That night after the most recent class trial, Hina cowarded in her bed thinking. "I can't stand any of this anymore. I can't stand seeing all of these people die. And Natsu, his power is really frightening. I got to get my mind off of this. Donuts. I just need some donuts." she said getting out of her bed and sneaking out. "Sorry, guys. But I need to have some donuts." she said, but then she saw a light in the bath house and walked inside. And inside a locker, she saw a familiar and illuminated face staring at her which caused her to scream.
The next day, the third floor of the school was opened up to the group. Up there, they found a rec room, an art room, a carpentry room and a physics lab. And inside that physics lab was an air purifier which converted all filthy air into clean pure air. After the investigation was finished, they returned to the cafeteria. Sadly, Taka was still in shock after seeing Mondo executed recently. As this was happening, Monokuma appeared on the screen. "Attention all students! Please report to the gymnasium for a special announcement."
They all soon arrived to the gym just in time to see Monokuma standing on his podium. "So, what motive have you got planned next?" Byakuya asked. "Just this!" Monokuma said as money rained down into neat little stacks. "Ten billion dollars! And I am giving all of this to the one who graduates! Bet you all wanna get started!" "Peoples lives cannot be bought with money!" Sakura shouted. "No matter what you say and do, there's no way we're going to kill our friends!" Makoto shouted. Monokuma just laughed as he fell through the opening in the floor. "Like we would kill for something as stupid as money." Tsuna said as the other heroes agreed.
"Well, now that that's done, I really need to tell all of you something. Last night, I saw...Chihiro's ghost." They soon went over to the bath house where they began looking around. "Wait! You saw the ghost here, Hina?" Happy asked. "Yes. Why?" Hina asked. Happy the walked over to a nearby locker and opened it revealing a laptop. "A laptop?" Makoto questioned. "Yeah. Chihiro asked me to bring it here in case she was ever killed." Happy said looking down a bit. "And its a perfect hiding spot. There's no camera's in this place so Monokuma has no way of knowing." he stated. "Looks like its in sleep mode right now. Let me wake it up." Kyoko said as she turned it on with the screen lighting up with Chihiro's face on it. "Good Morning, Master." it said. Kyoko then typed in the message, 'Who are you?'
"Oh! Hello there. I am Alter Ego. I'm an artificial intelligence program." it explained. "Of course. Since Chihiro was the Ultimate Programmer, he easily repaired the laptop and installed this program himself." Aelita explained. 'What are you doing here?' "I'm analyzing a huge number of files found on this computer's hard disk. They're all under extremely heavy encryption, so I believe they most likely pertain to secrets about this school." it said as everyone was so excited. "It's been a while since I've last seen Master. Where is he?" it asked. 'Chihiro Fujusaki is dead. Mondo Owada killed him.' "I see." it began as it sobbed. "I am prepared for this. After all, the chances of Master's survival under sich circumstances were extremely low."
"Somehow, I can't help feeling sorry for the poor thing." Hifumi said. "Are you alive, Chihiro?" Taka asked as he slowly approached the laptop. "Is that...Kiyotaka Ishimaru?" it asked out of curiosity. "You were...by bro. Do you hold a grudge against me...for not stopping bro in time?" he asked with tears streaming down his face. 'Do you begrudge Taka?' Kyoko typed in. "Oh. She he feels that he is at fault?" it asked before its face disappeared and was replaced by Mondo's. "So you just freaking break under the weight of all that responsibility?" it said in Mondo's voice. "Mondo?" Taka asked. "A man's weight consists of nothing but what he burdens himself with. Do you understand? I bet you understand. Its okay to feel depressed, these things take time. And by taking that time, you just start moving forward again. That's just what humans do." it said as Mondo's face vanished as Chihiro's returned. "I used the data I was given about Mondo to simulate what he would say." it said. Taka then dried his tear and began to speak.
"I understand it now. I can feel his soul entering mine." he said before he began glowing in a bright aura as his hair turned white. "Are you okay, Taka?" Tsuna asked. "There is no Taka anymore. Only me!" he said walking out of the bath house. "Well, at least he's feeling better." Aelita said. 'Please continue to decrypt those files.' Kyoko typed. "Okay, also, I found this picture in one of the encrypted files." it said before showing a picture of Mondo, Leon and Chihiro all together. "What is this?" Makoto asked. "I thought this was everyone's first time meeting each other." Usagi said in shock.
