A/N: Sheesh, it feels good to be back! I'm terribly sorry about the lack of updates all throughout this latter half of the third Act, but with school catching up with me, I didn't have much of a choice. Now I'm back in action, though, after this long month of not-writing. I'll get right back to the chapter - I'm sure that's what you came here for! Happy reading, everyone, and enjoy the END of the third Class Trial.
ACT 3: Holidays For The Hopeless
CHAPTER 10: Perfectly In-Character
Monokuma: Aaaaaaand we're back! Thank you for waiting!
Monokuma: Did you enjoy our break?
Kikyo: N-No! We were just about to keep discussing the case...
Chigusa: Yeah! If you didn't stop us, we might've avenged them both already!
Monokuma: Or you might've been dead already! Thought about that?
Yatarou: W-We won't die here...
Akahana: Anyway, we shouldn't give Monokuma too much attention.
Akahana: The more pressing matters are Yori's and Maruko's murders.
Tsukushi: Akahana is right.
Riou: Yeah! Screw Monokuma, let's talk about the deaths. What do we do?
Shizuka: Yes, the basics are all set in stone as of now.
Chigusa: Maruko burned herself alive in the venue, with the lighter and the cleaning supplies as fuel.
Eita: Yori was thrown off the second floor of the lake house, and died on impact.
Kikyo: Both of these crimes occured from midnight to 1am, tonight.
Kikyo: With that being said, what should we talk about next? We're still short on suspects.
Yatarou: Wouldn't that be a good thing though...?
Kikyo: You're missing the point, Yatarou...
Tsukushi: Let's talk about how everything went down! Like... a timeline of the events.
Tsukushi: For example, out of all the things that happened, what happened first?
Sakurako: Let us list off all those things first.
Sakurako: There were the two murders, the movie night, Shizuka's assault and Yatarou and Eita being locked inside their room.
Akahana: Sakurako is correct. Now then, the movie night was obviously the first to take place.
Akahana: The Monokuma Files both attest to this. As well as everyone else, I take it.
Riou: That leaves us with... what?
Shizuka: Hanamichi-san's murder, Inubarashi-san's murder, Nekomirin-san's imprisonment and the assault on my person.
PHASE FOURTEEN
MAKE YOUR ARGUMENT: NON-STOP DEBATE
Loaded Truth Bullets: Monokuma File #3 | Monokuma File #4 | Shizuka's Account | Music Venue Ladder
Chigusa: So... which of those happened first?
Eita: I confess I wasn't paying too much attention to the happenings last night.
Riou: I'll take a wild guess, and say it was the magic pipsqueak dying!
Yatarou: That can't be possible... Yori was with us for quite a while.
Riou: But he left the room and turned up dead, right? So you can't be sure.
Kikyo: Why did Yori leave the room in the first place?
Eita: According to Yatarou, there was a noise somewhere and he went off to investigate.
Chigusa: Maybe Maruko was already in the music venue beforehand though...
Kikyo: The thing that'd make the most sense would be...
Kikyo: ...that Shizuka was the first to be attacked.
Kiyoshi: Heh. That's fucking stupid.
Sakurako: And why would that be, Mister Ikeda?
Kiyoshi: I-It just fucking is! Shut the hell up, damn it.
Tsukushi: Now, now, maybe Kikyo isn't so wrong. It's a possibility, after all.
Akahana: I believe this proves your point.
(Fired: "a noise somewhere")
~ CONSENT ~
Akahana: I may have found a way to not only find out which happened first...
Akahana: ...but also make a good timeline of all events.
Kikyo: And you were able to infer all of it... because of some noise?
Kikyo: H-How exactly does that work?
Yatarou: SHSL Prosecuting Attorney is right... she probably has some great evidence up her sleeve.
Akahana: You.
Yatarou: H-Huh? Me!?
Riou: Are you accusing this pipsqueak!?
Kiyoshi: Lemme at him so we can fucking go aboveground and catch some goddamn Z's already!
Yatarou: N-No! No, please, wa-
Akahana: Stop this nonsense. Kiyoshi, Riou. Yatarou is not a suspect in this case.
Akahana: In fact... he'll act as a key witness in my theory.
Kiyoshi: Nekomoron is gonna be useful!? What the fuck!
Eita: You're not one to talk, Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi: Can I beat the shit out of this kid?
Sakurako: Akahana, please ignore them... in what way will Yatarou be useful to us?
Tsukushi: You said something about him being able to prove your version of the timeline.
Akahana: And I intend to stand by that theory. Now, ask yourselves...
