CLASS TRIAL: IN SESSION!
"Ahem, let's begin with a simple explanation of the class trial!" Monokuma said. "During the trial, you'll present your arguments on who the culprit is, and you'll vote for whodunnit. Vote correctly, and only the blackened will be punished. But if you pick the wrong person... I'll punish everyone BESIDES the blackened, and that person will be able to leave this school! Oh, and, refusing to vote for someone will result in your death, so you better vote for someone! Now, LET'S GET IT STARTED!"
"This entire case is so confusing." Hirokazu started. "Nothing really makes sense."
"Well, we know that Ichiro was murdered at 6:01 AM." Miyumi replied.
"Yeah, but anyone could have been awake at that time!" Izumi said. "How are we supposed to establish a murderer from there?"
Yeah, I'm not feeling very good about this whole thing, either. It's all so vague, and nothing makes sense.
Nonetheless, I have to keep my cool, and the truth will reveal itself.
"Let's start by establishing what weapon was used to murder Ichiro." Eunji said.
"Sounds like a plan to me." Masahito said.
Let's get it started.
-NON-STOP DEBATE!-
-START!-
"Well, obviously, his throat was slit." Kazuhiko remarked.
"Yeah, no shit." Kaori replied.
"But what could have caused it?" Hirokazu asked.
"A sharp pointy weapon!" Izumi replied.
"No shit." The dancer snarked.
"Ughh..." Seungyeon groaned. "Could it have been a glass again?"
"That's possible!" Izumi replied.
"No. It's more than likely that it was a knife." Youngjae said.
CONSENT!
YOUNGJAE&EUNJI
"I agree with that!"
-BREAK!-
"Yeah, Youngjae's right." Eunji said, pulling up a picture of the poorly cleaned knife found in Hirokazi's lab. "It was this knife that killed Ichiro. You can tell by the bloodstains."
"The culprit did a piss poor job of cleaning the knife up." Kaori remarked.
"Tell me about it." Miyumi replied. "So, we know this exact knife was used to kill Ichiro."
"Where did that knife even come from?" Masahito asked.
I know.
SELECT A TRUTH BULLET!
SELECTED – Missing Kitchen Knife
"Here's my answer!"
"Youngjae told me earlier that he had left a knife out when he was done cooking yesterday." Eunji said. "So, that right there is the knife that Youngjae had used before."
"Wouldn't that make Youngjae a suspect, then?" Masahito asked.
"Not this again." Youngjae sighed.
"It's a valid point, you used this knife before, so you're obviously comfortable with it!" Masahito said.
"Dude, really?" Yeeun asked.
"You shut up!" The CG artist growled.
"Anyways, we know what killed Ichiro, and when he died." Kaori replied. "What's next? Do we try to establish alibis?"
"I dunno, not many people had spoken up about where they were." Yeeun replied.
"It'd probably too soon to establish alibis, anyways." Miyumi said. "There's a lot of stuff about this case that bothers me, it's probably for the best that we clear them up and then start placing together who killed him."
"Sounds rational enough to me." Kaori said.
"So, what do we think about next?" Hirokazu asked.
"How did Ichiro end up there?" Izumi asked. "It's kinda weird that he died out in the open."
"Hmm..." Hirokazu started to think.
"That does bother me." Takashi said. "If he were attacked out in the open, we would have heard him yell."
"Is it possible that he could have been murdered somewhere else and then moved?" Kaori asked.
Where was Ichiro murdered, I wonder?
-NON-STOP DEBATE!-
-START!-
"Was Ichiro really murdered out in the open like that?" Kaori asked.
"It wouldn't really make sense, we would have heard him yell." Takashi said. "After all, the walls aren't soundproof."
"Ugh... this is all so confusing." Hirokazu groaned.
"Was he murdered in the rec room? A lab?" Izumi asked.
"A lab?" Miyumi asked.
"No, it was definitely the rec room." Masahito said.
"THAT'S WRONG!"
-BREAK!-
"During our investigation, Miyumi and I found a bloodstain in my lab." Eunji said.
"You're really just going to openly admit that?" Kazuhiko said. "Don't forget, your secret was exposed last night. You're easily the number #1 suspect."
"But I know I didn't kill Ichiro." Eunji said. "Besides-"
"You'll need to keep up with me!"
ARGUE!
KAZUHIKO
"You're not going to stop pushing this, are you?" Eunji asked.
"Nope, as long as you're not cleared, I'm considering you a prime suspect." Kazuhiko replied. "So then, Eunji, why don't you disprove me?"
"It's on, bitch."
