"You're culprit Sora!" I exclaimed loudly, pointing at her.

"Me? The culprit? Are you out of your mind Kuro?" Sora asked.

"No I'm not. You were with Jun and Kazuno up until their death. Hell before Kazuno's body was discovered, I saw you running away from the direction where she was found, claiming that you were looking for her," I explained.

"That does seem the most logical," Ichigo muttered.

"No! No it does not! Have you forgotten that Jun died first and that his body was discovered in Ichigo's lab? Only she could open it up and the hammer would have been the murder weapon for Kazuno," Sora explained.

"I thought we already established that the hammer couldn't have been Kazuno's murder weapon," Toshino rosed an eyebrow.

"W-well there isn't m-much to go o-off of if w-we consider the s-spears and the b-bats," Hirohito pointed out.

"I hate to disagree with you all but Hirohito has a point. What other evidence do we have that the baseball bats were Kazuno's murder weapon?" Toshiaki asked.

"Sora just wants to frame me! That's why she's pushing you guys to believe that I'm the culprit when I'm really not!" Ichigo snapped.

"Yeah! Having Ichigo was the culprit would open up a lot more holes in this case. How would she be able to gain enough time to kill both Jun and Kazuno without me noticing?" Yuki asked.

>Looks like we're at a split decision...does that mean...

I've heard it!

>Aaaaaand there it is

"Hoohoo~ this sure was entertaining but I'm getting tired of listening to the No You discussion that you guys are doing. So I have a proposal for you! Let's have a scrum debate to settle on this decision once and for all!" Monkomi cheered.

"Well it's not going to do us any good if we continue talking about this for longer than it needs to be," Robin muttered.

"Fine! We'll play that game of yours if it do you any good!" Amy sighed.

"Aaaalllllllrighty then! Let the scrum debate start!" Monkomi shouted.

Which weapon murdered Kazuno?

The hammer located in Ichigo's lab

Sora Sayuri

Amy Chika

Hirohito Tsutomu

Toshiaki Daiki

Kana Akari

The baseball bat located in the weapon's room

Kuro Tamashi

Robin Oga

Ichigo Hina

Toshino Yu

Yuki Yuudai

Scrum Debate:Start!

Sora: It was the only weapon found in any of the crime scenes

[only weapon]

Kuro: No that's wrong. There was the weapon's room that has multiple weapons in it. Also we can't brush aside what killed Jun

Sora: There was no reason for me to kill Jun nor Kazuno

[Reason]

Robin: The motive. You must have killed Jun in order to stop the motive. Kazuno must have seen you kill Jun so you only did what you could to silence her

Amy: I mean I get the reason but why Jun? Aren't they head over heels for each other?

[Why Jun?]

Yuki: He was actually very violent due to the motive. Also I never seen Sora act with any sort of affection towards him other than a crush so I'm not sure about the head over heels part

Toshiaki: We have to find out how Sora even got in Ichigo's lab if she really is the culprit

[Got in]

Ichigo: I lost something earlier today. It's possible that Sora found it and used it in order to access my lab

Hirohito: b-but I think that th-the technology here would k-know the difference of an o-object and the r-real thing

[Technology here]

Toshino: Bullsh*t. It could fail in seeing that Ichigo's fingerprints were on the missing object. Besides the hammer in question wasn't heavy enough to kill Kazuno that quickly

Toshiaki: heavy enough? Then what is heavy enough?

[Heavy enough]

Yuki: that's what we're trying to tell you this whole damn time! Those aren't regular baseball bats. Those were metal baseball bats!

THIS IS OUR ANSWER!

[Break!]

"Whoa! Metal baseball bats? This changes everything!" Toshiaki cried.

"Yeah, that's most likely what killed Kazuno. Just in the right spot could instantly kill someone," Yuki explained.

"You also saw the bats. So why are you surprised?" Ichigo asked.

Toshiaki awkwardly chuckled.

"I forgot," he made a >3< face.

Yuki rolled his eyes at this.

"So there we have it. The baseball bats were the caused of Kazuno's death," Robin said.

>This trial seemed to have been more shorter than the others. Well we have only been through two trials but this one has felt the shortest

"I still have many questions though. Just how was Sora able to access Ichigo's lab?" Kana asked suddenly.

?

