The silence in the hallway was deafening as the weight of Monokuma's words hit them. Someone had murder Shockwave.
"What should we do?" Bludgeon asked the group.
"Of course you would be the first speak up," Skywarp muttered.
"Is that supposed to mean something, foolish one?" Bludgeon asked him threateningly.
"Enough, both of you," Dead End ordered the two.
"He's right. Skywarp, go get the others," Hoist ordered him. Skywarp glared at Bludgeon before warping off.
"Alright, so what else should we do?" Nautilator asked them.
"We should probably contain the crime scene," Dead End suggested.
"I will do that," Bludgeon volunteered.
"We can't leave you by himself," Hoist said.
"I'll help him," Nautilator volunteered as well. "I'll probably just get in the way. Besides, me and him have perfect alibis."
"I and he," Dead End corrected, "and what do you mean by that?"
"Well, me and him were in the lunchroom the whole time during the party," Nautilator explained. Dead End glared at him. "Sorry, I meant I and he."
"Now you used it wrong in the wrong place," Dead End muttered. "Besides, just because you were together during the party, doesn't mean neither of you didn't do it," he told them.
"That's impossible. I saw Shockwave alive just before the party started. He had to be killed during it," Hoist told him.
"See? Told you," Nautilator said as he and Bludgeon entered the Shockwave's room together to stand watch over it. Dead End glared at the two before consenting with their opinion. It probably wasn't either of them.
"What happened?" he heard Nightbeat yelled as he turned to see Nightbeat and everyone else descending down the stairs and towards them before stopping before him.
"Someone started a fire in Shockwave's room and killed him," Dead End explained.
"Someone took out Shockwave? How?" he heard someone yelled in the crowd. Similar voices of wonderment came through at that.
"Oh, I'm glad you're all here!" Monobear shouted out in excitement from out of nowhere. "Well, most of you."
"Yeah, who's missing," Brawl thunderous voice asked the crowd. At his question, one of the doors opening, showing Swindle, clenching his head and muttering to himself.
"Ugh, how did I get in there?" Swindle muttered to himself as he saw everyone staring at him. "What are you guys staring at me for? You're staring at me like I'm murderer," he joked.
"For all we know, you could be," Blurr said.
"What…?" Swindle muttered, stepping to see the state of Shockwave's room. "Holy Primus," he said, speechless. "Who did that?"
"I doubt they are just going to go ahead and say it," Nightbeat muttered.
"I sure hope so. That ruins the fun when they do," Monokuma muttered angrily before using his happy tone again. "Anyway, the reason why I'd come is because most of you are amateurs in this whole murder thing, exclude a certain Ultimate Detective who I'd really hoped died first," Monobear said, glaring at Nightbeat, "I've decided to give you all something helpful to use for every trial. Your ElectroID should have a couple of new things added to it." The group quickly opened it to see something labeled 'Evidence Bullets' and the rules had an update symbol on it. The group clicked on the rules button to see what new rules were updated.
8. In the event of a murder in the teacher group, a school trial shall commence. Participation in the school trial will be mandatory.
9. During the school trial, the teachers will attempt to identify the culprit. If the culprit is successfully identified, they alone shall be punished for their crime.
10. Failure to identify the culprit will be considered a violation of the school rules. In this event, all teachers except the culprit shall be punished.
11. More rules will be added when necessary
"Wait, what do you mean by punished?" Rewind asked in a nervous tone.
"Isn't it obvious? Punishment means execution," the bear told them.
"What!" everyone asked surprised.
"Oh, you look surprised. Don't know why. I thought I imply that when Skywarp over there tried to harm me," Monobear rambled to himself. "Anywaaaay, please have a look at the other thing, please." They quickly opened up to see a bulletin list labeled 'Ammo' and saw something that said "Monobear File #1."
"What is this?" Onslaught asked.
