Class Trial In Session
All Rise!
"Now then allow me to start this off with a quick explanation of the class trial!" Monokuma started. "During this time you will present your evidence and argue over who you believe the killer is and vote for whodunit! If the majority vote is correct then only the blackened will be punished. However if the majority is is incorrect then I will punish everyone besides the blackened and they will get to graduate and leave to the outside world scot free." Monokuma explained.
I looked at the others with a worried expression. "Do you guys think that it's really true? Did one of us really kill Jayden and Helen?" I heard Monokuma give off that signature laugh of his. "Well duh! I already made it clear that I can't interfere with your school lives directly but I can make minor adjustments to fit for everyone's needs. Which means that the killer responsible for two deaths is one of you! It took me by surprise no doubt about that but oh how I fill with joy after seeing two bodies here instead of the third chapter!"
I looked over at Monokuma with the strangest look of confusion. "Huh? What do you mean "third chapter"?" I asked.
Monokuma gasped. "Oh did I say that? Meh. Just don't worry about that. Right now focus on who the killer lurking among you is."
"Well there no way in hell I'm the killer!" Shana shouted.
"I would never even think of killing someone so it isn't me either!" Damian shouted as well.
Paul shook his head. "But that statement could very much be a lie for all we know. After all someone was provoked by their motive because of their beliefs. All our personal motives and what can drive us to kill will never be understood by anyone else. So saying you can't think of doing so or just saying you didn't do it is futile."
"I agree. Saying things without a way to solidify them is pointless. We need to discuss things in order to figure out who is the culprit." Mikayla added. "So with that said I think we should first discuss who the killer could be and who could not."
"We don't need to." Willie said suddenly.
"Huh?" Mikayla was caught off guard by that as Willie held his fist up. "I know who the killer is."
"B-But we haven't even talked about anything? H-How could you know alr-ready?" Sienna asked confused.
"Simple. There's only one among us that has threatened our deceased partners. One who had taken a liking to our situation and has made things more tense with everything she has said." Willie answered.
I looked around the room to see who he was talking about before my eyes settled to someone a few seats down from my left. "You're talking about Melinda right Willie?"
"You betcha! There's no doubt she's our killer." Willie growled. Melinda simply chuckled. "What a false accusation."
"It ain't false! It's so obvious!" Willie growled.
"But... but guys... if we don't then Monokuma will win and one of us might kill. Do you want that? Does anyone here want to die?" Melinda then stepped up and grabbed her by her collar and pulled her close. "You better knock it off Miss President! If you keep trying to be a leader and make us do what you want, I guarantee that the first one to die will be you!"
"Now hold it. Just because you are a woman and a classmate of mine does not mean I will allow you to go running amuck killing an innocent life." Jayden growled at her. She simply looked up at him with a finger to her lip. "You'd be fun to hunt. You could actually be challenging to beat with you being so stacked."
"You threatened Helen just the other day by saying she'd die because of how much leadership she was putting out and there's dear ole Jayden. You said at the beginning of this game that you'd love to hunt him down in this game because he would give ya a challenge. Not to mention being the Ultimate Huntress means you kill for a living. It has to be you!" He pointed accusingly at her.
"As I said that is such a false accusation. You have no real proof I did it." Melinda giggled at him.
"Actually we do." Luca suddenly spoke up.
"Luca?" I asked in confusion.
Luca looked directly at me. "Kai, I know you didn't want to talk about it during the investigation but we can't let such an important clue go unnoticed."
"Important clue? That points me as the killer?" Melinda asked innocently.
He looked back to her. "As a matter of fact yes."
Monokuma then jumped in. "Now's a good time as any but please place your handbooks in the slot in front of you. This will allow you to not only place attendance for you being here but you may access your pictures and videos and show them off to everyone."
Luca nodded at Monokuma. "Please take a look at this." He then placed his e-handbook on his podium's small screen in front of him and then a projected image appeared on all our screens. It was the photo he took of the bookcase. More specifically the hole in the wall and bookcase. "I found this on the bookcase in Helen's room. There's a hole in the wall that is big enough for someone's hand to fit through and it comes from the room on the left. That room... belongs to Melinda. It's organized by last names and Jones is right before Kibby and no other girls has a last name with J or K so we know it's your room. But that's not the only thing I found. In between the books I saw an arrowhead that was attached to an entire arrow and loaded into a crossbow, hidden behind the books and right in front of the hole." Suddenly Melinda's podium turned red and went to the center of the circle our seat formed. I could bet that she was in what I could only assume was the hot seat.
