After the trial ended, yet another new area was opened to us.
We've been through this so many times
that we've grown accustomed to the pattern.
That realization left us feeling repulsed as we began to explore the fifth floor.
"(Not) Normal Arc: The Junk Food of Despair for Racing through Youth"
Okay, I take it everyone is here?
Then begin your reports.
Asahinans and I checked out the botanic garden.
There was this huge flower unlike anything I've seen before,
but I couldn't find a way out of this place.
Despite it being a botanic garden, there was also a chicken coop.
There were five chickens inside!
The only other thing that stood out to me was the storage shed...
So, did you have any luck, Togams?
I couldn't find any stairways leading up.
It looks like this building only has five floors. Also...
I found a classroom that caught my attention.
It was filled with the stench of blood and grease.
"Eye for an Eye" It was filled with the stench of blood and grease.
I suspect a large number of people died in there.
What happened in there?!
Are ya serious?
Alter Ego had mentioned...
...the Biggest, Most Atrocious Despair-Inducing Incident in Human History.
That may be where it took place.
I will investigate the case surrounding what transpired in that classroom.
Again? You always go solo whenever the situation grows dire.
Where were you when Yamada and Celes' case occurred? Or Ohgami's for that matter?
Isn't it about time you came clean?
About?
Who you really are.
Who is Kyoko Kirigiri?
How about it?
I cannot tell you.
I don't remember.
What?! You don't remember? Like I'm going to buy that!
How could you not remember?
Don't harp on, Fukawa. And do something about your bad breath.
Okay!
The old amnesia card is such a bad joke that I couldn't laugh if I wanted to.
Did you honestly think we would fall for that?
I thought you wouldn't believe me. That's why I never said anything.
If you insist on taking that attitude with me,
I will have to restrict where you can go.
Give me your key. I want the key to your room.
What?!
I think you're taking this too far...
If she doesn't like it, she can start talking.
Wait! You don't have to threaten her!
Very well.
So you've decided to talk?
Why you...!
Why? Why do you refuse to talk so adamantly?
H-Hey, what if she really does have amnesia?
Y-Yeah! It's not totally impossible, right?
After all, this is the worst school, where nothing but the worst crud ever happens.
Do you think that's truly the case?
Does "nothing but the worst crud" happen here?
Huh?
Are you satisfied now that you've restricted where I can go?
Kirigiri!
Don't interact with her!
What is it? Is there something you would like to say?
If you want to spew your bad breath everywhere, do as you please.
Th-That's such an honor coming from you, Master Byakuya!
A-And I took care of my bad breath, so...
Well? What did you have to say?
R-Right! Well, I found something that caught my attention
in a classroom on the fifth floor!
A survival knife?!
H-Hey! That's dangerous in the hands of a serial killer like you!
I'll be takin' that!
No, just a moment.
Hagakure, both you and Asahina have a record of harming others
after what happened with Ohgami.
A record...?
In which case, that leaves you by process of elimination.
Eh?! Me?!
That settles it. You are going to hold on to this for a while.
Fine...
Hey, Fukawa.
Huh? Is-Is it my breath? I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry my breath stinks!
That was worthy of a compliment. It was a rather impressive find.
Master Byakuya... p-paid me a compliment.
I-I'm dreaming. I must be dreaming!
Watchin' Fukawans is depressin'.
Hey, you punks! Come to the gym!
You see, I'm extremely... extremely pissed off!
Yikes... He really is pissed.
Didn't I tell you that I'm pissed?
There is a thief in your midst!
What?
One of you stole my treasure!
And here I trusted you...!
I never expected you to betray that trust.
Wait, what's this about a treasure?
Don't play dumb! You even broke a surveillance camera!
That's against the school rules, you know!
Huh? Yer one short, aren't ya?
Grah! That must mean she was the thief!
No, yer all equally responsible!
Y'all can wander in the streets during the employment ice age!
Wh-What was that about?
The only one capable of stealing from Monokuma...
...would be Kyoko Kirigiri.
I wonder what Kirigiri is trying to accomplish...
"Naegi" I wonder what Kirigiri is trying to accomplish...
Who is she really?
Kirigiri!
I'll be waiting in the public bath's dressing room.
Meet me there in a bit.
"Bath"
Sorry to have asked you out at this hour.
I have something that can only be discussed in this room
since it lacks surveillance cameras.
A key?
Is that Monokuma's treasure?
It was in the principal's office.
What?! But wasn't the principal's office supposed to be locked?
How did you get that?
We have Ohgami to thank. She unlocked the door.
Remember what her will said?
"I will not go down quietly. I swear I shall strike back at the mastermind."
Ohgami unlocked it...?
Right. Thanks to Ohgami, I was able to learn about Mukuro Ikusaba.
This is based purely off intuition, but Mukuro Ikusaba is dangerous.