Discussion Bullet: Start!

"Sora was able to get in Ichigo's lab but how? If I remember, just now Ichigo said that she lost something earlier today."

"And suppose that Kazuno got dragged by the string. But where exactly would she be dragged. The ceiling perhaps?"

"If Sora was able to get in, she must have seen how to access the weapon's room! Maybe she figured it out from her own lab?"

[I See...]

"Those are some actual good questions. We might need to further discuss this. We wouldn't want to be wrong with our votes," I said.

Kana nodded at this.

[Discussion Bullet #1 has been added to your Truth Bullets]

[Discussion Bullet #2 has been added to your Truth Bullets]

[Discussion Bullet # 3 has been added to your Truth Bullets]

"So I guess we should move on to discuss something...," I muttered.

P-please just reconsider th-this!

"I-I can't just stand h-here and do n-nothing. I h-have to make a-absolute sure if S-Sora really is th-the culprit," Hirohito cried.

>Another one? I thought Sora might have rebuttal by now?

[Rebuttal Showdown Start!]

Truth Blade: Discussion Bullet #1 equipped

Hirohito: W-well I know I'm j-just repeating this q-question but just h-how Sora was a-able to get into I-Ichigo's lab? It's not like she had access to something that has Ichigo's fingerprints. That would be impossible

>This question is getting on my nerves. Just how much was this repeated. I need to settle this once and for all!

[Truth Blade: Discussion Bullet #1. Used on not like she had access to something that has Ichigo's fingerprints.]

Kuro: Allow Me To Cut Through Your Words!

[Break!]

"Ichigo already explained this in the scrum debate. She lost something of hers earlier. It's possible that Sora found it and used it to enter Ichigo's lab," I explained.

"Oh...so wh-what did she l-lose?" Hirohito asked.

>What did Ichigo lose earlier today?

[A. Her strawberry hair pin]

B. Her clown mask

C. Her checkered scarf

D. Nothing

I got it!

"She lost her strawberry pin. I'm not sure when she lost it though," I explained.

"Before Ichigo changed back, I don't remember her wearing it before hand. It must have dropped after she met up with us in the dining room though," Yuki added on.

"So Sora must have found it. But why didn't she give the hairpin back?" Toshiaki asked.

Sora tugged at her jacket nervously.

"I think she's refusing to tell," Toshiaki pointed out.

"Oh really? You don't say," Toshino said sarcastically.

>I think that it could be...

Truth Bullet selected -> Discussion Bullet #3

Is that so?

"Sora did you by chance find out about the weapon's room in your lab?" I asked.

"What does that got to do with returning Ichigo's hairpin?" Sora asked.

"Well if you discovered it before hand, then you could have thought of a plan of killing someone, most likely Jun, and you just so happen to find Ichigo's strawberry hairpin," I explained.

"You're just theorizing. You don't have any proof to back this up!" Sora shouted.

>I...do I really have no proof to back this up?! Sh*t! I was too caught up in the moment that I forgot about an important detail! How stupid of me!

[Non-Stop Debate: Start!]

Truth Bullet: Spinning Wheel equipped

Sora: I see that you don't have any evidence to back up your claim

Toshino: well you're just saying that but you're not exactly bringing anything up to prove your innocence are you?

Sora: Silence! You're just lazing around in that podium of yours!

Toshino: whatever

Kana: well there has to be something. Where else would she have known where the bats where to hit Kazuno over the head with?

Hirohito: a-and why was sh-she even killed in the f-first place?

Amy: maybe she walked in on those two?

Robin: if that were the case then Sora would have had the bat with her at the time

Ichigo: since Kazuno died like ten minutes after Jun, then she must have seen Sora setting up Jun's body while having the bat with her. There was plenty of time since Kazuno died instantly

Toshiaki: and she had no other injuries on her!

>There has to be something that I could build off from...but what?

[Truth Bullet: Spinning Wheel. Used on setting up Jun's body.]

Kuro: I Agree With That!

[Break!]

"That's it! Kazuno must have walked in on Sora setting Jun's corpse up on the spinning wheel. Then Sora, with the metal bat from the weapon's room, whacked Kazuno over the head with it. Killing her instantly!" I explained.