"Aha! We got you now! This will undoubtedly prove you're guilty you venomous rattlesnake!" Willie shouted happily.
I had my hand to my chin as I thought to myself, 'But can we really be sure about that? I understand it is important to talk about but I need to refute anything that might be wrong.'
Non-Stop Debate!
Loaded Truth Bullets: Hole in Wall, Loaded Crossbow, and Bloody Knife
"Admit it! You're the culprit!" Willie shouted.
"Do you have any proof? I bet you can't tie me with anything!" Melinda laughed at him.
"After what Luca testified I believe I can! You're room and Helen's were connected through that hole in the wall and you had the crossbow set up in Helen's room. Then all you had to do was wait until the two let their guard down and you easily shot them with that crossbow!"
I felt my body jump at that moment like a bullet of knowledge about the crossbow was being shot at his words. "YOU'VE GOT THAT WRONG!"
Counter!
"Sorry Willie but I don't think that's right." I said to him.
He glared at me. "And why can't that be? She could have easily shot that crossbow from her room."
"Yes she could have but she didn't! That crossbow was never shot in the first place." By this point everyone's handbooks were in the slot as I loaded the crossbow picture up. "We found the crossbow with the arrow still loaded into it and when we searched around we never found any other arrows in the room which indicated that there were none shot and the only arrow brought there with the crossbow was still in the crossbow. Also there's another reason why the crossbow can't be the murder weapon."
I then brought out the Monokuma Files. "It states that both of them died from similar wounds," Then Luca took over the topic and loaded up the bloody knife photo. "And there's even a bloody knife on the ground next to Jayden's body but the crossbow and arrow are both clean of any blood."
"W-Well that may be true but she still can't deny that she didn't do it! Just the fact there was a hole in her wall is very suspicious." Willie retaliated.
Melinda shook her head. "No it isn't since I didn't even know about that hole until now. Also the real killer most likely put that there." Melinda informed him.
"What? That ain't possible! Even if someone else were to do that it should have been obvious when you went inside your room!" Willie tried countering but I knew he was wrong again. I then looked up and began playing a video. "Everyone this is the reason why Melinda didn't know about that hole in the wall."
"I was in the library all night with her. Neither of us left and neither of us fell asleep."
"That's what you meant Paul, isn't it? You and Melinda were in the library at nighttime weren't you?" I questioned him.
He simply nodded. "That is correct. As my recorded self stated she and I both were there all night and neither of us left or fell asleep. We were also together the entire day as well. Ollie can attest to that."
"Yes. I was with the two of them this morning and all day before I went to bed at night." Ollie confirmed.
"Which means that not only did Melinda never know about the hole but her and even Paul both have strong alibis. It should also be noted that the first and most obvious suspect is never really the culprit." I stated pointing forward at him. Melinda smiled as he podium retreated back into place and turned back from red to blue.
Willie looked speechless. "Aw shoot really? I though for sure that was right. Now I feel stupid especially since I did no investigatin'." He sighed out in disappointment.
Tommy smiled at him. "It's fine man. Don't worry. Most everyone else had done at least a little looking around. So we'll just have to pick up the slack and help fill the holes."
"B-Besides I think not everyone here is the culprit." Sienna spoke up.
"What do you mean? Is there someone else you think isn't the killer?" Brenda asked in surprise.
"Y-Yeah. Mikayla." She whispered shyly.
"And where's your reasoning? It's foolish to say something with no evidence. Don't waste our time!" Paul shouted at her.
She cried out and hid her face. Mikayla glared at her. "Well guess what she does have a reason because the two of us were also together last night!" She hollered back at him.
"Then give us the details already!" Paul growled back with impatience.
Mikayla sighed before speaking. "I didn't go back to my room because earlier I was told by Helen that she had been going to Sienna's room to help her get to sleep but because of what transpired yesterday she wanted me to go help Sienna so she could rest herself. It took me quite a bit of time but I had finally gotten her to go to sleep at about 11."
"The Monokuma Files did state that both victims died at about 10:30 and as long as Mikayla was helping Sienna go to sleep until 11 then the two of them also have rock solid alibis too." Luca chimed in.
"Hmm." Paul humphed at them in annoyance.
"Well now we've taken our suspect list down four but leaves us with an unreasonable ten suspects left. If no one else can produce an alibi with someone else then I doubt we can lower it farther." Ollie mentioned.
