Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. Finally, we're at the fourth trial. Not only that, but this chapter came out fairly quickly, at least compared to recent chapters. Hope the pace keeps up.
Anyways, let's get to the reaction of the fourth trial. I hope you guys enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danganronpa.
Chapter 79: Watching Chapter 4: All Star Apologies Part 13
"Let's begin with the basic explanation of the class trial! So, your votes will determine the results." Monokuma, once again, explained the rules. "If you can figure out 'whodunnit' then only they will receive punishment. But if you pick the wrong one, then I'll punish everyone besides the blackened, and the one that deceived everyone else will graduate! Now then… where to begin…?"
"We already know who did it…!" Hina interrupted angrily.
"Whoa! Deja vu!" Monokuma gasped.
"The one who killed Sakura… is one of the people that hated her!" Hina declared. "Byakuya, Toko, or Hiro! It was one of you!"
"And once again, Hina is not wasting any time…"
"It's different this time!" The swimmer argued. "This time, it's clear that one of those three are the ones who killed Sakura! They're the only options out of all six of us!"
'Not with the evidence found in the chem lab.' Byakuya remarked to himself. In addition with how quick Hina was to condemn one of them… he felt his theory was growing more solid.
"Hmph. Idiot." Byakuya merely snorted.
"I-I had nothing to d-do with it…" Toko protested.
"Y-Yeah! I'd never kill someone, no way!" Hiro also denied.
"I don't wanna hear your stupid excuses!" Hina retorted back to all of them.
"It's a really good thing the two of you have survived so far, Makoto. Kyoko." Taka said honestly. "Without the both of you, it would have been near impossible to have any rational discourse."
"I'm just glad I can be of some help." Makoto replied sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. Kyoko merely nodded in recognition of Taka's words, her eyes focused on the screen.
Once more, the non-stop debate started up, with the bullets loaded up in the revolver. Of course, Hina was the first to speak. "It was one of you…" She accused the three suspects. "One of you killed Sakura!"
"And what reason do you have for saying so?" Byakuya asked in return.
"Because you all had a motive!" Hina declared. "You hated her!"
"Is that it? That doesn't make any sense…" Byakuya told her.
"That's the only reason you have for accusing us?"
'No, that's wrong!' The bullet was shot as Makoto spoke up. "Another reason you suspect them is because Sakura wanted to meet with them, right?"
"Yeah! And that was right before she died!" Hina confirmed confidently. "So there's no doubt about it! One of those three killed her!"
"A damn good reason to suspect one of them." Mondo grunted. "And it's fucking clear that at least one of them went to the meeting."
'And there won't be any difficulty picking out who did it…' Mukuro thought, her eyes shifting towards Hiro.
Non-stop debate started up once again, with Hina being the first to speak again. "The fact that Sakura wanted to meet with all three of them…" She began. "There's no way that's not suspicious! One of you is absolutely guilty!"
"I don't deny that she wanted to meet with us, but…" Byakuya admitted to. "I never went to see her."
"I-I didn't either…" Toko also stated.
"Yeah, same here!" Hiro added. "I never saw her…"
'No, that's wrong!' The bullet was shot as Makoto interjected. "Hiro… when we were talking before, you dropped a small piece of paper, remember?" He reminded the fortune teller. "It was white with red polka dots…"
"Wh-What's that got to do with anything?!" Hiro exclaimed nervously.
"It has to do with the fact that no one but Sakura and I should have that candy!" Hina growled, fists clenched.
"The fact that he tried to hide it does not help prove his innocence…" Celeste added.
The suspect in question is starting to turn white once again, dreading the outcome of this.
"Red polka dots…?" Hina said with clear recognition. "That's gotta be the wrapper from the candy I gave to Sakura!"
"N-No, it's… um…" Hiro mumbled in a feeble attempt of denial.
"Ever since we got into the warehouse, I totally monopolized that entire box of candy." Hina continued on further. "So there's no way a single one of them was left in the warehouse!"
"In that case, Hiro… where did you get that piece of candy?" Makoto asked the fortune teller.
"From Sakura!" The swimmer interjected. "That's the only explanation!"
"U-Umm…" Hiro stuttered. "W-Well, I mean… yeah, sure I got it from her, but… but she gave it to me forever ago! It doesn't have anything to do with what happened to her!"
