ACT 2: No Hope Allowed
Chapter 9: Two At A Time
Kikyo: Y-Yori...? Is something the matter?
Frances: What's wrong about what she said!?
Yori: I think I didn't catch a detail... please repeat what you said, Kikyo.
Kiyoshi: Jeez, get those handkerchiefs out of your eardrums and listen well!
Kiyoshi: She told you she saw you and Frances leaving the motel at the time of the murder.
Yatarou: As much as I can't agree with Kiyo's tone, there's nothing wrong with Kikyo's statement.
Riou: Sure thing, it's actually what made your alibi believable this entire time!
Riou: You're not gonna say it's a lie, now, right!?
Yori: I wouldn't dare, Riou, believe me when I say that. But there's an odd detail.
Yori: Frances and I never met at the motel. In fact, she told me she'd meet me by Eternity Sanctuary.
Blackjack: Is that all? That hardly sounds relevant.
Akahana: That's where you're wrong, Blackjack. In fact, this overturns their alibis.
Tsukushi: Akahana's right. Frances and Yori only had alibis because of Kikyo's account.
Kikyo: I'm sure I saw them both near the hotel, though!
Frances: Maybe you got the times mixed up?
Eita: I find that hard to believe... I have another theory that I think everyone'll like to hear.
Chigusa: O-Oh? P-Please t-tell us then, Eita!
Maruko: Yeah, Herr Kurogane!
ANSWER THE QUESTION!
Who's wrong about Kikyo's account?
1. Kikyo
2. Yori
3. Both are right
4. Both are wrong
Eita: My calculations are always correct.
Eita: Kikyo is a sane human, and gifted with good eyesight. She also lacks motive to lie regarding her previous testimony.
Eita: Yori is a harder case to make, but he has an exceptional sense of direction despite being blind.
Eita: As such, I believe Yori's testimony about meeting at the shrine is trustworthy. Kikyo's account is true as well, though.
Blackjack: Now wait a second, Mister Kurogane. How can you accept both these theories?
Riou: Even I can tell there's a problem here! The two accounts contradict each other!
Kikyo: I know what I saw! But I wouldn't want to say Yori is lying either...
Kikyo: Maybe Eita is right? Maybe we're both telling the truth!
Maruko: ImpossÃvel! How will you explain cette contradiction then, Herr Namikaze?
Kikyo: D-Don't ask me... I'm trying to wrap my head around this too.
Tsukushi: Leave it to me... I can try and think of something.
Akahana: That won't be necessary, Hananari.
Tsukushi: Huh?
Akahana: As per usual, I am one step ahead of you.
Kiyoshi: In both looks and thought process.
Tsukushi: Th-That was totally uncalled for.
Akahana: Nevertheless, I have already concocted a theory I think will appease the court.
Akahana: And if this theory proves to be correct... it will corroborate Eita's belief that Yori and Kikyo are both correct.
Yatarou: Stop wasting time, then, Akahana! What could possibly explain this?
Yori: Yes, Akahana, this discrepancy seems unsolveable.
Akahana: Unsolveable, you say? Don't make me laugh, Yori.
Akahana: As a SHSL Prosecuting Attorney, that is a word I refuse to utilize.
Frances: Yeah, yeah, stop gloating over there... what's your theory, tell us!
Akahana: Yori has told us he met Frances near the shrine at the time of the murder.
Akahana: However, Kikyo witnessed them both leaving the motel at that same time.
Akahana: Judging by Eita's 'calculations'... these statements are both correct.
Tsukushi: Therefore... the only logical conclusion is that...
ANSWER THE QUESTION!
What's the explanation behind Yori and Kikyo's claims being right?
1. Yori isn't really blind
2. Kikyo is lying about seeing them at the motel
3. Yori was tricked into thinking he was at the shrine
4. There were two Yori's in town
Akahana: Take that!
Akahana: Don't try to steal my thunder, Hananari. It doesn't suit you.
Akahana: My theory is as follows... during the search for Shizuka that took place this morning...
Akahana: There were two Yori's walking around Verdant Views at the same time.
Akahana: One is standing before us as we speak... the other one, was at the motel with Frances a bit after the time of death.
Yatarou: Wh-Wha...
Chigusa: Wh-What d-did you...
Riou: WHAT DID YOU JUST SAAAAAAAAAAAAY!?
