Danganronpa the Twilight of AutumnSprings Academy
Chapter 6: The Dusk of Hope Deadly LIFE
I reawakened, but not where I anticipated myself to be…. But in front of the Computer Laboraroty… What would I be doing here? If I did… would I see Kokoro Typing away a storm….? When everyone was alive? Their spirits un holstered by the monochromatic chains wrapped around our necks? Collars that would keep up trapped and bound blindly in an apocalyptic hell?
I bust down the door. Everyone it's a dream I wanted to tell myself. But my four eyes were never deceived. Empty… hollow… The scent of paint still smelled fresh… Our final destinations… forever intertwined here. Where will all of this end?
"HAYATE"
Day 21 Time 1AM
"HAYATE! AWAKEN! Customized Program Tool: Awakening Potion!"
A solution of fluid rushed through my body and feeling as if I have slept pleasantly I my eyes opened
"Hayate!"
"Alive…wait what happened?" I slurred groggily from what I my feels as if it was an apparent week long coma ending
We watched as Hikaru was brutally executed by Monobunny and we were deleted? And I remember being in some purgatory. But now e are here in the dinning hall?"
"We were teleported here, to the previous save file that this location was in…"
Junko with a glowing ivory light belt over her jeans. Junko's hair had black high lights and even Kazuki who randomly obtained a polychromatic eye that changes color.. The rest of us were confused beyond reason. Junko smiled softly but arrogantly
"Seeing as though you're confused I should first FINSIH my introduction that I didn't get to finish. I guess I will apologize for almost killing all of you..SO I am Junko Hiasagawa. The Ultimate Tools Programmer!"
"The ultimate WHAT!?"
"I-I thought Monobunny transformed into a magician and poofed your memory away?" asked the surprised Naomi.
"SHUT THE HELL UP AND LET ME FINISH!" Junko bellowed angrily summoning a ceiling of swords that were levitating above trying to coerce us into silence while exerting her dominance and talent. After being defenseless for the past three week this was a given.
"My talent is the Ultimate Tools Programmer. I am the one who gives gaming companies tools for their electronics programs. But I have updated the programs to where I can make simulate realistic virtual reality items that would trick the brain into thinking that they are real." Junko said
Her aura burst into a winter snow ivory and her name and talent enveloped the room "I was desperately trying to figure out about Hayate psychic powers and also the mystery behind the killing game. However thanks to a sociopathic rabbit, the plan lagged on and as a result I lost relevant information and memories connected to my talent"
"And perhaps you'll give an explanation to my almighty eye of chromatic superiority?"Asked Kazuki
"You were a prototype. If my supreme analyzation tool proves correctly, the mastermind whoever the hell they are erased any memories of you and Keiko. This was to see if the amnesia beam was correct. And apparently anything relevant to the main topic was also erase so once your memory of Keiko fully returned so did whatever happened to your eye." Answered Junko bluntly
"So in otherwords….we're in a video game!?" Yuri asked but Junko before Yuri had the chance to finish her question… straightened out her arms forwards. Balling her first, her fist transformed into rocket gauntlets, launched off her hand and pummeled Yuri to a pulp
"Are you fucking intellectually lamed!? DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A WORK OF FICTION TO YOU!?" Snapped Junko
"Junko, just because you finally remember your talent, it does not give you the authority to beat up people so like please remain chill and kindly cool your jets…" Shiori scolded calmly to Junko
"ANY way back to the save file… program. This program returns the game back to past save file records. I believe that Hikaru sent us back by transmitting my talent code to me during her execution…. So I believe that this is Day 0… texture profile. Which means the format of the academy should revert back to how it was initially before being edited by Monobunny. However, It will slowly revert back to the present format. So there is one room all of us need to check."
"The headmasters room!" Yuri screamed
"Correct" Junko praised petting Yuri on the head like a pet. "Now lets get moving before its too late" Everyone one of us ran to the head masters office.
"Now, it should be unlocked but I think that Hayate should enter first"
"Hold it, why are we forcing Hayate to enter and not Kazuki. The Headmaster's office could be sabotaged and Kazuki is an invincible meat plushie!" said Yuri
"Hmph," Scoffed Kazuki ignoring Yuri annoying and thorny words.