Marcel and Evelyn raised their hands. "We were together until about 11 as well. After that I went to my dorm." Marcel told us.
"And what we were doing was... a very interesting experiment as he took me up on my service offers." Evelyn cooed. Marcel's face flushed as he and her smiled at each other.
"With how you two are looking at each other I doubt we wanna know what it was." Tommy sighed.
"Anyone else?" Ollie asked again.
This time no one spoke up.
"Then our list goes from ten to eight. Now that there is no chance we can narrow it further since no one else can produce an alibi so let us press on." Damian said. "I think that we should next speak about is what did kill Jayden and Helen."
"Um but it's super obvious right? The knife next to Jayden killed them both." Shana pointed out.
"If that's the case then figuring out how they died will be easy!" Willie shouted happily.
'Was it the one knife that killed them both? I gotta let everyone know what we found.' I thought.
Non-Stop Debate!
Loaded Truth Bullets: Knife in Pillow, Bloody Knife, and Monokuma File #2
"So how do you think the murder happen?" Evelyn asked.
"Well it's obvious that Jayden died first! After all you'd have to kill him in order to get Helen." Willie answered.
"So the killer sliced at Jayden's throat to kill him then approached Helen once he was dead." Shana continued.
"That's gotta be it! I bet that's when they stabbed the back of her head with the same knife!" Damian shouted with glee.
Truth Bullet Fired: Knife in Pillow
"YOU'VE GOT THAT WRONG!"
Counter!
"No there's no way the knife that killed Jayden was the same one that killed Helen." I told them.
Damian looked at me with surprise. "What? Why not? They both died to similar wounds right? So what's the problem?"
"Did anyone actually try to look at Helen's wound on her head?" I asked everyone.
"No way! I wasn't gonna touch her body!" Marcel yelled. "I would have gotten those cooties from her!"
"Are you still serious about that? What about Evelyn?" Tommy asked him.
"She said she cleaned herself of that disease so that's why I accepted her offer of..."
"Using my hypnotism to provide both of us certain... pleasures." Evelyn finished as Marcel blushed again.
"I had to ask." Tommy said also blushing now.
"Next time don't." Shana deadpanned at Tommy.
"A-Anyway the reason I say that is because you would have seen there was a second knife and it was still inside the back of Helen's head." I explained.
Paul looked to me in shock and disapproval. "Are you serious? If that knife was still embedded in her head then we would have noticed. The handle would still be outside and visible. Not to mention it would have propped her head forward with the handle pushing against the pillow."
I shook my head at him. "No it wouldn't have. Especially since the blade was not only in her head but through the pillow too."
"What?! The knife was stabbed in the pillow too?" Evelyn shouted in horror.
I nodded as I loaded the picture. "The killer most likely did this to disguise the knife so we would believe there was only one murder weapon. They probably removed the knife after killing her, stabbed it through the pillow, and back into her head to hide it."
"Um actually I don't think so." Mikayla interrupted me. That caught me off guard as my surprise was vocalized. "Huh?"
"Well I had double checked the wound and the blade is very thin. It would have taken precise alignment to ensure that it would fit perfectly but that would be difficult to do with holding the blade through the pillow, keeping it straight, and lining it up with the wound. I doubt anyone would be able to do it without scratching up the back of her head around the wound a little but I found no indication that the knife was attempted to be put back in." Mikayla explained in detail.
"Would you even be able to see cuts that small? Maybe it wasn't that difficult to line it up." Luca suggested.
Mikayla shook her head. "Nope. It would have opened the wound wider no matter how careful you are and I could see that the wound wasn't any bigger than the blade. My vision is so clear I can see baby spiders across a room so I would have seen if the wound had opened wider." Mikayla told us.
"And she is the Ultimate Veterinarian. We should believe she knows what she's talking about when it comes to injuries since she treats animals on a daily basis. After all humans are just another animal." Tommy noted.
"Then how did that knife get put through the pillow and Helen's head?" Shana asked looking completely lost.
Melinda grinned at us. "Instead of thinking how the knife had reentered her head, try thinking how it had simply entered her head in the first place."
'How it entered her head in the first place? What does that mean?' I wondered. I closed my eyes and began imagining different sequences of how the knife could have first entered her head. It was like I was riding a snowboard or taxi in my mind. The suddenly an idea popped into my mind. "That's it! What if the knife was in the pillow beforehand?" I suggested.
