Kirigiri did not look happy, to the extent that Naegi was able to read any emotions from her at all. She mostly looked the same as usual, but there was a certain set to her mouth that hinted she might be feeling irritation. And since she'd demonstrated time and again that she had excellent control of her emotions, that meant she wanted Naegi to see that she wasn't happy with him.

"Hi, Kirigiri," Naegi said, offering the girl a hopeful smile as a sort of peace offering. "I'm sorry I was late to breakfast this morning. I didn't mean to make you worry. It just took longer than usual to get ready."

"I'm sure that you had quite a bit to do," Kirigiri said, her voice cool as she looked down at Naegi's hand entwined with Togami's.

"Yes, it was especially time consuming to wash off all the blood," Togami said before Naegi could reply, his voice unnervingly soft. "There was such a lot of it, what with the head injury."

"There wasn't that much," Naegi protested as Kirigiri's gaze flicked up to Togami. "It was fine, honestly. I just had to wait for the water to come back on."

"And of course you weren't able to move very fast," Togami said, his eyes fixed darkly on Kirigiri even though his words were addressed to Naegi. "Dizzy spells can really slow you down."

Kirigiri looked back at Naegi, eyes narrowed as she examined him. "You hit your head?"

"Sort of," Naegi said. "I found the room you told me about, but as soon as I started looking around, I was attacked."

"Attacked?" Kirigiri looked from Naegi to Togami. "Who attacked you?"

"Well, I didn't get a chance to see," Naegi said. "They came up from behind me. And then when I woke up, all the files and documents were gone." He grimaced. "Sorry, I know how important they were."

"I see." Kirigiri frowned. "Well, that's fine, I already saw what I needed to in there."

"Yes, you clearly didn't think there was anything else of interest in that room," Togami said. "You had no reason whatsoever to go back, did you?"

"I was trying to avoid drawing too much of the mastermind's attention to it," Kirigiri said. "Two people entering the room would have been much more noticeable than just one."

"Well, just one was obviously noticeable enough," Togami said, voice low and dangerous. "Or are you going to try to claim you didn't know there was a risk that the mastermind was already watching?"

"What?" Naegi frowned, looking up at Togami in puzzlement. "What are you talking about?"

"Even if this hidden room of hers doesn't have any cameras, the area around it still would," Togami said. "The mastermind would still be able to see anyone approach it." His hand tightened around Naegi's. "She deliberately sent you there to see if the mastermind would react."

"Really?" Naegi looked at Kirigiri, startled by the accusation.

"Yes," she said, her voice perfectly matter-of-fact as she met his eyes without a hint of apology. "I wanted to see if the mastermind knew about that room."

"And you didn't bother to take a single precaution in case the answer was yes," Togami added.

Kirigiri crossed her arms. "I didn't think the mastermind would go so far as to attack him and remove all the papers in that room."

"No? Then enlighten us – what exactly did you think would happen?" Togami asked, his voice biting. "Or did you bother to think about it at all? Did you spare a single thought for what might happen to Naegi after your little experiment was done?"

"He can handle that sort of thing," Kirigiri said. "He's a boy, isn't he?"

"Is that all you have to say for yourself?" Togami snarled, his grip on Naegi's hand like an iron vise. "Being a boy didn't do him much good when he woke up alone and injured in a hidden room no one else knew about!"

"Look, it's fine," Naegi tried to interrupt and stop the argument. "I'm okay, so no one needs to worry about it anymore."

"Yes, you're so okay that you collapsed halfway to the dorms," Togami said, his eyes never wavering from Kirigiri as acid sarcasm bit through the air. "She had no idea what might happen when she sent you to that room, and then she didn't even bother to check on you afterwards."

"But –"

"If your attacker had hit you even a little harder, you wouldn't be standing here right now."

Naegi looked from Togami to Kirigiri as they glared at one another. "You think the mastermind would have killed me?"

"No," Kirigiri said coolly. "If exploring were an offense worthy of execution, there would be an explicit rule against it."

"Oh? You're so sure you're right?" Togami demanded. "But it wasn't your own life you decided to risk, was it?"

"I don't think I need to justify my actions to you," Kirigiri said, her tone chilling the air around them. She turned to Naegi. "You understand what I'm doing, don't you?"

"Uh – yeah," Naegi said, as the force of both their intense gazes turned to him. He had to work to resist the urge to rub at his temples. All the raised voices were making his head ache even more than it already had, but he didn't think drawing attention to the fact would be a good idea at this point. "I mean, I can't say that I liked getting attacked, but I do understand. You're looking for something we can use against the mastermind."