"Because Hayate is the only one left that is remotely reliable in investigations" stated Junko plainly as if it was common sense. Besides the fact that obviously I am just a device at this point to everyone, boringly I enter the headmasters Office
A globe…. Desk, a map of the entire school. Bookshelves and counter shelves are things that I was expecting to find in the headmaster's office. It looked at if the room wasn't touched for weeks. If this was supposed to be Monobunny's hideout, I was definitely not convinced. At least until I looked at the ceiling
Hanging down was a thin skeleton… I suppose it's a display of the human anatomy…. But it was hanging and light bulbs were connected in the eye sockets and through the ribs and towards the legs. Each joint was tied by a string. Fortunately not guitar strings otherwise Takuma's body would come to mind.
"everyone its clear" I said to them and immediately as they stepped inside the Headmasters office.
*ding dong ding dong*
"A body has been bun bun discovered. After a certain amount of time, the class trial will begin!
"….huh?"
No freaking way…..no…this is actually… and completely impossible. There were only 16 of us to begin with and we saw 10 of our friend's corpses. There are only 6 of us left… Why is it that the body discovery announcement playing?"
"HEY JUNKO WHAT THE FLIP IS GOING ON!?"
"I would politely like to know this as well, my y-"
"Forget everything else, this is ballistic…. We need to hide
"Well played…." Wryly and sarcastically commented Kazuki
"The…coding should have effected the texture only, which means that this is an actual dead body, existing for weeks….."
"Bun bun buns"
A rabbit black hole appeared, and hopping out of it was the nefarious Monobunny
"BUNNY BUNS! Hi friends. Sorry about that… It was a mistake on my part…." Apologized Monobunny with blatant fake sincerity
"Enough bull shit Monobunny! What is going on? My Debug should have brought the academy to its original formatting!"
"Ummm unfortunately you right" admitted Monobunny while blushing nervously. "But it is… beside I want all of you to have fun one final time before all of you are executed"
"Executed!?" We screamed all at once
"Yep Junko, you see using your particular E-Planner Ability comes with a price"
"What price!?"
"By Hikaru activating debug…which essentially grants you your talent's editing programs. It will automatically end the killing game. By deleting everyone within the next 60 minutes… But because all of you fought so hard, I will delay your deletion til I summon all of you to the trial grounds. Where wih tradition I will execute you all at once!"
"How about a wager if I may"
All of us turned and seen who was talking. It was… Kazuki… with his right eye now a goldenrod hue
"what wager, Mr Thespian?"
"A wager in which if we can discover who you are..and the mystery behind this killing game…That you'll cancel our deletion…"
"And why the buns would I even dream of doing that? I'm the headmaster and youre the students! And beside this was supposed to be a fun game and Everyone is convicted that this game is not fun…bun buns so give me ine good reason"
"because the body discovery announcement broadcast only when three or more people dsicover a body for the first time! So its apparent that someone has been killed and if one of us is the killer, we're suppose to have a class trial, and if youre suggesting that we should not have one or even if its an accident, then you are suggesting that the culprit is someone outside of us,rather YOU. And if you dare violate the rules, then this killing game would end because at this point it would be a slaughter!" I yelled "SO ALLOW US ONE FINAL INVESTIGATION OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DELETED ALOONG WITH US MONOBUNNY!"
For almost a minute monobunny for once had become silent, deliberating upon the effects and balances of the rules he bestowed upon Much to his frustration, even he could not find a rule that would protect him, finally he was corned.
"UGH FINE! Whatever!"
"Wait so we are going to finish this?"
"Hayate, are you sure? This could be a trap"
"If you don't let this kid grow some courage," Junko began before being forcibly interrupted by Monobunny
"As After fore mentioned, I have generously decided to accept Kazuki and Hayate's requests to prove the validity of my honor! Now you guys have one hour. Don't fail me buddies
Even while we have in in a deadlock, cornered and somewhat at the edge of our mercy he still smugly and sarcastically refers to us as friends? I although see malevolence in his voice, but it became clear to me that his words are though deceptive… He never really has show an essence of lies when he refers to us as friends. I am beginning to wonder, what is really going on here? Monobunny exited by opening up a black hole and diving in it.. but before he left he dropped an ID card.
"We don't have time to question things anymore…" I said and looking at it.. he dropped multiple cards…. One for each of us except for Yuri and Naomi. We looked at them and then realized all at once "Because these cards that he dropped…"
"They are ID cards. The data lines written down suggest these unlock every door in the campus….. which indicates"
A static and date codes starts cracking through reality and pixels… walls of pixilation and networks forming and fire walls literally appearing. What ever is happening.. I turn to Junko who instantly replies with an explanation
"Damn bastard must have installed a malware in my E-Planner Ability what a sadistic coward!"
