"So let me get this straight." The blue-coated man pinched his nose in frustration. "You're saying that this town is doomed by killer robot teddy bears and kids, fucking kids are killing adults using said killer robot teddy bears?"

"Well, technically teens like me counts as adults according to them so…"

"And that metal bracelet is a tracking device that those brats strapped on to you?"

"Yup. At least, that's what it is after I got thrown out here…"

This was getting even more ridiculous and absurd the more Captain Cold listened to the tan skinned boy. Somehow the ex-criminal was transported into a somewhat apocalyptic world where it was still in the middle of destruction. He was so going to punch Flash in the face when he sees him just to vent out his stress. But he had no idea where the speedster could be.

"By the way, what's with that gun you have there? It looks so cool!" Yuta said when he saw Cold's gun attached to his right side. He went to reach for it but Leonard swatted the boy's hand.

"Thanks for the compliment, but it would be better if you don't mess with it. I'm the only one who know how this baby works." Len said, his lips twitched upwards ever so little with a bit of pride.

Yuta widened his eyes in awe. "Wait, so you made that by yourself? That's awesome! How does it work?"

His answer was (sort of) answered when a Monokuma walked by around the corner and directed its vision to the two with claws out, then ran or rather wobbling towards them with an evil robotic cackle.

Yuuta started to run in place in panic, looking at Len with a nervous look on his face. "Now's a good chance for me to see it right?!"

Cold gave him a look for a second before he shot an ice blast at the Monokuma, freezing its legs so it couldn't move, then shot three times to the robot's body. The Monokuma fell on its back and when the ice melted off its body, it exploded with a short-recorded speech, "This feels troubling!"

Yuta let out a sigh of relief then turned to Cold. "That was amazing, Taichou! So the gun shoots ice like that?"

Cold sighed tiredly before answering. "It's complicated. Look, I'd like to stay and explain but I need to get out of here. Also, Taichou?"

"It's captain in Japanese. Anyway, let me go with you! We could try to get help from someone by crossing that bridge!" Yuuta said excitedly while pointing at the bridge from a noticeable distance.

"No offense kid, but I'm not the type of guy to babysit kids like you." Cold retorted while slowly getting up.

Yuta pouted slightly. "Aww come on, don't be like that! I promise I won't bother you when you're out there fighting them! I'll… I'll try my best to outwit them too!" Then the boy bowed deeply with his hands clasped together. "Please, I beg of you to not leave me alone! I'm already at my wits end on figuring out what to do!"

The cold gun-wielder pondered for a moment. He had loosened his standards of killing people, but Flash kept on insisting him during his probation that he at least tries to re-strengthen his moral code of not hurting nor killing women and children. His gloved hands balled into fists tightly.

"Barry, are you testing me here? Geez… When l see you I'll-!"

He stopped his anger dwelling within his mind and let out a heavy sigh as he started to proceed onwards into the city, signaling his hand for Yuta to follow him. Yuta widened his eyes and smiled brightly, rapidly saying thank you that the man decided to protect him.

"This filthy, shabby-looking landscape… Totally unsuitable for a noble like me…"

Barry rolled his eyes at Toko's comment as the three began making their way towards the bridge. It was quite far, so they also agreed to be on the lookout for shortcuts ("If there is one." muttered Toko). Komaru didn't really listen to the writer as she tried to focus on shooting two Monokumas that were busy stabbing a recent victim, their razor sharp teeth and claws were splattered with fresh blood. For some reason they dropped coins after they exploded, so Komaru picked them up just in case.

That's when Barry noticed another note that lay next to the body. The paper was stained with blood and had simple Japanese characters written on it, but he could read them just fine. He read a thick Japanese dictionary that he had found at the abandoned hospital at one point, and thanks to his enhanced mental capabilities he was able to understand it in a matter of seconds.