"Yeah, that's bull." Leon bluntly stated. "How can she give candy she didn't have, until Hina gave it to her?"
"B-But, couldn't she have given the candy right before the meeting?" Hiro tried to argue.
"Not with the testimony you yourself has given." Mukuro stated. "The attempt to claim that you haven't seen Sakura since the nurse's office disproved that."
"And thus, the fool is about to dig his grave deeper…" Byakuya sighed, shaking his head.
"When? When did she give it to you?" Hina asked in return.
"The last time you saw Sakura was… when Hina had to go to the nurse's office, right?" Makoto recalled Hiro's testimony.
"Y-Yeah, so I must have got it… some time before then." Hiro claimed.
Makoto frowned at that. "I'm not sure about that, Hiro…" He stated. "Hina didn't actually give Sakura the candy till after she left the nurse's office. So if that was the last time you saw her, there's no reason you should've had that candy!"
"Dammit!" Was Hiro's panicked response. One he quickly tried to back-track from. "Er, I meant… what I meant was, uh…"
Several facepalms ensued after that. "Hiro, dude, you're making this way too easy…" Leon groaned.
"It's difficult for me to be mad at you right now…" Sayaka groaned, her hands covering her face.
"..." For a moment, Hiro stood silent. Then, the fortune teller started speaking aggressively. "Oh, that's right! I DID meet up with her in the rec room! You got a problem with that?!"
"Oh, it's too late to back-track now!" Hina exclaimed, glaring at the fortune teller on screen.
"Imbecile…" Byakuya groaned, his head dipped further into his hand.
"M-Moron…" Toko also grumbled.
"Why the s-sudden hostility…?" Toko stuttered out, surprised.
"But we just talked, that's all!" Hiro insisted to the group. "I didn't do anything! You gotta believe me!"
"After the lie you try to pull off?" Junko snorted, arms crossed. "They don't gotta believe anything."
"Being so vague does not help either." Taka spoke in agreement, shaking his head. "If he wants them to believe what he says, then he needs to give better details on what he did."
"Yeah. Saying 'We just talk, that's all' doesn't inspire much confidence." Leon remarked dryly.
"H-Hang on! Don't decide just yet that future me did it!" Hiro frantically stated. "There's still the dying message!"
"Y-You're acting incredibly s-suspicious…" Toko pointed out, her eyes narrowed.
"YOU'RE acting incredibly suspicious!" Hiro fired back, aggressive once again.
"More h-hostility…" The writer hissed.
"It's not just normal hostility! You're the real culprit!" Hiro declared. "I even have proof!"
"Huh? P-Proof?" Toko said, surprised. "What are y-you talking about?"
"I'm talking about her shining message!"
"...Shining what-now?"
"Was he… trying to say 'dying message'?" Chihiro asked, unsure.
"I think he was… but just botched up the words…" Mukuro said, her head tilted with clear confusion.
'What would a shining message even be…?' Makoto thought blankly.
"At the scene of the crime, she had written 'Toko' in her own blood, right?" Hiro pointed out. "It was her 'dying message'! Just like what you guys were talking about with Sayaka!"
"A-Are you trying to p-p-pin this on m-me?!"
"Well, the dying message has your name on it!" Hiro said in defense of himself.
But before anything more could be said, Sayaka spoke up. "Wait, hold on a moment…" The idol narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "How would future Hiro know about the dying message?"
"Heh?" Was Hiro's confused response.
"You bring up a good point, Sayaka." Kyoko said, her eyes also narrowed at the screen. "When did he see that dying message?"
"That's true, I saw it for myself!" Hina confirmed.
"See? See?! Toko did it!" Hiro stated eagerly.
"Wh-Wh-What are you saying?! No w-way!" Toko protested. "I didn't d-do it!"
"You just don't know when you're beat, do ya?!"
"Hiro, hold on…" Kyoko then spoke up. "When did you see that dying message of hers?"
"Huh…?" Was Hiro's confused response. "W-Well, when we found Ogre's body. Duh…"
"But… that doesn't add up." Makoto said, his eyebrows furrowed. "Hiro was barred from the crime scene before the investigation started, and the dying message was hidden in the magazine shelf. There's no way he would've seen it then."
"Gak!" The fortune teller couldn't help but choke at this.
"And the grave just got even deeper…" Celeste said, her face wooden and her tone thin.
