The Greatest Japanese Hero
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Danganronpa is owned by Spike Chunsoft and Lerche
The Greatest American Hero is owned by Stephen J. Cannell
First off, many thanks to those who reviewed this fic, I really appreciated it and this gave me inspiration to work on the next chapter and this time this story arc reaches the climax as Kirigiri and Naegi work together in exposing the political conspiracy which would lead to a showdown as she finally gets the chance to avenge Yui's death while confronting the main villain of this arc while dealing with Fenrir...
The Kyoko Kirigiri arc concludes here as part 4 commences...
But with the alarm blaring, Naegi carried Kirigiri on his shoulder and then ran a few steps forward before jumping and flew over the wall as Kirigiri shrieked as they flew a little higher before Naegi loses control and ends up crashing on the ground outside, just as Fuhito is waiting inside the car, and as he gets out, he sweat-dropped at the sight before him, as Naegi is laying on the ground with Kirigiri on top, and as she opened her eyes, she blushed deeply as she realized that her face is buried on his CROTCH, and gets up, feeling embarrassed while Fuhito managed to hide his snicker yet he is glad to see his granddaughter alive before telling the two teens to get inside the car and as they did so, Fuhito drives the car and leaves the area, just before the Fenrir soldiers would get the chance to check out outside, and the soldiers are unaware that Kirigiri and Naegi have already escaped their custody.
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After several minutes of search, the soldiers realized that Kirigiri has escaped, and the soldiers went towards their squad leader and to their surprises, they found him and a few of their fellow soldiers sprawled to the floor and are knocked out, and there one of the soldiers is forced to call their client to report to him about what happened though they are at loss as to how to explain the damaged hole on the wall and how Kirigiri managed to escape a rather inescapable mansion where their soldiers are trained to ensure that their prisoner would not escape.
"Mr. Kujo..."
"What is it?"
"I'm sorry to say, but...Kyoko Kirigiri escaped..."
"Despite being a squadron of mercenary soldiers against one girl?"
"We are terribly sorry..."
"It's fine...you still have the evidence now...she has none...I will contact you to inform you of our next move..."
"Very well..."
"Good."
Believe It Or Not by Joey Scarbury
(Opening Song from The Greatest American Hero)
Look at what's happened to me,
I can't believe it myself;
Suddenly I'm up on top of the world,
Should've been somebody else.
Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.
Just like the light of new day,
It hit me from out of the blue;
Breakin' me out of the spell I was in,
Makin' all of my wishes come true.
Believe it or not,
I'm walkin' on air,
I never thought I could feel so free;
Flyin' away on a wing and a pray'r,
Who could it be?
Believe it or not, it's just me.
Ch. 17: HÅmudaijin tai Tantei
Several minutes later, the scene shifts to the office of the Minister of Justice, where Masamune Kujo is sitting on his chair while facing his desk, awaiting for the report on his "request", and there his aide came and is told to lock the door and when he did so, the aide began a conversation with Kujo and there the Minister of Justice is being debriefed about the current events which involves Kyoko Kirigiri, in which she escaped from Fenrir's custody and that she apparently got help which resulted in her escape, though the aide said that the "evidence" is still in Fenrir's hands.
While the aide is rather concerned that Kirigiri might expose the conspiracy, Kujo remained calm and collected and assured to his aide that Kirigiri wouldn't be able to pull off a "miracle" given that Fenrir has the evidence and thus Kirigiri won't be able to expose the plot to assassinate the Prime Minister in the future.
"Sir...are you sure about this? Shouldn't you try to..."
"No need to worry..."
"Really...?"
"Yes."
"As you wish...anyway...Fenrir called and said that they are going to send the evidence to you by e-mail...then they will destroy the laptop..."
"Really...?"
"Yes."
"Good."
Rather pleased with the report from Fenrir, Kujo picks up his cellphone and called someone and told the caller that the time has come, and told the caller to lay a trap in which the caller will invite the Prime Minister and the Royal Family (the Emperor, his wife and toddler son) to head for the mansion where Kirigiri was once held so that Fenrir will finish them off and with this the position of Prime Minister will be vacant and he will take over and from there he will have his "shadow government" take out the current Diet from within and the rest will be history, in which the caller agreed and Kujo puts down the phone and is awaiting the next move of his conspirators.
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Several minutes later, the scene shifts to a nearby inn where the car stopped and went inside, and there Fuhito, Kirigiri and Naegi (in his civilian clothes) entered and are going to the cafeteria where there are no customers around and the trio began their serious discussion about what to do next as they realized that time is running out they have to do something and stop Fenrir from carrying out Kujo's diabolical plans.
"We need to make our move. Naegi...you're help will be needed here..."
"I understand..."