"This is something to help you keep track of evidence, of course. Or ammo, as I call it, which I'm sure is fine with all of you," Monobear told them. "If you want to add an entry, just clicked on the 'add ammo' button and you're done. I even help start you off. Clicked on Monobear File #1," he ordered them. They all agreed and looked at a small description.
Ammo Gained: Monobear File #1
Victim's body was found in his dorm room
The time of death was between 8 and 8:45 P.M.
Cause of death is exsanguination.
Victim body had sustained major burns through most of their body.
"Hmm, cause of death is a bit vague," Nightbeat noticed.
"Isn't it obvious?" Skywarp asked him. "Dude got burned in a fire."
"But the file distinctly said exsanguination."
"Isn't that getting burned?" Skywarp asked, rubbing his head.
"No, it means he lost enough energon to cause death," Nightbeat inform him. "He bled to death."
"Oh, so wait! Why is there a fire?"
"Oh, you guys are hypothesizing already! This should be interesting. Have fun with your investigation?" Monokuma cooed before disappearing.
"So, I guess one of us really killed him," Ratchet said, sounding withdrawn.
"Yes, so let's start out investigation," Nightbeat told everybody. "I'll lead the investigation." Nightbeat studied every one of them.
"Hey, what if you're the murder?" Vortex asked. He had a point."
"I'll be his assistant detective," Ratchet said. "He won't do anything as long as I'm watching."
"I think we should have a couple of Decepticons as head detective as well to prevent biased," Onslaught recommended.
"I'll be an assistant," Knock Out offered. "Ratchet can't be the only one to look at the body, just in case he's the killer."
"I'll help too," Scavenger agreed.
"I'll provide assistance," Chromedome agreed.
"I'll look into it as well," Dead End agreed.
"I'll volunteer to be a detective for the Decepticons," Skywarp offered, causing some looks of shock from people, but that subside.
"Alright, I guess that is good," Nightbeat said as he glared at everyone. One of them was murder and they had to figure out who it was, if they want to survive.
Investigation Start
Head Detective: Nightbeat
Assistant Detectives: Ratchet, Knock Out, Scavenger, Chromedome, Skywarp, and Dead End
"Well, I guess I'll investigate the crime scene," Nightbeat told him. "If anyone besides my assistant would like to help, feel free. Just know everybody is watching your actions," he told the room.
"Bludgeon and I," Nautilator stressed, looking at Dead End, "have already agreed to looking over the body. We got both got perfect alibis for the crime," Nautilator told Nightbeat.
"You do?" Nightbeat asked.
"Of course," Bludgeon answered from behind Nautilator. "We were in the place of digesting out meals during the party and converse to each other. Neither of us left each other's sight. We saw no one else. We kept the door open to see if anybody else came down."
"Hmm, that sounds important. Better add it to evidence," Nightbeat muttered as he added it.
Ammo Gained: Bludgeon and Nautilator's testimony.
Both of them were in the lunchroom when the crime occur and saw no one come down. One of the first to find the body.
"Anybody would like to add their testimonies?" Nightbeat asked.
"I will," Hoist said. "I was watching the 2nd floor playing hall monitor, as Skywarp called me, and didn't see anybody."
"Absolutely no one until Skywarp came out of his room, Dead End came down, and Bludgeon and Nautilator came up and found the body with me," Hoist replied.
"Skywarp left his room? So that's where he went when he warped off," Nightbeat muttered. "Thank you for this information."
"No problem."
Ammo Gained: Hoist's Testimony
Was watching the second floor. No one came down to the second floor until Skywarp, Bludgeon, Nautilator, and Dead End discovered the body with him.
"Skywarp and Dead End. Can you guys give me your testimonies real quick," he asked of them.
"No problem," Skywarp answered quickly. "Anyway, I was at the party until about, say… 8:30 I think. After that, I'd warped off to my room and stayed there until 8:45, when I discover the bodies with everyone else."
"Not bad," Nightbeat told him as he added the entry.
Ammo Gained: Skywarp's Testimony
At the party until about 8:30 P.M.. Spent the rest of his time in his room until he helped found the body
"Dead End?" Nightbeat asked.
