Before we start, I forgot to add the open window that was also used to escape the library into the Truth Bullets section so… whoops.
"Open Window" has been added to the Truth Bullet section of your handbook.
Chapter 2: A Disastrous Storm Part 6 (Deadly Life)
Remaining Students: 15
Yūgo Hachiken (Silver Spoon): Ultimate Tutor
Reyn (Xenoblade Chronicles): Ultimate Tank
Pietro Maximoff "Quicksilver" (Marvel Cinematic Universe): Ultimate Speedster
Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic The Hedgehog): Ultimate Pilot
Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd (Fire Emblem: Three Houses): Ultimate Prince
Satou Kazuma (Konosuba) Ultimate Thief
Bede (Pokémon): Ultimate Gym Leader
Ray (The Promised Neverland): Ultimate Strategist
Sayori (Doki Doki Literature Club): Ultimate Poet
Konata Izumi (Lucky Star): Ultimate Otaku
Saki Nikaido (Zombie Land Saga): Ultimate Biker Gang Leader
Tsuyu Asui (My Hero Academia) Ultimate Amphibian
Kokomi Teruhashi (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K): Ultimate Beauty
Minori Ichinose (Tropical-Rouge! Pretty Cure): Ultimate Bookworm
Kale (Dragon Ball Super): Ultimate ?
Hachiken's POV
TRIAL
ALL RISE!
Insert Song: Class Trial - Dawn Edition (Danganronpa: The Animation)
"Let's begin with a quick reintroduction of the class trial! So, your votes will determine the results. 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 be able to graduate!"
Dimitri put his hand over his head after listening, "These unforgiving rules still urk me, but we have no choice but to comply… for now. It is time to figure out who was the one behind this dastardly crime…"
"Did he really just call it 'dastardly'?" Kazuma questioned his word choice aloud.
"Heh heh, quite dastardly indeed, Your Highness. Now let us have a jolly good show, my compatriots!" Konata openly mocked his way of speaking.
Minori thankfully gets us back on track "Um… we should focus on the murder, guys. Or you know… we'll get killed too?"
"Thank you! If I had been killed thanks to you ingrates bumbling about how funny one person's vernacular is, then I'd make sure you all will go before me." Bede scowled at everyone else.
Saki stretched her arms and yawned, "Big whoop, Curly, we'll get through this crap in no time. That's some talk from you though pal, since you weren't even investigating…."
Bede crossed his arms before pointing a finger at her, "Ah, like the pot calling the kettle black. I may not have been thoroughly investigating as some, but where on campus were you after finding Finn's body, hm?"
Tails interjected on her behalf, "She was helping me find Pietro after he ran off! We can't have the trial take place with someone missing again so…"
"Oh you didn't have to worry about him, Tails! He was just running off because he knows he did it, maybe he was even hiding some evidence that he kept himself?" Teruhashi once again accuses the speedster.
Tails briefly blushed after looking at her, "Oh wow… I-I-I mean, maybe that's the case ha ha…"
Ray shook his head, "Him too, huh?".
Pietro was tapping his foot rapidly, like jeez it was almost like a jackhammer at the speed he was going.
"Cut the small talk and find out who really did it, please? All these accusations are getting too annoying now."
I sigh as we finally get back on track, I was worried that Monokuma would cut our time like he threatened to do in the last trial.
"Okay then, ribbit. I think the thing we should start with first is the murder weapon." Tsuyu suggests.
Non-Stop Debate
Insert Song: Discussion - BREAK [2nd Mix] (Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair)
"So he was stabbed right? It's gotta be a knife then." Saki guesses.
Konata's fist hits the top of her palm, "Oh! Maybe it was some kind of spike trap…"
Bede rolled his eyes at the last statement, "Localized entirely inside that little shack? Ridiculous, it had to have been something in that tool shed!"
Kale spoke up next surprisingly, "It… can't be that simple, can it? Maybe… they could have gotten something from another place on campus?"
"In that storm? I doubt anyone would have the chance to get through all that… right, Pietro?" Kazuma glared at him after calling him out.
"You are all so stupid…" Pietro groaned.
Pretty easy one to answer, maybe all of us would get the bigger picture if they investigated, hm?
"I agree with that!"
CONSENT
BREAK!
Truth Bullet Used: Box Cutter
"Guys, it was a box cutter, believe it or not. Stuck right into one of the boxes so it's not that visible." I explained clearly.
Tsuyu looked at the image we had of the cutter and questioned it.