"And there must have been a clue to the mastermind's identity in that room," Kirigiri said, nodding. "Otherwise, they wouldn't have gotten rid of the documents."

"And how does knowing that do you any good?" Togami snapped. "Those files are gone. It isn't very valuable to know that there was a clue in some documents that the mastermind confiscated." His lip curled. "Or do you expect us to take your word about what they contained?"

"Actually, you don't have to take her word about everything," Naegi said. "There was one thing I did see before I got knocked out." He looked at Kirigiri. "You saw that note, too, right? The one that said you must not leave?"

Kirigiri's lips tightened, and she glanced up at the surveillance cameras. "We shouldn't talk about that here. But I'm looking into it. If I find out anything, I'll let you know."

"Very reassuring," Togami said scathingly. "Will your next plan to find things out involve a literal knife in the back, or do you intend to keep them metaphorical?"

Kirigiri frowned at him. "If you aren't going to say anything helpful, maybe you shouldn't be a part of this conversation at all."

"After what happened the last time you spoke to Naegi alone?" Togami laughed coldly. "Not likely."

"Kirigiri didn't mean for me to get hurt," Naegi objected. "She's my friend! And anyway, I can take care of myself."

Togami stared at him, lips compressed until they went white, and for a moment Naegi was sure he was going to disagree, probably with some elaborate insult about Naegi's ability to do anything. But instead, Togami turned back to Kirigiri, his eyes colder than Naegi had seen them yet. "You are not going to manipulate him into risking his life again. Do you understand?"

A faint smile twisted Kirigiri's lips. "I understand you perfectly."

Togami narrowed his eyes at her like he was prepared to continue the argument.

Naegi frowned. "You guys, we shouldn't be fighting with each other like this. We need to focus on beating the mastermind, not our friends."

"I'm more than willing to leave this topic behind," Kirigiri said calmly. "I'd much rather hear your secret instead." She smirked. "Or did you think I wouldn't notice that you're hiding something?"

Naegi's jaw dropped. "That's –" He stopped, unsure what to say. The only secret Kirigiri could mean was the battle he'd seen between Ogami and Monokuma – and the conversation that had sounded like Ogami had been the mastermind's spy.

"What's the matter?" Kirigiri asked, raising an eyebrow. "We're friends, so you should be able to trust me. Isn't that what you said before?"

"Well – yeah, but –" Naegi hesitated, caught in the same dilemma he'd faced earlier that morning when Togami had asked. He didn't want to keep secrets, not when Kirigiri had trusted him – but he couldn't just make baseless accusations against another one of their friends without any proof. He hadn't even had a chance to ask Ogami about it yet.

But this morning, Togami had agreed to give him time to figure out an answer, hadn't he? Naegi looked questioningly up at Togami, and was reassured to find the other boy's eyes fixed steady on him. Yes, that had been all right. So maybe Kirigiri would be willing to wait as well.

"Sorry, but I can't tell you," Naegi said, looking back at Kirigiri. "Not yet."

"You can't? That's your answer?" Kirigiri asked, eyebrows snapping together as she frowned at him. "But you were quite happy to hear what I had to say. You even felt free to share it with him." Her gaze stabbed in Togami's direction. "But now you won't share what you know with me?"

"It's not like that," Naegi protested. "I'll tell you when I can –"

"Don't bother." Kirigiri brushed past him, hair streaming behind her as she headed briskly for the door. "Goodbye."

Before Naegi could say anything to stop her, she was gone, the door clicking closed behind her.

Togami shook his head. "Well, that's one problem solved."

"What?" Naegi blinked up at him. "It's not solved. I think I made her mad!"

"You are the one who should be mad at her," Togami said, sighing like Naegi was being particularly slow. "Weren't you listening to what she said? Even if we put the best possible interpretation on the facts, she still knowingly sent you into danger without warning you or offering you an escape route. And that's assuming she was telling the truth."

"You think she was lying?" Naegi asked. "About what?"

Togami glanced at the surveillance camera, then leaned down, brushing Naegi's hair aside to whisper in his ear. "I think it's extremely convenient that she just happened to find a mysterious room with no cameras and a huge cache of information – and that she was able to peruse it at her leisure while you became a target the moment you set foot in the room. And it isn't just this. Haven't you noticed that she's the only one of us who has never revealed any information about herself or her past – even to the point of concealing her ultimate talent?"

"Well, yeah." Naegi was starting to get a very bad feeling about this. "What's your point?"

Togami took a deep breath, and Naegi could feel the moving air raise goosebumps along the back of his neck. "I think Kirigiri is the most likely candidate to be the mastermind's spy."