It All Started By One Single Tear (Rantaro x reader x YandereMastermind Kokichi)

Chapter 4 Part 29: What Happened to Miu?

•Truth Bullet Added: Map of the Mansion•

The map of the Virtual World was surrounded by a black wall that went four directions. The map loading point was in the dead center, making the map split in two. No sound or sight would be able to pass through the map loading point, so to be able to get to the chapel, we had to go through that point. We also had to cross the river that ran parallel with the map as well. This was how the world was designed, but I somehow felt like there was some secret about this whole thing. For now, this was all of the information on this map.

•Truth Bullet Added: Map of the World•

   There was something that was bothering me about these maps, but I didn't know exactly what. Before I could try and think on why something was bothering me, Himiko as well as the group started speaking about Shuichi and I. They were telling us that we didn't have to be in some sort of shell. That they would be there for us no matter what. I was touched about that, and I couldn't help but smile at it, and have a happy expression on my avatar.
    Shuichi however wasn't happy about what the others were saying. Rantaro stood by us, and Kaede decided to stay as everyone else in the group left one at a time after saying something to Shuichi and I. Shuichi was now saying that he was just investigating, which was the truth. Kaede asked him if he was doing okay, and he said he was. Kaede seemed to be very happy after she heard that.
    I knew that our group was heading outside because we were going to be making our way to the chapel. Kaede recommended that we all head outside, and we did agree. We walked one at a time through the door that led to the outside of the mansion. As soon as we all got outside, I saw Keebo waiting for us, asking that we all come with him. Before he asked, he did approach us, and I wondered what was going on.
    According to Keebo, he found something strange. He didn't know if it was related to the case, but he still wanted to hear our opinion on it. Keebo requested that we followed him, so we did. We went left from the door we exited from and went up. As soon as we got to the place Keebo was leading us to, I saw something strange. It was a roll of toilet paper, which most likely came from the mansion's bathroom. I was confused on why this was here, and Keebo's first thought was that he thought someone came out here to defecate. I didn't think the avatars had vowel movements, so I didn't think that was possible.
    It never occurred to Keebo that that was possible when Shuichi said something about it. He mentioned that he didn't have to expel waste in the real world, so it felt normal to him. Keebo soon raced off, leaving us with the roll of toilet paper that was somehow outside. We told him to wait, but he just ran away.
    I honestly wondered why toilet paper would be in a place like this... was it even related to this case? I had no idea, but I couldn't dismiss this. I needed to keep this in my brain just in case it was somehow related to the case.

    •Truth Bullet Added: Toilet Paper•

    While it was weird that this was here in Rantaro's words, he mentioned that we should all head to the bridge like everyone else. It seemed that all of us agreed with that notion, so we all headed down the stairs that led from the mansion entrance. We followed the trail over to the river where the dock and makeshift signboard bridge was. Kaito asked if this was the signboard that Miu threw into the river.
My mind instantly drifted back to when Miu did that. There was only one signboard in this world, so it had to be the same signboard she threw into the river. Rantaro explained to Kaito that it was the same signboard. Miu told me to get the signboard, but Rantaro was the one who wound up carrying it back. We also were in the group that brought back the signboard from the rocks after these strange occurrences happened, but Gonta was the one who actually carried it.
    There was something that was bothering me about this predicament though, and Shuichi explained that he felt that way as well...it was about the river and the signboard. The rocks that the signboard got caught on weren't on the chapel side of the map. That much was obvious. The signboard was on the mansion side of the map, which didn't make sense to me. Himiko asked Shuichi what bothered him. She mentioned that the signboard got washed away from the chapel to the mansion side. Tenko praised the magician for her memory as she proceeded to pinch Himiko's avatar cheeks.
    My mind however was thinking about what was just said. The signboard washed away from the chapel to the mansion side. That was quite odd... the flow of the river... I didn't know what about it was odd yet, but I knew that something was off about this whole thing.
    Everyone in our group was telling us that we should get moving, especially Kaito. Everyone started crossing the signboard one at a time after they told us to think later and investigate. I knew they were right about that. We needed to get to the scene of the crime. We needed to investigate everything we could. I needed to bring Miu back. I have no idea if crying on her in this world would even work...
    I knew I needed to cross the river, but something was fishy about what happened with the signboard. I knew that Shuichi and Rantaro agreed with me about that. For now, I needed to focus. For now, I would keep this bit of information in the back of my mind until I could link everything up. It was all I could do. Shuichi and Rantaro followed everyone as they crossed the river one at a time.