-CLASS TRIAL RESUME!-
"But, how do you know so much, anyways?" Takashi said. "Do you know who the culprit is?"
"Hmm..." Seungyeon said. "Do I... hmmm..."
"Oh, don't fuck with us!" Izumi said. "We don't have time for this shit."
What the hell is Seungyeon doing...?
"I guess there's something that bothers me..." Takashi said.
"What is it?" Eunji asked.
-NON-STOP DEBATE!-
-START!-
"If the culprit locked the doors so Hirokazu couldn't get out..." Takashi said.
"Yeah...?" Kaori asked.
"Then why isn't there signs of a struggle?" Takashi said.
"You mean...?" Miyumi said.
"There would be a mess, but there wasn't." Takashi replied.
"THAT'S WRONG!"
-BREAK!-
"Sorry, Takashi, but you're wrong there." Eunji said. "Don't you remember?"
"Hm?" Takashi said.
Eunji pulls out her monopad and shows the class the photo of the smashed mug in the library. "Remember this? It has the tea that Hirokazu drank. It's obviously that he may have thrown it."
"Huh...?" Kaori said, obviously confused.
"So... let's recap what we know, then." Miyumi said.
"The culprit must have sent him a letter or something, to meet them at the library." Naomori said.
"That's wrong, actually." Miyumi replied. "Eunji?"
Does she mean...?
SELECT A TRUTH BULLET!
SELECTED – In Person Invitation
"Here's my answer!"
"Miyumi said that she didn't find a note or anything on Hirokazu's body." Eunji replied.
"Okay...? That doesn't mean anything, the culprit could have taken it!" Naomori said.
"No, I doubt it." Miyumi said. "His pants weren't messed with until I investigated them."
"Oh, okay." Naomori replied.
"So... back on track..." Miyumi said. "The culprit and Hirokazu must have met up together, and they went to the library together."
"There, they must have poisoned Hirokazu's tea." Eunji said. "After all, Miyumi herself said it was fast acting, so that's when the culprit locked the doors."
"Then after Hirokazu died, they must have left."
"But then... where does Seungyeon finding his body fit into all of this?" Youngjae asked. "If the culprit's intention was to kill him, why didn't they take the poison vial?"
!
"Hmm..." Miyumi said.
"But Seungyeon isn't the killer." Eunji said. "I was there."
"Isn't it possible she could have had the vial all along?" Yeeun said.
No...
I don't believe so...
"Well, looks like it's my turn!" Seungyeon said. "You see... the reason I was able to get the vial, was because the culprit left it!"
"But why?" Youngjae said.
"And you expect us to believe you?" Izumi said.
"Well, you see, the culprit is none other than... Kaori!" The actress replied.
"WHAT!?" Kaori said.
"Of course! I saw her leaving the library!" Seungyeon replied. "And may I add, this is after I already left the chemistry lab! She must have given him the tea, watched him die, and forgotten the poison!"
"B-But, there's no way..." Kaori said. "I-I mean, y-you're wrong!"
"Kaori..." Eunji said.
Kaori being the culprit...?
I can believe that...
She was acting rather strange during the investigation...
But...
"Eunji." Miyumi said. "There's something they're missing, but you know it, don't you?"
"Huh...?" Eunji asked.
"Think about it... if what Seungyeon is saying is true, that Kaori was there when Hirokazu died... then that could only mean two things."
Those two things...
QUESTION TIME: What could the situations be?
A. Kaori poisoned Hirokazu
B. Hirokazu poisoned himself
C. Monokuma poisoned Monokuma
"That's it!"
"Guys... if Kaori was in there with Hirokazu... then that means she either killed him herself... or he killed himself." Eunji said.
"HUH!?" Kaori said. "H-How did you... I-I mean... E-Eunji..."
"Do we have anything that could back up that Kaori was with Hirokazu?" Takashi asked.
