Wendy screamed and fell to the floor and Butters started crying. Just then Monokuma came over the loudspeaker.
"A body has been discovered, everyone please report to the second floor of the library." Within moments everyone else arrived the look of shock on their faces mimicked my own. All except Eric who seemed indifferent as usual.
"One day, we've been here and someone's killed already," Eric said. "I told you all this would happen sooner or later."
Wendy stood up and turned around, there was a look of pure rage in her eyes.
"Who, who did it" she screamed. "Which one of you bastards did it?!"
"Hold on a second their girlfriend, will get there later." Monokuma had arrived and as usual, began toying with our now heightened emotions. "First things first, you all have to investigate." "Collect evidence here and in Bebe's room and anywhere else you think might have evidence." "Then in two hours we will begin the class trial, make no mistake the killer is one of you and someone won't be leaving the trial chamber alive."
With that, he handed me what he called the Monokuma file. "That's the first piece of evidence, after every murder I'll give each of you a copy of the Monokuma file, another digital copy is on your student tablets." "On it, you'll find some information to get you started, and the info may vary from case to case." "Welp I'm done I'll see ya in two hours."
With that, he left and Wendy began to cry. There was no way she could help with the investigation her judgment was clouded and since all the evidence we find is automatically downloaded to our evidence app she wouldn't have to worry.
"Alright here's the plan," I said. "Butters, take Wendy back to her room and help her calm down." "Clyde, take Token, Tweek, Craig, and Henrietta and search Bebe's room it'll probably be unlocked since Monokuma said to search it." "Kyle, Stan, and I will search here, Nichole, and Heidi will search the kitchen, and Kenny and Eric take the lounge next door." "Butters when Wendy is calmed down bring her back to us if she doesn't calm down before the trial bring her straight there."
With the plan in place, everyone dispersed to their separate jobs. I began to look around and check the body. "In investigations like this there's always the easy evidence to find and the hard evidence to find," I said to them.
"How do you know all this stuff," Kyle asked.
"Between the cop shows, I watch and the criminal justice courses I took back at my old school I've picked up a thing or two." Another memory just revealed, but first things first, Bebe's case takes priority. The first thing added to the list was the blood splatter on the walls of the bookshelf and the knife in Bebe's back. After checking the body, I noticed bruising on her hands which indicated a struggle.
"Whoever killed her didn't have an easy time, she definitely put up a fight."
"Hey, Mike theirs some blood on this handrail," Stan said. "I found a brown string or maybe a strand of hair and some more blood on the stairs," Kyle said confused by his discovery.
"Log them into the evidence app," I said to them doing the same for the blood and knife. We also found a book under Bebe's body the cover had blood all over but the inside was surprisingly clean, except for one page which had a blood print next to the title chapter.
"The one shrouded in mystery," I thought aloud.
"What did you find" Stan asked.
"It could be nothing but this book was under Bebe" I answered. "Either she was reading this chapter or she's trying to tell us something." "The one shrouded in mystery, by definition at the moment that could mean any of us." "Regardless I've got what I need let's regroup with the others."
As we left the library I rechecked the evidence app, I noticed that Heidi logged a knife missing from the kitchen. I also got messages from Clyde and Butters. All they found in her room was her motive video and her tablet, not much to go on. Thankfully Wendy has calmed down and is ready for the trial thanks to Butters. The investigation into the game room was evidently unsuccessful as Eric and Kenny returned with nothing.
Tweek and Heidi also told me that they saw Bebe heading to the library this morning and that Tweek noticed two people acting "off" as he put it when they arrived at breakfast. Before long the trial time arrived, Monokuma came over the loudspeaker.
"Alright everyone it's time to solve this case or die trying, everyone report to the red elevator at the far end of the first floor near the auditorium."
It was hard to miss a giant red tube that had two buttons on the inside. We all piled in each of us a look of suspicion on our faces. One of us in this elevator is a killer and we need to figure out who or we will all die. Something about that book Bebe had is still bothering me, the one shrouded in mystery what could it mean. The elevator stopped, the door opened and we got a first and hopefully the last glance at the trial chamber. It was at the top of the ships tallest tower, windows surrounding it we could see the ocean and the sky perfectly if it wasn't for the fact that we were about to fight for our lives it would be a lovely sight to admire.
Shutters started to descend on the windows sealing the view we had just admired briefly. We all looked at Monokuma his smile as cruel as ever. Suddenly smoke appeared on the ground and the floor opened, what emerged was sixteen podiums each of them had one of our respective last names, and one of them, in particular, had Bebe's face with an X over it. "Why the portrait," I asked. "Why not, just because she's dead doesn't mean she shouldn't be here in spirit" Monokuma answered. Arguing with him on the matter would be meaningless instead we all began to find our podium and mentally prepare ourselves, the trial was about to begin and one or all of us might not leave this chamber alive.