"No complaining Data Junkie!"
"Data Junkie!?"
"Yep cuz this explain why you are a knowledge hoarder cuz you are a Data Junkie!" Yuri joyously " NOW LETS GET THIS OVER WITH AND BEAT THE MASTERMIND!" Yuri ordered!
"Ohhh is that a digital butterfly canera! I will make Monobunny jackets out of his deleted data as a trophy! Bye bye bros and Shiori Best bro!" Naomi waved as she scampered off
"Sigh, well I will trust you all… to find evidence before we gang bang the hell out that mono monster! Peace out Nonfictional Ally Characters" Shiori said
"Is the rehearsal is finished, I shall take my leave to study for the final performance" Said Kazuki before vanishing down the hallway
"Hayate. The data is accelerating now to format of the campus during our third day here… the day of Kokoro's death… " Junko pulled out a block of ice with a clock on it, and crushed it "But now I froze the formatting so we can discover what the other floors were like before Monobunny's corruption. So only the first floor has been altered but the rest should be new area…now I will be staying up here…. I'm guessing that Naomi will be on the first floor, Yuri most definitely will be on the fourth. Shiori may go to the second floor and Kazuki on the third floor… So we should be able to assist each other…"
"Its time for the final time
(FINAL INVESTIGATION TIME MODE)
A clock timer appeared in my sight… This must be the timer before the investigation ends… Convenient… I'm shocked that this body is here.. But who could have been killed? The original headmaster perhaps? I have no way of knowing anymore. However.. the body looks decomposed to the maximum, but the flesh fat and guts… are not here… could this mean that whoever disposed of the body knew how to erase the essence of the victim was? Only Kazue and Monobunny as well as the Ultimate Gamemaster could access the routes, but Kazue is dead and has an actual alibi… plus the culprit if was Kazue would not have been forced to commit murder after failing and I would think that Kazue after admittingto be the traitor would not have lied at that point before dying. And no monobunny file… But he always give us one as soon as a murder is committed…. Or did he… ? [No Monobunny File] was added as a truth bullet. As well as [Routes towards the uppers floors]
I looked at the room. And I could see that the body was tied by yarn… which is weird… why would yarn be tied on the body.. looking closely… I could see dried blood on most of the strings…but it did not have a bloody smell and was flakey… Weird…. I also added [Bloody strings] as a truth bullet. I am a little surprised there is no blood but if blood was stained before the campus was modified, would that mean….[Headmasters Room Before Mod] became a truth bullet.
"Hayate, finally you're becoming useful… So you better not be a complete waste of time" Junko said
"Junko, you lost your memories and so did Kazuki…..right?"
"I only lost memories that were connected to my talent… and Kazuki lost memories of Keiko…"
"Do you think that we could have lost our memories?" I asked
"Anything is possible but a theory without proof is insufficient." Said Junko
"But do you happen to remember the traits that Jurou exhibited? He was switching back and forth from a gloomy yet sophisticated manner to his wild self but was more twisted and more sadistic… He even mentioned that we just met… and talked as of he knew you… isn't that weird"
"Hmmm" Junko said while almost deep in thought "Well here is what I suggest. Rather than going over superficial memories, find hard facts." She said shutting me down but not out of rudeness…but because she looked deeply conflicted and confused. [Jurou's account prior to death] was added to my truth bullet collection. But nothing looks out of norm for now…
Like Junko said, I need firmer evidence… I left the fifth floor and went to the fourth. The fourth floor seemed to have look almost the same..except that the weaponry was not there… In that room was a….blacksmith or workshop space to build things… I do not see anything too relevant. However… I did see a bunch of plastic pieces on the table, some paint, and a hammer… and also an iron 10 foot long iron wire… why would that be here? I added [Hammer], [Iron Wire] and [suspicious plastic pieces] as truth bullets.
I leave but then I bumped ino Yuri "OUCH HAYATE!"
"Sorry Yuri are you alright?"
"I'll forgive you… but hey guess what I found in the chemistry lab?"
"Chemestry lab?" I asked
"Oh right.. before the remodel check this out.. the class room4B and the chem lab are two different things.. but chem lab… look at this"
Yuri dragged me all of the way to the Chem lab and inside…"Huh? Yuri what is this?"