"The knife was in the pillow before? What do you mean? Are you saying they used they pillow as a cushion? Don't be stupid!" Shana yelled at me.
"No it wasn't used as a cushion. It was used to hid the knife." I told her.
"They hid the knife?" Marcel asked in disbelief.
"Yes." I replied as I continued. "The killer hid the knife in the pillow and used it as a way to prop the knife up. That way when Helen laid back she would be stabbed in the head."
"Wait! How can you say that?" Evelyn suddenly hollered, halting me and my theory. "What?" I asked confused.
"How would simply lying back be enough to stab her? If anything she might have cut herself or bonked her head against the blade but it would require a lot more force to send a knife that deep into your skull. So saying she laid back on it doesn't hold up!" Evelyn shouted glaring at me.
"Was that a lie? Did Kai lie to us?" Damian asked in horror.
"Um..."
"What? No I wasn't! I was just suggesting a theory I thought of!" I pleaded.
"H-Hello?"
"But with what Evelyn said, it makes it sound like you were trying to mislead us. That's very suspicious of you." Willie said staring at me accusingly. Suddenly my podium was red indicating I was almost in the hot seat.
"Excuse me?"
"Hmm? Did anyone else here that squeak? I swore I heard a mouse." Melinda asked looking around.
Evelyn jumped with a screech. "EEK! I hate mice!"
Mikayla's face drained of color. "Is it Jum-P? Did they escape again?!"
Suddenly Sienna raised her hand. "A-Actually that was me."
Melinda tapped her hand against her forehead slowly. "Oh! That was you! I thought I heard a mouse trying to get noticed. Too bad nobody cares." She said mockingly. Sienna looked down as she was almost on the verge of crying.
"Hey! Be nice to her!" Brenda growled at Melinda before looking to the ice skater. "We're sorry Sienna but with all the ruckus it was impossible to hear you." She apologized to her.
"It's fine. I-I tend to be quiet anyways which isn't the best thing for us right now so I understand if you're mad at me." Sienna also apologized.
"Don't worry! We forgive you. Now just tell us what's on your mind." Luca said sweetly to her. That seemed to inspire her as her posture straightened up and her voice was louder.
She smiled at him with a firm nod before looking out with a deep breath being let out. "Well I think Kai's theory is true. And I have a reason why."
I felt a bit of relief rush into my fast beating heart. 'So Sienna has a reason why she thinks my theory is correct? Then I better pay close attention since I might not hear everything she says.'
Non-Stop Debate!
Truth Bullets Loaded: Knife in Pillow, Status of Helen's body, and Wrinkled Bed Sheets
"I believe she might have stabbed herself when her head was on the pillow." Sienna started.
"But I already said how that was impossible. Laying down would not apply enough force to stab yourself." Evelyn growled at her.
She cringed a little but did not back down. "But maybe she didn't lie down. Maybe she was jumping on the bed. After all the bed was all messy. I think she was jumping on her bed and when she fell back she got stabbed by the pillow!"
Truth Bullet Fired: Status of Helen's Body
"YOU'VE GOT THAT WRONG!"
Counter!
"Sienna, I appreciate your belief in me but I have to disagree with that." I told her.
She looked at me looking very upset. "W-W-W-Wh-What?"
I sighed at her defeated, sad look. "Listen I don't mean any offense but it's just that..."
"I will shine a light through your lies!" Shana exclaimed.
"How dare you doubt her! I actually think that she might be right!" Shana growled at me.
"Hey! What are you doing?" I asked perplexed.
"What does it look like? I'm gonna fight ya on this! Don't worry Sienna! I believe in you and I will crush this heartless boy for his disbelief!"
Rebuttal Showdown!
Truth Blades Prepared: Monokuma File #2, Status of Jayden's Body, Shana's Account, and Wrinkled Bed Sheets
"I can't believe you right now! Sienna just gave a great theory to help you out and you go against her when she's only trying to help you! Why do you doubt her!?" Shana shouted furious at me.
"No just because I doubt her theory doesn't mean I don't appreciate her help. I just doubt it because of the evidence that doesn't match up with her deduction."
"Well I believe her! I believe that Helen was jumping on ==/== the bed and that's what got her killed!"
Truth Sword Used: Wrinkled Bed Sheets
"I'LL CUT YOUR WORDS DOWN TO SIZE!"
Counter!
"But for Helen to have been jumping on her bed that led to her death would be impossible for her." I refuted.
