AN: Okay, I swear, this time it's the real investigation. BTW, I should have mentioned this, but for the investigation music (Ikoroshia), BOX 15 also works. Whichever investigation music you like best, use that, since it doesn't really matter. Investigation is nearly identical between DR1 and SDR2 anyways.
Also, Sushii-Sushii made some fan art of Keiko, our main character! It's really great, check it out here:
/art/Dangan-Ronpa-Alpha-Keiko-Umino-432074964
The website is Deviantart. I just posted the extension because of annoying filtering.
Finally, I made a Danganronpa Abridged reference since I love that thing to death. See if you can spot it :P
Now for review replying.
Reven228: Nah, I can tell you the story's not near finished yet. Thanks for the review!
King Okami: Thanks for the review!
TheRoseShadow21: O.O Thanks for the review!
Wmsm5ever: Yeah...Poor Ryoko. Thanks for the review!
MizunashiFuyuko: Thanks for the review! And TBH the Shougo thing was mere coincedence xD. Really though he's getting into a lotta of trouble, isn't he?
Guest: Thanks for the review! I'll find out who you are next review then :3
Ode30: Lol, thanks for the review! You should always expect a double murder Chapter 3 ;)
demigod39cluesfan: I liked her too. Thanks for the review!
Masuyo Takishima: Oh hey, long time no see! :3 Thanks for the review! The investigation is right now! :D
Unify: TBH your speculation is really good O.o Let's see how it matches up to the investigation though! Thanks for the review!
FateOblivion: That goddamn vice. Thanks for the review!
Soundtrack: A Dead End to the Ocean's Aroma
...Ryoko..?
"R-Ryoko..!" Furo stammered. "Is she...dead?"
As if he even needed to ask that question. Her head was completely gone. Crushed by the huge vice that Monokuma once had. I looked around, and it seemed like everything from the gameshow was there. Spare set pieces, headphones from the second day, and a gatling machine gun that was used to nearly kill me.
"Upupupupu!" Monokuma laughed as he appeared from nowhere. As usual. "Man! Shit goes down in the first dome, right?"
"S-shut up already," Kaito said, stuttering. "Just shut up..! Isn't Takayashi dead too..?"
I nodded. "T-Takayashi's definitely dead...but now Ryoko...she's dead too?"
"W-wait a minute, but that doesn't make any sense," Shougo said.
"Oh can it," Monokuma said. "Save it for the investigation. Besides, some of you guys didn't even see Takayashi's corpse, right?"
"T-that's right," Mirai said. "...Master, where did you find Takayashi's body?"
"...The animal pound at the second dome," I replied. "Her body was covered under a tarp."
"...Then we have to go," Mirai said. "Let's go everyone."
His demeanor always changes into something serious when a murder happens. I wonder if it's because...it feels like we're taking away his only friends that he knows of. Either way, Mirai was right. We had to go show the others Takayashi's body.
Location: The Animal Pound | Time: 9:30 AM | Chapter Three | 22 DAYS LEFT
"...I-I think I'm going to throw up," Unmei said nervously.
I had to agree with her. The room was exactly unchanged from before; blood was splattered all over the walls, and Takayashi's mangled body laid under the tarp.
*Ding, dong! Ding, dong!*
"Attention! A corpse has been found! We'll be holding a class trial soon, so please investigate to the best of your abilities!"
And there's the corpse discovery announcement.
"I-I can't believe there's been two murders," Kirei said silently. "And after the first day of gameshows..."
"Were those sacrifices for nothing..?" Furo sighed.
"...It appears so," Noah said sullenly.
It was true. No matter what we did, or what we tried to do, Monokuma would always be one step ahead of us. Getting us to kill each other was a feat I didn't think he could accomplish four times in a row.
First was Hideki, second was Micky, and now both Takayashi and Ryoko has left us.
"...Damn it!" Shougo snapped. "Why did someone have to kill again? What for?"
"The motive...it had to have had something to do with it," Kaito said.
"Y-yeah, the motive," Yoshinori said. "...You guys...I'm sorry...I can't take this..."
"What do you mean?" Noah asked.
