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evidentiary) wrote2017-08-12 01:21 am
evidentiary) wrote2017-08-12 01:21 am
regains;
REGAIN REGISTRY
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memories
I only recently transferred to my current school. x (february 2018 freebie) Indicting the culprit means putting your life on the line. x (october 2017 freebie) Yui and the In Vitro Rose. x 10/06/17 Snow day. x 12/04/17 This school should pay more attention to crime prevention. x 10/20/17 If I don't have to, I think I won't. x (september 2017 freebie) Enter Monobear. x 09/16/17 It’s dangerous! Toss it! x 10/03 (oct. 2017 freebie) I suggest we make one additional rule regarding this Night Time. x 10/03/17 Should we just continue to scowl at each other forever? x (december 2017 freebie) There is no need to tell you. x 11/01/17 ...I guess I'm late. x 11/05/17 Do you...have a hygiene obsession? x 10/03/17 Let’s reach this conclusion only after we’re done with the discussion. x 10/29/17 That girl wasn’t a simple victim... x 10/29/17 You should turn it... clockwise... x 11/04/17 She thought of you in her final moments. x 10/08/17 We should be able to deduce where he is right now. Isn’t that right? x 10/29/17 It’s nothing but a game to win for him. Even if it’s a game of life and death... x 10/12/17 What a strange woman...touching a body without even flinching... x 10/08/17 There is something I must do unrelated to the investigation... x (december 2017 charity freebie) There is no margin for doubt... This is the right answer. x (january 2018 freebie) Body discovery: chapter 3. x 10/08/17 You aren't very observant, are you. Don't you like other people? x 10/08/17 I guess I can try trusting you too, just a little... x 10/29/17 Is anything wrong with that? Aren't you man enough for it? x 11/04/17 Kirigiri: Save the protagonist (again). x 09/12/17 That's a fantastic saving grace, you know... x 09/02/17 I managed to remember some things about my goal and my ability. x 11/01/17 ...Just don't scream after you open it, okay? x 10/06/17 They're hideous scars, aren't they? x 09/07/17 I guess we should call you "Super High-school Level Hope"...Shouldn't we? x 09/02/17 You haven't changed at all, have you? x (nov. 2017 freebie) Kirigiri: Meet Mitarai. x 10/08/17 Unless you're a huge softie... x (february 2018 freebie) Mitarai: Why was he so willing to reveal his forbidden action? x 10/20/17 The power of the words you believed...it became my hope. x 09/14/17 I shall always be by your side. x 10/08/17 FTE 1: There’s no value in letting other people know how you feel. x 09/08/17 Lore: Hope's Peak 1 x 09/02/17 Lore: Cameras x 09/04/17 Lore: Neo World Program 1 x 09/04/17 Lore: Usami/Monomi x 09/15/17 Lore: DSC x 11/01/17abilities
shsl detective x 10/01/17items
gloves x 10/08/17 dsc id card x 12/01/17
electronic student id card x 12/11/17 in vitro rose from yui x 12/14/18
appearance
purple anime eyes x 10/01/17 purple anime hair x 10/01/17 hella hand scars x 10/03/17
MEMORIES: PRE DR1
MEMORY #18
"Right... Understood," said Kirigiri, extending her right hand and taking a bottle out of Inuzuka's bag. She opened it, and then, for some incomprehensible reason, started pouring it out onto her skirt, around her thighs. The strong smell of alcohol permeated the air immediately.
"W-Wait, what are you doing!?"
Her lower body was soaked with alcohol.
Next, she took out the lighter from Amino's briefcase.
"Kirigiri-chan!"
"This vodka is 96% alcohol by volume. I believe simply soaking fabric with it, as I have done, would allow it to very easily catch fire." Kirigiri held the lighter in her right hand, expressionless.
In my eyes, this was nothing short of insanity. "What are you thinking?!"
"I'm starting a fire."
"Stop it! What reason could you possibly have to..."
If she flicked on the lighter, then the vaporized alcohol might ignite. If that happened, her alcohol-soaked clothes would probably instantly go up in flames. That wouldn't just leave her with a few burns. She might just burn to death...
I didn't have the faintest idea why she would do something like that.
"I'm dead serious. Indicting the culprit means putting your life on the line. That's what Grandfather taught me."
"Kirigiri-chan, what are you saying?! Stop it!"
"And I have the resolve to sacrifice my own life in pursuit of the truth," she said, her voice cold enough to send a shiver down my spine. In that moment—her eyes had already lost color, as if she were staring down death itself.
She placed her thumb on the wheel of the lighter.
"Stop!"
"I will start a fire in five seconds."
Five... Four...
I approached her. All I could do now was kick her arm and try to send the lighter flying.
Three...
"Onee-sama, watch quietly." She barred me from coming any closer.
Two...
I stopped without even thinking.
One...
"I give up."
MEMORY #21
Hope’s Peak Academy East District.
The courtyard -
The area surrounding the facility was completely dark, the lights outside were arranged at regular intervals but made little difference to the lighting. On the edge of the courtyard, outside the clock tower - stood a lone girl.
She squinted, looking at the clocktower in front of her.
“Any moment now.” She muttered quietly.
The girl stood there, waiting for someone. Although when she had first contacted them, they replied, “We don’t need to meet” - she then offered an exchange of information and thus they made an appointment. For someone who made a profession out of digging up dirt on people, it was easy for her. For people she does not know about, it’s easier for her to meet them in person - That was her opinion.
The hunger for fame is a scary thing.
Even if it’s seems impossible, people are determined to become great.
And so she waited - for a member of Hope’s Peak Academy’s Steering Committee. She needed to meet them no matter what. She needed to talk to them face-to-face no matter what. She needed to talk to them about the cover up on “that information”-
Most likely, the principle, her employer didn’t know about the information. That’s why it was vital that she questioned him face-to-face.
It had not yet even been a few days since she begun her investigation, but she had a reason to be this quick.
She had an incredible talent - that was why.
That girl’s name was - Kirigiri Kyouko.
She was from Hope’s Peak Academy’s 78th batch, her talent was “Super High School Level Detective”.
Currently that girl was investigating “that incident” within Hope’s Peak Academy.
“He’s late…” She muttered, looking up at the clock tower again.
Five minutes late.
I should have told him to be more punctual.
As she frowned, a line between her eyebrows became more obvious. However as she looked at the clock tower once more, her crease vanished. In the distance she saw a figure. The figure seemed to be on guard as they looked around while slowly walking towards her. Gradually the figure became clearer - It was an old man with a black suit and tie, as if he were in mourning at a funeral. His hair was styled back with pomade and looked like a man made artifact.
As the man approached, his expression became clearer. He had wrinkles on his forehead that seemed to be carved into his very skull, and beneath them, deep set eyes which glared at Kyouko.
Soon they were around 3 metres away from each other.
The man stopped.
“... Was it you who called me here?” His mouth, drawn on his face in a straight line, opened and he spoke to Kyouko with a gritty voice.
“What the hell-” The old man’s words were cut off.
Something fell from the sky and landed in front of Kyouko’s eyes.
The man, and his words were crushed.
It seemed to happen in slow motion.
Or perhaps like seeing the frames of a video, one at a time.
A school desk fell from the sky, and fell onto the man in front of her. As he was hit by the desk, the man’s body seemed to fold over in the impact, while the desk on the other hand bounced off him into the air. As that happened, another desk fell down. This one crushed the man’s waist and he bent backwards like a doll. Another desk fell and bent the man’s neck at an unnatural angle - The man didn’t have enough time to even look surprised. His face was frozen as he called out to Kyoko. The desks fell to the ground in a cloud of dust and the man’s figure was obscured.
Immediately after, a delayed noise sounded out.
An immensely loud sound.
As that happened, a desk flew out of the cloud of dust and missed Kirigiri by mere inches, it spun like a spinning top behind her.
That was the crazy scene that transpired before her.
That was the outcome of the crazy scene.
The moment the man standing in front of Kyouko had opened his mouth, a large desk fell out of the sky and crushed him in a nano second.
It interrupted her thoughts for a moment - but only for a moment. As the dust was still settling she ran to the mountain of desks and started shifting them. A bright red liquid was already spreading around the rubble of desks. A dark liquid flowed from his eyes, ears, nose and too many other places to list.
Kyouko quickly decided to instead look above of her. On the roof of a school building she spotted a silhouette. Her eyes came into focus. Behind the figure, the moon beamed brightly. The figure looked as though it was holding something above it - they threw it.
A folding chair was speeding straight towards Kyouko.
She dodged it and ran towards the school building.
There was a crashing sound behind her.
She ran into building, keeping as low to the ground as she could and ran up the stairs. At that point it no longer mattered whether she made herself a target or not. Now she was simply running for a lead, even in danger she was just as enthusiastic. In little to no time she had arrived on the landing and found the remains of a padlock on door leading to the roof.
This school should pay more attention to crime prevention.
She thought sarcastically as she grasped the doorknob. She could feel the cold bite of the metal on her fingertips. She twisted the doorknob and the door opened quietly. The moment she opened the door, a strong gust of wind passed by Kyouko.
As she took a single step she looked around the rooftop, illuminated by the dark night sky. However, there was nothing there. She stepped onto the concrete floor and looked behind the door, every nook and cranny she could find, she searched everywhere.
But she really couldn’t find anything.
I’m too late.
Overcome by a sense of frustration, she leaned against the roof fence. Looking up she whispered to the night sky.
“This is why… I hate my job…”
Chills went down her spine.
She had a bad feeling.
She turned around and looked at the courtyard through the iron fence.
A cold blast of wind hit her face and for a moment everything went cloudy. Around the clock tower she could see the remains of the desks and folding chair.
Of course they were there.
However the dead body - was gone.
Kyouko gritted her teeth as she took her phone from her uniform pocket. Her finger descended towards the call button but she hesitated momentarily.
Even so, she pressed it.
She listened to the voice of a man through the phone.
“Should we meet soon?” Kyouko said, not bothering to introduce herself, “I have something I need to report. I’ll be heading over there soon.”
MEMORY #24
MEMORY #40
Detective Shelf Collection (DSC): Detective Library Classification
0 - All: All
1 - Religious Crime: Brainwashing, illegal doctrine, etc.
