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(Y/n)'s P.O.V.

Monokuma cackled delightfully, grabbing my face with both of his hands. He squished my cheeks around and pinched them slightly. I wrinkled my nose in annoyance. When he saw how annoyed the action made me, Monokuma stopped and just held my face in his hands.

"You're so magnificent, (Y/n). God, I love seeing you like this!~" Monokuma gushed, his cheeks warming up a bit.

I giggled and lifted my hand off of his waist, patting his shoulder. "Okay, I gotta catch up to the others before I get suspicious." Monokuma whined and lifted himself off of my lap. With the weight now lifted off of me, I stood up as well. I began to head to the door, but before I could slide it open, Monokuma pulled me into a hug from behind.

His hands were rested on my hips and his forehead leaned against my shoulder. Monokuma quickly pressed a chaste kiss to my neck then pulled away from me. He sighed, "ugh, fine. I guess I can let you go now."

I rolled my eyes and pecked him on the cheek before leaving the rec room. I made my way downstairs to catch up with the others. I had heard everyone's voices erupt from the library, so that's where I headed. As expected, everyone was gathered in here.

Everyone was circled around an injured Hifumi. He looked seriously injured with blood leaking from his head. I didn't even feel bad for him. He attacked me in the head and he was attacked in return. Perhaps I was being too resentful towards him, but I couldn't help it.

"That guy hit me..." Hifumi mumbled. His speech was somewhat unclear and jumbled; perhaps he was unwell from the blow in the head.

I stepped closer and inquired, "what guy?"

"So you finally decided to join us, (Y/n)," Byakuya commented. He spat my name out as though it was some sort of bad taste that lingered on his tongue.

Hifumi gasped. "M-Ms.(L/n)?!" Ah, I suppose he was shocked to see me alive.

"Yes, I am here. What is going on? Hifumi, are you alright?" I furrowed my eyebrows in false concern, acting as though I felt sorry for him.

"Er, no, I was attacked by Robo Justice. That's what I would like to call him for now," Hifumi answered. He did look horrendous. He was clearly frantic with gallons of sweat glistening on his paled skin.

"Was (Y/n) attacked by this "Robo Justice" as well? Or are you just pretending to be injured?" verbalized Byakuya. He raised an eyebrow at the bandages wrapped around my head.

Hina let out an exasperated sigh and shook her head. "She is not acting Byakuya! Why are you such a jerk?!"

"I am merely taking caution of the Ultimate Actress. Not only is her ultimate handy for the killing game, but she also seems close to Monokuma, one of the masterminds."

"Not this again," I muttered. "Would you let that go? I obviously never engage in Monokuma's stupid antics. And you always target me for my ultimate for what reason? Just shut the hell up Byakuya."

Byakuya snickered a bit, pushing up his glasses. "How do we know you don't interact with Monokuma behind closed doors?" Genocide Jill then spoke up, "yeah! How do we know if you aren't makin' out with that teddy bear cosplayer in your dorm?!"

"Jesus Christ, I do not have the energy to deal with your foolish prattle," I said, "let's just listen to what happened to Hifumi instead of you wasting our time accusing me of stupid shit."

Byakuya clicked his tongue, but obeyed and shut up. Everyone turned their attention back to Hifumi who looked as though he would pass out any second now. "R-Robo Justice..." Hifumi stammered.

Celeste pulled the digital camera from her pocket, clicking a button to switch it on. She clicked on a small button to open the gallery, showcasing the picture she had supposedly taken after she was attacked by "Robo Justice." "This is who you are referring to, is it not?" Celeste held the camera in a way where everyone could see the small digital photo she had snapped.

"What the hell am I looking at?" remarked Byakuya.

I replied, "this is the one that had attacked both Celeste and Hifumi. Right, Hifumi?"

Hifumi seemed distressed whenever he glanced at me. "Y-Yes, that's him."

"This just keeps getting stranger," Sakura commented, sighing soon after and turning her attention to the ground. When she had turned her attention to the ground, the female discovered a hammer laying on the ground. "What's that...?"

I also turned my attention to the hammer. It was the same hammer that Celeste was attacked with as well as Taka. Hifumi sniffled, saying, "he attacked me with that hammer. he bonked me right on the head!"

"I'm surprised you're alright after getting hit with a hammer that big," I stated, crouching down to inspect the hammer. Yes, this was definitely like the other ones, though this one was slightly larger than the one found in the rec room.

"I'm not alright!! Look at all this blood!"

"I mean that I'm surprised you're alive. Obviously you aren't alright."

Sakura then stepped up to Hifumi, resting her hand on his shoulder. "I have protein that will help heal your wounds. Would you like some?" Celeste raised an eyebrow at this, commenting, "I have never heard such a thing. Are you sure it isn't just you?"

"Upupu~ wound healing protein? How interesting!"

Multiple people in the room gasped when they saw Monokuma enter the library. Monokuma strutted into the room with a hand on his hip and a proud smirk adorning his features. Upon fully entering the room, he threw his hands up and announced, "Monokuma has entered the scene!"

"Eek! It's him!!" Hina screamed.

Genocide Jill screeched, but then laughed. "Heyyy!~ (Y/n), your boyfriend is here!~"

"Shut it, Genocide Jill," I hissed. Monokuma squealed like a middle school girl and clasped his hands together. He squealed, "gah! Me, (Y/n)'s boyfriend? I would be honoured!~" Monokuma lunged over at me and hugged me, catching me by surprise. I nearly toppled over from the impact of his hug.