"Doesn't look too sharp, ribbit. How can we be so sure it was the thing that killed Finn?"
Truth Bullet Selected: Monokuma File #2
Ray brought up his handbook to answer that, "The Monokuma File states that he wasstabbed once directly into the heart. From the way the box cutter was positioned when it was pressed into the box, it could have done the job. Plus there's no other sharp objects at the crime scene that fit the bill."
"Yeah! It had to have been the box cutter, nothing else was there. Looked in every nook and cranny in the toolshed and in the library!" Sayori saluted as she gave her report.
Tails scratched his head as he brought up something else,"Well, to me it seems a bit far-fetched… how could one simple box cutter be plunged that far into his back? The science behind that is a bit fuzzy in my opinion…"
"Oh I'm sure your good friend has an answer for that. Go ahead and tell them, Hachiken…" Bede squinted at me, and waited for an answer.
Damn, I know I do have the evidence to back it up but still… don't boss me around, Bede. What is he, some royal pain-in-the-ass? Dimitri's the only one who has a title like that…. Minus the pain-in-the-ass part.
"Sheesh, fine, I'll say it. I—"
"Objection, your honor!"
ARGUE
"Don't worry, I've got this one. It's pretty obvious from my perspective…"
Kazuma says smugly, what does he know? Oh right… I'm pretty sure I know what he's going to say. Better shut him down as quickly as Pietro could run… well probably not nearly as fast, but I'll try to be quick-ish.
Rebuttal Showdown
"That box cutter couldn't have killed Finn… he could just pull out that little bitch of a blade, no problem!" Kazuma crossed his arms as he stared me down.
Let's throw out some fighting words of our own.
"Even a weapon that small could be deadly in the right hands or the right circumstances. Don't try to overlook anything that could be used to kill someone!"
He still won't quit though, "Okay, I'll give you that, I guess. Still, how was it used to kill him? I'm pretty sure pushing him into it won't make it a deep stab… maybe it's a red herring? The real murder weapon could still be out there!"
There's an opening, better cut through!
"Let me cut you off right there!"
COUNTER
BREAK!
Truth Blade Used: Konata's Account
"Konata, mind explaining what you saw in that hurricane?" I asked her politely.
She then perked up as she realized it too, "Ooh! I got this… TAKE THAT! While I was busy holding on for dear life on a lamp post, I could see two silhouettes in front of me. One of them suddenly flew backwards, like they were hit by an Aero Blast!"
"Of course… The force of those winds were strong enough to knock plenty of us off our feet." Dimitri nodded his head as he listened.
Kazuma wasn't done with his argument, "Yeah, they were… but how could the murderer have timed it so well? I mean they shouldn't have known that the wind would blow him away at that angle, right?"
That's when I whipped out my e-Handbook and pulled out what we have on the hurricane itself.
Truth Bullet Selected: Hurricane
"That weather was a lot more predictable than it looked, you're talking to a guy who got hit by those heavy winds almost a dozen times just because!"
I glared at Monokuma for likely being responsible for that as he just whistled and downed a jar of honey… or "hunny" as what is labeled as.
Minori clears her throat before she says her piece, "I can vouch for that as well, the few times I was outside I got rained on as soon as I put away my umbrella. Like it was done purposely to cause inconvenience…"
"Additionally, being in a hurricane also gives you a good cover if you do decide to murder. One can blame the incident on the weather itself in the midst of all that chaos. It was the perfect time for someone to strike…" Ray clicked his tongue after he said that.
"Fine, whatever. I'm not afraid to admit I was wrong…" Kazuma shrugged and shook his head.
"Took some a lot of convincing for you to do that though, ribbit…" Tsuyu tells him.
"But I still admitted it! Jeez…" Kazuma put his hand to his head and groaned.
Dimitri cleared his throat, "Ahem, so we know the how, now we should be moving onto the who. Hopefully we can wrap this up quickly…"
Teruhashi interjected, "Well, we don't know everything about how they did it just yet, maybe we can just take our time?"
Reyn's eyes widened as he stared at her, "Oh wow… I mean, we can't let that happen! We all die if we just let it all pass by without making progress!"
"Oh, silly me! I'm sorry~." Teruhashi apologized.
Gah, I almost said "Oh wow." there. Too beautiful… and yet…
"I think there's something else we should bring up as we begin narrowing down our suspects… The fact that you've been openly accusing Pietro." I stated bluntly.
"Thank you! I've been waiting to tell them off this whole time!" Pietro smirked as he looked at the people who accused him.