"Heh, must have been a shocker seeing that your 'master plan' would have been foiled if you let Kazuno live," Toshino smiled smugly folding his arms.

Sora gritted her teeth at this.

"But that still doesn't back up Kuro's claim on how I managed to come up with a plan using the weapon's room," she growled.

"Oh that's an easy fix. Oi Monkomi!" Toshino called out to the monkey robot.

"What! I was in the middle of my Hanjie puzzle. I'm trying to paint this horse," Monkomi said annoyed.

"I have a question. Is there a weapon's room in every lab?" Toshino asked.

"Of course there is! I already told you when you found the string!" Monkomi shouted.

"I see...," Toshino muttered.

"Now don't ask me for any favors right now. I'm busy!" Monkomi snapped.

"So there really is a weapon's room in every lab. So maybe Kuro's claim isn't so far-fetched," Kana said.

"But I still have sooo many questions. You all seem to have forgotten about the white fabric. I don't have any and how did it get ripped when Kazuno died instantly?" Sora asked.

>Right we still need to figure that out. I think I may get it now!

[Logic Dive]

Question 1.
Who does the white fabric belong to?

A. Ichigo Hina

[B. Sora Sayuri]

C. Kana Akari

[Good!]

Question 2
How did the fabric get ripped?

A. It got caught on something

B. It didn't

[C. Kazuno ripped it off before dying]

[Good!]

Question 3
In which spot was the fabric ripped in

[A. At the ends of the jacket]

B. The hat

C. The jacket

[Good!]

Answer Key: B. C. A.

This is it!

"You do have white fabric on you! It's at the ends of your jacket!" I pointed out.

"It seems like you're right. So who ripped it?" Toshino asked.

"Kazuno herself before dying," I explained.

"Man she must have grabbed it real quick before dying," Toshiaki said.

"But! But! But what about that thing that we saw on him. The thing covering his mouth?" Sora asked.

>Is she talking about the...

Truth Bullet selected -> Pastel blue ribbon

I got it!

"The blue ribbon that we saw? Is that what you're talking about?" I asked and Sora nodded rapidly.

"But that doesn't even fit in the case. Unless you're saying that you put that there to frame Ichigo," Toshino explained.

"That's b-bull! I'm not the culprit I keep telling you!" She shouted.

"Unless you have something to back up your claim that you aren't, you're the only lead that we have," I explained.

Three Strikes, you're out!

"I have proof! It's about how Kazuno was able to get from Ichigo's lab to the non binary bathroom. She couldn't have just return from the dead to walk over there before dying again!" Sora snapped.

!

>Three rebuttals in one trial! That's a lot of talking and rebuttaling with evidence!

[Rebuttal Showdown: Start!]

Truth Blade: Discussion bullet # 2 equipped

Sora: Both Kazuno and Jun most likely died in the same place so how was Kazuno able to get to the non binary bathroom? She certainly couldn't have walked there. If that's what you're planning on rebuttal with, then that's the stupidest rebuttal I have ever heard of!

[Advance]

Kuro: I haven't even spoken what I wanted to say. You're just jumping to conclusions. This isn't like you. What's going on with you?

Sora: I can assure you that I'm perfectly fine. But back to the point, there was no method used in dragging Kazuno off to the non binary bathroom! And don't tell me it has to do with the string?

>Unfortunately, it has to do with the string. I'll show you!

[Truth Blade: Discussion bullet #2. Used on no method used.]

Kuro: Allow Me To Cut Through Your Words!

[Break!]

"Well actually there could have been a method where Kazuno got dragged to the non binary bathroom," I stated.

"Huh?" Sora asked.

"The string must have been attached to her in some way. She got dragged off but we couldn't see it. That was because she was above us in the ceiling!" I explained.

"The ceiling?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, that's where we found the string in the first place. Sora must have placed Kazuno in the ceiling before dragging her off to the non binary bathroom, leave her corpse there and then going in the opposite direction where she was probably hoping that no one saw her," I explained.

"Too bad that last part wasn't true. You spotted her running from that direction," Yuki pointed out and I nodded.

"That's just all a coincidence! Y-you seriously have no proof! I didn't do it. It was Ichigo! Come on! Tell them!" Sora shouted.

"Why should I since it's not me. It's you," Ichigo pointed out.

"No it is not! Come on! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess!
Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess! Confess!"

