3rd person POV:
Some time before the killing game begins...
In the control room of the programs some of the former students of the Hope's Peak Academy are standing there.
Chihiro: It's finished!! Now the program will start after some minutes.
Makoto: Fujisaki-kun, thanks for doing this.
Chihiro: It's nothing, I want to do this too.
Byakuya: Are you really sure about doing this, Naegi?
Makoto: Yeah... I want to save them.
Byakuya: If we are found out we will be really in a bad situation...
Makoto: For that I'm grateful that everyone agrees.
Byakuya: I doubt that Celes and the other can buy enough time...
Makoto: That's right... I hope they are doing right.
Byakuya: Why am I still following this? I guess staying with you guys too much make me like this...
Makoto: Maybe... I wonder how Komaru is doing now.
Byakuya: She is with Fukawa so that's no problem.
Hifumi: It seems that you believe Fukawa Toko-dono so much huh?
Byakuya: I just know how useful she is.
Hifumi: Sure sure, I will believe it... for now.
Byakuya: Shut your mouth for a bit before I make you regret it.
Hifumi: Yes!!
The door opens and Kyoko enters the room.
Kyoko: How is the program doing?
Chihiro: It is going well... But there is something I find it weird right now...
Kyoko: Weird?
Chihiro:... I can't contact Alter Ego for a while now.
Kyoko: You can't?...
Byakuya: What is he doing anyway?
Chihiro: He is...
Suddenly the monitor is blaring red...
Chihiro: What??
Hifumi: What in the world I'm witnessing??
Byakuya: Fujisaki!! Check what happened!!
Chihiro: Y-yeah... Someone is hacking into their program!!
Makoto: Hacking?? How can...
Byakuya: How can someone access it from the first place???
Chihiro: It seems they are getting in the program through Alter Ego.
Kyoko: So that's why Alter Ego hasn't said anything for a while.
Chihiro: I will... Eh? It stopped?
Byakuya: That's a bit suspicious... Someone hacked into this and just leave?
Kyoko: Maybe we should connect to Alter Ego now.
Chihiro: Yeah...
Alter Ego: Ah, master what happened just now?
Chihiro: Someone just tried to hack the Neo World Program through you. Can you check how?
Alter Ego: Let me see... This signal... They are in the network? Could it be...
Makoto: Could it be?
Alter Ego: Onigawara-kun??
All: Huh?
Alter Ego: No... I did that quickly so it wasn't completed...
Byakuya: What are you saying? Explain.
The door opens again, revealing Mukuro and Kiyotaka.
Kiyotaka: What just happened??? The sound is so damn loud!! We will get caught at this rate!!
Hifumi: They can't hear it from here Ishimaru Kiyotaka-dono.
?????: Actually they can!!
Hifumi: Eh?? Enoshima Junko-dono??
Junko: Yup! It's me!!
Mukuro: I just contacted her.
Byakuya: You are so reckless, we can get caught with this.
Junko: Actually you guys are caught already lol.
Byakuya: What??
Junko: The Future Foundation found our about this, Celes gang is running right now!!
Makoto: W-what? How??
Junko: Are you guys all idiot?? Many former students of Hope's Peak Academy just go on work together, that's totally not suspicious!!
Junko: Also one of the Future Foundation's members are here!
All: What??
???????: Are you all hearing thi...
Togami ends the call.
Byakuya: Great there is no return now. Even that woman is in prison she still want to mock us with this...
Makoto: But how about Celes-san and the others...
Mukuro: They are running away for now, Junko told me that they will try to buy as much time as they can.
Byakuya: By running away aimlessly? They are so reckless... That's it, we must finish this school trip or whatever quickly.
Byakuya: Fujisaki, begin it right now!!
Chihiro:...
Byakuya: Fujisaki? Hurry...
They all look at the monitor showing the camera footage of the first classroom, the moment the 17th student show up.
Byakuya: What?
Hifumi: Ehhhh?????? How can Onigawara Shin-dono be here???
Mukuro:...
Chihiro:...I don't know.
Alter Ego:...I see. He was the one who hacked into this place earlier, the location is the same too...
Kyoko: What do you mean? He is still alive?
Alter Ego: No, he is not. During the last days of the killing game, Onigawara-kun asked me to create an AI looking like him and put it inside the network but that AI can't work alone... How?
Byakuya: Then why didn't you tell us sooner??
Alter Ego: After we get out, I tried several times to find the AI but it didn't work everytime... So how?
Hifumi: Maybe it is related to his other worlder thing?
Kiyotaka: What do you mean?
Hifumi: Knowing a Neet like Onigawara Shin-dono, he would do something so anime like transferring his soul to the AI or something.
Makoto: Is that even possible?
Hifumi: His existence is already a anime like thing already!! Of course this can be a possibility!!
Byakuya: Good job, Yamada. This is the first time you have said something smartly.