Sayori nods her head, "Yeah, we have everything we need to prove him innocent right here, um… right guys?".
Ray and I nodded our heads awkwardly in response.
"Right! So don't worry about anything!" Sayori perked up again.
"It could still be him, don't go and act like he'll be completely innocent. Now hurry it up…" Bede rolls his eyes at her.
Sayori bit her lip as she brought out her handbook… "Well, I guess we can start by confirming what he said earlier… ehehehe~."
Truth Bullet Selected: Blocked-Off Library
"Yeah, like he said, the library entrance was completely barricaded after some flooding. Wet benches were right up against the doors, no one could get in or out…"
I show off the pictures of how the entrance was like before Reyn cleared the way.
Saki scratched her head as she looked at them, "Couldn't he just ram into them a bunch of times? It's what I woulda done."
Pietro shook his head, "I'm not some brute like you, zombie girl, though you think I didn't try that? I tried to build enough speed too, but there was not any clear path in the library. I would have to move all the bookshelves, and that would take too long!"
Saki chuckled at him with a smug smile on her face, "Sounds to me like you're weak, pal. All that time on leg day, but didn't think to spend a single minute on your arms…."
"Ha ha ha, that stuff's child's play! Work on more than just your cardio, man!" Reyn shows off his bulky arms with a smug grin of his own.
Dimitri got back on topic, "So… you were prevented from escaping the library that way, yet we all saw you join us when the body was discovered. How was it that you arrived with the barrier blocking the library still up?"
"I found another way." Pietro stated without hesitation.
"Gee, that's not suspicious at all…" Kazuma snarked.
"Well that's what happened, you are all the detectives here. Figure it out yourselves." Pietro taps his foot again impatiently.
He really is bitter to be accused at all, this is why he should have been investigating with us. At least the others who haven't investigated are at least participating…
"Okay, so how did he manage to leave the library then?" Tails asked us.
"Well, we found two ways of escape, and as it turns out… both were used." Ray brings up to the others' surprise.
"Wait, wait, wait, two alternate exits?" Kazuma questions as he places a hand on his podium.
Konata put her thumb and index finger to her chin and pondered a bit.
"Huh… like a red flagpole leading to an extra level… and you said both were used, right?"
Teruhashi tilted her head, confused, "But he was the only one in the library, right? There was no need to use both."
I nodded along as I started to think it through a bit more…
SECONDSUSPECT
"This is my answer!"
"Both were used because he wasn't the only one in the library! He used one exit, while the other person used the second one!"
"Huh? How could you know that there was someone else there? You weren't around to confirm that…" Teruhashi gasps after hearing me.
Ray smirks as he brings out the next piece of evidence, "But we know someone who did…"
Truth Bullet Selected: Kale's Account
Kale fidgeted for about half a minute before speaking up, "Y-Yes, I saw two people entering the library. One of them was Pietro I think, but… the other one had blue hair."
I heard a few gasps around me as I brought up another piece of evidence that shows someone else was there.
"This will help prove it!"
Truth Bullet Selected: Library Footprints
"I found two separate trails of footprints. One of them was obviously running shoes, while the other one… looked to be a pair of loafers!'
"Is that true ribbit? Hm… I may wear loafers, but I wasn't anywhere near the library, and my hair's black." Tsuyu puts her index finger on her chin as she defends herself.
"It is true, all of it. Was there to see it myself, so other than this guy…", Reyn points with his thumb to Pietro before he finishes, "The second one who was at the library was… uh…"
"Uh… Reyn?"
I snapped my fingers to try and grab his attention, but his eyes were locked onto… Teruhashi.
"REYN!" Ray shouted to snap him out of it.
"Agh! Um, Konata!" Reyn finishes his statement in an unexpected fashion.
"... What?" I replied flatly.
"H-Huh?" Tails let out as his eyes widened.
"Ehhhh?" Sayori had her hands on her cheeks as she gasped.
Finally, Konata tilts her head at that accusation, "Wait, wha?".
"Hah?! The hell are you getting at, man? She's not the only blue-haired chick here." Saki tells him as she raises an eyebrow.
"Y-Yeah! And besides, she's our dorm mate, we can't just say she did it just like that!" Tails defended her.
Exactly… since right from the get-go, it was obvious who our culprit was. I just need to help everyone else see that same truth. That the one who killed Finn…
"It can only be you!"
"No… the one who we should be looking at… is her."
Teruhashi gasped as she saw my finger being pointed in her direction.
"H-Huh?! Hachiken, what are you saying?! I didn't kill anyone!"