"We'll talk later. In private," Dead End told him, shrugging him off. "We should investigate the body first." Nightbeat couldn't tell very well, but Dead End looked… vexed with something, which is unlike him. He spends most of his time wallowing in his own misery. He would definitely have to push him for info later.
"Alright, we should start investigating the place. Anybody who doesn't want to help investigate the room, pair up and go somewhere else to investigate. The killer could've left clues in other areas," he told them, before entering the scene of the crime. The room was soak from the foam from the fire extinguishers. The foam had disappeared by now. Anything that wasn't untouched was burnt by the fire and had died off on its own. He could see a dent in one of the walls and a desk turned over. Inside, he saw Ratchet, Scavenger, and Knock Out investigating the body together with Bludgeon and Nautilator on guard duty, watching over the three medics and anyone else. The body was located facedown near the back of the room where the closet and bed was. From behind, he heard the clank of footsteps as they stepped on the wet ground and turned to see Dead End, Chromedome, and Rewind entering behind him with Skywarp watching behind the door. Nightbeat approached the three medics.
"Found anything," Nightbeat asked, kneeling down to view the corpse with them. Shockwave's body wasn't in the best o shape, as the fire made a lot of burn and scratch marks on him. Some of the wires melted to each other and his optic was broken, shattered beyond repaired with some of the pieces sticking to the floor. Some of his armor looked smaller like it originally was.
"Besides the obvious," Knock Out scoffed.
"Describe obvious," Nightbeat asked.
"I mean the fact that Shockwave got in a fight before he died," Knock Out explained.
"Ah, how did you judged that?"
"The optics are shattered. That doesn't happen in a fire," Ratchet explained for him. "Usually, the edges would just melt around the place holding the optic."
"Yeah, and looking around the room, it's pretty easy to see that something started here," Scavenger said, pointing out the overturn desk with chemicals and the impact in the wall. "I'm sure those didn't come from a fire."
"Alright, so we'll add this to the evidence," Nightbeat said.
Ammo gained: Signs of a Struggle
It appears Shockwave was in a fight before he died.
"This has to be important," Nightbeat said to himself before turning over to the guests. "So, why are you here?" Nightbeat asked them.
"Well, I came here to lend my services," Chromedome replied, showing off the needles in his fingers.
"Ah, that could be valuable," Nightbeat replied as he stepped aside. Chromedome walked over to where Shockwave was and plunged the needles into the back of his head.
"Uh, what's he doing?" Scavenger asked, confused.
"He's a mnemosurgeon. He can use those needles to tell us what happen in Shockwave's last moments of life," Ratchet told him as Chromedome examined his memories.
"Just fragments," Chromedome told him. "I'm much better with a living individual." The process was quick and a minute later, Chromedome put his needles back into his fingers.
"Odd," Chromedome said to them, "it appears he wasn't in a fight in his last moments. One moment he's up and the next he's not. I could see him struggle with something, but it certainly wasn't a fight. Everything is too sketchy," Chromedome told them.
"He was probably bleeding out. It just took a long time for him to actually die," Knock Out tried to explain.
"I have to agree with Knock Out on this one. The culprit probably landed the death blow and let him bleed off slowly before starting the fire. Shockwave was probably trying not to bleed off," Ratchet agreed.
"Still, we better add what Chromedome saw to the evidence list," Nightbeat said as he enter it in.
Ammo Gained: Victim's Last Moments
Victim was stuggling, but not in a fight.
"What is that sound?" Rewind asked, as he walk into the bathroom and opened the door. "Hey, it looks like the shower is still going!" he told the room. Nightbeat immediately headed over there and looked inside.
"Um, strange. Why would it be on?" Nightbeat muttered to himself.
"And why is it pointed at the door?" Rewind asked. The shower was taken up by a cubical and the water was able to reach the door. The drain was in the cubical and a small puddle was there.
"Go turn it off," Nightbeat told Rewind as he was busy inputting the next piece of evidence in.
