That night felt like a nightmare....

Our classmates.....died in front of our eyes.....

I....i still can't believe it.....

After Juzaki's execution and everyone's bonding time at the class trial room, we finally allowed to rest at the dorms. Another good thing is that we are allowed to sleep until 09:00 AM which is awesome! So i'm really pumped to go hit the bed and sleep for my heart's content. Let's hope tomorrow will be a great day without those murders and executions. I did not know whether that night Mymy was messing with my underwears again or not but i have a feeling that Mymy was really wanted to change, all i can do now is being her emotional supporter, keep up the good work Mymy! I fell into a deep sleep as i dream about the 11 of us finally get...

*memories of Hope's Peak in the past*

as i had those dreams i woke up and found Mymy was still up and was writing something like diary or some sort...

"Did you have nightmares...Brandon-kun?" Ask Mymy as she closed her book and sits in my bed.

"I...i...yeah...i did. And it was a really strange dream...." I said as i rub my forehead.

"What kind of dream...?" Mymy asked.

"I...i can't seem to remember..." I answered.

"O..okay, just don't push yourself too hard and just go to sleep, okay? I"ll sing a lullaby for you" Mymy said with a smile.

"Okay" I said as Mymy sang the lullaby that slowly brings me to sleep, she was singing the song from FOTC, my favorite one....her voice was like a voice of an angel, so sweet and innocent....

-At Itami's Dorm-

"Gosh.....why....did we have to kill each other...? Shine....he did nothing wrong....

To be honest....without Shine....i felt a little bit lonely...." Itami said as he pulling a forced smile.

3 Years Ago

"Making this medicines sure is hard...." A little boy said.

"You will get used to it, so hang in there." Another boy said.

"I...guess....

father.....

Really wants me to be a ninja....i...never thought that being a ninja will be this though....." the little boy said again.

"Ren! Don't slack off and do your work! We've got no time to waste! If you slack off, i will abandon you forever!" An older man shouted.

"Y..yes, father!" Itami shouted.

"....hang in there, Ren..." The other boy said.

"Thanks, Koyuki...." Itami said.

"Hey, this medicine will need some other ingredients to make it even more effective, let's buy something in the town." Koyuki said.

"In town...?" Itami asked.

"Yeah. I go there every time, it will be your first time though." Koyuki pointed out.

"I must ask permission to father first." Itami said.

"Okay." Koyuki said.

-At Itami's Father's Study Room-

"Going to the town?" Itami's father asked.

"Yeah, Koyuki said that there will be a lot of different ingredients we can find in there! And i wanted to come!" Itami shouted in a happy tone.

"Ren, how many times i told you that emotions and relationships are useless, you should focus on your study more." Itami's father stated.

"..but....i wanted to have friends....and...Koyuki did nothing wrong, so...-"

"Don't talk back at me like that. Ren, as the member of Itami's Ninja Society, i clearly cannot accept your so-called easygoing and friendly attitude, ninja are supposed to-"

"What do you know about me? You are not the one who raised me so stop telling me what i should-"

"What did i say earlier about to not talking back to-"

"Shut up!" Itami shouted.

"I said, do not oppose what your father has to told you about-"

"I DON'T CARE!" Itami shouted that causes his father to furrowed his eyebrows.

"Ren, this is why i teach you by myself, having those friends around you will just made you have this bad attitude, i-"

"Why are you always blaming everything to my friends! They did nothing wrong!!!' Itami shouted.

"Ninja do not need any friends, emotions are just a burden to us! What we need is to just care about ourselves and our powers, or else we will-"

"You never know how it felt to have friends around you! I have made many friends and memories with them, and i just can't let you say that they are just a burden to me!" Itami shouted.

SLAP

"Ren! Go to your room! Now!" Itami's father shouted.

"What? You're going to torture me again..? And use me as a bait to bring mom back to you?!" Itami shouted.

Then, his father threw a shuriken at Itami's left arm.

"....go to your room. Itami Ren." His father said.

".....please....just....be considerate of my opinion just for once...." Itami said as he ran to his room.

30 Minutes Later

"Let's go, Koyuki." Itami said as he pulled Koyuki's arm.

"Hey, you sure about this..?" He asked to Itami.

"Yeah, i'm sure." Itami said.

"Okay then" Koyuki said as he runs with Itami.

Then, they go to the town to buy ingredients, after they're done, they went to the field. There, they saw a kid reading a book alone.

"Oh....is that..." Itami said without finishing his sentence as he ran towards the boy.

"Hey! Ren! Wait!" Koyuki shouted.

"Shine...." Itami said quietly.

"Ah...Ren..." Shine said.

"Shine..?" Koyuki asked.

"Ah, Koyuki, meet my friend, Shine Kuryuu. He's from London. And he's a director." Itami said.

"A director..? At this age..?" Koyuki asked.

"Yeah, i am the same age as Ren. My father planned on moving here because of some reason. I'm so glad when i saw you came to me, Ren." Shine said.

"How...did you two know each other..?" Koyuki asked.

"I met him at my mission to London with my....father....." Itami said.

"I see. Well, let me introduce myself, my name is Okazaki Koyuki. I'm Ren's upperclassmen, the one who trained him making herbal medicines..." Koyuki said.

"Okazaki.....huh...?" Shine said.

"Do you know someone that had the name Okazaki...?" Itami asked.

"My friend back in London, Okazaki Mayu." As Shine said that name, Koyuki's eyes gotten darker.

"I see....so mom's abandoning her....i'm sorry....lil sis...." Koyuki said silently.

"What is it, Koyuki..?" Itami asked.