It was a black and white room…chemicals of all kind…..but more important… There were hundreds of chambers…. And incubators. It was all so surreal.. and inside was a bunch of cameras and read…
"Secret room to monitor the entire campus…." So this room was actually… the mastermind's lair before being reformatted. Which means ….." [Chem Lab before reformatting] Was added to my truth bullets. Finally I think we saw was a blueprint
"Hmm whats this? Oh it's a blueprint of the..campus… wait this looks exactly like the entire campus map now!" Yuri panicked
"Huh… So the mastermind planned exactly but wait… on the fourth floor… there are Classrooms 4A and 4B, the Chemistry Lab.., the weight room, weaponry, and the restrooms… so that indicates the the chem lab is in the Autumn Springs Academy that we are in!" [Autumn Springs Academy V2 blueprints] truth bullet wer added into my blue prints.
But that was not all.. but there was a list….
"Student Registry Current year
Class Omega Omega GRADUTAED
Class Alpha Omega GRADUATED
Class Beta Omega GRADUATED
Class Gamma Omega UNKNOWN"
Class Omega, Alpha, Beta, and GAMMA OMEGA? Isnt Gamma Omega the virus that Kazue mentioned…What is all of this? It's a class resgeistry but GAMMA OMEGA is the only one is unknown.
And in the photo underneath Gamma Omega was a picture of all of us!? We seemed Happy and friendly toward one another…
[Class Registry] Was added to my truth bullets.
"Well this is rather interesting but what do you think this means Hayate?" Yuri asked me
I had a small gut feeling about this… But I know that something is up here…But what is it..? Its on the tip of my tongue… "I think that I have an idea, but first I need to collect something…." I said
"Well, becareful Hayate… I hope that we will survive all of this…" Yuri said to me worried obviously.
"Someone with such sanguine spirit, is the full moon glow amidst the evil darkness" I said "You better not give up Yuri… Because we would be dead with out you"
"WELL SHUCKS! BYE!" I ran to the 3rd floor to check and see what clues that I could collect….
The third floor was weird…. Everything was the same minus the obvious spa…..in the garden… I checked to see something…. But in the garden… there were blood stains… like the weaponry… but there was also something here… a note …..which read
"Insanity Cheat Code: Year of Virus…. Maximize Cheat Code: Add in the original Alpha and Omega Docx"
A cheat code…why is that in the garden? Year of Virus….? And Maximize…..Original Alpha Omega? Is this a reference to the year? [Cheat Code Note] and [Garden Before Remodel} were now my truth bullets.
"Foolish boy! Why are you dancing among the wretched gardens!?" Kazuki's voice gravitated my aura of confidence
"To perhaps understand Jurou and to look for?"
"the bible that brainwashed the moss brained imbecile?" Kazuki replied predicting my next words and then handed me the booklet
"this bible although in English I see a Y and a horse shoe? Its on the backcover of the bible Monobunny gave him?"
[Monobunny Bible] was now a truth bullet added to my queue
"Suddenly my mind pulsated violently and a vison popped in my mind…. And It was me…. With Kokoro… Suddenly, I see.. A dropped…key and someone saying "YOU!?"
"AHHHHHHH" I screamed
"Hayate, what was that vison!?" Kazuki questioned
"I…I need to go to the first floor…" I said, but Kazuki stopped me
"Do not ever mock my authority… as the leading role, I'm entitled to know whatever troubles befall the understudy!"
I explained to him my vision. I was not really surprised by Kazuki's vanity and arrogance but his very odd way of expressing empathy or sympathy…..
""Come with me" Kazuki commanded forcing me down to the second floor's master library
"The Master Library?" I asked why are we here? The second floor really is the only floor that remains unchanged. With the exception of the Gatling Gun being gone above the locker rooms. Shiori was inside reading book…but exchange a look of suspicion with Kazuki.
"Read this Hayate…"
"The Gamma Omega Virus…..a virus that would often slowly drive its victims insane… Discovered by the ultimate Medic before they succumbed to the virus and committed suicide. It has four stages.. Stage one… the victim would experience unexplained mood swings… Stage two..victim would act out their worst vice…. Stage three victim would go mentally insane…changing their personality and stage four where their madness was full circle would become aroused and have orgasms…about suicide..eventually killing themselves…..We never seem a survivor of the virus… but one patient who would also be diagnosed with the virus but did not have symptoms of the virus while supposedly 15 students, died of the illness first.."
[Gamma Omega Medical Booklet] was added into my truth bullets….
"This Academy is crazier than I suspected" Shiori admitted "Why were we assigned here if all of this shit was going down!?"