Ammo Gained: Shower
The shower was still on when the body was found. Showerhead was pointed at the door.
Rewind had turned it off, getting himself a bit wet in the process and looked around. "That's not the only thing wrong. Look!" he pointed out, causing Nightbeat to look at the wall next to the sink and the walls covering the entrance. It also didn't Next to it were bright blue energon splatter stains. "It looks like the fight also took part here."
"Indeed," Nightbeat muttered before adding the evidence in.
"I don't know why, but something about it looks odd," Rewind mentioned offhand.
Ammo Gained: Energon Splatter
Energon splatter was found on bathroom walls and shower cubical. Rewind notes that they look slightly strange.
"Doesn't look like there's anything suspicious in here," Nightbeat said.
"No, so if you don't mind, I think I'll dry off in here for a little while," Rewind told him.
"Alright," Nightbeat agreed, heading back to the room. He came in to see Skywarp and Dead End off to the side, looking through some drawers and everybody else observing the body. He went over to the body. "Found anything else?"
""I did," Knock Out said. "I didn't noticed it at first due to the body being all burnt up, but it looks like some pink paint got on him."
"Pink paint?" Nightbeat asked, looking over at Skywarp.
"Hey, it wasn't me this time!" he told them before continuing to look through the drawers.
"Anyway," Knock Out said, getting back on tracked, "I noticed some discoloration on the body and looked closely to see that it was pink. It covers mostly the front of his body.
"That could explained what I found," Scavenger said, slightly off to the side. "I found a can of pink paint splatter on the floor," Scavenger told them. "It was near the closet."
"So, Shockwave opened the closet and got splatter with pink paint," Nightbeat said to himself.
"Looks like it," Chromedome mentioned.
"Alright," Nightbeat mentioned before putting both items in.
Ammo Gained: Pink stains
Pink stains were found on victim's body.
Ammo Gained: Can of pink paint
A can of pink paint was found near the closet spilled over.
"I doubt we'll find a string to indicate that a trap was placed. Probably burned up in the fire," Chromedome mentioned.
"Most likely," Nightbeat agreed. "Skywarp and Dead End, did you find any evidence?" he asked them.
"Hmm, maybe," Dead End mentioned. "I found a notepad with paper in it with a page ripped out. I didn't noticed any ashes in the garbage cans so it might be somewhere else. Could be in someone's room," Dead End told them. "I think I might know who too."
"Really?" Nightbeat asked, curious. "Let me guess, Skywarp?"
"Correct."
"Hey, right next to you," Skywarp muttered.
"Would you let us investigate your room after this, Skywarp?" Nightbeat asked.
"Sure, whatever. You won't find anything," he agreed, handing him his ElectroID.
"Alright," Nightbeat said, before adding the evidence in.
Ammo gained: Missing page
Notebook in victim's drawer was missing a page.
"Whoa, this is strange. Look what I found in the kitchen cabinet," Skywarp beckoned. Nightbeat came immediately to see what Skywarp saw.
"Shockwave's injector?" Nightbeat asked.
"Yeah. Looks empty. Found it in a fireproof box. Had to bust the lock off to open it."
"Better put it in," Nightbeat said.
Ammo gained: Shockwave's Injector
Shockwave's injector which he uses to feed himself. Found inside a fireproof box that was locked and was empty.
By this time, the group was basically done examining the room. Ratchet had moved to the bathroom real quick while the rest was looking around the room for any more clues. "Scavenger!" Ratchet yelled out as he exited the bathroom.
"Yes!" Scavenger immediately answered, coming over quickly.
"Come with me to the infirmary. I wish to conduct an experiment real quickly," he told him as he headed out of the room. "Knock Out, handle the rest from here."
"I'm coming," Scavenger complied, following along like a needy child, accidently bumping into Swindle along the way.
"Hey, watch it!" he yelled out before immediately grasping his head again. "Bad idea to yell," he whispered in pain as he entered the room.