Kikyo: Akahana, I-I thank you for trying to make a theory up that made us both sound believable...
Kikyo: But that's pretty out there, don't you think!? Yori was somehow in two places at the same time?
Frances: I-I'm sure the Yori I went to the motel with was the real deal, though...
Blackjack: Taking that into account, Akahana's theory is nullified... or do you have proof as to how two Yori's were made?
Tsukushi: Knowing Akahana... she does have something to back her claim up. Us lawyers always do.
Akahana: While I can't be too enthused about being compared to you, Hananari, I am forced to agree.
Tsukushi: Ouch... right in the feels.
Tsukushi: When did she become this ruthless and anti-me?
Akahana: This time however... Kikyo's and Yori's accounts are all the evidence I have and need.
Akahana: Taking them both as fact, I can already see the bigger puzzle pieces of this case falling into place.
Blackjack: Forgive my question then, but how are we sure they aren't lying?
PHASE THIRTEEN
MAKE YOUR ARGUMENT: NON-STOP DEBATE
Loaded Truth Bullets: Class Trial Requirements | Body Discovery Announcement | Yuzuru's F.T.E. | Shizuka's Disappearance | Kiyoshi's Account
Kikyo: Aaaaagh, I'm drawing a blank! Can there really be two Yori's?
Eita: There might be three, or even more.
Blackjack: Preposterous, Mister Kurogane! Listen to yourself. Plus...
Blackjack: We have no reason to believe Miss Namikaze and Mister Kurogane aren't lying.
Maruko: Per favore, don't fight!
Yatarou: Kikyo and Eita didn't lie because they're too nice to do it!
Tsukushi: They wouldn't lie because their lifes are on the line...
Chigusa: M-Maybe they're being c-coerced by th-the k-killer?
Akahana: Perhaps they aren't the problem... but the fake Yori is.
Yori: I assure you I am not lying.
Kikyo: Me neither, I'm telling the truth!
Riou: I got your back, Tsukushi! Fistbump!
(Riou Fired: Class Trial Requirements)
~ CONSENT ~
Monokuma: Do my eyes deceive me!? The mountain of muscle actually did something right!?
Kiyoshi: No fucking way! We're relying on bicep bulge over there now!?
Yatarou: I'd be lying if I said I wasn't surprised as well... Riou hasn't been much help in trial, has he?
Chigusa: C-Congrats, R-Riou!
Riou: SHUT UP, PIPSQUEAKS!
Chigusa: Ah! I-I'm s-sorry... I w-was only c-compliment-ting you...
Riou: Listen up... If there were two Yori's running around, he'd have to be in the trial, right?
Chigusa: Th-That's right... u-unless they're d-dead now...
Frances: I was walking with a living breathing person, thank you very much. Kikyo can corroborate.
Kikyo: Right she is!
Riou: Well that's not the only thing, you see.
Riou: I might be stretching the bullet a bit here... but think back to the Class Trial's rules.
Blackjack: The rules?
Frances: What about them?
Tsukushi: I see... I was just blurting out a thought, but I think I can build a case around it...
Tsukushi: If the blackened isn't caught during the trial, it's curtains for all of us.
Tsukushi: If Kikyo and Yori lie here... they'll just be sending themselves to die.
Yatarou: So unless one of them is the killer, we have no reason to doubt their accounts!
Kikyo: Frances corroborated my alibi earlier, so I'm free from suspicion, I hope.
Yori: And as much as I hate beating a dead horse, my eyesight makes me unable of commiting this crime.
Kiyoshi: You're not gonna pull a 'I AIN'T BLIND, FUCKERS' on us later, are ya?
Yori: I assure you my blindness is very much real, Kiyoshi. But some paranoia is to be expected, I assume.
Maruko: Then... where does this leave nous? Herr Namikaze and Herr Hanamichi are both certos, right?
Chigusa: H-How were there two Yori's in town...?
Akahana: One of them had to be a fake, of course. There's no other possibility.
Eita: A fake?
Kikyo: What do you mean a fake? Yori can't be faked, he's a human being!
Yatarou: You're not suggesting Yori was cloned, are you?
Akahana: Far from it... I'm suggesting there was a fake, that is it.
Yatarou: I see... and that means...?
Frances: It means Akahana's gone completely bonkers, that's what!
Riou: If one of the Yori's was a fake... which one was it?