"The suit you're wearing will be instrumental in saving the Royal Family's lives..."
"Okay...tell me what you want me to do."
"But first...we need to come up with a way to prove Kujo's treachery..."
"But those soldiers have your laptop...and unless you have a spare USB where you saved an emergency copy..."
"Unfortunately...it's at my house...it would take some time to get it...and we can't risk getting in to Fenrir's faces..."
"Naegi...Kyoko...listen..."
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Fuhito then stood up as he came up with a way to help matters as he revealed that he has a contact within the Department of Defense, and that he might talk with the Minister of Defense about Masamune Kujo's plot and if the Minister of Defense believe his story, they might avert whatever assassination plot that Kujo intends to uphold, and Naegi nodded that it is a good idea though Kirigiri is unsure since she has no idea whom Kujo have as his conspirators though Fuhito assured that he and the Minister of Defense have met before that that he often went to Fuhito for advise, in which Kirigiri reluctantly nodded and there Fuhito took out his cellphone and began calling the Minister of Defense, and soon the two are heard talking to one another.
"Fuhito! It's been a while!"
"Yes...I sure missed you a lot..."
"What brings you here? You need something..."
"Yes...and it's an emergency..."
"Eh?"
"Listen...it's like this..."
"..."
"Hello...?"
"You can't be serious, Fuhito..."
The Minister of Defense was heard mumbling worrying words at what he just heard and told Fuhito to head for his office so that they can talk more reasoning that they are at risk of being anywhere and might get targeted if the enemy managed to track them down and Fuhito accepted and then turns off his cellphone and told the two teens that they are heading to the defense HQ where the Minister of Defense is waiting so that he would get the chance to hear what Kirigiri discovered, and the "Super High School-level Detective" reluctantly nodded as she and Naegi went with Fuhito and the trio boarded the car and head to the office where the Minister of Defense is waiting.
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An hour later, Fuhito and the two teens arrived and are inside the office where the Minister of Defense is waiting and he shook hands with Fuhito and there Fuhito told Kirigiri and Naegi that he and the Minister of Defense have met before and has helped him solve some certain cases and Kirigiri nodded and shook hands with him and there she went straight to the point and told the Minister of Defense what she learned so far, about Yui stumbling to an assassination plot, her sending an attachment to Kirigiri's e-mail, and being abducted by the mercenary group Fenrir, which led her to their current situation.
Kirigiri then told the Minister about the place she was held in earlier and there the Minister revealed that the mansion she was held earlier belonged to one of Kujo's properties and said that he heard that Kujo invited the current Prime Minister and the Emperor, along with his family, to his posh mansion and stated that perhaps that's where the assassination would take place and Kujo will lay out the plans. Kirigiri did not like this and urged that the Prime Minister and the Emperor must be informed at once, and the Minister of Defense agreed and said that they should move out and head for the Emperor's castle and give out the word.
"I see..."
"That's why we need to move out...and give the Prime Minister the warning..."
"I understand..."
"Do you really believe us?"
"Of course! Japan's political and economical lives are at stake! We are moving out immediately! Fuhito...you kids...you'll have to come with us...your testimonies are needed..."
"Okay..."
"Uh...okay..."
"..."
With that, the Minister of Defense leads the three towards a limousine where a driver is waiting and there the vehicle drives out of the HQ and Naegi was silent as he wondered if things will turn out okay as they would finally tell the would-be victims about Kujo's treason, but as the minutes passed by, he noticed that they are taking a different route and Fuhito noticed it as well yet Kirigiri was calm and collected and there Fuhito began asking the Minister of Defense why they are taking this route until the Minister of Defense points a gun at them, surprising the Fuhito and Naegi except Kirigiri.
"..."
"What...is this...?"
"Sorry, Fuhito...nothing personal..."
"You...you're conspiring with Kujo?"
"Of course...he promised me a good position once he disposes the Prime Minister and the Royal Family...and it's very tempting to decline..."
"..."
"So sorry you kids have to be take down as well..."
"..."
The Minister of Defense reveals that he and Kujo are in cahoots with one another while pointing out that the army is unaware of this and that he is the one who hired Fenrir to find Yui Sumidare and kill her off and Kirigiri heard it, yet she is forced to temper her actions and bid her time to find the right moment to strike, and the limousine cruises on until reaching the mansion where Kirigiri was held earlier, and there Fuhito saw the Fenrir soldiers armed and the Minister of Defense got out and told the soldiers to keep the prisoners at bay, and as the Minister of Defense went inside the mansion, the mercenary soldiers pointed their guns and Fuhito, Kirigiri and Naegi were told to go inside and are forced to become prisoners of the mercenary group.