"Super High School - Mukuro Ikusaba - Profile" In fact, she may be the one behind all of this.
"She"? So this is a girl?
But didn't Alter Ego say that it was highly likely
that the mastermind was actually the principal?
No, the principal isn't the mastermind.
It couldn't possibly be him... I think.
But I'm still not certain about any of this,
so I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell the others.
Uh-huh.
Kirigiri, um, if you're onto something,
you can come out and tell me...
I'm sorry.
But I still can't explain it very well.
You think I'm being unfair, don't you?
On top of being unfair, there is a favor I'd like to ask of you.
What?
I want to find out what this key goes to.
Could you distract Monokuma while I am working on that?
You're going to look into it? By yourself?
That is way too dangerous!
I cannot proceed any further without taking some risks.
If it could unravel some of these puzzles, I should proceed. Isn't that right?
Can I trust you?
All right.
In exchange, promise me something.
Make coming back your top priority.
I don't want you to push forward if things look dangerous.
Monokuma! You're watching, aren't you?
We need to talk! Come out!
Monokuma here! Naegi, what were you doing with Kirigiri?
It was just the two of you in the bath a minute ago...
You two were all hot and steamy!
I bet you were doin' all sorts of naughty things together!
Poopy! Yer givin' me the silent treatment? Not that I care any...
I'm careful to enjoy a healthy surveillance lifestyle
that is totally free of any R-rated scenes!
Is that why there aren't any surveillance cameras in the public bath?
Busted! Ya guessed it!
Really, the humidity would cause the lens to fog up.
That's why you didn't install any cameras in there, right?
That's the reality of it.
Now what did you wanna talk about?
What's important enough to drag me out here?
What was the treasure that got stolen?
What?! What the heck?!
I can't believe it! I'm shocked! It's like a 100 megawatt shock!
Weren't ya gonna ask about somethin' more important?
Are all pubescent boys this ludicrous?
Fine, lemme tell ya.
It's a friggin' secret!
Wait! I'm not done talking to you!
I hope she's okay...
Did she accomplish what she set out to do?
That's right... I know...
My goal isn't to leave this school.
It's to stay here...!
I have to stay here... for the hope of all!
Someone's there?
K-Kirigiri...?
Wh-What? What are you... saying?
Good mornin', punks!
It's morning! It's now 7:00.
It's time to rise and shine!
--Now then, let's seize yet another day! --W-Was that a dream?
The knife is missing!
Who was it? Who tried to attack me with that knife?
Should I talk to the others?
But maybe it would be wise to watch what I say for now...
Huh?
I can't find anyone.
Where did everyone go?
Guys, so this is--
G-Guys, what're you doing?! If you do that...!
Calm down, Naegi.
He was already broken.
What's going on?
Last night, I couldn't get Monokuma's stolen treasure off my mind.
I came to ask him about it, but by the time I arrived,
he was already no more than a toy.
So I rounded everyone up and we began to disassemble the thing.
This was Master Byakuya's ingenious idea!
H-He said it's our chance to figure out how Monokuma works.
We went to get you, but you wouldn't answer your door.
I was sound asleep...
And here we didn't get a wink of sleep.
Crap! Check this out!
A bomb? It looks like that is a standard feature for Monokuma.
That's dangerous!
I suspect it has a vibration sensor. Be careful.
A-A vibration--?! For real?
M-My hands suddenly started to shake!
Hey! Pull yourself together!
I forgot to mention this, but I already shut the sensor off.
Don't gimme a heart attack!
But why did Monokuma stop working?
Perhaps something unexpected happened to the mastermind who was controlling him.
Come to think of it, didn't Alter Ego say that the one behind this
is none other than the principal?
Wait, Togami! Kirigiri said that the principal might not be the mastermind.
You still believe what she feeds you?
Well, in any event,
it sounds like we need to investigate the principal's office.
"In Front of the Principal's Office"
The door is locked.
Fukawa! Go fetch a mattock in one minute!
There should be one in the shed by the botanical garden.
I-I need more time!
Are you gonna break down the door?
With Monokuma currently out of operation,
I doubt there is any need for concern.
Was Kirigiri behind this?
In which case, she knows who the mastermind is.
I wonder if she made it back okay...
My, my, my, my, my!
Whoa, that was fast! And she's Genocider!
Hello! It's your wonderful serial killer who always has a smile on!
Where is the mattock?
Matt Tock? Who's that?
"Matt Tock?" Matt Tock? Who's that?
As I recall, Fukawa's two personalities don't share memories...
Oh, okay! So I was going to the botanical garden to get a mattock.
That's one puzzle outta the way!
Now we just gotta solve the other one.
What other puzzle?
What the hell is a corpse doin' in the botanical garden?
Wh-What the heck? What's going on?