"We're assuming those two must have gone into the library together, right?" Miyumi asked.
Then... I remembered..
"Hirokazu was feeling pretty out of it." Kaori said. "He said he wants some space, so here I am."
"Hm, I was wondering why you two lovers aren't together." Eunji replied.
"Yeah..."
"At around 10 PM, Kaori was with me." Eunji said. "She then left to go meet up with Hirokazu. She told me he wanted space."
"G-Guys..." Kaori said.
"That does remind me..." Youngjae said. "I did see Kaori meet up with Hirokazu downstairs. Then the two went upstairs."
The dancer was dead silent.
"But then... who got the poison?" Yeeun asked. "Anyone could have gotten it!"
"It was none other than Hirokazu himself! Tada!" Seungyeon said.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW SO MUCH!?" Izumi said. "This is extremely aggravating!"
"Because I was up on the fourth floor the entire time! I saw Hirokazu get the poison vial!"
"SO WHY FRAME ME!?" Naomori said.
"I already explained it to you, moron!" The actress smirked. "To make you sweat!"
This whole case runs on us believing Seungyeon...
But could that really be the right thing?
I know she isn't the culprit... but she could still be leading us astray!
"Is there anyone that could back up what Seungyeon is saying?" Takashi asked.
"So... you know how I mentioned that I saw Hirokazu and Kaori?... I did see Hirokazu holding onto something." Youngjae replied. "I-I just didn't put much thought into it..."
"So, then, Hirokazu brought the poison himself?" Eunji asked.
"Has to be." Miyumi said. "I was asleep, yes, but there were times I've seen Hirokazu off, and I can definitely vouch that he went upstairs for a bit. That could be to grab the poison vial."
"...okay... fine..." Kaori sighed. "You're right. Hirokazu went to the chemistry lab. He grabbed poison. He held the poison as he and I went upstairs to the library."
So... Hirokazu was the one who got the poison after all...
"So, he tried to kill you, but instead you made him drink the poisoned tea after all!" Seungyeon said. "After all, he trusted you! And that's when he smashed the cup!"
But... something doesn't add up...
"I don't think that's right-" Eunji said.
"Your directing is off!"
ARGUE!
SEUNGYEON
"Whaaatt, you're disagreeing with me?" Seungyeon said. "Tch, and here I thought we had something special!"
"It's just... there's something that's been bothering me..." Eunji said.
"Really? Then go on and tell the class, hm?" Seungyeon stated.
Oh boy...
-REBUTTAL SHOWDOWN!-
-TRUTH BLADES!-
-START!-
"Isn't it already obvious?"
"Hirokazu tried to kill Kaori, leading to Kaori killing him!"
"There, case closed!"
ADVANCE!
"But there's still some stuff that doesn't make any sense."
"Why would Hirokazu try to kill Kaori anyways?"
"Come on, Seungyeon..."
"Well, he's her boyfriend, duh!"
"She would trust him enough to do it, but when she ended turning up the tables on him..."
"He struggled while being poisoned!"
"I'LL CUT DOWN YOUR WORDS!"
-BREAK!-
"That's wrong." Eunji said. "Miyumi told me that if Hirokazu hadn't known he was poisoned, he would have thrown an even more violent struggle than just throwing a cup at Kaori."
"Hmm?" Seungyeon said.
"Exactly, the library was pretty in decent shape for supposedly having a dying man in it." Miyumi replied. "Which means that he had to have consumed the poison willingly."
"What, do you think Kaori asked him to drink the poison?" Seungyeon said. "Or maybe she held it up to his face and made him drink it?"
"I don't understand." Izumi said.
"Eunji... are you saying that... Hirokazu brought the poison with him, just so he can drink it... but why in front of Kaori?" Yeeun asked.
"See, that makes no sense!" Seungyeon said.
"I mean, if he knew he was going to die, then he would want to say goodbye to his lover, you know?" Youngjae said.