How to Kill Demons Masterpiece no.1

Since they're hard hit them to mush them up and then fill the insides with green peppers, and then feed them to your dog. Bury them in a hole so that only there nose sticks out and measure how long it takes for them to die. Make a game with a friend where you snap off their arms and legs and whoever keeps theirs

alive longest wins.

"What the hell is this?!" Barry thought as he read this. When he turned the note around…

Get their blood with a needle and put it in a cat and then make a super cat demon and then kill it. Get a bunch of Demon butts and then make a drum set with them and make a song haha. Use a Demons mouth as a cage for bugs and find a buncha bugs and save them and then kill the Demon. Or kill them regular, simple is besto yes!

The note dumbfounded the constricted speedster. It contained the methods the kids used to torture and kill adults. Brutal, cruel, and absolutely ridiculous. Why and how did these kids learn these kinds of things and make them into twisted, messed-up children-styled games?

Komaru and Toko took a glance at the note and it didn't take long for them to feel nauseous and annoyed respectively. Barry just shook his head and ripped the note into little pieces and let them fall to the ground.

The three continued onwards and turned a corner and onto the broken streets. In front of them was a large hole and part of the street that was still standing was bloked by a futuristic-looking car. It seemed that it was not working.

"That gaudy-looking car… I-It's made by Towa. Think you can m-move it with the Hacking Gun?" Toko asked Komaru.

Komaru set the gun into "Move" and shot the green bullet at the car, making it to move forward and crashed into a container in front of it. But it made way for the trio to walk on the now free street.

"As I thought, Master's gun is perfect. Even an idiot can use it." Toko said, not realizing two silent stares aiming at her.

Another thing that Barry despised on this world was shown when he saw a kid; a boy if the uniform he wore was an indication, jumping up and down on a body in a cheerful manner.

"T-That's what I told you before, Flash-san! The kid is… playing with a body!" Komaru said while pointing at the kid.

"Guess that's a common thing around here…" Barry muttered.

"You have no idea…" Toko deadpanned.

After picking up a few "Break" bullets from gift boxes provided by one of the kids, a few minutes later they came into a door, which led them to an abandoned construction zone. A large yellow container blocked their way.

"We need to climb this to move on." Flash said.

"So a-are you saying that we w-work together to do this? With you!? Ergh, looks like we don't have a choice. Hey, Omaru. Do you wash your hands?"

"O-Of course I wash my hands!" Komaru said hastily, slightly blushing.

Toko looked at Barry who retorted with a 'Do you have to be concerned about my hygiene?' glare, she responded with a frustrated sigh.

Flash jumped on top the container with ease; the girls were impressed by his strength. He pulled Komaru up onto the container, then Toko with the same way.

As soon as the three jumped down, something was dropped from above and landed near their feet. It was spherical with black lines; red light glowed in sync with beeping sounds. Flash widened his eyes as the beeping became more rapid each second, putting his arm in front of the girls to back away.

"Grenade!"

As soon as he said that, the grenade blew up, creating a mini explosion. Komaru and Toko squeaked as they crouched down. Barry looked up to see two Monokumas on top of metal beams then jumped down. These Monokumas were different from the ones the trio saw along the way. The robot bears were wearing dark green bulletproof vests and helmets. They also carried silver containers filled with hand grenades. These types of Monokumas were called Bomber Monokumas.

"T-There's more kinds of these Monokumas!?" Komaru yelled, trying to aim at one Bomber Monokuma while her and Toko were dodging the grenades the robots threw at them.

Flash ran to them, trying to not activate the beeping noise of his bracelet on his leg, swept the other Monokuma off its feet and kicked the container it was carrying, sending it away from the girls. Around the same time, Komaru managed to sneak up behind the Monokuma she was aiming then shot it three times from behind, tripping the bear. The two bots cried as all the grenades they were carrying glowed a faint yellow light, then exploded, leaving no bits of metal behind.

"So they are multiple types of these robots. Be on guard, there could be more." Flash said to girls. They nodded in understanding.