She then started to shed some tears, which then got me several glares. Reyn and Kazuma I expected but… Tails? C'mon, little buddy…
Insert Song: Beautiful Girl Smile (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K)
"H-Hachiken, don't be rude! The only proof you have is of a blue-haired girl going into the library! We don't have everything so—"
Ray cut off the fox by raising his hand up slightly, "We have the pieces, we just need to put it together. Hachiken, let's do this."
Sayori chimed in too, "Y-Yeah! We'll figure this out as a team!"
Okay, time to see if we can convince these fanboys.
Non-Stop Debate
"Slow down! There's still a lot we don't know!" Tails clenched his fists as he spoke up.
"You got that right, like how did Pietro either of them get out of the library! You still haven't explained that! Maybe they both went out the same way and you're making shit up!" Kazuma rambled.
Reyn leaned forward on his podium as he grit his teeth, "Don't go and try to blame this lady for getting stuck in there! She didn't do anything wrong!"
"Aw… you're all so sweet…" Teruhashi's smile returned and all three swooned.
"Oh, wow… Teruhashi…"
Tch, I once again resist the urge to say that too… no… can't give in… think of something else… someone else… someone like…
"Hachiken-kun!"
"You're always so earnest. That's the part of you that I really…"
"Good job, Hachiken-kun."
"I will prove to you that Hachiken-kun means every word that he says! So please! Believe in him!"
"When my heart was lost, you saved me. Since then, I've loved you without a second doubt. So… please take care of me."
Mikage…
Her voice echoed through my mind. I can't believe I ever could have looked at another woman like I did for her. I'm so ashamed of myself. For this mistake… I'll do it for her… for my girlfriend… FOR AKI MIKAGE!
GRAHHHH!
"You're all wrong, so I'll shoot through your contradictions!"
COUNTER
MULTIPLE BREAK!
Truth Bullets Used: Open Window, Trap Door, Blackened's Blood, Ripped Plastic Glove
"WAKE UP, YOU THREE! Can't you see she's leading you on?! She just wants to get away with her crime by using her looks… SHE'S HIDING THE TRUTH!"
All three of them gasped as they witnessed my outburst… everyone else just stared in awe, Sayori had her mouth agape.
"Holy shit, dude…" Saki uttered.
"H-Hachiken?" Teruhashi looked at me, her expression looked a bit annoyed and her bright glow was starting to dim.
I took some deep breaths before I started to explain my viewpoint.
"Pietro's footprints led to an open window, which Ray and Sayori found while we were investigating."
"R-Right…"
Ray looked at me a bit confused as he displayed the pieces of evidence on his handbook as I explained each one.
"Then what was the other—"
I cut off Kazuma with my next statement.
"A stairway leading to a basement corridor with a trap door at the end of it… You know what I'm talking about, Reyn. You found it."
Reyn scratched the back of his head, "Agh, yeah… I did…"
"We found the blackened's blood right where the trapped door would be, a foot away from Finn's body. Already dried up so it isn't his… and we found a ripped plastic glove in the trash, which has a cut right in the palm. Guess who had showed us a cut on her hand before the hurricane…"
"W-What are you getting at?! I didn't kill him! You're way off, you idiot!" Teruhashi then suddenly raised her voice at me.
Tails's eyes widened, "What the…"
"Ah, there's the beast underneath that beauty…" Ray smirked.
Konata shrugged, "What is that trope called again? A bitch in sheep's clothing? Or am I being a bit too harsh?"
Upon seeing everyone's reaction, she immediately went back to her normal self.
"Ah! Ahem… you're being so mean… how could you ever accuse such a perfect pretty girl, like me?"
"Because I already have the perfect girl back home. And she's not just cute… she's beautiful, stunning, perfect, and absolutely drop-dead gorgeous… She's also great with horses."
Teruhashi gasped, "H-Horses too?!"
"That's enough out of you…"
I turned to see Bede glaring at me.
"You have indeed earned my respect for the last trial, but I will not forgive you for condemning her to death."
Oh no…
"What in the world is happening…?" Dimitri asks as he looks on.
"If she is guilty, then show me something else! Show me the thing that'll get her executed! Prove to me that she's the blackened!" Bede pointed at me as I clenched my teeth.
Bede's fallen under her spell too, didn't think he would… as much as he's been treating us like dirt… I have to both stop him and save him.
Panic Talk Action
Insert Song: Bede Battle Music (Pokémon Sword & Shield)
"Nothing about her indicates that she's capable of planning out a murder plan!"
