Chapter 1 : Trust and Distrust
When I woke up, I was surrounded by everyone. Mymy was still sleeping and holding my hand. "Hey, you okay?" asked Shine. "Yeah, I'm cool. I just can't feel my dominant arm...." I said. "That might be because of....you know." as Shine said that I looked down at Mymy. "Very funny Shine..." I remarked "She passed out because she cared about me..." "Yeah um...you might wanna wake her up before..." Shine was interrupted by Veniko, who was there the whole time. "Before what? I accuse him of sexual harassment? I'm more fixated on this "Killing Game" more than Brandon being a pervert to my older sister." Veniko remarked "Wait, I thought Mymy was younger." Itami said.
"A lot of people said that but Mymy was actually older than me. We were born on the same day but had 17 seconds gap." Veniko said.
"Oh...well that explains a lot" Shine remarked. Mymy woke up and the first thing she saw was my face. She hugged and kissed my cheek, and then realized everyone was in the room, even Veniko...
"You guys really need to get a room. You already share a dorm." Shine stated."I ship it." Maizomi said "Can you guys shut the fuck up!!!" Veniko screamed out. Mymy gave everyone then a death glare. Except me."Hey Spade-san, what's with the eye patch?" Mymy asked "Oh, I got shot. That robot really knows how to shoot..." She stated "Well I'm glad you're ok" I stated.
"I'm sorry for not coming earlier to save you" Shine said with a worried face.
"You know that it wasn't your fault, i was just being too careless." Spade said with a normal, cold tone as usual.
"Are you still mad at me..?" Shine asked.
No answer from Spade
"H...hey, don't ignore me!" Shine shouted as he holds her arms.
"Leave me alone. Stop pretending that you know me, you know....i...
No longer trusts you anymore."
Spade said as Shine looked at her in a sad face, then he let go of her hand. The atmosphere of the room changes completely.
"Anyways.....Brandon-kun, Itami-kun, Mymy-san, Veniko-kun, didn't i promise to make you guys a food feast as a gift yesterday..?" Spade asked.
"Oh yeah...yesterday we didn't get a chance to do it since you two got injured..." Mymy said.
"I'll get to cook now..." Said Spade leaving the room.
"Wait wait...you're going to celebrate a party by yourselves?!" asked Shine while holding Spade's hand to avoid her from leaving the room.
"Quit bothering me! How many times i said this to you?!" Spade shouted.
"You hate me that much now...?" Shine asked.
"Now..? I've hated you from the very start. So that's why.....just leave me alone, and let me just forget about the past....everything...." Spade said.
"S...Spade, i....i....i'm sorry for bothering you...." Shine said as he let go of Spade's hand.
"But....you're going to party without us?" Hanama asked.
"I said this is a gift for the 4 of them to listening to my story and to warned all of you to bring guns yesterday" Spade said.
"But wouldn't it be better if all of us celebrate the party together?" asked Komosa.
"We'll help you with the cooking!" Said Maizomi.
I was pretty hungry and it's 05:45 pm so I guess I could go for one of Spade's meals.
"......Do whatever you want, just make sure to clean up later, i won't forgive you if there's any dirt left on the floor or even the dishes." Spade explained to everyone everything about cooking and cleaning, it's strange to know that Spade is actually a clean freak and a good cook, and to know that Mymy can use knife really good was surprising too...
The party started at 07:00 PM at night, all of us were enjoying it. Until at 08:56 PM.....
"You looks like having fun at night...kids these days...." Said Kurogi that appears out of nowhere.
"Gahhhh!!!" i screamed out of shock.
"Really....after what i told you about the killing game, you still had the time to fooling around." Said Kurogi.
"So, what are you coming here for? What are those envelopes for? Blackmailing? Is that it?" Said Spade as she pointed out into a gift box filled with envelope.
"Oh...this? Yeah, you are right. I tend to make this a surprise but i guess i was defeated by the smartass hacker. Since you all treating this killing game like a joke, i decided to pull some motive to make you all motivated to start the killing!" said Kurogi.
Kurogi handed each and every one of us an envelope. When I opened mine, I regretted it after looking at my name. "H-How did he..." I stuttered. Everyone got the same letter as mine
"Brandon Miller the Ultimate Helper. Do you all know that this boy who has been your leader ever since was actually hiding a secret..? A secret you wouldn't wanted to know....it was a really despair inducing secret, you know that? Can you all guess what kind of despair inducing secret he has been hiding?"
"So, here's your task, you have to guess what's Brandon Miller's secret in within 4 hours from now." Kurogi said.
"Only that?" Veniko asked.
"You think that was the thing i wanna say?! Of course not, bastards! In within 4 hours of your investigation, you must choose rather you wanted to finding out about Brandon's secret or to kill someone." Kurogi said.
"K...kill?" Itami asked.
"Of course!! If you don't kill someone or finding Brandon's secret in 4 hours, then....all of you will earn punishment!" Kurogi said.
"P...punishment? Like what?" Mymy asked.
"We will stop restocking foods and drinks, and let you bastards starve to death. How's that? Pretty threatening, huh?" Kurogi said.
"No...no!!"
Kuromi fainted after hearing Kurogi's task. She was out cold. Veniko looked pissed off and was about to cry.
"B-Brandon....It's because of your so-called secret that we had to starve forever...!!" Veniko said "Veniko! it's not what you think!" I shouted.
"Oh yeah? Why should i trust a guy who has been disturbing my sister? A guy as weak as you, becoming our leader? Are you kidding me?! You see Brandon Miller, I hated you to death! I wished we never met, i wish you never accepted in Hope's Peak!" Veniko shouted as he leaves the room.
"SCREW OFF VENIKO!" Juzaki shouted after him.
"Wha...? Huh..?" i thought to myself. I looked over Mymy and she looks pissed off.
