~Y/n pov~

"Ahem! Now then, let's start with a basic explanation of the class trial. During the trial you'll present your arguments for who the culprit is, and vote for 'whodunnit' . Vote correctly, and only the blackened will be punished. But if you pick the wrong person.... I'll punish everyone 'besides' the blackened, and that person will graduate from the academy! Also, refusing to vote will result in your death, so you better vote for someone! Now, let's get this crazy, awesome, crazy-awesome trial underway!" Monokuma explained.

"Who did it?" Himiko's expression was dark, "Who killed Angie and Tenko?"

"Do not let your emotions hasten your judgement. There may be two killers." Kiyo commented.

"What if the culprit is the transfer student?" Tsumugi panicked.

"No." I said.

"No?"

"In the book, it said to complete the ritual the book had to be burned. The book was still there so the ritual wasn't completed." I elaborated.

"If the transfer student isn't the culprit, the blame falls to one of us."

"Who? Who did it!?" Himiko was getting more emotional by the minute.

"I dunno about Tenko, but I'm pretty fuckin' sure Kiyo killed Angie!" Miu exclaimed.

"Why?"

"Don't play dumb with me! I already know what happened!" Miu retorted, "The katana that was in Kiyo's lab was used, duh!"

~*~

"Kiyo couldn't open Angie's research lab. Only student council members." Shuichi explained.

"For now our suspects are everyone on the student council then." I commented.

"The remaining student council members are Gonta, Keebo, Tsumugi and Himiko." Kiyo told us.

Kokichi smiled, "Well it can't be Himiko. She was besties with Angie, right?"

"Aren't these accusations too hasty?" Keebo asked.

~*~

"There is someone else who is a possible suspect other than the student council members." Shuichi stated.

"But Kiyo can't enter Angie's lab."

"No, I'm talking about you Kokichi. You could easily have lockpicked your way in." Shuichi told him.

"How do you know others can't lockpick." I stated, "They could be keeping it secret."

Kokichi grinned, "I killed Angie."

Everyone was silent.

"Wait what!?" Kaito asked.

"That was quite the slow reaction." I smiled.

"I picked the lock to her lab, snuck into the room, and then - WAM! - killed Angie." Kokichi exclaimed, "The culprit was me all along."

"What are you saying? Is this some kind of joke?" Kiyo asked.

Kokichi smiled, "No joke! If I confessed I thought that I could atone for my sins."

"He's lying - I think - maybe." Miu started to question herself.

"Okay the fun is over!" I beamed, "Anyway, the back door was the one that was locked, right? They probably used the katana and set up some sort of mechanism so that it would lock the door."

Shuichi nodded slowly, "Yeah that's right."

I laughed, "Then that means anyone could've done it."

"Then Kokichi's confession was..."

"Seriously? You fuckin' lied again!?" Miu exclaimed angrily.

"Aww fine, I'm not the culprit." Kokichi pouted cutely.

"Now, who's the asshole who set up the locked room mystery?"

"Who made the locked room mystery doesn't matter, since anyone could've done it. Don't you even understand something as basic as that, you filthy cum dumpster?" Kokichi asked in a bored tone.

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"Why did Tenko have to die?" Himiko sniffled.

"Tenko's death is meaningless, we gotta figure out who killed Angie first." Kokichi purposefully riled her up.

"Tenko's death is meaningless? How dare you!" Himiko yelled, "How dare you say that about her!"

Kokichi looked at her blankly, "Himiko, stop it with your crappy lies."

"Huh? L-lies?"

"Everything you said is total BS." Kokichi smirked, "You didn't give two shits about Tenko when she was alive...But now you're like, 'Oh no, poor Tenko.' , after she's dead. C'mon really?"

~*~

"The culprit used the floorboard as a lever to lift up Tenko's body, then the sickle stabbed into her neck. That explains the loud bang that happened." I explained, "So the culprit is someone who was at the seance."

"Himiko did it, right?" Kiyo asked.

"No, I think it was you Kiyo."

He seemed startled.

I continued, "You were the only one who could've hidden the weapon. The weapon was gone by the time Himiko pushed aside the cage. That's because you put on and removed the sheet, and that's how you concealed the weapon."

Kiyo grinned, "Fine. I may of killed Tenko. But we still need to figure out who killed Angie. It's first come, first served, right?"

~*~

"There was a dried bloodstain on the floor, and I believe it was Angie's." Shuichi started, "She probably went to the empty rooms to get candles for the ritual."

"Does that mean she caught the Kiyo sawing through the floorboard? Wow Kiyo! You're such a screwup." I teased.

Kiyo glared at me with a dark look in his eye, causing me to flinch.

Kokichi gently placed his hand on mine, to try and calm me down.

"That means, Kiyo must've hit Angie in the head with the floorboard." Kokichi commented, "That explains the bloodstain."

"There was duct tape underneath Angie's body, so that probably stopped the blood. Then you brought her to her lab, stabbed her with the katana and set up the locked room mystery."

Shuichi pointed his finger at Kiyo, "Kiyo, I will force you to confess."