"This is almost painful to watch…" The Togami heir growled to himself.
"But if you recall, Hina was very adamant about keeping you away from the scene of the crime." Kyoko reminded him. "So it's hard to believe that's when you actually saw the message for yourself."
'Huh? Hold on…' Makoto mused to himself in recollection. "Kyoko, you found the magazine on the magazine shelf, right?"
"That's right." Kyoko nodded. "Looking through the shelf, I found the magazine with the dying message on it. I found it right there at the scene of the crime, after we'd started on the investigation."
"If that's true, then what Hiro just said doesn't really make sense, does it?" The lucky student concluded.
"D-Doesn't make sense…?" Hiro repeated nervously. "What doesn't make sense?! Everything I said makes perfect sense!"
Makoto, however, shook his head. "When Sakura's body was found, that magazine was sitting on the shelf nearby." He repeated what Kyoko confirmed. "That's where Kyoko found it, after we'd begun the investigation. And you weren't at the murder scene, so there's no way you could have seen it then!"
"Gah-hah!" Was Hiro's choked response.
"You're right, Byakuya; this is almost painful to watch…" Junko groaned, unable to hide a portion of her boredom. "He might as well tell us he's the killer at this point."
"Wha- What makes you say I'm the killer?!"
"The fact you knew about the dying message clearly shows that you saw it before the discovery of Sakura's body…" Mukuro told him. "The fact that you knew about it, as well as the attempt to call Toko the culprit, tells us that you had a hand in creating the message."
The more Hina hears the evidence piling on Hiro, the more she looked as if she wanted to strangle the cowardly clairvoyant.
"Tell us the truth, Hiro. When did you see the message?" Makoto questioned the fortune teller.
"H-Hold on, you're focusing on the wrong part! Why does it matter where I saw it?!" Hiro protested, attempting to redirect the subject. "All you gotta do is read the vienna sausage Ogre left us and we know who it is - Toko!"
"..." None of the students decided to comment on any of what Hiro just said.
"I don't even know where to begin with that one!" Was all Hina could say.
"He's just t-trying to confuse us…!" Toko hissed.
"Actually, can we even be sure Sakura wrote that message in the first place?" Kyoko questioned.
"Um, yeah…?" Hiro spoke as if it was obvious. "I think we can all agree that Ogre wrote that message! One hundred percent without a doubt she wrote it! And this is me talking, so you know it's true!"
That last statement earned snorts from several students. "If it's you talking, then we have all the reasons to doubt it." Celeste retorted.
"Yep."
"Indeed."
"No doubt there."
"He lacks both integrity and intelligence to be a credible source."
"Am I really that untrustworthy?!" Hiro exclaimed incredulously.
His responses were blank looks, with almost everyone silently asking, "Do we really need to answer that?"
'Without a doubt…?' Makoto repeated in his mind. 'No, I absolutely do doubt it. There's no way Sakura wrote that message!'
"I'm completely unconvinced that Sakura wrote that dying message." The lucky student said aloud. "Because if you look at it, the message was almost certainly written using a finger, but… both of her hands were completely free of blood."
"Say wh-?!"
"Then… who did write it…?" Hina asked, eyes narrowed.
"Hiro could very well have written it himself." Kyoko declared. "That would explain how he knew about the message in the first place."
"N-ngh… grr!" Eventually, after a moment of groaning in desperation, the fortune teller finally sagged his shoulder in defeat. "Yeah… yeah, that's exactly what happened."
If Hiro's blood hasn't run cold already, it definitely did now with his future self's admission.
"Ah! He admits it!" Hina exclaimed.
"I figured as much." Kyoko shrugged.
"I think anyone with half a brain could figure that one out…" Leon deadpanned, facepalming. "Hiro made himself way too suspicious to pass him off."
"And I think we can all guess by now why he did it…" Junko stated, getting close to slumping down in boredom.
"But… why would you write something like that?" The lucky student inquired.
"B-Because…" Hiro began. Then, he exclaimed guiltily. "Because I killed her!"
Despite everyone at least suspecting his involvement, his sudden admission took the group by surprise. "W-What?" Hiro practically squeaked, both shock and fear quickly fueling his mind.
"He… did it?" Hina hissed, her fury peaking.
"He's… confessing to being the culprit?" Hifumi spoke in shock.