"And why do you say that?" Shana snarled, her eyes looking like they burning with rage as they glared wide open.
"Yes Sienna was right about the bed sheets being wrinkled but look at how the wrinkles are formed." I quickly brought up the photo of the bed I took. " If you look at the way the bed sheets are pushed around you'll see what I'm talking about. The middle of the sheets are arched up and much higher on the bed while the sides are almost exactly where they should be positioned. This would indicate that something was pushed down the middle of the bed and I know exactly what was pushed. It was Helen."
"Helen was pushed up the bed?" Brenda asked, her eyes wide in an agonized expression.
"That has to be it!" I replied. "Helen was probably already sitting on her bed and after our killer slit Jayden's throat, they charged at Helen, who most likely crawled back towards the pillow to get away, and then tackled her back which slid Helen and the bed sheets up into the pillow. This would surely be enough force to send the blade into Helen's head and it would also explain the bruises on the front of her body. Bruises that wouldn't be there if she had been jumping on the bed and fallen backwards. That's what I tried to say before Shana interrupted me."
"We also need to recall that Helen wasn't exactly her normal high-spirited self that entire day so for her be jumping on her bed like a child would be kind of a big stretch." Luca added.
"O-Oh. I guess I can understand that." Shana said looking annoyed but also a bit shamed.
Sienna looked away rubbing her pigtail nervously. "I guess I was wrong. I'm sorry I'm so useless."
Luca shook his head at her still flashing that endearing grin at her. "I don't think so. If you hadn't brought up the bed sheets then Kai might have not figured it out. It's because of you that he was able to reveal the truth behind Helen's death. So be proud of yourself. Kai is happy that you helped him! Isn't that right Kai?" He then looked to me with a smile so obviously fake that I knew he was trying to tell me to go along with what he was saying.
But he wasn't wrong. Sienna was the reason I figured it out. As such I looked to her and nodded. "That's right. I'm sorry I made you feel bad by doubting your theory but it was because of it that I was able to solve that mystery. So thank you very much."
Sienna looked absolutely shocked but soon smiled with a blush as her head dropped down but her eyes were fixed on me and Luca. "Y-You're very welcome."
I looked to Luca in disbelief. He was astounding to have cheered up someone so prone to being so vulnerable. I was blown away by his quick thinking and kind gestures towards the others.
I heard Shana sigh in defeat. "I guess I should be the one apologizing. I'm sorry."
I smiled at her too. "It's fine. It's done and over."
Then she glared at me. "But I still think you're sick!" She then glanced at Evelyn who was staring at me dreamily. I groaned as I rubbed the bridge of my nose between my fingers before Shana continued. "Besides it's not done and over. We still need to find out who killed them."
Brenda nodded. "She's right. The blackened is very crafty to have hidden that knife that killed Helen and blamed the murder on Melinda with the crossbow setup."
Damian went into a thoughtful state with his arms folded and his eyes closed, deep in thought. "Then what should we discuss next? How Jayden died?"
"No that should be pretty straightforward. The knife we found next to him is what killed him." Tommy reminded him. "It is covered in blood and there was nothing else at the scene that could have killed him."
"Then how about we talk about where the killer got the murder weapons!" Evelyn suggested. "I think it's obvious they came from the kitchen."
"No I don't think that's it." Luca said.
"Huh? Why not? Do you doubt me? That kitchen is full of potential weapons." She refuted him.
"But there was another place where the weapons came from. You know what I'm talking about right Kai?" Luca asked me.
I nodded to him before loading up the school store weapons. "It's more likely that the killer got the weapons from here. There was a glass counter and on the bottom shelf hidden by all the items on the other shelves was a big empty space where the crossbow was. You could tell that since a box of arrow for the crossbow was next to it. And right next to that was a rack with five spaces for five of the same knife."
Luca then continued where I left off. "But we found only three knifes in their spots and two missing. This has to be where the weapons were obtained. We can also assume a saw was taken to make the hole in the wall but was gotten rid of to destroy evidence. After all just by looking at the knife you can see it's not even a kitchen knife."
"As a matter of fact they are 11 inch MTech Xtreme MX-8054 Full Tang Military Knives." Melinda threw in suddenly which left most of us staring at her. "What? I'm the Ultimate Huntress I know my weapons." She added.
