CHAPTER 3: RISE OF THE SUN, FALL OF THE MOON
DEADLY LIFE
"Masa...hito?" Yeeun said.
"Yeeun?" Miyumi asked, then she looked at where Yeeun was looking. "What..?"
Miyumi slowly let Eunji down, and then approached Masahito's body.
DING DONG BING BONG!
"Ahem! A body has been discovered! Everyone please head to workshop on the third floor!" Monokuma announced
"I don't understand." Miyumi said. "How did this happen? While we're all awake? How!?"
Almost immediately, the rest of the class arrived.
"Jesus christ." Kazuhiko said.
"Not again." Seungyeon sighed.
"What the fuck?" Kaori said.
"Wait, hold on, where's Izumi?" Hirokazu asked.
"In the nurse's office." Miyumi replied, examining Masahito's corpse.
Monokuma showed up.
"Well, well, looks like we're starting again!" Monokuma said.
"I don't understand, Masahito was alive at the dining hall." Takashi said. "I can't believe he got murdered while we were all up and walking."
"Wait, Eunji too?" Seungyeon said, looking over to Eunji at the ground!
"Yup!" Monokuma replied "It was a double murder!"
"No it wasn't." Miyumi stated, checking Eunji's pulse again. "She's alive."
"Huh?" Monokuma said. "You're telling me she's alive!?"
"You didn't actually think she was dead, did you?" The detective replied.
"Um... um... well..." Monokuma was sweating.
"Oh my god, you thought Eunji was dead!" Miyumi replied. "Don't tell me she's plastered all over your Monokuma file?"
"Ahahaha... that's another topic entirely." The bear said.
"No the fuck it ain't, aren't you here to give us your Monokuma File?" Kaori crossed her arms.
"Lemme just..." Monokuma disappeared for a quick second, before reappearing again. "Well, here's the thing... Ahem..."
"It's the Monokuma File!" Monokuma said, pulling out 10 Monokuma files.
"Wait a minute, why is there 10?" Miyumi said. "You're not...?"
"Calm down there, girlie." The bear remarked, holding out a claw. "So, aha... I thought the culprit killed Eunji here, but I suppose I was wrong! Anyways... she herself saw the culprit, so I simply cannot allow her to interfere with the investigation and the class trial."
"You're not going to kill her, are you!?" Miyumi said, panicked.
"Now now! Calm down!" Monokuma replied. "She looks pretty out of it, don't ya think? I'll take her in to get her cared for, but I still cannot allow her to attend the class trial!"
"So... what's going to happen to Eunji, exactly?" Takashi asked.
"Well, I'll keep Eunji over in our hospital for the time being, until the class trial is over." Monokuma said. "Which means, her fate lies in all of your hands too! If you get the blackened right, I'll release her back into the school, but if you all get it wrong, I'll execute her along with you all!"
"Fuck." Yeeun said.
"Eunji is one of the best investigators here, and now she can't even help us out." Hirokazu said. "We're screwed."
"You seem to forget there is a detective right there!" Monokuma said. "Anyways, I'll get Eunji out of here for now!"
Four Monokuma holding an ambulance stretcher showed up.
"May somebody please place Eunji there?" The bear said.
Miyumi then carried Eunji, placing her on the stretcher.
"Don't worry, Eunji." Miyumi said. "You'll come back to me."
"Alright, now let us roll!" Monokuma said.
With that, Monokuma disappeared, and the four ambulance Monokumas, carrying Eunji, left the room too.
"What the hell happened here?" Kazuhiko asked.
Masahito...
We never saw eye to eye, but it's a damn shame you're gone.
Even if you hated me, I never wanted to see you dead.
But don't worry, I'll avenge you.
"We got no choice, guys." Takashi said.
"I'll make sure we get pass this class trial just so I can see Eunji again." Miyumi said. "Let's do this, everyone."
Yes, even without Eunji, we'll solve this case!
"Masahito would have wanted us to avenge him." Kaori said.
Let's begin.
-INVESTIGATION START!-
"We should start with the Monokuma file." Yeeun said.
…
MONOKUMA FILE #3
Masahito Kiyabu: Ultimate CG Artist
DEAD
The victim is Masahito Kiyabu, the Ultimate CG Artist.
His body was found in the Workshop on the third floor.
His time of death was 9:47 AM.
He appears to have been strangled to death.
Additionally, Park Eunji was also found at the crime scene, but she had simply been knocked out by the culprit, having received blunt force tramua to the head.
Either way, she will not be allowed to participate in the Class Trial due to her having seen the culprit. In the mean time, she will be treated and cared for in the MonoHospital.
