"Why were you coughing when we lit the candles again?" Shuichi asks Y/n, Maki and Kaito standing beside them.

"..." Y/n thinks about wether she should tell them or not. "..Do you promise to believe me?"

He nods.

"..I was just singing like everyone else.. then someone put their hand over my mouth and nose for ages, I couldn't breathe at all but then the song started to finish so they let go and pushed me on the floor."

"Who? I'll kill them." Maki says immediately.

"I don't know who.. it was pitch black and I was panicking a bit too much to try and see if I could figure it out."

"Oh? What's this? Someone tried to kill Y/n? Maybe it was.. Angie's spirit?" Kokichi walks up to them and joins in the conversation.

"S-Spirit!?" Kaito gasps

"Maybe Angie was planning to murder Y/n and came back from the dead to finish her off!"

"..I doubt it. If that was the case, Tenko wouldn't have been killed. And Y/n hardly spoke with Angie." Maki rolls her eyes

"Of course not! I'm just trying to scare Kaito!" Kokichi laughs

"You little-!" Kaito says angrily

Maki quickly pulls Y/n aside. "Do you know who did it?"

"I already told you.. I don't know."

"You could be lying and just trying to protect whoever did it.. was it Shuichi?"

"No! I'm not lying!"

"Like how you're lying about being sick? I'm not an idiot, unlike Kaito."

"..." Y/n looks to the side.

"Stop.. keeping secrets. I'm tired of secrets. So just give it up." Maki turns away from Y/n and walks off.

Y/n feels bad. But she just continues trying to investigate, then it's time for the class trial.

—

After a little while of discussing Tenko's death, they come to the conclusion that whoever tried to suffocate Y/n is the same person who killed Tenko.

"But.. who is it?" Gonta asks

"It was definitely someone in the room and doing the ritual.. there's no way anyone else could've gotten in, or if they did, they wouldn't be able to navigate in the pitch black." Shuichi says.

"Maybe we can use process of elimination. Who do we know it couldn't possibly have been out of everyone in the room?" Tsumugi asks

"It's not Himiko.. that's for sure. I was trying to pull their hands off.. and they were definitely bigger than Himiko's hands." Y/n says

"Hmph.." Himiko looks a little annoyed at that.

"It wasn't Shuichi either.. he isn't that much taller than me."

"So.. that leaves one person left." Shuichi looks straight towards Korekiyo.

"Ah.. you truly believe it's me?"

"Confess already.. you killed Tenko.." Himiko says

"But what evidence do you have? You're going to let the fate of all our lives rest on the statement of one person? How do we know Y/n is telling the truth?"

"Then we'll find more evidence! Right Shuichi!?" Kaito says

And they do.. they figure out the seesaw trick, the cut floorboards, the fact he was the one that added the extra lines of salt.

"Wonderful! That's exactly correct! There is no point denying it now, alas, the trick I put so much hard effort into, wasted." He says

"I have.. one question." Maki says. "Your way of killing Tenko.. it was much more complex compared to Y/n, where you just went up to her and held her mouth and nose shut.. why?"

"Kehehe.. my original plan was to break the floorboards underneath Y/n, and perhaps stab her while she was down, but I decided it was too unpredictable at the very last moment, so I went to my last resort."

He says he didn't kill Angie, and that due to Monokuma's rule of only the first blackened of two murders gets punished, he won't get executed.

And before they know it.. the class trial comes to a close.

Korekiyo is the killer for both Angie and Tenko.

He explains his relationship with his.. sister.. and why he was trying to kill 100 people to send to his dead sister as friends. He's crazy.

"Besides Maki and Miu, every girl here is worth of being Sister's friends." Korekiyo says

"..If you were planning to kill anyone in the seance.. why didn't you let me be the spirit medium?" Y/n asks.

"Because.. along with planning the murder in the cage, I also planned your murder."

"Huh?" Y/n steps back a little.

"Sister has told me many times that she is grateful for all the friends I send her.. but she requested you specifically this time. She is curious about the people who love in the way you do, you know what I'm talking about, don't you? I saw you that night.. it was quite unexpected for both of you."

"..." Y/n doesn't say anything. She knows he means Maki.