The three climbed another yellow container and walked up top of another containers connected to it, then walked through a huge cracked hole on a concrete wall. They carefully slid down on large cracked debris forming a crude stairway; on the left side of the street was a moderate-sized horizontal-styled hotel. There was nothing else besides that; roadblocks were stacked around the current place.

"There are roadblocks everywhere…" Toko looked around, trying her best to avoid seeing the dead bodies sprawled on top of tall containers that were blocking the street.

"From the looks of it, the bridge should be on the opposite side of this hotel. We should go inside and try to find the exit on the opposite end." Barry said, looking at his left for a brief second to see a female body pinned against the hotel wall with knives.

"Y-You're saying that we should go in this busted-up hotel? Oh, this is the worst." Toko said in disgust.

"C-Come on, Toko. It's probably the only way." Komaru said to the writer.

The writing prodigy just sighed as the three entered the hotel; surprisingly the automatic sliding door was still working in good condition.

The interior of the hotel was quite poor. The main lobby had fading red paint all over and numerous large cracks everywhere from broken doors and destroyed parts of debris from walls. One could already assume that the Monokumas did this. There were no signs of an exit. Barry saw a stairway leading to the second floor but the first parts of it was gone, so he was forced to climb up and help the two girls as well.

The second floor was different than the lobby. It consisted of a long hallway with light blue walls and ceilings. There were also pathways which some of them were blocked by wooden planks. The eye-catching view was a massive hole on the wall in front of a small expansion of the room, leading to the view outside.

There were two kids circling around a nearby body that was crushed by a large debris. When they saw the trio, for whatever reason they ran away.

Komaru noticed two payphones on a nearby pillar.

"…"

"W-Why are you staring at those payphones?" Toko asked.

Komaru looked at her with a smile indicating that an idea popped inside her head. "I'm thinking that maybe we can call the cops with these! Who knows, maybe they'll come and rescue us!"

Toko face palmed hearing the idiotic remark by the younger girl. Did she really think that there would be any connection to those law-abiding morons?

"Komaru, I don't think that's how it works." Barry awkwardly rubbed the back of his head.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Usually in situations like this, all connections like the internet and phones are pretty much useless."

"Huh!? Nothing works?"

Toko almost wanted to slap the girl for her lack of logic. "If it exists, this whole problem would have been solved! Jeez, use your brain for once, will you!? I swear that you are more useless than… a salmon that laid its eggs!"

Komaru slumped down in defeat. Now that she thought about it a little deeper, she kind of regretted suggesting those words.

Barry went to between the two. "Okay, break it up you two. Let's just keep searching the exit." He gave a look of disappointment at Toko. "Don't be so harsh with her. She has no idea of what's going on in this place."

Toko let out a 'hmph' while diverting her head from him. Barry just sighed. Looks like this girl needs to learn to be nicer to other people. Just like a certain captain.

The three spent roughly an hour trying to find the exit, checking the deserted hotel rooms along way for something useful. There were some doors that were sealed by nailed planks. When Flash tried to phase through it, the metal bracelet on his leg started to beep. He sighed in frustration, guess that ability was out of the way. In one of the rooms that were still intact they found a few non-fiction books and even a manga that Komaru's a big fan of, but one book caught Barry's interest. A book that contained the origin of Towa City.

The book explained that before Towa Group was founded, it all started with a small factory called 'Towa Ironworks' which was opened 200 years ago. A man named Tokushige Towa was the 1st Chairman of the Towa Group who also established the company, which rose in popularity in the market industry due to iron manufacturing was in the business at the time. Tokushige expanded his business ventures such as bamboo forests and foreign trade, and kept continuing with strong will and brilliant business sense.

What impressed Barry the most was from Tokushige's age of 30 until he passed away at 64, he built a new business once every 20 DAYS. The reformed hero couldn't even imagine how the man could manage so many businesses at once. Let alone wonder how many they were now. Looks like Bruce have some competition. Tokushige's wife, Tomoko, asked her husband why he would push himself this far, his response was always 'for the prosperity of mankind'.