"The otaku girl has blue hair as well, and Pietro could have escaped using that trap door instead! Quit focusing on only one suspect!"
"All this evidence, I don't believe a single word!"
"If you're done rambling on and on about this false lead, maybe we can go and find the real killer!"
"You're doing great Bede-y!" Teruhashi chimed in.
"Oh… wow." He rubbed the back of his head and blushed a bit.
I better make this count… fire away!"
"This is how it ends!"
Truth Bullet Used: Finn's Face
"If only you all paid more attention to his expression…" I shook my head solemnly.
Dimitri grimaced as he looked at the picture of Finn we brought up.
"By the goddess… his expression, it looks to be entranced by something."
Ray nods his head, "Or someone. He's got the same look these bozos had when looking at Teruhashi. He got to him too, distracted him enough to get blown back by the wind and into her trap."
"I… I can't believe I acted like such an idiot.. I'm sorry, everyone." Tails bowed his head in shame.
"Aw, it's okay.. We all looked at her like that at least a few times…" Sayori walked over to his stand and gave him a hug.
"I didn't, she's always felt off to me. Besides, she's too old for me." Ray states and it looked like it gave Teruhashi mental damage.
"You… brat…"
So she did say that to him before I walked in to give him our list of things earlier.
"A man like me, so dedicated to the belief in true gender equality… falling to a woman's sinister charms…" Kazuma shook his head, disappointed in himself.
Tsuyu slapped him with her frog tongue in response, "Please stay quiet, ribbit."
Pietro's hand was hovering over the vote button, "Took you all long enough…"
"I believe it's all over then? Well done, Hachiken." Minori adjusts her glasses as she nods towards me.
Dimitri turned to me as well, "Indeed. Now all that's left to do is to present the full case in its entirety… Afterwards we commence the execution of this wretched woman…"
"W-Wretched?!' Teruhashi began to shed some crocodile tears as I agreed with His Highness.
"I'll sum it all up then…"
(Insert Song: Danganronpa - Climax Return)
"The killer had ended up trapped inside the library alongside Pietro, while the latter decided to escape through a window… the killer discovered another exit. A trap door at the end of the basement, which led to a tool shed outside. Seeing the opportunity for it to be useful, they grabbed a box cutter along with a plastic glove to prevent fingerprints and hid it by stabbing it into a box from the inside. Unfortunately, they ended up cutting themselves, leaving a small bit of blood and ripping the glove. Soon the hurricane happened, making it the perfect time to kill someone. They made their move by using their beauty to distract Finn and lead him to the toolshed, where the heavy wind was timed at the right moment and blew him into the box cutter. Teruhashi… you won't tempt us any longer!"
COMPLETE!
Monokuma then woke up with the honey jar over his head… as well as several other honey jars scattered around his throne.
"Huh? Wha? Oh man… I guess I was hungover… or hon-over, eh?! Eh?!"
We didn't say a word to the bear as he grumbled.
"Why you… your attempts at jokes wouldn't last a second on the Island of Relevancy, ya crybabies! Acknowledge my pun!"
Monokuma raises one stubby finger to the sky, and we once again ignore him.
"Bah! Treat Your needle mover of a dean with respect! Okay… it's time to cast your votes! Will you make the right choice? Or the dreadfully wrong one…"
We all hit the button and in the end result: 14-1. Teruhashi voted for me, something tells me she's upset.
TRIAL END
ALL RISE!
"Oh man… I can't believe I didn't see this coming! You were right, Kokomi Teruhashi was the killer!' Monokuma gasped in fake surprise.
"..." Teruhashi stayed silent, tears were streaming down her face.
Even if I know she had a facade this whole time… she was still admittedly pretty.
"I'm sorry I had to do this, if we didn't…"
She cut me off before I could say more, "Then you all would have died, I know… don't try to justify what you're doing, and I won't either. Just… take me away already…"
Sayori ran up to her as she said that, "Now hold on! You could at least tell us why you killed Finn…. I… still feel bad for sending you off to die, but I would feel worse if I didn't know your reasoning…"
Dimitri crossed his arms and scoffed, "Don't bother, this young woman used her appearance to get what she wanted. There's blood on her hands, and she must pay for the sake of the dead…"
I looked at him concerned once more… It's like he was a different person than who we've been with since the start. What is his damage?
"Tch…"
I saw Bede hold his head in pain, looking like he's back to being the jerk we know and tolerate. Hey, maybe he'll start being a bit nicer after I saved him… just some wishful thinking.