It's safe to assume that the victim was killed by the knife stabbed in the chest.
The bleeding seems to have stopped, but it hasn't dried yet.
I totally can't tell who that is!
I think it's probably a girl.
The chest poofs up... and the lines of the body seem feminine...
I imagine it's probably Kirigiri.
She is the only one not here with us.
It can't be! There's no way...
Seriously, why don't we just remove the mask?
Hey, stop! Don't carelessly touch the body!
Off it comes!
The body exploded!
The fool! She had to act without thinking.
Hurry! We have to put the fire out!
It looks like we managed to extinguish the fire.
Why the heck did it explode?
In the end, who was it?
Kirigiri isn't here, so it has to be her.
No, there is still the possibility that it wasn't her.
What?
The sixteenth...
What are you talking about?
Kirigiri told me about her.
There was a sixteenth high schooler hiding on campus.
She told me about the presence of a high school student
known as the Super High School-Level Despair.
There was a sixteenth student?!
Come to think of it, wasn't there an empty seat during our first classroom trial?
I didn't notice this earlier, but is that some sort of insignia?
And there is a key on top of that?
--Does it go to the principal's office? --What's going on?
--No, it clearly doesn't go to that door. --Please fill me in, Master Byakuya!
This probably goes to...
Okay, let's go!
Huh? Where to?
There was another room we were unable to enter!
"In Front of the Data Processing Room" There was another room we were unable to enter!
So the key truly did go to this room.
My word! Isn't this footage coming from the surveillance cameras?
Why would the mastermind want to lure us into this room?
What's with this tacky door?
It's locked.
Huh? This is a TV!
It's hooked up to an antennae, so we can watch normal TV if we turn it on.
Really? Maybe then we can see what's going on in the outside world!
Oh, dearie me! You found yer way in?
Teddies, I haven't seen ya in such a bearie long time!
B-But I thought you were d-dead!
You thought I was dead? I can't bear to hear such nonsense!
How could a bear possibly play dead?
What? And hasn't your personality changed?
Of course it changed! The change is bearfectly natural.
It's been two years since then, ya know?
Two years? It hasn't been that long.
That aside, why don't we move on to the main event.
What main event?
You punks were quick to notice it.
That's right! Allow me to tell ya about the TV you found.
Now, if you'll direct yer attention that way.
"Monokuma finally reveals the truth!"
"The group is surprised by the astonishing truth! Coming up next!"
This is...!
No...! The people on TV...
...are us!
But why?!
Yup! We've been airing yer "School Life of Mutual Killing" 100% live
nationwide via the net and it's been a hit!
I-I don't see the point in all of this...
Actually, there has been a point behind everything I've done.
Ya sure are dense.
And here I dropped hints about the mysteries surroundin' this school.
There was even a reason why I lured you here!
I see. You wanted us to learn about this, didn't you?
This was meant to be a despair-inducing live broadcast unlike any other.
It was all for our viewers across the nation!
This is the ultimate reality show!
It's despair entertainment TV!
You're lying! If this was airing on TV, the cops or someone would have come for us!
You really think so?
What do you mean?
When ya get down to it, this ain't their problem.
They may think it's fun to watch on TV,
but no one's actually gonna come rescue you!
Hijacking public airwaves requires equipment and astronomical funding!
Why would you...?
Why would I go to such lengths?
That's still a secret for now!
Don't ya have something else you need to attend to first?
What would that be?
Well, you did find a body!
The classroom trial...
You got it! I want ya to keep on enjoyin' yerselves!
Enjoy "School Life of Mutual Killing."
Ding dong, dang dong! A body has been found.
We will commence the classroom trial!
"Classroom trial is in session!! Right after this!!"
"What do you desire?" My ears rang; I couldn't believe what I was hearing
Looks like my world is going buggy on me
Worldly desires obstruct everything-- According to him, that's a fair trade
Giving in to temptation, I was mesmerized by his nonsense
Everyone is required to play the King's Game
He won't listen to any "right to refuse" nonsense
One of the assigned quests included, "Kill that crowd"
Dance of despair ٩( 'ω' )و Drenched in ambition, the boy
Laughed when reality fled to him m9( ･´ｰ･｀)
Claiming you lack desires is a lie
No point in being a hypocrite
What did I dream of becoming again?
Didn't I wanna become a hero? ┐( ∵ )┌ "Upupu"
I'll voice my wish
"Sorry, but there is no medicine for stupidity (LOL)"
It looks like the situation has become rather sticky.
Kirigiri! Where have you been?
Naegi, thanks to you, I have learned a great deal.
Thank goodness she's okay...
Where have you been?!
Aren't you dead?!
Don't write me off just yet.
Just a sec! If it's not you, whose body is in the botanical garden?
That body belongs to Mukuro Ikusaba.
That was the sixteenth high school student, the Super High School-Level Despair.