Danganronpa: String Theory (DrV3)

3.21 - How to Show You the Truth

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⚠️ tw/ xenophobia ⚠️

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"The murderer was definitely Kirumi!" Kokichi claims, causing Kirumi's expression to dip into a dry look at his words. Hm...is he sure? Or is he just screwing around? "See, we now have proof that she was actually able to enter the hotel even with the presented circumstances! She probably mistook Ryoma as Prairie Dog and killed him on accident as a result. After all, we don't actually know whether Ryoma really entered the hotel as soon as he got the key."

He's totally screwing around.

"That's wrong, and I'm pretty sure you're aware of it. If she entered as a visitor and killed Ryoma, that would mean Ryoma still would have basically waited several hours until the Love Suite Event went into motion, since it didn't start off until some time after you left my room at three am. It makes no sense that Ryoma would wait that long to see me considering his main objective to get Rantaro and I on friendly terms again," I shoot his words down without even blinking.

"Even on the chance Ryoma hesitated and did stay in a room to pass time, Kirumi still couldn't logically kill him. In all likelihood, if she were to actually mistake someone for Prairie in a state like that, it would probably be the person she was supposed to visit- Kokichi in this case. The monokubs explained that the drug gives the subject an objective on who to visit. So if Kirumi visited Kokichi, she wouldn't have the need to visit Ryoma afterwards, she would automatically just head out to her room after the failed Love Suite Event," Shuichi continues on my point.

"Kokichi might be right about one thing, actually!" Angie speaks up, making our attention fall onto her as she bounces on her heels. "This was an ambush Ryoma walked into. Except none of us were aware Ryoma could access the hotel, not even after he was murdered. It's likely whoever killed him wasn't actually aiming to slaughter Ryoma specifically. In fact, the only two people we knew had access to the hotel were Prairie and Shuichi! Since everyone save for Kirumi was around yesterday at breakfast when Shuichi realized he'd lost his key and the location of Ryoma's murder was Prairie's old room, with the process of elimination we can determine..."

Angie's expression tints a dark shade, her smile just a tad bit on the uncanny side.

"The culprit's intended target had to be Prairie," she concludes.

"Fucking hell," Rantaro curses at the realization, running a hand through his messy green hair. I can't help but choke a little on my saliva at the fact he's said the baddest of bad words, but Rantaro doesn't seem to notice. "Again with someone trying to kill Prairie...?"

"Nee-hee-hee! Prairie Dog really was a great choice for the golden target motive, wasn't she? She's so small and adorable that everyone keeps thinking that killing her is a piece of cake, only to learn the hard way every time! I guess that's why Monokuma made Prairie Dog that motive. She's practically unkillable!" Kokichi comments, making my heart jerk just a little when assumptions fill my brain.

He's saying that so boldly...is he trying to make the others believe that trying to kill me isn't worth it? Won't that make the people that decide to kill start aiming for the others though?!

"I'm not unkillable, it's just dumb luck that's gotten me this far," I claim, noting how Kokichi's eyes flash with annoyance when he glances my way. He clearly didn't like that, so that means I must be right then. He's trying to get people to stop coming after me.