2 - Political Crime: Terrorism, domestic conflict, subversive activities, etc.
3 - White-Collar Crime: Counterfeiting, embezzlement, breach of trust, etc.
4 - Wildlife Crime: Environmental terrorism, poaching, illegal dumping, etc.
5 - Cybercrime: Unauthorized access, Internet fraud, etc.
6 - Public-Order Crime: Prostitution, gambling, etc.
7 - Art Crime: Art theft, art forgery, etc.
8 - Human Rights Abuses: Coercion, false imprisonment, kidnapping (restriction of personal freedom), etc.
9 - Homicide: Felony murder, locked room murder, etc.
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Kyouko Kirigiri: DSC 919 — Homicide, Impossible Crime, Rank 9
MEMORY #41
MEMORY #43
The van went up a snowy mountain road with no buildings in sight, let alone any people.
"Hey, you. Can we talk for a sec?" I asked in a low voice to the girl sitting next to me. "Do you know why we're in this car?"
She just barely tilted her head as she turned towards me.
"Are you a detective?"
She nodded.
"Really? I sure haven't heard anything about any middle school detectives going to my school..."
"I only recently transferred to my current school," she said, opening her mouth for the first time. She looked up at me with wide eyes that stared right through me. Though her skin was pale, the cold had made her cheeks slightly red, as if she were wearing blush. It was cute.
"Oh, okay, a transfer student... But wait, a middle school detective from the same school as me getting the same request as me... That's a weird coincidence."
"A strange coincidence indeed," the drunk old man said, turning around to face us as soon as the car started driving.
"Hey Uncle Badtouch, quit making passes on little girls when you're drunk. And don't give me any 'jokes' about cops owing favors to detectives. You don't even deserve to be a detective," the man in the suit interrupted forcefully. "Sheesh. Honestly. Drunkenly creeping on kids... I can't believe we're in a white van right now. Is this some kind of knockoff candid camera show?"
"Look who's talking, greenhorn." The drunk old man's expression suddenly became serious. "I've been a full-time detective for twenty-five years. I'm not just some loudmouth drunkard."
"Oh, well, maybe you should look at this. This might sober you up." The man in the suit pulled out some kind of photo ID card from an inner jacket pocket, and showed it off with a smirk.
Eigo Amino: DSC #367
"My name's Eigo Amino. My Detective Shelf Collection number is 367—so what's yours, old man? Don't tell me you're not even registered."
"Hmph," the drunk old man snorted, before starting to rummage around for something, sticking his hand in different pockets. Finally he found the card he was looking for, and showed it to Amino.
Kou Inuzuka: DSC #943
"N-Number 943...? You... No, you couldn't be... Number 9, Class 3? R-Really?"
"This ain't no fake ID," the man called Inuzuka said, taking a swig from his bottle.
"I-I'm so sorry! I had no idea that you were so high-class... Please find it in your heart to forgive my many transgressions!" Amino suddenly bowed his head.
It kinda felt like I was getting a glimpse of the sordid adult world here. Still, I never would have guessed that that drunk old man would be Class 3, either. They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover...
"What's Class 3?" the girl next to me asked.
"You don't know?"
"No," she said, narrowing her eyes. "Is it that remarkable?"
"As far as us detectives go." I took out my own Detective Library membership card from my wallet to show her.
Yui Samidare: DSC #888
"You don't have a card like this?"
"I only recently registered." She took a notebook out of her bag, and slipped a card out from between the pages.
Kyouko Kirigiri: DSC #919
"Whoa, you're Number 9 too. Number 9 in middle school... You've really got your work cut out for you there," I said in surprise.
All of the detectives registered with the Detective Library have a numbered card. The Detective Library—it's lined with shelves categorizing informational files on roughly 65,500 detectives. Information on the registered detectives is made available to the public, so anyone can come browse the files freely. If you're in trouble, you should definitely head on down to the Detective Library. You'll find out which detectives can help you with your problem, and view records of their past cases.
For detectives, the primary benefit of registering with the Detective Library is getting more requests sent your way. It's like a specialized dispatch registry. Though it's not their job to play the middleman or make any introductions, since the idea is that "The Detective Library is a database without bias." Detectives may lose their anonymity due to their data being freely accessible, but no information on a case is published until it's resolved, so I don't think it's that big of a deal. They only publish the most relevant information for past records and personal info too.
The Detective Library made its own classification system for their data, in order to sort the files onto the different shelves. They call this the Detective Shelf Collection, but what it really means is that all of the detectives get classification numbers. DSC classifications are three-digit numbers.
The first number is the most general sorting, designating a detective's field of specialization. Using Amino's 367 as an example, this would be the 3. It refers to white-collar crime—his specialty is cases that involve embezzlement, breach of trust, and so on. Number 9's like Inuzuka and Kirigiri specialize in murder cases, so you could say they're the superstars of the detective world. But there are also a lot of them who fail without ever fulfilling their requests. I hear that a lot of them die while working their cases, too.
Next, the number in the middle is the second level of sorting. It indicates even more specific specialties under the umbrella category of the first number. In Amino's case, I guess the 6 means he specializes in corporate espionage. Just looking at him, I wouldn't be surprised if he worked as a corporate spy himself.
And then—
"The last number indicates the detective's rank. Everyone starts at Rank 9. You just registered, so that's why you're a 9, too. The number starts going up little by little as a detective gets more recognition for their work. You can't just make it to Rank 3 overnight, so that old man must be an amazing detective, even if you couldn't tell just by looking at him. The highest rank is Rank 0, by the way. The zero is proof that you've mastered your craft."
Detectives with a zero in their classification have earned the respect of their peers. They're called things like Zeroes, or Zero Class. If Rank 0 detectives keep working their way up, they can get a 0 for their middle number too, which indicates proficiency in all specializations. They're called Double-Zero Class detectives, and their number tells you right from the get-go that they're at the very top of their field. It's the so-called Great Detective class. If they go even further, they can get a 0 for their first number that shows proficiency in all of those categories, and join the ranks of the legendary Triple-Zero Class. I've heard that in the fifteen or so years of Detective Library history, only four detectives have ever earned the number 000.
"So, would you say that becoming Zero Class is the same as receiving recognition as a detective?" Kyouko Kirigiri asked. Her eyes were full of innocence—like a child who'd found a map to some buried treasure.
"Well, I guess... But I'll tell you right now, it's not gonna be easy. Actually, I was around your age when I first became a detective, but this is as far as I've gotten in three whole years."
"Lemme see that." Amino forcefully snatched my card out of my hands. "What?! ...Y-You're Rank 8 in high school... W-Well, I'm still out of your league. Too bad, Detective Schoolgirl!" He seemed kinda jittery.
"What about you, Shady Boy? You've got a card, right?" Inuzuka asked the man in the sunglasses.
He silently took it out of his pocket to show us.
Shiita Enbi: DSC #245
"Wh-What...? Rank 5... You're higher-ranked than I am..." Amino was trembling. It's true that rank numbers are a good general indicator of a detective's ability, but I'm not sure it's worth waving it around the way he did.
"So we all have cards?" Enbi asked, idly.
"Nothin' strange about someone goin' to the Detective Library and findin' detectives there to send their request to," slurred Inuzuka. "But if I were the one makin' a request, I'd head straight for the Zero Class section..."
"That's certainly true. But perhaps they just thought they'd try inviting detectives from all different kinds of classes to see how it went," said Amino. He was evidently acting completely deferential to Inuzuka now. Maybe he was just really adaptable from going up against corporate spies all the time.
"Hmph... Guess that's true. Everyone's got different specialties too. Our esteemed host appears to be rather eccentric."
"Huh? You know who made the request?"
"Yeah, when you get on my level, you can figure out who's making a request right away, even if they're anonymous."
"Who exactly are they?"
MEMORIES: DANGAN RONPA
MEMORY #1
KYOUKO: ......
MAKOTO: ......
KYOUKO: ............
MAKOTO: Um, can you tell me your name?
KYOUKO: ......
KYOUKO: My name is... Kyouko Kirigiri.
KYOUKO: ......
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She sure is a quiet girl.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And then there’s her name.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Kyouko Kirigiri. I don't recall seeing that name in the Hope's Peak Academy thread.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: That's right -- excluding me, among Hope's Peak Academy's new students there was one more whose talents were unclear.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Is it... this girl?
MAKOTO: Um, hey, so why did you come to this school?
KYOUKO: What do you mean by "why"?
MAKOTO: It's just that you must be some kind of "Super High-school Level" something or other to be chosen to attend here, right?
MAKOTO: So what super-talent do you have?
KYOUKO: ......
KYOUKO: And why... do I have to tell you that?
MAKOTO: Eh?
MAKOTO: You don't have to tell me...
KYOUKO: If I don't have to, I think I won't.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Because her name didn't come up on the net, I thought she might be here due to simple luck, like myself, but...
KYOUKO: ......
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: ...it's like she's wearing an iron mask. If she won't tell me there's no way to know.
MEMORY #2
MEMORY #3
KYOUKO: As for you, Naegi-kun...
KYOUKO: I don't think you came to this school because of good or bad luck.
KYOUKO: You came to this school for a different reason.
KYOUKO: You're the one who can defeat "Super High-school Level Despair"....
KYOUKO: You're the one who was willing to face despair without ever giving up...
KYOUKO: I guess we should call you "Super High-school Level Hope"... Shouldn't we?
MEMORY #4
MONOKUMA: Oh? You can't find a counterargument?! I think I've hit the bullseye!
KYOUKO: ............
KYOUKO: ...I understand. In that case, I'll show you.
MONOKUMA: Eh? Show us what...?
KYOUKO: I'll show you proof it wasn't me under the mask, of course.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: After saying that, Kirigiri-san...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Took one of her... gloves... off...
AOI: Y...Your hand...?!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I swallowed my breath without thinking.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Her hand was scalded... And they weren't just minor burns...
KYOUKO: They're hideous scars, aren't they?
KYOUKO: I got them when I was still an amateur. It was right after I started working as a detective...
MAKOTO: These kind of scars... are something you'd want to hide...
KYOUKO: If it means exposing the mastermind, they're not such a big deal.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Kirigiri-san said that as if she was trying to savor the experience...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And then, she put her hand back inside the glove.