Teruhashi finally began to speak up again as she faced Sayori and I.
"I… did have a crush on someone back home, Hachiken. Someone who never showed any visible interest in me, unlike so many other people. I always tried to play the part of the perfect, pretty girl yet… he never once said 'oh wow' once around me, or spoke at all really. I wanted to be back by his side…. And finally tell him how I felt… but now I'll never get the chance to…"
It's times like this where I'm glad that I managed to confess my feelings for my girlfriend, and she reciprocated. Not many people are as lucky. Some wait years to get an answer, while some just miss out through a number of circumstances. I may not respect what she did to try and make it back to him, but… I do feel for her.
Maybe they'll find each other in the next life…
"Teruhashi…" I spoke up once more as she looked back at me.
"Oh wow…"
She smiled in her sorrow as Monokuma began to chuckle. She closed her eyes as a chain with a shackle dragged her to the execution room.
"Now then, I've prepared a VERY special punishment for Kokomi Teruhashi, the Ultimate Beauty! Let's give it everything we've got! It's...PUNISHMENT TIIIME!"
GAME OVER
TERUHASHI HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY. TIME FOR THE PUNISHMENT!
Teruhashi's arms had been locked to the outside of a small rocket, a countdown begins as Monokuma has rolled out an old classic to complete the trilogy.
Execution: Blast Off! 3: A Smile Brighter Than The Sun
The rocket lifts off, as Teruhashi wriggles back and forth in terror as she's shot into space. The rocket goes on a collision course, intentionally ramming into an asteroid belt, and even dragging itself on the surface of other planets. Mars, Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Jupiter, and even Uranus (ha-ha). Despite all of that though, Teruhashi's face remained untouched. Her beauty given to her by the gods allowed her to survive, even if her body was damaged immensely. That is when the shackles connecting her to the rocket were unhooked, as the gravitational pull of the sun pulled her closer and closer…
One final smile as her light was engulfed by the fiery star… her light fading as it soon turned to night.
…
…
We made it back to the dorm soon after it was finished… I'm glad it seemed that she was at peace with her death. In my mind… I still blame Monokuma and Sird more than her. We all sat in the kitchen, dejected, but then Tails and Reyn sat up from their seats and bowed their heads.
"I… am sorry for being such an idiot, you guys! And for ever assuming it was you Konata!"
Konata sighed as she patted Reyn on his red head, "Well at least you admitted it, big guy…"
"I'm… sorry for not doing a more thorough investigation and for behaving the way I did too… her prettiness really did a number on me…" Tails said before he got noogied by Saki.
"Don't worry about it, pal! You'll find your own way to help us out, that brain in your noggin's probably thinking of something right now! Let's just raise a cheer for Four-Eyes, you killed it again!"
"D-Did I? All I did was follow evidence… anyone else here could have done it with enough studying on each one…" I laughed awkwardly.
Sayori then hugged me from the back, "But you're the Ultimate Tutor, right? Studying's your thing, and you used it amazingly! Like how you threw out all those pieces of evidence at once… bang bang!"
She replicated the action of shooting a gun with her fingers, firing evidence as I chuckled a bit.
"It's not that big a deal but… thanks, guys."
We all laughed, played games, and ate snacks to try to end the night without feeling like trash. Though I still feel awful… I am happy that I managed to end up in a dorm like this. Full of great people like them… smiling and having fun…
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If only this feeling could last…
And here we are, peeps! The end of Chapter 2! I honestly wish that this was on the same level (and length) as my other trial chapters, but I hope you all like it all the same. The problem here was writer's block getting in the way, as well as trying to write a chapter where the culprit was very obvious yet they were still good at keeping the others at bay. Still, it's Mania Week, and with an American Nightmare and Visionary taking on a Tribal Chief and the Final Boss… I still needed to FINISH THE STORY…. Or at least finish the chapter. What a strange way to end it too, with Hachiken getting all hyped up? He's always been a pretty emotional character, so I might as well try to give him a moment to shine by giving him flashbacks of the woman he truly loves. Now we're onto Chapter 3, something I have been looking forward to since I came back to this fic. This will be a big one folks, and prepare some tissues by its conclusion. On April 26th, four years since Danganronpa: Fictional Nexus debuted, the anniversary is celebrated with part one of Chapter 3: When Hell Freezes Over. Wish I could commission more art to go along with it, but hey, I did commission one piece a while ago that I will share with you all then. For now, see you in a few weeks. Comment if you want to as always, and thank you for reading. Farewell! - Renegade Braveheart