"This… seems way too easy." Leon said, eyes narrowed.
Makoto's eyes widened in shock at this. 'You're… admitting to killing her?'
"Please, just let me explain what happened…" Hiro pleaded. "I got Ogre's note, and so I headed to the rec room right before noon, just like it said…"
"You just did exactly as the note asked?" Byakuya questioned with some disbelief. "What a fool…"
"So the fool really was stupid enough to do exactly what the note instructed…" Byakuya groaned even further. "Despite his suspicions and fears…"
"Honestly? It isn't surprising at this point…" Celeste sighed, resisting the urge to drag a hand across her face.
"And when I got there…"
A flashback of Sakura and Hiro meeting up was then shown. "Sorry, but do you mind waiting? I asked a couple of other people to meet, as well."
"O-Okay…" Hiro agreed nervously.
"Would you like a piece of candy?" Sakura offered, holding a piece out. "It might help give you some energy…"
"O-Oh, sure… thanks."
"And that's all she said. After that, we just stood around in awkward silence…" The present Hiro spoke. "Suddenly, I heard her mutter something…"
"This is it…" The martial artist muttered to herself. "I'm going to end it today… I'm going to end… everything."
Sakura's words caused alarm in some of the students. "What is she talking about…?" Sayaka asked wearily. "Is this the same thing she was talking about when she said that she was 'drawing a line'?"
"You're guess is as good as mine, Sayaka…" Leon told her, also confused by her words.
'Sakura…' Makoto looked at the martial artist in worry. 'What exactly were you going to end? And how do you plan to end it?' He had a feeling on what exactly the martial artist was trying to put a stop to. As to how… he's not sure he wanted to think about how.
'So I see…' Kyoko simply closed her eyes solemnly at this. This all but confirms her hypothesis.
"..." Sakura merely narrowed her eyes, picking up the… subtle resolution in her tone. Did she do what was being implied through her voice? Or was she simply misunderstanding it?
"Sakura…?" Hina, momentarily broken out of her angered state, looked at her friend worryingly. "What was your future self talking about?"
"...It's probably best if we just continue and see." Was all the martial artist could say.
"As soon as I heard that, I just knew… I knew she was gonna try and kill me!" Hiro stated, as the flashback showed the nervous fortune teller turning fearful. "She was gonna kill me and make her escape!"
The scene then switched back to the trial room. "So of course I freaked out, and then…"
An image of Hiro grabbing a Monokuma bottle and smashing it across Sakura's head was then shown. "I saw my only chance. I grabbed a Monokuma bottle from the shelf, and smashed it across her head!" The clairvoyant revealed. "I… I hit her from behind, before she had any idea what was happening!"
And just like that, the room suddenly turned cold. Any emotions Hina was feeling was brought to a freezing halt, as she processed what she just heard.
Hiro himself was as white as a sheet at this point, shock, fear, and even guilt crossing his face. So… he actually killed Sakura? Actually committed such a crime?
"Then she just… went limp. I didn't see her move again after that." The scene switched back to the trial room once again. "Once it was over, I pulled myself together. I realized if I didn't do something, I'd be caught and executed. So I wrote Toko's name in blood across a magazine on the table, and… I ran away."
"Y-You loathsome excuse of a fortune teller!" Toko hissed, now removing her hands from her eyes to glare bitterly at Hiro. "I h-hope your execution is a painful one! C-Can't believe you would frame me!"
"I… I…" Hiro was unable to say anything in response, his mind completely shut-down at the moment.
"You… you…" Slowly, Hina turned towards the fortune teller, her facial expression momentarily blank. "You're the one… who killed…"
"Hold on a moment, Hina. Before you say anything more, remember that three attempts happened." Kyoko reminded the swimmer, halting her from speaking at the moment. "And according to Celeste's hypothesis, those attacks are separate. Hiro's testimony states that he only hit her once, which collaborates with that hypothesis."
"Yep. Like I said, too easy…" Leon muttered, mainly to himself.
"But he still… try to kill Sakura!" Slowly, the expressionless look turned into one of fury. "He attacked her, thinking that she was gonna kill him! THAT BASTARD WAS AIMING FOR HER LIFE!"
"And you have every reason to be upset about that, Hina!" Makoto spoke up, placating the girl once again. "But we can talk about it later. We still need to continue this, and the true culprit still needs to be found."