"N..nothing..." Koyuki said.

Then, they were playing together at the field. Although, Koyuki was still remained silent. He was running towards the bathroom then stayed there for quite a while.

-In the Bathroom-

"Lil sis....is now in London...? What happened to her..? I planned to visit her soon....but now that she's there....London...? Who brought her there..?

Oh, uncle!

No....she can't be left alone by that psychotic man.....

....gosh....i should've brought her with me.....

I'm such a bad big brother....." Koyuki said.

-Outside-

"Hey, Shine....why do you wanted to be friends with a rebel like me...?" Itami asked.

"Well...

I just thought that we're similar....

....that's all..." Shine said.

-Flashback Ended-

"I see..Shine.....i'm...i'm sorry...." Itami said as he holds his scarf.

"I better take some fresh air..." He said as he walks towards the beach.

Meanwhile at the beach.....

"Okazaki...?" Itami asked to himself. Then he walks towards her.

"Hey....aren't you cold?" Asked Itami.

"No, i'm fine. Don't worry about me." Said Okazaki.

Okazaki usually had those ponytail as her trademark looks and now....she lets her hair down and let it flies along with the night wind, Itami can sense a feeling of loneliness, and also....the cold breeze in the night. Itami thought to himself.

"What about you.. ? Aren't you cold? More importantly...what are you doing here at late night? Don't you happy that tomorrow you can sleep longer?" Okazaki said.

"I could ask the same thing to you, what are you doing here?" Itami said.

"It's....been a long time since i've seen the ocean....i...kinda missed it. Every night i will go here after going to Kuromi-san's place bringing her a cup of tea." Okazaki responded.

"Oh yeah, Kuromi said you do that because of your habit..." Itami said.

"True, i used to make a midnight tea to bring it to my uncle's room" Okazaki responded.

"I see. But it's too much to ask for a young girl to make you tea at midnight." Itami said.

"Hackers tend to work at midnight too, Mr. Ninja" Okazaki said while she smirks.

"O..oh! Was that it?! I didn't realize it! Sorry!" Apologize Itami.

"Pffft....hahahahaha! You're too funny! Why are you apologizing?!" Okazaki said as she laugh which was one hell of a rare expression of Okazaki.

"W...well, you're always looks so cold so i'm afraid that you'll get angry...." Itami said as he put his hand on the back of his head.

"Oh? Did i scare you? Sorry, i'm just the worst when it comes to showing my expression normally....." Okazaki said as she gives Itami her smile.

"Y...you smiled, that's rare to see too...haha" Itami said.

"Come on! Stop being so surprised, you're usually so calm at any situations so....please, just being your normal self" Okazaki said.

"Ah....s..sorry" Itami said.

"Anyways, here....wear this" Itami said as he wrapped his scarf around Okazaki's neck.

"Itami-kun! W...wha...huh?! What're you doing?!" Okazaki asked.

"It's cold in here, so make sure you don't catch a cold." Itami said still holding the scarf.

"O...okay...but, are you sure you wanted to borrow your scarf to me? Aren't you cold?" Okazaki said.

"I...i'm fine, and.....you can take my scarf, i...i don't need it anymore i...i wanted to give it to you." Itami said as he blushed.

"Oh....okay, thank you...Itami-kun, really...." Okazaki said as she holds the scarf.

"Hey, Okazaki....before the day Shine gets murdered, he said to me that if anything happens to him, he ask me to take care of you....Shine was my best friend so, i....agree on that." Itami said.

"H...he said...that...?" Okazaki said as she looks down at the ground.

"D..damn it...stupid Shine-kun! He didn't even said goodbye to me, just disappear like that....he repeat the same mistake he did last time...." Okazaki said as she cried.

"S...same mistake...?" Itami asked.

"Oh...i...i didn't tell you that...right? S...Shine-kun was....my childhood friend...we promised to meet at the park once a week to play....he knows that i was a hacker and always cheers me up whenever i felt....complicated....

but one day...he....he stops coming to the park...

i felt so abandoned....then when i finally given the chance to met him again this time, he....he..." Okazaki said as she cries.

"O...Okazaki....i'm...i'm sorry....for not being able to protect him....but, i'll always protect you! I'll always be there for you, no matter what kind of situation we are in, i'll always be there for you, i promise! So please....don't cry....you said it before, right? We have to move forward if you wanted to find hope...." Itami said as she holds Okazaki's shoulders. Okazaki then smiled to him, it's clear that it was a forced smile.

"R...Ren-kun.....c...can i...call you that from now on? Y..you can call me by my first name too if you want..." Okazaki said as she smiled.

"A..ah!...t..that...o...of course! J..just call me Ren! And..i will call you...Mayu! G..got it!" Itami said as he blushes hard.

"Okay, then let's call each other like that from now on! Let's work together from now on, Ren-kun!" Okazaki said as she smiled brightly wiping her tears.

"A..ah! O..okay! L...let's...work together....hehe..." Itami said.

"Then let's go back to our cottages...shall we? It's already late. I'll make breakfast for you tomorrow as a thank you gift for giving me your scarf, it's late already so take a rest.Good night, Ren-kun."

Okazaki said as she walks to the dormitory, she was holding the scarf as she walks.

"This smells nice..." She said as she walks.

"G...good..night...eh! Wait for me Mayu!" Itami said as he runs to Okazaki and they went back to their dorm together.

-Tomorrow Morning-

"Miku-chan! Miku-chan~ come on! Let's go to the restaurant together!" Pout Hanama.

"Okay okay, calm down for a bit, okay?" Said Mikuse.