Akahana: Yatarou... please remind everyone of your testimony.
Yatarou: Um, sure. Eita, Yori and myself were taking care of Eita last night.
Yatarou: We were all in Eita's room, since he was the only one not asleep, aside from Shizuka downstairs.
Yatarou: We heard a noise, and Yori didn't trust himself with taking care of Eita...
Yatarou: He could run away or something, after all! So he went downstairs to help.
Yatarou: A few minutes later, I heard the door locking, scrambling, and Yori's muffled screaming.
Chigusa: The door locked by itself?
Kikyo: The killer probably locked the door manually... Yori was blind so they could take that liberty.
Kikyo: It's not like he could scream out the person's name. He had no idea who it was.
Shizuka: Wouldn't he call for help though?
Tsukushi: He probably had no idea what was going on... no idea about your assault or anything.
Tsukushi: Besides, we were all asleep. It'd be difficult to hear his screams, especially if they were muffled.
Akahana: Are you quite finished, Hananari? I am trying to further this trial.
Tsukushi: Tsk... go ahead.
Akahana: As I was saying... Yatarou's testimony is a must in proving this theory of mine. Namely, the sound.
Riou: What about it? It's not like we know what it was. Right?
Akahana: Oh, but we do. Any guesses?
Kikyo: Shizuka! It was probably the struggle downstairs, or something, right!?
Shizuka: I was caught off guard... there was no such struggle.
Yatarou: I can attest to that, the noise I heard didn't sound like a struggle. It was more of a clean PANG.
Kikyo: A what now?
Sakurako: A pang... like, the sound of a frying pan hitting the back of someone's head?
Yatarou: Um... oddly specific...? But yeah, I guess that was sort o- OH!
Yatarou: Ooooooooooooooh! I get it!
Kiyoshi: Took you long enough.
Chigusa: Does that mean you understand Akahana's point, Kiyoshi?
Kiyoshi: I will seriously fucking cut you, bitch. Sheesh... fuck off, all of you.
Akahana: Point made. Shizuka's assault was the first event, chronologically.
Kikyo: And what makes you think that? I'm still not quite sure of where we're headed.
Tsukushi: If I may? Akahana's point is pretty simple.
Tsukushi: Yori left the room when he heard a noise we're identifying as Shizuka's assault.
Tsukushi: That means he was alive at that point! It also means the door to Eita's room was open.
Sakurako: Well, I am following your train of thought... but I find it hard to prove Maruko's death.
PHASE FIFTEEN
MAKE YOUR ARGUMENT: NON-STOP DEBATE
Loaded Truth Bullets: Shizuka's Account | Dirt Below the Window | Quark V9 | Music Venue Ladder | Frying Pan
Sakurako: There is a bit of a flaw in Akahana's case... namely, time.
Sakurako: How do we prove Shizuka was hit before Maruko died?
Kiyoshi: Can I just say I find it weird this bitch isn't calling anyone by their last names?
Kiyoshi: It's fucking tripping me up, man.
Kikyo: There must be some evidence to prove whether or not Shizuka was attacked before or after Maruko's suicide.
Chigusa: I know! Let's just ask Shizuka!
Shizuka: I was unconscious during the entire night, Takagawa-san. Don't be ridiculous.
Riou: So... what!? Is there nothing we can do to prove it?
Akahana: Let's think it through carefully. What proof of time do we have?
Kiyoshi: Nothing! Aside from the Monokuma File, anyway, and that doesn't help us.
Kiyoshi: It doesn't record assaults, right? Only murders.
Kiyoshi: If only the killer finished their jobs, huh, Shizuka?
Kikyo: That argument needs a serious makeover!
(Fired: Shizuka's Account)
~ BREAK! ~
Kikyo: I thought of something! And I'm pretty sure I'm right this time around.
Kiyoshi: Now, now, little fuck, what's the deal!? Shooting my statement down and shit. Not cool!
Kikyo: Is it my fault that you were wrong? After all... we have one more lead regarding time.
Kikyo: Shizuka told us himself. He was attacked at around midnight, right, Shizuka?
Shizuka: Namikaze-san is entirely correct. That, in and of itself, however, is insufficient evidence.
Chigusa: Knowing what time Shizuka was hit doesn't help us find out when Maruko killed herself!
Chigusa: Right?
Tsukushi: Wrong!
Chigusa: Seriously!? Wow, Kikyo, then keep going!
Kikyo: Well, Shizuka was attacked at midnight. But this is where we're stuck, right?
Kikyo: The Street Magician said it himself! His account alone isn't enough. But what if we had someone else?
