After the investigations were finished with, the group gathered in the elevator and arrived down below ready to go through another Class Trial to determine who the one who killed Sakura was. Everyone soon took their places ready to begin.
Class Trial! All Rise!
"So are we gonna lose another student?" Monokuma asked. "Or will the entire school life some to an end? Without further ado, let's get this started. The long awaited Class Trial!"
"The culprit is either Byakuya, Toko, or Hiro!" Hina said. "Sakura called you three to the recreation room, after all!" "I was given the note, but I didn't go." Byakuya stated. "Yeah. I didn't go either." Hiro said in fear. "Liar! I saw you go in there!" Toko said. "You saw me?" Hiro asked in surprise. "Toko, what do you mean exactly?" Usagi asked. "Well, I was summoned by Sakura. So I got there first and hid in the locker. I then was Hiro go in there with Sakura. She said she was going to end it all. He acted scared, grabbed one of the Monokuma bottles and whacked her on the head with it. He ran out after that." she stated. "So you did it?" Hina asked. "You deserve to be executed!" "Yeah. He killed her with a blow from behind." Toko said. "Hold it!" Eren said. "Hiro, did you only hit her one time?" he asked. "Yeah. I only hit her once." Hiro replied. "So you admit to hitting her?" Kyoko asked. "Yeah. I thought Ogre was gonna kill me, so I freaked out and whacked her." he said. "He didn't kill her. Sakura was hit twice." Kirito said. "Toko, what happened after Sakura was hit?" Ichigo asked. "Well, Hiro ran out of the rec room in fear. I came out of the locker as soon as he was done, then I saw Sakura get up. I was scared at the sight of her blood. As for the rest, you'll have to ask her." she said as she sneezed switching over to Genocide Jill. "Is it me you wanna talk to?" he asked. "Did you kill Sakura Ogami?" Byakuya asked. "First of all, let me say gloomy and I don't share memories, only knowledge. I have no idea what happened, but there I was asleep, when someone picked me off the floor. I opened my eyes expecting to see a pince, but I saw this bloody splat instead! Scared the crap out of me. So I picked up a nearby bottle and smashed her head in. I was so scared. I gotta make o-gurt out of Ogre. Kyehahaha!"
"That settles it! Let's get to the vote!" Hina said. "Wait a minute!" Tsuna said. "Where exactly did this take place?" he asked Genocide Jill. "Right where I woke up, at the magazine shelf." "That's what I thought. Sakura was found dead sitting in a chair. True, she was attacked near the magazine stand, but she didn't die there." he said. "I'm glad you caught that." Byakuya said. "Cause it gives me a chance to show this." he said showing a bottle with a skull and crossbones. "I got it from the chemistry lab." he said. "Its poison. The drug shelf in the chemistry lab is divided into three racks for nutrients, reagents, and poisons. But for some reason, this poison was among the nutrients. I wonder how poison found its way into the nutrients shelf." he said with a smile. He then drank the contents which shocked everyone. "Byakuya, what are you doing? That's poison!" Maka said. "If you swallow the poison, its gonna be hell on your throat!" Genocide Jill ranted. "Byakuya, mind if I look at that bottle?" Kyoko asked. Byakuya tossed her the bottle, which she immediately opened and poured out the powdery contents. She put a finger in it and tasted it. "This is protein powder." she stated.
"Correct. Its protein, not poison. And there was an empty protein shake bottle on the floor of the wreck room." Byakuya said. "So here is what obviously happened. Someone came in and switched the contents on the poison with the poison. They gave Sakura the bottle and she drank it and died. So she died from poisoning and not from the blows to her head. However, the killer left one little mistake. They accidently knocked over one of the bottle and out came the powder. They left their footprints behind. They were wearing sneakers." he said. Everyone then turned their attention to Hina. "Okay. You guys are right. The truth is...I was the one who killed Sakura!" she shouted in sadness.
Hina stood there sobbing as Byakuya smiled at his brilliance, that was until one of the heroes spoke up. "Hold it! Hina, if you really were the culprit, how did you lock the door from the insde before leaving it?" Natsu asked as Hina just turned back. "Easy, cause you aren't the killer!" Natsu said surprising everyone. "But she swapped the contents." Byakuya said. "About that, I found this in the bottle." Kyoko said as a small glass shard fell out. "That's one of the shards from the window we broke." Luffy said. "And now that I think about it, the protein bottle was found on top of the glass." Aelita said as something clicked. "I figured it all out. Let me explain the case." she said.