…
"MonoHospital?" Kaori groaned. "Does he get off on naming shit after himself?"
"Nonetheless, this Monokuma File gives us some info." Yeeun said.
"Much more useful than I thought it would be." Miyumi remarked.
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – MONOKUMA FILE #3
"The rest of you should go split off." Miyumi said.
"Yeah yeah, I know." Hirokazu said.
And so, the others left, leaving me behind with Miyumi.
"Yeeun, I'm uh... I don't know if you want to see this." The detective said.
"See what?"
"I'm going to investigate Masahito's body."
"Oh, okay..."
Now that I think of it... I'm kinda squeamish...
"I'll go check on Izumi. Just uh... tell me what you found, okay?" The songwriter said.
"Sure." Miyumi replied.
With that, I made my way to nurse's office.
…
As I walked in, I found Izumi, who had seemed like she had just woken up.
"Yeeun?" Izumi asked. "Where am I?"
"In the nurse's office." Yeeun said.
Miyumi did mention that Izumi seemed like she was out of it.
"Oh." The hacker replied.
"Izumi, are you aware of what's going on right now?" Yeeun asked.
"What do you mean?" The hacker said. "You have such a grim look on your face..."
"...Then, you should already know." The songwriter said.
"Dammit!" Izumi slammed her hand onto the bed. "...who was it?"
"Masahito."
"Of course... such an easy target, huh?" The hacker replied. "Dammit..."
"Izumi, Miyumi told me she found you here a couple minutes back." The songwriter said. "She said that you seemed out of it, and you were just muttering Eunji's name."
"Was I? I don't recall, to be honest." The hacker said. "I do feel kind of droozy..."
What the hell exactly happened to you, Izumi?
"Well... what can you recall?"
"Um... my head hurts... but I guess this is for the investigation?" Izumi asked.
"You're one of many unaccounted, and I'm especially worried for you, so... please, tell me what you can remember..." Yeeun said.
The hacker fell silent, closing her eyes.
"Um..." Izumi said. "I remember... being with Masahito, I think? We were going upstairs, I think he had something to show me."
"Do you know exactly where you two were going?" Yeeun asked.
"Um... third floor... that workshop, maybe? Things are going blurry... I can't remember what happened, I think we got there..."
"Is that all?" Yeeun asked.
"Oh..! Something's coming to me! I see... Eunji? She's holding me in her arms, I think she's telling me something... and... I'm in here."
"Eunji was with you in here?" Yeeun said.
Izumi opened her eyes. "I think so, yes. I saw a curtain in the background."
"So, you went with Masahito upstairs, then things went blurry, and the last thing you can recall was Eunji taking you here?" The songwriter replied.
"Yeah, I suppose so." The hacker said.
Izumi can only recall Masahito and Eunji? The two people who were found in the workshop...
What exactly happened to Izumi in the workshop that resulted in Eunji bringing her over to the nurse's office?
And why did Eunji go back to the workshop again?
Something doesn't seem right...
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – IZUMI'S ACCOUNT
"Where is Eunji? I should probably go thank her for taking me here." Izumi said.
"Do it after the class trial." Yeeun replied.
"Huh? Isn't Eunji going around investigating? I'm sure I can go thank her."
"No, you can't."
"Yeeun?"
Yeeun sighed. "We found Eunji when we found Masahito's body."
"What... do you mean?" Izumi tensed up.
"I dunno, she was just passed out near Masahito's body. Monokuma thought she was dead, but Miyumi confirmed that Eunji was alive."
"Then why can't I see her?"
"Because... Eunji saw the culprit."
"She SAW the culprit!?" Izumi replied.
"Yes, she did. The culprit knocked Eunji out after she saw them. That's why Monokuma thought she died." The songwriter stated.
"Huh." The hacker said. "Can I be honest? I feel like this might be important info for the class trial."
"I thought so too."
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – EUNJI BANNED FROM CLASS TRIAL
"I'm going to continue investigating." Yeeun said.
"I'll help." Izumi said.
"Hm?"
"I mean... the past two cases I feel like I didn't really do anything... so... if you'll let me, can I help?"
"Sure."
…
We went back to the workshop, and Miyumi was still there.
"You spent a while." Miyumi said.
"Huh?" Yeeun asked.
"Did you really think I was going to leave the crime scene unattended? I'm a detective, remember?" The detective replied.
She seems irritated...
But with what happened with Eunji, I get it.
"Are you done doing that thing with Masahito's body?" Yeeun asked.
"Yes, I am." Miyumi said, pulling out something out of her pocket.
"Huh?" The hacker said.
"This is a rag." Miyumi said. "And before you "no dip sherlock" me, it's important."
