Niles looks at the dual colored bear in front of him, Rantaro and Shuichi. His eye narrows at Monokuma. A casino... and whatever this Love Hotel thing was seemed a bit too nice to have, given the situation. He was very suspicious of the bear and his intentions. Also, if this Love Hotel was what he thought it was, then what the hell is wrong with the Mastermind? Yeah sure he had dirty and perverted thoughts, but even he wouldn't create something like that in a situation where the person you spend some alone time with might end up killing you the next night or even in that very room! That was just fucked up.

"As the sign states, this is the Love Hotel! Now as you can see... It's currently locked. You need the key to enter this place. How do you get the key you ask? Simple! Earn 10,000 casino coins at the casino and trade it in for a Love Key~ If you keep the Love Key, you'll get a chance to spend the night with a fellow student," Monokuma explains, giggling evilly. He then fans himself. "Wow~ The thought of a steamy night with someone must be quite the motivator right?"

"What?!" Shuichi squeaks out, his face completely red from hearing the explanation. Rantaro just sweatdropped.

"You're serious... Aren't you..." Rantaro asks.

"Mhm! 100% serious~" Monokuma says.

"I can't believe that's what this is. That's just fucked in the head," Niles says. "Not even I would stoop that low just to bed someone, this situation or not!"

"Awe c'mon! It's not that bad!" Monokuma says, looking at Niles. "You tellin me you wouldn't want to.. bed as you put it.. a certain someone in a nice, plush room with anything you need?"

"With their consent first of all and not in a situation where death is possible any second!" Niles says. "Gods..." he says, rubbing his face with a hand. He turns on his heels and grabs Shuichi and Rantaro by their wrists and drags them away from the Love Hotel. That bear was pissing him off and he needed to get away before he accidentally attacked the thing.

"Not that I'm not grateful for you pulling us away... But are you alright Niles?" Shuichi asks.

"I'm not. I'm heavily annoyed," Niles answers.

"Want to get it off your chest..?" Rantaro asks gently, wondering if the Outlaw could use a moment to vent. Niles shakes his head and just continues towards the casino, letting go of their wrists.

"It's fine. I'll get over it," Niles answers. "Besides, this casino could use a look over."

"Fair enough," Shuichi says, acknowledging that Niles had no desire to talk about the situation. He wouldn't push as he wasn't close enough to the Outlaw to press. He did have a feeling the reason was similar to what caused the one-eyed man to snap at Kaede a few days ago. The trio enter the casino and Rantaro lets out a low whistle upon seeing everything.

"Fancy," Niles comments. "Seems like a place I would have robbed back in my younger days."

"This is probably just the lobby as those counters are probably the exchange counters - one for the casino coins and then one for the prizes," Shuichi says.

"Wait, how do we get casino coins?" Niles asks, blinking a bit. He hadn't seen any money laying around, but then again, he had been busy trying to find a way back to Nohr.

"Ah, the MonoCoins. Kaede and I have found some when we knock over furniture or just check random spots," Shuichi says.

"I found a few in my room. Might as well give this a whirl, no?" Rantaro says before approaching the coin counter. He puts one MonoCoin in the exchange machine and gets ten casino coins. He blinks. "Well.. One MonoCoin for ten casino coins-"

"That's a fair exchange rate given the prize prices," Shuichi says, having looked at the prize counter. "And as Monokuma said, it's 10,000 for the Love Hotel Key..."

"Stupid idea," Niles says, scoffing at hearing the Love Hotel business again. He blinks when Rantaro put the ten casino coins into his hand but just accepts it. Once Rantaro had another ten casino coins, the two head down the stairs and enter the game room. Niles was a little blinded by the flashing lights and a little deafened by the loud noises. "Holy shit-"

"Holy shit indeed- There's a lot going on down here," Rantaro agrees. He spots Kaito, Kokichi, and Miu at the slot machines. The green haired male steps further into the room and finds Himiko and Tenko at some sort of fishing game. To neither Rantaro's nor Niles's surprise, they spotted Korekiyo at some sort of dig game. And the last game they came across was a driving game, which had Niles furrow his eyebrows.

"What is that supposed to be..?" Niles asks Rantaro quietly, gesturing to the car like game seat.

"Ah that's a gaming control seat to simulate driving a car. I'm not too fond of cars myself," Rantaro says, rubbing the back of his neck towards the end.

"...Is a car like a metal horse or something?" Niles asks, trying to grasp the concept of a car.

"Yeah, think of it as a metal horse that you manipulate from the inside. And instead of feeding it water, wheat, and what not, you feed it a special potion, which we call gas or diesel," Rantaro explains.

"Ooooh, alright, that makes enough sense. Odd but sounds useful."

"They have their places, but as someone who doesn't like them, I don't use cars."

"Any reason in particular?"

