"It looks like you found it, right Naegi?" Asked Kirigiri as soon as I stepped out of the bathroom. "The bloody numbers… That's mist likely Maizono's dying message."

"I've never seen something written in blood before…" I replied. Still shook up after witnessing that horrible scene again. "It really was her final message… It's as if she wrote its with life itself."

"…Do you often talk like an aspiring poet?" She asked.

"But the numbers she wrote… What do they mean?" I asked back. "11037… I have no idea what they could possibly mean."

"The way she wrote the numbers makes me think she wanted to use her body to block them." Explained Kirigiri. "If she wrote them in that location while she was sitting the way we found her, it means she must have wrote them by turning only her hand toward the wall. If you were to write something in that position, do you know what the result would be?"

"The result…?" I repeated.

"Think about it." Was all she said.

"You're not gonna tell me?"

"You need to uncover the mystery of this case yourself…" She explained. "Otherwise, the case will end and you'll remain unconvinced."

I had no idea what she was trying to say, but it was obvious she wasn't going to tell me. It sounded like Kirigiri knew what Maizono's dying message means. But honestly, I have no idea…

Oh, I know who I should talk to. When it comes to numbers, who better to ask than the Ultimate Programmer? But before I walked out the door, Kirigiri grabbed my shoulder with her voice stopping me in my tracks.

"Naegi, there's one other thing I wanted to ask you about." She began. "Do you know how the door to your bathroom got broken?"

"Broken…?" I repeated before assuming what she meant. "Oh, you mean how it gets stuck?"

"Gets stuck?" She repeated as well. Almost in a gasping tone.

"Yeah, I guess I'm the only one, but the door doesn't fit the frame quite right." I explained. "When I first tried to use it, I thought it was just locked. But once you learned the trick, it opens no problem."

"So, the door doesn't quite fit the frame, huh?" She asked after a brief moment of silence. "But actually, I'm referring to the broken doorknob."

"Huh? The doorknob?" I asked.

"You didn't notice? Well, just try closing the bathroom door." She said as she gestured towards the doorknob. "I'm sure you'll see right away what I'm talking about."

I did what Kirigiri said and shut the bathroom door. But when I did, it looked like the doorknob was about to fall right off!

"What the heck…?" I muttered under my breath. Surprised that I didn't notice that in the first place.

"Someone must have used a screwdriver or something similar to unscrew it." Kirigiri assumed. "Whatever it was, it's obvious this was intentional."

"What!? It was intentional?" I exclaimed. "Why would someone do that?!"

"I guess maybe they were trying to get the door unlocked and ended up breaking the whole thing."

"But my bathroom doesn't have a lock on it…" I explained. "Only the girls' bathrooms can lock, right?"

Kirigiri stood there for a while with a hand to her chin, lost in thought. Then, apparently struck with a sudden realization, she shot a question at me…

"I have just one more question for you…" She began. "You mentioned earlier that your bathroom door would get stuck, right? Did you tell anyone about that?"

"Oh, umm…" I stammered. Not sure how she would take this. "Well, I did tell Maizono about it last night when we switched rooms."

"So what you're saying is, only you and Maizono knew about it…" Said Kirigiri. "Interesting…"

She had the slightest hint of a smirk on her face. I got the sense that she was really starting to get into all this…

"Then that clears that up." She finally said.

"Huh? What clears what up?" I asked. "I'm so lost…"

"Well, see you later."

As if forgetting I was even there, she suddenly turned and left the room. I still don't understand any of this, but I've already given my room a good once-over. Maybe I should look around somewhere else…

I should start looking into where the murder weapon might have come from, and also the DVD Maizono got. With her dead, I have no choice but to see for myself what was in that video. And on top of that, I'm sure there are some other areas worth checking out, too. Maybe I should see what everyone else thinks. If they'll even talk to me, that is…

When I exited my room, I found Togami standing there. He took one look at me and sighed.

"So, why was Maizono in your room when she was killed?" He asked. "Could it be because you are the culprit?"

"N-No, you've got it all wrong!" I retorted. "Maizono and I switched rooms last night."

All he did was give me a look of suspicion. He didn't even try to hide it. "Even if what you say is the absolute truth, you're still responsible for her death, wouldn't you say?"

"H-Huh?!"

"After all, she wouldn't have died if she hadn't switched rooms with you, right?"

"Gh-!" I gasped. The reason Maizono was killed was because I suggested we switch rooms? In other words. She's dead because of me…?

"Then…" I began. "It should have been me that died?"

"Well, all we can say right now is that it's a possibility." Togami snickered before walking off. Leaving me with my thoughts

If that's really true, then I promise on my life that I'll avenge her death. I promise to find the killer, even if it means getting killed myself…!

"Yo, Naegi?" I jumped at the voice. Thankfully, it was only Leon. "You alright?"

"Y-Yeah…" I lied. I wasn't really okay after what Togami said to me. "Togami said some pretty harsh stuff…"

"Prick…" He said under his breath before speaking to me again. "Anyway, something doesn't seem right. I mean, The Monokuma File said Maizono was killed in your room, right?"

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?" I asked.

"Could it be… The nameplate?"

"What do you mean?"

"Could Monokuma, or even the mastermind, switched the nameplates while we were asleep?"

It seemed like nonsense, but I assumed that in a place like this, it could happen…

After saying goodbye, I headed off to the first location on my mind…

The first location I went to was back to the gymnasium to find Chihiro. Luckily, she was still there looking sadly at Junko's corpse.

I spoke up. "Hey, Chihiro. I was hoping I could ask you something."

"Oh? What is it?" She asked.

"Before she died, Maizono left a message." I explained. "She wrote out the numbers 11037. Do you have any idea what these numbers might mean? Like, could they be a code or something?"

"Umm…" Chihiro began. Deep in thought. Eventually she slowly shook her head and gave the answer I was worried about. "Sorry, no… I-I'm sorry… I just don't know."

I patted her back in comfort. "Okay, well, don't worry about it. Thanks anyway for trying."

Giving me a small smile, I set off towards my next location; the trash room.