We managed to make it through the mansion where we were with a few Monkomi encounters.

They weren't the real Monkomi however. It's like Monkomi that we knew was the only one who could say full sentences. These ones only spoke in grunts and screeching. Like actual monkeys.

That was eventful I guess.

"So are we the only ones here? Where are the others?" Toshiaki asked.

"Well we are pretty deep in. Maybe they'll just turn up?" Ichigo suggested even though she wasn't fully confident in what she said.

"Well guess we got to keep walking," Yuki sighed.

They kept on walking but I stayed behind. Something about this doesn't seem right to me.

How were some of us were able to have new clothes, why are we even here and what was that loud noise before we even entered the virtual world.

So many questions. So little answers.

So I had to wander off from my companions even though I just reunited with them. I felt bad for it. I didn't want to be lonely but...

I felt uncomfortable in my skin. Like I had to know why.

I wandered off to another room in the mansion.

This one did not have any games or puzzles in it. Nor did it have encounters with the Monkomi's. This room was completely different.

It felt old and it smelled musky.

In front of me, behind a desk, was a large portrait of a bear. Black and white with a red lightning bolt on the black side. Underneath it was the words Monokuma.

Is that the name of the bear? I wondered.

What should you look at in the room?

[Inside the desk]

The portrait

The cabinets

I went to the desk that was in front of the portrait.

There was nothing that important on the desk but it was the drawers that seemed important.

I opened up the drawers to see report cards. But they weren't of regular report cards. It was cards that showed us and our status.

Of being dead or alive.

Moriyo Hana, SHSL Ranger.
Status: dead
Victim or blacken? Victim

Rin Kazashi, SHSL Seamstress
Status: dead
Victim or blacken? Blacken

And so on with whoever was dead.

I was about to leave when a certain report card caught my eye.

My own.

I looked at it.

Kuro Tamashi, SHSL Coder
Status: Alive
Make sure he dies

Reading that last sentence caused a shiver down my back.

Someone wants me dead! The mastermind? I thought.

I looked at the report cards of the others who are alive.

Amy Chika, SHSL Cowgirl
Status: alive
Dangerous. Watch out

Yuki Yuudai, SHSL Wizard
Status: alive
Hostage has escaped. Watch over him at all cost

Ichigo Hina, SHSL Clown
Status: alive
Potential sacrifice

Robin Oga, SHSL [Redacted]
Status: alive
Suspicious

Toshino Yu, SHSL Hacker
Status: alive
Suspicious

Toshiaki Daiki, SHSL Drummer
Status: alive (surprisingly)
High death rate. Why is he still alive

Hirohito Tsutomu, SHSL Therapist
Status: alive
[Blank]

Kana Akari, SHSL Movie Reviewer
Status: alive
Nobody important

Ouch, that's harsh, I thought as I read over Kana's report card.

I pocketed the cards, they are important and I needed to talk this over with someone.

What should you look at in the room?

X Inside the desk X

[The portrait]

The cabinets

I took another look at the portrait.

The bear looked cuddly but had an aura similar to Monkomi.

The bear was posing with one arm behind its head and the other arm poking out like it was about to walk a strut.

(A better visual would be like this:

I scowled at it. But something about it bothered me.

The red slash reminded me of the Hope's Peak symbol. Was this bear a part of Hope's Peak?

A/N: yeah we're going to stop here. Probably the next chapter will be the final chapter before the deadly life.

Any theories about the report cards?

Cya in the next one -Flare