"But i'm hungryyy!" Answer Hanama.

"No one's going to cook for us anyways...." Mikuse answered.

"I'll cook something for you~" Hanama said as she smiled.

"Fine, if you say so...." Answer Mikuse.

When Mikuse and Hanama arrived at the restaurant, they see Itami and Okazaki having breakfast together and Okazaki wearing Itami's scarf, Hanama then came to both of them and said :

"Well, if it isn't the newly wed couple! Ita-chan and Okazaki-chan!" Hanama said as she grins.

"N...newlywed!? We're barely even graduated high school!" Itami answered.

"True. And the reason you might think that was maybe because of this scarf, this scarf was actually a gift for me so i treated him breakfast as a return, i'll make him breakfast every day from now on." Okazaki explained.

"Okazaki-chan you're so kind!" Hanama said.

"Not really..." Okazaki said as she taking the dishes to clean them.

"We still has some Viennoiserie and some Crostata left, if you wanted to eat them....please do. And i've put some milk if you want some, Mikuse-kun." Said Okazaki.

"Thanks." Mikuse said.

"Anyways! Let's have our breakfast date!" said Hanama.

"Fine...whatever..." Mikuse responds.

"I guess we're kinda early..." i said as i yawn.

"Brandon-kun, are you sure you're alright? You can sleep longer if you wanted to....i'll prepare you some food to bring to our dorm" Mymy said worrying about Brandon that can't get some peaceful sleep because of nightmares he had last night.

"What? You're having nightmare or something'?" Veniko asks as he entered the door with Maizomi.

"Y..yeah...i had...strange dream, so i stayed up all night thinking about it." I answered Veniko's question.

"Don't stay up too late, Brandon. It's not good for your health." Said Maizomi.

"I'm touched that you worried about me, Maizomi but i'm on it! Hehe..." i said as i pull another yawn.

"Whoa! Look! We have Tart for breakfast! Nice!" Said Tomaki as she entered the room.

"Not bad for breakfast menu. It's been a long time since i had normal meal like this." Komosa said.

"Then what do you usually eat?" Asked Tomaki.

"I drink stomach full potion. Since i am an alchemist. I do everything with potion" Komosa said.

"It's not good to live like that, now you must eat properly, Komosa-san" Mymy said to Komosa as Komosa just simply nodded.

"Hungry....i need....food...."

Just as I was walking into the kitchen, my knees suddenly feels heavy.

.............

................

"What in the-?" I fell to the ground. All I could hear were the faint voices of my classmates. No, my friends.

What happens next was......

"Brandon-kun! Oh my god help him! Help!!!" Mymy screamed then.....

Itami lifted Brandon up and placed him on a chair. Everyone was gathered to check on Brandon. Okazaki then checked Brandon's heartbeat, and got a shocked look on her face. "He...He's....Gone..." Okazaki stuttered "Brandon's really gone..."

" B...Brandon....kun...is.....gone?" Mymy said as tears running down from her eyes.

"This....this can't be real! It must be a trick or something that Kurogi pulled! It must be a joke!" Veniko said.

"V...Veniko is right! It must be..." Maizomi said as tears were running down from her eyes too.

"How did this even happening? I see no murder weapons around..." Okazaki said to herself.

"Ah! Could it be....right....it must be...." Okazaki murmured as she looking around the kitchen. When she was at it.....

*DING DONG BING BONG*

"A BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED! AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME WE'LL BE HOLDING A CLASS TRIAL!!!! Please investigate clues that leads onto finding the culprit~"

Kurogi said from the monitor, this is really happening again....

Everyone checked the kitchen to look for clues.

Okazaki gasps as she was looking at the refrigerator, everyone then looks at the direction Okazaki was looking at...there's potions lined up at the fridge, it was different kinds of potions. Although....one of them was missing....strange....Okazaki then picked one of the potion bottle and read the instruction sheet.

"Ah...this should explains it..." She murmurs to herself.

Truth Bullet Added : Missing Potion

"I never saw this much potion before.....the last time i was here there were no refrigerator that looked like this." Veniko pointed out.

"Same thing goes for me, this was one hell of a weird-looking refrigerator." Said Mikuse.

"i have to agree with that." Hanama said.

Everybody then looks for evidences around the kitchen, and every places Brandon used to visit, Okazaki and Mymy went to Brandon's room and investigate there, and there they found....

"This, this is the same poison bottle that were inside the fridge!" Okazaki said as she gasps.

"H..huh?! Really?! " Mymy said as she looked shocked.

"This drink....this should contain some of the potion."

Truth Bullet Added : Blue Soda Drink

The object Okazaki was focused on the whole time was this mini-refrigerator on Brandon's table.

"I did not recall having any mini refrigerator in any places in here.....storage room in the cottage were the only exception." Okazaki said.

"S..so then....Brandon-kun do this all? Do you think he committed suicide?!" Mymy said as she shooked Okazaki's shoulder.

"That's the only possibility we have at the moment. Let's just keep investigating." Okazaki said as she leaves the room.

"For Brandon-kun's sake, i'll find the culprit! I'll make sure the culprit regrets what they did!" Mymy said to herself as she follows Okazaki.

"The view of the ocean...reminds me so much of how calming this life can be...even at this kind of situation,even if there's a lot of difficult things happens....the view of the ocean just makes me calm...." Okazaki said.

"I remember hearing those lines you just said in a movie." Mymy said as she looked into the ocean.

"Freedom of the Children. That's the movie title, right? That movie was Directed by Shine-kun's father. One of my favorite movies ever..." Okazaki said.