-REBUTTAL SHOWDOWN!-
-TRUTH BLADES!-
-START!-
"It's only logical to assume that you're the culprit."
"After all, Monokuma's motive is too strong."
"And you hated Ichiro anyways."
ADVANCE!
"While it's not exactly a secret that I didn't like Ichiro..."
"You're running off completely baseless assumptions that I'M the culprit."
"Give me proper evidence!"
"The bloodstain in your lab is proof enough."
"It'd be easy enough for you to lure him in, and kill him."
"You don't have an alibi, anyways."
"I'LL CUT DOWN YOUR WORDS!"
-BREAK!-
"False. I have an alibi." Eunji said. "Miyumi?"
"Ah, right." Miyumi said. "After Euji's secret got exposed last night, I kept watch of her room for the entirety of the night."
"And she never once left her room?" Kazuhiko said.
"Never once." Miyumi said. "She was sleeping all the way through."
"Hm." The racer crossed his arms. "And how do I know you too aren't in kahoots?"
"Remember the accomplice rule?" Takashi said. "The accomplice would have no benefit, there can only be one blackend."
"Fine, I'll consider my suspicions dismissed."
"Thanks to this dumbass here, we got off track." Kaori remarked. "So, you said there was a bloodstain in your lab, right, Eunji?"
"Yes." Eunji said. "It seems big enough, perhaps that's where Ichiro was killed."
"Hey..." Ayaka spoke up. "Haven't you considered the possibility that Ichiro was just killed in the hallway after all?"
"But we would have heard a struggle." Takashi said.
"What if there wasn't?" The blonde replied.
The class just fell silent at that.
"What... do you mean?" Takashi asked.
"Maybe she means that Ichiro was taken by surprise, and he didn't even know his throat was getting slit." Eunji said.
"You changed your tune all of a sudden." Masahito asked.
"I didn't really think about it until Ayaka brought it up." Eunji said.
"Hey... Eunji?" Yeeun asked. "What's up?"
"Huh?" The idol questioned.
"I haven't really considered it a possibility that Ichiro was taken by surprise, it does make sense, though." Miyumi said.
"So, then, Ichiro was murdered in the hallway, after all?" Kaori asked. "Then what about the bloodstain in Eunji's lab?"
QUESTION TIME: So what left the bloodstain in Eunji's lab?
A. Ichiro was killed there
B. Somebody else bled there
C. The murder weapon
"That's gotta be it!"
"What if after killing Ichiro, the culprit ran to my lab?" Eunji asked. "After all, I do have a solid alibi, but remember, my quote-unquote secret got exposed last night, so it is possible that culprit went in there with the sole purpose of trying to frame me."
"Yeah, that makes sense." Naomori replied.
"Speaking of the knife, what was used to clean it?" Kaori asked. "You mentioned that it was poorly clean."
Here we go.
SELECT A TRUTH BULLET!
SELECTED – Bloodied shirt in trash room
Eunji pulled out her monopad and showed them the picture of the bloodied shirt. "We found this in the trash room."
"Huh." Kaori said. "That's a lot of blood for just a knife."
"Throat slitting is messy." Miyumi commented.
Everyone except for me just looked at Miyumi funny.
"What? I'm a detective, I've seen bad stuff before." The detective sighed.
"Um, anyways..." Masahito said. "So, what we know so far, is that the culprit killed Ichiro in the hallway, then ran to Eunji's lab to frame her, then what, used their own shirt to clean up the knife?"
"So then, who is missing some shirts?" Kazuhiko said.
"All my shirts are fine." Kaori said./"Don't look at me." Youngjae replied./"Is everyone freaking out again?" Miyumi asked.
"I'm serious, they're fine!" Kaori/"I may be missing some clothes, but c'mon." Youngjae/"Everyone IS freaking out again!" Miyumi
Oh brother...
-MASS PANIC DEBATE!-
-START!-
"Why are you acting so suspicious, Kaori?" Masahito/"Youngjae, chill." Seungyeon/"Miyumi, are you missing clothes?" Izumi
"I'm not acting suspicious at all!" Kaori./"I'm just saying that I'm not missing clothes!" Youngjae/"No, I am not."
"Then stop acting so suspicious!" Masahito./"Okay, whatever then." Seungyeon./"Weird." Izumi.
"I have an idea!" Kaori said./"This is pointless." Youngjae./"It is weird." Miyumi said.
"What if they took some clothes from Reika's lab?" Kaori./"You're right." Seungyeon./"Okay."
"I HEARD IT!"
-BREAK!-
"Kaori's right." Eunji said. "Some clothes from Reika's lab went missing."