Monokuma nuzzled his face against mine, but pulled away almost immediately after that action. He shoved me a bit, but I had only stumbled. The shove wasn't enough to make my fall over. "Just kidding!~ Anywho..."

Monokuma returned to the center of the room and giggled. "Upupu~ A robot of justice, eh? Now this is really interesting!! Could it fly? Could it transform into a car? Oh, oh! Could it preform special moves like quick attack or flamethrower?!" Monokuma laughed again, clapping his hands together in excitement. His eyes were tightly shut and his nose was scrunched from the large smile on his face. How cute.

"Why is he here?" Byakuya questioned through clenched teeth.

Celeste shook her head. "Now is not the time to concern ourselves with his presence. We need to get Hifumi to the nurse's office straight away. He needs to be treated." Everyone agreed with Celeste's statement.

"Ngh... Thanks everyone," Hifumi struggled to speak. Everyone began to guide Hifumi to the nurse's office on the first floor. Monokuma was greatly dismayed at the fact that everyone had left him in the library alone, but no one paid much mind to it.

Hifumi was properly treated in the nurse's office. Now that the bleeding from his head had stopped, everyone felt a bit more relieved. Hifumi had claimed he was a bit dizzy from the attack, but that was minor compared to how injured he was before. Celeste suggested he rested in the nurse's office for a while and everyone had agreed. However, before the rest of us returned to our investigation about Robo Justice, Hifumi began to tell his story.

"Well, I had woken up early this morning to look for Alter Ego ahead of everyone else. I headed to the third floor where Robo Justice had attacked me," Hifumi explained.

Celeste commented, "that must have been what I witnessed this morning."

Hifumi nodded in acknowledgement to Celeste's statement. "After that, he dragged me to the library and bonked me in the head with that Justice Hammer 2! It must have been 30 or 40 minutes ago...so at 7:30."

"Then we were all still in the dining hall! Me, Sakura, and Kyoko were all there," Hina stated. This meant that the three of them had alibis.

"I was doing my laundry in the laundry room," Byakuya spoke. Genocide Jill giggled, placing her hands on her warm, red face. "Mhm, I was with him! His black underwear are as black as the darkest night..." So that meant that her and Byakuya were together, providing an alibi for them both.

The only ones without alibis were Hiro, Taka, and myself. Taka was dead, so he couldn't exactly provide an alibi for himself. Of course, I was the only one who was aware of the dead student beside Hifumi.

"I was in my room. Sakura had come to get me whenever Hina, Kyoko, and Sakura left the dining hall," I stated.

"What were you doing in your room?" questioned Byakuya who had an eyebrow raised in suspicion.

"I had woken up a little before Sakura had come to get me," I said. I then proceeded to tell the fabricated story to Byakuya, Hifumi, and Genocide Jill. I noticed how the tension visible in Hifumi's posture seemed to disperse upon hearing I supposedly didn't remember the situation.

Byakuya crossed his arms. "Hmph, I see. By the way, what happened to Kyoko? I haven't seen her anywhere."

"Oh! She was supposed to be checking the second floor, but I didn't see her there," Hina trailed off at the end of her sentence.

"She disappeared, huh? Heh, what a strange woman. Perhaps she is exactly as I expected," Byakuya smirked. "Perhaps Kyoko is working with the mastermind. She is awfully suspicious, is she not? This woman, who seems perfectly fine with handling corpses, hasn't even revealed her Ultimate to us."

Sakura crossed her arms and said, "let's save this for later. Right now we need to focus on finding the suspicious person dressed as Robo Justice."

"Yeah! If we don't hurry, there might be more victims!!" Hina exclaimed, clenching her fists. "Will you be alright here, Hifumi?"

"Y-Yes... Don't worry about me. I'll catch up with you all later once I rest up," Hifumi answered. He waddled over to the bed positioned against the wall. The bed creaked a bit when he sat upon it.

Celeste nodded, intertwining her fingers and positioning her hands under her chin. "Understood, Hifumi. Take care."

We exited the nurse's office and left Hifumi alone to rest. I was the last out, shutting the door quietly as to not disturb the resting male. "Should we split up and search for the suspicious man?" I asked.

"Our opponent is dangerous. We need to take caution since we do not completely understand what they are capable of," Sakura discussed. Before she could continue, Celeste suddenly gasped.

"What is the matter?" Byakuya asked, his tone rather annoyed.

"I-I saw a shadow!" Celeste pointed her pale finger towards the stairs. "Something was at the top of the stairs!!"

Sakura immediately started dashing towards the stairs. "On the second floor then?! You won't get away from me this time, bastard!"

We all instantaneously followed behind her, heading to the second floor. Upon entering the second floor, Celeste suggested, "we should and split up and corner him. He must be here somewhere!"

"Don't take any unnecessary risks. As soon as you find him, call out for me and I will come as quick as possible," Sakura told us. She cracked her knuckles as though she was getting prepared for a fist fight.

Celeste tapped her chin. "What should we yell though...?"

"Anything! It doesn't matter!" Hina exclaimed.

"Then is this okay?" Celeste let out a small, fake scream.

"Sure! Whatever you want. Just yell loud enough so we can hear you!!" Hina shouted. "Let's just hurry up and start looking!"

Splitting up was probably the worst thing to do in this situation considering this is how most disasters happen in movies and such, but I didn't protest. Hina and Genocide Jill had already run off before I could even mutter a word. Without another thought, all of us split up in search of the costumed attacker.

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