"Shine-kun....he was a nice person....when he was gone....i was shocked, a person as nice as him....gone this fast is just too hard to accept....." Mymy said.

"Yeah..." Okazaki said as she holds her scarf.

"Ahem! May you all pay attention for a bit here! This is Shirousa! As you all know...there's three giant bridges you can find on this island. That bridges will lead you to another island. But it will open once you finished the test. The one you did before, was the first test. And the prize of winning that test was you can explore more about this island by the bridge, one of the bridge has opened just now so, please explore as much as your heart's content. Then goodbye~!" Shirousa said as the monitor's turned off.

"Let's head there, Mymy-san." Okazaki said.

"Okay" As Mymy said that, both of them leave the central island to go to the first island, as they got there....the place looks really....fancy....with giant teacups everywhere and miniature cookies on the ground, it's like the whole island was having a grand tea party or some sort....

"So wonderland-ish themed" Mymy said.

"There's a movie theater over there!" Hanama said.

"Let's go there together, Miku-chan! Oh! Let's invite Okazaki-chan and Mymy-chan too!" Hanama said.

"Okay" Mikuse said as all of them get their free tickets for the movie. There's only one movie though. Kurogi said that this movie was the motive for this killing case. Then Okazaki and the group watches the movie in the theater, the movie was about....

The Witch's Subject

Once upon a time, live a nice witch that wanted to help people from getting hurt or injured, that witch likes making potion that she has a tons of it at her house, since her house was too small, the witch store some of her homemade potion in a cottage. One day, she makes a new potion that she hasn't tested out yet, she has no subject to use for her experiment. Then she came with an idea of using one of the villager that comes to her house, when that villager was about to leave, his head feels heavy and he fell to the ground, everyone thought he was dead and they buried him. After then, the villager wakes up in a coffin then he walks into the town, everyone thought he was a ghost as that villager is still confused. Everyone tells the story about that villager and that villager blames the witch. The whole town then burned the witch to make sure she won't pull a scary trick like that ever again. Then, the witch was burned until she turns into ashes.

The End

"W...what? What just happens?" Hanama said as she holds Mikuse's arm tightly.

"T...this...this was just too brutal..." Mymy said.

"Kurogi said this was the motive for this case. Brutal or not, there should be clues hiding in this movie." Okazaki pointed out.

"I have to agree Okazaki, of you think about it....this do has some connection with this murder case. But we don't know for sure yet." Mikuse said.

"Let's try finding other clues." Okazaki said as the group started investigating the first island. They found a Cafe, Theater, Beach house, Sports shop, hotel, clinic, and convenience store.

When they were visiting the hotel, they found a very suspicious object in the receptionist's desk.

"Th...this...!" Mikuse said as he gasped.

It's a picture of Brandon, Juzaki and Shine partying together.

"N..no way....they....they're dead....right...?" Mymy asked.

"Maybe....they were somewhat alive..?" Hanama asked.

"There's no way that's true. I mean, we saw them died right in front of our eyes, right?" Okazaki said as she furrowed her eyebrows.

"You've found it!" Shirousa said as she appeared out of the desk.

"Find what?" Mikuse asked.

"You see, there's a lot of mysteries about your life at Hope's Peak and this island, you will gradually finds clues about that and solve the mysteries by yourself too. So, good luck!" Shirousa said as she leaves.

"Gradually.....finding clues...?" Mymy asked.

"Life at Hope's Peak? We even barely stepped inside and we had a school life there..?" Okazaki asked.

"Let's leave it at that for now. We should focus on the investigation for this case more." Mikuse said.

When we arrived at the Clinic, we found a shelf that filled with bunch of bottles, the shelf were divided into three, nutrients, medicines, and potions.

We found another clue at the potion shelf.

"This was a recipe for the potion, the potion that were used to kill Brandon-kun." Okazaki said.

"Oh, i remember seeing that plant carried by Komosa-san yesterday...." Mymy pointed out.

"Komo-chan..?" Hanama asked.

Truth Bullet Added : Mymy's Testimony

"Alright! Now let's get into the game, shall we?! Now, go into the bottom of the rabbit statue to the class trial court. See ya all there~!" Kurogi said from the monitor.

Here it is, the second trial finally came. The victim was our dear friend Brandon-kun. We must find the culprit to avenge him. Okazaki thought to herself.

I'll definitely find the culprit! Brandon-kun can't be gone like this! Mymy said to herself.

After then.....the students get into the elevator. And the second trial of life and death, has finally begun.....

CLASS TRIAL : COMMENCE!

"Before we get started, i'll explain the basic rules of the class trial! So, the purpose of the class trial was to find the blackened for this murder case." Kurogi said.

"You are allowed to discuss everything related to this case in this class trial." Shirousa said.

"Of course, you have to find the blackened for this case, who is the blackened will be determined by the end vote." Kurogi said.

"If you guess the blackened correct, only the blackened will get executed, but if you all guess the wrong blackened, everyone of you will get executed besides the blackened." Shirousa said.

"Now! Let's begin the heart-throbbing class trial!"

"Ah! I forgot about something, but anyways....here's the Monogi file #2!" Kurogi said.

Monogi File #2

Victim : Brandon Miller

Talent : Ultimate Helper

Murder Weapon : Unknown

Cause of Death: Unknown/Possible Suicide

Time of Murder : Around 09:25 AM

Other description : the Victim was Brandon Miller, his body was found in the kitchen without any signs of murder weapons around.

"This just doesn't help..." Kuromi said.

"True. This just doesn't show what we really need to know this time." Mikuse said.