Riou: The one at the motel or the one at the shrine?
Blackjack: The one at the shrine seems to be the most likely real Yori... assuming he's standing before us now.
Blackjack: His present statement makes for sufficient evidence of this. Which means...
Tsukushi: The fake Yori was leaving the motel...
Akahana: Now before we move along this line of reasoning... answer me this, everyone.
Akahana: In all the people involved in this case, who would want two Yori's?
ANSWER THE QUESTION!
Who prepared the fake Yori for this case?
1. Yuzuru
2. Shizuka
3. The killer
4. Yori, himself
Yatarou: Picture perfect reasoning, am I right?
Yatarou: The one who'd benefit the most from a complicated ruse like this would be... the killer, right?
Akahana: I'm glad to see you arrived at that same conclusion, Yatarou.
Akahana: Now... I believe we can close this case now, right... Tsukushi?
Tsukushi: H-Huh?
Akahana: With all the evidence we have until now... I think there's a very likely suspect. Don't you?
Tsukushi: I-It can't be...
Tsukushi: Right?
MAKE AN ACCUSATION!
1. Tsukushi Hananari
2. Frances Baishou
3. Riou Ryielo
4. Asuyo Uemura
5. Yatarou Nekomirin
6. Kikyo Namikaze
7. Yori Hanamichi
8. Blackjack 21?
9. Eita Kurogane
10. Maruko Inubarashi
11. Kiyoshi Ikeda
12. Yuzuru Kanzaki
13. Yuki Batora
14. Akahana Nakajima
15. Shizuka Matsuoka
16. Chigusa Takagawa
Tsukushi: You're the only one!
Tsukushi: F-Frances...? It... It can't be you, c-can it?
Frances: Wh-What!? What do you mean!?
Blackjack: Mister Hananari, I do hope you have a good explanation to indict Frances of this crime!
Tsukushi: She was the missing link between the fake Yori ruse in the shrine and the one at the motel...
Tsukushi: She is the only person here that connects the two sightings.
Yatarou: F-Frances did it?
Maruko: Herr Baishou... a murderer? N-Non...
Akahana: I can't say I'm surprised about everyone's reaction... although I'm hurt.
Akahana: Last time everyone jumped on me, but Frances seems to be getting lighter treatment.
Akahana: Alas, I am not one for grudges and jealousy so I'll ignore said privileges.
Blackjack: I don't give a rat's ass about that, Miss Nakajima, now if you'd please, explain!
Eita: Blackjack, please calm down. Being hot-headed will only leave to an unfair verdict.
Blackjack: I'll calm down when this kind young woman stops harrassing my girlfriend!
Tsukushi: Blackjack is sure acting defensive...
Tsukushi: Up until now she's been very on the defense about herself, but it seems she also believes in Frances.
Tsukushi: Is their love making her blind to her wrongdoings...?
Blackjack: Tell me, Mister Hananari! Aside from alledgedly being with both Yori's...
Blackjack: ...what other connection does Frances have with this case!? None!
Blackjack: She isn't related to the crime scene in any way! Same for the murder weapon!
Blackjack: She was even seen by Kikyo herself at the time of the crime!
Kikyo: It's true... I'll go ahead and say it again, Yori and Frances left the motel together.
Yatarou: We know there's a big chance that Yori was a fake... but Frances was the very same we have before us.
Blackjack: You're not going to suggest there were two of her as well, are you!?
Yori: Of course not... that would be insanity.
Riou: Yeah, that'd be wild. But fact is, Frances was with both the fake and the true Yori today.
Eita: What do you have to say for yourself?
Frances: ...
Eita: You are being accused of murder, Frances. A rebuttal would be nice to keep the debate going.
Akahana: You've been cornered, Frances, give it up.
Blackjack: She's not giving anything up, Miss Nakajima, stop pestering Frances this instant!
Blackjack: If Frances truly is the killer as you insist, then please tell me...
Blackjack: Why would she do it!? She has no relation to Yuzuru, the traitor!
Chigusa: M-Maybe sh-she di-
Blackjack: She didn't, Miss Takagawa!
Maruko: C-Calm down, Herr Blackjack... we're your amici!
Blackjack: To hell with that! What kind of girlfriend would I be if I gave up on Frances!?
Blackjack: I know her! She wouldn't do anything like this!