KYOUKO: That should be enough proof.
KYOUKO: You didn't see any kind of scar on the hands of the person who attacked you, did you?
MAKOTO: No, there weren't any.
KYOUKO: In that case, it can't be any clearer now.
KYOUKO: The masked person who attacked Naegi-kun was, without question, the mastermind!
MEMORY #5
MAKOTO: I feel better now...
MAKOTO: I think I'm all set to get going again...!
KYOUKO: So, you never gave up, did you...
MAKOTO: Of course I didn't...
MAKOTO: My one and only saving grace is being an optimist, after all...
KYOUKO: That's a fantastic saving grace, you know...
MEMORY #6
Context: the mastermind tries to off Naegi with a knife when he's sick in bed with a fever. Kirigiri scares them off while he's delirious.
MAKOTO: ..!!
MAKOTO: Uu...
MAKOTO: ...UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
* SWOOSH *
MAKOTO: ............
* CRASH *
MAKOTO: ............
MAKOTO: ............
MAKOTO: * Gasp... Gasp...*
MAKOTO: * Gasp... Gasp... *
MAKOTO: * Gasp... Gasp... Gasp... *
MAKOTO: Eh...?
MAKOTO: Kirigiri...san...?
KYOUKO: ............
KYOUKO: ............
MAKOTO: Did you...
MAKOTO: Did you... say something...?
KYOUKO: ............
KYOUKO: ............
MAKOTO: Say... something...
MAKOTO: ...........................................
MEMORY #7
MEMORY #8
KYOUKO: ......
KYOUKO: Do you need anything?
KYOUKO: I guess... sometimes it’s good to have a change of pace.
KYOUKO: Fine then. Let’s take a short break.
KYOUKO: ......
KYOUKO: Naegi-kun, are you scared?
MAKOTO: ...eh?
KYOUKO: Being locked in this place...
MAKOTO: I...isn’t it natural?
MAKOTO: Who wouldn’t be scared?
MAKOTO: Being locked in such a messed-up place.
KYOUKO: I see. I’m happy, then.
MAKOTO: What is there to be happy about...?
KYOUKO: If you think you’re scared, it’s proof your imagination is working...
KYOUKO: This is a much better position to be in than not feeling scared at all.
KYOUKO: If you lack imagination, you can never discover the right way to act...
MAKOTO: But - is it okay for you to say that, Kirigiri-san?
MAKOTO: I mean, you don’t seem scared at all.
KYOUKO: I may be the most scared person in this place.
KYOUKO: It’s just that I don’t make it obvious.
KYOUKO: There’s no value in letting other people know how you feel.
MAKOTO: So... you’re hiding it?
KYOUKO: ...I am different from someone who is as foolishly honest as you.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Foolishly honest...
KYOUKO: That said, the fear I feel is probably...
KYOUKO: A little different from the one everyone else here does.
MAKOTO: Eh? What do you mean?
KYOUKO: You are all afraid of “losing something”.
KYOUKO: But my fear is different.
KYOUKO: It's that “something is already lost for me”...
MAKOTO: I... don’t get what you’re trying to say.
KYOUKO: ...that’s to be expected.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She turned her back, leaving my questions unanswered.
KYOUKO: I’ll see you around.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Saying just that, she left me alone.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Our conversation was left hanging...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Or maybe I should say, we never even started anything resembling a conversation.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Kirigiri-san... there's nothing about her but riddles...
MEMORY #9
video: enter monobear
CHIHIRO: Eh...? A teddy bear...?
MONOKUMA: Hey, I’m not a toy!
MONOKUMA: I’m Monobear!
MONOKUMA: I’m your... I mean this school’s... headmaster, see!!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Whatever it was that was happening right before my eyes was like nothing I’ve ever experienced in my life.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And at the center of it all was... that inexplicable thing.
MONOKUMA: Nice to meet you all!!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: A light voice speaking in an easygoing manner that’s so out of place for a school...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The discomfort that I was still submerged in quickly turned into bottomless fear.
HIFUMI: Uwaaaaa! That toy just talked!!!
KIYOTAKA: Calm down! It probably has a speaker installed somewhere...!
MONOKUMA: Didn’t you hear me? I’m not a toy...
MONOKUMA: I’m monobear! Furthermore, your headmaster!
HIFUMI: Uwaaaa! It moved!!!
MONDO: Just calm down already, will you? There’s someone moving it by remote control...
MONOKUMA: Hey, don’t make it sound like I’m some kind of a controlled children toys. You’ll sink my feelings deeper than the Mariana Trench..
MONOKUMA: There’s a control system inside me that can make NASA green with envy...
MONOKUMA: So I can’t bear letting you say such dream-destroying hurtful things!!
CELES: “Bear”? Hasn’t that been done to death already?
MONOKUMA: Well, we should be moving on. Let’s begin the proceedings, shall we?
JUNKO: And now he’s breaking character...
MONOKUMA: Please quiet down... Ehh-- well, well.
SAKURA: It appears he gave up.
MONOKUMA: Stand! Bow! Good morning, you bastards!
KIYOTAKA: Good morning!
TOUKO: You...don't have to reply...
MONOKUMA: Well then. I’d like to begin an opening ceremony you'll remember for life!
MONOKUMA: To start, I have a short statement regarding you bastards’ school life from this moment on...
MONOKUMA: Eh-- You bastards are most certainly all geniuses filled with overflowing talent. You bring hope to the world!
MONOKUMA: In order to preserve and guard that hope...
MONOKUMA: You will live a communal lifestyle entirely inside this school’s walls from now on!
MONOKUMA: I hope everyone respects each other and keeps order!
MAKOTO: What...?
MONOKUMA: Eh-- in addition... regarding the extent of this communal lifestyle...
MONOKUMA: It’s going to be forever!!
MONOKUMA: In other words, you are going to live here your entire lives! That is the school life we are assigning to you bastards!
TOUKO: What did it just say? Live here forever?
MONOKUMA: Ah, there’s nothing to worry about. We have plenty of budget. You bastards won’t lack anything, I promise!
SAYAKA: T...that’s not why we’re worried...!
JUNKO: We just don’t get what you mean by living here forever...
JUNKO: It’s just a joke, right?
MONOKUMA: I am most certainly not a liar! I have great pride in that!
MONOKUMA: Ah, I should also let you know: you will be completely shut out from the outside world!
MONOKUMA: So you shouldn’t be worried anymore about what’s going on in this rotten world we all live in!
MAKOTO: Shut out...?
MAKOTO: So the steel plates in the classrooms and corridors...
MAKOTO: They’re there to... keep us in?
MONOKUMA: That’s right.
MONOKUMA: It doesn’t matter how much you shout. No help is coming.
MONOKUMA: Therefore, you should just make the most out of your life inside the school!
LEON: Er, what is this?
LEON: What you’re saying, it’s nothing but a huge joke, right?
MONDO: Y...you fucker... don’t overdo it... if the joke doesn’t stop right now, I will...
MONOKUMA: You keep calling it a joke or a lie. It seems you’re still very much doubting me.
MONOKUMA: But I guess it’s just natural. We’re living in an age where you can’t survive if you trust your neighbours, after all.
MONOKUMA: In any case, I will let you confirm for yourselves whether my words are true or not.
MONOKUMA: When you do that, you’ll soon understand that my words are always one hundred percent factual!
CELES: It’s a little... troubling for us. Spending the rest of our lives in this scool...
MONOKUMA: Oh? You’re a weird bunch, aren’t you.
MONOKUMA: After all, didn’t you all come to this school out on your own volition?
MONOKUMA: Don’t go on saying you want to go back in the middle of the opening ceremony...
MONOKUMA: That said...
MONOKUMA: To be frank, it’s not impossible. There is a way to get out of here...
TOUKO: T...there is?
MONOKUMA: As this school’s headmaster, I’ve made a special rule for people who want to leave the school!
MONOKUMA: It’s a rule called “graduation”!
MONOKUMA: I’m sure you all want to hear all about it, so let me explain in detail.
MONOKUMA: As students of this academy, you’re obliged to live your communal lifestyle in an orderly fashion...
MONOKUMA: But in case someone breaks the order, that person alone can leave the school grounds.
MONOKUMA: That is the rule called “graduation”!
BYAKUYA: What exactly do you mean by “breaking order”?
MONOKUMA: Upupu... that is...
MONOKUMA: The act of killing another person.
MAKOTO: K...kill!?
MONOKUMA: Beatingstabbingclubbingbeheadingburningsuffocatingstranglingslaughteringvoodoocursing... The method doesn’t matter.
MONOKUMA: “Only a student who kills someone can leave”. It’s a very simple rule.
MONOKUMA: The most evil of actions leads to the best of outcomes. I hope you all cooperate.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Intolerable fear...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The moment I heard the words “Only a student who kills someone can leave” a violent chill ran from my feet through my back all the way to the top of my head.
MONOKUMA: Upupu... This heart-thumping feeling of distress... It’s just as if salmon suddenlt started assaulting people...
MONOKUMA: Like I said before, you bastards are often called “the world’s hope”.
MONOKUMA: Making such “hope”-filled kids kill each other -- such a “despair”-filled situation --
MONOKUMA: My heart is all a-thump with excitement!
LEON: W...what did it say!? Kill each other? What the fuck...?
MONOKUMA: Killing each other is killing each other. If you need a dictionary I have one right here.
AOI: We understand the meaning of the words! What we want to know is why killing is necessary...!?
HIFUMI: That’s right! Stop with the pranks! Let us go home--!
MONOKUMA: Pranks?
MONOKUMA: You keep using that word, prank. How many times do I have to repeat myself?
MONOKUMA: You are really a bunch of thick-headed people.
MONOKUMA: What’s with all the “let me leave”? I keep and keep and keep telling you...
MONOKUMA: Don’t you get it? From now on this school is your home and your entire world.
MONOKUMA: It’s an all-you-can-kill, kill-or-be-killed, killing-killing-killing-all-around world!
MEMORY #13
YASUHIRO: Oy, oy. How long are you going to keep this up?
MONOKUMA: Hm?
YASUHIRO: You managed to surprise us already. It’s time to give up the act, ‘right?
MONOKUMA: Act...?
YASUHIRO: I mean, you’ve really given us quite a shock.