"Let's just get into the discussion first. Let's see if we can get into the answer by gathering clues we've found so far." Okazaki said.

"True. First, let's discuss about those weird potions we found at the restaurant's refrigerator." Veniko pointed out.

"W...weird....potions?" Kuromi asks.

"Oh yeah, you weren't there so you don't know yet but, when we had breakfast in the restaurant Brandon was...murdered then when we were investigating, we found those weird potions in the fridge." Answer Maizomi.

"But why would someone put potions in the fridge?" Asked Tomaki.

"Kurogi might just wanted to use the potion as the weapon for us to murder someone, and there's also a high possibility that somebody put poison in a drink that were in Brandon-kun's room. I think" Said Okazaki.

"H..huh?! Potion in a drink?!" Itami said shocked.

"That's the only thing we can think of now.....i can't believe this either....there's no way Brandon-kun would kill himself like that..." Mymy said.

"Yeah....he has....helped us going through all this but then....he...." Kuromi said as she holds her sadness.

"A...anyways, we now think that Brandon's committing suicide, correct? But what makes him think of that stuff?" Itami asks.

"Well...he had nightmare the night before he gets....killed...." Mymy said.

"Oh, i recall him saying that too, but he doesn't remember what dream it is that he had...right?" Mikuse pointed out.

"Yeah, but...maybe.....maybe he was hiding the truth....." Mymy said.

"Huh...?" Veniko asked.

"What do you mean by he's hiding the truth?" Asked Veniko.

"He never wanted anyone to worry about him, so maybe he was hiding the truth because of that reason...." Mymy said.

"That kid....making us worried sick like this..." Veniko said.

Mymy pulled a death glare at Veniko.

"N-never mind about what I said!" Veniko shouted.

"Is there any specific description for the potion? I may know something about it." Tomaki asked.

"It said that you must use this potion before eating any food and you must use this in a drink. The effect will last for only 6 hours. But it doesn't say the name of the potion." Okazaki said.

"What's the color of the potion?" Kuromi asked.

"I...it's red..." Mymy said.

"Red....hey, Komosa! Do you have any idea what red potion was about?" Tomaki asks.

"There's so many potions with the color of red. But the only one with a six hours effect are the Sleeping Beauty potion and the Beast potion" Komosa said.

"Sleeping beauty? Itami asked.

"It allows you to sleep in a certain amount of time without eating" Komosa explained.

"So...that means..." Mymy stuttered.

"If you know something about it, then you can be the one who make it, Komosa." Maizomi pointed out.

"I have to agree with your statement!" Okazaki shouted.

"You are the ultimate Alchemist, right? So there is a possibility that you might have made that." Okazaki pointed out.

"No. I'm afraid that your statement is wrong, Kurogi can be the one that makes it since the logo is the same as the one in his suit.

If you suspects me as the culprit, then show me a possible evidence regarding the matter.

I am clearly not the one that made the potion." Komosa said.

"NO, THAT'S WRONG!"

Okazaki shouted.

"Oh..? Why am i wrong...?" Komosa asked.

"I can prove that your statement is wrong with this!"

Truth Bullet : Mymy's Testimony

"When we went to the clinic earlier, we found some shelves that was filled with medicines, nutrients, and potions, and we found this potion recipe at the shelf. There's this weird plant as one of the ingredients, Mymy-san said that she saw you carrying that plant yesterday with you. Am i wrong..?" Okazaki asked.

".....then....how did Brandon drink the potion...?" Tomaki asked.

"I think he might just drink it from the bottle in one go." Itami said.

"Komosa should force him to do so." Maizomi said.

"NO, THAT'S WRONG!" Okazaki shouted.

"But, the potion bottle in Brandon-kun's dorm are actually this..." Okazaki pointed out.

Object : Blue Soda Drink

"That's one hell of a weird drink." Veniko said.

"We found it in Brandon-kun's room." Mymy said.

Then......

A surprise was waiting for them...

.......

..................

.............................

"Um...Who died exactly?" I asked as I walked into the trial court.

As i walked into the court, everyone's face looked shocked and Hanama hides behind Mikuse

and Okazaki....still a poker face....then Mymy rushed out to me and touch me.

"Ah! So you're not a ghost!" Mymy said with a shocked face.

"What? Of course not!" I said.

"B....Brandon-kun....y...you're alive.....thank goodness....." Mymy said as she slowly cries.

"So, the theory of Brandon-kun drinking that Sleeping Beauty potion was true then...." Kuromi said.

"Yes.....this incident somehow similar to the story i watch at the cinema about the witch and the potion. And all i can think about when it comes to witches and potions are you.....Komosa Tomoko, the Ultimate Alchemist." Okazaki said as she pointed her finger at Komosa.

"You...didn't have anything to say, correct..?" Itami asked.

"I do...of course i am....Itami Ren-san, on your ninja training....you were told the way to make herbal medicine, correct? And the ingredients for that sleeping beauty potion are all plants....are you sure that i am the culprit..?" Komosa pointed out.

"Excuse me?!" Itami shouted.

"We know exactly that Itami-san is a ninja that excels the knowledge of nature and meds....so....it is no doubt that he's the one who's doing it." Komosa stated.

"But Itami was with me in the karaoke during 08:00-10:45 yesterday, so he has an alibi." Mikuse pointed out.

"Well, Mymy....when do you saw Komosa yesterday..?" Itami asked.

"Around 09:00.....i think." Mymy said.

"That covers it then, Ren-kun clearly has an alibi, so is the others at the time when Mymy-san sees Komisa-san walking bringing a plant in her backpack." Okazaki stated.