"This investigating and crap...I dunno if I can do it for real," Yoshinori responded. "I mean...I just don't feel up to it."
"...B-but, you've done it before," Kirei said. "You've been just fine at it too..."
"Y-yeah, but two murders is a bit much," Yoshinori said. "I'm not that kind of girl who's able to look at corpses."
No one is like that. But why is Yoshinori acting this way?
"...S-so, I'm going to head to my dorm room if you guys don't mind," she said hurriedly. With that, she ran out of the animal pound.
"Wait a minute..!" Noah snapped. "Get back here!"
Noah ran out after her, leaving the rest of us to listen to each other's silence. There was nothing to do except investigate now, but even I didn't feel like it.
"Master," Mirai said. "We have to do it."
"...Quit reading my thoughts," I sighed. "I know we have to. For Takayashi's and Ryoko's sake."
"Mmm hmm," Mirai said.
Two murders...two of our friends killed. Who could have done this?
Don't worry Takayashi.
And don't you worry either, Ryoko.
We'll catch them for you.
I promise.
Soundtrack: Ikoroshia
==INVESTIGATION START!==
Beep! Beep!
[My ElectroID was ringing in my pocket. Must be the Monokuma File.]
Monokuma File #3 has been added.
…
Monokuma File #4 has been added.
SHOUGO: I got the Monokuma File, you guys.
KEIKO: Yeah, so did I.
UNMEI: Me too.
MIRAI: Well then, we should take a look.
(#3)
|Victim: Takayashi Haruna
|Cause of Death:
|Evisceration.
|Time of Death: Between the 3rd gameshow and the commencement of the 4th gameshow.
|Additional Details:
|Was at the second dome at the time of murder.
KEIKO: ...This doesn't help us at all.
SHOUGO: She was eviscerated..?
KEIKO: O-oh right.
[I took off the tarp, and Shougo's eyes widened at the sight of Takayashi's torn apart body.]
SHOUGO: Y-yeah. That'll do it.
KEIKO: The time of death is obvious, and so are the additional details.
MIRAI: ...I wonder why Monokuma made it so stupid. Ha. He's stupid.
KEIKO: I-I wouldn't yell it out like that, Mirai.
KAITO: Anyways, maybe it's giving us a hint of some sort?
[A hint..? How could anything like that be a hint?]
== Monokuma File #3 has been added as ammunition. (1)
KAITO: Alright, then let's take a look at the second one.
(#4)
|Victim: Ryoko Ieyoshi
|Cause of Death:
|Death was from an instantaneous brain disrupture. The metal vice was used to crush her head completely.
|Time of Death: After the end of the 4th gameshow.
|Additional Details:
|N/A
KEIKO: This barely helps...
UNMEI: The time of death was after the fourth gameshow..?
KIREI: W-well, that's impossible...
KEIKO: …
[If it was after the fourth gameshow, then by that point, Takayashi was already dead? I don't get anything at all right now...]
== Monokuma File #4 has been added as ammunition. (2)
[Right...time to look around the room. First the body.]
…
KEIKO: Eww...her body is completely destroyed.
MIRAI: ...Master, haven't you noticed something strange about this room?
KEIKO: Huh? But I was just looking at the body. What are you –
MIRAI: ...There...there aren't any animals here.
KEIKO: What?
[I looked at the cages. Mirai was right. The cages were empty, and open, and all the animals were completely gone.]
UNMEI: Animals are loose throughout the school?!
[What the hell is going on here?]
== Missing Animals have been added as ammunition. (3)
MIRAI: Okay, well, I'm going to go inside the cages now.
UNMEI: Excuse me..?
MIRAI: Bye.
[Mirai is crawling into the cages...]
UNMEI: ...Alright then.
KAITO: The body is completely and utterly destroyed...what could've done this..?
SHOUGO: Huh? It's not obvious..?
KEIKO: The cuts in her body...are sort of shaped like teeth.
SHOUGO: And there are no animals in the room anymore.
UNMEI: You mean, the killer used the animals to kill Takayashi?!
KAITO: How is that even possible..?
[How is it..? I don't know...]
