Your POV:
I found out a few seconds ago that Kokichi knew what he was going to do to me now. He knew how he was going to use me as a motive, but I had no idea how he was going to do it.
Sweat started to roll down my face as I thought about what he said, and the smirk he gave while he delivered that line. Kokichi was still leaned down towards me as he saw my reaction.
"Woooow, my beloved~!" Kokichi exclaimed in a mocking tone, "you look veeeeery nervous right now! I wonder what the reason for that is? Is it because I have a plan, and you don't even know what that plan is?"
Kokichi was definitely mocking me like he usually did. I knew he was going to try and plan something with me since he got me here. He was going the extra mile by not telling me how he was going to use me. He knew that would give him the advantage.
It was hard for me to even tell what Kokichi could plan. I was in the dark about what he could do. All I could do was either hypothesize or guess what he was going to try. Aside from that, I knew nothing on what he was truly planning, and he made sure to make himself not give anything away.
"In all honesty, I wish I could tell you, but I have reason to suspect you would try and tell someone to try and save yourself," Kokichi explained, "nee-heehee~! I'm not going to give you the opportunity to create a plan yourself, so I'm not going to tell you anything. Not what I'm planning, or when I'm going to put the plan in action. I'm sure you'll figure it out eventually, though."
As Kokichi told me that he wasn't going to tell me what he was planning on doing with me, his tone was upbeat and happy. He was entertained by the fact that he wasn't going to tell me anything, insisting that I could figure it out eventually on my own. Kokichi seemed to actually think that I could somehow talk to someone at will. I never told him that I even had a conversation with Maki, but that was because our conversation ended before he got to that secret room.
I couldn't help but have a distressed look on my face when I realized that Kokichi was serious about not telling me anything. I couldn't plan for what he was trying to do. I couldn't do anything about it. I was sure that whenever Kokichi decided to put his plan for me into action, I would find out exactly what he was planning.
"Don't give me that look, my beloved," Kokichi said with feigned sorrow, "you don't need to know what I plan on doing with you. You are a hostage after all. You have no say in what I can't or can't do."
(Just like how the Supreme Court shouldn't try to dictate what women can or can't do with their bodies.)
I was silent in response to Kokichi's words. I knew he was right in terms of what he was going to do. Kokichi didn't have any obligation to tell me what he was planning. He was in charge, so I knew he was capable of attacking everyone if I didn't try to resist in some way.
I knew Kokichi hasn't done anything to the others, which was the bright side in this crazy situation. I knew however that could change. Kokichi lied to me about even considering sparing the others, and that was a tactic he used to get me to talk. Just like the issue for my well being... I had no idea what Kokichi was going to plan for my classmates and friends.
Reality was good at hitting people when they least expected it. The reality of this situation was that Kokichi had a plan to keep the others from helping me, and Kokichi most likely also had a plan for dealing with everyone. The worst part was I knew I couldn't do anything about it. A tense, dreadful feeling was in my body, and it got worse. It was a sense of impending doom, and I couldn't try to plan something against it.
"Nee-heehee~!" Kokichi's laughed, "I will tell you this, my beloved, you will know when the plan starts. You won't know now, but you will find out soon."
I don't know what it was about the words that came from his mouth, but my heart beat started to accelerate as sweat started to form droplets on my forehead. I could see that my body was starting to tremble in sheer anxiety of what was going to happen.
I didn't know what was going to happen, but if it wasn't somehow stopped... I feared that everyone would die, just like the nightmare I had. I couldn't let that happen, but I didn't know how I could prevent a plan I knew nothing about. All I could do was wait...
Rantaro's POV:
"We should probably start our investigation now," Kirumi spoke, "until we can get everyone involved, I think Rantaro, Kaede, Ryoma, and myself should be the ones investigating around the school. I would have Maki join us, but she's supposed to keep an eye on what's going on at the Exisal Hanger. Miu, Kaito, Gonta, and Angie should stay in the dining hall and feed false information to Monokuma. Miu and Kaito are most likely to reveal a part of a plan, so I'm relying on those outbursts to tell Kokichi that we are all planning an attack at the Exisal Hanger."
"So you want the loud people to feed Kokichi the wrong information?" Ryoma asked, "I believe this would work if they planned to *accidentally* give information to Kokichi and mislead him."
"You want me to trick that psycho?" Miu asked, "if it gets the bastard dead then I'll do it!"
"I think Kirumi is recommending that we use our tempers and confusion to mislead Kokichi," Kaito spoke, "I couldn't even find him when he ran off with the card key before that Virtual World stuff happened. If I can pull one up on Kokichi, I'd be thrilled... I don't really like the guy..."
