"H-he's just unconscious, and the blood is mostly coming from some cuts. I-I had to remove a few shards of… I think it was glass. I also sterilized the wound since there was a bit of dirt in the wound and on Fuyuhiko's head." Mikan said as she finished wrapping Fuyuhiko's head in bandages.

"Thank you Mikan… it's a relief knowing that he's alive. It'd be awful if there were two murders." Byakuya praised as he looked at the crime scene. Everyone, sans Mahiru, Hiyoko and Nagito, (the last of whom had gone to investigate by himself, while the former two locked themselves in their rooms) had gathered in the beach house.

"How the hell did Peko get killed?! I mean, that girl was a badass, I never expected her to die…" Akane mumbled, looking at the ground.

"Yeah, seriously, and why were her and Fuyuhiko in the beach house anyway? I mean I understand Peko since she was going to the beach with you guys, but Fuyuhiko? The guy can't stand anyone here, and I highly doubt he was going for a walk or a swim." Kazuichi wondered aloud.

"That's true. For now though, we need to focus on our investigation. Mikan, do you mind if I assist you with your autopsy? Two eyes are better than one." Izuru asked, turning to the nurse, who let out a squeal of shock.

"O-of course I don't mind! It-it might be easier that way t-too, since… it's hard for me to…"

"I understand. Everyone else can investigate their own things." With Izuru's command, everyone seemed to scatter, leaving only Izuru, Mikan, Hajime, Chiaki and Kazuichi in the beach house.

INVESTIGATION

Hajime opened up the Monokuma file, which pulled up a picture of Peko, along with her information.

The victim is Peko Pekoyama, the estimated time of death is around 3:00 PM… The body was found inside the beach house on the second island. The cause of death is a single killing blow to the head. The only other external injuries are cuts on her hands. There are no traces of foreign substances such as drugs.

Hajime looked around and saw several interesting things, such as a metal baseball bat lying near Peko's body, shards of a broken pot surrounded by dirt, a plant lay slightly buried under the dirt and a few smears of blood leading from the pool of blood near Peko, out the front front entrance of the beach house.

Hajime knelt down to get a closer look, and saw that the smears of blood were actually footprints that had been hastily smeared.

"The killer probably tried to hide their tracks… that's weird though, some of the prints are bigger than others." He whispered to himself. He inspected the bat, immediately knowing this was the weapon.

The broken pot, dirt and plant he looked at next. The plant had obviously been potted earlier but had been used as an improvised weapon against someone. He recalled that Fuyuhiko had some cuts on his head as well as dirt and he figured that someone had thrown the pot at the yakuza.

Sighing, Hajime stood up, and walked over to Mikan and Izuru, who had been looking at Peko's body. It was odd to see the swordswoman so still, her skin having gone almost paper white.

"How's it going?" Hajime asked, careful not to step in the blood.

"At the very least, Peko was killed instantly, so she wasn't in pain. There is also some dirt on the cuts on her hands. Probably from the same pot that was used to attack Fuyuhiko." Izuru explained, not taking his eyes off the body.

"How did you…?" Hajime muttered, staring at his brother.

"Mikan said that Fuyuhiko was bleeding because of cuts on his head. The only thing here that would cause cuts was the broken pot. Plus, if the attacker had used the bat, Fuyuhiko would be dead."

"I-I see… um, anything else?" Hajime was only slightly shocked at how quickly his brother had pieced it together, remembering how Izuru could always predict the twists in mystery movies, and often solved the mystery before the characters did.

"Peko's wound is at an 85° angle." Izuru said simply, moving away from the body.

"OK… what does that have to do with anything?" Hajime asked. Izuru looked a bit annoyed but before he could say something…

"Hajime! I need to talk to you about something." Chiaki yelled, waving the boy over. Hajime looked at his brother, gave a nervous smile and ran off to see what Chiaki had found.

"What is it?" He asked, looking confused.

"I think… this case might have something to do with that game." She replied, looking sad.

"Really? How so? I never played it so…"

"You'll see if you play it, come on, it's important." As she said this, she grabbed him by the arm and dragged him off. "We should also check Peko's room to see if there are any clues."