Tsukushi: Blackjack is starting to lose it... I better start clearing up all the fog surrounding Frances, quick.
Akahana: If Frances truly is guilty, we should be more than capable enough to connect her to all pieces of evidence in this case.
Akahana: That should suffice, yes?
Blackjack: As if you could! Frances is innocent!
PHASE FOURTEEN
MAKE YOUR ARGUMENT: NON-STOP DEBATE
Loaded Truth Bullets: Motel Locks | Kiyoshi's Account | Arrow Wounds | Bruises on Body | Group Breakfast
Yatarou: Can we link Frances to the murder weapon?
Kiyoshi: Those'd be my fucking cleaning supplies!
Kiyoshi: The chemicals put into those little shits pack a serious punch.
Kikyo: The only thing Yuzuru could have eaten this morning is the pastries Frances and Blackjack baked.
Kikyo: That's more than proof enough... right? Yuzuru was poisoned by Frances's cupcake!
Maruko: Sore wa chigau yo, Herr Namikaze! We still haven't proven she ingested the doku.
Chigusa: B-But by, um, p-process of elimination...
Eita: That is hardly enough to convict someone on. We need strong bases.
Yori: I shall now make this contradiction disappear!
(Yori Fired: Group Breakfast)
~ BREAK! ~
Yori: Did I hit Kikyo's statement? It seems my aim isn't half bad for a blind man, hehe.
Kiyoshi: Your bullet was homing, bastard, don't let it get to you.
Yori: Ah... I see. That's disappointing. Nevertheless, Kikyo's statement isn't completely true.
Kikyo: You're saying she was poisoned some other way?
Kikyo: There were no injection spots in the body, and I doubt cleaning fluid would poison you through your skin.
Kikyo: The only way left is by consumption... right?
Yori: That I know of, yes. But please consider the following...
Yori: Frances, Akahana, Tsukushi and Blackjack all searched her room.
Tsukushi: And her pastry was still there, inside... no signs of being licked, bitten or anything.
Akahana: I can support that much. Frances didn't take a bite out of that cupcake.
Akahana: Therefore, it can't be used as a murder weapon...
Blackjack: Your case isn't looking that clean-cut after all, is it now!?
Eita: Let's move to a different topic, namely the crime scene.
Eita: This is an easy one to connect Frances to. During the search for Shizuka...
Eita: ...both Frances and Yuzuru were tasked with looking into the motel.
Kikyo: That puts our suspect and victim in the same area! But what does that mean?
Yatarou: It means... Yuzuru was poisoned in the motel?
Chigusa: B-But... F-Frances wasn't with Y-Yuzuru then...
Maruko: She was with Herr Hanamichi! Herr Namikaze has testified as much, many times.
Yori: Besides, moving Yuzuru's lifeless body across town would result in many witnesses.
Yori: It is ludicrously dangerous and risky as best, and insanity as worst!
Blackjack: It seems your theory is giving us more questions than answers, Miss Nakajima.
Akahana: Don't you worry your pretty little head, Blackjack. We're not even close to done.
Blackjack: Ack... you little...
Akahana: We've now reached a new possibility. Namely, Yuzuru was killed in the motel.
Akahana: But as such, a new contradiction arises. Assuming the time of death in the File is correct...
Akahana: Frances was leaving the potential crime scene, with a fake Yori.
Kikyo: That's my witness account... I know for a fact that happened. So, it proves us wrong, right?
Tsukushi: Wrong.
Frances: Huh?
Tsukushi: I think I can solve this mystery regarding the two Yori's if you give me time to think.
Tsukushi: I feel like all the details regarding the body transferral will make sense...
Tsukushi: ...but is this truly the answer?
PHASE FIFTEEN
DIVE DRIVE: LOGIC DIVE
Yuzuru's body was moved from the motel to the shooting range... this is our current theory. But if we take it as the truth, a major contradiction arises... how and why would the culprit move the body without being seen? First of all, let's take a deep breath and calm down... let's break down the Yori conundrum.
QUESTION #1
Which Yori was fake?
The one that met Frances in the shrine
The one who left the motel with Frances
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The fake Yori was the one who left the motel with Frances!
The Yori standing before us now is undoubtedly real, and he says he met Frances in the shrine before meeting us in the motel to discuss Shizuka's disappearance. That makes the fake Yori the one who left the motel. Now let's see...
QUESTION #2
Who was the fake Yori?