== Animals as Weapons has been added as ammunition. (4)
SHOUGO: What I also find strange is the tarp.
[The tarp..?]
UNMEI: The tarp was placed on Takayashi's body, but I wonder why?
KEIKO: ...There's a Monokuma symbol on it.
KAITO: There is..?
UNMEI: Oh...I see it.
SHOUGO: Well, I don't know if that really matters. I just want to know why the hell it's there. How would the killer have benefited?
KEIKO: That's...a good question.
KIREI: M-maybe to hide the cause of death?
SHOUGO: But all you'd have to do is take of the tarp. There are better ways for doing that, like actually dispatching the bodies.
KIREI: T-that's true...
KEIKO: I really don't know.
[Why the hell is that tarp there?]
== The Tarp has been added as ammunition. (5)
MIRAI: ...I'm finished!
KEIKO: M-Mirai?
MIRAI: Anyways, I found something from inside all of the cages.
KEIKO: What is it?
MIRAI: Well, it's connected through all the cages, so I guess I found the same thing from inside all of the cages.
SHOUGO: What is it already?
MIRAI: It's a really long piece of string!
KEIKO: A piece of string..?
UNMEI: What the hell? Why is it so long?
SHOUGO: I think it's two full bundles tied together...
MIRAI: Mmhmm! And check this out..!
[He's pointing at the locks...]
MIRAI: The locks are facing from outside of the cages, and they sort of work like a bathroom lock.
KEIKO: A bathroom lock?
KAITO: I think I see it. It's a stall lock, or more specifically, a slide lock.
KEIKO: Oh yeah...I know these.
KAITO: If you pull on the handle, a piece of metal blocks anyone from the other side opening it.
KEIKO: It's on the outside too, meaning that anyone from outside of the cages can unlock it.
MIRAI: Also, in the cage that used to belong to Fred...
UNMEI: Who's Fred?
MIRAI: The alligator. I think his name was Fred...
[I don't think he had a name...]
MIRAI: Anyways, there was lots of blood inside Fred's cage. But there wasn't any in the other cages.
KEIKO: ...So, what you're saying, is you think the cages have something to do with this murder?
MIRAI: Mmhmm.
KEIKO: ...Sure thing.
== Lock System has been added as ammunition. (6)
== Really Long String has been added as ammunition. (7)
== Blood in Alligator's Cage has been added as ammunition. (8)
MIRAI: I don't know how it's related...
MIRAI: Or maybe it's not related at all...
KEIKO: But you think it could be..?
MIRAI: Yeah.
MIRAI: ...But I doubt it.
[Nice.]
KEIKO: Well then, let's go to the first dome.
SHOUGO: This murder seems to be...kind of dry on this side.
KEIKO: What do you mean..?
SHOUGO: There's not much evidence this time around, is there..?
KEIKO: I guess n-WOAH!
[WTF?! I tripped on something..! Ow! My head!]
MIRAI: M-Master?!
KEIKO: I-I'm alright...but what the hell is this?!
[I held up this toy in my hand...why the hell is here?!]
MIRAI: Oh, that's an RC car. It probably came from the toy room.
KEIKO: Yeah, well, I can see that perfectly fine!
== RC Car has been added as ammunition. (9)
KEIKO: And I hit my head on this chair..!
SHOUGO: ...Um, why is there a chair out on the hallway though?
KEIKO: I don't know, and I don't care! I think I'm bleeding..!
KAITO: ...Maybe it was used to prop the door?
KEIKO: What..?
SHOUGO: The door from outside the animal pound opens inwards. In other words, it's a pull door.
KEIKO: So if Takayashi was trapped inside..?
KAITO: She would have been trapped.
KEIKO: ...Oh. My bad, this chair is pretty important. I do care about it, I do.
KIREI: I-is your head okay, Keiko..?
KEIKO: It's fine. How's your arm..? You've been clutching it this entire time.
KIREI: Oh, it's fine...it still hurts from being crushed...I think whatever Monokuma's magic did made my arm hurt again.
KEIKO: I see. Hope it gets better. Anyways, so this chair...
MIRAI: It was used to prop the door shut.