MONDO: I’ve had it. Get the fuck out of my way...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Oowada-kun, who stood in the back row, pushed Hagakure-kun out of his way and rushed towards Monobear cursing with an earth-shattering voice.
MONDO: You fucker, You better apologize right now! The time for pranks is fucking over!
MONOKUMA: Prank..? Are you referring to your hairstyle?
MONDO: Gaaaaaaaaaaaa!?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Reverberating along with the cry of the alpha-male, there was a sound like something exploded.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: It was the sound of Oowada-kun leaping from the floor.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: His leaping body was like a bullet, flying through the air in a straight line.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: A straight line directly towards his prey.
MONDO: I got you, you fucker!! I don’t care if you're remote controlled or a stuffed toy...
MONDO: I’m going to crush you like a fly!!
MONOKUMA: Kyaa! Violence towards the headmaster is against the rules!!
MONDO: Shut up! Let us out of here this instant! If you don’t, I will...!
MONOKUMA: .........
BEEP BEEP BEEP
MONDO: Oy, don’t go silent now...!?
BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP
MONDO: And stop that fucking noise! Say something!
BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP
KYOUKO: It’s dangerous! Toss it!
MONDO: Eh...?
KYOUKO: Just do it!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Pressured by her words, Oowada-kun did as he was told...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And threw Monobear into the air.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The next moment...!!
MONDO: Wh...!?
MONDO: T...this isn’t funny... that thing exploded...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: My ears were ringing painfully... I was choked from the smell of ashes...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: We see explosions all the time in television and movies. But seeing one in real life...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: That was my first time, of course.
CHIHIRO: But since it exploded that stuffed toy is gone now...
MONOKUMA: Not a toy -- Monobear!!
LEON: Aaa! Another one jumped out!
MONDO: You bastard...! You really tried to kill me before...
MONOKUMA: Isn’t it natural? Of course I tried to kill you. We can’t have anyone breaking the rules, can we?
MONOKUMA: I will let it pass as just a warning this time, but you should be more careful from now on.
MONOKUMA: Bad children who break the rules will be punished, and not with just a spanking!
JUNKO: Hey, how many of you are there here?
MONOKUMA: Monobears are constructed at a special place inside this very school.
MONOKUMA: In addition, there are security cameras installed in every room of this school.
MONOKUMA: Therefore, in case anyone does anything against the rules, they can expect severe bodily punishment!
MONOKUMA: Upupu... I will not go so easy on you next time, so be careful!
AOI: T...this is absurd!
MEMORY #15
Kyouko now remembers seeing Ishimaru's body face down in some of his own blood. She doesn't have his name or anything else about him, but she knows that the person who killed him was "Taeko Yasuhiro".
MEMORY #16
KYOUKO: ............
MAKOTO: H...Hey, Kirigiri-san...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She didn't look in my direction.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Her eyes were fixed on a single spot.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: A present...?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: It's a box wrapped in a cheerful wrapping paper...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: ...That just makes it even stranger.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: It's a cheerful box that feels completely out of place in this dreary room.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The more I look at it, the more suspicious it looks...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Should I open it...? I have a bad feeling about this...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: But, we can't just leave it closed...
MAKOTO: O...Okay...!
KYOUKO: ...Naegi-kun. Be careful.
MAKOTO: D...Do you think it's dangerous?!
KYOUKO: I don't think it is, but...
KYOUKO: I think what's inside is going to shock you.
MAKOTO: Eh...?
KYOUKO: It's just a suspicion. I think whatever is inside...
KYOUKO: ...is not something that's pleasant to look at, at the very least.
MAKOTO: Do you have a guess what it is...?
KYOUKO: ...Just don't scream after you open it, okay?
It's something... that's going to make me scream?
MAKOTO: ............
MAKOTO: A...Anyway! Here goes!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I held my breath as I stood in front of the box.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And then, after I tried to convince myself to calm down, I took the cover in my hands...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And slowly... carefully... I lifted it up.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Light poured into the box, revealing what was inside. And then, I...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Peeked... inside... the box...
MAKOTO: U......
MAKOTO: UWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Despite Kirigiri-san's warning, I screamed from the top of my lungs.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: They were bones...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Inside the box...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: ...Human bones.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: It's not something you expect to find inside a box wrapped in such cheerful wrapping paper.
MEMORY #22
BYAKUYA: Why is avoiding the game so important? It looks so much fun, doesn’t it?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Saying that, he laughed again.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: It was a laugh full of wickedness, that twisted his face...
CELES: You have never even considered for a microsecond you may lose this game, have you.
BYAKUYA: ...Of course I haven’t.
CELES: As expected from the next head of the Togami financial conglomerate that controls the world’s economy. But I think you’re wrong.
YASUHIRO: It’s just excessive self confidence, ‘right?
AOI: Hey, if you say such things you’ll just end up dead!
BYAKUYA: I will not die. This is not even a possibility.
MONDO: Who the fuck do you think you are, you bastard!?
BYAKUYA: You know, every time I’m surprised again.
MONDO: Aa? What of!?
BYAKUYA: Of the fact that shoddy no-good punks like you still exist in this day and age.
MONDO: I’m going to kill you!!
BYAKUYA: Didn’t I just tell you? I cannot be killed.
YASUHIRO: Just saying it isn’t enough, you know...
CELES: It’s useless talking to him. The very concept of “losing” is something he doesn’t understand...
CELES: He’s a “Super High-school Level Heir”. A super-elite who was was taught he was king ever since he was a child.
CELES: He has a destiny of victory attached to him since birth. And when someone comes to test that destiny...
CELES: It’s nothing but a game to win for him. Even if it’s a game of life and death...
CELES: ...Isn’t that so?
BYAKUYA: So you do understand...
CELES: I’m just the same as you. A game is something to be won. I feel the same.
BYAKUYA: Don’t compare me to you. Shut your filthy mouth.
MEMORY #23
MEMORY #25
MAKOTO: I understand why you acted alone all this time, but...
MAKOTO: Did you find anything? Do you remember what you forgot?
KYOUKO: There are still many things I don't remember, but... At the very least...
KYOUKO: I managed to remember some things about my goal and my ability.
MAKOTO: Your... ability...?
KYOUKO: "My special ability". That is, that's probably what everyone called me...
KYOUKO: "Super High-school Level Detective"...
MEMORY #26
SAYAKA: Calm down, everyone!
SAYAKA: Let’s think calmly about what our next steps should be...
LEON: I... can’t think of anything...
CELES: Adaptation. All we have to do is to adapt to our new lifestyle.
CHIHIRO: Are you saying we have to accept living in this place?
CELES: Knowing how to adapt is the difference between life and death.
CELES: The ones who survive aren’t the strongest or the cleverest. They’re the ones who know how to adapt to change.
CELES: Based on that, I have a proposition for everyone.
MONDO: Ah? A proposition?
CELES: Since we’re trapped in this place, it seems we have no choice but to pass the night here.
CELES: Do you all remember the rule about Night Time?
CELES: I suggest we make one additional rule regarding this Night Time.
MAKOTO: One more rule?
CELES: “Walking outside during Night Time is forbidden”. That’s it.
CELES: The school rules don’t forbid us to walk around during Night Time, they just restrict the places we can enter.
TOUKO: W...why do you think we should do that?
CELES: If we keep to the school rules, it will be easy to become terrified once night arrived.
CELES: We will keep imagining someone coming to kill us.
SAYAKA: Eh...!?
CELES: If we let this paranoia that darkness induces engulf us, we’ll be completely worn out in no time.
SAKURA: Therefore, you are suggesting a way to prevent that by restricting our movement at night.
CELES: That said, unlike the school rules we have no way to enforce it. Everyone must decide for themselves whether to cooperate or not.
JUNKO: I think I approve.
JUNKO: It’s just like this goth loli says. If we don’t make some rules it can only lead to self destruction.
KIYOTAKA: I also approve on behalf of the boys!
LEON: Suddenly you’re our representative?
CELES: So everyone is in agreement? I’m glad.
CELES: That settled, I shall retire for tonight.
CHIHIRO: Eh? Where are you going?
CELES: It will soon be Night Time. I want to take a shower before that happens.
CELES: Well then, I bid you all farewell.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Celes-san gracefully left the cafeteria.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She didn’t leave an opening for anyone to stop her, acting as if it was the most natural thing to do.
HIFUMI: T...that was quite amazing... Acting as if there’s no problem living in this place...
SAKURA: Adaptation... was it?
MEMORY #27
MAKOTO: Kirigiri-san, what did you see in your video?
KYOUKO: ......
KYOUKO: There is no need to tell you.
MEMORY #28
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: ...and finally, after making everyone wait for them...
KYOUKO: ...I guess I'm late.
CELES: Good morning, everyone.
LEON: Sorry, sorry... I overslept!!
TOUKO: ...W...what do you want from me? It's only a few minutes.
YASUHIRO: I didn't wake up late or anything. I just got lost on my way here, 'right? I think I was under the influence of the Bermuda Triangle.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: A group of people who do things in their own pace and don't care about other people's time.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: ...and so, we were all here.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Or... at least that's how it should have been...
KIYOTAKA: Hm? Someone still isn't here...?
AOI: Maizono-chan and Togami aren't here yet...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Let's leave Togami-kun aside for a second...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I thought Maizono-san belonged to the diligent group...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I can't believe she still isn't here.
BYAKUYA: ...What's wrong? Did something happen?
MONDO: ...Ah, Togami! Did you see Maizono by any chance?
BYAKUYA: Should I have? I just came here from my room right now.
HIFUMI: Maybe she... forgot about our breakfast plan?
KYOUKO: Someone as... reliable as her?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: As I listened to everyone speaking, a small sense of uneasiness started sprouting inside my heart..
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: ...and slowly grew larger and larger.
MAKOTO: I... I'm...
MAKOTO: Going to check on her...!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS:As soon as I finished saying the words, I ran out of the cafeteria into the corridor.
MEMORY #29
MAKOTO: Hey, Kirigiri-san...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I tried to gently start a discussion with Kirigiri-san, who was standing looking around the room...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: ...but...
MAKOTO: What... are you doing?
KYOUKO: ...Can’t you tell just by looking?
MAKOTO: No, not really...
