//------------------------------// // Class Trial 4: Chapter 2 // Story: Dangan RomPonya // by Serenade-Stereo //------------------------------// "Actually...maybe the culprit did hide somewhere on the fourth floor" "What? Someone could actually do that?" Punch says "But, Punch and I went into every room at least twice, where could the culprit have hidden?" "The reason you guys don't know...is because, at the time, you guys didn't even know the area existed" "Oh...I do believe I know where this is going..." Orion smiles. "Right, the secret compartment inside the mechanics room. The culprit could have hid in there" "Um...Serenade?" Samurai starts. "All they'd have to do is wait inside the compartment with the DigiBot until it was all clear, there's a button they could use to get in and out of it" "About that..." Samurai gives a sheepish smile. "Um...on the back of the switch, it says: 'Does not work from inside'" "...wait, what?" Serenade says. "Yeah...turns out you can only open it from the outside. It emits radio waves to a transceiver which then reacts by opening up the wall but the problem is, the walls block out the radio waves from inside..." What the...? What the heck is going on here? The culprit must have been able to hide in the compartment...but if they couldn't press the button, how could they get out...? Non-Stop Debate Evidence Bullets -Contraption -Hammer's Testimony -Secret Compartment Serenade- I know that the culprit hid inside the compartment! Samurai- But the radio waves can't pass through the walls from the inside...how could they have gotten out? Serenade- W-well... Beau- This theory is falling flat on its face... Hammer- Maybe...There's an idirect way to open it from the outside? Agreed! "I'll have to thank Punch for this next one" "Huh? What did I do?" Punch titled her head. "Do you remember that contraption you showed us? You told us that it had a fist that would come downwards if you flipped the switch" "So wait...the culprit must have..." Nimbus begins. "The culprit used that to open the door from the outside!" "But the thing activates as soon as you flip the switch" Olive points out. "True...but that depends on what you do beforehand" Of course! "It has a timer next to the switch that goes up to ten minutes, all they would need to do it set the timer and leave the button where the hand would hit." "But...Punch and I were up there for thirty minutes..." "Just reset it, it was a game of chance and they won..." Beau answers. "A game...of chance?" Olive repeats. "They would have to get out to reset the timer, if Samurai or Punch came in at those times them it would be game over..." "But wait...if that's true then aren't we just back to square one with the time of death?" Grimdark says. "Looks that way" Punch says. "Ah, fuck..." "Well...actually the compartment was spotless...so the murder should have happened after 6:55am since that was the last time Punch or Samurai went into the mechanics room..." Hammer explains. "S-so...w-where does that le-leave us?" B asks. "It gives us the timeframe of 6:55am to 7:00am...so anybody without an alibi for that time is suspicious!" Nimbus tells her. "Well, Hammer, Punch and Samurai have been ruled out due to feature of the body and witnessing of others..." Olive says. "Yep..." Hammer smiles. There was an eerie silence for a few seconds. "So..." Nimbus says awkwardly. "Come on, people!" Monokuma yells. "Don't make me cut to the vote now!" "Alright, alright! Well...what about...transportation of the body to the fourth floor?" Hammer says on the spot. We running out of topics. Fast. We need to hurry and figure out our culprit or everything is over... Non-Stop Debate Evidence Bullets -Punch's Testimony -Hammer's Testimony -Samurai's Testimony -DigiBot MK1 data Hammer- So...if the culprit is the thief like Beau said earlier...then they must have got the DigiBot up to the fourth floor.... Samurai- Well, duh! We want to know when! Beau- Well it had to have been during night-time Samurai- We aren't gonna have another timeframe problem, are we? Nimbus- So...the culprit probably...moved it in the middle of the night... Agreed! "It defiantly was moved in the middle of the night. If not, then they would have most likely have been seen by Punch" "Oh yeah, cause of my morning routine!" Punch smiled. "Who would have guess that, that would become evidence?" "But...didn't you say you go to the changing rooms to work out?" Grimdark asks. "Yeah but for only five minutes" "So the culprit must have moved it up before Punch's morning routine" I don't like the theory you're sprouting! Olive folded her arms. "C'mon, are you serious? Five minutes