"Swindle, why are you here?" Nightbeat asked.
"Well, since I wasn't around for much of anything for the past couple of hours, I thought I could help," he told them, he said before looking around the intently. It didn't take before he noticed something suspicious. "The fire is weird," he announced.
"Care to explain?" Nightbeat asked.
"Well, my vision is a bit doozy, but I'm pretty sure the fire started at the kitchen," he told him.
"Hmm?" he asked.
"The char marks are in a V-shape pointing towards the kitchen, some of the stuff closer to the kitchen is more blacken, and there's a slight hole right above the door where a fireball would've form," he answered.
"That's… very helpful," Nightbeat replied.
"And very disturbing," Rewind mentioned from the bathroom doorway.
Ammo gained: Origin of fire
Fire was started in the kitchen.
At that moment, he could see Knock Out directing Bludgeon to lift the body up so he could see the chest. Bludgeon did so immediately and the body was now face up. Immediately, Knock Out noticed something. "There are small holes here."
"It looks like he was tabbed with a pin," Bludgeon mentioned.
"He was in a fire. Some of the metal would melt together and become smaller, so more than likely he was stabbed with a knife or something of the other," Knock Out told him. "Probably from one of the knife block on the kitchen over there, which would make identifying which one impossible."
Ammo Updated: Monobear file #1
Victim's body was found in his dorm room
The time of death was between 8 and 8:45 P.M.
Cause of death is exsanguination.
Victim body had sustain major burns through most of their body. Stab wounds were found on the front of the body.
Nightbeat updated the information before heading out into the hall to see Hoist waiting for him. "Hey, Nightbeat. I need to update my testimony."
"What for?" Nightbeat asked.
"Well, I just realize that I was probably the last to see Shockwave alive, I figure I needed to add in real quick," he told him.
"You did. It was right after dinner and the party was about start upstairs. I was contemplating in the halls about what I should do when I see Soundwave knock on Shockwave's door and answered it. Soundwave handed him the injector gun and left and Shockwave closed the door. That's when I chose to be the hall monitor down here."
"That could be valuable," Nightbeat said to himself. "I really need to talk to him."
Ammo Updated: Hoist's Testimony
Saw the victim talking to Soundwave before party. Was one of the last to see him.
Was watching the second floor. No one came down to the second floor until Skywarp, Bludgeon, Nautilator, and Dead End discovered the body with him.
"He should be in the A/V room. That's where he spends all of his time aside from the ground bridge. If you need me for anything else, I'll be down there," Hoist said, heading off.
"Sure thing," Nightbeat mentioned before entering Skywarp's room. He quickly head to the trash to a rolled up piece of paper there. Nightbeat opened it up to see a message.
Come to my room at 8:30
Shockwave
The letter was written neat and elegantly. Looked like Shockwave's handwriting, but he had to check to make sure.
Ammo Updated: Missing Page
Notebook in victim's drawer was missing a page.
Found in Skywarp's room asking him to come to the victim's room at 8:30.
Nightbeat looked around the room but saw nothing else suspicoius and headed out of the room. He decided to head to the thrid floor and check on the partygoers. It probably wouldn't lead to much, but it was worth a look. He entered the bar to see partygoers that warn't investigating the crime scen were just hanging around, not wanting to party. As soon as he stepped in, Beachcomber and Mirage headed towards him.
"Hey, dude," Beachcomber greeted.
"Welcome. Wish it were in better circumstance," Mirage also greeted.
"How are you two doing?" Nightbeat asked.
"Not bad," Beachcomber answered nervously.
"We came to give you our testimonies during the party. I was at the poker table and he was at the pool table," Mirage told him.
"Ah, good. Care to explain."
"Well, I was observing the pool table. None of them left the room, although Blurr did get a really bad bust.
Ammo Gained: Mirage's Testimony.
No one at the poker table left the room.
"Mine was mostly the same. However, Skywarp did leave after he lsot to Knock Out," Beachcomber told him.
"When?"
"About 8:30."
