked to my right rolling her eyes... Kazuki faced me and smirked. Yuri was alone in the corner giving a darkening and ill look towards everyone including myself...and Kazue... Kazue just simply stood with her arms crossed
Monobunny appeared "Bun bun buns! I'm soooo happy buddies! Wow the fourth trials and so many of our friends died with ssmiles on their beautiful faces but none saved for that TAICHI!"
Shiori's eyes turned bloody red and shivered in rage but she closed her eyes... trying to prevent herself from dying via Monobunny
"YOU SICK LITTLE BASTARD!" I shouted How can he just sit there and insult Taichi like this "HE DIED HOW CAN YOU BE A WIMPY LITTLE COWARD AND PROVOKE US KNOWING We DIE IF WE TRY to HARM YOU!?"
"Bun buns... Hayate..Language please..." Said warningly Monobunny waving his left paw
"Shut the hell up Hayate!" Junko said threateningly
"AWWW THANKS JUNKO FOR PROTECTING ME LIKE YOUR WHITE GOLD RICHES!"
Junko as if she forgot what she told me lunged at Monobunny until Hikaru pulled out her taser and electrocuted her
"Neutralize malfunction. Berserk Virus sucessfully deleted from motherboard" Hikaru said "Our objective is to eradicate the blackening virus as well as traitor during class security computer hardware scan... obsolete programs such as ourselve cannot delete the Monochrome virus..YET"
Monobunny jumped "Well if thats the situation then I shall be awaiting you all down stairs!" Monobunny laughed one final time before teleporting to the courtroom.
After he left me and Junko calmed down... but Yuri scoffed at us...
"Aww trying to get yourself like totally killef because you arent smart enough to deduce you are the killers!? Like LOL!"
Shiori andKazue's eyes widened "Hold it Yuri. I believe that Hayate is the blackened but what is with your arrogance?"
"Oh im like OMG sorry! I didnt mean to strike your guilty conscious!" Yuri smiled widely while bubbly yelling this to Shiori Kaxuki's smirked instantly turned to scowl
"I would applaud your competitiveness were it not be for your artless tongue and tone little girl..." Kazuki countered
"well unfortunately for you lame-O's I have to drink the lie from your bloods until you are executed!."
Everyone was mute... glaring at eachother with hostility. We went down and down...until finally it stopped
Everyone took their seats... and we all looked at our fallen friend's portraits... Takuma's were two dollar symbols in the form of a cross, Hoshi's was an X as if it was made from a type writer, Jurou's was an X made of an axe and a rose vine... and x out again with claw marks, and Taichi's were two swords... and the trial grounds were different... With a four suits... a black spade, green clovers, blue diamonds and a red heart. which was unlike the catholic theme of the third class trial
Monobunny then jumped in joy "only 8 left... that almost half of you! I hoped that you like the X's this time... now if everyone is ready..."
Taichi Washichi the Ultimate Knight. He was noble, crazy, agresssive, hedonistic, and erratically organized but nonetheless a kind person. Most if not all of us were friends with him... Especially the late Jurou and Shiori.
One of us
struck him down
with a pained laughter of dignity towards his killer
a lot think its me...
but I know I am innocent
togther the sun and moon align
were despair and hope meet
and to commence this class trial