MIRAI: This feels like a real mystery now! It's kind of exciting. Too bad it was Takayashi though.
[That's not what I was thinking at all.]
== The Chair has been added as ammunition. (10)
NOAH: Y-you guys...
[He's breathing heavily and leaning against the walls. Was he running..?]
NOAH: I can't find Yoshinori anywhere...she couldn't have gone through the submarine. There wouldn't have been enough time.
UNMEI: But she has to be at this dome, right?
NOAH: I don't know! She's not here, or anywhere..!
MIRAI: Well, we should leave her be then.
NOAH: ...I-I guess so...
NOAH: God damn. I've been running across the entire dome and I couldn't find her at all.
[...I wonder where Yoshinori went..?]
KEIKO: A-anyways, we should go to the first dome and help the others investigate Ryoko's murder.
NOAH: Wait a minute, I haven't investigated yet.
KEIKO: We'll fill you in on the way there.
NOAH: But –
MIRAI: Onwards! To solve Ryoko's murder!
NOAH: ...Fine, I suppose you're all right...
Location: The Gymnasium | Time: 10:13 AM | Chapter Three | 22 DAYS LEFT
FURO: Oi, guys.
KEIKO: You've been here, Furo?
FURO: Yeah. To be honest, I felt a little angry at Ryoko, for dying after destroying my life work.
KEIKO: Furo...
FURO: But I can't do that. She died after all...
KEIKO: ...Right...
FURO: Anyways, I've been thinking about how the murders happened.
KEIKO: Got any ideas?
FURO: Not yet...but I will by the trial. I have something I think might work.
KEIKO: Hope so. We'll need it.
FURO: Yeah. Anyways, I'm going to go off to see Takayashi again.
FURO: ...I should apologize to her too.
KEIKO: Furo..?
FURO: ...Sorry. Go on ahead.
[He's acting strange...anyways, time so see Ryoko's body.]
…
[God...her head's completely crushed. I'm surprised I haven't fainted by now.]
MIRAI: ...Someone had to force her into the vice, right?
KEIKO: Yeah...but Ryoko is sort of strong, I think. She wouldn't gave gone down easily.
MIRAI: Mmmhmm.
NOAH: Not to mention Ryoko's mostly armed, what with her tattoo needles she always keeps with her.
KEIKO: ...What the..?
NOAH: What is it?
KEIKO: There's a bloody needle on the ground.
NOAH: A bloody needle..?
KEIKO: That wasn't the murder weapon though. Did Ryoko use it to defend herself..?
NOAH: ...Who knows...It didn't work after all.
KEIKO: …
KEIKO: Yeah...I guess it didn't.
== Bloody Needle has been added as ammunition. (11)
KEIKO: ...You guys, wait a minute, there's something else on her hand.
NOAH: Her hand..?
MIRAI: Oh, she's clutching a piece of a paper.
NOAH: I'll go see what it is.
…
…
NOAH: Here...read it.
KEIKO: Okay...
Please come by the gynmasium after the fourth gameshow. I want to apologize after the gameshow ends, and after we manage to get the textbook. We'll make it...we'll definietly get the info we need out of Monokuma's hands.
KEIKO: ...Did Ryoko write this..?
== Letter has been added as ammunition. (12)
KEIKO: Why would she have to write a letter like this?
NOAH: It appears Ryoko was killed by whoever she wrote this letter to.
MIRAI: ...Poor Ryoko.
KEIKO: Yeah...
UNMEI: Um, sorry to interrupt...
KEIKO: Unmei?
UNMEI: While you three were talking, I took a look around the gymnasium, and I found this.
[She's holding up...what is that?]
UNMEI: I think it's the mystery items that we burned in the third gameshow.
NOAH: The mystery items..?
UNMEI: Yeah, remember? Monokuma had us toss a bunch of things that were in a big into this fire.
KEIKO: Why are you showing us this..?
UNMEI: I just thought I should have...I don't know, maybe something here was important to Mirai. Monokuma did say that these items were precious to us.
KEIKO: Mirai..?
MIRAI: ...I should look in that pile, right?
KEIKO: If you want.
MIRAI: …
MIRAI: No...that's okay. I'll look at it later...we should focus on the murder right now...