"I think we all can agree on that," Maki spoke, "if I have to, I will kill Kokichi if there's an opening, and no one is going to convince me not to. It's the best option to consider saving all of the lives here, considering Kokichi plays dirty."
Everyone was bringing up considerable points in the grand scheme of things. Kirumi leaving the investigation to those who are more suited to it made sense. Her idea about keeping the others who have a temper and could easily leak information to discuss the plan we had to mislead Kokichi. Everything that this plan would require would need to be done with extreme care. We couldn't have Kokichi think we are suspicious of creating a plan to bring him down. But this plan was going to be easier said than done.
"Our goal will be to investigate the first floor of the school for starters," I said, "Maki will observe Kokichi like she did yesterday. Kaede, Kirumi, Ryoma, and I will investigate the school while the rest of you focus on getting people to join the false plan. Tell the others if they want to save (y/n), we need all of the help we can get. You guys can do that, right?"
"Nyahahaha!" Angie laughed, "of course we can!"
"Of course *you* can, Angie," Kaito said, "you're always so cheerful somehow, it's hard to tell when you're deceivin' someone... I still remember that whole cult thing..."
"Don't be so serious, Kaito!" Angie exclaimed in response, "after (y/n) helped me escape death, I don't plan on starting another student council! That is a promise!"
"I guess (y/n) has changed quite a lot of people here," Kaito spoke, "I had no idea how she knew what was goin' on, but I guess it makes sense that she would find out from the people she helped."
"But because she helped us, she now needs our help," Kirumi stated, "that's why you guys need to convince Kokichi that we are planning on using the a Electrohammers to get past the electric barrier like Rantaro said previously. That way, we can make him prepare for something that isn't the true plan."
"We get the fuckin' point, Kirumi!" Miu shouted, "I already feel like I let (y/n) down when she saved my fuckin' life. I exposed that she told me about her ability, therefore cementing what Cockichi found out! This time, I'll use my loud ass mouth to deceive the brat!"
"I wasn't expecting you to feel like you let someone down," Kaede replied with a nervous laugh.
"Of course I can feel fuckin' bad about my actions!" Miu exclaimed angrily in response, "just most of my actions are flawless, so I don't feel bad a lotta the fuckin' time! That's just how I fuckin' roll!"
"Flawless isn't what I'd use to describe your actions," Maki stated, "but that isn't important right now, so I'll let that slide."
"So, do we all know our assignments?" Kirumi asked, "if so, let's please get started."
Everyone seemed to agree with Kirumi after she said that, and everyone started doing their respective tasks. My group had the device that cut out camera wavelengths as we exited the dining hall. This meant that we were about to leave the start of the deception to the people left in the dining hall.
As soon as my group left the dining hall, I was kinda wondering where we were going to investigate first. A good part of me had no idea where to start despite looking in a smaller area of the school.
There were a few places we could access when we first got here. There was the ground level floor which held the dining hall, warehouse, school store, gym, among other things. This floor needed to be the first thing we looked at. If we didn't find anything here, we would need to look on the first floor at least where Kaede's lab was.
"I think we should search this floor first," Kaede said, "we might be able to find more here, considering there is a lot to look at on this floor."
"Then I guess it's decided," I said, "I was thinking the same thing in all honesty. I guess great minds to think alike, huh?"
Kaede nodded lightly in response, and it looked like everyone in my group would want to focus on the investigation of the ground floor. There was a chance there was something there that was used by the mastermind.
"So are we looking as a group, or are we separating to look?" Ryoma asked.
"I think it's more feasible if we stay as a group," Kirumi replied, "there is a limit on how this device can tamper with camera wavelengths. It can only do two rooms, so as think it would make more sense to stay as a group."
"I guess I can't argue with that," Ryoma replied, "so where did you guys want to look first?"
"I would say to start with the classroom on this floor," Kaede explained, "but from being on look out in that room when we first got here, I didn't notice anything aside from the vent. There was nothing strange in that classroom."
When Kaede said those words, I was slightly skeptical about not checking the classroom. However, as I thought on that more, if there was a route in that classroom, Kokichi must've gone there in secret. Even though our search area would be smaller, it would be hard to find a finite place where Kokichi would sneak into the hidden room in the library.
"If no one knows where to start looking, why don't we think about what happened during the first case before Rantaro was brought back," Kirumi explained, "since we know that he is the mastermind, we should try to think about anything he could've said. I know Rantaro isn't aware of things Kokichi said during the trial, but that was because he was out of commission for the time being."
Kirumi wanted our group to think of what Kokichi was saying during my trial. I wasn't there, and Kirumi was well aware of that fact, but her words were helpful. Kokichi is the mastermind, and he must've fabricated some sort of excuse. Why didn't I think of that before...?