"Mmmm.. I dunno." Naomori said. "It really seems rather odd."
"I-I don't understand why you would think he would do that..." Kaori replied.
"Is that a confession?" Seungyeon asked.
"I can believe that he drank it willingly." Takashi said.
HOLD ON!
"Seems like you kiddos are rather split!" Monokuma said. "It's time for... the debate scrum!"
Seems like even Kaori herself doesn't buy what we're saying...
But why...?
She was there!
Whatever... we have to get the rest of the class to believe us!
The podiums started to slowly depart the main class trial room, going in a line towards another room in the class trial set. Eventually, all podiums split even into a 8-8 left-right side, showing a split between the students.
Topic: "Did Hirokazu get murdered or commit suicide?"
Left side: "He was murdered!": Naomori, Seungyeon, Kaori, Izumi, Reika, Kazhuiko, Ichiro, Masahito.
Right side: "He committed suicide!": Eunji, Miyumi, Youngjae, Takashi, Yeeun, Hirokazu, Ayaka, Jutaro
-DEBATE SCRUM START!-
"It really makes no sense for Hirokazu to kill himself in front of Kaori!" Izumi said.
Youngjae!
"Again... like I said, he could have wanted to say goodbye to her before he died, so it makes sense he'd be in front of her!" Youngjae replied.
"But isn't it also just as likely that she poisoned his tea and made him drink it?" Seungyeon asked.
Takashi!
"But that brings us back to the subject of there being no signs of a struggle. There's no way she could have made him drink it." Takashi said.
"I just can't believe he would do it..." Kaori said.
I got this!
"But you were there! So you best believe it!" Eunji replied.
"So, no signs of a struggle, so what? He could just have accepted that Kaori poisoned him!" Naomori said.
Yeeun!
"I mean, you get betrayed and poisoned by the love of your life. You would really just be all calm?" Yeeun remarked.
"But if he intended to kill her first, then maybe he just accepted that he got got!" Seungyeon stated.
Miyumi!
"No, Hirokazu would never have intended to kill Kaori. That much is obvious. He was head over heels for her." Miyumi said.
-CROUCH BIND!-
"THIS IS OUR ANSWER!"
-BREAK-
"Okay... so... then..." Naomori said. "He got the poison himself... and then drank it himself... and said goodbye to Kaori... is that really it?"
"Seems like it is." Eunji said.
"Isn't there just something you're forgetting?" Youngjae asked. "Naomori, if you knew the poison wasn't yours, then why freak out over it?"
"U-Um... well..." Naomori said.
"Yeah, that's true." Miyumi said. "What did you have in plan?"
"You guys don't think Naomori was trying to make poison himself, was he?" Eunji said. "I mean, think about it, he himself said he wasn't willing to die for Izumi."
"U-Umm... well..." Naomori fell silent.
"Who cares!?" Monokuma said. "This is completely irrelevant to the class trial!"
"But..." Miyumi said. "Kaori, you said Hirokazu took the poison from the chemistry lab, right?"
"I did." Kaori replied.
"But there's an inconsistency that bothers me..." Miyumi said. "Eunji... you know what I mean, right?"
"Could it be possible that... the poison didn't come from the chemistry lab after all-" Eunji said.
"Your code is completely wrong!"
ARGUE!
IZUMI
"Eh?" Eunji said.
"Weren't we just saying that the poison came from the chemistry lab?" Izumi said. "Where else could it come from?"
"There's just something that bothers me..."
"Is that so? Then explain away!"
-REBUTTAL SHOWDOWN!-
-TRUTH BLADES!-
-START!-
"Naomori himself said he didn't make poison, right?"
"So where else could the poison have come from?"
"It had to have been from the chemistry lab!"
ADVANCE!
"But don't forget that Naomori has been acting off this entire time!"
"He could have made poison..."
"Then Hirokazu could have gotten his hands on it!"