Barry pondered for a moment. Wars like he caught himself into at the past and now could change everything, even a company with such high reputation and one of the most influential in this world. All of those masterpieces that Tokushige have crafted till this day crumbled into nothingness. If the man were still alive here, he would most definitely be in a state of permanent despair.

Another thing that interested him was a small card that was found near two non-functional elevators. Written on the card were the words "Hit List", along with a picture of middle-aged man named Takaaki Ishimaru. Toko flinched a bit when she saw the family name of the man, as if she was reminded of bad memories. There were also a Demon name that the kids made up for the man, hunting grounds (probably where he was last spotted), and additional info about him and how to approach and kill him.

"What's wrong?" Barry looked at Toko who was slightly shaking.

"These cards… I found a few of these back then. It's a list that the brats made so they can hunt and kill the targets like you guys."

"Huh?! Why would they do that?" Komaru asked.

"So they are other people being hunted by the kids, huh?" Flash felt sorry for the adults that were caught into this horrible mess.

"I doubt that the brats passed these lists around to the adults, so they probably dropped them by accident." Toko assumed, both of them didn't really answered Komaru's question.

"Then we should find and tell this person that they are in danger!" Komaru suggested.

"Your life is more important. I understand how you feel but we need to move on. Let's put it this way. If we find this person we'll inform them. Speaking of which…" Toko directed her sight on Barry. "They'll probably go to hunt you more than any of the other targets because you're… unique."

"They can certainly try. I may not have all my abilities right now but I still am able to handle myself. Besides, I'm pretty hard to kill, you know." He grinned.

"Hmph… suit yourself."

Pressing forward, the trio solved another riddle from another arcade machine by Komaru shooting a Bomb Monokuma from behind, exploding itself and two rows of Monokumas. After doing so, they found themselves at an upper indoor balcony. A masked child was standing in front of a locked door with a laptop on a table next to him.

The boy handed a letter to the three that read:

Challenge

If you want to know the password, try asking the upside-down bird.

Toko walked to the laptop, a password input box was displayed on a green screen.

"Looks like they want us to solve a riddle and type the answers here…"

Komaru stared at the child with a ridiculous look. "What the heck? Come on, there is no time for games!"

"As much as I want to attempt to rig this, it's probably the not the best approach." Flash muttered.

"D-Ditto. I want to slap this brat in the face, then again… Monokumas will probably ambush us if we did anything to this brat…" Toko said irritated. "It's a pain in the ass, but let's just play along for now."

The next thing that happened no one expected it but one person. Komaru of all people started to proudly boast, "Leave it to me! I'll show this child that this riddle is child's play!"

Barry was surprised by the sudden attitude. This girl was a nervous wreck before and now stood before him was a confident young woman. "W-Wow."

"Did you just make a pun? And the what's with the raising confidence?" Toko sweatdropped.

Nevertheless, they looked for clues to solve the riddle; along the way Barry saw another book titled, "Towa Group's Technical Triumphs". It seemed that the contents contradicted Barry's thoughts about the company falling apart. But the pride of the company's technological advancement and superiority against the despair could be a lie, considering the current state of this world. Another thing that he should kept in mind was that a mastermind was behind all of this destruction. With a determined look on his face, he will find and stop this mastermind and put an end to all this.

Komaru activated a nearby arcade machine, the display on the screen showed the floor from a bird's eye view. The positions of several red and a few gray sofas at the floor spelled out the word "hELL".

"What is this?" Komaru pondered.

"I've seen this trick before…" Toko said.

"Wait… Ah! I get it, maybe if it was turned upside down…" Barry walked back to the laptop and types the numbers "7734".

Suddenly a clacking sound was heard from the door, signaling that it was unlocked.

"All right! It's open!" Komaru cheered.

The Monokuma helmet-wearing kid slumped in defeat. Komaru turned around facing the child. "Aww yeah! That's right! Who's the boss now!"