Ammo Gained: Beachcomber's Testimony
Skywarp left the room at about 8:30.
"Thanks for that," Nightbeat thanked them.
"Same for you," Mirage mimiced before heading off.
"Yeah, thanks," Beachcomber said. "Please solve this Nightbeat. We're counting on you," Beachcomber told him before heading off miserably. Nightbeat looked at Beachcomber for a little while before heading up to the fourth floor. Perceptor was waiting at the top of the steps.
"Hello, I assume you came for my testimony," Perceptor said.
"Uh, I guess. Why do you assume that?" he asked.
"I wasn't at the party. That immediately makes me a suspect," he answered.
"Uh, good enough."
"Anyway, I was up here for the whloe party and never came down. No one came down and on one came up. I had a clear view of the stairs."
"What did you not have a clear view of?"
"Some labs on the right and the tool room and lounge on the left."
"Is that all?" Nightbeat asked.
"Yes."
Ammo Gained: Perceptor's Testimony
Was on the fourth floor the entire time. No one else came to the floor.
"Alright, I'll head on up to the fifth floor," Nigthbeat said as he went up.
"You go do that."
Nightbeat went up to the A/V room to see Soundwave watching some videos. Soundwave noticed quickly and turned it off, but not before Nightbeat saw a glanced of Rumble and Buzzsaw. More than likely, the other Minicons were on that video he was watching.
"What do you require?" Soundwave asked in Thundercracker's voice.
"Your testimony. You weren't at the party, which makes you a suspect informed him."
"Well then, I will tell you. I was up here the whole time, watching videos. No one else came up here," he answered.
"Is that-"
"No. Before the party, I was the last to see Shockwave alive. I gave him an injector as Hoist can verify. The videos I was watching included real-time footage of what was going on in the party."
"You were watching us?"
"It is my job. I catch every detail of the event."
Ammo Gained: Soundwave's Testimony
Was on the fifth floor the entire time. No one else came up there.
"Can you show me what videos you were watching besides us?" Nightbeat asked.
"In that side room," Soundwave pointed out.
"Be right back," Nightbeat said as he went to the room and entered it. Inside, he found plenty of discs with various things on them, and a rather large vent that could hold a small animal. Nightbeat headed out of the room. Soundwave was watching a video and was doing his best to block it from view of Nightbeat's inquisitive optics. Nightbeat decided to ignore him and head down to the first floor.
"Nightbeat, I wanted to talk to you about something I found," Hoist said to him.
"Yes."
"I went through the groundbridge logs with the memory cache and it was used."
"How many?"
"8 times," Hoist told him.
"Very interesting," Nightbeat said.
Ammo Gained: Groundbridge Log
Groundbridge was used 8 times.
"Thank you for the information. I need to go see Ratchet," Nightbeat told him, getting ready to leave before he noticed something. "That vent."
"What?" Hoist said
"Three of them look worn out while the other looks brand new."
"Huh?" Hoist said, turning his head towards the vent. "That's true, but it probably doesn't mean anything.
"Maybe, but better safe than sorry."
Ammo Gained: Nail in Vent
One of the nails in the groundbridge vent is brand new.
"Right, how many nails are in the tool room when you last check?" Nightbeat asked.
"364."
"Alright, thanks," Nightbeat said as he headed out of the room. He headed out and head back to the fourth floor and went into the tool room. In there he found that the counter read 363.
Ammo Gained: Missing Nail
One of the nails in the tool room is missing.
With that done, he went back to the third floor to see what Ratchet wanted to do with Scavenger. Before he reached him, he saw Dead End hanging around by himself in the hallway outside of the infirmary.
"Dead End, can I have your testimony?" Nightbeat asked.
"I was at the party all night until I went out at 9:45 to find the body, but that is not the important part," Dead End told him.
"It isn't?" Nightbeat asked.
"On the first night here, I was up and walking the hallways." That got Nightbeat's attention. "When walking through the hallway, I found myself on the fourth floor and stumble onto something that wasn't good," Dead End told him.