KYOUKO: I’m searching for something.
MAKOTO: Searching...?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She was squatting down, and was going over the floor of my room inch by inch.
MAKOTO: ...did you lose your contacts or something?
KYOUKO: ...........
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I don’t really understand... but her concentration is amazing.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And then, after a while,
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She suddenly stood up and turned to me.
KYOUKO: Do you... have a hygiene obsession?
MAKOTO: Eh? No... I don’t think so...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She gave a little nod and continued, as she looked around at the floor.
KYOUKO: I see...
MAKOTO: What... do you see...?
KYOUKO: There is something a little strange in this room. Don’t you think so as well?
MAKOTO: What’s... so strange here?
KYOUKO: I searched this floor thoroughly, but I couldn’t find even a single strand of hair anywhere in the room.
MAKOTO: N...not even one...?
KYOUKO: It would be fine if I couldn't find any of Maizono-san, the victim. But not finding any from the room’s owner is quite strange.
MAKOTO: Now that you mention it, I did notice something when I was looking over the room just now.
MAKOTO: It looks like the roll-cleaner in my room has been used since yesterday. Maybe someone used it to...
KYOUKO: I see... A room with no trace of human hair... A roll-cleaner that has just been user...
KYOUKO: In short, someone besides you decided to clean your room.
MAKOTO: Was it... Maizono-san? Or maybe the culprit?
KYOUKO: It makes you think, doesn’t it?
MEMORY #30
SAKURA: We should tackle the murder weapon next.
HIFUMI: That sounds like a good idea.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The weapon that killed Maizono-san. If I don’t make that part clear...!
SAKURA: What was the weapon that had killed Sayaka Maizono?
KIYOTAKA: Some kind of blade that pierced her stomach...
KIYOTAKA: That’s the murder weapon! It’s crystal clear!
MONDO: So the culprit used a pocket knife, right? The fucker...
MONDO: Killing someone in such a lowly fashion...!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Wait... what he said right now... It contradicts what I know about the situation...
MAKOTO: No, that sharp object wasn’t a pocket knife. It was a kitchen knife.
MONDO: Huh? A kitchen knife...?
MAKOTO: The knife set in the cafeteria’s kitchen is missing one knife since the murder.
SAKURA: So that knife became the murder weapon.
MONDO: Aah... I guess that’s what happened. The blade that stabbed that girl’s stomach...
MONDO: When I look at it closely it really does look like a kithen knife...
LEON: Okay, so we get that the weapon is a kitchen knife. But does that even matter?
LEON: I mean, we’ve already established Naegi is the culprit!
TOUKO: Y...yeah... The crime scene is Naegi’s private room... Do we really need more proof than that...?
MAKOTO: W...wait a second! I...!
KYOUKO: Let’s reach this conclusion only after we’re done with the discussion. If we don’t, this trial loses its meaning.
LEON: But, I don’t think it matters how much we discuss it. The conclusion won’t change...
KYOUKO: No, I don’t think that’s the case. If we continue discussing, I’m sure we can reach a breakthrough.
YASUHIRO: Huh? A breakthrough?
KYOUKO: ...........
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: That’s right. I’m sure there’s a breakthrough waiting to be found somewhere.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I mean, I know very well that I am not the culprit...!
LEON: Sure, a kitchen knife was the murder weapon.
LEON: But does that even matter?
TOUKO: N...Naegi must have stolen it from the kitchen...
TOUKO: Stealthily, while no one was in the cafeteria...
TOUKO: And then... he stabbed Sayaka Maizono with it...!
LEON: There’s no question, Naegi is our culprit!!
HIFUMI: HmmHmm, so it’s decided...
HIFUMI: This is The End!!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I didn’t steal any kitchen knife. But they’re not going to take my word for it...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: If someone else can clear things up...
MAKOTO: Wait. It wasn’t me who took that knife from the kitchen.
TOUKO: N...next you’re going to say you aren’t the culprit... right? But you’re all talk with nothing to support your claims...!
MAKOTO: But what if I have a witness?
MAKOTO: Hey, Asahina-san...?
AOI: ...eh?
MAKOTO: I remember you said very clearly...
MAKOTO: That knife disappeared from the kitchen while you were in the cafeteria. Isn’t that right, Asahina-san?
AOI: Yeah... that’s right...
MAKOTO: Did I enter the kitchen during that time?
AOI: Um, I don’t think so...
BYAKUYA: ...”think”?
AOI: No, Naegi definitely didn’t go into the kitchen. Definitely!
MAKOTO: The knife disappeared while Asahina-san was in the cafeteria, but at that time I was nowhere near the place...
MAKOTO: Therefore, it wasn’t me who stole the knife!
TOUKO: S...so... what about this possibility?
TOUKO: That swimming idiot over there is an accomplice to Makoto Naegi... and she’s giving us false testimony...
AOI: Swimming idiot...!?
AOI: ...I mean, why am I an accomplice!?
BYAKUYA: As long as we’re raising this possibility, I want to ask the stuffed bear something. If there is an accomplice to the murder, is that person also considered a culprit?
MONOKUMA: Well then, let me answer!!
MONOKUMA: I will not disallow anyone from assisting with a killing, but the only one who can “graduate” is the single culprit who actually carried out the murder.
KYOUKO: In that case, it doesn’t matter how much of a help you were, there is nothing to gain from being an accomplice...
LEON: So I guess we don’t have an accomplice after all...
CHIHIRO: But... the culprit didn’t know this rule until just now...
MONOKUMA: Aaah, this is bothersome! Really!! There isn’t one! This case has only one culprit!!
MONOKUMA: Oops...! I said too much...!
MAKOTO: Anyway, I didn’t enter the kitchen and didn’t take any knife.
MAKOTO: Isn’t this proof enough that I’m not the killer?!
CHIHIRO: So... who stole that knife out of the kitchen...?
CELES: It’s possible it was Asahina-san herself. She was in the cafeteria, after all.
AOI: N...no, no! It wasn’t me!!
HIFUMI: Is there anyone here who can prove it?
SAKURA: I can.
AOI: When I was drinking tea yesterday evening, Sakura-chan was with me the entire time...
LEON: Um, just to make double sure... by “Sakura-chan”, you mean...
SAKURA: That is me.
LEON: ...that’s what I thought.
YASUHIRO: So, what if either Asahina-chi or The Ogre slipped into the kitchen and took the knife when the other wasn’t paying attention?
AOI: No, that’s not possible... I mean, um...
MONDO: Do you have any proof...!?
SAKURA: I spent the night in Asahina’s room yesterday.
AOI: There was this weird video... and I got a little scared... I cried about it to Sakura-chan and she offered to keep me company through the night...
AOI: So... that gives both of us alibis, doesn’t it!?
TOUKO: Isn’t spending the night... against school rules...?
CHIHIRO: They only forbid sleeping outside the private rooms... There isn’t any special restriction about sleeping in someone else’s room...
CHIHIRO: So... there shouldn’t be any problem...
KIYOTAKA: There is definitely a problem! It’s unwholesome! A boy and a girl... sleeping in the same room together...!
SAKURA: I am a woman.
KIYOTAKA: I...I’m very sorry...!!
CELES: But if it wasn’t any of you who took the knife, we run out of possibilities...
SAKURA: No. There is still one possibility left. Isn’t that so, Asahina...?
AOI: Actually, when we were at the cafeteria there was one other person who came in...
BYAKUYA: Why is this the first time we’re hearing this!?
AOI: Because... that person... is no longer with us...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: No longer with us? That means...
AOI: It was Sayaka Maizono-chan... The girl who ended up dead... came into the cafeteria.
MEMORY #31
YASUHIRO: Okay, let me solve all the riddles for you in one swoop, ‘right? I’ll explain everything that happened in that room, beginning to end!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: What happened in that room...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: To discover the truth behind Maizono-san’s death, we have to make that clear...
YASUHIRO: The struggle in the room started when...
YASUHIRO: The culprit got their hands on the practice sword.
YASUHIRO: That’s when they made their strike!
YASUHIRO: A preemptive strike with the practice sword, ‘right?!!
HIFUMI: That’s when Maizono Sayaka-dono got her wrist broken...
TOUKO: T...then she panicked and decided to put up a fight...
TOUKO: ...and took out the kitchen knife she was hiding, but then...
CHIHIRO: The culprit managed to snatch even that from her hand...
SAKURA: And then she was killed.
YASUHIRO: That’s what happened in that room, beginning to end, ‘right!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The first strike was with the imitation sword, and then the kitchen knife was taken out...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Is that really what happened? If that’s the case, there’s evidence that can’t be explained...
MAKOTO: No, it can’t be that the first strike was made with the sword...
YASUHIRO: Huh...? Why is that...?
MAKOTO: The sword’s sheath is damaged...
MAKOTO: See? There are scratch marks on it, aren’t there?
CHIHIRO: Scratch marks... from something like a kitchen knife...? That’s the only sharp object in the crime scene...
MONDO: Don’t play guessing games with us! Just give us a straight explanation!
MAKOTO: If the first strike was made by the imitation sword, we can’t explain the scratch marks on the sheath.
MAKOTO: I mean, if you’re going to attack someone with a wooden sword, you’re going to take it out of its sheath first, right?
MONDO: Yeah... if you attack with it still sheathed, it’s too heavy to swing and gets in your way. It’s also probably only half as strong...
HIFUMI: So why are there scratch marks on the sheath?
KYOUKO: Imagine you’re suddenly attacked with a knife, and to defend yourself you have to grab a nearby practice sword...
KYOUKO: That doesn’t leave much time to unsheath it...
SAKURA: That means the sword was first used in defense against a blow from the knife...
HIFUMI: So you’re saying the first attack came from the person who was holding the knife!
KIYOTAKA: I get it now! So that’s how it went!
KIYOTAKA: The culprit discovered the hidden knife shortly after being invited into the room...
KIYOTAKA: ...and used that knife to suddenly attack Maizono-kun!
KIYOTAKA: At that point she decided to fight back with the imitation sword! But even that sword was snatched away from her...
KIYOTAKA: Then, her wrist was broken with one hit from the imitation sword... and for the finishing blow... the culprit used the knife again......
KYOUKO: No. It’s impossible that the one who used the sword in self defense was Maizono-san...