"What's with this girl?" Now it was Barry's turn to sweatdrop.

"D-Don't be gloating just because you won over a little kid…" Toko was already tired and exasperated about this girl, now adding confusion to Komaru's sudden growth of an ego. She just wanted to find her Master and to be together with him… She secretly hoped that this interning thing will paid out soon enough…

OMAKE #1 – The Right Not to Kill

(Guide to read: Y= Yuta; CC= Captain Cold)

One early morning in August, station staff Tado, who's almost made it to retirement age, is shot through the heart. Around the same time, Shuichi Tadokoro, a train nerd, falls in love. He must solve the mystery of the Tado killing…
The 3rd entry of the Honkawagoe Series! Only those with the right to kill have the will to not be killed.

Y: There, I translated the summary for you. What do you think, Taichou?

CC: (Sarcastic) Oh I don't know. Is this supposed to be a mystery crime novel or just some sappy love story?

Y: I don't know, probably a plot for some anime or something. (Flips through book quickly) I don't really understand in that sort of stuff. Guns, high school girl romance, things like that. I'm not sure that my sis understands either.

CC: You have a sister?

Y: Yeah, Aoi nee-chan! She's the coolest! (￣︶￣)

CC: Really?

Y: Yup! She's the best swimmer ever! She was even considered to compete for the next Olympics! ヽ(o＾▽＾o)ノ

CC: …

Y: Although I admit… I will never surpass her… Hm? What's wrong?

CC: …Nothing.

Y: Huh? O-Okay… Anyway, what about you Taichou? Anyone you know that motivates you to keep moving forward?

CC: (glares at him and look away) …my sister, Lisa.

Y: (intrigued) Oh really? That's good! We both have sisters that kept supporting us, huh? (⌒‿⌒)

CC: Yeah… look, I'd rather have you not invade my personal life even further.

Y: O-Oh, sure. Got it. By the way, can I ask you another thing?

CC: Shoot.

Y: (suddenly excited) You have a gun that shoots ice and you have this cool coat and goggles on, isn't this something that comes out of an action sci-fi anime, don't you think? ( ω )

CC: …What? (-_-;)

OMAKE #2 – Unstoppable Man

Triathlon, boxing, rock climbing...
Saburo Karin tackles them all nonstop.
What is his new (challenge)?
What is the reason (why) he doesn't stop?
And what is the single (scene) that will finally make him stop?
If you start reading, you won't stop either!
Saburo Karin's Autobiography: Unabridged (Masterpiece) Edition!

K: Unstoppable, huh? There's no way I'll be able to do all of what this guy has been doing. I'll be pretty tired…

T: You think you're "tired"? If you're tired, I don't even have a word for how tired I am. I have to figure out a new onomatopoeia to express sheer tiredness…

F: You don't seem tired.

T: I'm liberal arts to the core. No energy at ALL. What about you?! For a guy like you should be able to do all this!

F: I'm not the guy who likes to brag, but yes, I'm able to do all of these things without breaking a sweat.

K: What?! Really?! That's awesome! So you can do impossible things like circle the Earth?

T: What?! Come on, are you really that stupid? There's no- (¬_¬ )

F: I've done that already.

T: Wait, what? ・_・

K: How many?!

F: My personal record is 25,200 times for about an hour.

K & T: (O_O;)

…

…

F: Um…

K: …How old are you?

F: That doesn't related to the previous question… I'm 30, why?

K & T: …

F: (・_・ヾ…Um, let's just keep going, okay?

Author's Note: Well, it's been months since I upload a new chapter, but here you go! This is probably the longest chapter I've written so far, never thought it would be 11 pages in Word XD

Sorry that it took so long, I was busy with college work and writing a collab fic with Vival'Aquila. It's still in drafts but it will be posted soon on my profile.

I decided to put some of the reactions of the books in the real story and some in Omakes. I found the emoticons at Kaomoji.

That's all I can say for now, leave a review about my writing since I wrote more in this one.

And I will see you next time!