Elliot glanced at the funeral stand of Zinnia - which depressingly was near her.

Her face was printed onto it - her face was monochrome, although it had a magenta X on it.

Zinnia... how could've you?

"Alrighty! Let's start with a simply explanation of the class trial." Monokuma boomed, snapping Elliot away from her thoughts. "The result of the trial is determined by your own votes. If the correct culprit is chosen, they alone will be punished. However... if the wrong person is voted for..."

Monokuma giggled as he continued, "...EVERYONE BUT THE CULPRIT WILL BE PUNISHED! The culprit alone, having manged to fool everyone, will be able to leave this catacomb !"

Elliot cringed - another person is going too die tonight, and if we aren't careful enough... all of us will.

"Let's start this right," Elliot states, "now both Leader-san and I have found the murder weapon - a red electrical rope!"

Kosabachi nodded in agreement. "That's right!" She says, "Plus, it was slightly frayed and was in the trash."

Ayameko gave a confused look. "But... how does that help us? We know what the cause of death was - that being strangulation." She paused, "Is there anything else that we know?"

Eda smirked. "It has to be someone who was in her group - or whatever we calling those things."

Leon placed his hand on his lips "And that would be... Elliot, Yoshiki, Hijime and Yosuke."

"I-I-I sw-swear o-o-on m-m-my life! I wou-would ne-never ki-k-k-ki-kill somebody!" Hijime blurts, looking like he's having a panic attack.

"Don't worry - he and I have airtight alibis!" Yoshiki said reassuringly. "Hijime-tan was in my room the entire time."

"I was in Kishi's room the entire time and Kishi..." Elliot froze, realizing. "...She was with Ikari."

Eda clapped his hands together. "Well, that settles it!" He smirked, "Yosuke killed Nichibotsu."

Yosuke pointed at Eda. "No, thou hath gotten that wrong!"

Elliot glanced at Yosuke. "What...?"

>>Agree with somebody dammit!<<

E. Sakura What? But your the only possible answer, dammit!
Y. Kishi No... Thou is wrong...
Y. Enoshima ...Wait... I think...

"I agree with that!" Elliot states, "We are rushing things. We still don't know anything."

Yui gave her an awkward look. "I... I guess. Plus... it doesn't make sense. Oneesan never came into the school store - where the electrical cables are sold."

Kaoru looked at Yosuke. "Plus, you don't look like you're much of the strangling type." He states, "If anything, you'd use that sword!"

Yosuke coughed, "Also, thou hath placed my sword on my mantle of thy room. Even then thou is clean."

Leon smiled, "Plus - you have no reason too. You seemed to already know that Nichibotsu was a girl - and that was her secret."

Albert crossed his arms. "Then who could've done it? We've ruled everyone that was in her group - oh no! They must have a secret sixth member!"

Ayameko looked at Albert. "No, that is not possible. I know that per fact." Ayameko then looked at Nichibotsu's stand, and then back too Yosuke. "Did anyone else accompany you?"

Yosuke pondered. "No, not that thy knowth of. However, Thy did need something from the dinning hall, so thy wasn't there."

Kaoru placed his hands on his hips. "Maybe she killed her self? Like, she used the cable as a noose. Since it's too weak to carry a human, it fell and snapped her neck."

Ayameko gave a look of dissatisfaction. "That cannot be, since there is nothing she could hang herself with that is in reach."

Ayameko looked at her own tie, "However... maybe she did it like this...!" She states and undoes her, and wrapped it wrong her neck and pulled. She made a horrible gagging noise.

Kaoru face planned. "That was smart."

Ayameko blushed. "I think she may have strangled herself liked that... and I am quite smart, please do not say such things!"

Monokuma stood. "For the love of all things despairful! NICHIBOTSU IS NOT A DAMN SUICIDE CASE!" He patted his chest, "Sorry for giving away a spoiler... back to the trial."

"Well, who could've done it...?" Elliot sighed. "Maybe it wasn't any of group 1 or whatever... but someone else?"

Ayameko gave a defiant look. "No, that can't be."

Elliot pondered. "Everyone that is in Nichibotsu's group or such, alibis are rock solid." Elliot glanced at everybody else, "Maybe we should check everyone else?"

Yui nodded. "Leon and I... were in the school store." Yui face flushed, looking embarrassed. "We, er, never mind..."

Ayameko sighed. "I was in the kitchen with Eda," she then looked at Eda, "who then needed to go to his room."