"Simply…this was likely a trap held by the headmaster which is the mastermind"
"THAT'S STUPID!" Shiori yelled "because the headmaster is not even alive!"
"Huh!?"
"After the 15 students the headmaster was murdered….found cut up and cooked into sushi and covered in blood… People were able to tell because the headmaster had lavender eyes…and pink hair…"
Shiori said with a squeamish look on her face as she talked
"Well… if the head master is dead, we have to check…
The first floor. Where all of the sinning began… I walked to the computer lab and then I saw what I didn't expect. A room key more specifically… Kokoro's room key and then…..blood on the door… But the blood on the door knob was more like a hand print of someone covered in blood rather than blood from some one walking through it…. [Bloody Handprint] and [Kokoro's room key was added tp my truth bullets
"Thid cant be..what the hell is happening?" I said to myself… I then wanted to check one more thing… what does the outside world look like… I ran to the classroom on the second floor… Hoping that there was some reason for all of this. And there were two things…. One was a kind of attendance board with Monobunny's insignia. "People inside the Academy for the game!" It listed everyone's name.. ONLY 16 students
I decided to head back downstairs… and then frozen in shock was….Yuri
"Yuri! How the hell did you get down here!?"
"Nevermind Hayate! I found the bad guy!"
"Where are…" I began but Yuri dragged me off back toward the dorms…then we spotted something
"Huh?"
"They KILLED NAOMI!" Yuri squalled mournfully
Yuri pulled out a card…It was Naomi..but on it…was…..
"There is blood on the card?" I asked
"Yeah I just found it on the floor of the hallway…the side of it…was blood stained!"
"How can you even spot such a thing?"
"Duh Hayate" Smugly chided Yuri "With my supreme, 20/20 optimal vision googles, with these googles..I a can see almost anything in perfect vision. They are also how I saw through the darkness during the black out that I caused…"
(Naomi's ID) was added as one of my truth bullets
"But now we have to go to the gym!" Yuri commanded…
We both ran to the gymnasium. Once we arrived there. Was just the gym.. it did not look any differently than normal anyway
"Naomi,whats…happening in the gym world?" I could not sense…wait..I felt some form of disturbance….I felt a vibration sound coming from the basketball rim. Seeing a basketball knowing that I could not do anything athletic like Shiori, Takuma, Jurou, Taichi and Junko. Taking Aim at the throat of the basketball net, struck it with the basketball and then
SHOOMM
A trap hole appeared underneath me and Yuri and we fell through or rathe…we slid through
"AHHHHHHH"
"OUCH!" I stood up… and then I realized.. We were in a basement. It was dusty and mechanical.. And inside was… Monobunny. He was dead and inactive. Yuri was shocked.
"Mononbunny but why is he here?"
Yuri: I think that this area is a bug. Something that existed before the actual game began but because its connected to the gym.. I assume that this area was built sometime recently… But more importantly.."
Yuri pointed to a sprialling staircase that she ran up to. I chased after her… utni L I could smell the acrid stench of chemical flowing up my nostrils.
"Ugh, what is this wretched smell"
"It's the chemistry lab Hayate. I was playing around this area and suddenly I found the staircase down to the basement. It seems that this area is connected to the bottom floor.
(Basement Floor), (Trap Door), (Monobunny), and(Staircase) Were added to my truth bullets
*DING DONG DING DONG*
"Bun buns attention friends its now time for the grand finale… the bunny amazing final class trial!"
Everyone was mute…. ALL six of us wlaked to the elevator where dawn and dusk intertwined. We all knew what must be done… to unmask the mastermind and finally end this killing game so that we can escape this school
"This place really is hell" I said
"WE are going to kick that insolent rabbit in the ass and fuck this place up, GOT IT?" Junko said
"Don't worry Vampire, we will gang drain that creep!"
"You got it go, lets strangle him with a yoyo"
"Moe, we finally made it far, please be with us…"
"And now, peasants, time to beginning our group applause with the glamourous destruction of this academy
We all took our seats….the trial grounds looked different the floors were tiled black and white squares… And at last begins
Looking at Hikaru's death portrait being a caution skull and bone cross with a 404 electric symbol on the corners….
I clenched my eyes shut.. everyone was surrounding me…even the silhouette of the other victim… I' ll never ever..forgive the mastermind…but I don't have to slave myself… I am loved..but this madness… We will end this game once and for all…..
Monobunny glared us down silently. He is ready for us…. And ready for….
The final showdown of hope and despair