"Stupid.....Veniko! He just blah blahblah blah blah!" Mymy whispered to herself
"You see, my plan is to bring everyone for not trusting each other, by making this threat letter, everyone's trust on Brandon might going to faded. Hahahahahaha!!!! This is just the beginning and your faces were all already filled with despair!! Well then, good luck!!" Kurogi said as he leaves.
"Brandon....I'd advise you to tell us your secret right now, so we won't kill anyone..." Maizomi stated.
"I can't...it's....it's...." I ran out of the room and headed to our dorm. I locked myself in my room and stared up at my ceiling. As I laid on my bed, I started singing. That was one of my habit, singing when i felt complicated. I turned on my stereo and sang to Panic! At The Disco's "This is Gospel"
This is gospel for the fallen ones
Locked away in permanent slumber
Assembling their philosophies
From pieces of broken memories
Ooooooh, this is the beat of my heart, this is the beat of my heart
Ooooooh,This is the beat of my heart, this is the beat of my-
Their gnashing teeth and criminal tongues conspire against the odds
But they haven't seen the best of us yet
If you love me let me goooooo
If you love me let me goooooo
Cause these words are knives and often leave scars
The fear of falling apart
And truth be told, I never was yours
The fear, the fear of falling apart
Ooooooh, This is the beat of my heart, this is the beat of my heart
Ooooooh, This is the beat of my heart, this is the beat of my-
This is gospel for the vagabonds,
Ne'er-do-wells and insufferable bastards
Confessing their apostasies
Led away by imperfect impostors
Ooooooh, this is the beat of my heart, this is the beat of my heart
Ooooooh,This is the beat of my heart, this is the beat of my-
Don't try to sleep through the end of the world
And bury me alive
Cause I won't give up without a fight
If you love me let me goooooo
If you love me let me goooooo
Cause these words are knives and often leave scars
The fear of falling apart
And truth be told, I never was yours
The fear, the fear of falling apart
Ooooooh, the fear of falling apart
Ooooooh, the fear, the fear of falling apart
Oooooh, this is the beat of my heart, this is the beat of my heart
The fear of falling apart
Oooooh, this is the beat of my heart, this is the beat of my heart
The fear of falling apart
Oooooh, this is the beat of my heart, this is the beat of my heart
The fear of falling apart
Oooooh, this is the beat of my heart, this is the beat of my heart
The fear of falling apart
"Wow, that touched my heart so much, I'm crying..."
"I would expect that of you haha" I joked
"You know Brandon~san, no matter what I'll always believe you, and I'm always on your team" Mymy said. "Also, you have an amazing singing voice, you should collab with Maizomi-san haha" Mymy joked "Yeah I'll tell her" i joked back.
"T...this killing game....is really cruel...." Mymy said as she started to cry.
"Yeah. It is...." I said.
"This secret you've been hiding....do you want to talk about it..?"
"I guess....." I said.
"Then tell me about it." Mymy said.
"Let's see....
Since i was a kid, i was homeschooled so i don't really have any friends, and when i entered middle school i started to go to a public school, of course....not all people accepts me so fast there, i am a quiet and shy person so....i get bullied a lot. But i never really fight back cause i I was just a wimp...
Then....i was....saved by a boy....he was my hero. He helped me getting through all of that,
he was...different than anyone i've ever met. His likes swimming, so i ended up having the same hobby as him, we even compete in competitions.....
He was the best at swimming in butterfly style, i was breaststroke.
And the other two which was also my classmates swam in freestyle and backstroke.
We....had a really fun time swimming....
Until....
i found out that he got an illness.....he had a mentality disorder, that time he....he blows up the whole school....including himself, i....managed to keep the west building for not getting blown up but....the east side is where my friend is at....and then....i lost him....i lost my hero... " I said.
"That's.....t...that's sad...." Mymy said as she cries harder.
"It is....but....i believe, no matter where he is at now, i believe he will get through that all in a positive face! Cause i believe in him." I said.
"B...Brandon-kun...." Mymy said.
Then, we talked a lot about stuffs in our lives....i can't even feel that 2 hours has past. I'm going to tell everyone my secret now before anyone gets killed!
"Okay! I'm feeling better! Then let's go to everyone now" I said as i opened the door and stepped outside. Then we heard a bell chime.
We looked at the monitor and saw Kurogi with an evil grin on his smug face.
"A body has been discovered!" He said
"What?! No freaking way!!!" I screamed
"After a certain amount of time, we will be holding a class trial!!! Please investigate the case carefully to look for the evidences that leads to finding the culprit! Good luck!" Then the monitor shut off and Mymy was clutching onto my arm.
"N-No...it can't be" She stuttered "It's true...someone finally did it..."
Me and Mymy rushed out to the cottage everyone use to held the party, there we found a few people investigating the main hall where we held the party, but mostly....at the storage room where the body was found,
it was the body of Shine Kuryuu, the Ultimate Director....now he is no longer here with us...
"G..gahhhh!!!!" Mymy screamed as soon as she found out Shine's body.
"S...Shine....w...why him...?" i said with a terrified face, i just can't believe it, if only......
If only i told everyone about my secret....will it not be turned out this way?
Why did it have to turn out like this?! I saw everyone's terrified face. Even Spade's kinda out of it. I kinda saw her wiping tears in her face. Then, Itami coming to the direction me and Mymy was at.
"Calm down both of you, don't freak out and get started to investigate. The Monogi File on your Electro-ID is the main clue" Said Itami comforting both of us.
"Monogi File? What's that?" i asked Itami.
"You don't know since you ran out earlier but, Kurogi added this new feature called the Monogi File to help our investigation, it shows us all sorts of info of the.....victim...." Itami explained.
Me and Mymy then checked out each of our Electro-ID and opens the Monogi File #1.