"But why would Naomori make poison in the first place?"
"I mean, I doubt he could even hurt a fly!"
"So why do you think it's him!?"
"I'LL CUT DOWN YOUR WORDS!"
-BREAK!-
"Miyumi said that none of the poison in the chemistry lab had been tampered with." Eunji said. "Meaning that everything in there was the same as before the murder happened."
"Hmm..." Izumi said.
"But how would you know?" Seungyeon asked.
"What, me, the ultimate detective, wanting to make sure my classmates don't kill each other?" Miyumi said. "How bizarre, I know. It's just so happens that I've kept check on the poison every hour as to make sure nobody takes it. It never once disappeared."
"Huh... so then how is it possible that he got poisoned if it wasn't from the chemistry lab?"
Is it really any question?
SELECT SOMEONE!
#1. Eunji Park#2: Yeeun Kim #3: Kaori Minami #4: Masahito Kiyabu #5: Naomori Morita #6: Jutaro Harada. #7: Hirokazu Tsukuda #8: Youngjae Seo #9: Ayaka Suzuki #10: Ichiro Arakawa #11: Kazuhiko Ishibashi #12: Reika Kurosawa #13: Izumi Yamamoto #14: Seungyeon Kang #15: Takashi Okazaki #16: Miyumi Takahashi
SELECTED
#5: Naomori Morita
"Without a doubt, it's you!"
….
"The poison obviously came from Naomori." Eunji said.
"E-Eh!?" Naomori exclaimed.
"Look, you've made it obvious you weren't willing to die for Izumi." Eunji said. "Could it be that you made the poison?"
"U-Uh... well..." Naomori fell silent.
"That's why he was trying to cover up his lab. To cover up what he was doing." Miyumi said. "I didn't even think about it now, but the poison in the chemisty lab has a completely different scent from the one I found in Hirokazu's tea and the bag."
"So... Naomori could have made the poison and put it in a vial?" Izumi asked. "To throw us off!?"
"L-Look... t-this is stupid..." Naomori said.
Just admit to it!
-ARGUMENT ARMAMENT!-
-START!-
NAOMORI
"Your theory is wrong!"
"All wrong!"
"I didn't make the poison!"
"It's a lie!"
"Please listen to me!"
"Ahh!"
"So just because I'm the Ultimate Herbalist that means I can make poison?"
"I would never hurt a fly!"
"Please, believe me!"
"I'm not lying!"
"Please!"
"AAHHH!"
"I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!"
"THE POISON CAME FROM THE CHEMISTRY LAB"
"COME ON GUYS!"
"YOU GOTTA BELIEVE ME!"
"PLEASE!"
"EUNJI HOW COULD YOU?"
"AAAAAAHHH!"
-FINAL BLOW!-
"How could I possibly have made that poison? There's no way it was me!"
MEDICINAL
HERBS ← → POISONOUS
V
PROPERTIES
MEDICINALHERBSPOISONOUSPROPERTIES
"THIS IS THE END!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
-BREAK!-
"Come on, Naomori." Eunji said. "We all know that you're a genius when it comes to plants! You could have exploited the properties of certain plants to make the poison!"
"..." Naomori fell silent.
"Well?" Miyumi asked.
"Um... fine..." Naomori said. "I made the poison..."
"Why!?" Izumi said. "What did I ever do to you!?"
"N-No! Look, you guys gotta believe me!" Naomori said. "Hirokazu told me that he wanted me to make poison. He told me that he was gonna prevent us from dying by that wheel! So I did what any sane person would and made it for him! How was I supposed to know he was gonna actually use it!?"
"What?" Kaori said. "T-That's why he spent so much time with you..."
So...
Hirokazu wanted Naomori to make the poison...
Hirokazu went upstairs to get the poison...
Then he met up with Kaori, and the two went in the library...
"But, Kaori could still be the culprit, you guys." Seungyeon said. "I did see her leave the library, after all!"