The next day, as the heroes and Makoto awoke, they heard a loud scream nearby. They ran to the bath house to see Hifumi on the ground begging to Kyoko. He then spotted the group and ran to them. "Mr. Naegi! Please help me. I just wanted to talk to her!" he said. "Calm down, Hifumi. What happened?" Tsuna asked. "Well, I snuck in here last night so I could talk to her. She was...so interested in my hobbies! It was the first time I could talk to a regular girl."
"But she isn't a regular girl. She's a program." Kirito said.
"It wasn't interested in you. It was only interested in the information that you could provide." Celeste pointed out. Just then, the door to the bath opened up to reveal Taka walking in. "My fighting spirit has burst through!" he screamed. "Taka?" Natsu asked. "Who and where the hell is this Taka you're talking about?! I already told you I am just me! From what I just heard, you've only been spouting selfish crap! Bro is mine!" he said as Hifumi blocked him off. "Sh-She and I are fated to be together by the bonds of love!"
"Give it a rest." Kyoko said calmly. "Alter Ego is no one's possession. Chihiro left it for the rest of us. Its our only advantage in this place. From now on, entering this place alone is forbidden." Kyoko said as Hifumi and Taka just glared at each other. And it was thought to be the end of that, until later in the evening, everyone gathered in the bath house to find the laptop had gone missing. "I know you did this, Mr. Ishimaru!" Hifumi shouted. "I am the Ultimate Moral Compass. I would never do such a thing!" Taka said. "It would appear, we have a traitor among us." Byakuya stated. "To keep the game running smoothly." Just then, the PA went off. "Attention all students. It is currently 10:00 p.m. Therefore, it is officially night time. Sleep tight." Monokuma said.
The next day, in the cafeteria, most of the students had arrived except for Taka, Hifumi, Celeste and Hiro. "Something isn't right." Ichigo said. "Celeste and Hiro have never missed a single breakfast before this." "Something must have happened to him." Naruto said. "We best look for them." Kyoko suggested.
They soon began searching the floors one by one until Hina found Celeste in the rec room, unconscious. She then got up. "I was careless." she said. "Who did this?" Luffy asked. "A very strange man. He hit me with that." she said pointing to a nearby hammer. "Justice Hammer # 1?" Eren read. "I saw the man turn right to the second floor classrooms, and they took Hifumi." "Kyoko's on the second floor!"
They quickly rushed to the second floor where they found Hifumi in the library. "Hifumi! What happened to you?" Maka asked.
"He got me! Robo Justice!" he said pointing to a nearby hammer that read Justice Hammer # 2. It was a little bit bigger than the last one. "He is not joking. I even have a picture." Celeste said pulling out a camera revealing Hifumi being dragged out by a man in a robot costume. "This is the culprit who assaulted both Hifumi and myself." she said. "I'd like to rest in the infirmary for a while..." he said as Natsu and Hina helped him down there.
While they did this, the rest of the group investigated the other halls to find Robo Justice. They searched until Celeste confirmed that she saw him near a room on the third floor. Byakuya, Toko and Sakura went down that hall while the rest went to check on Hifumi who screamed loudly. When the rest of the group reached the infirmary, they found Hifumi lying lifelessly on the ground in his own blood with Justice Hammer # 3 right next to him. The PA then kicked in. "A body has been found! You are allowed investigation time before the Class Trial commences." he said before cutting out. Hina collapsed on the ground as Celeste grabbed her and took her to the girl's restroom while the rest went to find the other three.
When they reached the physics lab, they found the storage room unlocked and went inside to find Taka on the ground lifeless with blood on his head and the three looking at him. Next to him was Justice Hammer # 4. "When we got here, the culprit was gone and he was already dead. The hammer is obviously the murder weapon." Byakuya stated. "But why is it number 4?" he asked. "Because Hifumi was killed by number 3 in the infirmary." Soul confirmed. "What?" Byakuya asked as they rushed to the infirmay only to find the body missing. "They took the body?" Eren asked. The group then realized something and headed back to the physics lab to find Taka's body missing as well.
They quickly got to work trying to find the bodies all around the school until they found them in the storage room in the art room. Hina was shocked and held up Hifumi's head as she cried. "Who would do this?" she asked. Then all of a sudden, Hifumi regained a bit of consciousness. "Hifumi?" she asked. "I remember. Before I met you, I met all of you before." he said. "His memory's a wreck." Byakuya stated. "I see a bright light. I'm getting closer to it." he said. Tsuna then got beside him. "Hifumi! Who did this? Who killed you?" he asked. "Who...killed me? I remember. Yasu...hiro." he said before closing his eyes one last time. The PA then kicked in. "A body has been found. Investigation time will be allowed before we have a class trial." Monokuma said as everyone just grieved the loss of their friends.