I read it out loud.
"The victim was Shine Kuryuu, The Ultimate Director. The body was discovered at the cottage's storage room. Time of death is around 9:45 PM. The cause of death, Numerous Stab Wounds around the Torso and Neck. The body was discovered with blood stained, steel tipped arrows next to him.."
Then, each of us were heading for our own investigations, i started with the storage room. I observe Shine's body and everything. I decided to go by myself since this was my responsibility, after all.....
"Huh?"
I found a strange clue which is Shine's camera, throughout the party, he wears it in his neck, same thing on the day before, we look over all edges on the storage room but no clue.I also finds Kurogi spare heads covered in bloods in a cardboard next to Shine's body.
We saw Maizomi entered the room with Veniko to look for Mymy, Maizomi was still be herself. Even after she has being told about my secret she's still the same person, of course.....Veniko is still mad at me.
But i already planned to think about that later, i gotta focus on the investigation right now. Besides, it's my fault that Shine's now not here.
Then, i investigate every corner of the cottage, i also ask about everyone's findings, and one more strange thing is that we found Shine's camera and his dorm room key in the bathroom with blood on both of the items, i guess the killer rushed out on something that they forgot about the evidence. One thing is still bothering me though....all showers don't work at nighttime, so how did the culprit was be able to take a night shower..? One of the bathroom floor was still wet, like it's currently used. On top of this room there's a window that leads to the beach side, then i got out from the cottage to find out then i found a wooden supply crate outside that filled with bloody clothes, i didn't exactly know whose clothes that was because it's already late at night. When i try to grab the clothes i felt like someone's watching me from the back, i think that was just my imagination until the person in the back suddenly attacked me, the next thing i found i was sleeping near a....campfire....? Then i woke up and the crate....the clue....it's all gone. Shit! I was too careless!
Then, i found Juzaki and Itami not far from where i am, i rushed to talk to them and told them what exactly happened, they just listen and ask me to go inside the cottage to find clues together, i just agreed with them and go inside together, when we get into the storage room, the atmosphere was quiet, no one was actually there but Spade, she was holding a piece of bloody paper and try to observe it, then we approached her, the writing in that paper said :
"Meet me at the storage room at 9:30 pm.....
I got something to discuss....
Come alone or you're dead."
That's it.
So, basically the culprit threatened Shine. This whole thing just getting more confusing. Spade asked me to go with her to Shine's dorm, since i am one of his close friends with Juzaki, we agreed to go there. When we get there, his room was totally clean, everything's still in place except one suspicious letter in some language i never understands.
Truth Bullet Added : Bloody Letter
Truth Bullet Added : Letter With Strange Language
it's becoming more confusing when i found out Shine's closet was full with arrows, the same one the culprit use to kill him. There's also this papers, which has info about some weapon industry that got corrupted by a group that was previously one of their employees and that one of them now was nowhere to be found, then the rest of the paper just got ripped.....
Truth Bullet Added : Weapon Company Corruption Article
"I think this is all we can find. Let's head back to the cottage" Said Juzaki
"You guys go first, we still got like...25 minutes before the trial, you all know that Kurogi cared so much about time." Said Spade. while observing Shine's bathroom, she said she found something interesting, that Shine's shower was working in the nighttime, we found out that he received a letter from Shirousa that he got a working at night shower instead of a gun. That explained a lot of things actually.
Truth Bullet Added : Shirousa's Announcement Letter
But the answer's still not clear yet, is there any other clues? I asked to myself.
"I think i have all the information i need, i'll go to the Wonderland Rabbit statue now." Spade said heading towards the door. Juzaki then followed her and i am the last one to get out, since i'm the one who got the keys anyways, when we get out of Shine's dorm.....we saw Kuromi getting out from her dorm, she looks so pale and filled with despair, she didn't even realize we was there until Spade talks to her.
"Kuromi-san, what's wrong?" Spade asks.
"I....it...it's all my fault, please forgive me, forgive me, forgive me, forgive me....!!!" Kuromi said with a terrified face.
"Kuromi, what happened to you? Why do you look so pale?" asked Juzaki.
"Stop it, stop pretending to be nice....it's all my fault....." Kuromi said again.
"Why is it your fault? Why are you apologizing?" i ask Kuromi.
"S...Shine-kun he, he was...agghhhhh!!!!!" Kuromi fainted again but Spade managed to catch her, Kuromi was crying so hard that she didn't get the chance to explain her current situation. But Spade said that she might've feeling sick after passing out at the party earlier.
Truth Bullet added : Spade's Testimony
10 minutes has passed, the four of us decided to go to the statue, as expected...no one's there yet, until Mymy and her team came. Veniko looks scared, same goes for Mymy. She cries but Maizomi tries to comfort her, then i came to calm her down too. "Mymy... don't worry, we can get through this together." I said trying to cheer her up. I look at her eyes right now, she's crying, but something else. It maybe a little bit of flirt, but not that much. She isn't blushing. Her eyes does not look that much sad or flirty. They looked....Angry. Then she screams in a angry way. "WHOEVER KILLED SHINE IS ALL THEIR FAULT!" Mymy shouted. "I KNEW WHAT BRANDON-KUN'S SECRET WAS! I WAS ABOUT TO TELL EVERYONE HIS SECRET BUT, BUT-" Then she went to my chest and started crying. "Mymy calm dow-" Veniko's trying to calm her down, but she smacked him. "SHUT UP VENIKO!" she starts crying on my chest again. Then I felt something, she was rubbing my chest and said, "Squish."
"Ah!" I shouted and blushing, "MYMY STOP!" She then realized I was right here. "Ah! Sorry Brandon-kun." she said but still blushing, "I thought we were the only ones here."