"Well anyway, there's also the fact that the kitchen is off limits at night and I'm sure those who were in the cafeteria didn't see anyone take anything from the kitchen during the day. But we haven't heard anything about the school store being off limits at nighttime." I included with our earlier deduction.
"Yep yep! As far as the rules state certain areas can't be accessed but the school store is one of those areas that the rules doesn't apply to." Monokuma mentioned to further prove us right.
"Also we found this to be even more sure they came from here. The school store lock and chain that Jayden and Helen set up was completely torn off along with the door handles to the school store." I told them after loading the image.
Paul then spoke up. "I'd like to also state that the lock was most likely broken off during the day. After all we got our motives yesterday morning and the trap was set up before Helen went to her room last night. Which means that it had to have happened then. But because it was locked up and nothing else of interest is nearby, none of us had any incentive to be near that place and why we can't decide on the killer when no one was around to witness the murderer breaking in."
"Then with that said I wanna talk about something." Willie chimed in at this point. "Who was it exactly that found the bodies first?"
"Well that would be me and Shana." Damian confessed.
"Then shouldn't we be doubting them?" Willie questioned.
"W-What now?" Damian asked in sudden shock.
"Wait a minute are you accusing one of us? Of being the killer?" Shana shouted at him.
"Well that is something we need to discuss. You two did find the bodies first. That can be quite suspicious." Paul noted.
"But I didn't do it!" "But I didn't do it!" "Just confess already!" Shana, Damian, ans Willie all shouted.
'Did one of them do it since they are the first witnesses? I may be able to determine that or not if we talk about how the bodies were discovered. That is if I can even hear one of them through all this shouting.' I thought to myself as Shana and Damian both moved forward into the hot seats.
Mass Panic Debate!
Truth Bullets Loaded: Shana's Account, Monokuma's Account, Tommy's Account, and Paul's Account
"If you two say you aren't the culprit then explain how you found the bodies so easily." "You best start yodeling now otherwise I ain't gonna take it easy on ya." "If you even think of lying I will cut you down." Paul demanded, Willie hollered, and Melinda threatened.
"Well I was looking for Melinda and Helen so I went to check their rooms and Damian came out of his room." "But I don't know how to yodel." " That's seems pretty harsh. Besides we don't know where you were this morning." Shana told him, Marcel confessed, and Brenda deadpanned at her.
"I was very tired after last night and I simply slept in pretty late." "Does it look like I was talking to you, boy? Don't be so stupid!" "I remained in the library and Paul left to fetch us breakfast." Damian confessed, Willie growled, and Melinda chimed in.
"Then how was it you found the bodies?" "I'm sorry man! I didn't realize that!" "That doesn't explain why you had Paul come get your food and why you didn't." Paul pried forcefully, Marcel shouted back, and Brenda replied suspiciously.
"Well we went to the door, opened it, turned on the light, and found their bodies. But at first the door was locked." "Then how about you pay attention and keep that pie hole shut!" "I simply didn't want to be near you dweebs. Is that so much to ask?" Shana replied defeated, Willie growled in annoyance, and Melinda yawned.
"That's not helping your case!" "Will you both cut it out? You're derailing the debate!" "Apparently it is." Paul cooed in a teasing manner, Tommy shouted at them, and Brenda groaned out.
"I-It's true man! But as soon as we were about to leave we heard a click!" "Wait since when were we on a train?" "There's no point in questioning her. Let's leave her be." Damian shouted flustered, Marcel cried our confused, and Mikayla advised her. I was able to catch a glimpse of what someone had shouted.
Truth Bullet Fired: Monokuma's Account
"I CAN HEAR YOU!"
Consent!
"I believe Damian is right. They found the bodies because of the click they heard from the door, not because one of them already knew they were in there." I told everyone.
"Oh thanks man! You don't know how much that makes me happy that you trust us!" Damian squealed overjoyed.
Shana looked away. "I still think you're gross." Evelyn waved once at me and blew me a kiss which made me shiver.
"You're gonna believe them because of a click they heard? Were you even there?" Paul hissed at me.
"No but what Monokuma told me is why I can believe them." I quickly played back his testimony.
"Yes indeed. This class trial must proceed so I unlock any doors that can lead you to certain clues to make things fair during the class trial. And besides I loved watching the despair on your faces from encountering the two dead bodies!"
"Monokuma said he unlocks the doors to make a fair class trial. That click was Monokuma unlocking the door. That's why Damian and Shana discovered the bodies." I told them.