LEON: Huh!? Why is it impossible!?
KYOUKO: Maizono-san never even held the sword. This is crystal clear if we examine a certain part of her body.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: A part of her body that shows she never held that sword...
MAKOTO: That would be... the palms of her hands, right?
MAKOTO: The palms of her hands are completely clean, and that’s why it’s impossible she ever held that sword...
AOI: How can you tell, just from looking at her hands?
MAKOTO: We went over this before. The moment you touch that imitation sword, you get gold paint all over your hands.
MAKOTO: And, in fact, see how the sword’s grip’s paint is considerably scraped off?
MAKOTO: Anyone using this sword would definitely get paint stuck to their hands.
MAKOTO: So if Maizono-san used this sword, isn’t it weird that her hands remained clean?
TOUKO: Maybe she... washed her hands when she escaped into the shower room...?
MAKOTO: No, that also can’t be true...
TOUKO: How can you say that with such confidence...? Is it because... I’m so ugly...?
MAKOTO: N...no...! That’s not it...!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The reason it would have been impossible for Maizono-san to wash her hands is...
MAKOTO: According to the Monobear File, Maizono-san’s time of death was around 1:30 at night.
MAKOTO: That is, Night Time. We have no water in the showers at that time, do we?
TOUKO: Eh... I didn’t know... I didn’t take a shower once since we came here...
HIFUMI: Uwah...
TOUKO: Hey, you of all people is just the same! You smell just like an applesnail...!
HIFUMI: Huh? Was I just insulted or praised?
LEON: It was obviously an insult, bro...
KIYOTAKA: ...anyway, if she never held that sword in her hands...
KIYOTAKA: That means the culprit alone used it.
KIYOTAKA: But, wait a second... If that’s the case, the person who made those scratch marks on the sword’s sheath...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The person who made the scratch marks... is the person who didn’t hold the imitation sword. So it’s...
MAKOTO: Maizono-san...? She used the kitchen knife...?
CHIHIRO: B...but... The person who made the first strike was...
BYAKUYA: The person who held the knife attacked first, and the other defended themselves with the practice sword on a moment’s notice...
HIFUMI: So the person who attacked first was...!
MAKOTO: ...M...maizono-san!?
KYOUKO: So do you all understand now...? That girl wasn’t a simple victim...
BYAKUYA: It’s almost as if she wasn’t a victim at all... and wanted to kill someone on her own...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Eh...?
BYAKUYA: She took a knife from the kitchen. Then, she invited the culprit into the room she stayed at...
BYAKUYA: And if we take into account that she made the first strike with that kitchen knife...
SAKURA: Those are clearly the acts of a murderer...
CELES: Come to think of it, it was Maizono-san who suggested the room exchange, wasn’t it?
CELES: Maybe the reason she wanted to exchange rooms was...
CELES: ...to push the blame for the murder into Naegi-kun... that’s probably what it was.
MAKOTO: Maizono-san... wanted me to...!?
KYOUKO: ...........
CELES: It also fits the switched name plates like a glove.
CELES: She invited her mark to Naegi-kun’s room, where she was staying...
CELES: ...and by killing them in that room, she could point the suspicion toward him.
CELES: But in order to do that, she had to conceal the fact she switched rooms for the night from her mark.
CELES: If her mark discovered the switch, they would undoubtedly get suspicious.
MONDO: So that’s the reason... she switched the nameplates...?
HIFUMI: But isn’t that plan a little too dangerous?
HIFUMI: Even if she managed to kill her mark, Naegi Makoto-dono would tell everyone about the exchanged rooms after the murder is discovered...
BYAKUYA: Is that so? I’m not sure that softhearted Naegi is capable of throwing Maizono to the wolves like that...
BYAKUYA: I’m sure that’s exactly why she chose Naegi as her room-exchange partner.
MAKOTO: ............
TOUKO: A...and... additionally, we’re talking about a “Super High-school Level Idol” here...
TOUKO: Whose words would you choose to believe...? That lackluster Naegi’s or... national idol Maizono’s?
HIFUMI: S...so... she planned all that as well...?
MONDO: S...seriously...!
CELES: But her plan concluded in failure...
CELES: When she made a strike with the knife, she received a counterattack from the practice sword...
CELES: That attack broke her wrist, and she ended up dropping the knife...
SAKURA: And then she was killed by the person she intended to be her mark...
MAKOTO: W...wait a second...! That can’t be true...!
MAKOTO: Because.... because...!!
MEMORY #32
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: ...No, wait a second.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: That’s right... there is one clue still left that’s connected to the culprit...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Something... Maizono-san left for us...
MAKOTO: I think there is one more clue remaining... The dying message Maizono-san left...
LEON: “Dying...” what are you talking about?
KYOUKO: There was a dying message on the wall behind Maizono-san’s back, wasn’t there?
KYOUKO: The numbers “11037” written in blood letters... There must be a clue to the identity of the culprit in there somewhere.
CELES: First, there is something I'd like to ask...
CELES: Was it really Maizono-san who wrote those numbers?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: There’s no question it was Maizono-san who wrote that message. The proof to that is...
MAKOTO: It’s the reason Maizono-san’s left hand’s index finger was dirty with blood...
MAKOTO: She must have written the message with that finger.
KIYOTAKA: Since her right wrist was broken in the struggle, she had to use her left hand to write...
AOI: Okay, so we agree Maizono-chan wrote that message...
AOI: But what’s the meaning of “11037”?
MONDO: That girl over there probably knows a lot about numbers... A hacker, was it?
CHIHIRO: But... I can’t figure those numbers out at all... No matter how much I look at them, I can’t understand their meaning...
KYOUKO: ...That’s just natural. They aren’t numbers, after all.
HIFUMI: Oooh, I think I see something...
MONDO: Aa!? What the fuck are you up to now!?
HIFUMI: No... when looking at the message while thinking those aren’t numbers...
HIFUMI: Don’t you think those first characters, “11”, look a little like a letter?
CHIHIRO: He’s right! The middle line is faint, so it looks like an “11”...
CHIHIRO: But it just might be the letter “N”!
MONDO: Oh! That kid actually said something straight for once!
HIFUMI: Hee hee, my little grey cells have been working!
SAKURA: But even if the first letter is “N”, the meaning of “N037” still is not clear to me...
MAKOTO: ...........
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Shit, it’s no use! I don’t understand...!!
KYOUKO: ............
KYOUKO: You should turn it... clockwise...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: ...Eh?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Clockwise...?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I see... if that’s so.. what’s written here is...!
MAKOTO: I got it... the culprit’s name is written here...
AOI: Eh!? We’ve gone from a clue directly to the culprit’s name!?
TOUKO: W...who is it...? Whose name is written here...!?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The culprit’s name, indicated by Maizono-san’s dying message is...
MEMORY #33
KYOUKO: ...Naegi-kun. Do you have a second?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS:She came all the way to where I was standing, and talked quietly, as if whispering in my ear.
KYOUKO: Before we go back...
KYOUKO: There is something I want to talk to you about...
MAKOTO: ….......
MAKOTO: Is it... about Maizono-san?
KYOUKO: .........
KYOUKO: I didn’t think you’d know...
KYOUKO: Do you remember what I told you before the school trial began?
KYOUKO: It’s you who must unravel this case’s mysteries...
MAKOTO: Did you want me to notice Maizono-san’s betrayal by myself?
MAKOTO: She made a fool of me without me suspecting anything... I believed in her, and she made me a suspect...
KYOUKO: It’s true that Maizono-san tried to frame you. That’s the unescapable reality...
KYOUKO: But I think she had second thoughts until she died. You see...
KYOUKO: She thought of you in her final moments.
MAKOTO: In her final moments... she thought of me...?
MAKOTO: Please don’t say such foolish things...
MAKOTO: We have... no way of knowing for sure... after all...
MAKOTO: There is no way... to ask her anymore...
KYOUKO: Even though we can’t ask her, we can reason it out, can’t we?
KYOUKO: Her last thoughts...
KYOUKO: Were about how to save you.
MAKOTO: ...eh?
KYOUKO: She used her last bits of strength to leave dying message. That’s the proof.
KYOUKO: If she didn’t care what happened to you, she wouldn’t have left a message at all...
MAKOTO: Maybe she just... wanted revenge on Kuwata-kun who killed her...?
KYOUKO: You’re right. This is also a possibility.
KYOUKO: But I don’t think it’s true, personally...
KYOUKO: She was lost, that girl.
KYOUKO: Her heart wasn’t in it. Not in tricking you, and not in killing another person.
KYOUKO: That’s why her plan didn’t succeed.
KYOUKO: Her feelings of doubt... led to failure.
KYOUKO: It’s a little ironic, isn’t it?
MAKOTO: ........
MAKOTO: Why are you talking to me about that?
KYOUKO: You’re a person... who can get over things.
KYOUKO: A person who can get over the death of his friends and continue walking forward.
KYOUKO: If you aren’t, you will not be able to break out of the extreme situation we found ourselves in...
MAKOTO: I can... get over my friends’ deaths?
MAKOTO: I think you’re overestimating me...
MAKOTO: That kind of thing is... impossible.
KYOUKO: ............
MAKOTO: That’s why...
MAKOTO: I will always keep them with me.
MAKOTO: I can’t get over any of it... Maizono-san’s or Kuwata-kun’s deaths...
MAKOTO: I will always keep them with me.
MAKOTO: I will keep going forward holding everyone’s memories forever!!
KYOUKO: .........
KYOUKO: You’re choosing a road that is much more difficult than simply overcoming.
KYOUKO: But I’m looking forward to it.....
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Saying that, she smiled a little smile.
KYOUKO: ...Naegi-kun. There is one more thing I want to ask you...
KYOUKO: How did you know I wanted to talk to you about Maizono-san?
MAKOTO: Oh, that.
MAKOTO: ..........
MAKOTO: I can read minds.
KYOUKO: Eh...?
MAKOTO: I’m just joking. I just have good intuition.
MEMORY #34
AOI: Ah, Naegi! G’morning!!
MAKOTO: Good morning... Is everyone already here?
YASUHIRO: Togami-chi and Ishimaru-chi aren’t here yet, ‘right?
MAKOTO: Togami-kun I can understand, but it’s rare for Ishimaru-kun to be late.
