Chloe: Good morning!

Ashlyn: Morning. Why is everyone sniffing the air?

Chloe: Miyoshi says there's a dead animal somewhere, we're trying to find it.

Ashlyn: Dead animal?

Alyssa: It smells funky as hell.

Yu Xuan: Nah man that's me. I finished the whole bowl of ramen yesterday.

Tan Liang: Was it good?

Yu Xuan: Mhm.

Alyssa: Why didn't I get ramen?

Tan Liang: I didn't wanna waste any.

Alyssa: Okay jackass.

Miyoshi: The smell is obvious, but vague. I can't locate where is coming from.

Ashton: GUYS!

Miyoshi: What?

Ashton: The smell... It's back...

Chloe: The dead animal smell?

Ashton: No... It's not a dead animal...

Ashton: It's a dead body.

We froze in the same position for a while, then looked at each other in horror.

Alyssa: What- How do you know it's not an animal???

Ashton: I'm a detective. I know the difference.

Rachel: But we're all here aren't we?

Ashlyn: No... Hannan, Annan and Hanako aren't...

Chloe: Then what're we waiting for? We need to check if they're okay. Hannan should be in the clinic.

Miyoshi: We'll go there first. Let's go.

We ran to the clinic

Why is another person dead? What good will this do us???

We pushed open the door to the examination room and saw...

Hannan sleeping peacefully.

Ashlyn: Hannan? Wake up!

Hannan: Mm? Oh, good morning guys. Did you come to check on me? I'm fine, really.

Ashlyn: WELL SOMEONE ISN'T!

Hannan: What?

Miyoshi: We can't find Annan or Hanako and there's the smell of a dead body, one of them is dead and we don't know who.

Hannan looked at us for a bit, as if waiting for someone to say "April fools!". But it never came, and she slowly got off the bed.

Hannan: This is bad... Where's the smell coming from?

Ashton: I think... Near the dorms.

Hannan: Then what're we waiting for??? My best friend could be dead!

We rushed to the dorms and found the room where the smell was coming from.

Hannan: Annan's...

Chloe: I guess this confirms it... Annan...

Hannan: NO! I don't believe it...

Sophie: I'll open the door.

Sophie slowly pushed open the door...

There was no body in sight.

Hannan: Huh???

Chloe: Search for the body, it could be anywhere.

We looked around, but apart from the huge mess on the floor, there was no body.

Ashlyn: So where's the smell coming from?

Miyoshi: It seems like it's coming from behind this poster.

Chloe: A poster of a big boobed supermodel. Didn't this go in the gym?

Miyoshi: Ash, could you peel it off?

I walked over to the poster and peeled it off the wall quickly, and got hit with the most terrible smell.

Ashlyn: What the- Ew wh-

It was covering a vent.

Yu Xuan: Eh??? A vent? Where does it lead to?

Ashlyn: The... The Mastermind room!

Hannan: Let's go.

We ran to the Mastermind room.

Miyoshi: Here goes nothing... Who died? Hanako or Annan?

Hannan lowered her head in defeat.

Miyoshi pushed open the door.

Hanako: Guys! Oh no no no...

Ashlyn: Hanako! You're- you're safe! We were so worried.

Hanako: Ash this isn't the time for celebrating my safety I- Annan is-

Hannan: NO! No...

We turned to see...

Speakers: A body has been discovered in the Mastermind room! After a certain amount of time, which you may use however you like, the class trial will begin!

Hannan: Annan N- No...

She collapsed onto the floor.

Hanako: Hey! Hannan are you-

Hanako fell to the floor too.

Chloe: HANAKO! A-

One by one everyone began to fall to the ground. And then my eyelids grew heavy...

Chapter 2, Deadly life

To the ends we shall go hand in hand

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Chloe: Ash! You okay?

I got up and rubbed my eyes. Everyone was back in their own body, except Hannan. She was kneeling before her own body, as if Annan would wake up.

Hannan: Hey... Wake up...

Hanako: Hannan she's-

Hannan: SHUT UP! You killed her didn't you?

Hanako: No I would never-

Hannan: We were already suspecting you, now you just confirmed our suspicions! You killed Annan! WHY???

Hanako: I didn't-

Hannan: You know what, I don't care anymore. We'll get our revenge on you during the class trial. I'll avenge Annan.

Hanako: ...

Monokuma appeared, file in hand.

Monokuma: Puhuhuhuhu, looks like one of you has killed poor Annan... I wonder who???

Hannan: Shut up. Why are you even here?

Monokuma: To give you the Monokuma file of course! Solve this one quickly, I'm excited to see how this turns out!

Chloe: Just give it to us and leave.

Monokuma: Alright alright, see you at the trial!

Monokuma disappeared.

Miyoshi: Let's start investigating.

Ashlyn: Mm.

(I'm not forgetting truth bullets)

- - - INVESTIGATION BEGIN - - -

Chloe: I'll read the file.

Chloe flipped it open.

Chloe: The victim is Annan, the ultimate gymnast. The body was found in the Mastermind room, where the victim was also killed. The cause of death is a heavy object falling on the head, death was instant. There are no other external injuries, but the victim shows signs of food poisoning. The time of death is around 11pm.

Ashlyn: I'll investigate the body now.

As the Monokuma file states, the head has a large wound on it, which is the cause of death. On her head is a vent cover. Was this the murder weapon?

There's a weight next to her head. It's covered in blood.

Chloe: That weight seems to be about 6-10kg. It's much bigger than the one Hannan was hit with.

Ashlyn: Hey... Is this...? It's Annan's room key...

Chloe: Wasn't she looking for it? Why is it with her?

Ashlyn: We'll figure it out.

Chloe: What's this? It's a portable fan?

Ashlyn: Why is it on?

Chloe: What was it used for?

Miyoshi: Guys there's something in the ceiling vent.

We looked up.

Chloe: A string?

Miyoshi: It's hanging from the vent. I wonder if it's important...

Chloe: That's all in this room, where should we go next?

Ashlyn: How about Annan's room? The smell was coming from there, everything just looks so suspicious.

Chloe: Alright.

We walked to Annan's room.

Chloe: Ow, what's on the floor?

Ashlyn: It looks like big metal pieces.

Chloe: Looks like something broke into these pieces. I wonder what...

Ashlyn: Here it is, the poster of the big boobed supermodel. There's a string taped to it, it's going down the vent.

Chloe: That's the same string hanging from the vent downstairs!

Ashlyn: The vent cover is right here, why did they need to use the poster to cover it?

Chloe: Hmmm...

Chloe: Welp that's all in this room... Let's check the clinic, Annan spent most of her time there.

We went to the clinic and searched around, but found nothing.

Chloe: Wait... Ash!

There was a half empty bottle of cough syrup on the waiting room table.

Ashlyn: Is this what gave Annan food poisoning? This wasn't here before...

Chloe: I think that's all in the clinic, let's walk around the whole place to see what we can find.

We walked around for a while.

Chloe: Hey, the sewing machine in the tailor shop is missing, do you think that's important?

Ashlyn: Maybe, based on how the plastic bag was.

Chloe: Alri-

Speakers: I'm getting tired of waiting, let's start. Please assemble in the auditorium to proceed to the trial venue, puhuhuhuhu! See you soon!

Let's do this.

We headed to the auditorium.