"I prefer moving around on my own two feet, exploring the land that way. Boats are fun though. I like sailing those."

"Interesting. You would probably enjoy Nohr."

"I imagine I would enjoy a lot of your world. It would be very different than what's here. But I would want to wait to explore your world until it was safe..."

"And...? You trailed off there."

"Ah- I uh don't want to talk about that right now, if that's okay with you Niles," Rantaro says, wincing a bit. Niles simply nods and he backs off. After all, the white haired man knew that Rantaro had suffered enough and understood what suffering was.

"Of course. I may be cruel but like I told you before. You've already suffered, I feel no need to make you suffer," Niles says. "Anyways, want to give this... game.. a try? I have no idea what I'm doing."

"Ah sure, it's not a real car after all," Rantaro chuckles. The two get into the car like seats and after inserting a casino coin, the game and the directions start up. With a shrug, Niles starts playing this game and was a little startled by the controls and how it all reacted. Since he was not used to playing games, it took Niles a little bit longer than Rantaro to adjust to the controls. After a few more tries, the Outlaw found himself actually enjoying this car game, as weird as it was to purposely hit these "people".

The rest of the day went by alright for the remaining students. The casino, the new labs, and the new areas helped to bring some ease and provide a distraction from the horrid events of the prior day. Most of the students had let their guard down to take the chance to actually relax in this hellhole. The only ones who didn't let their guards down despite seeming relaxed were Maki, Rantaro, Niles and Kokichi. And it was these four who were gathered in the courtyard outside the dorms after the nighttime announcement went off. Maki was not impressed nor was she surprised upon seeing the Supreme Leader there.

"So what's your report tonight Maki? Nothing like usual?" Niles asks, idly twirling an arrow between his deft fingers.

"Actually... I have a few people that I'm suspicious of," Maki answers. This caused the three males to still and give their full attention to the brunette.

"...Go on," Niles prompts. His playful expression had switched to a more serious one.

"With the expansion and everyone immersing themselves in the new additions, people have let their guards down. I am suspicious of three people - Korekiyo, Kirumi and surprisingly Tsumugi," Maki answers. "I would say Kokichi as well but given the situation, too obvious and he's here."

"Korekiyo I can understand... He gives me some icky vibes with that weird face mask," Niles says, scrunching his nose. "And how he likes to observe human behavior as if we were all but dogs in the wild..."

"Kirumi makes some sense... Maids can be very deceiving. They're either the killer or completely innocent," Rantaro muses.

"Whaaaat? Mom as the mastermind? Nuh-uh!" Kokichi pouts. "No way!"

"...Are you fucking serious..." Maki bitchfaces Kokichi.

"Nishishi~ Maybe~" Kokichi grins at Maki.

"And with how supposedly plain Tsumugi is... No one give her a once over," Niles hums out.

"And with her being a cosplayer, she can looks and act and be someone completely different," Rantaro says.

"What if Tsumugi herself is all one big lie? Now that would make things interesting," Kokichi muses.

"I'll keep a closer eye on those three for the time being, but I'll still look around at the others," Maki states, playing with one of her pigtails.

"Well, this has been very informative. You're free to go Maki," Niles says, dismissing the Assassin. He waits for Maki to disappear into the dorms before speaking again. He looks at Rantaro. "Any of those ringing a bell?"

"Yes...? Like I don't know who though. I do think it's one of them but I can't quite pin it down," Rantaro answers.

"Well! I think the Mastermind is going to have to be very careful now.. The fact that you're still alive and pose as a threat to them puts a large target on your back!" Kokichi states. Rantaro chuckles nervously, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Yeah... I'm not looking forward to that..." Rantaro winces. He goes to ask Niles a question but a hand is put up.

"The answer is yes. I already know what you were going to ask. And I suppose now I'll make it more obvious that I'm armed as I will be your bodyguard," Niles says.

"Oooo~ How fun~ Getting a criminal to be your bodyguard! And one people know will not hesitate to shoot them with an arrow!" Kokichi grins, his eyes lighting up.

"You have such a weird sense of humor and taste Kokichi.." Rantaro comments.

"I will offer the same to you Kokichi since you're in on this now and will probably get a target on your back too," Niles says.

"I will keep that in mind! But I should be alright! Now, I have some super secret evil organization plans to me~ Night night~" Kokichi chirps as he pops up before heading to the dorms. Rantaro and Niles look at each other after the purple haired gremlin leaves.

"Same as last night," is all Niles tells Rantaro as he gets up. Nodding in confirmation, Rantaro gets up and heads to the dorms with Niles, once more getting ready in his room and then heading to Niles's room. Something told the Survivor that this was going to become the usual as more and more people die and the possible candidates for the Mastermind narrows. This particular Killing Game just got a lot more dangerous after one murder, and Rantaro knew he needed to watch his back...