"Heh, i guess....you win this time....well, then i admit it. Yes...i admit it. I am the culprit of this case.

"Wait, wait.....what's happening?! Who died?!" i asked.

"Oh, since you faked your death, we made this class trial to find who's the culprit. You didn't even breath so we think that you're dead." Tomaki said.

"O...oh...." I said still confused.

"Since Brandon-kun's here, i'll like to ask you a question.....do you somehow drink something on the drawer next to your bed..?" Okazaki asked.

"Oh...yeah, that time Veniko came and said that he wanted to give me a drink he just created. It looks weird but i believe Veniko wouldn't give me anything weird so i don't really mind.....

wait...."

I said figured things out.

"Exactly as you thought. Let's get into this case once again from the top shall we....

It all started when the killer looking for the ingredients that were used to made the potion. She found it maybe....near the clinic. As the killer finds the ingredient, the killer put the recipe inside one of the shelf then they go out from the clinic. However...the killer didn't realize that Mymy-san was watching them the whole time. Then, the killer made a bunch of potions that it wouldn't fit inside the killer's dorm, so the killer needs more place to store her potions....and that is, the restaurant's refrigerator, but those potions in the fridge haven't fully be tested yet so the killer needed a subject. Maybe that time Veniko-kun was there so the killer asked help from him. Veniko-kun accepted and go to Brandon's dorm to gave him the drink. Brandon-kun didn't suspects Veniko for bringing a strange looking drink because he trusted him. Brandon-kun then drank it and, as you all know....he falls asleep at breakfast in the restaurant. Although...i don't exactly know why would someone like Veniko wanted to help an alchemist...." Okazaki explained.

"What can i do....she was my coach's daughter, and i should obey her no matter what...." Veniko said.

"S..so you're an accomplice?" Ask Kuromi.

"It seems like i've been caught. You are an interesting person, Okazaki-san. I wished the world would have more people like you, then Kurogi.....it's vote time...is it? Then everyone, i'll look forward for meeting you again in my next life, let's see you again soon." Komosa said as she smiled.

"Why are you smiling...?" Itami asked.

"I was just following the story, the witch that just poisoned one of the villager was burned to death, i believe....i will get burned too, i am a witch afterall..." Komosa said.

Boom!

"Eh?!" I shouted to see Kurogi exploded.

"What the hell..?" Veniko said.

"That thing just explodes?" Maizomi shouted.

"It seems like my other potion has worked." Komosa said.

"Ahem! Didn't i say something about rules are important in this Killing Game..?"

Shirousa asked.

"As for this case, miss Komosa Tomoko, you've violated one of the school rule, meaning.....

IT'S PUNISHMENT TIME!" Kurogi shouted.

"Heh, i guess a witch like me deserved to be executed...." Komosa said.

"You are not a witch! You are our friend!" Tomaki shouted.

"A....friend.....?" Komosa asked.

"Then let's get the balls rollin' shall we? It's Punishment Time!" Kurogi shouted.

"Yeah....and don't you dare to leave without saying goodbye to me!" Tomaki said as she cries.

"Tomaki....san....." Komosa said.

"We had prepare a very special execution for the Ultimate Alchemist, Komosa Tomoko!" Shirousa said.

"Even if we do met again in our next life! Please! At least let me be someone important in your life now! You are a very precious friend of mine....i don't wanna lose you...." Tomaki shouted as she cries.

"That was the very first time i was called as a friend...." Komosa said.

"Thank you....Tomaki-san.....everyone, and....goodbye....

Let's be friends......forever...." As Komosa said that, the execution begins.

KOMOSA TOMOKO HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY, COMMENCING EXECUTION.......

The Salem Witch Trials

Starring : Komosa Tomoko the Ultimate Alchemist

Komosa is tied to a post and is set aflame by many Kurogi and Shirousa. As she is burning to death, a fire engine is speeding towards her. The engine stops, lowers the hose, but instead of water, GASOLINE flows out from the hose. The whole stand is burnt to the ground, leaving nothing, not even Komosa's body, behind.

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"Gahhhh!!!!" Kuromi shouted.

"T...that was just.....brutal...." Hanama said.

"E X T R E M E !" Shouted Kurogi.

"Ahem! I almost forget, in two days at dawn we will be having another test so prepare your guns and make sure you're both physically and mentally ready, okay?" Shirousa said.

"Got it." Okazaki said as she leaves the room.

"W...wait! Okaza- i mean Mayu!" Shouted Itami as he grabbed Okazaki's hand.

"What is it?" Okazaki ask.

"L...let's get out of here together, let's wait for our friends" Itami said.

"Alright. Anyways....Brandon-kun, since you passed out earlier because of the potion, you might doesn't know about the new island, right? There's still 5 hours left before nighttime. You can visit the new island if you wanted to." Okazaki said.

"O...okay!" i said.

"I'll tag along with you since Mymy's coming too." Veniko said.

"...Veniko, VENIKO! STUPID VENIKO!" Shouted Mymy that causes a mood change in the room.

"G...gahhh! Mymy!" i said.

"You....you know how much i worried about Brandon-kun....he helped us so much until we get this far yet you....you....you almost kill him!" Mymy said.

"I...i have no choice...." Veniko said.

"Huh?! What do you mean you don't?! Just because she was your coach's daughter, that doesn't change the fact that you must not kill Brandon-kun!!!!" Mymy shouted.

"But if i don't do it then....then....you and Brandon will....nevermind." Veniko said as he runs into the elevator by himself.

"Wait Veniko!" Maizomi said, trying to catch up.

"Anyways, we should now focus for the upcoming test. Everyone can rest up for now." Mikuse said.