~*~

Let's look back at the first murder. It was late last night. The culprit was in the empty room on the 4th floor. The culprit was preparing the seance murder they had planned. To use the floorboard as a seesaw, they had to cut the crosspiece supporting it. The plan was to make the same preparations for all three empty rooms. This would divert suspicion away from the culprit and to whoever picked a room. To cut the crosspieces, they needed a saw. I imagine they got one from the warehouse. They were planning to cut the crosspieces in all three rooms. However, when the culprit was working on the middle room, the unexpected happened...

Angie walked into that room and saw the culprit making their preparations. She needed some fire for the ritual, and had gone to the room for a candle. At that point, the culprit had not finished the setup and was just cutting crosspieces. Angie might not have concluded that it was tied to some kind of murder plan. But now that Angie had seen it, the culprit couldn't use the seesaw trick. Any other person might have just given up. But not our culprit. The culprit took the floorboard they loosened and struck the unsuspecting Angie in the head. The culprit did not want to give up on their plan and had to improvise.

They wrapped duct tape around Angie's injury to stop the bleeding. Then they picked up her unconscious body and carried her to her research lab. While she was unconscious, the culprit hurried to tie up this loose end. But because they were in a hurry, they made a crucial oversight. They didn't notice the duct tape had peeled off, and was under Angie's body. Without that evidence, we may never have figured out the culprit's trick.

Carrying the supplies they needed, the culprit returned to the Ultimate Art Lab...locked the front door from inside...and took out the katana they brought from their own lab. They then stabbed Angie in the back of the neck, finally killing her.

Then, to further confuse us, the culprit attempted to make a locked-room mystery. First, they used the rope from the warehouse and hung four effigies upside-down. There were two reasons for this. To overwhelm the room with an occult atmosphere... And the other was the key to locking the room. The culprit stuck the katana into Kaede's effigy near the rear entrance...and spun the effigy around to twist up the rope.

After enough turns, the culprit let go and headed for the rear door. Once released, the effigy began spinning, and the gold leaf katana with it. The handle of the katana then hit the sliding lock, locking the door. A difficult trick, but remember that the lock was so loose it moved at the slightest touch. The culprit also would have had the opportunity to attempt it many times. Once complete, the door was locked, but the duct tape was left behind. Perhaps the culprit noticed it, but by that point it was too late. The room was sealed. There was no way for them to get back inside.

Then, this morning, we opened up the room and discovered Angie's body... But the culprit wasn't finished. They wanted one more murder. To do that, they manipulated us into performing the seance!

Of the three empty rooms, the middle one was chosen for the seance. I was invited by Kokichi to take Keebo's place in the seance. Tenko volunteered to be the medium. But...she never imagined it would get her killed. To perform the seance, the culprit claimed they needed something for Tenko... A small stone that Himiko had brought from the courtyard. Tenko, at the culprit's request, bowed her head until it was touching the stone. That position was instrumental in making sure the murder went as planned.

Next, Kokichi and I placed the iron cage over Tenko, in the middle of the magic circle. The culprit then volunteered to drape the white cloth over the iron cage. We didn't realize it at the time, but that was a deliberate decision by the culprit. They needed to set up the murder weapon that was used to kill Tenko. While they were covering the cage with the cloth, they secretly placed the sickle. Finally, the four of us placed the wooden statue on top of the cage. The culprit used the weight of the statue to keep the murder weapon in place.

After the preparations were complete, we began the seance. In complete darkness, we each stood in one corner and sang "The Caged Child" song. When the song finished, the soul of the dead was supposed to enter the medium...but our culprit had another plan - to commit a murder in the darkness.

Right after we started singing, the culprit began making their way toward Tenko. It would have been quite difficult to do in total darkness, but our culprit had a guide. They used the lines of the magic circle drawn with salt. The culprit felt for the salt and used it to guide them along. And when the culprit reached the center of the circle...they found the floorboard that had its crosspiece cut off the night before...

Then lifted up their foot and stomped down hard on the floorboard! The floorboard lifted up like a seesaw... ...and pushed Tenko's body up toward the ceiling of the cage. Tenko was stabbed in the back of the neck by the sickle on top of the cage. She was killed right before our eyes and we didn't even see it! After committing the crime, the culprit followed the salt back to their corner... ...finished the ritual, and had us light the candles. We followed the culprit's directions and removed the equipment used for the seance...

..and discovered Tenko's body. And while we were all focused on the body, the culprit picked up the sickle... ...and dropped it under the floor through the hole in the corner of the room. Ironically...the final step of the murder was unwittingly carried out by us. The culprit had planned the murder so that we would unintentionally destroy some evidence. That evidence was the magic circle that the culprit used to navigate in the dark. However, the culprit didn't know that Keebo had taken a picture. He really saved us. Without that, we wouldn't know what changes were made to the circle. But now we know for certain. And we know the culprit drew the magic circle...

Korekiyo Shinguji, the Ultimate Anthropologist! You're the culprit behind these murders!

~*~

After everything was over, we all went back to our room as usual. Three more people dead.

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A/n I'm gonna make the fourth chapter of the game different but you'll have to wait and see