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Inside the control room, the Minister of Defense is being briefed by the squad leader of the Fenrir group and soon opened the communications where Masamune Kujo is on the line, where Kujo revealed that he is at his condominium and had just informed them that he tricked the Prime Minister and the Royal Family into heading to the posh mansion via helicopter and told Fenrir that once the helicopter is in sight and range, they will use a mobile Buk surface-to-air missile launcher to shoot it down, and Fuhito demanded why the Minister would do this, in which the Minister of Defense smirked in reply.
"Of course...to rule Japan."
"You can't be serious!"
"But I am..."
"You traitor!"
"Please...you're hurting my feelings..."
"You won't get away with this!"
"But I already have..."
"..."
Naegi is shocked as he gets to witness a political conspiracy in front of him while Kirigiri was seen glaring at the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Defense and there the Minister of Defense told the Fenrir soldiers to take the prisoners away and have them executed in five minutes, and the mercenary soldiers took the prisoners away, handcuffing them along the way, as the Minister of Defense is is smirking as he is looking forward to the plot where Kujo promised that he be given a "position" once the Prime Minister and the Royal Family is eradicated and that Kujo would assume the role of the new Prime Minister.
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Minutes later, the prisoners are taken to their cell and as the Fenrir soldiers left, Kirigiri told Naegi to make his move and he moved his arms, breaking the handcuffs and he started to remove his casual clothes, revealing that he was wearing the RED SUIT underneath and he freed Kirigiri and Fuhito, and there she instructed Naegi to take out the lights to give him the element of surprise advantage, in which he did, using the broken handcuffs to smash the light bulb and the cell is plunged in darkness and as the Fenrir soldiers came to execute the prisoners, the soldiers are baffled as they couldn't see their way through until Naegi grabbed the guards, and threw them against the wall, knocking them out and grabbed the weapons and locked them inside the cell. There Fuhito told Naegi that he has to go outside and stop the helicopter from coming near the mansion to avoid the passengers' deaths though Naegi is hesitant in leaving him and Kirigiri against a squad of mercenary soldiers.
"You'd better go out there and save the Royal Family..."
"But...what about you two...?"
"We'll manage..."
"But still..."
"Have faith in us...as we have faith in you..."
"I can't...you two against a squadron of mercenary soldiers...!"
"Japan's future lies in you willingness to stop the villains, Naegi..."
"..."
Kirigiri persuaded Naegi to do as told while Fuhito used a cellphone he managed to hide and called for the SWAT and provided them the location, and Naegi reluctantly leave the building and there he saw the helicopter is approaching the vicinity of the mansion, and seeing a spotlight, he grabbed one and ran a few steps before jumping where he is flying upward and there he could see some of the Fenrir soldiers are preparing the mobile Buk surface-to-air missile launcher and Naegi realized that time is running out and flew faster until he managed to reach the helicopter and opened the door, where the Prime Minister and the Royal Family are surprised to see Naegi, and there the Luckster conveyed an emergency warning.
"Sirs...listen to me!"
"!"
"!"
"You're about to be ambushed! Turn this chopper around! The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Defense intend to assassinate you all!"
"Impossible!"
"Preposterous!"
"That's the truth! Your lives are at stake here!"
"!"
The Emperor was rather surprised to hear what Naegi said yet he refuses to believe him until Naegi shows a recorder in which Kirigiri gave to him in secret and played it, in which it shows the voices of Masamune Kujo and the Minister of Defense revealing their plot and both the Royal Family and the Prime Minister are shocked at what they discovered until Kirigiri called Naegi via the radio and told him that Fenrir has already launched the missile and the teen saw it and told the pilot to leave the place and he threw the spotlight towards the incoming missile, and managed to hit and exploded, sending shock waves in which the helicopter's passengers felt it, and Naegi jumped downward to head for the mansion to deal with the Fenrir soldiers while the helicopter veers away while the Prime Minister uses his cellphone to contact the police and army and send them towards the mansion.
Naegi landed a bit hard on the ground within the mansion's premises, but was relatively unharmed due to the RED SUIT he is wearing, and there he is confronted by the Fenrir soldiers who opened fire at him but Naegi shielded himself with his arms and the bullets simply bounced off, ricocheting instead and the bullets truck back at the mercenary soldiers and are instantly killed off which drastically reduced their numbers as the soldiers kept on firing at their target, while Kirigiri and Fuhito took advantage of the confusion to call for help, and within minutes SWAT arrived and the Fenrir soldiers are forced to fight their way out as the whole place was surrounded.