Izuru watched with mild amusement as his brother was dragged off, but then he turned to Mikan, giving her a serious look. "I need to ask you something…"

After playing the game, Hajime somewhat understood why Chiaki had said the game was important. The metal bat, the fact that Fuyuhiko was involved made sense in the context of the game. Monokuma had also appeared, saying that he could have given them the ending prize if they had been the first ones to beat the game, but, alas, they were not.

As they walked to Peko's room, they saw Nagito leaving… Fuyuhiko's room?

"Nagito, what are you doing?" Chiaki asked, tilting her head.

"Ah, I'm just gathering clues! Let's meet up at the beach house once you're done, we can talk about it there." He said, then ran off, leaving behind two confused teenagers. Chiaki and Hajime looked at each other for a moment before shrugging and moving on.

While there were no case breaking clues in Peko's room, they did find a small strip of cloth with the Kuzuryuu family crest on it, which looked like it had been torn off of something. Hajime filed it away just in case, before heading back to the beach house, where Nagito and Izuru were sitting near the entrance, looking at something.

"Hey, hey, what are you guys looking at?" Chiaki questioned, kneeling down as well.

"Well, Nagito was showing me what he does in his spare time apparently." Izuru replied.

"Which is?" Hajime asked, a bit afraid of the answer.

"Apparently he likes breaking into people's rooms." Izuru said, a hint of amusement in his voice.

"What?!"

"He's just joking. This was my first time breaking into people's rooms. But I did it with good reason. Look." Nagito pointed to what was in front of him, which was a group of papers with footprints drawn on them, along with names in the corner.

"This is…?" Hajime asked in shock.

"Everyone's footprints." Nagito responded.

"How did you get Mahiru and Hiyoko out of their rooms though? Last I checked they weren't coming out…" Chiaki muttered.

"I told them that Monokuma wanted them to go to the airport, and if they didn't they'd be executed. That gave me enough time to sneak in." Hajime's jaw dropped as Nagito explained his actions.

"Really? You couldn't have come up with a better solution?" He asked. Nagito only laughed.

"Would they have really listened to any other excuse I gave?" Nagito did have a point however, so Hajime only sighed.

"Fine, so… whose footprints are these?" He finally asked.

"Well, there are two sets from what I see. One set appears to be Fuyuhiko's while the other seems to be Mahiru's." Nagito explained, comparing the bloody footprints to the ones he'd collected.

"Mahiru is involved then. I thought as much." Izuru wondered aloud.

"What do you mean?" Hajime asked.

"You played the game right? The bat and the fact that Fuyuhiko was involved made me suspicious of the others that were in that games as well." The younger twin explained.

"Which would be, Mahiru, Mikan, Hiyoko, and Ibuki…" Chiaki said, seemingly realizing something.

"That makes sense…"

"I already spoke with Mikan and Ibuki, but I've been unable to get ahold of Mahiru or Hiyoko. Ibuki and Mikan both have alibi's for the time of the murder. We saw Mahiru and Hiyoko near the time the murder occurred." Izuru seemed to be thinking very hard, his eyes going a bit unfocused.

"Interesting…" Nagito agreed. "I also found this while I was looking in Mahiru's room." As he said this, Nagito put down a file on the floor, taking out the pictures inside.

"This is!? Hajime yelled in shock. The first picture was of a young girl, slumped against the wall, blood pouring from the wound in her head. The second photo was of three familiar girls, Hiyoko, Mikan and Ibuki. The third photo was of a broken vase. The last, was of Girl E. These were the pictures taken by Girl D in Twilight Syndrome.

"There's also a note attached to it." Nagito continued, pulling out a note that said: Play Twilight Syndrome. After you get the game over screen, press down five times at the start screen. Then maybe you'll remember what you've done. Meet me at the beach house at 2:00 PM tomorrow. The note was also unsigned.

"So... someone sent this to Mahiru to lure her out... but if that's the case, and if this is connected to that game, how is Peko involved?" Hajime's head was hurting from how complicated this was.

Suddenly, the monitor sprang to life, and Monokuma announced that the investigation time was over, and to come to Monokuma rock.

"Looks like it's time… I'm not ready for this…" Hajime said, looking exhausted already.

Truth Bullets:
Monokuma File
Metal Bat
Broken pot
Bloody Footprints
Izuru's Autopsy
Strip of cloth
Izuru's account
Photo of girl
Group Photo
Photo of broken vase
Note

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