Miyumi handed Yeeun the rag.
"It... reeks of alcohol." Yeeun said, handing it back to the detective.
"Exactly." The detective replied.
"So, you found it on Masahito's body?" Izumi asked.
"Yes." Miyumi replied. "Izumi, you were at the nurse's office, correct?"
"I was.'
"I can only assume you were brought there by Eunji, since you brought her up when I found her."
"Yes, Eunji did bring me there."
"You know what I think? This rag was used on Izumi." Miyumi said.
"But why was it planted on Masahito, then?"
"Isn't it obvious? The culprit was trying to frame him." The detective said.
So... this rag was used to knock out Izumi by the culprit, and then they planted it on Masahito?
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – RAG FOUND ON MASAHITO'S BODY
"One other to thing to note, this workshop is a mess." Miyumi said.
"I did find that odd." Yeeun replied.
"And with the state we found Masahito's body in..." The detective stated.
"When the culprit was strangling him, Masahito fought back." The songwriter said.
"I'm lost here." Izumi said.
"Oh, yeah, here." Yeeun handed Izumi her Monokuma File. "This is for you."
"Thanks." The hacker replied.
"You're right, Yeeun. Masahito fought back. It was all for naught, unfortunately..." Miyumi replied.
Sounds like Masahito alright.
He wouldn't have gone down without a fight.
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE
Yeeun approached a desk.
"Huh?" Yeeun said.
"What is it?" Miyumi asked.
"There's a drawer on this desk... it looks pretty busted up." The songwriter said.
Miyumi investigated it.
"Seems like the source of the damage is maybe blunt force tramua." Miyumi said. "I think this should be something to keep in mind."
Good enough for me.
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – BUSTED UP DESK DRAWER
Izumi walked over to Masahito, but tripped.
"Eh?" Yeeun said.
"Owww!" Izumi said, trying to find the source of what caused her to trip. Then, she quickly noticed the rope on her foot.
"Rope?" Miyumi said. "Hold on, I knew I missed something."
"What do you mean?" Yeeun asked.
"Izumi, don't move." The detective replied.
"Oh sure, it's not like I'm right near a BODY!" The hacker snarled.
Miyumi took the rope off, and found the source.
"Huh."
"What?" Yeeun asked.
"The rope was right next to Masahito's body. Just.. lying there." The detective said.
Izumi got up. "Do you think maybe...?"
"Hm..."
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – LOOSE ROPE
We've gotten a lot of info, but a lot of things still don't exactly add up.
"One thing that's really been bothering me is that the door was locked with both Eunji and Masahito inside." Yeeun said.
"Yeah, me too." Miyumi replied.
"How did the culprit even get out?" The songwriter asked.
"There are tricks to lock a door from the outside, but lots of things don't add up here." The detective replied. "Keep that in mind."
I suppose so.
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – WORKSHOP DOOR LOCKED
Seungyeon walked in the workshop, her facial expression unreadable.
"Oh, I didn't think you would show up here again." Miyumi said.
"Again?" Yeeun asked.
"I went here before, but Miyumi kicked me out." The actress replied. "I sure hope you've collected enough evidence."
"We're just about done here." The detective said.
"Are we?"
"Huh?"
Seungyeon walked over to another part of the workshop, and pointed at the wall.
"You really didn't see this?" Seungyeon asked.
"What do you mean?" Miyumi said.
"Before you kicked me out, I saw this vent." The actress replied.
"A vent, huh?" The detective replied. "Lemme take a look at that."
Miyumi then quickly investigated the vent.
"Hm." The detective said.
"Well?" The actress questioned.
"I can't see anything suspicious, but it is important to note that this vent has been opened before." Miyumi replied.
"See, that's what I thought." Seungyeon said. "I knew it stood out to me."
I didn't even know there was a vent in this workshop, and it's also been opened before?
Interesting...
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – VENT IN WORKSHOP
"A vent...?" Izumi said, looking as if she were in deep thought.
Seungyeon immediately walked over to somewhere near the vent.
"I've never been in here that much, but is this new?" Seungyeon said, picking up a golf club that was hastily shoved into another desk.
"Can't tell you, but something seems off about that golf club." Miyumi said. "Hand it to me."
"Alright." Seungyeon said, handing the golf club to Miyumi.
The detective took a couple seconds to investigate it, then gave it back to Seungyeon.
"The clubhead is dented." The detective stated. "Seems like the cause of it may have been blunt force tramua."
"That's interesting." Yeeun said. "I'm pretty sure I know why."
"Yeah, me too." Seungyeon said.