"Makoto's right." Sakura said, gaining her friend's attention. "The culprit has yet to be found, as well as the possibility of a second attacker. We must find both before rendering judgment."
Hina was silent, taking in her words. But in the midst of that silence, Hiro decided it was a good time to speak up. "So… does that mean future me didn't kill Sakura?" He asked, his tone turning more hopeful. "Does that mean I won't get executed?"
"That's what you care about right now?!" And of course, any calmness Hina was able to gain was wiped away.
Makoto couldn't help but sigh, while a few others glared at Hiro for his insensitive words. "Let… just continue."
"I-I can't believe you! You're the worst! I hope you d-die!" Toko exclaimed angrily.
"Well, that's what happened." Hiro sighed morosely. "Go ahead, roast me, boil me, do whatever you want…"
"You're not gonna get off that easily." Hina growled. "It's death… death for the one who killed Sakura!"
"Hina…" Makoto couldn't help but notice how… blood-thirsty the swimmer is becoming. Both the present and future versions. And on noticing that, he worries.
He wasn't the only one. Some like Sayaka and Leon couldn't blame her at all; others like Chihiro and Sakura worry for the swimmer. However, no one dared to open that can of worms at the moment.
"We're ready to vote now, right?! We know who did it!"
"No, I think there's more to Hiro's story…" Kyoko interjected.
"What are you talking about? What else could there be?!" Hina exclaimed.
"There's one thing that Hiro's story just now doesn't explain." The lavender haired girl explained. "And until we figure that part out, we can't consider the case closed."
"She's talking about the two head wounds, correct?" Taka guessed.
Kyoko, however, shook her head. "I don't think so." She answered verbally. "It may be brought up later on, but there's something else that is left out from Hiro's story."
"That's true." Makoto spoke in agreement, looking in thought. "Everything you just said… it doesn't explain why the magazine was hidden, does it?"
"Huh…?" Hiro jolted at that, in both surprise and confusion.
A few eyes widened in realization at this. "Oh, that's right." Chihiro said, looking down in thought. "We were focused on the fact that Hiro knew about the dying message in the first place, that we forgot that it was strange for the message to be placed there…"
"And it would explain why Hiro didn't think about the fact that the dying message was hidden in the magazine shelf…" Mukuro mused. "It's likely because he never put it there in the first place."
Hiro is looking more hopeful now.
"By the time the body was discovered, the magazine had been picked up and put up on the shelf…" Makoto stated. "Why would you take the time to write that message, then stick it somewhere where we might not find it?"
"Oh. Well, uh… I didn't hide it." Hiro said in easy admission. "I'm sure I just left it sitting there on the table."
"...Really?" Makoto said in surprise.
"H-He's lying! He's g-gotta be lying!" Toko cried out.
"I don't see any reason why he would lie now, after already confessing to the crime…" Kyoko refuted.
"Not to mention he doesn't show any signs of lying." Mukuro added. "No stuttering, no changing of subjects, no mixing of his testimonies…"
"I agree." Celeste said, also noticing a lack of tells from Hiro. "And considering that we all know that he's a pathetic liar at this point…"
No one disagreed with the gambler; and once again, Hiro did not mind being called an idiot for this.
"Then… he's not lying?" Hina asked skeptically.
"Assuming he's telling the truth, someone else must have put the magazine on the shelf." Byakuya mused. "In other words, at least one other person was in the rec room before and after the incident."
"So then… does that mean that the other person was hiding in the locker the entire meeting?" Sayaka realized, remembering the hand-prints.
"Exactly." Kyoko nodded in confirmation. "And I think at least some of us can guess as to who was hiding."
In a completely unrelated note, Toko felt her stomach starting to drop, having an idea as to who the person was.
"I don't think there's any question about that." Kyoko said in agreement.
"Th-Then… who was it?" Hina asked.
"If they went to the trouble of hiding the magazine…" Kyoko mused. "They must not have liked what was written on it."
'Someone who wouldn't like what had been written. There's only one choice…' Makoto thought with some confidence. "It had to be Toko, right?"
"Wh-?" Toko flinched at the mention of her name.
"What?" The writer squeaked just like her counterpart.
"Looks like the pieces are slowly coming together." Celeste stated. "And my hypothesis is looking more and more correct."