"No, the school regulations states that the body announcement discovery will play when three or more students find the body." Eunji said. "Kaori, Seungyeon, and then Miyumi... that makes three."
"Wait... then that must mean..." Yeeun said.
The culprit of this case is none other than...
SELECT SOMEONE!
#1. Eunji Park#2: Yeeun Kim #3: Kaori Minami #4: Masahito Kiyabu #5: Naomori Morita #6: Jutaro Harada. #7: Hirokazu Tsukuda #8: Youngjae Seo #9: Ayaka Suzuki #10: Ichiro Arakawa #11: Kazuhiko Ishibashi #12: Reika Kurosawa #13: Izumi Yamamoto #14: Seungyeon Kang #15: Takashi Okazaki #16: Miyumi Takahashi
SELECTED
#7: Hirokazu Tsukuda
"Without a doubt, it's you!"
…
"The blackened is the victim himself, Hirokazu." Eunji said. "Think about it..."
"Shit..." Yeeun said. "It all makes sense, doesn't it?"
"B-But..." Seungyeon said. "Naomori made the poison, no? That has to count for something."
"But wait, if Hirokazu killed himself, then what is that smashed mug about?" Youngjae asked.
"Oh, that was my doing!" Seungyeon said. "Just wanted to make it more dramatic!"
"You're the worst!" Izumi said.
"And didn't you say you saw Hirokazu get the poison from the chemistry lab?" The babysitter asked.
"Oh, did I say chemistry lab?" The actress replied. "I meant Naomori's lab, haha..."
"I don't think she saw him get anything period..." Izumi replied.
"Anyways... Eunji, I think it's better off if you explain this case in full detail." Miyumi said.
She's right...
-CLOSING ARGUMENT!-
What exactly was the cause of all this?
Monokuma's additional motive
What did the culprit ask Naomori to do?
Make some poison
When was this?
After Monokuma's announcement
When did the culprit get the poison?
While Kaori was talking to me
What time?
At 10pm.
The culprit and Kaori met up and went to...?
The library
There, the culprit...
Drank the poison.
Then...?
They said goodbye to Kaori, and died.
While the culprit and Kaori were in the library, Seungyeon and I...
Noticed the door was locked.
Kaori soon after...
Left the library
But someone saw her...
That was Seungyeon
Seungyeon...
Tampered with the crime scene
How did she?
By smashing the mug he drank the tea from
Seungyeon then...
Grabbed the poison that Naomori made
And she...?
Placed it in the his lab
"I'LL REVEAL EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED IN THIS CASE!"
ACT I
"It all started when Monokuma revealed the additional stipulation- that one of us would die at the end of the time limit"
"Obviously, the culprit didn't approve of this, so they came up with a plan quick."
"The culprit approached Naomori, and asked him to make some poison."
"They explained that they figured out a way to stop this motive from happening, so Naomori quickly went through with it."
"While Naomori was working on it, the culprit and Kaori went together somewhere else."
ACT II
"Sometime later, the culprit and Kaori had split off."
"Kaori came to me out in the courtyard..."
"While the culprit came to retrieve the poison from Naomori's lab."
"With their poison in hand, the culprit reunited with Kaori."
"And two made their way up to the library."
ACT III
"There, the culprit had revealed to Kaori their intentions to kill themselves."
"All in the meanwhile, Seungyeon and I noticed the library's door was locked."
"Nonetheless, the culprit and Kaori shared some final goodbyes..."
"And the culprit drank their poisoned tea..."
"And soon after, they died."
ACT IV
"But that wasn't the end of it."
"Kaori herself left the library..."
"But little did she know, someone was watching."
"It was Seungyeon, who went inside the library and found the body herself."
"There.. she had a plan. For her "entertainment", as she puts it."
ACT V
"Seungyeon went out of here to smash the mug to make it seem like Hirokazu had unknowingly consumed poison."