"This case began when Sakura asked a number of people to meet her in the rec room. Specifically, those people were Hiro, Toko, and Byakuya. But one of them headed out a bit earlier than the others-Toko. She got there one step ahead of everyone else to find a good hiding spot. And she found it. She crawled into the locker to get out of sight. Then, from inside the locker, she saw Sakura enter the room. Next to arrive was Hiro. When he got there, he mistakenly thought Sakura was going to try to kill him, so he panicked. Without thinking, he grabbed a nearby Monokuma Bottle and attacked Sakura with it. He ran out of the room in fear. It was after that, Toko came out of the locker and saw Sakura slowly opening her eyes. She also saw the blood dripping off Sakura's head, and fainted. This caused her personality to switch back over to Genocide Jill. When she woke back up, her second personality also saw the blood-soaked Sakura...and she freaked out. And just like Hiro, she grabbed another Monokuma bottle and attacked her. This is why there were two head wounds. She gathered up the monokuma shards and got rid of them. But this wasn't what killed Sakura. The thing that really killed her was the poison she got herself from the chem lab. She turned the rec room into a true locked room scenario and then drank the deadly mixture. And there, she took her final breath. Later on, the rest of us discovered that her body was in there. We had to smash the door's window to get inside. But someone already knew what had happened, knew that she had committed suicide. And that same someone snatched the bottle of poison from off the ground...and while nobody was looking, replaced it with an empty protein can. They did all this to place all the suspicion on themselves...in an attempt to guide the trial to a false conclusion. And the one who went to all that effort...was Hina." she explained. "That's the full truth of the case. Sakura took her own life and Hina made it look like she killed her to not let the truth escape." she said as Hina cried.
Soon after, the voting began as the slot machine came up from the ground. The slots moved until all three stopped on a picture of Sakura.
"Sakura killed herself? But, how could they get it when I couldn't?" Byakuya questioned. "I told you before. We don't act like robots or soulless people. It came back and beat your ass." Luffy said we Byakuya just glared at him. "But why, why did this woman hide Sakura's cause of death?" he shouted in anger. "I'll tell you why." Hina said drying her tears. She then held up a note to show to everyone. "This is Sakura's will. It explains why she died. 'This ugly battle left me in despair. I would rather end this myself than wait for someone to kll me."
"So, she killed herself, because she was feeling sad about being an agent?" Happy asked. "Yes! And we would have been better off joining her in death!" she shouted. "Pupupu! What a tear jerker. But I have the real will." Monokuma said holding out a note making Hina gasp. "That was just some random words I wrote down. Allow me to read te real one with my famous voice. 'To my best friend, Hina: The mastermind took my family's dojo hostage and forced me to do his bidding. But I no longer wish to betray my friends, especially you, who considered me your best friend. My death will douse the flames of infighting and prevent any further killings. I shall gladly give my lify for that very purpose for you are all my precious friends. Hina, my friend, I am truly sorry. Survive with your friends. You must survive!" he said as he finished reading as Hina gasped in shock and sadness. "But her death was in vain since you tried to get everyone here killed!" he said joyfully.
"She didn't!" Makoto shouted. "Sakura reminded us that we're friends and should be cooperating!" he said proudly. "Makoto is right!" Hiro agreed. "What the?" Monokuma questioned. "Monokuma, I'm dropping out of this game." Byakuya said. "What?" the bear asked. "Guess I'll focus on finding the mastermind so I can brutally punish him. That sounds more fun, anyway." "Wh-What the heck?" Monokuma said in anger. "And I'll follow master where ever he goes!" Genocide Jill said agreeing with the rest of the group. Monokuma got even more angry at this. "Can you still say Sakura died in vain? She just derailed your stupid killing game!" Luffy shouted. "You! You knew she didn't die of another's hand, didn't you?" he asked Luffy. "I did. She told me everything. She even told me how you hired that guy who killed Mondo's gang." Luffy said everyone looking at him. "She wasn't suppose to know about that. Yes. I hired his services right before this trial began. And he'll be here in a couple of days to kill the twelve of you unexpected guests. Face it, you twelve are as good as dead at the hands of Ferric Fawsome. Now then, let's get on with the punishment!" he said.
"But no one here is guilty." Kirito shouted. "That's why I have a special guest." he said hitting the red button with his gaval.
We then see Alter Ego sitting on top of a pedestal looking around. When suddenly, a large crane piloted by Monokuma came up from behind it.
A Dozer Master
He then moved the crane up and then smashed it down on Alter Ego. He did this continously as parts flew into the air as he did. When he finished, all that was left was a ball of metal. The crane then put the face of Monokuma on the ball as it backed out.
Everyone was shocked to see this happen to Alter Ego. "Pupupupu! That thing was such a pain." the bear said. "So, you noticed when me and Makoto plugged Alter Ego into the network?" Kyoko asked. "I'd known about it all along. Now, shall we continue with Sakura's letter? 'Lastly, the mastermind has done something to our bodies-" he read before stopping. "Whoops, almost spoiled the whole show. Huh?" he said noticing the last message. 'I will get the mastermind back for this." it read. "Hah! Like she could do that. Pupupu!"
The heroes and Makoto then walked down the halls of the school with Kyoko going the opposing direction towards them. As they passed each other, she whispered something into their ears. "Mukuro Ikusaba, she is the sixteenth student. She has been given the title The Ultimate Despair." she said before leaving.
"The sixteenth student?" Makoto questioned.