CELES: Ishimaru-kun went all the way to Togami-kun’s room, to call the late offender here personally.
SAKURA: He should be back soon. We shall wait for a while longer...
CELES: I usually don’t mind waiting, but there’s a single problem.
MAKOTO: ...problem?
CELES: I am thirsty.
MONDO: I wouldn’t call that a problem...
CELES: Yamada-kun, can you please make me some tea?
HIFUMI: ...Huh?
CELES: Milk tea, if you please.
HIFUMI: Why me...?
CELES: Your round body is exactly like the owner of a cafe I often go to.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: That’s why she chose him...?
CELES: My throat is really perched. Can you please hurry up?
HIFUMI: S...sure, right away...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Yamada-kun went reluctantly into the kitchen, unable to refuse Celes-san’s order.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And then, a few minutes later...
HIFUMI: Sorry to have kept you waiting!!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Yamada-kun returned holding a tray with both hands, the scent of black tea drifting in the air around him.
CELES: Hee hee. I’ve been waiting.
TOUKO: Since you already made tea... shouldn’t you have made some for everyone?
HIFUMI: You are my mortal enemy! I vehemently refuse!
HIFUMI: Heh heh. It’s all according to the rules of cause and effect...
TOUKO: Grr....
CELES: Well then, I think I shall try it...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Smiling, Celes-san held the tea cup to her lips and took a sip...
CELES: ...oh, my.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She tilted her neck a little, and...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Suddenly, she threw the tea cup she was holding against the wall!
* CRASH *
HIFUMI: Eh--!? What did you do that for?!
CELES: This kind of milk tea is not to my liking!
HIFUMI: Eh? Um, I don’t really understand...
CELES: Let’s say you go to a regular cafe around these parts and you order a cup of tea.
CELES: Sometimes they ask “do you want it with milk?” or “do you want it with lemon?”
CELES: When they do, I answer that I want milk tea.
CELES: But when I do that, they bring a small vessel full of milk along with the tea to my table.
CELES: I’m the type that prefers milk to be added ahead of time when making milk tea.
CELES: The tea’s scent is overwhelmingly better that way.
CELES: Furthermore, if I’m supposed to add milk or lemon just before drinking, isn’t that nothing more than simple seasoning?
CELES: Having that kind of tea as its own choice on the menu is simply unacceptable!
CELES: That’s why I will drink nothing but “Royal milk tea”, where the tea is boiled down with the milk.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: If I had to describe our response to her speech...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I think the best way would be “total and utter bewilderness”...
HIFUMI: Um, I went to the trouble of making tea, and this is what I get!?
CELES: I realize making the tea my way is a pain...
CELES: After all, isn’t Royal milk tea more expensive than simple milk tea in places offering both?
CELES: I’m sure it requires more skill to make, but...
CELES: If there’s no skill involved, why is it even on the menu?
HIFUMI: We don’t really have a menu here, you see...
CELES: JUST HURRY THE FUCK UP AND GET ME MY TEA, PIG BOY!!
HIFUMI: Ehhhhhhhhhh!?
HIFUMI: Yes ma’am! This pig boy will be right back!!
CELES: Hee hee. Intimidation sure is useful.
AOI: It was... quite a change of character, though...
MONDO: Shit... she let it slip for just one second...
CELES: Hee hee hee hee...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Celes-san lives up to my first impressions of her... She’s not someone who can be dealt with easily...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And then, just as we were nervously contemplating Celes-san’s break of character...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The cafeteria’s door swung open and one of the the people we’ve been waiting for came in...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: But...
KIYOTAKA: Everyone! There is something strange going on...!
YASUHIRO: Eh? What happened?
KIYOTAKA: Togami-kun won’t come out of his room...
KIYOTAKA: I pushed the intercom button many times, but he’s not coming out...
MAKOTO: Maybe he’s... not in there...?
KIYOTAKA: In that case... should I even say that... what if something happened to him....?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I understood straight away what he meant.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: He didn’t need to say anything else... everyone in the room understood perfectly.
MAKOTO: W...we should go looking for him. Let’s split up and search...
KIYOTAKA: Hey, I was just about to make that suggestion myself!
TOUKO: Always with the competitve spirit... even at a time like this...
AOI: I’ll try going to his room one more time.
AOI: I’ll keep pushing the intercom button until there’s a response.
SAKURA: Well then. The rest of us shall split up and start searching.
YASUHIRO: Yeah, before it’s too late... ‘right?
MAKOTO: ..............
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KYOUKO: So... you came here as well...
MAKOTO: ...eh?
KYOUKO: If we think back to what Togami-kun found interesting yesterday...
KYOUKO: We should be able to deduce where he is right now. Isn’t that right?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: What was it that Togami-kun found interesting yesterday...?
MEMORY #35
KYOUKO: ...............
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She’s going over Fujisaki-san’s body very thoroughly. Also...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She’s... touching and patting down the body all over...
BYAKUYA: What a strange woman... touching a body without even flinching...
KYOUKO: ................
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: She’s looks like she’s... lost in her own world. I don’t think she even heard our conversation...
MEMORY #36
MEMORY #37
MEMORY #38
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: What finally cut that cruel, heavy atmosphere...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: ...were that girl’s unaffected words.
KYOUKO: So, what do you think we should do now?
KYOUKO: Should we just continue to scowl at each other forever?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Her thorny words were directed at all of us.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And those thorns... managed to pull us back into reality.
KIYOTAKA: That’s right. Of course, you’re right.
KIYOTAKA: In times of fear and anxiety, one must continue moving forward!
KIYOTAKA: How could I forget such a simple thing? I’m despicable. I’ll never forgive myself!
KIYOTAKA: Anyone, please hit me! I deserve it! Please, anyone!
MONDO: If you have time to make so much noise, just do it yourself.
HIFUMI: But, speaking concretely, what exactly is our mission...?
LEON: Are you an idiot? We should totally look for a way to escape!
JUNKO: And while we’re at it, we should find whoever is controlling that stuffed toy and give him a good beating.
CHIHIRO: Before we do that, shouldn’t we take a look at that Electronic Student ID card?
CHIHIRO: Monobear mentioned some rules, and it’s probably best to check them before doing anything...
CELES: It would be a bother if we go on acting without knowing the rules, and end up in an explosive situation like before.
MONDO: Hrm.
JUNKO: So, let’s just get it over with and check what those rules are all about...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Immediately after I turned on the Electronic Student ID Card, my name floated up on the screen.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Just like Monobear told us, the card owner’s name is displayed when the card is activated.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: After that, I chose the “Rules” icon from the menu screen that showed up...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And the list of rules appeared on the screen, one by one.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: In short, the rules binding us were...
1. The students will live a communal lifestyle with no time limit inside the school walls.
2. The time between 10pm and 7am is called “Night Time”. During Night Time there are places that are forbidden to enter, so please take care.
3. Sleeping is only permitted in the personal rooms prepared for you in the dormitory area. Anyone intentionally falling asleep elsewhere will be punished.
4. You may investigate the school as you please. There are no special restrictions on your actions.
5. No violence is permitted against the school’s headmaster, Monobear. Destruction of the surveillance cameras is forbidden.
6. A “culprit” who kills a fellow student will graduate the school. However, they must not let any other student know they are the culprit.
7. Additional rules may be added by the school at any time.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I looked up from the screen, feeling a little dizzy.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: When I looked around, everyone had the same glum expression on their faces.
MONDO: What the fuck's going on with these rules? Do they really think they can control us this way?
CELES: If you think they can’t, how about you try going around ignoring them?
CELES: I’d really like to know what happens when someone breaks them, you see...
HIFUMI: But... if he tries anything, Oowada Mondo-dono’s number of remaining lives will drop to zero...
MONDO: .........
MONDO: Ever since I was a little kid, I was taught discipline by my big brother.
MONDO: You must keep a “man’s promise” even at the cost of your own life.
JUNKO: ...so?
MONDO: There’s still one promise I haven’t made good.
MONDO: So there’s no fucking way I’m dying in this place!!
CELES: I can’t say I really understand, but for now let’s agree to follow the rules?
MONDO: ...hm? Ah... I guess that’s how it has to be...
SAYAKA: Excuse me... Can I say something?
SAYAKA: This sixth rule... what do you think it means?
MAKOTO: Are you talking about the second part, about “not letting any other student know”?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS:I kind of wondered about that part myself.
BYAKUYA: ...it probably means if you want to graduate, you must kill without anyone finding out.
TOUKO: W...why? What’s going on here?
BYAKUYA: You don’t have to worry about it.
BYAKUYA: Just make sure you keep the rules you were given. That’s the only thing you all have to remember.
BYAKUYA: You’re all a bunch of losers who can’t do anything that’s not decided for you by someone else. So don’t ask needless questions.
TOUKO: ...such moving words.
LEON: As in bowel movements, right?
AOI: ...for the time being, let’s just drop all this foolish talk about killing.
AOI: We all know the rules now, so let’s go and search the school!
KIYOTAKA: Where are we? Is there an emergency exit somewhere? What about food and essential goods?
KIYOTAKA: There is a mountain of things we must find us ahead of us!
LEON: Alright, everyone -- let’s go exploring!!
...I’m going alone.
JUNKO: Huh? Why? Isn’t that really strange?
BYAKUYA: I’m sure there’s at least one of you who’s already scheming about killing someone...
BYAKUYA: Are you saying I should cooperate with someone like that?
SAYAKA: Hey, wait a minute! You can’t say that!
BYAKUYA: You can’t be certain I’m wrong, can you.
BYAKUYA: And that’s exactly why you all got so scared once you heard about the graduation rule.
BYAKUYA: ...am I wrong?
SAYAKA: T...that is...
SAYAKA: ......
BYAKUYA: I’ll let the rest of you do as you please.
MONDO: You bastard... you think we’ll just let you do whatever you want?
BYAKUYA: Get out of my way, plankton.
MONDO: Ahhh!? What do you mean by that!?
BYAKUYA: A single plankton drifting in the ocean.
BYAKUYA: It doesn’t matter what you do, yours is a tiny existence that has no effect on the vast sea around you.
MONDO: Are you trying to make me kill you?!
MAKOTO: H...hey, wait! We shouldn’t fight!!