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – GOLF CLUB WITH DENTED CLUBHEAD
Izumi went quiet for a second, then quickly nudged Yeeun's arm.
"What's up, Izumi?"
"I'm gonna need you to come visit me at my lab." The hacker whispered in Yeeun's ear. "I think I might have something."
"Okay!" Yeeun said.
Izumi left the workshop, and Takashi entered at almost the same time.
"Hey there." Takashi said.
"I assume you came up with something, what is it?" Miyumi asked.
"Guess we always have that usual routine, huh?" Takashi said. "I'm sure what I know is something that you already know."
Wasn't Takashi up here in the third floor?
Right before I found the bodies...
"Hey, Takashi." Yeeun said. "You were up in this floor earlier. Why is that?"
"Oh, I was trying to look for an exit." Takashi said. "But I assume this puts suspicion on me, doesn't it?"
"Everybody's a suspect." The songwriter said.
"One thing I should mention is that before I left the third floor earlier, I did see Eunji just arrive at the third floor." The white-haired boy replied. "She didn't see me, but there you go."
So, Takashi saw Eunji up here?
I suppose it adds up with what we already know...
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – TAKASHI'S ACCOUNT
I'm pretty sure I've figured out one important thing...
Knowing how smart Miyumi is, she's probably already gotten it too.
The culprit had intended to kill both Masahito and Izumi.
It adds up, with the rag used on Izumi...
I'm guessing somehow, Eunji got involved.
And that's why only Masahito died, and Eunji almost died.
So...
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – FAILED DOUBLE MURDER
"Detective, I got a question for you." Seungyeon said.
"Um, sure." Miyumi was a bit taken aback by being referred to as her title.
"Eunji is obviously a huge part of this case." The actress replied. "So... you've spent all the time in the world with her, so, you be the judge. Is Eunji suspicious?"
"As unbiased as possible, minus the big depression she was in, she acts as she normally does." Miyumi said. "You don't really believe that Eunji would be driven to murder, do you?"
"I didn't see Ichiro doing that, or fucking Reika." Seungyeon said. "I'm not making the same mistake again."
"Miyumi, can you clarify a bit more about Eunji?" Yeeun said. "You're a detective..."
"There's a look in people's eyes when they're planning a crime, or commited a crime." Miyumi said. "There's also vocal tells, and Eunji never exhibited any of those tells, nor did she ever a look in her eyes."
Despite what Seungyeon says, I'm going to trust Miyumi on this.
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – MIYUMI'S ACCOUNT
"I should probably got meet up with Izumi." Yeeun said, leaving.
…
Right as Yeeun got near Izumi's lab, she found Hirokazu and Kaori exiting.
"Oh, hey." Hirokazu said. "You're the lead investigator here, right?"
"Um... Miyumi is, but why are you asking?"
"You did figure out Ayaka, so we trust you enough on this info." Kaori said.
"Okay."
"I was with Hirokazu this entire time at the laundry room." Kaori said. "And Youngjae was there, too."
"What were you guys doing?"
"Just talking about the motive, and texting stupid stuff to each other." The dancer replied. "Will that help clear up the list of suspects?"
"I think it just might. Thanks, Kaori."
Kaori, Hirokazu, and Youngjae are safe.
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – KAORI'S ACCOUNT
"Oh, and, why were you two in Izumi's lab?" Yeeun asked.
"We just wanted to know what her side of the story is. Miyumi mentioned something about her being in the nurse's office, we wanted to see if she was okay." Kaori replied.
"Okay then. I'm going to go speak with her now."
"Yeah, bye."
…
As per usual, Izumi was using her laptop.
"What's up, Izumi?" Yeeun asked
"You need to look at this." Izumi said.
Yeeun walked over to Izumi, and looked at the laptop screen.
"What is this exactly?"
"It's a map of the vent system in this school." The hacker responded.
"Oh..."
"You see this?" Izumi pointed. "That's the vent in the workshop."
"The vent that was opened?" Yeeun said.
"Yeah, same one. Pay attention to where it leads."
"A classroom in the second floor."
"This is definitely important."
"No doubt about it. Thanks for this, Izumi."
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – SCHOOL'S VENT SYSTEM
Kazuhiko walked into the lab.
"Oh." Kazuhiko said.
"Hmph. I never thought that you knew my lab existed." Izumi snarked.
"Well obviously I do." The racer replied.
"What do you want?" Yeeun asked.
"I just have some information." Kazuhiko said. "Before I went to erase my plan off the whiteboard in the classroom, I'm pretty sure I saw Seungyeon go to the third floor."
Hm...
"Thanks for the info, I guess." Yeeun begrudgingly said.