"Soon after, she went to Naomori's lab..."
"And placed the poison there."
"It was then that she left..."
"And awaited what's to come next..."
"But even with all those complications caused by Seungyeon, we were able to figure things out!" Eunji said. "The culprit of this case is none other than the victim himself, Hirokazu Tsukuda, the Ultimate Astrologist!"
The blackened's facade faded away, showing Hirokazu with a relieved smile on his face.
-BREAK!-
There was just silence around the class trial room, everyone taking in what exactly had happened.
"So..." Eunji said. "Hirokazu... he didn't want Izumi to die. But he also didn't want Kaori to die... so he made the ultimate sacrifice... and committed suicide to make sure the motive would fall apart."
Kaori started to tear up. "G-God... I loved him so much... and him doing this... just makes me love him more..."
"Hirokazu..." Miyumi said. "He was really kind hearted... wasn't he...?"
"So... Hirokazu killed himself..." Seungyeon said. "G-God.. that's so heavy..."
It seems even Seungyeon has a reaction to this.
"A-And I thought Kaori killed him..." Seungyeon said. "God... I'm such a bitch..."
"I-It's fine." Kaori replied. "Y-You didn't know..."
"I'm just concerned about something." Takashi said. "So... Hirokazu himself intended to commit suicide... but Naomori made the poison."
"So... what... you think I'm the blackened, then?" Naomori asked.
"Well, Ayaka got executed on a technicality." Takashi replied. "She didn't directly kill Ichiro, but Monokuma ruled her as the blackened anyways. Since you made the poison, and it ended up killing Hirokazu... that could in fact frame you as the blackened."
"See? This is why I wanted nobody to find out!" Naomori replied.
"We can just tie it again." Eunji replied.
"There's 9 of us here." Miyumi said. "Hmm... Naomori, better follow through with this vote."
"W-What?" Naomori said.
"Well, you see..." Miyumi said. "You, Youngjae, Takashi, and I will vote for Hirokazu, and Kaori, Yeeun, Izumi, and Seungyeon will vote for you."
"What about me?" Eunji asked.
"Vote for whoever you want, babe." Miyumi winked. "This will guarantee that Naomori follows through with the tie."
"Huh?" Naomori said. "What do you mean...?"
"Well..." Miyumi said. "Naomori, if you decide to... hmm... I don't know... vote for literally anyone else, you'll be declared the majority vote, ya know? And that would be quite bad!"
"W-What? Why are you so suspicious of me anyways!?" Naomori said.
"Anywho... Monokuma, we're ready to vote!" Miyumi replied.
So.. Miyumi has to suspect Naomori of something... or else she wouldn't make this huge gamble...
"Alright!" Monokuma said. "It's the moment we've all been waiting for! The heartpounding excitement as the blackened and the spotless face off!"
"IT'S VOTING TIME!" Monokuma announced.
Eunji looked as the screen in her podium turn on to display all 16 students faces, with "voting time" in the top of the screen. She tapped Seungyeon's picture.
"Alright, voting's done!" Monokuma said. "Did you make the right choice? What's it gonna be? What's it gonna bee!?"
A screen lowered to the middle of the podium circle, and displayed a screen showing where the votes lied. On Hirokazu's tally, 4 red spots appeared. On Naomori's tally, 4 red spots appeared. On Seungyeon's tally, 1 red spot appeared. Anyways, both Hirokazu and Naomori's picture showed up on the right of the side, with a big "selection" shown on the bottom of it.
…
A machine with a "Verdict" sign on the top, and a wheel in the middle that contains little pixel sprites of all 16 students, showed up.
The wheel started to spun, rapidly cycling through every student's sprites. Eventually, it slowed down, and stopped on Hirokazu's little sprite.
And the result?
VERDICT
TSUKUDA
CORRECT!
The machine started to spurt out coins, and it let out a Monokuma laugh.
ALL RISE!
