Time for the second investigation on who murdered Michael. Let's see if you all can gain some idea on who did it by the Truth Bullets gathered in this chapter.

Chapter 2-5: Beat to the Sound of Friendship- Investigation

Neither of the two could move even as the body discovery announcement went off on the monitor nearby. Kuroko covered her mouth as tears welled in her eyes as they heard their classmates running up to where they were.

"Oh god, is that Michael?!" Kazuko asked, horrified.

"Who else would it be?" Fujin snapped back.

"This is no time for this!" Katsumi said.

"Yes! We have another body!" Monokuma said as he appeared. "I was almost going crazy with all the waiting for someone else to finally kill!"

"I really hate you right now." Daisuke said.

"Ah, who cares? Anyways, here's the ever important Monokuma file for you all to use! Make sure to gather all the evidence you can before the trial!" Monokuma said as he handed them the file before disappearing.

"Looks like we have to do this again." Harumi said sadly.

"I'll watch over the body so nobody messes with it." Jackson said.

"I shall as well, seeing as we aren't quite useful for investigation." Kokomo said.

"Quite. Now, let us make haste and gather what is needed to bring this murderer to justice." Angelo said. The others made sounds of agreement as they started investigating.

"Let's check the file." Daisuke said as he activated the Monokuma file.

Victim: Ultimate Birdwatcher Michael Ashby. Died from drowning. Only other injuries found are multiple bashings on the head.

"Wait, where's the time of death?" Daisuke asked himself.

Truth Bullet Gained: Monokuma File #2

Truth Bullet Gained: Unknown Time of Death

Truth Bullet Gained: Head Wounds

Daisuke put the file away as he thought about what it said. "I should start with looking at the body. It's what I did last time." He said as he walked towards the bed.

"Kinda weird how his hair's still wet." Jackson said.

"The file did say he was drowned. But it must have been a lot of water if it soaked his pillow as well." Kokomo said as she leaned over to take a closer look. Daisuke looked as well and saw the pillow and Michael's hair were indeed soaked.

"Where would someone even have access to so much water?" Daisuke asked himself.

Truth Bullet Gained: Soaked Pillow

"Maybe I should see Kafsi's Ultimate Lab, that basin is filled with a lot of water." Daisuke said to himself as he left the room, not seeing anything else of interest to the case. He bumped into Katsumi once he did leave.

"Oh, hey Katsumi. Do you think I could talk to you for a bit?" Daisuke asked.

"Fine. I need to continue my own investigating, but I won't turn away someone asking for my advice." Katsumi said.

"Yeah, that's kinda what I want to talk about. To me, you were the last one he talked to, what did he asked advice for exactly?" Daisuke asked.

"He merely asked what he should do about the secret he had received. I told him it should be alright to tell them about it like you did with mine." Katsumi explained.

"Did he tell you the secret he had?" Daisuke asked.

"Well... no. I had assumed it was merely a rather embarrassing secret. Do you believe it was bad enough to make the secret haver kill him?" Katsumi asked.

"Maybe, but it is likely." Daisuke said.

"Hm, yes. Well, this talk has certainly opened my eyes in some parts of this investigation. I must be going now." Katsumi said before she walked off.

"Okay." Daisuke said as he watched her leave.

Truth Bullet Gained: Katsumi's Testimony

Daisuke went to continue to Kafsi's Lab before he noticed something on the outside of Michael's door, part of the door had been washed off, like his door had been when he woke up.

"The head wounds probably came from the hits from the doors." Daisuke said to himself. "The doors wouldn't need to be cleaned otherwise."

Truth Bullet Gained: Washed Doors

He continued his way to the Ultimate Lab and went inside once he reached it, where he saw Kuroko, Harumi, and Kazuko already there, surrounding the basin of water.

"Did you guys find anything?" Daisuke asked as he walked up to them.

"Oh, no. We haven't found anything here." Kazuko said.

"Yeah, it's super weird. Isn't this the only way someone could drown someone in a lot of water?" Harumi asked.

"There are the bathrooms, but those are private to our rooms, so I highly doubt someone drowned Michael there. And there isn't any evidence of it. Michael would've put up a fight, but there isn't any water on the floor anywhere here. And the basin is unmarked." Kuroko said.