Korekiyo pulls down his mask. "Yes, a forbidden love of some sort, quite like my brother and I's.."

"Don't compare Y/n's relationships to yours! That's just wrong!" Kaito says

He rambles on a little more.. until his execution. Then.. it's all over.

Himiko finally let it all out. She cried for ages. It was heartbreaking to watch.

—

Everyone goes to bed. Except Y/n, she needs some fresh air.

She coughs a little into her hand.

She lifts it down.. her entire palm is soaked in blood.

She stares at it.

"What.? No.. this can't be happening.. I can't die here.." She mumbles to herself, then quickly goes into her dorm.

She can't tell Maki, or Kaito, or Shuichi. Or anyone.. she knows they'll overreact, or think she's contagious and never speak to her again. It's best for everyone if she just leaves it.

—

The next morning is.. gloomy. Himiko is trying hard to express her emotions more, and being more energetic, it's sweet.

Like always, Shuichi gets the random stuff that opens up rooms. But this time, there was also a keycard. Monokuma said it was a motive, but nobody had time to check it out because Kokichi took it and Kaito ran after him.

It opens another floor, Y/n walks up through the stairs. It looks like something out of a castle, it's pretty. Y/n walks around it for a little, then sees Shuichi standing outside a door, there's another door a little away from it.

"Is this another research lab?" Y/n asks

"Yeah, I think so. I was just about to go in."

They both go in, it looks like it's vintage.. is that the right word? There's two sofas and two shelves on opposite sides of the room, one has lots of books and files, the other has many bottles.

Then Maki walks in.

"Oh. This is Shuichi's lab.. right?" She says

"Probably.. there's a bunch of murder cases over here." Y/n looks through the shelf with all the files on.

They all start looking around, the shelf with the bottles is full of poisons. It's scarily easy to access.

Y/n opens one of the files, there's an extremely graphic picture of a woman that's been cut up into different pieces.

They're official police reports.. how are a bunch of teenagers allowed access to these?

"Everything in here has to do with death.." Shuichi says.

"Well, that is your job as a detective. Especially in this killing game." Maki replies

"Yeah.. I know. The only time I can use my detective talent is after someone dies. I can't save anyone.."

"Don't say that, you've saved all of us.. if it wasn't for you, we all would have been executed." Y/n tries to smile sympathetically

"I guess.. but someone still has to die for me to save them, right?"

"Why are you sad all of a sudden? We still have places to investigate. Come on." Maki scoffs and walks out, Y/n and Shuichi following along.

They go next door, inside looks like another research lab. It has an entire wall full of paper and photographs, red string connecting them. The whole floor is covered with more paper and books. There's a desk with what looks like an office chair, on the desk is a few different types of cameras.

"Oh, this must be mine." Y/n says, then starts to walk around, and look at everything.

"There you guys are!" Kaito walks in. "Woah.! What happened in here!?"

"It's my research lab." Y/n says

"Huh? But it's so.. messy!"

"Yeah.. sorry. I can only work when everything is laid out like this. It looks like it's made exactly how I like it.. hm.. weird."

Shuichi goes over to the desk, he has to watch his step so he doesn't trip over all the mess on the floor. He picks up one of the cameras. "This looks pretty high tech.."

Y/n looks to him and gasps, she runs over. "Wow.! No way! I've always wanted this!"

"What is it?" Maki asks

"It's one of those thermal cameras, it's the best thing you can use for ghost hunting!"

"..W-What?" Kaito says

Shuichi hands the camera to Y/n, she holds it up and points it towards Kaito. "Ahh! Kaito! Behind you! It's a ghost!"

Kaito screams and almost falls over. "D-Don't joke about that! I'm still not over last time!"

"Sorry.. Sorry. Wait, weren't you trying to catch Kokichi?"

Kaito explains how he got away, and also how he got a flashback light. Then he says to meet in the dining hall after they're done investigating. All that's open is Tsumugi and Keebo's labs.

The flashback light gives them the memory of the meteorites. It doesn't do anything to help, just confuses them all more.

There seems like no end. Seven people have already died. It'll only end until there's two left.. unless they find some sort of escape, which is unlikely.

There's nothing anyone can do.. just.. sit and wait. Wait for more of their friends to die..