Yatarou: Someone else's testimony!? Is it mine again!? Sheesh, I'm really being useful this time around, hehe.
Akahana: I'm afraid not, Yatarou.
Tsukushi: Akahana's right, buddy, not this time. We have an even better account to back us up.
Riou: How come you three already know the answer! Fess up, already, damn it!
Eita: Make that four.
Shizuka: I might be a fifth.
Sakurako: Six.
Yatarou: Uuuuuuugh, how about we make that ten, then!? Please!
Tsukushi: We have a one-hundred-percent trustworthy testimony on our side.
PRESENT EVIDENCE!
1. Tsukushi's Account
2. Shizuka's Account
3. Yatarou's Account
4. Monokuma File #4
Eita: My estimations are always correct.
Akahana: Haha, way to steal Hananari's thunder, Eita. Very well!
Tsukushi: Eita...
Eita: I apologize, but I was getting tired of all that back-and-forth.
Eita: The account we can use to discern a new timeline, would be Maruko's Monokuma File.
Chigusa: Huh? Wh- Oh, I get it! The time of death, right!?
Tsukushi: Yeah, that's right! The time of death for Maruko's murder was between midnight and 1am.
Tsukushi: If Shizuka was attacked at midnight, there was no way for Maruko to die before then!
Yatarou: Couldn't both of them happen at the same time, though?
Akahana: Burning alive is a very unpredictable way to commit suicide.
Akahana: There is no feasible way for the culprit or Maruko to time it perfectly.
Akahana: And coincidences can't be called for unless proved. I take it no one can deny that much?
...
Akahana: Thank you. That means the first event in the timeline was Shizuka's assault. What next?
Tsukushi: If we believe Yatarou's account like we've been up until now, their imprisonment is next.
Tsukushi: And Yori's death follows right after that.
Yatarou: True. The door locked, Yori's muffled screams ensued and finally, I heard him fall out the window.
Chigusa: We can't be sure of when Maruko died though!
Eita: Is that really necessary, though? It sounds like mostly a formality at this point.
Riou: Yeah, maths pipsqueak is right! Let's keep this up, and if we need her time of death, we come back to this topic.
Riou: What should we talk about next?
Tsukushi: I feel like we're getting closer by the second... closing in on the culprit.
Tsukushi: Is there any evidence to suggest a suspect, right now?
...
...
Tsukushi: No, nothing comes to mind.
Akahana: Let us take another look at the suspect list for right now.
Akahana: With our newfound information, is there anyone we can pinpoint as a killer?
Chigusa: Every single person at the lake house is a suspect.
Sakurako: My money is on Mister Ikeda. He was the only healthy person there.
Kikyo: Sakurako is right - Yatarou was stuck inside my room, and Shizuka was out like a light.
Kiyoshi: Heh, woop dee fucking doo. You can't go to sleep without bullying me, can you?
Sakurako: It's not bullying it's t-
Kiyoshi: Yeah, yeah, fuck off. Vote for me if you want to.
Kiyoshi: At least, I could get some sleep, cause that sure as hell ain't fucking happening.
Yatarou: How does someone sleep all the time and still want to sleep?
Kikyo: And don't forget how grumpy he is all the time... so much for being a teen, he's like an old man.
Kiyoshi: I'm fucking hearing you, you goddamn assholes!
Akahana: Hm...
Tsukushi: Akahana seems to be deep in thought... did something catch her eye?
Tsukushi: Does she agree with Sakurako and Kikyo? Or maybe she found out who the killer is?
Akahana: I might have, Hananari. And there's more than enough evidence to prove it.
Akahana: Need a hand?
Tsukushi: N-No. I can work it out for myself. If you just give me a second...
Akahana: By all means, go for it.
Tsukushi: This condescending little... I'll show her.
PHASE SIXTEEN
DIVE DRIVE: LOGIC DIVE
C'mon, Tsukushi, think! Let's start from the beginning... Maruko killed herself in the music venue, with the lighter and the cleaning supplies, but that was ultimately possible thanks to one mastermind - the person who cut her bed restraints and ordered her to kill herself silently. That mastermind has to be someone connected to this case, but who...?
QUESTION #1
Who is the mastermind behind Maruko's escape?
Yori Hanamichi
Yori's killer
Maruko herself
...
...
The one who ordered Maruko around has to be Yori's killer!