"This case....turned out to be a waste of time and energy. But at least we now know that we will get executed for real if we violated the rules...." Kuromi said.

"True. This case was incredibly useless, but we have to be careful on what will happens here onwards." Tomaki said.

"Yeah..." i said.

"Okazaki!" Kurogi shouted.

"What?" Okazaki answered.

"Come to the beach after this, i wanted to talk about something to you." Kurogi said.

"What do you want?" Okazaki asked.

"That's something you can get to know if i told you in secret." Kurogi answered.

"...fine" Okazaki said.

After that, everyone go to the restaurant to have dinner, there's some who go straight to bed. And yeah...i am that one person who goes to bed....

"I'm so tired!" i said as i jumped into my bed.

"Brandon-kun, are you sure you don't wanted to have dinner first?" Mymy asked.

"Nah." i said as i cover myself with blanket.

"Brandon-kun.....i'm sorry....." Mymy said.

"Eh? Why are you apologizing?" I asked.

"About Veniko....i'm sorry that i couldn't stop him and i'm sorry that i couldn't protect you...." Mymy said.

"Mymy, why are you the one apologizing? It's not your fault that i was being drugged, none of this was your fault. Actually..... i should have thanked you for all you did for me this time....." I said as i grinned.

"Brandon-kun...." Mymy said as she cries.

"A...ah! Mymy....don't cry!...." i said as i sit next to Mymy.

"T...thank...thank you....!" Mymy said as she cries on my arms.

Meanwhile at the beach

"What is the purpose of calling me here...?" Asked Okazaki to Kurogi.

"Like before,

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"No." Okazaki said bluntly.

"Why? You wanted to be attacked by those monsters again..?" Kurogi asked.

"No...not that, i mean....there's no way i could betrayed my classmates!" Okazaki shouted.

"Ugh...this feeling when you wanna puke after hearing those trusting words...ugh...." Kurogi said.

"No matter how many times you will hurt me, i will never ever work together with you, now get lost." Okazaki said.

"Oooh....so....cold....but you know, Okazaki....if you really deny the offer of that then...i will have no choice rather than to made your dear friend Itami, to be my helper instead." Kurogi said.

"Huh..?" Okazaki asked.

"I said, Itami will be my helper if you don't wanted to be my helper. Of course....i will torture him here and there, ufufu!" He laughed.

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"Fine. I'll.....i'll do it....the helper thingy....i'll help you out...just don't hurt Ren-kun...or my other classmates!" Okazaki said.

"Good girl. But, you must be careful because once everyone found out that you are working for me.....they will no longer trusts you....like what happened back then, i suppose..?" Kurogi asked.

"H..how...did you know about that?!" Okazaki shouted.

"Hmmmm.....i wonder how....but, regardless of that, i highly, strongly recommended that you must keep your distance with your classmates." Kurogi said.

"Why should i-"

"Obey everything i said then i will protect your friends from danger." Kurogi said cutting Okazaki's sentence.

"Got it. See you again...." Okazaki said as she leaves the beach area.

"Then, see you soon!" Kurogi said as he waves his hands.

At the Restaurant

"Mayu! Over here!" Itami said as he waves his hand.

"I forgot to make dinner, wait for a sec." Okazaki said as she walks towards the kitchen.

"No, it's fine. I feel bad for you for making me food everyday so....i'm gonna be the one who cooks today, what do you want to eat?" Itami said.

"Just brew me a cup of coffee...." Okazaki said in a cold tone.

"Mayu...are you alright?" Itami asked.

"I'm fine. Just hurry up. I need the coffee for work." Okazaki said.

"M..Mayu, there's definitely something wrong with you, are you really alright?" Itami said.

"I'm fine, did i need to repeat it again?! Please, just...just don't talk to me nicely like that.....don't worry about me....just.....leave me alone......" Okazaki said.

"Mayu! There's no way i'm going to leave you by yourself. You know that it's dangerous out there! I already said that i'll protect you, didn't i?!" Itami shouted.

"Yes, thank you for saying that. I really appreciated it. But the only way i can be happy now is that you guys can live a normal and safe life." Okazaki said.

"Then what about you?! What if you're not going to be safe?!" Itami shouted.

"Just stop worrying about me! I can protect myself! Think more about yourselves! You guys can be easily drowned in a deep despair! And i don't want that to happen! As long as you guys safe, and normal, that's just good enough! Enough to make me happy...." Okazaki said.

"Please just leave me alone for now....take care of yourself....here.....your scarf....." Okazaki said as she wrapped the scarf around Itami's neck.

"Thanks for....borrowing your scarf to me...." Okazaki said.

"I'm not borrowing it to you, i gave this scarf to you.....so wear it....." Itami said.

"I'm fine by myself.....stop worrying about me..." Okazaki said.

"Mayu....i.....please just.....believe in me, i can protect you.....you're gonna be in danger by yourself..."

Itami said.

"S...stop....being nice to me....you're going to be involved in a danger being with me...." Okazaki said.

"D...danger...?" Itami said.

"So please....just leave me by myself." Okazaki said as she leaves the room, Itami reaches his hand but stops for some reason.

"I'm sorry...Shine...." Itami said as he holds his scarf.

Tomorrow Morning

"Ahem! May everyone gather at the first island at the cinema! I have something to tell you guys!" Said Shirousa.

"What...?" I said.

"L..let's head there together, Brandon-kun" Mymy said.

After then, everyone gathered at the cinema like Kurogi just said.

"It looks like everyone has gathered. Just as planned" Kurogi said.