MONDO: Eh? What the fuck? Are you trying to be all nice with us?
MONDO: I’m going to teach that kid a lesson. Are you going to stop me!?
MAKOTO: N...no, that’s not what I meant...
MONDO: Shut the fuck up!!
** POW!! **
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: I was hit.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: And then fell down.
MEMORY #39
MAKOTO: Kirigiri-san... how goes the investigation?
KYOUKO: ...I’m almost done.
KYOUKO: But... I must go somewhere... There is something I must do unrelated to the investigation...
MAKOTO: Something unrelated to the investigation?
MAKOTO: What can... that be?
KYOUKO: You shouldn’t worry about it. Instead, concentrate on the murder...
MAKOTO: B...but...
KYOUKO: Finally, let me tell you one thing.
KYOUKO: Try looking at Fujisaki-san’s body again, closely.
KYOUKO: You should also know Fujisaki-san doesn’t have her Electronic Student ID Card on her. I think we should try figuring out where that disappeared to.
KYOUKO: ...That’s it. I wish you luck.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Kirigiri-san kept to her word and left the girls’ changing room without telling me anything else.
MEMORY #42
MONOKUMA: Let’s start with a simple explanation of our school trial! The result of the trial is determined by your own votes.
MONOKUMA: If the correct culprit is chosen, they alone will be punished. However... if the wrong person is voted for...
MONOKUMA: Everyone but the culprit will be punished. The culprit alone, having managed to fool everyone, will publicly graduate this school!
MONOKUMA: Well, then... let's start with...
MONOKUMA: A discussion of the murder weapon!!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The murder weapon used for the killing blow... First, we must make what that was clear.
SAKURA: What killed Fujisaki was...
SAKURA: A wound to the head, wasn't it.
KIYOTAKA: According to the Monobear file...
KIYOTAKA: It was done by a dull object. But what was it!?
YASUHIRO: It was surely an iron pipe, 'right?
KIYOTAKA: I see!
KIYOTAKA: That certainly sounds like a weapon!
AOI: Poor Fujisaki-chan...
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: No... The weapon that killed Fujisaki-san was something that was in that changing room...!
MAKOTO: I think the weapon that gave the killing blow was the dumbbell found in the scene of the crime.
MAKOTO: That dumbbell had some blood stuck to it, and there was nothing else that could serve as a weapon in the room.
KYOUKO: In addition, the wound on the victim's head fits perfectly to the shape of the dumbbell.
KYOUKO: There is no margin for doubt... This is the right answer.
AOI: Y...you investigated... the head wound...?
HIFUMI: Hiiii, how disgusting!
KYOUKO: ............
BYAKUYA: With that done, from now on I will do the talking. Let's move on to discuss who the culprit is.
BYAKUYA: Or rather... how the identity of that culprit is already perfectly clear...
YASUHIRO: Wha-!? Are you serious!?
BYAKUYA: The culprit who killed Chihiro Fujisaki is...
BYAKUYA: The serial murderer Genocider Syo!!
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: The serial murderer... Genocider Syo......
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: He is... the culprit...?
BYAKUYA: The culprit is Genocider Syo.
BYAKUYA: That much is indisputable.
AOI: But, that's impossible!
BYAKUYA: Why is that impossible?
AOI: Because... no matter how you look at it... um...
AOI: There is no evidence for it, is there!?
HIFUMI: By the way, that Genocider Syo...
HIFUMI: Who was it, again!?
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: Evidence for Genocider Syo's involvement in this case... That is, of course...
MAKOTO: If it's evidence you want, there probably is some...
AOI: Eh!?
MAKOTO: It was written in a file we found in the library's storage room...
MAKOTO: It's a summary of the Genocider Syo case, and looks like a top-secret police document...
MONDO: W...wait! Isn't that strange!? Why was such a thing in a school library!?
BYAKUYA: To explain that would be bothersome. Let's keep this short.
BYAKUYA: In any case, the special characteristics of Genocider Syo's murders are listed in this file in minute detail.
BYAKUYA: According to the file, there are two such special characteristics.
BYAKUYA: The first is a message in blood left at the scene of the crime...
HIFUMI: It was "Bigboobie Fever", wasn't it!
AOI: "Bloodstain Fever"...
BYAKUYA: The important thing is the second characteristic. That's because it was never announced to the public...
MONDO: S...something that was never announced to the public...?
BYAKUYA: Naegi, it's better if you tell them.
MAKOTO'S THOUGHTS: A characteristic of Genocider Syo's murder that was never announced to the public...
MAKOTO: In Genocider Syo's murders, it seems the body was always hanged crucified, but...
MAKOTO: Other than the culprit himself, it wasn't made known to anyone but top-ranking police officers...
BYAKUYA: But in our current case, Fujisaki was certainly crucified.
BYAKUYA: How did the culprit know to do that? It was something no one but the murderer and the police knew...
BYAKUYA: Only one answer comes to mind.
BYAKUYA: The culprit... is the real Genocider Syo.
MONDO: You're... serious!!
CELES: In that case, you mean to say Genocider Syo is one of us?
BYAKUYA: ...It's Touko Fukawa.
MEMORIES: SDR2/PRE-DR3
MEMORY #10
MEMORY #11
MEMORIES: DR3
MEMORY #12
KYOUKO: The power of the words you believed...it became my hope.
Holding Naegi's hand inside the Final Killing Game and saying those words. One, two.
MEMORY #14
Kyouko now recalls looking at her NG bracelet, which says "Passing the Fourth Time Limit With Makoto Naegi Alive", before having the following short conversation:
KYOUKO: It's almost the time limit.
AOI: We've locked the doors and made a barricade!
KYOUKO: We still may not be safe, though.
MAKOTO: Yeah.
RYOUTA: That's right. The attacker has complete control of the facility. They could open the lock.
AOI: We can't be sure, huh?
KYOUKO: Hey, Naegi-kun. No matter what happens, don't give up on hope. I shall always be by your side.
MAKOTO: Yeah. I'll do what I can. We won't lose. We can't lose!
AOI: Yeah, yeah!
At which point the alert for a time limit plays and they all go to sleep. It is the fourth time limit.
MEMORY #17
[ kyouko opens the door to the ladies' restroom to see ryota pacing around nervously. ]
KYOUKO: What's wrong?
RYOTA: Um, I'm here for the meeting with Chairman Tengan. I didn't know if I could enter.
KYOUKO: Aren't you...
RYOTA: Yes, Ryota Mitarai, with Branch Office 10. Huh?
[ suddenly, the building shakes. ]
MEMORY #19
AOI: Why can't we see Naegi?
KYOUKO: That's how much they suspect us. They probably think we worked together, to hide the Remnants of Despair.
AOI: But still...
KYOUKO: Anyway, you'll be treated as a co-conspirator, at this rate.
AOI: Won't you, too, Kyouko-chan?
KYOUKO: I'm Naegi-kun's boss. This is a Branch Office 14 problem. There's no need for you to take responsibility.
AOI: That's not fair! We may be in different branches now, but let me help!
KYOUKO: You haven't changed at all, have you?
AOI: Aw, come on, Kyouko-chan. You know we're in this together, right?
MEMORY #20
RYOTA: Why was he so willing to reveal his forbidden action?
KAZUO: He probably believes in everyone.
RYOTA: Everyone? Even Munakata-san, who suspects him?
KAZUO: Yes, he does. He thinks that, even if they're enemies now, they can understand eachother if they talk.
RYOTA: That's crazy!
KAZUO: Naegi-kun is well aware of that. But truly believing in someone means doing that, regardless.
RYOTA: I could never do that...
KAZUO: Worried?
KYOUKO: No.
[ dodges out of the way of a chair thrown at her; it hits the wall instead. ]
Juzo: Tch. Almost...
MEMORY #44
[ as she checks around a corner with a compact mirror to make sure it's clear: ]
KYOUKO: The fewer of us, the easier the killer will be to find. The rules disadvantage the attacker. It's as if they have no intention of winning.
RYOTA: Where are you going?
KYOUKO: To do my job as a detective. While we were unconscious, someone was killed.
KAZUO: Going alone is dangerous. We'll go with you.
[ kyouko sighs. ]
RYOTA: The attacker is one thing. But why did Munakata-san suddenly decide to kill Naegi-san?
KAZUO: Munakata-kun is a strong man. But a hope that is too strong can sometimes approach despair.
[ ryota clenches his fist. ]
KYOUKO: What's wrong?
RYOTA: Our actions in here are being broadcast to the whole world, right?
KYOUKO: Yes.
RYOTA: Then...we shouldn't be doing this to eachother! We need to believe in eachother and work together!
KYOUKO: Hey, Mitarai-kun...May I see your forbidden action?
[ ryota gasps and backs up. ]
RYOTA: Well...
KYOUKO: I cannot show you mine, either. And that is our situation. In this situation, trusting eachother is difficult. The attacker probably incorporated forbidden actions into the rules in order to make us realize that. Unless you're a huge softie...
[ intercom comes on. ]
MAKOTO: Um, can you hear me? This is Naegi Makoto. Just now, the attacker killed Great Gozu. Clearly, we need to stop the attacker. But I believe that, in trying to find them, if we doubt eachother too much, we'll be giving Monkuma what he wants. Let's talk about this. Some people may think that I'm on the Remnants of Despair's side. I did something which might make you think that. Back then, as part of Branch Office 14, I was conducing rescue operations. There, I found the former students of Hope's Peak High School. Immediately, I knew that they belonged to the Remnants of Despair. And that they had killed many people and driven the world into despair...But they used to be normal students, who played, laughed, and sometimes fought. If...If they hadn't met her...Enoshima Junko...There was one way to save them. The New World program. Using a virtual rehabilitation program, I restored their memories from before Enoshima Junko impanted despair in them. There was an unexpected obstacle, and it didn't go as originally planned. But I believe that they're all right now. That's everything that happened. I'm sure that everyone here has their own circumstances. But if we talk to one another, we can purge these misunderstandings and fears. Belief in eachother is our hope! And to make that happen...I'm abandoning this game. My forbidden action is running in the hallway.
[ kyouko laughs. ]
MAKOTO: You can easily kill me now. But if I were the attacker, I wouldn't do this, right? So please...trust me!