"Aha!" Kaori said. "Yay! I'm right!"
"But whole clothes?" Masahito asked.
"Yeah, that weird, isn't it?" Miyumi asked.
"Doesn't all that Reika have was girl clothes?" Youngjae asked.
"Yes." Eunji replied. "Only women's clothing was missing from Reika's lab."
"So... what..." Masahito said. "The culprit is a woman?"
"Again?" Kazuhiko asked.
"As I said before, let's establish more before we start guessing the culprit."
"Don't we have enough?" Masahito asked. "Eunji?"
"So, what we know now, the culprit killed Ichiro, went to my lab, dropped blood there, then went to the lab building to get Reika's clothes from her wardrobe." Eunji said. "Oh, and that knife? It was in Hirokazu's lab."
"So could Hirokazu be the culprit?" Kazuhiko asked.
"Dude, really?" Hirokazu remarked.
"Hirokazu doesn't have an alibi, but that would be too obvious." Takashi replied.
"So, what now?" Masahito asked. "We know where Ichiro was killed, how the culprit killed them, and where the culprit went after wards. Can't we start guessing who the culprit is?"
"There's something that's bothering me." Miyumi said. "Eunji?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you...?"
Is she talking about..?
SELECT A TRUTH BULLET!
SELECTED – Self-Destructed Note.
"Miyumi found a note stuffed in Ichiro's pants." Eunji said.
"Wait, like...?" Izumi asked.
"Hush." Miyumi replied.
"What does it say?" Masahito asked.
"That's the thing, it doesn't say anything." The idol replied.
"Then why fucking bring it up?" The CG artist asked.
"Because there's some other details that bothers me." Miyumi replied. "Listen..."
We're gonna debate again, aren't we?
-NON-STOP DEBATE!-
-START!-
"While the culprit may have murdered Ichiro, there's a lot of details involving Ichiro specifically that bother me a lot." Miyumi said.
"I mean, he's the victim, what else could possibly bother you?" Masahito said.
"A lot of things, but mostly that-"
"Stop trying to sidetrack us!"
ONE-ON-ONE DEBATE!
MASAHITO VS MIYUMI!
"I'm not trying to sidetrack anyone!" Miyumi said.
"Who the fuck cares about random shit that Ichiro has done?" Masahito replied.
"This is really important, though!" The detective stated.
"My ass, what the fuck could be so important you have to sidetrack us?"
"I think there's more to Ichiro's case than just the culprit murdering him."
CONSENT!
MIYUMI&EUNJI
"I agree with that!"
-BREAK!-
"Miyumi may have a point." Eunji said.
"Of course YOU come to her defense." Masahito said.
"In Ichiro's room, there were a lot of stuff in there that was tampered with." Eunji replied.
"Okay? Could just be the culprit covering stuff up." The CG artist remarked.
"No, this is different. Takashi, did it seem like anyone broke into his room?" Miyumi asked.
"Nope, his door was definitely locked. I had to ask Monokuma to open it for me." Takashi replied.
"Monokuma?" Seungyeon looked at the bear.
"The amnesiac is telling the truth! I opened the door for him because it was locked!" Monokuma said.
"Amnesiac...?" Takashi said.
"Hey, wait, actually, what was Ichiro's secret?" Kaori asked.
I know it.
SELECT A TRUTH BULLET!
SELECTED – Ichiro's Secret.
"Ichiro's secret was that apparently he was a mass cheater." Eunji replied.
"So, you got his secret then, Eunji?" Hirokazu asked.
"No, I had Izumi's." Eunji asked.
"Then who had Ichiro's?" Masahito asked.
"That doesn't matter, what does matter is that now we know what it was." Eunji replied.
"Eunji...?" Yeeun questioned once again.
"What?" Eunji said.
"Okay, then... whose secret did Ichiro have?" Hirokazu asked.
SELECT A TRUTH BULLET!
SELECTED – Ichiro's Letter.
"He had Youngjae's." Eunji replied.
"Hm, so Youngjae's knife goes missing, and Ichiro knew his secret." Masahito replied. "Sounds suspicious, doesn't it?"
"What exactly are you impying?" The babysitter said in a hostile tone.
"You could be culprit!" Masahito replied. "You acted suspiciously during the investigation, too!"
Youngjae rolled his eyes.
"Now, that's not exactly fair." Eunji said.
"Actually, he does have a point." Youngjae replied.
Huh?
"There's something you guys need to know." The babysitter replied.
"A confession!?" The CG artist said.
"Ichiro is a lot more involved in his murder than you think." Youngjae said.
What does that mean...?
-INTERMISSION!-