Not long after that, the others came into the statue, after a while, Kurogi and Shirousa's laugh can be heard from the back of the statue.
"It looks like everyone's here" Said Shirousa.
"Now, we are going to start this Class Trial! Now, all you need to do, is to head to the underground
Elevator under this statue...." Kurogi said as he uses a remote control to open the underground door allowing the students to head to the court of the class trial.
As we entered the underground lift, everyone's face was...terrified....they look so scared, they have been through so much, but...we've gotten this far, there's no way i'm going to give up!
Then the elevator started coming down into the class trial's court. There's a total of 13 Stands, with one of them has a picture frame of Shine with an "X" sign drawn by blood. Then, there's two thrones, obviously....it's for the robot twins.
"Before we get started, i wanted to point out that the stands has your name and a lever, don't switch stands with each other, understand?" Said Shirousa.
"We get it." Said Juzaki.
"Ahem, before we get started, let me explain the rules of the class trial. You all must guess who was the blackened among the 12 of you, if you guess who's the blackened correctly, only the blackened will get executed. But if you guess the blackened totally wrong, all of you besides the blackened will get executed, the blackened will be determined by the final vote using the lever in your stands, now...without further ado...let's get started!" Said Kurogi.
This is it, the do or die class trial. I have to do my best to solve this case, my life....no....not just mine......but
Everyone's lives is at stake here!
"Before we get started i would like to confirm one more thing, does the killer really is someone among us?" Asked Spade."Of course, you all were naughty kids that likes to party at night, so why wouldn't it be?" said Kurogi.
"Haha! Nice one big bro!" said Shirousa.
"Tch" said Veniko.
"Let's just start with discussing the murder weapon" Komosa stated.
"It's just arrows that the culprit used to stab Shine, what else to discuss about it?" asked Hanama.
"We still need more info about the arrows, and how the culprit founds it." Mikuse said.
"True. Let's stick discussing that matter first" said Tomaki.
"......We went to Shine's dorm during our investigation and found bunch of arrows in his closet, there's a bunch of weapon there too, hidden in his room." Said Juzaki.
"Hidden weapon? I didn't see any weapon other that arrows when we go to Shine's room" Said Itami.
"True, he hid it pretty well that you guys cannot see it, there's second layer on his closet that has timer bomb and shotguns, swords in his bathroom and gun near the surveillance camera." Said Juzaki.
"But why did Shine has those stuff in his room, he is an Ultimate Director, why would he need such things?" Asked Tomaki.
"It's something personal so, l..let's not talk about it....." Said Kuromi.
"Any other evidence you guys found while you're in Shine's dorm?" Ask Mikuse.
Object : Weapon Company Corruption Article.
"We also found an article Shine write about weapon company that just got corrupted" I said.
"But the bottom page was ripped, so we didn't get to see the culprit's identity." Itami said.
"I don't get any of this, why did Shine has loads of weapons in his room, and a report about the Weapon Maker company?" Asked Veniko.
"So then...the killer in this case somehow related to the company......?" Asked Mikuse.
"We're not sure about it yet but, i think yes...." I said.
"I..is it really Shine who put all of those weapons in his dorm? I can't believe it, somebody must have messing around with his room!" Said Mymy.
"We don't have any evidence regarding that, although i kinda suspecting Kuromi to be the culprit." Said Tomaki.
"What is your evidence? Why do you put the blame on her?!" Shouted Juzaki.
"Well, we didn't get to see her after we received that letter from Kurogi, she left the room after that. Then i see her going to the bathroom, with someone, i assume that someone is an accomplice of her." Said Tomaki.
"What you really saw....was is true?" I asked Tomaki.
"Of course." Answered Tomaki.
"I....i....no.....it was....not....i....just....agghhhh!" Kuromi screamed then falls into the floor.
"Well. I think we got the killer then, let's get her voted," said Veniko.
No, i believe that Kuromi is not the killer....but...i have to show the proof, but what...? Oh...i think....this could be the possible evidence for this matter,
I GOT IT!
"NO, THAT'S WRONG!"
I shouted as i shoot a truth bullet.
"Kuromi passed out in the party after reading the motive paper Kurogi gave to us, meaning that she had an alibi the whole time. She might had gone into the bathroom because she's sick. And she was resting in her room the whole time." I pointed out.
"Actually, when you mentioned it like that, we really don't have evidence that Kuromi-chan is the killer, she could be an accomplice" said Hanama said.
"Killer or accomplice, it doesn't matter, Kuromi cannot be the one who killed Shine-kun, i know it." Spade said.
"Yeah, guys," I said, "Just because Kuromi is acting suspicious right now, doesn't mean we should accuse her."
"Let's move on the clues except accusations, let's just assume that Kuromi was free from suspection, but we don't know for sure yet."
"Yeah, besides she already had an alibi." Mymy said.
"That's true. and i slept for such a long time so there's no way i could killed Shine, and besides...Spade always bringing me tea at night because of her habit, you see that yourselves the other day, right?." Kuromi stated.
"Yeah." Mikuse said.
"But Mikuse was right, I agree that we should move on the clues," I said.
"Let's discuss about how Shine-san ended up in the storage room" Komosa said.
"True. It's suspicious how he was killed in that location." Spade said.
"The culprit maybe blackmailed him or something..." Mikuse said.
"I have to agree with your statement!"
I shouted.
Yeah, when we were in the storage room to investigate for the second time, we found this.
Truth Bullet : Bloody Letter
"Huh?!" Veniko shouted.
"He fell for this bullshit." Juzaki said.
This bloody message should prove that Shine was lured into the killer's trap, he blackmailed him to do so, and Shine appeared to hold this letter when he was killed.
"UGH SHUT UP!" Veniko shouted. "WHAT CLUES ARE THERE NEXT!?"