"H-H-Hold it! This d-doesn't mean-"
"Quit it with your denial." Byakuya cut off uncaringly. "It's clear that Sakura was attacked more than once, and it's clear that you were hiding throughout the entire meeting. No point in wasting time by denying reality."
Like an obedient puppy, Toko stayed silent. But it was clear by her shaking that she's not liking the outcome that's coming.
"Who else would want to hide the magazine other than the person whose name was written on it?" Makoto pointed out.
"Is he right, Toko?" Hina questioned the girl, eyes narrowed at her now. "Did you really go to the rec room…?"
"Wh-Why would I have…? Wait, b-but more important…!" Toko spoke in protest. "That doesn't even m-matter! We already know who d-did it, right?! Hiro just a-admitted it!"
"Does she really think that would work?" Leon remarked. "The fact that she tried to deflect attention to Hiro made her look even more suspicious."
"True enough." Taka nodded in agreement. "Avoiding the question itself is not a sign of innocence."
"That's right. I killed her." Hiro sighed guilty.
Makoto, however, disagreed. "No, you didn't."
"Wh-Who asked you?!" Toko hissed.
"Um, you did? Just now?" Junko pointed out, tilting her head 'innocently'.
"And w-who asked you?!"
"Again, you." The fashionista continued her little fun. "Maybe not to me directly, but still…"
"Argh!"
Makoto couldn't help but sweat-drop at this. 'Aren't we… a tad too relaxed about this?' He couldn't help but think.
"I don't doubt Hiro attacked Sakura with the bottle." Makoto revised his statement some. "But that's not where this case ends."
"What do you mean…?" Hina asked in confusion.
"What he means is that Hiro isn't the killer." Kyoko stated confidently.
"Does that mean… I won't be executed?" Hiro repeated again.
With another sigh, Makoto decided to appease the fortune teller. "No, Hiro; you're not gonna get executed." In all honesty, while his words are a tad insensitive, he can't really blame the guy for the relief. The lucky student knows that he wouldn't want to see his own death or execution.
And uncaring as to who's watching, Hiro sagged in his seat in his relief; relief from guilt and fear.
"You can't be s-serious! That's just… I don't b-believe it!" Toko protested.
Kyoko, however, redirected her focus towards Hiro. "Hiro, tell us what happened one more time." Kyoko requested. "If we go through it once more, it should become clear he's not Sakura's killer."
"Um, so… what do you want me to do?" Hiro asked nervously.
"Just tell us what happened one more time, when you attacked Sakura." The lavender haired girl answered.
Uncertain to where this would go, Hiro merely shrugged in acceptance. "I don't really see why, but… okay!"
"You know, the more this trial goes on, the easier it is to figure out what happened." Sayaka mused, only talking loud enough for her couch-mates to hear her.
"Really?" Leon asked, raising an eyebrow. "How do you figure?"
"Well, it's clear how Sakura gained the first head wound." The idol pointed out. "And it's obvious at this point that Toko was the second one to attack her, probably near the magazine shelf where the puddle of blood is at."
Both Makoto and Kyoko nodded in agreement to this, both having made those same connections. "And since Sakura wasn't near the magazine shelf when she actually died, that means she must've died from poison after she got back from her seat." Sayaka continued. "Not terribly obvious looking back, but with the testimony from Hiro, it's more clear as to what happened."
"Huh. I guess so, yeah." Leon replied with a shrug. "So if Hiro or Toko wasn't the one to kill Sakura, does that mean Byakuya was the one to trick her into drinking poison?"
This time Makoto spoke up. "I'm not exactly sure. While he's probably the most likely option at this point… it still doesn't seem right." The lucky student stated, frowning in thought. "I mean, how would he be able to do so? While Sakura wants to patch things up with him, Hiro, and Toko, I don't think she trusts him enough to accept anything he offers." While she isn't as closed off as Kyoko, she isn't as 'foolishly open' like he was.
"Well, who else could it be?" Leon pointed out. "You're obviously out of the suspect list, same with Hina; and I don't see Kyoko doing something like this. The only possibility is Togami, isn't it?"
'I wouldn't be so sure. The actual answer will likely surprise you.' Kyoko thought to herself. Like her future self, she wants her classmate to come to conclusions themselves, so it would be an answer they can accept. So like the previous times, she stayed silent about the true culprit.
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