SLAP!

...

"Hey get back on your podium!" Monkomi snapped, looking up from his puzzle.

Robin glared at Monkomi before returning to his podium.

We all stood there in shocked.

>What the f*ck just happened?!

"Are you all done yet? I'm done with the horse painting so hurry up and wrap this trial up!" Monkomi groaned.

"Umm I guess we should start voting...?" Ichigo asked.

Are you out of your mind?!

"We can't start the voting now! I'm sure that Ichigo is the culprit, not me! What about the hammer and the blood on it! Last I saw the bats were squeaky clean!" Sora yelled.

>Sh*t she's not backing down! And here I thought it was going to be a short trial. Guess I ate my own words

Argument Adamant

>That's impossible! How could I be the culprit!

>It has to be Ichigo! All the clues point to her!

>I guess it was true that you're no detective!

>No! No! No! No! No! No!

>ICHIGO F*CKING CONFESS ALREADY!

>It can't be me! Never me!

>There is still one unanswered question!

"Just how the hell is there blood on the hammer and not blood on the baseball bat?"

>Sweater
>That was
>Originally
>Missing

It All Ends Here!

[Break!]

"Kazuno's sweater!" I shouted.

"What?" Sora asked.

"When Kazuno's body was discovered, she didn't have her sweater on. However, nearby the lab, in a potted plant, we found Kazuno's sweater. And guess what was on it? Blood. Blood on the sleeve. You must have wiped the blood off of the bat and placed some of it onto the hammer to make us think that the hammer was used to kill her," I explained.

"But I-," Sora tried to say something but was interrupted by Toshino.

"It's all over for you. No place to continue fighting back," he said.

"No I-," Sora said but got interrupted again, this time by Ichigo.

"Tami~chan! Can you do that final explanation thing that you do in the end?" She asked.

"Guess there's no point in delaying it," I said before taking a deep breath.

Closing Argument

The motive this time was a little different and it was shorter. This motive affected four different people. Jun, Ichigo, Toshino and Kana. The ones that weren't affected were assigned to watch over the affected ones. One of us being the culprit and the second victim which was Kazuno.

Kazuno and the culprit went separate ways with the culprit's excuse that they were just going to the bathroom. What the culprit actually wanted to do was to set up the murder scene to kill Jun and get the motive over with. Using Ichigo's strawberry hairpin that they found, the culprit was able to enter Ichigo's lab. The culprit and Jun must have been in a bit of a fight due to how many injuries that Jun took. Eventually, a slit throat was what killed him.

Just as the culprit set up Jun's body on the spinning wheel and had a couple of weapons from the weapon's room, Kazuno walked in.

In a panic, the culprit grabbed the bat but not before Kazuno ripped off the white fabric from the ends of the culprit's jacket.

The culprit was able to raise the bat and hit Kazuno right on the head killing her instantly.

Realizing that the bat might rat them out, the culprit took off Kazuno's sweater in order to wipe the blood off the bat and wipe the blood on a nearby hammer. They place the sweater inside of the potted plant in order to hide it.

They grabbed the string that was in the weapon's room and tied it to Kazuno. They placed her in the ceiling and dragged her all the way to the non binary bathroom.

The culprit let her drop to the floor and immediately left, thinking that they wouldn't be noticed by someone.

Too bad that part of your plan failed...right Sora?

[Break!]

I opened my eyes to see Sora glaring at me from her podium.

"I guess that's that," Toshiaki muttered.

"IIIIIIIIIT'S Voting Time! Cast your votes on who the killer could be. Will you pick the right choice or the dreadfully wrong one? Hoohoo~ choose wisely," Monkomi crackled.

I looked down at the screen and hovered my finger over Sora's picture.

I stared at it.

"Hurry up! My patience is wearing thin!" Monkomi barked gruffly.

I set my vote for Sora and hoped that it was correct.

A/N: it is DONE people! I'm finally done with this trial.

Just the fourth, fifth and sixth chapters to go before officially ending Into Code.

Holy crap I'm excited.

As usual I'll be posting the post trial, execution and post execution back to back so you people can have the option of skipping the execution of you want.

Anyway, hope you liked this.

Cya in the next one -Flare

Edit on July 1st: I added something to the Closing Argument thing