I refuse to believe there is more than one culprit in this case, excluding Maruko's suicide situation. Maruko couldn't have cut her own restraints so cleanly without anyone noticing, since she was always with someone else, and Yori's blindness makes it very hard for him to orchestrate something like this. Besides, they were both too caring to consider doing that, weren't they...? N-No, Tsukushi, keep an unbiased look and a clear head! The mastermind is Yori's killer. The question is who is that?
QUESTION #2
Is there any way of knowing who Yori's killer is?
The culprit left behind some evidence
The culprit ran away into the night
There's a witness among us
...
...
If only we had a witness, we could easily be able to identify the killer!
That'd be ideal, but what good does that ideal do to us when there isn't any witness!? Shizuka couldn't see his assailant before fainting, and Yori is blind and unable to say anything... I doubt they used any accomplices, aside from possibly Maruko, so... is that really it? Are we out of evidence? No! No, we can't... let's think this some other way. Instead of worrying about who the witness was, let's think who should it have been?
QUESTION #3
Who should have seen Yori's killer last night?
Yatarou Nekomirin
Shizuka Matsuoka
Yori Hanamichi
Maruko Inubarashi
...
...
The only one who could've seen the killer is Yatarou!
Tsukushi: I think I've got it!
Tsukushi: Yatarou!
Yatarou: Goodness gracious! D-Don't startle me! What's with the yelling all of a sudden!?
Tsukushi: I think I've found a way to reach the killer's identity! Hear me out for a minute, okay?
Tsukushi: We've been looking for a few people, right?
Tsukushi: Shizuka's attacker, Yori's killer, the person who locked Yatarou inside and the person who told Maruko to kill herself.
Tsukushi: Quite a few people, right? Well, who do you think they are?
Shizuka: My first thought would be they were all the same person. Accomplices aren't benefitted in any way in the Game.
Kikyo: Which would mean the perpetrator behind every single part of this case is one person.
Tsukushi: Exactly! But we have no idea who that'd be, right? Because there isn't a witness.
Sakurako: Every would-be witness was incapacitated...
Sakurako: Yatarou and Eita were locked, Yori was killed and Shizuka was knocked out.
Tsukushi: But doesn't that sound strange? Look at the list of suspects...
Tsukushi: Kikyo, Akahana and Sakurako were at the movies. Shizuka, Yatarou and Eita are also out of the picture.
Tsukushi: We have only Riou, Chigusa, Kiyoshi and me left as possible suspects.
Tsukushi: There's one thing we'd need before hitting Shizuka... what is that?
Yatarou: Go downstairs...
Tsukushi: And to do that, where do you have to pass by?
Yatarou: M-My room!
Tsukushi: Bingo!
Kikyo: What does this mean, though... does that mean Yatarou's testimony about the door being open is fake?
Yatarou: K-Kikyo!
Kikyo: I'm asking!
Akahana: I believe otherwise. Yatarou's account has been invaluable during the Yori half of this case.
Akahana: That being said, we based ourselves on his account - it'd be stupid of us to dismiss it now.
Eita: Indeed. We would be throwing our entire case away if we did that... which means, what exactly?
Chigusa: It means we can be... even more sure of Yatarou's claims. Which means... uh, T-Tsukushi?
Tsukushi: It means we might have found ourselves a culprit.
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. Sakurako Ohwatani
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: Kikyo...
Kikyo: H-HUH!? I wasn't even a suspect!
Tsukushi: N-No! Please let me finish... I was about to say something.
Tsukushi: Kikyo, and Sakurako too. You were right.
Sakurako: Right? In what, exactly were we correct about, Tsukushi?
Tsukushi: In accusing... him.
Kiyoshi: H-Huh!? Watch where you're pointing, retard...
Tsukushi: Oh, I'm pointing to the right person, alright. You, Kiyoshi...
Tsukushi: You killed Yori, made Maruko commit suicide and masterminded this entire scheme!
Kiyoshi: Woah, woah, hold your horses, princess. What the fuck are you saying!?
Akahana: Allow me. As Hananari concluded just now, the killer was in the second floor of the lake house.
Akahana: That was the only possible hiding space. To leave the premises, you'd need to pass by Eita's open bedroom.
Yatarou: I would've definitely seen the killer, though... but why, why Kiyoshi?
Kiyoshi: Damn right! Why the fuck would that implicate me, asshat!?
Shizuka: I see... I think I see what is going on here.
Riou: What is going on here, then? I'm kinda lost.
Shizuka: Ikeda-san's bedroom was the first one as soon as one reached the top floor.
Shizuka: Eita's room is the one just after that. Yatarou's door is opposite Eita's.
Kikyo: Then... that means people could only escape unseen if they were in the first room from the stairs!