"Hmm. Well it seems that holds up but that doesn't excuse them from being the killer. After all they still have no alibi to use to get outta this." Paul practically snickered.
"Well at least the focus isn't on just us anymore. So that's good." Damian sighed as he returned from the hot seat.
"Still better to have been off the chopping block than remain on it." Shana groaned following suit.
Brenda looked like she had a brain flash as she gasped audibly. "Guys, I just thought of something."
"What is it? Don't leave us hanging man." Marcel whimpered.
"Well if Monokuma had to unlock the door doesn't that mean that the killer would have been the one to lock it?" Brenda asked.
"The killer probably just took Helen's key and destroyed it like they did with the saw to hide evidence. After all having Helen's key on you would be very suspicious." Marcel concluded.
"Wow. Is there an actual brain in there?" Ollie asked not sounding sarcastic but like she actually meant it as a question.
"Sh-Shut up man!" Marcel shouted.
"But that can't be it! Because look what I found on the desk in Helen's room!" Brenda said as she loaded up a picture for us to see. My eyes widened as we saw Helen's room key on her desk. "See? This means the key was inside there already."
"Y-You could have just planted it and taken the picture!" Marcel shuddered at the sight.
Tommy stood up for her defense. "No when we were investigating the room we decided to work together before splitting up once we left the room. I can testify it was there since I have a picture too."
Paul looked at Brenda and Tommy. "Or you could be covering for her and you both played a part in it." Before the two had a chance to defend themselves Monokuma suddenly jumped in again. "Before I let history repeat itself the answer is no. Even if there is an accomplice only the one who does the killing will be the blackened. Accomplices get no benefit for helping move a murder along. Also I will say that even though you didn't know this I will get this problem outta the way. There is no accomplice in this case."
"B-But th-th-that would mean..." Sienna stuttered as Ollie finished her thought.
Ollie stared blankly at the picture. "The killer was still inside the room since the door couldn't have been locked from outside."
Damian shook his head. "But that's impossible. Sure the light was turned out..." "Guilty on that one! I wanted to give the first reveal of the bodies a little more "OOMF" after I unlocked the door for them." Monokuma quickly confessed before Damian continued. "But me and Shana would have seen them run out the door or when we turned the light on."
Shana then followed up with her own statement. "They could have hidden in the bathroom but everyone was accounted for! Paul knew Melinda was in the library, Damian was with me, Luca had joined up with Kai and Ollie, and everyone else was already in the cafeteria for breakfast."
"Then how did the killer leave the locked room?" Tommy shouted in utter confusion.
"Maybe they picked the lock?" Marcel wondered.
"That's for unlocking doors. I don't think you can lock them up with that technique." Paul replied.
"Actually the dorm doors are guaranteed to be 100% unpickable! No matter if it's for locking or unlocking the doors it cannot be picked." Monokuma informed us.
"Then it's impossible!" Sienna cried out.
"Not quite."
"Huh?" Sienna gasped as we looked collectively over at Melinda.
"What are you taking about woman?" Willie asked her cautiously.
She grinned at us before she closed her eyes. "It is possible to do. I would like to propose something to the court."
"What is it you wanna talk about?" Evelyn asked.
"I would like to propose the killing order is wrong." She offered which left us baffled.
"But the killing order can't be wrong. In order for someone to kill Helen they would have to get through Jayden who was protecting her!" Brenda shouted.
"Just think on this and I'm sure the answer will become clear. Who could have been inside to lock the door?" Melinda asked us.
I was the first to answer. "Well since the fourteen of us are accounted for it had to have been Jayden or Helen."
"Now then combine my question with your answer and you will all see what I figured out." Melinda purred almost.
I thought about it and my mind went numb. "Are... Are you suggesting that..."
"Jayden killed Helen." She said plainly.
Class Trial Intermission
And so the plot thickens! Find out why Melinda believes Jayden is the blackened and what the end result of the class trial ends with! Also do you guys like the V3 aspects I took from the game such as the hot seat/podiums and the Mass Panic Debate? Don't worry more V3 stuff in the next chapter too. Again leave reviews on what you think so far and the next chapter will be up quite soon. Until then enjoy this despair inducing cliffhanger! Puhuhuhuhuhu!
Oh and quick update: I wanna make some of these guys seem more anime visually so some characters will have slight changes to their appearance (mostly hair colors and styles) in the introduction chapters to give my OC cast a more anime feel to them. I will inform you guys who have changed so that you can quickly reread and see the changes made.