"Your attention to detail is really great." Daisuke said.

"It's mostly thanks to my Talent, but thank you." Kuroko said.

Truth Bullet Gained: Unused Basin

"You're welcome. I'm going to check around to see where else the water might've come from." Daisuke said as he walked out of the Lab.

He walked down the hall to see Fujin and Xeno talking to each other.

'That's weird, usually Torahiko is with Xeno.' Daisuke thought to himself as he walked up to them. "Hey guys."

"Hey Dai-kun!" Xeno said.

"Did you hear weird noises last night?" Fujin bluntly asked.

Daisuke blinked at the sudden question before thinking about it. "Last night..." He said before he remembered the sound he woke up to. "Oh, yeah. There was like a thud or something on my door."

"So, you heard it too." Fujin said.

"Huh, that's weird. I didn't hear anything last night." Xeno said.

Fujin scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Obviously it only happened to certain people's doors."

Truth Bullet Gained: Mysterious Noises Last Night

"Yeah, that does make sense." Daisuke said.

"Maybe you two were just hearing things?" Xeno asked.

"I don't think so." Daisuke said before he remembered something. "Oh, yeah. Xeno, how come Torahiko isn't with you?"

"Yeah, aren't you two like best friends or something equally stupid?" Fujin asked.

"Well, I don't know if I would say that." Xeno said, smiling sheepishly. "But he did say that he might know where the killer was last night, but he didn't want me to come with him in case we were caught."

"Really?" Daisuke asked.

"Oh yeah, he said the killer might try to stall us until time runs out if we both went." Xeno nodded.

Fujin scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Whatever."

Daisuke thought about it. "I'm gonna keep looking." He said as he walked off, still thinking.

Daisuke walked down a hall and turned a corner before quickly going back and hiding behind the corner. He peeked around and saw Torahiko walking out of his Ultimate Lab. He watched as Torahiko went to lock it before he was suddenly distracted by Katsumi and Angelo. He quickly snuck behind Torahiko and slipped into the Ultimate Lab.

When he got inside, what he saw wasn't what he expected from the Ultimate Actor. The inside of the Lab looked more like some kind of bar or brothel. But what he did notice were these weird boxes wrapped like presents on tables on the far side. He walked over to the boxes and looked then over. He couldn't get a good idea on what was inside the boxes until he saw something on the ground. He leaned down and saw it was a clear box-like shape, but it was filled with water, and had flaps on the edges of the open part of the box, with a circle shape in the flaps.

He curiously moved the flaps into place and noticed that it made a perfect trap, if you forced someone's head in there and closed it around their neck, it would be impossible for the person to take it off until it was too late.

"So, that's how." Daisuke said as he looked at all the other trap boxes.

Truth Bullet Gained: Trap Boxes

Truth Bullet Gained: Water Trap Box

"But I still don't know the why." He said as he went to stand up, only to feel his hand brush against something. He grabbed the item and stood up, looking at it.

"Oh, it's a secret." He said before he turned it over and read it, his eyes widening in surprise as he read what was on it. "This must've been the secret Michael had received. This must be the reason why he died."

Truth Bullet Gained: Michael's Secret Slip

He slipped it in his pocket before he heard Monokuma go off on the intercom, announcing that the investigation has concluded and to gather at the Mono-Elevator.

Daisuke walked to the Mono-Elevator to see everyone already gathered there.

"Are you the last one?" Soleil asked.

"I guess, must've been farther away then everyone else." Daisuke said, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

"Whatever, let's just get this over with." Fujin said as she pressed the button, opening the door. Everyone got into the elevator before the doors closed and they started riding it down.

'Michael Ashby, the Ultimate Birdwatcher. His passion for his Talent really endeared him to us, along with a budding relationship with Koyumi. But now that can never happen, since the one who killed him, the one who couldn't stand someone knowing the secret they had... is one of us!'

And that wraps up the investigation! You all can probably work out maybe the exact way he died and how he was placed, but the killer might not be as obvious as you all might think. Think hard on who it might be and I'll see ya'll when it comes time for the Trial! Chaos, out!