A hidden twin
Someone in a disguise
A clone
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The fake Yori must have been someone else dressed up in Yori's clothes!
Frances and the fake Yori left the motel together, but the real Yori was still searching the shrine by this point... therefore it must have been someone else dressed up in Yori's magician ensemble! But what use did this fake Yori do for the killer? It still makes no sense why they'd make such a complicated ruse.
QUESTION #3
Why was the fake Yori plan created for?
To give Frances and Yori an alibi
To hide evidence
To move the body
To throw Kikyo into the culprit's plan
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The reason why there was a fake Yori around town was to... move the body to the range!
I really don't want to believe this... but it all makes sense. There's no other way to explain everything up until now... the two Yori's, Kikyo's account, the body moving... but that'd mean-
QUESTION #4
Who was disguised as Yori during the body transferral?
Blackjack
Yuzuru's dead body
The real Yori
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The fake Yori was actually Yuzuru!
LOGIC DIVE - COMPLETE!
Tsukushi: I think I've got it!
Tsukushi: O-Oh... Holy c-crap...
Tsukushi: It can't be... but... it's the only thing that makes sense!
Yatarou: What are you going on about, Tsukushi? You got a theory then tell us!
Akahana: It seems the inferior lawyer has finally stepped up his game. Please, share your thoughts.
Tsukushi: I-I was thinking about this Yori dilemma... to prove Kikyo's account right...
Tsukushi: The answer I came up with was that someone else dressed up as Yori and helped Frances.
Kikyo: So there really was an accomplice, then!? I thought we said there weren't any...
Tsukushi: There wasn't...
Yori: But... if so, how could there be a fake Yori without a willing accomplice!?
Maruko: M-Mon dieu! S-Surely you don't mean...
Riou: What's happening, you guys, I'm completely lost!
Kiyoshi: I gotta say the same, y'all, what the fuck?
Tsukushi: The only explanation for Kikyo's account and the moving of the body is...
Tsukushi: The fake Yori, Frances was with... was Yuzuru's lifeless body already.
Chigusa: Wh-Wh-What...?
Blackjack: Sacrilegious... you can't be serious!
Eita: Hm, a logical conclusion indeed. Although a bit hard to pull off, it does explain everything nicely.
Kikyo: That explains why I thought he looked a bit droopy... I brushed it off and thought it was out of worry for Shizuka.
Kikyo: I-I shouldn't have... oh... oh no...
Blackjack: W-Well that's all good! Maybe Frances did move the body but... but...
Blackjack: Maybe she didn't kill anyone! She was merely an accomplice!
Yatarou: Again with the accomplices... we should decide on whether or not there were any, this time!
Eita: I'm personally more interested in how quickly Blackjack backed off her previous claim.
Eita: I thought you'd defend her until the end?
Blackjack: Mister Kurogane, don't, just don't!
Blackjack: Well... here's a theory for you, since you like them so much! There had to have been an accomplice!
Maruko: There... had to have been one, ja? I'm confused... como?
Blackjack: Please notice a truth bullet we received near the very begginning of our investigation.
Blackjack: Namely, the information on class trials and the body discovery announcement.
Blackjack: The latter only occurs after three participants other than the culprit lay eyes on a body, right?
Tsukushi: A-Ack...! I-I think I know what you mean.
Tsukushi: Earlier today... right before we found Yuzuru's body...
Kikyo: Yori and Riou were the only ones to see it before the announcement sounded off!
Blackjack: That's only two people, guys, and there had to be someone else! Are you saying one of us saw the body and neglected it?
Blackjack: That's a crime in and of itself, you see? So try to worm your way out of this one!
Akahana: It's simple really... Yori and Riou were not the only ones who saw the body. Need I remind you of the killer's ruse?
ANSWER THE QUESTION!
What ruse points to the third person who noticed the body?
1. The fake Yori trick
2. The moving of the body
3. The missing crossbow
4. The broken motel locks
Akahana: Take that!
Eita: Yori's double, you say? I see.
Eita: You mean to say the third person who noticed the body but remained silent was... Kikyo.
Kikyo: M-Me!?
Kikyo: A-Are you telling me I'm an accessory to murder, now!?
Yatarou: No, no, please calm down! I think I can understand Akahana's point.
Yatarou: Yori and Riou both saw the body in the range...