"Shut up big phony!" Mymy shouted at Veniko.
I'm sure we did find another clue
....oh, I GOT IT!
Truth Bullet : Letter With Strange Language
"We found this letter in Shine's room." I said.
"Dude, nobody can read this." Veniko said.
"True, but i had a feeling this was somehow related to this case." I said.
"After thinking for a while....this letter was actually from Spanish, i never really studied it that much but, i think what written in that letter was, "Weapon Expert, Sousuke." that's it." Spade said.
"Sousuke...?" I asked.
"Nobody here has the name " Sousuke." Hanama said.
"We'll figure that out later, now let's just move on to the other clues." Juzaki said.
"Okay." I said
"Before I teamed up with Juzaki and Itami to investigate, I found a lot of clues. That's the good news," I stated.
"ALRIGHT! WE GOT A BOOST UP!" shouted Mikuse,"Tell us the clues!"
"Bad news though," I said sadly. Then all the brightened up faces looked sad. Even if Mymy is wearing a scarf over her mouth, I knew she was frowning and also flirty looking again. Anyway,
"As I took a great look at the clues, the killer knocked me out."
"NOW THAT'S BULLSHIT!" shouted Veniko.
"VENIKO SHUT UP!" Mymy shouted.
"Okay! Jeez...." Said Veniko.
"Let's just listen on what Brandon has to say." Said Spade.
"Well, it all started when i was checking the bathroom, i found out that the ceiling was loose then i went outside to check out what's happening, then i found a crate with bloody clothes in it, i can't see it very well because it's so dark, but i can make sure that it was male's clothing, i was observing the clothes until somebody attacked me from the back." I explained.
"That must be suck." Said Veniko.
"Veniko, i know you're still mad at me but please listen to me...i'm telling the truth, i swear." I said.
"True. We should listen to him first, this is all for the sake of our lives." Said Mikuse.
"Tch, whatever..." Veniko said.
"Tch yeah whatever you face Veniko yeah blah blah." I heard Mymy mumbled.
"T...then....what happens next..?" Kuromi asked.
"I found myself sleeping on the ground with a burned crate in front of me, then i realized it was the crate from earlier" I explained.
"I see. So the culprit wanted to expose the evidence by burning it. They wanted to make sure nobody finds out about it, well played." Said Spade.
"But there was a bloody key and a camera in the bathroom, right?". Asked Maizomi.
" Yes, and that key was the key of Shine's dorm room." Itami explained.
"And then you guys went to Shine's dorm using that key, correct?" Ask Mikuse.
"Yes" Answer Itami.
"That's right. Although...i'm still suspicious about the key being the real key to Shine-kun's dorm room, i mean...we all had keys with our name on it..right?" Said Spade.
"True. Did the key had no name on it?" Ask Komosa.
"It was tainted by blood, and it looks like someone ripped the name sticker on the key. Since i'm carrying it all along, i knew something was off." I said.
"Damn it, there's more and more mysteries coming along the way every time we found new evidence." Said Veniko.
"We can't just give up yet! We've gotten this far already, we can't just give up!" Mymy said encouraging us all, it was very effective. Thanks Mymy, i said to myself.
"Coming this far you said? We haven't even found out anything yet but bunch of shitty evidences." Said Juzaki.
"Oh? But we did confirm something about the murder weapon and the fact that the culprit exposed the clues for avoiding us to finding out the sin he has done." Spade said.
"Ugh! Fine! I'll shut up and listen, happy?" Said Juzaki.
"But you know what....Ita-chan, your dorm was next to Shine-chan right?" Hanama asked.
"Eh...?" I asked.
Then i checked out my Electro-ID. And Shine's dorm room was swapped with Juzaki's.
"Ah! You're right! That's why i thought something's off with Shine's dorm room location." Itami said.
"Does it possible that the culprit switched the nameplates on the door? I mean it is removable." Spade pointed out.
"Right, so you're saying that Shine's room was switched with the culprit's room?" Asked Veniko.
"Yes, that's the only possibility we had so far...
....and...out if all 11 of us...the only person i could think of that could have possibly switched the nameplates.....was you, Juzaki!" I shouted.
"Haaah?! What're you saying you little shit?! Show me the proof!" Juzaki shouted.
"Y..your dorm room...was in the place Shine-kun's dorm room supposed to be...right..?" Mymy asked.
"Aggh!" Juzaki screamed.
"H..hey...how could Juzaki-kun possibly do that? I mean...he was present at the party.." Kuromi said.
"Yes, he was...but he went off to the bathroom." Mikuse said.
"T..then...the one who's walking beside Kuromi-san that time was....." Komosa said.
"Yes. It was Juzaki!" I shouted.
"Wait just a minute." Spade said.
"What is it?" Hanama asked.
"We still need to confirm something about the murder weapon." Spade pointed out.
"We've covered that already. The weapon was the arrows from Shine's room, right?" Veniko asked.
"True. But i still need something to be confirmed first. Brandon-kun, when you're investigating...you found a cardboard that had spare bloody Kurogi heads on it....right..?" Spade asked.
"Y...yeah?" I stuttered.
"I knew it. Hey, Kurogi...do you somehow stored a sword and arrows there in your spare heads...?" Spade asked.
"Yeah! I did. But not the arrow...only the sword. Arrow didn't really suit my character." Kurogi said.
"We're getting closer here....i just need to pointed out one more thing. Mymy-san, you saw bloody swords at the kitchen that time...right?" Spade asked again.
"Y..yeah! I did! I found it thanks to Juzaki-kun..." Mymy said.
"It was a fine-ass sword. It must be really expensive. And those guns you guys get, it's also used by the current best assassins in Japan." Juzaki said.
Wait....how did Juzaki know about those things? C..could it be....