"What?"
"Shockwave stealing some of the acid," Dead End told him.
"Really?!" Nightbeat asked, shocked.
"Yes. He was briefly monologuing to himself, wondering to himself who he should use it on. He decided upon Skywarp as he would be the easiest to fool and would do it on the fifth day to let suspicions on the acid rest."
"That's… pretty damning evidence."
"Yes, it would be, if it wasn't for the fact that he became the victim instead of the murderer. That has got me confuse," Dead End told him.
"What were you planning on doing with the evidence?" Nightbeat asked him.
"Tell everyone at the trial and use any evidence that you would've found to support me, but his death has stopped that plan in its track. I looked for the acid, but couldn't find it in the room."
"Huh. Thanks for the information, Dead End."
"You're welcome," he said before heading off.
Ammo Gained: Dead End's Testimony
Saw Shockwave steal a portion of the acid during the first day. Noted that victim was planning on killing Skywarp on the fifth day.
Was at the party the whole time until he helped discover the body.
Nightbeat entered the infirmary after talking with Dead End to see Scavenger closing a wound in Ratchet's arm.
"What happened," Nightbeat asked.
"I ordered him to siphon some of the energon in my body for comparison."
"Compare what?"
"Bouncing off what Rewind said, I got Scavenger to take a small amount of my energon to compare it to energon and low-grade. Scavenger, can you show it to them," Ratchet asked of him.
"Yeah," Scavenger agreed, getting the three cubes out for comparison. "Notice the regular energon," Scavenger told them. "It's a regular blue. Low-grade is a slightly brighter shade of blue. The energon from the body is considerably darker than the others. Do you get that?" Scavenger asked.
"Yes, I do and this very useful information."
Ammo Gained: Energon Test.
Ratchet and Scavenger conducted a test comparing regular, bodily, and low-grade energon. From brightest-to-lowest: low-grade, regular, and bodily.
"Anything else?" Nightbeat asked.
"Well, there is one more thing I don't know if you're aware of, but do you know his injection cycle?" Ratchet asked.
"No, I don't."
"Well, every time he gets a cube of energon, he puts it in an ejector and injects 25% every 15 minutes."
Ammo Gained: Shockwave's Injection Cycle
Shockwave injects every 25% of energon every 15 minutes.
DING! DONG!
"The investigation is over! Everyone head over to the cargo elevator on the first floor for the long-awaited trial!
The three robots in the room took in what he said before heading out of their room, dread filling their sparks. They had to make sure that the one who killed Shockwave is expose and dies to save everyone else. I was situation none of them wanted to be in, but they had no choice.
"Alright, let's get this over with," Ratchet grumbled, getting up and heading out of the door.
They all went down the to the elevator and waited for it to fill with everyone else. Once done, Blurr hit the button, causing a racket from the elevator and making it descend down. Everyone in the elevator was glancing at each other, wondering which of them the killer was. Someone had to murder Shockwave and they had to prove who it was. All of their lives depend on it.
The elevator stopped and opened to an underground chamber. Everyone stepped out to see a circle of thirty podiums together. On the wall d8irectly across from them was a giant throne. The walls were painted a garish orange and red pattern.
"Welcome, everyone, to the debate! Please take a seat by your stands marked with your name on it!" he ordered, leading everyone to head where they need to. It didn't take long to figure out how it was ordered. It was arrange in the way that they sat at the lunch table. Apparently, he kept really close tabs on them. They all took their place at their podium, occupying every one of them, except for one which was occupied by…
"What's with the photo?" Perceptor asked as he started at the stand that held Shockwave's photo at his height.
"Just because someone is dead doesn't mean they can't still participate in the debate. Now then, let's go over the rules. Your task is to reason out the identity of the culprit. Succeed and only they will be punished. Fail and only they will not be punished. I assumed everyone understands that?" he asked. The room stayed quiet at what he said. "Alright, then I now pronounced the first class trial to be in session!"