Yatarou: But they're only two out of the three necessary people to see a body before the announcement.
Yatarou: Think it through... thanks to the culprit's Yori trick, you saw the body.
Kikyo: Although I didn't know it was her... yes, that'd explain it...
Maruko: So Herr Hanamichi, Herr Ryielo and Herr Namikaze were the three discoverers, is that so?
Blackjack: I don't think so! I have a rebuttal.
Tsukushi: G-God... how long is Blackjack gonna keep covering Frances for...?
Blackjack: Think back to the requirements behind an B.D.A. - that's body discovery announcement, for convenience's sake.
Blackjack: Three people must see the body. When the third person sees it, the B.D.A. sounds off. Right, Monokuma?
Monokuma: Yep! No lies there! Blackjack's statement is 100% correct!
Blackjack: Now... be it as it is... it seems we found a bit of a conundrum here.
Blackjack: We'd need a fourth person in this case to activate the announcement!
Kikyo: Wh-What?! Didn't you just say we needed three people, though!?
Tsukushi: I... I think I noticed a new loophole in here... and it's a very specific one.
Yatarou: I had that theory too, but I just thought it'd be way too far out there...
Yatarou: This sure makes for an interesting twist... I know why Blackjack mentioned a fourth person...
Yatarou: Although maybe... it'd be the third person, but the fourth individual...
Tsukushi: H-Huh? What are you talking about?
Kikyo: You don't mean...
Yatarou: That's right, everyone! Riou Ryielo, the SHSL Boxer is actually... a robot!
Blackjack: ...
Tsukushi: ...
Riou: ...
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Yatarou: Th-That wasn't it!?
Riou: Dude. The hell?
Monokuma: Have more faith in me, you guys! I wouldn't pull the same robotic muscle head card twice.
Yori: What are you saying, Monokuma?
Monokuma: N-Nothing, nothing! Keep debating, everyone, before I run out of nachos!
Chigusa: N-Nachos!? Wh-Where d-did you g-get those from...?
Eita: That's hardly the most pressing matter, Chigusa. I think I know the loophole Tsukushi mentioned.
PHASE SIXTEEN
DISCOVER THE KEYWORD: HANGMAN'S GAMBIT
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KEYWORD: YORI IS BLIND!
~ COMPLETE ~
Yori: My lack of eyesight? How is that relevant, Eita?
Eita: As we said multiple times now, you need three people to see the body for the B.D.A. to occur.
Eita: As a blind man, however, you're unable to see the body. Therefore, you don't count towards the witnesses.
Riou: W-We're missing one person again, then! Who the hell did it!?
Tsukushi: If I may, I believe all of us are clear of this crime. It's as we've said countless times...
Tsukushi: Our lives are on the line. No one would dare be an accomplice to murder, no matter what.
Tsukushi: Not even Riou would stand up for me, even though we're super close.
Tsukushi: Same goes for Yori and Eita, and Chigusa and Maruko. We'd be sacrificing ourselves and all the others.
Tsukushi: So fact is, there's not any accomplice.
Blackjack: Then how do you explain the missing third person!?
Tsukushi: M-Missing...?! It couldn't possibly...
Akahana: Finally, it seems like Hananari has woken up and smelled the coffee.
Akahana: There's a new suspect in this supposed 'accomplice' deal. Although he wasn't an accomplice per se.
Akahana: I have a piece of evidence that supports this theory, of course, may I present it?
Blackjack: No. I want Mister Hananari to present it, since he's the one throwing wild accusations.
Tsukushi: Weren't you mad at Akahana a short while ago?
Tsukushi: I'll take you on, Blackjack. I know exactly what Akahana is talking about.
PRESENT EVIDENCE!
1. Kikyo's Account
2. Kiyoshi's Account
3. Yuzuru's F.T.E.
4. Shizuka's Disappearance
Tsukushi: I can prove it with this!
Tsukushi: Everyone here has a specific reason not to be an accomplice to this heinous crime.
Tsukushi: Therefore, if everything is proven wrong, whatever's left must be true. So...
Tsukushi: It just goes to show, Shizuka is the third person! He saw the body somewhere...
Blackjack: Ha! How the mighty have fallen! You have no evidence he saw the body!
Akahana: You have no evidence Shizuka didn't see it though, do you?
Akahana: You know Shizuka well... he is one crafty individual. He could have slithered out of sights and left.