'If I thought of this earlier, could've already made progress...' I thought with a small sigh.
"As you recall, Kaede was supposedly the one who killed Rantaro, but she was framed," Kirumi explained, "so that means that Kokichi had an alibi we all believed at the time."
"I don't think the alibi he used was necessarily a lie though," Kaede said, "if I can recall correctly, Kokichi was in the dining hall with Miu, Kiyo, and you, Kirumi. You guys were all in the dining hall before Rantaro was found, but there was something suspicious in Kokichi's alibi now that we know he is the mastermind."
"When I was in the dining hall, Kokichi did say he went to the boys bathroom on this floor. When he left, he was gone for only five minutes. I obviously thought nothing of it at that time, but now I'm suspicious about that," Kirumi explained, "so maybe we should look there and see if we can find anything."
From what was explained at the moment, Kokichi had an alibi that claimed he was in the dining hall at the time of my murder. He was with Kirumi, Miu, and Korekiyo. Nearing the time of my murder, Kirumi explained that Kokichi needed to use the restroom, and he went to the boys bathroom closest to the dining hall. He was gone for five minutes, and came back after those five minute.
I knew that the boys bathroom would be a very good place to start looking. He was the mastermind, and he did frame Kaede. The only nagging doubt on the back of my mind was that I was somehow wrong about all of this. I needed so desperately to save (y/n), but if I didn't know if my theory or plan was right or not.
"Why don't we search the boys bathroom?" Kaede asked, "but are we going to have Rantaro and Ryoma go in...? Don't you think it's kinda awkward for a girl to enter a boys bathroom?"
"In a different situation, yeah," I replied, "but I'm not the person to try anything underhanded in a boys bathroom. If you are so worried about that, Kaede you can check the girls bathroom. There should be no problems with Miu's device working in two bathrooms."
"I guess that might work..." Kaede muttered in response, "I'm kinda awkward about going into the boy's bathroom though."
"In this situation, there are worse things that have been done than a girl going into the men's restroom," Ryoma told Kaede, "think about it that way, and move forward. We don't have time to feel awkward about this, y'know..."
Kaede understood what Ryoma told her from my opinion. She nodded, telling him that she understood. Since there was no more confusion on our part, we used the alibi Kokichi used during my trial as a starting or finishing point to confirm a route that could lead to the hidden room.
It was a pretty short walk to get to the restrooms closest to the dining hall. All we had to do to get there was was turn the corner. It was an effortless stroll in any case. We managed to get there in under a minute through a quick pace to get there.
"That didn't take very long," Ryoma spoke, "it takes pretty quick to get here, and that is very convenient for someone who needs to go somewhere without anyone suspecting anything."
"Remember Ryoma," Kirumi replied, "we won't know for sure until we investigate in here. I never really used the school bathroom when I have one in my dorm room."
"We should probably start," I explained as my hand grabbed the handle of the bathroom door, pulling it open to let everyone in, "the quicker we are able to investigate, the quicker we can save (y/n)."
Everyone nodded in response as Ryoma first went in. Kirumi walked through the door afterwards, and Kaede followed after. As soon as I saw that everyone was in the bathroom, I walked in, letting the door shut itself once my hand left the handle.
What I saw when I got in there was the same bathroom I saw when I first investigated in here with (y/n). I saw the bathroom stalls lined in their usual fashion, as well as sinks that were used to wash hands afterwards. There was a supply closet in the back corner of the bathroom. My eyes scanned the bathroom, thinking of a place to check first. There weren't many places here something hidden could be.
"Where should we look first...?" Kaede asked, "I mean would there really be a secret passageway in the stalls?"
"There's only one way to find out," Ryoma responded in a causal manner, "I'll check the stalls if that would help."
"Maybe there is some sort of secret mechanism similar to the hidden bookcase," Kirumi replied, "there is a huge chance that we need to search and investigate every nook and cranny of this bathroom. Kokichi wouldn't just foolishly keep something like this out in the open. There is probably a hidden switch or something."
"Don't worry, I'll check for that," Ryoma replied, "I'm not a whiner when it comes to dirty investigations."
"I wouldn't think we are either," Kaede replied, "but isn't it normal to feel awkward in a situation like this...?"
"Just put that aside now and just say it's a regular bathroom," Ryoma replied with a shrug, "that's all this is. A bathroom and nothing more."
I knew this was just a bathroom. Ryoma was trying to keep Kaede from feeling awkward about this in the best way he could, and I could definitely respect that. Despite that, what Kirumi said before hand was what was on my mind. Kirumi thought there was some sort of secret switch in here, and she made some good points on why that would be. Kokichi definitely wouldn't keep a route out in the open. He would need to hide it, so I thought Kirumi was onto something.