"The injuries that Shine-kun has.....it is likely that it was stab wounds, that were caused by...swords...." Maizomi said.
"Heh, you know about those stuff huh?" Veniko said.
"My mom was a nurse, so i sorta know stuff about that a little..." Maizomi said.
"And...the sword...was most likely the real murder weapon that were used that time! Since there were fingerprints at the tip of the arrows. And the blood was most likely to be wiped in there just for trap." Komosa pointed out.
"The arrows....just a fake trap...?" Kuromi asked.
"Most likely. Although...how could Shine-kun possibly forget his dorm location...?" Spade asked.
"Ah...about that.....last night he was....drinking a lot of wine. I left earlier cause i need to practice my jutsu. And when i was about to leave, he throws his Electro ID into the trash can. So i guess the culprit might tricked him...." Itami said.
"T..tricked an innocent boy....so uncool....." Mymy said.
"Tricked a drunk person might be easy, but carrying the burden of doing something guilty must be really hard.
really....if you really wanted your secrets to be uncovered....you should have killed me instead, Juzaki-kun." Spade said.
"Wha..? Huh?" Juzaki said.
"The way you talked about weapons all the way up until now was really strange, you were supposed to be the Ultimate Big Brother, so why....do you need to study about weapons.?" Spade said.
"That's.....that's....that's because..." Juzaki stuttered.
"That's because you're the culprit, am i wrong..?" Veniko pointed out.
"Huh..? The hell you're saying?!" Juzaki shouted.
"If you still feel unsure then listen and get into the case from the top once again!" I shouted.
It took me a little bit longer, but I finally pieced together what might have happened.
"THIS IS WHAT I THINK HAPPENED IN THIS CASE!" I shouted.
"Shine go to the karaoke with Itami yesterday night and Shine drink too much making him drunk. When they're having fun the killer made his first move, which is switching the nameplates so Shine would get confused about the location of his dorm room. After he finished, he walked back to where Shine's dorm had originally been which was now his room and spotted him, the killer had planned to kill him from the start. He planned to tricked him. The killer then do as what he has planned, the killer told Shine that he was being moved to a new room. The killer has made a threat letter that he put inside his dorm before he lured Shine into his trap. The killer had also peeled the name sticker on the key. Shine was oblivious to this whole operation and guessed that Kurogi did decide to change his dorm. But Shine was unlucky and he had been lured into the killer's trap. The killer, who had steel tipped arrows and a sword he got in the Kurogi's spare parts, slashed Shine that causes his wounds and he's dead. But even so, the killer don't wanted to be found out so he decided to make a trap. the killer threw us off buy using the arrows on Shine's blood splattered corpse, and rubbed the blood on the tip of the arrows. But the killer had to dispose of the evidence for his crime, so he took a shower in his own dorm, threw his bloodstained clothes in a supply crate and burned it. But...he forgot about Shine's camera and dorm key, which was both covered in blood. The culprit changed his outfit so that there's no sign that he's the killer, he then pretend like there's nothing important has happened and started to investigating the murder with me, i knew that fact because when I waking up after the killer knocked me out when i found their clothes found, i found someone standing there and Itami just arrived and run into him.
The killer was in fact, the one who hid the most dangerous secrets.....he corrupted his company's money and create a new identity, Shine has known that so that's why he killed Shine.
Isn't that right? JUZAKI MIKO?!" I shouted.
"Eh? Huh?! The hell?! Me?! You fucking kidding me?!" Juzaki shouted.
"It's over Juzaki...Spill the beans..." I said.
"Show me some proof that i am the killer, dumbasses!!!" Juzaki shouted.
"You are wearing different branded tops like you usually wears, and there's 7 buttons instead of 8." Mymy pointed out.
"Wow! You had such great eyes Mymy-chan!" Hanama said praising Mymy and Mymy blushed. Cu-i mean! Adorabl- i mean! Whatever! I need to focus here! Get yourself together man!
"Yes, the information we found earlier on Shine-kun's so-called dorm room, i traced it and it's available on Shirousa's laptop. And the prime suspect of this case of company's corruption was the Ultimate Weapon Expert, Juzaki Sousuke. The article was not released yet. The news will be spread worldwide and he wanted to avoid that happen, and i gave Shine-kun the article since he had a detective friend." Spade pointed out.
"Juzaki....Sousuke....is that your real name, Juzaki?" Veniko asked.
"If it is true, then the Electro-ID should prove it, it shows our real name when we booted it up." Tomaki pointed out.
"Wha?! What?! Me?! I am Juzaki Miko, the Ultimate Big Brother! There's no way that's possible? Right? Me? Corrupting?! Are you guys insane?!" Juzaki shouted.
"Then tell us about how you scouted in this academy and why exactly an Ultimate Big Brother even a talent?"Asked Mikuse.
"How is it, Juzaki-kun, you don't have any rebuttals, right?" Spade asked.
"I have! Of course i did! You! Spade! You can be the one who fakes about your identity, you never tells anything about yourself, do you?! And the article didn't pointed out that the culprit's male? Isn't it?!" Juzaki shouted again.
"Are you crazy?! It's clear that Juzaki Sousuke is a name for boys! " Itami pointed out.
"Y..yeah! There's no way Spade-san is the culprit! I mean she aready helped us getting through all this!" Mymy said.
"This is getting exciting!" Kurogi said.
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"I hate doing this but fine... I'll tell you a little about my story, starting from my real name.
My real name is Okazaki Mayu, since i am little my family never treated me like a human, i can't stand that life so i ran away from home but my uncle found me then forced me to work for his secret agency because of my math skills. Then i was trained to be a hacker since then. i never being treated like a human being...i was...tortured the whole time, that's why i.....keep this whole thing a secret, but for the sake of this class trial and because i trust you all, i decided to tell you this.now... are you all still suspicious?" Spade-i mean Okazaki explained and everyone seems shocked. Including me, and Juzaki was....fallen into big despair.