would be more than enough to sneak it past the third floor!" "But, Olive-" "Serenade, do you take me for an idiot or something?" Well... Cross-Swords Evidence Blades -Hammer's Testimony -Punch's Testimony -DigiBot MK1 Data -Dirt Olive- Five minutes would be more than enough to sneak the robot all the way up to the fourth floor, Samurai probably wasn't there at the time which explains why they weren't seen Serenade- Okay, that reasoning does actually make sense. But what mode of transportation would you expect the culprit to use. Olive- Isn't it obvious? They'd carry it I'll cut that claim into pieces! "No way, the culprit couldn't carry it on their backs all the way up to the fourth floor that easily. Hammer told me that this thing ways a TON! It would be impossible for anyone to have carried it all the way up!" "N-nrg...I guess...I guess you're right..." Olive admits defeat. "Unless" Beau interrupts. "They had a lot of strength to carry it..." "Well yeah but...that leaves only Punch, Olive, who I was told was waiting for the cafeteria to open with Orion, and...Grimdark..." Nimbus says. "...so, you want to pin the blame on me? Good luck with that cause there isn't a single shred of evidence to say that I did it" Grimdark says smugly. "He's telling the truth, Grimdark is not the culprit" Beau informs them. "Then who is it?" Orion asks. "...you guys still haven't figured it out? Here's a small hint: The culprit slipped up at one point...they said something that they shouldn't have at that time..." What is she talking about? "Well...why don't we recap what we know?" Hammer suggests. "Sounds like a plan!" Samurai nods. "So the culprit in the case doubles as the thief..." "T-they to-took the DigiBot from w-where it was hidden and mo-moved it up to the fourth f-floor" "They must have waited a while to kill the DigiBot. All the way to 6:55am as a matter of fact" Nimbus says. "The culprit must have done that so..." Of course! "They could destroy most alibis at that time..." "Most alibis?" Olive repeats. "Yes, the culprit must not have wanted to be the only suspect so they waited until the right moment which only gave alibis to you and Orion" Serenade explained. "Wow...I picked the right day to get up early..." "Moving on. The culprit then hid with the DigiBot inside the secret compartment and waited for any possible witnesses to pass by, they managed to get out by using the contraption that Punch found." Beau says. "They took three hammers off of the rack, used one to attack the DigiBot and the other two to make us spend time on what hammer was the weapon" Hammer says. "But...why would they wish to do that?" Orion asked. "Well, if the small hammer was thought to be used then that would support the theory of anybody being the possible culprit" Beau answered. "I understand what you are saying but what if we arrived at the conclusion that it was the larger hammer that was used?" "To be honest...they probably had specific targets. But that's just my theory..." Beau speculates. Targets...? Does she mean...those two? "If we're talking about a target for the small hammer...the target they had in mind was probably..." It could only be you! "It was probably B" "W-w-w-wha?!" "Think about it, B uses magic a lot, healing spells mostly but that still means her magic abilities are very strong...even with the small hammer, she could leave quite the mark" "B-b-b-b-but it wasn't m-m-m-me!" "I'm not saying it was, I'm just saying that the culprit was trying to make you look suspicious...but as for the larger hammer...the target was probably..." It could only be you! "Grimdark" "...you guys just looooove making me look suspicious, don't you?" Grimdark sighed. "I'm not accusing you, I'm saying that the culprit made a scenario that would make you look like the culprit since you've been part of the Cheerag army, they'd have special training courses, right?" "Yes, you aren't exactly guaranteed to live..." "And you did it anyway?" Hammer said in disbelief. "Those courses were to simple, I was first in each of them..." "And with strength like Grimdark's, you could easily believe that he had enough brute force to kill the DigiBot" "Hmm...true enough..." Grimdark folded his arms. "And now...the culprit has been made clear..." Beau smirks. "R-really?" Samurai tilts his head. "I didn't hear anything definite in that..." "......well...maybe...maybe it is a little clearer now..." "So you figured out who the culprit is? Bravo, Serenade" Beau says. Throughout the entire day, one person here has been acting differently...that person must be the culprit and in that case...the culprit's identity... It could only be you!