Keeping this in mind, I knew what I was looking for. I was looking for an area where someone could have an open area. This had to be something someone could walk through, and if there was a hidden area somewhere, they'd have to have a finite way to enter. There wasn't a lot of space, and there weren't a lot of places to look.
"I think I would like to check the supply closet," Kirumi explained, "I'm curious on what this bathroom keeps as cleaning supplies."
"While you guys do that, I'm going to check these stalls," Ryoma said in response.
As soon as Ryoma said those words, he quickly disappeared into a stall. My guess was that he was checking around for any mechanisms. Ryoma was athletic, so there was a chance he could quickly check a stall and move on to the next one. Ryoma was very quick in that sense, and that was proven true when I saw Ryoma quickly dash into the next stall.
I nervously chuckled as sweat started to form on my forehead. Ryoma was definitely a tennis champion. His athletic ability and stamina was amazing. It was so much better than mine in any sense.
"Ryoma, when you're done, come meet back up with us," I said with a small smile, "it looks like this won't take you awhile..."
After saying that, I walked over to the supply closet with Kirumi and Kaede. As soon as we did so, Kirumi opened the door. The supply closet looked ordinary. There was a broom, dustpan, a mop, as well as some bathroom and floor cleaner. The inside of the supply closet was a blue tiles, polished to the nines which was a pretty weird thing to see for a supply closet.
"This just looks like an ordinary supply closet," Kaede explained, "do you guys think this would be some sort of hidden entrance?"
"I'm not sure," I replied, "it looks ordinary to me. The back wall of the closet does have shiny looking tiles though. That's the only weird thing I see in my opinion."
"We need to thoroughly look through this closet," Kirumi explained, "try moving some of the items or feeling the walls. I think we might be able to find something. Even if we don't, it will still tell us that it isn't here."
After some prompting from Kirumi, Kaede and I started moving the stuff around in the supply closet. Everything seemed to be normal cleaning items in a normal supply closet.
"It looks like the cleaning supplies are normal," Kaede explained, "so we should take a look at the the room itself."
I nodded in response to those words as I went in to the supply closet. I started to feel the wall, seeing if there was anything suspicious about it. So far from where I was looking, there was no sort of switch or anything. That was starting to make me slightly worried that Kokichi went somewhere else when he said he was going to the bathroom.
I let out a small sigh as I continued to check out the wall. I could still feel the coolness of the tile as I pushed my hand against the center tiles of the room. I lost track of what tile I was looking at when I felt my hand suddenly push into the wall. There was a slight scraping sound from where my hand was, and when I took a closer look at it, it looked like my hand was pushed through the wall.
I pulled away my hand to find out if one of the tiles were loose or if it was an entrance. As soon as my hand left the wall, Kirumi and Kaede were able to witness the wall rising up into a door that led to an opening. My eyes were widened as I saw this, and I saw the others looking shocked as well.
I didn't truly know if I was right or not about there being a secret route... but it looked like that hypothesis was proven true. The mechanism used for this was a door made to look like the blue tiles in the supply closet. That said door opened by rising to the top by pressing into one of the tiles. These tiles also matched with the walls of the boy's bathroom, so this was shocking to say the least.
"This is..." Kirumi muttered, "I think this is what we were looking for..."
As soon as Kirumi said those words, I could hear someone running up to the supply closet where we were. When I turned my head, I found Ryoma there who had just finished looking through all of the bathroom stalls. My guess was that he didn't find anything because I was able to find the route.
Everyone was silent as we stared at the entrance to this hidden route. We were actually able to find it, and now we would be able to proceed with the deeper parts of our plan.
I was still shocked about seeing it, and now it was confirmed to the others what probably happened before my supposed murder. In my opinion, right now we needed to regroup and discuss what we found.
Hello all! A lot has been going on since this week has progressed. I'm not going to bring it up on here for the sake of the constant reminder here in America rn, but I'm sure all of you know what's going on. I'll just leave it at that.
Also! Kokichi's alibi has been used against him. Takes an intelligent team to suspect the alibi right on the get go! But there is going to be more than just this. Oh, just you all wait. I'm about to put you all in the wringer. It's going to start to be a bumpy ride from here on out. Well I mean it's already a bumpy ride, but let's just say you all will have trouble staying on...
Part of me was convinced to take a mental week, but I've already made you all wait so long since May, so I'm not gonna do that. I have been working on very petty art though. And I got an oculus. That's basically what happened in my week aside from the bad.
I hope you all enjoyed this update. I don't think anyone is gonna suspect what's happening next. See you all next week, and I hope everyone is doing okay! Ciao for now! -yuki_no_fuyu