"Okazaki...Okazaki Mayu..? That's your real identity?" Ask Itami.
"Yeah, here. I'll show you my Electro-ID for prove, i didn't hack anything, this is 100℅ the real starting screen" Spade-i mean Okazaki showed us her Electro-ID, and...all info about her was revealed.
"It is your turn now, Juzaki." I said.
"No....no....it can't be real! No! No! " Kuromi suddenly spoke.
"Is there something wrong? Kuromi-chan?" Ask Hanama.
"I...it's me.....
It's me....the one who switched the nameplates, sending the threat letter, and peeled the name sticker from the key, was all my doings...." Kuromi said with a terrified face.
"So basically you're an accomplice?" Ask Komosa.
"Y...yeah...
if there was an execution for Juzaki-kun, let me join in too." Said Kuromi.
"Why would you even wanted to be his accomplice anyways?" Asked Veniko.
"Because....i loved him....he was...the one who changes my whole life." Said Kuromi.
"Changed your life..? How..?" Asked Okazaki. i can see Okazaki's jealous face from here, i guess she's jealous because her girlfirien- i mean! Her best friend got stolen by a person she hates, just like one of those soap operas! I thought to myself.
"He...saved me multiple times, he knew that i have social anxiety and helped me getting along with everyone...he's a nice guy...." Kuromi said as she slowly cries.
"K..Kuromi-san..." Mymy said as she cries too.
"You....that was your damn reason?! He planned to kill someone! So why did you..." Veniko shouted but Maizomi stopped him.
"Veniko! It's not good to act like that and you know it! A lot of bizarre things has happened, please...calm down..." Maizomi said as she started to cry too.
"M...Maizomi! H...hey! Why are you crying too?!" Veniko surprised at Maizomi that cries in his chest.
"B.....because....Kuromi she...she was about to lose someone she loves and trust, that just hit me because i'm afraid of losing you...too...so please...." Maizomi said as she hugged Veniko and Veniko hugged her back.
"Kuromi-san is a person who you can trust and trust her friends deeply, even if her friends planned to do something to betray her, she still trust them, that's why i do not think she had any bad intentions such as killing or being an accomplice, it's all for the sake of friends." Said Okazaki.
"B..but...the accomplice didn't get executed, right? Just stab me or strangle me but just don't hurt Mika!" Shouted Juzaki.
"Right. Didn't i explained it on one of the rules before? The ones who get executed are the killer only. The accomplice can continue the killing game." Said Kurogi.
"W..what?! No! Juzaki can't die! No! No! No! No! No! No! Please! Let me die with him! I can't live without him!" Shouted Kuromi begging to the robot twins.
"Sorry, but rules are rules. Even if you begged until your noses bleeds we can't let that happens, right big bro?" Said Shirousa.
"You are right, lil sis. Now! It's the time to Vote for Whodunnit a.k.a the blackened of this case! Pull the lever in front of you to enter your vote! Remember to not choose the wrong person!" Said Kurogi.
"W...wait...i said wait.....no! This can not be happening! Juzaki....Juzaki...Juzaki...." Kuromi said as she cried in the floor.
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"Get yourself together, Mika." Juzaki said as he pulled Kuromi off the floor and hugged her.
"You know that you look prettier when you smile, you know....it was already predicted that i will lose against our smartass classmates." Said Juzaki as he began to cry.
"You are correct! Juzaki Miko, or Juzaki Sousuke in this case is the culprit, now let's begin the execution!" Kurogi said.
"Why...do you do such thing like killing then?!" Kuromi shouted.
"I don't wanted to get all of you starved to death...and.....i killed Shine also because......
......they are waiting for me...." Juzaki said.
"They...? Who...?" Mikuse asked.
"My younger siblings. They were waiting for me....at home....i had four younger siblings, the youngest are still two years old, the second youngest, still in kindergarten, the second oldest, still a third grade at elementary school, and the oldest, was now in the 6th grade if elementary school. Our parents were died because of a car crash when i was still twelve, and i was responsible of my siblings.
i was just fourteen back then. I got no help for anyone. So....i was being a street singer, stopped attending school, and worked at any places that accepts me. And the money i earn, i gave it to my siblings, until one day...their school fees are so high...then...at the middle way of going home...i was kidnapped by a big man, he said that he wanted me to replace him in his job as a weapon majer at a company. I don't know why but i felt glad that this guy kidnapped me. I gratefully accepts the offer because he said that the payment for the job was high. I was feeling super happy.Until i know what it feels to work there, it was like a living hell, we worked from morning until it's morning again, but earned a very little payment for that. There is no escape from working in there. The place we worked, was secured with giant iron gates everywhere, with very limited amount of food we can eat per day. There's at least 15 or more workers die per day. Some of workers decided to die rather than working at a place like that. Well, there is a way to get out of there, the only way to get out of there was to find your replacement, as simple as that. But, after you find your replacement, you will be labeled as a 'criminal that corrupts the company' as an excuse for their payment to the workers." Juzaki explained.
Juzaki....i never knew he went through so many troubles in his life...his life....was horrible...
I thought to myself.
"So....you got your replacement as a way to escape from there..?" Veniko asked.
"Yeah, and that replacement was just some random guy i found at the street. And when i thought i am finally free, i come back home. Then i found....my siblings's scared faces, i don't know what is the reason behind of that until....my middle schooler sibling came home." Juzaki said.
3 Months Ago
"Welcome home, big bro." A young boy said as he stepped inside the house.
"Ikuya! What's wrong?! Why are you covered in bruises?!" Juzaki shouted.
"...." Ikuya keep silent and then pointed outside.