Chigusa: And that room is... Kiyoshi's!
Kiyoshi: Hey, hey, hey, calm the fuck down! What the fuck are you even saying!? There's no way I'm the killer!
Kiyoshi: I-I was sleeping like a log! Out like a light, the entire goddamn night!
Akahana: Can anyone attest to that?
Kiyoshi: Y-You fucking...!
Kiyoshi: What about the room opposite mine!? Whose is it!? That person might be the culprit!
Sakurako: It's Akahana's... and she was with us the entire night.
Kiyoshi: Shit... you're trying to kill us all, aren't you!?
Kiyoshi: Look at the look on your faces... you're getting off on this, aren't you!?
Kiyoshi: With those two assholes before me, you were all screaming and crying and defending them to the bitter end... but me...
Kiyoshi: You guys are all fucking wet for some dead Kiyo, ain't you, you goddamn pieces of shit!?
Kiyoshi: Why do you fucking hate me!? What did I ever do to you!?
Tsukushi: K-Kiyo, liste-
Kiyoshi: I'm not gonna listen to any of the shit you're spewing, asshole! You're trying to kill me!
Kiyoshi: I bet you were the one who did it... you probably jumped out the window and took the long way around!
Kiyoshi: Then, you f-fucking knocked that bastard out and killed the blind shit in cold blood! Murderer!
Eita: I don't think I've ever seen him be this talkative.
Kiyoshi: Shut the fuck up, Kurogane, before I crack your goddamn skull open!
Yatarou: Kiyo, you're not helping your case!
Kiyoshi: What case!? You've probably already decided to convict me regardless!
Kiyoshi: I was doomed the moment I was thrown in this fucking prison with you...
Kiyoshi: None of you gave a rat's ass about me! I'm surprised I didn't end up a victim!
Kiyoshi: Oh but wait! I'm going to! Because you all fucking hate me, and are gonna send me to die!
Shizuka: Ikeda-san...
Sakurako: Mister Ikeda...
Kikyo: M-Maybe we're off the mark somewhere...?
Yatarou: Frances and Asuyo didn't lash out like this...
Akahana: They weren't as aggressive as Kiyoshi is, though! We mustn't stand down!
Tsukushi: Listen to yourselves, you're acting apologetically with a killer!
Riou: Yeah, you guys, come on!
Chigusa: I... I don't know what to believe... what if Maruko's killer gets to run free?
Chigusa: Just because we hate Kiyoshi...?
Kiyoshi: See!? She said it! You fucking hate me! Well don't fucking worry, I'll be more than happy to kill myself!
Sakurako: W-Wait! There is no need for such drastic measures.
Eita: He is the killer, no two ways about it. Sakurako, you surely understand.
Sakurako: I only want the truth...
Tsukushi: This is bad... He's wrapping them around his finger with this lousy 'pity me' act...
Tsukushi: What do we do? I'm not wrong... am I?
Tsukushi: No! I have to think... more evidence we can use against him...
Tsukushi: I have to prove it... I'll prove it so there aren't any more doubts!
Tsukushi: Throw us everything you want! Every argument, every objection... I'll strike them all down.
PHASE SEVENTEEN
MAKE YOUR ARGUMENT: NON-STOP DEBATE
Loaded Truth Bullets: Shizuka's Account | Dirt Below the Window | Yatarou's Account | Tsukushi's Account | Music Venue Ladder
Kikyo: Kiyo made a valid point... the killer could have left through the window.
Yatarou: Kikyo's right. And that way, we wouldn't be able to see them. Everyone was sleeping!
Chigusa: If everyone was sleeping, then there wouldn't be a witness. Kiyoshi gets an alibi.
Kiyoshi: Thank you guys, I've got a shitload of counterarguments!
Kiyoshi: Like how the fuck would I know what the movie was about!?
Kiyoshi: Aha! And what about a motive? I don't have a single fucking reason to kill the two shits!
Shizuka: Who knew Ikeda-san could be so useful when put under pressure?
Sakurako: The arguments against you are piling up, Tsukushi...
Kiyoshi: Obviously! Because I'm fucking innocent!
Akahana: Objection, Your Honor!
(Fired: Dirt Below the Window)
~ BREAK! ~
Akahana: Not so fast, Kiyoshi. You're not off the hook.
Akahana: The killer couldn't have left through the window... they would have left imprints on the dirt.
Akahana: Same goes from the way around the lake house... you claim they didn't leave a single footprint?
Chigusa: Huh... that is suspicious. It's not like the killer could fly.