Eda nodded. "Yep, and Kaoru and Albert were in Albert's room."

"Well, I was in my room as well. With my stuff."

"Wait!" Kaoru interjected. "Is there anybody that can back that up?"

Kosabachi looked at him strangely. "Er, no, not really. But I didn't do it!"

"Yeah, well, I have something that can back her statement!" Elliot states, "I found one of those secrets by Nichibotsu's corpse."

Elliot proceeded to pull out the note from her skirt pocket.

"Nichibotsu is a girl," She states, "now, who had that secret?"

Yosuke froze. "Thy... I had that." She shivered.

Yui immediately shot his head up. "My sister is not a murderer...! She's simply not like that!"

"Th-thank yo-you," Yosuke states, fiddling with the brim of her shirt. "But thou never..."

"Well, that settles it." Eda interrupted. "The pebble over there killed Nichibotsu!"

"Please no I..!" Yosuke shivered. Yosuke glanced at Elliot.

>>Deny Somebody, Dammit!<<
Y. Kishi Please, I did not...!
E. Sakura Let's settle here now!
You killed Nichibotsu!
You killed her, you psychopath!

"No, you're wrong!" Elliot denied Eda, looked at him sternly. "Yayashi, didn't you and Eda take all of our secrets to throw them out?"

Ayameko nodded. "That is correct."

"Thank you for stating that, Lady Ayameko...!" Yosuke says, near tears. "Thy would never kill somebody...! Especially not Lady Nichibotsu."

Ayameko looked at Albert, then Kosabachi, then Eda, and Kaoru. "This is a surprising turn of events. Now, how truly solid are your alibis...?"

Kosabachi stood straight, offended. "I swear, I was in my room."

"Albert and me were in Albert's room." Kaoru states broadly.

Ayameko looked at him disappointedly. "Albert and I."

Kaoru snorted. "Anyways, Eda and Ayameko. Your alibis?"

Elliot perked her head up. "Oh, Yayashi and Sakura were in the kitchen, getting rid of the secrets."

Yosuke jolted her body up. "Er, is it okay for thou to say something...?"

Elliot glanced at Yosuke, "Well, what is it?"

Yosuke held up a red water bottle. "Thou found this near Nichibotsu's corpse. However... when thou last saw her, her water bottle was not... red."

Leon made a confused look. "Wait, so you're implying..."

"Lord Leon, Thou is stating that Lady Nichibotsu was not strangled but-"

"But that she was poisoned, right?"

Eda straightened his body. "That's a stupid idea. She was obviously was strangled!"

Elliot glanced at Eda. "Well... maybe that was a trick by the killer?"

Hijime perked his head. "O-oh! L-l-like saying the knife was the murd-murder weapon, wh-when in real-reality is wa-was a skew-skewer!" Hijime continued, "Pl-plus, if whoever killed he-her put a rope burn on her neck, peopl-people would obviously believe she wa-was stra-strangled."

Yui looked up. "And if... they were able to take one of those secrets, they could... frame anybody."

Elliot froze.

Who had access to the secrets, who could be able to poison someone... and, who then needed to go to his room...

"Sakura..." Elliot mumbled, "please answer me this. Are there any poisonous gems or materials?"

"Well, pebble, Malachite becomes toxic once it is emerged in water. Cinnabar has a high mercury count, which could kill you in minuets..." Eda froze, "Wait, you think I killed Nichibotsu?"

"Yes." Elliot stated, "Who had access to the secrets, who could be able to poison someone... and, who then 'needed to go to his room...'..."

Kosabachi placed her hands on her hips. "Now that I think about it... it kinda does make sense." Kosabachi paused, "Wait, didn't Nichibotsu have Eda's secret?"

"Wh-when I-I th-think ab-about i-i-it... yes, yes he did." Hijime stuttered.

Eda straightened his body. "All that's just a mere coincidence!" He shouted. "You clods! It's that clod Yosuke, obviously!"

"If you were able too slip a chunk of poison -say Cinnabar- into Ikari's drink... wouldn't she die from an overdose of mercury in a matter of hours?"

"Thou had left around 12:10... and from thy days in primary school, thou had learned that up to 4 grams of mercury could cause damage." Yosuke looked at Eda.

Ayameko glared at Eda, pondering "And if Eda dropped in 20 or 25 grams, Lady Nichibotsu would've died in only mere minutes, I suppose." Ayameko smirked, "Too add fuel in the fire, you are the ultimate geologist. You know everything about rocks, plus, you left around 12:20."