Then Juzaki looked outside to see...boys at the same age as Ikuya runs toward their house then shouted stuff like 'corruptor' 'loser' 'betrayer of the country'.
".....Ikuya...." Juzaki said silently.
"We....had been living in like this since you were gone....but, big bro...things like 'corruptor' and stuff was a lie right?! It was just...a fake news right?! I mean...there's no way our Ultimate Big Brother would do that, right?" Ikuya asked.
"......yeah.....there's no way.....that it was all true...." Juzaki said.
Flashback Ended
"I then made a pledge, to always work hard for the sake of my brother, to not trusted some strangers, for always think before act, to stay honest to my brother and my other siblings too...so that's why when i got scouted, i immediately changed myself, i moved into a new place, with a new identity, same goes for my siblings, and now when i thought i can success in this life i....i...." Juzaki said as he cries silently.
"Ju...Juzaki...." I said quietly.
"We're sorry for you...." Itami said.
Then, Hanama started to cry, same as Mymy, Maizomi was crying harder. And Kuromi was remained silent the whole time Juzaki told about his story.
"Juzaki...." Kuromi finally spoke.
"I....that's why....i just....thank you....Mika, for always being there to support me, even though we can't be together from now on, please....don't you ever feel sad again like this, you have a lot of friends who will support you no matter what, i will too." Juzaki said.
"We have prepared a very special execution for Juzaki Sousuke, the Ultimate Weapon Expert, let's get started...shall we?" Said Shirousa.
"I'll always be here for you, I love you.....Mika." As Juzaki said that, the execution started. Juzaki was pulled by a long chain into a hidden room behind one of the walls....Something appeared from the monitor in the room that said :
JUZAKI SOUSUKE HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY
COMMENCING EXECUTION...
Execution : Blind Man's Bluff
Starring : the Ultimate Weapon Expert, Juzaki Sousuke
Juzaki was being put in a room that looked like some military base. Juzaki's eyes was covered with a red fabric. Juzaki was forced to choose the best weapon to shoot all of the robots surrounding him in just 10 minutes. He chose one shotgun and begin to shoot the robots.
9 minutes passed and Juzaki shot all of the robots, as the time runs out, a giant Kurogi robot appeared and activating a self destruct that causes the whole thing to explodes, including Juzaki.
-After the Execution-
"OH MY GOD!" shouted Mikuse.
We all stared in despair. Mymy, was whimpering so bad, that she went over to my chest and cried. But I think she was touching my chest. Anyway, back to the crazy execution.
"N-No....this isn't happening...." I stuttered
"Nyahaha You got that right no nuts! Now I'd suggest you tell your friends that little secret you've been hiding. Who REALLY saved all of those people during that bomb explosion. Kurogi said.
"Ah! A....about...that...." Mymy stuttered.
"Well, in the end the motive i made you know what it looks like to trust and distrust each other, right? Just like how Veniko and Brandon lose trust for each other and how Kuromi trusted Juzaki even though he planned to do something awful." Kurogi said.
"You say that in such a great timing, can't you see that Juzaki-san just die?" Komosa stated.
Kuromi couldn't take it, so she ran over to me and cried into my shoulder. I hugged her so she would relax, because I had a similar pain inside me.
"Yup, he died. And he deserve it" Said Shirousa.
"SHUT UP SHIROUSA!!!" I screamed as Kuromi cried into my shoulder.
Okazaki then walked towards Kuromi.
"Kuromi-san....calm down...i...we will always be here with you, as Juzaki said....together we will be stronger, alone we will be nothing" Okazaki said as she smiles, this is the first time i see her smiling, then she reaches her hand to Kuromi as Kuromi holds her hand back and hugged Okazaki.
"Mayu-chan, do you think i still can be friends with you? I mean...what i did to Shine-kun, Shine-kun...you loved him...right?" Said Kuromi to Okazaki.
"H...huh? N..no i'm....we're only friends, nothing else..." Okazaki said.
"You're a better hacker than a liar, Mayu-chan. When Shine-kun dies, i can see your heart shattered into pieces, and the way you investigate the truth behind this all was really....out of your character" Kuromi said as she hugged Okazaki tighter.
"Out of character? This is the real me....i've been hiding in the mask of Spade i used to be, a gloomy and depressing side of me, now has vanished. And we can't just stuck this way forever....we have to move forward or everything will be the same, let's smile and laugh together again, Kuromi-san...even in the middle of a killing game, i wanted to....make good memories with all of you..." Okazaki said as she smiled again.
"So you can smile" Said Veniko.
"You better keep that face of yours, Okazaki-chan. You look prettier that way." Hanama said as she grinned.
"Mymy, how long are you going to stay crying? We have to move forward into a much more brighter future, right? If you can't do it alone, let me help looking for it for you". I said to Mymy as i grinned.
"Brandon-kun....thank you....i'll...i'll make sure i moved forward, but the death of Shine-kun and Juzaki-kun, their deaths are real...and i will take the burden of it as i move forward." Said Mymy as she smiled.
"Can you do that though? Isn't it more harder?" i asked to Mymy.
"No, i'm fine. I've been putting you in a lot of terrible things so i wanted to thank you for that so, i'll become stronger so that i can be useful to you and everyone else, that's what it mean for us to live....right?" Mymy said as she put on a bright smile, as Mymy said that...Veniko was crying happy tears saying that Mymy was all grown up. The mood has changed in such a short time, which was a relieve.....i never feel this kind of feeling before in my life, seeing everyone gets back at their feets after falling into a big hole of despair....that kind of feeling...and seeing everyone that lose trust in each other comes back to normal, there's no other things in my life that can be compared into this feeling of reliefness....i'm....i'm really happy for being able to meet you guys, i wish...we can stay together like this forever, let God allows us to stays the same....
As i said that to myself, another light orb appeared....
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