Kiyoshi: They used the fucking ladder, idiot!
Yatarou: Ladder? But why would they do that...? They'd end up upstairs, where they'd jumped from.
Kiyoshi: U-Ugh, they must've had some motive. A-And speaking of motive!
Kiyoshi: What you got up your sleeve now, fuckface!? Huh!? Nothin'!
Tsukushi: I'm still trying to figure that out, b-but rest assured, I will...
Kiyoshi: Hmph, you're such an asshole... hypocritical, fucking piece of shit...
Kiyoshi: Go on. Preach about your fucking hope and shit, and then convict your so-called friend with that stupid smirk on your face!
Kiyoshi: Tell everyone here you're smiling because you're sending someone to die! Do it, I fucking dare you!
Kiyoshi: Tell everyone you're ridding this city of despair and fighting for our hopeful escape!
Kiyoshi: I wish the victim was you.
Akahana: I'm drawing a blank, Hananari.
Riou: I'm not much help either...
Eita: My head's spinning. I can't focus.
Kikyo: Maybe Kiyoshi is innoncent, after all...
Sakurako: Mister Ikeda, we are... we are terribly sorry. The more I think about it, the more I fail to understand our reasoning.
Shizuka: I concur. It seems our evidence was insufficient. We must gather some more before the final verdict... or it will be unjust.
Tsukushi: Th-They're actually buying all his bullcrap...!?
Tsukushi: I... I can't be wrong, can I? Me? A SHSL Defense Attorney?
Tsukushi: And her, a SHSL Prosecuting Attorney? Might we both be wrong?
Tsukushi: Is lawyer's intuition at fault...?
Akahana: Tsukushi.
Tsukushi: H-Huh?
Akahana: Don't give up. Stop being the baby defense attorney you insist on being and grow the hell up.
Akahana: What kind of lawyer loses his cool in the middle of a trial?
Tsukushi: Akahana...
Kiyoshi: Boohoo, look at this sweet, tender moment between lawyers. Fucking sick!
Kiyoshi: Just admit you're wrong and let's get going with the goddamn trial, shitheads!
Kiyoshi: You have no definitive evidence! No motive! No link between me and the cause of death!
Riou: The more I think about it... the worse it sounds... Tsukushi, help us.
Kiyoshi: Not even your little boyfriend can trust your dumb ass anymore! See?!
Riou: Don't disrespect him like that, or I'll rip you in half like a piece of paper.
Kiyoshi: Sh-Shit, sorry, too far... but my point still stands.
Eita: All evidence points to Kiyoshi as a possible culprit.
Eita: He had time in the morning to watch the movie, and time at night to cut Maruko's rope.
Kiyoshi: You ain't got no proof, do you, though!?
Kikyo: I didn't check the restraints before we finished our shift...
Akahana: Me either.
Sakurako: Likewise.
Kiyoshi: Another opportunity down the drain then, huh? Oops! Sounds like you were fucking wrong!
Tsukushi: Hell no... it can't be, ther-
Kiyoshi: Why! The fuck! Do you keep! Making! Excuses!
Kiyoshi: Do you fucking hate me as well!? Huh!? Fess up, dumbass, do you!?
Kiyoshi: If not, then why keep up with the accusation!? Just drop it and continue with the fucking trial!
Tsukushi: No... No... No! I know you did it...
Kikyo: Tsukushi... even if every piece of evidence points his way...
Kikyo: Don't you find it strange?
Yatarou: Kiyo is the laziest person I know... no matter if he had a motive or a weapon or an opportunity.
Yatarou: He wouldn't kill... he wouldn't because he couldn't be bothered to do it.
Tsukushi: Huh...?
Sakurako: They have a point. Mister I... Kiyoshi. Kiyoshi has little energy to spend on murder.
Shizuka: He would be too tired or groggy to commit murder.
Tsukushi: Tired? Lazy?
Chigusa: Yeah... maybe Maruko's killer really is someone else...
Tsukushi: Maybe... He wouldn't because...
Akahana: Hananari. It's now or never.
Riou: Tsukushi... please whip something out, and do it quick. I want to believe you...
Eita: Kiyoshi isn't smart enough to devise this plan. He has little energy.
Tsukushi: That's... That's it... I know!
Tsukushi: I THINK I'VE GOT IT! Everyone, I have proof to counter all of your claims!
Akahana: Finally.
Tsukushi: There's something only Kiyoshi can do. He can do it better than anyone here.
PHASE EIGHTEEN
DISCOVER THE KEYWORD: HANGMAN'S GAMBIT
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KEYWORD: BE LAZY!