"Yeah, no problem, I want to find the bastard that killed Masahito just as much as anyone." The racer said, then he left.
TRUTH BULLET ADDED – SEUNGYEON LAST SEEN ON THIRD FLOOR
DING DONG BING BONG!
"Ahem! Investigation time is now OVER!" Monokuma announced. "It is now time for the class trial! Everyone! Please head to the red door!"
"There he goes." Yeeun sighed.
"Guess it's time to go." Izumi sighed, closing her laptop and stowing it away in its hiding spot.
…
When Izumi and I got to the elevator lobby, everyone was there.
"It feels a lot emptier here now..." Kaori said.
"There's 3 less people here than last time." Kazuhiko replied. "And then there'll only be 9 after this class trial."
"10." Miyumi said. "Eunji's coming back."
"Yeah, sure." The racer said.
Monokuma appeared. "Let's get to it!"
All 10 active students stepped into the elevator.
It didn't take long for the elevator to start it's descent once more.
Three times already.
We've done this three times...
When will it end?
Are we really doomed to continue this forever? Until when? We're all dead?
"Hey." Izumi said, reaching for Yeeun's hand. It didn't took long for the songwriter to allow her to hold her hand. "We'll be okay, Yeeun."
"Izumi..."
"Just have hope."
Hope...
Yeah, Hope.
We would be nothing without hope, huh?
Even if it's a little hope, we all need some hope.
Okay.. let's do this.
…
And just like always, the elevator reached it's stop.
We all stepped into the futuristic class trial room for the third time.
"I'll never be happy to see this cursed place." Miyumi remarked.
"Well, too bad!" Monokuma said. "Everyone, take your spots! It's time for the class trial!"
…
We all took our spots inside the 16 different podiums.
Sorry, Masahito. You didn't deserve that.
Eunji, Reika, Naomori, Takashi, Jutaro, and Youngjae's pictures showed up.
But don't worry, I'll make sure you got the justice you deserve.
Ayaka, Yeeun, Hirokazu, Masahito, Izumi's picutures showed up.
You deserve that much from me, anyways.
Kazuhiko, Kaori, Miyumi, Ichiro, and Seungyeon's pictures showed last.
It'll be hard without Eunji, but I'll find out this truth.
This killing game has put us through too much, but I'll make sure to beat it.
But first, I need to defeat this life or death... class trial.
Chapter 3: Rise of the Sun, Fall of the Moon: CLASS TRIAL
Despite progress being made, another murder still occurred. And with Eunji out of the equation for the time being, this case will be hard to solve. But Yeeun is determined to save her remaining classmates.
TRUTH BULLETS
Monokuma File #3: The victim is Masahito Kiyabu, the Ultimate CG Artist. His body was found in the Workshop on the third floor. His time of death was 9:47 AM. He appears to have been strangled to death. Additionally, Park Eunji was also found at the crime scene, but she had simply been knocked out by the culprit, having received blunt force trauma to the head. Either way, she will not be allowed to participate in the Class Trial due to her having seen the culprit. In the meantime, she will be treated and cared for in the MonoHospital.
Izumi's Account: Izumi claims she last remembered being with Masahito at the workshop, and then suddenly waking up at the nurse's office, being comforted by Eunji.
Eunji Banned From Class Trial: Monokuma decided to ban Eunji from the Class Trial due to her having seen the culprit in action
Rag Found On Masahito's Body: Miyumi found an alcohol rag planted on Masahito's body.
Signs Of A Struggle: It appears that Masahito went down fighting, as the workshop was a mess.
Busted Up Desk Drawer: A drawer in the workshop looked like it had been opened by blunt force.
Loose Rope: Rope near Masahito's body.
Workshop Door Locked: Somehow the door was locked with both Eunji and Masahito inside.
Vent In Workshop: There is a vent in the workshop, and according to Miyumi and Seungyeon, it has been opened before at one point.
Golf Club With Dented Clubhead: A golf club with a dented clubhead, found by Seungyeon in the Workshop. Miyumi claims that the cause of the denting could be blunt force trauma
Takashi's Account: Takashi claimed he saw Eunji arrive on the third floor
Failed Double Murder: It is apparent that the culprit had intended to murder both Masahito and Izumi.
Miyumi's Account: Miyumi said that Eunji was acting as she normally did before, nothing about her attitude changed
Kaori's Account: Kaori and Hirokazu were together the entire time, and they also cleared Youngjae.
School's Vent System: Izumi showed Yeeun a map of the vent in the workshop and where it goes.
Seungyeon Last Seen On Third Floor: Kazuhiko claimed that he last saw Seungyeon going upstairs to the third floor
START CLASS TRIAL