In the midst of the chaos, Naegi found Kirigiri and Fuhito and was given a trench coat to cover his RED SUIT and went to a safe place as the firefight became intense, and soon the battle subsided as Kirigiri, Naegi and Fuhito managed to capture the Minister of Defense and turned him over to the authorities but then Kirigiri leaves in a hurry and Fuhito sensed that something is up and told Naegi to follow her, in which he did, seeing the anger in her eyes as the SWAT team are putting the dead Fenrir soldiers in a truck and are about to be transferred to a morgue.
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An hour later, at an unspecified airstrip, Masamune Kujo is with his aide as they both prepared to escape having anticipated that their involvement with the assassination plot may have been leaked after hearing that the assassination has failed, and with no way of covering up their tracks, Kujo realized that he has to escape to a country where no extradition treaty is covered with Japan, and as he is about to board an escape plane, Kirigiri showed up, armed with a gun and she aimed it at Kujo and a tense stand-off ensued between the two.
"You're not leaving."
"I'm amazed...you managed to figure out where I was going."
"You'll be paying hard time for murdering my friend."
"So...are you willing to tarnish your reputation just to have your petty revenge? Sumidare was a fool...and she would've escaped had she not eavesdrop on my affairs..."
"..."
"Are you going to shoot me?"
"..."
"The let me go...and we'll both live blissfully..."
Kujo taunted to Kirigiri that Yui is a fool for attempting to expose him and said that she deserved to die while telling Kirigiri that she risks her family's reputation by attempting revenge while in the end she will lose and he will go free, and despite her stoic expression, anger is seen in her eyes, and is barely restraining herself, but then Naegi came and Kujo raised an eyebrow upon seeing Naegi wearing the RED SUIT and cape, and there Naegi tries to persuade Kirigiri to spare Kujo while assuring that the Minister of Justice will be charged for treason and murder.
"Kirigiri-san!"
"..."
"Don't!"
"..."
"Kujo will be tried and punished...!"
"..."
"Don't let him trick you into shooting him!"
"..."
By then Kujo's aide took out his gun and opened fire, and Naegi is forced to cover his friend and the bullet hits Naegi on the back, but because of the RED SUIT the bullet ricochets and it went towards Kujo's head and the Minister of Justice was killed on the spot, and the aide fired again and the bullet bounced off Naegi's back and struck the aide on his head and was instantly killed, and there Naegi told her that he got a "holographic image" on where Yui's body is buried, and the Super High School-level Detective requested to Naegi to take her there.
Naegi nodded as he puts on a trench coat and Kirigiri called her Fuhito to inform him about the Minister of Justice's whereabouts, and soon police arrived and Kirigiri is alone as she had Naegi go ahead and there she came up with an alibi about how Kujo and his aide were killed and managed to to convince the police of her explanation, and they believed her. Thus the assassination plot is solved and case is closed.
Later Kirigiri and some police arrived at Wajima and there they dug out the decomposed remains of the Sumidare family and to Fuhito's surprise, Kirigiri sobbed while clenching her fists at seeing her body and Fuhito came to understand her seeing that his granddaughter is human and even her will power couldn't cover her emotions seeing how close his granddaughter is to Yui, and in the next few days the Sumidare family was buried at a cemetery while the Minister of Defense was charged with treason and stripped of his political position.
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A few nights later, the scene shifts at the beach in Wajima and there Kirigiri places a bouquet of flowers on the spot where Yui and her parents were dug out and with her is Naegi, who decided to accompany her to provide emotional support seeing how sad she is about Yui being murdered, and with the two teens was Fuhito, who decided to accompany them and after that the trio boarded their car and are about to leave when the UFO showed up in the sky and Seraphi spoke to Naegi via the car's radio, and even Fuhito was surprised as he gets to see a real UFO, as was Kirigiri and there they listened to what Seraphi said to Naegi.
"Well done...Makoto Naegi...you have proven yourself...the SUIT...will be your instrument...to upload...peace...to your planet...do not...use it selfishly...use it to protect...innocents...and do not...lose...suit...the fate of...your planet...lies within...you...we will...continue to...watch you...and we will assist you...if the...situation...calls...for it..."
After that, the UFO left but Naegi began shouting at the car's radio, telling that he lost the instruction book, but it was all in vain and Kirigiri sighed as Fuhito giggled seeing how "energetic" the teenagers are today.
To Be Continued...
And this ends the Kyoko Kirigiri arc, and though it was only four chapters, it was a good one as it involved some political plot and Kirigiri get to show some of her abilities as a detective, while Naegi gets to do some "good deeds" using the RED SUIT and now he is told to "keep up the good work" though Naegi failed to tell the aliens that he lost the instruction book and will have to experiment more on how to use the RED SUIT properly.
Preview:
The next chapter opens a new story arc as it involved Celestia Ludenberg, in which the Super High School-level Gambler gets in a tussle with some mobsters...