~ COMPLETE ~
Kiyoshi: Are you out of your fucking mind?
Tsukushi: The beauty of being lazy is finding an easy way out of practically any situation.
Tsukushi: And that's exactly why you feel right at home in this case, right?
Tsukushi: You had everything laid out for you. Every little thing.
Kikyo: Huh? T-Tsukushi, what are you saying? How does tha-
Tsukushi: Think a little, everyone... you're all saying Kiyoshi wouldn't kill someone, because he's lazy.
Tsukushi: But that's exactly why he's the most likely suspect.
Sakurako: The cause of death imitated the movie.
Shizuka: The murder victim was blind, and therefore couldn't struggle.
Chigusa: One of the 'murders' was even a suicide so he didn't get his hands dirty.
Yatarou: And since Maruko was a submissive SHSL Maid with a suicidal tendencies disease, he only needed to ask her to kill herself.
Kikyo: The weapon he used on Shizuka was whatever was closest, a frying pan from the kitchen.
Riou: There were even clothes strewn in the hallway... he didn't feel like cleaning up?
Eita: Among all these moving parts, the only thing he did was murder Yori.
Chigusa: But... is that really so? Can we convict someone based on personality?
Kiyoshi: L-Like hell you can!
Tsukushi: Not in a regular court of law... but here, we are the judges. And I think your face tells us all we need to know.
Tsukushi: Your motive was simple... you had everything laid out in front of you. You'd be a fool not to take advantage of it.
Kiyoshi: Y-You little... no! Fuck no! You're grasping at straws, man!
Kiyoshi: Can anyone help a guy out!?
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Kiyoshi: The fuck!? You're siding with him, now!? What a bunch of fucking assholes!
Tsukushi: Everyone else in room can see your guilt, Kiyoshi. You're the only one who has yet to see it.
Tsukushi: Let me help you out with that. Here goes.
Tsukushi: Here's everything that happened in this case!
PHASE NINETEEN
EVERYTHING IS FALLING INTO PLACE: CLOSING ARGUMENT
ACT 1
Everything began when we reached Marine Views. At some point in time, by pure coincidence, the culprit decided to watch (what?) at the movie theatre. Little did they know, the movie had a double murder where a girl was (how did the girl die?) and a boy was (how did the boy die?), which would be useful in their plot later - one they didn't even think of at this point in time. At the same time, an incident occured at the laboratories, where one of the victims sullied herself with a powder, and was infected with (what disease?).
ACT 2
Next up, the day of the motive announcement. Upon seeing (whose?) Talent Swap, where she was swapped with our late friend (who?), SHSL Butler, the culprit probably noticed something - she would take any orders without questions. With that, he figured he would have a personal slave, which he would abuse of in the coming murder. Fast forward to yesterday, the day of the murder. At this point, the culprit had already began to devise his plan. With help of an accomplice, the late (who?) who'd do everything for him, the culprit managed to sneak among the rest of us while the girl mixed herself with the other girls under the guise of a (what?). That was until the night of the murder, where the plan truly started rolling.
ACT 3
A little before (what time?), when everyone including them was already sleeping, the culprit exited their room and went downstairs, where their plan finally began. They assaulted (who?), who was patrolling downstairs the entire time, waiting for (who?) to come back from their cinema expedition. Upon being knocked out, a few people upstairs were alerted, and one of them, (who?), came downstairs to investigate, leaving the other two boys upstairs. Hearing no response from their unknowingly fallen comrade, he heard shuffling as the culprit went back upstairs and gave chase.
ACT 4
As the culprit reached the upper floor of the lake house, they locked (whose?)'s bedroom door, rendering him and (who?) helpless in this case. A struggle between killer and victim ensued, but the victim's condition put him at a disadvantage and he was ultimately (cause of death), although not before leaving some evidence behind, in the form of (what did he leave behind?). The culprit then went down to the outside of the lake house and dragged the body towards (where?), where we would find it the following morning.
ACT 5
Meanwhile, the accomplice was in the (crime scene), readying her final moments. As a suicidal SHSL Maid, she took her final orders without question, and when the culprit asked her to kill herself, she did just that. She made the venue into a (what?), and (cause of death) using a (murder weapon) and some flammable liquids found at the scene. As soon as the flame snuffed out, the plan was finished. And, in the lake house, the girls came back, not knowing the tragedy that had fallen upon Marine Views that night. Maruko and Yori were both dead, and Shizuka was unconscious right next to them.