Blackjack: I-I won't stand for that... h-he... he d-didn't...
Kikyo: Only you or Frances could bring the missing items to the motel without anyone noticing.
Yatarou: You were also the ones who baked the breakfast today... the only method of poisoning Yuzuru.
Eita: The B.D.A. requirements match up, if we throw Shizuka in the mix.
Yori: Everything even accomodates our 'no accomplices' theory...
Riou: Frances was the only one who could do the Yori trick too.
Tsukushi: You see everything stacking against you, Blackjack? Stop protecting her.
Tsukushi: If you truly love her, let her atone for her sins and speak for herself.
Frances: I-
Blackjack: No! No, no, no, Mister Hananari, to hell with all that!
Akahana: It seems Blackjack isn't too keen on listening... we must do something.
Akahana: Hananari. Explain everything to her. The case, from start to finish...
Akahana: Maybe then she'll understand the gravity of our situation and give up...
Tsukushi: A-Alright... I'll do it. Blackjack,...
Tsukushi: Here's everything that happened in this case!
PHASE SEVENTEEN
EVERYTHING IS FALLING INTO PLACE: CLOSING ARGUMENT
ACT 1
The culprit's plot started out a few days ago, and took place during or search for (who?), who had went missing. Prior to said search, the blackened learned something that could endanger them, the one they loved the most (who?), and everyone else... the identity of the traitor Monokuma mentioned in the motive - (who?). As such, they started devising a plan and orchestrated it when the time was appropriate... (what?) gave them the perfect window in which to do so.
ACT 2
The day before, by sheer luck, I guess, the culprit was tasked to prepare (what?) to make up for the party Monokuma when he (did what?). Those were used as the murder weapon, but only because of the (what?), that they has previously stolen from Kiyoshi without being noticed, being mixed into her cupcake somehow. They poisoned Yuzuru using the (what?) and fed it to her during the breakfast. She eventually succumbed to it in the (where?) during the search.
ACT 3
Sometime during the search, the culprit snuck out of (where?) and checked on Yuzuru's state - discovering she was already dead. Then they proceeded to the most elaborate trick we've seen so far... (what?). Dressing the victim up in (whose?) clothes, she then proceeded to abandon the site alongside the fake they created, leaving their investigative partner behind, and encountered a coincidental witness (who?). This witness was one of the biggest helps in aiding to find out the culprit's scheme.
ACT 4
Afterwards, the killer took Yuzuru's disguised body to the (where?) where we eventually found it, and proceeded to plant numerous red herrings. First, they locked the door with (what?) they had found in the (where?), and also took out a crossbow and arrows to disguise the cause of death as blood loss from being shot. Lowering the (what?) to grant her access to the other side, she moved Yuzuru's body and propped it up on a (what?) with said arrows, resulting in minimal blood loss, (why?). Sometime during that, however, (who?) reached the sight and tried to barge in, being unable to do so because of the (what?), a.k.a. the longbow that we ended up cracking during the break-in.
ACT 5
Finally, the culprit locked the (what?) back up and cut the wire leading to its (what?), and left the crime scene after they secured their own safety. They planted evidence in the form of the crossbow and wire in (where?) and later met (who?) at the shrine before meeting the rest of us back at the real crime scene, (where?), which is where we first noticed Yuzuru's absence. After that fateful moment, we all dashed into the one place we hadn't checked out before and Riou set off the body discovery announcement that (who?) had already contributed to. The culprit faked to be surprised... but they already knew very well Yuzuru was dead.
CORRECT ANSWERS
ACT 1: Shizuka Matsuoka; Blackjack; Yuzuru Kanzaki; the search for Shizuka.
ACT 2: breakfast; presented the traitor motive; cleaning supplies; chemicals; motel.
ACT 3: the hut they were searching; the fake Yori ruse; Yori Hanamichi's; Kikyo Namikaze.
ACT 4: shooting range; a longbow; storage room; glass pane; target; because she was already dead; Riou and Tsukushi; makeshift lock.
ACT 5: glass pane; opening mechanism; Yuzuru's motel room; Yori Hanamichi; the motel; Kikyo and Shizuka.
And the only person that ties all the details together is... your girlfriend, Frances Baishou, the Super High School Level Tapdancer!
Blackjack: N-No... No...
Tsukushi: Blackjack, please, just give it up... Frances is the culprit, everyone has agreed on that.