KEIKO: Are you sure..?
UNMEI: Alright, then I'll put them inside the supply closet.
KEIKO: Here, I'll come with you.
MIRAI: …
[Why did he deny the mystery items..? I would have jumped straight into it.]
== Mystery Items have been added as ammunition. (13)
Location: The Gymnasium Supply Closet | Time: 10:42 AM | Chapter Three | 22 DAYS LEFT
UNMEI: E-eww! What's that smell?!
KEIKO: A-anyways, we should find out where to put these...
UNMEI: Eww! Eww! I stepped in something!
KEIKO: What..? Don't freak out..!
UNMEI: ...It's bleach..?
KEIKO: Huh?
UNMEI: There's bleach on the ground.
KEIKO: Bleach?
[Why would there be bleach..?]
== Bleach has been added as ammunition. (14)
KEIKO: ...Can you find anything else?
UNMEI: O-ok, I'll take a look.
[Alright, I should look for clues too. Would I find anything here..?]
…
KEIKO: Well, I found something suspicious.
UNMEI: What is it?
KEIKO: It's a bottle of chloroform. It's half empty too.
UNMEI: Chloroform..?
KEIKO: I'm not sure if it's related, but it could be. Considering we found bleach here. Chloroform is used a lot in murders anyways.
UNMEI: I guess so. I'll make note of it.
KEIKO: Thanks.
== Chloroform has been added as ammunition. (15)
…
…
UNMEI: What the hell..?!
KEIKO: What is it?!
UNMEI: Well, I wanted to put the bleach back where it was...
UNMEI: There are blood stains in here.
KEIKO: Blood stains..?
UNMEI: Yeah...why would there be blood stains in here?
KEIKO: Maybe the killer went in here after they murdered Ryoko?
UNMEI: But...why?
[Why indeed..? That's definitely strange for there to be blood here.]
== Bloodstain has been added as ammunition. (16)
KEIKO: Okay, let's head out now.
UNMEI: Alright.
Location: The Gymnasium | Time: 11:10 AM | Chapter Three | 22 DAYS LEFT
[Everyone's gathered here..?]
YOSHINORI: L-lemme go..!
KEIKO: Yoshinori?
NOAH: I found her lurking around the dorms. Also, I found her carrying this remote controller.
KEIKO: A remote controller?
NOAH: Looks like for an RC car.
KEIKO: An RC car..?
[Wait...]
Flashback!
MIRAI: Oh, that's an RC car. It probably came from the tory room.
KEIKO: There was an RC car in front of the animal pound.
NOAH: ...Really..?
YOSHINORI: I dunno what it is! Really! Stop pestering me about it!
[She's struggling to escape Noah's clutches...]
NOAH: Quit struggling. You're acting very suspicious about now.
YOSHINORI: You aren't gonna accuse me of no murder! And the only reason I'm struggling is because of your man strength!
NOAH: Right.
*Ding, dong! Ding, dong!*
"Attention! It's time for the class trial! Please reconvene in the entrance lobby over at the first dome! I'll see you there!*
KEIKO: Already..?
MIRAI: Time went by fast, didn't it?
KEIKO: ...Yeah.
NOAH: Keiko..?
KEIKO: Something...something just doesn't make sense about this murder case.
NOAH: What doesn't? C'mon, everyone's leaving.
KEIKO: But how is it possible for the killer to...kill like this?
NOAH: What do you mean..?
KEIKO: If we're thinking that last night...the killer killed Takayashi...Ryoko was alive then.
NOAH: Yes?
KEIKO: But she was dead in the gymnasium when we saw her, right?
NOAH: Correct.
KEIKO: I just don't get it.
NOAH: It is confusing...but we have the class trial to discuss these matters. I don't exactly feel like being punished.
KEIKO: I...I guess you're right. But what about the motive?
NOAH: Hmm..? What of it?
KEIKO: ...It's like the movie, don't you think? He's manipulating us again.
NOAH: That's what he's been doing from the beginning though.
KEIKO: Well..!
Soundtrack: Monokuma Sensei's Lesson
MONOKUMA: C'mon! What the hell are you doing?