CORRECT ANSWERS
ACT 1: Crimes, Sins and Confessions; burned alive; thrown into a river; Quark V9;
ACT 2: Maruko Inubarashi's; Yuki Batora; Maruko Inubarashi; SHSL Maid;
ACT 3: midnight; Shizuka Matsuoka; Akahana, Kikyo and Sakurako; Yori Hanamichi;
ACT 4: Eita Kurogane's; Yatarou Nekomirin; thrown out the window; his hat and wand; the lake;
ACT 5: music venue; locked room; burned herself alive; lighter;
The culprit that did all of this, yet did little to no footwork could have only been you... right, Kiyoshi Ikeda, the Super High School Level Custodian?
Kiyoshi: You... You really are serious about this... After this argument bullshit, it's always over...
Kiyoshi: But... But no! NO, NO, GOD FUCKING DAMN IT, NO!
Kiyoshi: Like hell I'm going down without a fucking fight, you goddamn piece of shit lawyer!
Kiyoshi: I'll fucking kill you! I don't care if I'm innocent or guilty right now, but I want to strangle you!
Kiyoshi: Why do you fucking hate my guts, you retard!? Huh!? Why!?
Kiyoshi: I am so fucking done with all of your bullshit, damn it, I am through with your shit!
Kiyoshi: You think you're hot shit, huh!? Well, let's see about that!
Tsukushi: Let's do just that! I've got everyone here behind me!
Tsukushi: Stop resisting and just accept it, Kiyoshi. You murdered two people!
Kiyoshi: Oh!? Wasn't one of them a fucking suicide!?
Tsukushi: That hardly matters right now, Kiyo. No matter which way you slice it, y-
Kiyoshi: Yeah, yeah, I'm a murderer, huh!? Right!? That's what you're gonna say!
Kiyoshi: I'm a murderer! A criminal! Fucking scum of the earth! I deserve to fucking die, huh!?
Kiyoshi: Let's see how less of a killer you are than me! You voted for Asuyo and Frances before, huh!?
Kiyoshi: What about them!? You pussied out because your life was on the line, but you did it.
Kiyoshi: You fucking killed them! You're no better than me.
Tsukushi: I did that to save everyone in this room. I did it to save Maruko and Yori as well, and to save you too!
Kiyoshi: Let's add 'fucking ungrateful' to the goddamn list, huh!? Bring it on, shithead!
PHASE TWENTY
FINAL SHOWDOWN: PANIC TALK ACTION!
Kiyoshi Ikeda, SHSL Custodian
Soul Shields Remaining: 6
Kiyoshi: I'll show you who's really a killer. I'll shit all over your stupid arguments!
Tsukushi: Be my guest, everyone here knows you killed Yori and Maruko!
BREAK! 5 Shields Remaining
Kiyoshi: This is so fucking stupid, I can't believe I'm in this position!
Tsukushi: You're getting your just desserts, Kiyo!
CRACK!
Kiyoshi: Just desserts, my ass! I'm not a killer! You're going to kill yourselves at this rate!
Tsukushi: That's not gonna stick anymore, Kiyoshi.
BREAK! 4 Shields Remaining
Kiyoshi: You hate me! That's all there is to it, isn't it!?
Tsukushi: Of course not! No one hates you here, we just can't let this slide!
BREAK! 3 Shields Remaining
Kiyoshi: But why me!? You have no goddamn witnesses and no fucking evidence!
Tsukushi: We don't need it here! Your reactions are enough!
CRACK!
Kiyoshi: Bullshit! And you call yourself a lawyer!? You can't judge me like this!
Tsukushi: A defense attorney must adapt to the rules of the courtroom! As must a defendant!
BREAK! 2 Shields Remaining
Kiyoshi: What if I kill myself!? Would that make you happy!? Because I'll fucking do it!
Tsukushi: Justice will be served, and you don't need to lift a finger. You're pretty good at doing that anyway, right?
BREAK! 1 Shield Remaining
Kiyoshi: Snarky little bastard... You heard everyone, I'm too lazy and too stupid to do this!
Tsukushi: It's because you're lazy that it all makes sense!
CRACK!
Kiyoshi: That doesn't account for my stupidity, does it!? If you hate me so much, why are you prasing me now!?
Tsukushi: P-Praising you!? You're a murderer, Kiyoshi!
CRACK!
~ DELIVER THE FINAL BLOW ~
Kiyoshi: Oh!? But I thought I had to be smart to be a killer! How did I get so smart all of a sudden, huh, bitch!?
THE! MISSING! TALENT! SWAP!