"So...what is is that you wanted to tell us?" Ask Mikuse.

"You'll find out once you enter the cinema." Kurogi said.

As Kurogi said that everyone enters the cinema, what they found next was Shirousa handing in some sort of CDs that has our names on it, i have mine then Shirousa asks us to enter the AV room near the cinema, everyone then enters it. I put my CD inside the player then....

I saw my family...

Right there in the screen in front of me...

"Brandon! We are so proud of you for getting into Hope's Peak High! Reach High Ultimate Helper!" Mom said

"Yeah son, you earned this. I'm proud of you!" Dad said

"Hey! When you get back I'll have a lot of a stuff to tell you! I love ya big bro!!!" My sister said. I always loved my family. They gave me a sign of hope. Until...

"Brandon Miller. Helper, Student, Older Brother. All of these key components are what make his life complete. But what if we took that away. A mother, loving, caring for her children. Dead from Decapitation...." a voice said. I realized it was Kurogi. "Wh-What The?!" I screamed and kept watching "A father, hardworking, and full of energy like his only son and daughter. Sliced up like sushi! And a little sister who he holds a sacred love towards. Of course not in an intimate way. Tortured, trapped outside of Hope's Peak and the only survivor of her family. Can he save her or will she perish?

FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AFTER YOU GRADUATE!"

"No....This can't be...."

"W...what happened....? This...this cannot be real...." Mymy said.

Everyone's face was full of despair, Mikuse was the one who looked messed up the most. He doesn't talk but his face was sweating and looked terrified....

But one person manage to stay calm, and that person was Okazaki.

Her face was still look cold just like the first time she got here.

"Miku-chan! Wait!" Hanama shouted.

"Miku-chan! What's wrong?" Asked Hanama.

"I....my teammates....they...they can't be dead.....they're the country's finest basketball players! This cannot be happening! No....no...." Mikuse said as he runs out of the cinema.

"Ah! Miku-chan-" Hanama shouted.

"Miku-chan....i wonder what's in his video...." Kuromi said.

"It must be something really horrible...." Tomaki said.

"i'll check on him!" I said as i run towards the direction Mikuse was running into.

"Mikuse! Wait for me!" I shouted.

I followed Mikuse to the beach then he sit under the black leaves tree, i sat next to him.

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"Hey, Brandon?" Mikuse calls my name.

"Yeah?" i answered.

"Do you think....all of those was real...? My teammates....they're like my family.....

....my real blood related family always makes fun of basketball saying that it's useless.....my dad was the owner of a big and well-known clothing company, and my big brother now was the heir of the company, he said that i was a loser, i am not smart like my brother....i can't run any business by myself....i feel like i was a burden to my family

....so i ran away from my house....that's when i first met Satoshi, the captain of a high school's basketball team. I asked if i could see his team play, and he allows it. That's when i was introduced into the world of Basketball, and how i found the real place i belong....where i be who i am now....it's all thanks to those teammates of mine....they are like....my heroes.....but now they....they're....." Mikuse said.

"But it's not for sure if they are dead, right? I mean....There's no way the world's becoming crazy in a split-second, right?" i said to Mikuse.

"Everything's possible, even now....this killing game.....this crazy crap is happening right before our eyes....this was the worst....." Mikuse said.

"But, if we work together we might find out the truth and escape from here together!" I said to Mikuse.

"How can you be so optimistic? Even at this kind of situation?" Mikuse asked.

"Being optimistic was one of my traits....at least, that's what my friends said...hehe..." I said.

"You're really are something...." Mikuse said as he gives a smile to me.

"Mikuse, can I tell you about my video?" I asked.

"If you wanna talk about it, I'm right here for you" Mikuse said.

"My parents were murdered by Kurogi, and my sister is currently being held somewhere back home. I need to find her, but I need to kill someone in order for that to happen." I said.

"That's.....that's deep..." Mikuse said.

"Yeah....what about yours? What's your video's about?" I asked.

"It said that my teammates were assaulted by people from my family's company, their eyes were all like....a mix between hope and despair.... and my big brother was....in the same situation as your sister....held as a captive....somewhere.....i had no intentions of saving my big brother but, i have to avenge my teammates, i'll find my big bro and kill him....for sure....." Mikuse said.

"Your big brother was held too? This is one serious problem...." I said.

"Hey...Brandon....will you help me get out of here?" Mikuse ask.

"Not just you....i'll definitely get everyone out of here!" I said.

"Then....what if we kill someone....and get out of here..?"

Mikuse said as a light orb appeared.

"No! Th...there's no way i could to that! I'll help you out of here but not with this!" I shouted.

"I was just joking...." Said Mikuse.

"It's almost time to had breakfast, let's go.....Mikuse" I said as i reach my hand to Mikuse and he smiles.

"Miku-Chan!" I turned around, it was Hanama.

"Hanama! Why are you crying?" Mikuse asked.

"Don't worry....Miku-Chan

You're not the only one who has a brother held captive....Veniko-chan and Mymy-Chan also has a brother held captive.... Also, my younger brother...." Hanama started crying on Mikuse's chest.

"Oh...." Mikuse said as his eyes were darkens, "Damn video. What have they done to my sun?"

Mikuse then carries Hanama to the restaurant, who was still crying.

Then we all went to the restaurant together as everyone's already gathered. Everyone's still talking about the video and the shocking news was.....

Everyone's relative were held up as a captive too........

But the question isn't "How are we going to save them?"

It's "How are we going to make it out alive?"

"Why did Kurogi kidnap our siblings?..."

How the fuck am I gonna get everyone out of here alive....

Survivors : 10 left.