KEIKO: M-Monokuma?!
MONOKUMA: You're taking too long!
NOAH: We were just about to leave...
MONOKUMA: Oh...I get it! One policeman and one cowgirl alone... Well, guess what? Meowkyins would have stopped it right away, if he was still around! Doing the nasty is not welcome in a school environment!
KEIKO: What do you mean still around..?
NOAH: And that's not what we were doing at all.
MONOKUMA: Fine. I don't really care. Anyways, I gave Meowykins the sack.
KEIKO: Why..?
MONOKUMA: Why do you care? He shot you to death you know! Until you mysteriously got revived.
NOAH: It's none of our concern. Like we said, we were just leaving.
MONOKUMA: ...Well, to be honest, I overheard some of your chit-chat, and I thought, hey, if I don't give them this piece of evidence, they're going to all die! And that wouldn't be fun.
KEIKO: Are you saying we don't have enough evidence..?
MONOKUMA: Hmm, you probably do, but on the other hand, you're also probably too stupid to use it in an effective way. So I'll give you a couple of things!
KEIKO: Like..?
MONOKUMA: Well, take a look see here.
[He's holding out a piece of paper..?]
…
KEIKO: What's this?
MONOKUMA: It's a list of names! On the front of it are the people who were at the first dome at the time of Takayashi's murder. On the backside are the people who were at the second dome at the time of Takayashi's murder!
Front Side
Keiko, Noah, Kaito, Kirei, Ryoko, and Unmei
Back Side
Takayashi, Furo, Mirai, Yoshinori, Shougo
KEIKO: Why do we need to know this..?
MONOKUMA: Fine! You don't want it?!
KEIKO: Well...I'll take it.
MONOKUMA: Hmph! So ungratefully!
== Name List has been added as ammunition. (15)
NOAH: So? Do you have anything else?
MONOKUMA: Hm? Why would you think that?
NOAH: ...You said you have a couple pieces of evidence. Couple is usually plural.
MONOKUMA: Oh, well, funny thing is, I don't have anything else to say..!
KEIKO: Then why'd you say couple?
MONOKUMA: Well why are you being so picky about it?!
MONOKUMA: Fine! I'll tell you this much! Ryoko died while you were trying to find Takayashi!
KEIKO: We knew that already..! What about the motive?
MONOKUMA: I'm not telling you!
KEIKO: Why not?!
MONOKUMA: You'll find out through the trial, wow!
MONOKUMA: Grr...you're really pushing my buttons.
MONOKUMA: Now scram! Go to the entrance hall!
[Monokuma left...]
NOAH: We should do as he says. No need for more death.
KEIKO: Right...
== Monokuma's Testimony has been added as ammunition. (16)
Music Halts
*Ding, dong! Ding, dong!*
"Attention, you bastards! Hurry the hell up to the entrance lobby! I'm talking to you two, Keiko and Noah!"
"I said we're going!" Noah snapped. "Jeez...let's head out, Keiko."
"Right...way ahead of you."
Location: Entrance Lobby | Time: 11:30 AM | Chapter Three | 22 DAYS LEFT
"Are you bastards ready?"
Monokuma asked us this question as we walked into the submarine, and as we entered and sat down, we were all so silent. Even on the ride there, no one felt like saying anything. Well, that's only to be expected.
"...What were you doing with Noah?" Mirai asked, his face turning red.
"We were talking about the murder," I sighed.
He nodded and looked down, and eventually, the submarine surfaced.
This time, we were on another island. It seemed...completely different from the last one, and for our next trial, Monokuma took us to this nightclub looking place.
It was called the Titty Typhoon. Offensive.
We sat in our seats, and Monokuma brought out his red button.
"You ready for the third class trial?" Monokuma asked.
Ready as I'll ever be...
The class trial to live or die.
Continued in Chapter 3: Section 11
AN: The investigation was shorter than I thought it would be :o Which isn't bad but it makes me worry about how I'm going to fit the class trial x3
It's definitely going to be a multi-parter. SO PREPARE FOR CLIFFHANGERS! :D
I hope the Investigation was detailed enough tho