"A-and th-that's ample amount of t-t-time to ki-kill someone!" Hijime stuttered, "You could've came by the gym, t-t-told Ni-Nichibotsu th-that... 'he-here, this ha-has electrolytes', and-and p-poisoned her!"

Eda face went pale. "Why the hell are you pinning it on me!"

"You're the only that makes sense Sakura!" Albert answers, frightened.

Eda he glared at Albert. "If only she didn't...!" He blurted.

"Wait, Sakura, what was your secret? Ikari had yours then..."

Ayameko placed her hands on her hips. "That's an easy answer, being that I saw it as well."

"Eh? You damn emotionless clod!" Eda yelled at Ayameko, which didn't faze the architect one bit.

"Eda Sakura - I killed my sister. Heh, if Nichibotsu knew this, that's a perfect reason to kill her, correct?"

"F-f... Fuck you!" Eda yelled. "It was that darn pebbles fault she died!"

Elliot glanced at Eda. "You are just digging your grave deeper and deeper, huh."

"I've decided," Kosabachi stated, "That... Eda did it."

"Please, Leader-san, don't be an idiot god dammit!"

>Make Your Argument<
At 12:10, the killer left the kitchen with two things - an electrical cable and a secret.
That secret... was Yosuke Kishi's, so they could try and frame her.
Once they entered the gym, they talked to Nichibotsu Ikari - the victim.
You see, the killer didn't use the electrical cable... they had a shard of cinnabar - because they were the Ultimate Geologist!
Once they took Nichibotsu's water bottle and slipped the shard in, the plan had already set in motion.
I'm guessing that the shard was over 20 grams, meaning Nichibotsu would've died in minuets.
This is where the electrical cable comes in.
In order to hide from suspicion, the killer strangled Nichibotsu once she died to make it look like she choked.
Once they were done, they placed down the torn up secret and "threw out" the electrical cable.
Who had access to the secrets, who could be able to poison someone... and, who then needed to go to his room...

"Eda Sakura, the Ultimate Geologist... it was you, wasn't it!"

Eda cringed, "No, it wasn't me goddammit!"

Everyone glanced up to Monokuma, "We've made our decision - Eda Sakura killed Nichibotsu Ikari." They said pretty much in unison, with of course stuttering from Hijime and pauses from Yui.

"Bingo! Right on the money kids!" Monokuma grinned, "You're all right! Eda Sakura is the killer!"

Eda cringed, "I didn't... do it..."

"Sure ya didn't kiddo... anyways, I've prepared an extraordinary punishment for the Ultimate Geologist - Eda Sakura!"

Eda Sakura was immediately grabbed into the same room Zinnia was executed in, screaming profanities.

>Turning Carbon Into Diamonds!<
Eda screamed being tied onto a pole, which was a above a boiling pot of lava.
"I refuse to die this way!" Eda screamed, "I refuse to be killed like this!"
Eda slowing was pulled lower into the pot, when finally his feet were plunged in,
"Haha-" He cried, looking directly at the feed which was being broadcasted to the others, "THE WATERS NICE KIDS, CMON JUMP IN!" He yelled agonizingly.
It was painstakingly slow, Eda felt every inch of in his body melt away.
By the time it reached his neck, Eda still was alert, albeit ready to pass at any second.
"THIS IS FINE!" He screamed as his head was slowly in absorbed in.
Was it was done, a small funnel poked out of the pot, and dropped out three crimson colored diamonds.

🍙🍙Fangan Fonpa!🍙🍙

S U R V I V O R S -- 10 (Elliot K., Hijime N., Ayameko Y., Albert T., Yui E., Kosabachi K., Kaoru T., Yoshiki F., Yosuke K., Leon L.))
V I C T I M S -- 03 ((Yige P., Kohaku H., Nichibotsu Ikari.))
B L A C K E N E D -- 02 ((Zinnia N., Eda S.))
OVERALL -- 05 ((Yige P., Kohaku H., Zinnia N., Nichibotsu I., Eda S.))

🍙🍙FANGAN FONPA!🍙🍙

CHAPTER TWO -- "I AM NOW WHAT I AM" -- {{PART 4 OF 4}}... END.

CHAPTER THREE -- A MAZE OF RELATIONSHIPS -- {{PART 1 OF 4}}... BEGIN.

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