Tsukushi: E-Even you... even you believe it, but your heart tells you otherwise.
Blackjack: Wh-What!? N-No, Frances wouldn't do something like this...!
Blackjack: I... I... I won't back down! You... you murderer! You're the culprit!
Akahana: What? Me?
Blackjack: You two! The lawyers! You've been taking this trial your way since the beggining!
Blackjack: You're trying to frame my beloved Frances, but I see right through you... murderers... MURDERERS!
Kikyo: B-Blackjack, please, calm down!
Kiyoshi: Does she really matter? It's a fucking majority vote anyway, she's not relevant, right?
Blackjack: Shut up, Mister Ikeda! I am not letting this trial proceed to its verdict!
Yatarou: Blackjack, please think this through!
Chigusa: F-Frances i-is th-the one...
Blackjack: To hell with your logic, I know Frances couldn't have done this!
Eita: It seems she is ignoring our reasoning... maybe advancing to the vote isn't enough.
Tsukushi: No. If Blackjack is so keen on making us prove her wrong... I'll do it.
Tsukushi: Every last bit of doubt that Frances did it... I'm gonna prove you wrong, Blackjack!
Frances: ... Babe... please...
Blackjack: I'll prove them wrong, baby, every single one of them! They're all wrong! You didn't kill anyone!
Blackjack: I... I... I'll prove everyone here wrong!
PHASE EIGHTEEN
FINAL SHOWDOWN: PANIC TALK ACTION!
Blackjack 21, SHSL Information Broker
Soul Shields Remaining: 6
Blackjack: You're all wrong, you're all wrong!
Tsukushi: Then tell us all your remaining doubts in this case!
BREAK! 5 Shields Remaining
Blackjack: I-I'll do it! I'll protect Frances! You're trying to kill us all!
Tsukushi: Blackjack, please, think this through!
CRACK!
Blackjack: Well, tell me why did she dress Yuzuru up as Yori of all people!?
Tsukushi: Because he'd make for the most credible disguise! Yori needs help to walk!
BREAK! 4 Shields Remaining
Blackjack: Why would she hide evidence in the motel!?
Tsukushi: To throw the crossbow into the mix, of course!
CRACK!
Blackjack: But why the motel!? It's quite a walk, if I saw her she'd be dead!
Tsukushi: Don't even try to tell me you'd throw her under the bus if you knew!
BREAK! 3 Shields Remaining
Blackjack: What about all the motel locks the killer used to confuse us!?
Tsukushi: She didn't know the doors unlocked during the investigation...
CRACK!
Blackjack: What proof do you have of that?!
Tsukushi: She's told us herself in this trial!
BREAK! 2 Shields Remaining
Blackjack: Yuzuru is a SHSL Assassin, how did she even end up dead!?
Tsukushi: That's why the poison was used! A clean, safe method of attack!
BREAK! 1 Shield Remaining
Blackjack: You don't even have proof Yuzuru was poisoned, do you!?
Tsukushi: The blood blotches, lack of murder weapon and blood in her throat aren't good enough for you!?
CRACK!
Blackjack: Of course not! Tell me, more proof that points to it!
Tsukushi: Everything points to Frances! She poisoned Yuzuru with the cupcakes!
CRACK!
~ DELIVER THE FINAL BLOW ~
Blackjack: Yuzuru never ate her cupcake! Akahana and I both saw it in her room and it wasn't eaten yet!
THAT! WAS! SHIZUKA'S! PASTRY!
A/N: And with that, the second Class Trial is done and the murderer has been found. Will the next chapter hold an unwanted surprise, or is everyone free to leave the accursed Trial Grounds of Anghern in hopes of living a semi-normal life? Look forward to it!
I loved reading your theories and comments through the trial chapters and I hope you stay tuned for the next ones. Give me a review telling me what you think of this trial! Did I surprise you with a few things or did you more or less get the case covered? What did you think of the Solo Bullets everyone used? Did the culprit and the PTA surprise you? Did I pace it well? Was the motive good? I want your feedback!
As usual, please tell me if you notice any plotholes I might have missed while planning this case - with this many moving parts, I wouldn't be surprised if I left an unanswered question or two in the midst of all the chaos. Ask me anything in the reviews, I'll resume answering them all in Act 2's final chapter!
Until next time, Yamazaki out!