Hifumi: What do you mean the first time?? I am always smart!! That is the reason why I am here with you guys!!
Byakuya: No, cause the other group might end up running away and you are the worst candidate to do that job.
Hifumi: It is a critical hit!! Yamada Hifumi has fainted!!
Kyoko: Enough joking for now, what we should ask is why is he inside the program.
Kiyotaka: That is certainly a hard problem...
A sound rings from Ishimaru's pocket.
Kiyotaka: Ah, kyoudai!! (A/N: kyoudai is another form of aniki you can say like that, although I think everyone knows who is on the other side already.)
Mondo: Kyoudai, are you ok? They found out about the program thing!!
Kiyotaka: Yeah we know, how about you guys's side?
Mondo: We are still running away, at least no one is following us for now.
Kiyotaka: Then you guys should head to this place now.
Celes: No, that would be too dangerous, we don't even know they set something to tracking our location, regroup would be reckless right now.
Kiyotaka: Then how are you gonna escape??
Celes: We are thinking to head to Towa City, I doubt that Future Foundation will search for us there.
Makoto: But that is the most dangerous place!! They knew Komaru and Fukawa-san were there!! Of course that will be the first place to search for!!
Celes: Don't worry, the most dangerous place is also the safest. That guy, Munakata Kyosuke is not an idiot, he will also know that Towa City is not a good place for us to come so he probably won't come there.
Byakuya: Then what if he thinks like you.
Celes: Then I will leave it to my luck to decide. Using reverse psychology too much won't be good. This is my gamble and I won't lose, there is only one person who could beat me after all.
Mondo: In short, just do your work kyoudai!! We will be okay!!
Sayaka: Owada-kun, you shouldn't move much!
Kiyotaka: Huh? Kyoudai are you injured?
Mondo: Nothing, that Sakakura guy just hit me a bit hard. Kuwata helps me give him more beating after that don't worry.
Celes: That's all I want to say now, we will leave the Remnants of Despair to you guys, make sure to do your job well!!
They end the call.
On the other side, Celes, Leon, Mondo and Sayaka are on their boat heading to Towa City.
Celes: Good grief...
Sayaka: Celes-san, are you working too hard? You should rest a bit.
Celes: Not a chance, they leave me to lead you idiots so I will need to do my job.
Mondo: You are still like that... Whatever.
Leon: We can rest when we reached there, after all the 2 strongest Martial Artists are there.
Sayaka: Ogami-san will be okay but I don't Kenshiro-san is in good condition to fight.
Mondo: Asahina is there with them so it must be fine. Although working with Syo will be a problem...
Celes: Indeed, but that's all for now. We must go on.
Sayaka:...
Leon: What is it, Maizono?
Sayaka: Are we forgetting someone?
Mondo: No idea.
Celes: No clue.
Leon: Who knows? If you forgot, it is not important.
Sayaka: Yeah I guess...
Meanwhile... In Future Foundation headquarter...
Yasuhiro: (When are they going to come to help me get out...)
Context: Yasuhiro is in Celes's group when they run, they split up for a bit but when they reunite they are all too tired to remember him.
Yasuhiro: (At least my genius brain tells me that I can catch some fishes to eat... Let's just do that!!)
Back to the Jabberwork Island gang... After Monokuma takes control of the program.
Kyoko: I see... So that is why he come there.
Kiyotaka: Huh? Why?
Kyoko: He must have known about the killing game here beforehand so he come to prevent it but he failed as we see.
Byakuya: Basically his only choice now is doing what he has done back then.
Makoto: Saving everyone... The first time, he died... What will happened in the second time...
Hifumi: That's where you are wrong, Naegi Makoto-dono.
Makoto: What?
Hifumi: He is not alone this time, AI Nanami Chiaki-dono and Usami now Monomi-dono will help him. With the power of friendship he won't lose.
Byakuya: I am really surprised when you said something smart the second time...
Hifumi: That's enough!! I'm not stupid!!
Mukuro: But I have a question, who is controlling Monokuma when Junko is in prison?
Chihiro: Someone insert another AI into the program that causes this.
Byakuya: I see then his action make sense... Kamakura Izuru, it was his doing.
Kyoko: Kamakura Izuru...
Byakuya: I have felt suspicious when he just came directly and told us to catch him so this is what he planned.
Makoto:...Alright. We can leave the killing game to Onigawara-kun, so we should focus on taking back the control right now. There must be someway right Fujisaki-kun?
Chihiro: Yeah, I will do my best!!
Mukuro: Then I will continue to guard outside.
Kiyotaka: That's we!! We will wait for good news!!
Kyoko: (...Don't you dare die again, Shin. I still need to ask you something.)
A/N: Interlude 2 finishes!! Sorry if something is not right in the canon, this slowly turning into a alternative universe now... Anyway that is how the people outside are doing right now in the outside, hope you enjoy it.
Thanks for spending your time reading my story!!