Here I am as one. Here we are as one.
I take a breath. Extend my hand.
...
Hello?
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Chiyo Sakakibara is not a kind girl. She isn't friendly, she isn't particularly helpful if it doesn't directly benefit her, and she has never real...
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"Listen. You can trust me, Chiyo. Cause...we're partners. If you ever wanna talk, I'm here. And I promise, my notebook will be nowhere in sight! I hope you can trust me, the same way I trust you..."
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A body has been discovered! Everyone, gather at the infinity pool!
"What?" I gasped quietly. "But..." I pulled out my HandScout and scrolled through my messages with Hidemi. "How could...I.."
Of course. I'm so stupid. How could I not realise that "Hidemi" wasn't quite right. Too...eager to stay in one place.
It was real. Hidemi Matsumoto, the Ultimate Journalist, lay dead in front of my eyes.
"She's..dead." Kanesuki said, standing up.
"Weird. The announcement only played when three of us found Junpei, but only two had to find her. Isn't that weird?"
"That's what you're focusing on?!" He shouted, running back inside to meet everyone.
"Holy shit." Lada exclaimed. "It is my jacket!"
"Who the fuck cares?" Brittany shouted at her. "It's Hidemi..."
"Oh god. Was she just...under the snow?" Makena said in shock.
Otoha ran out can covered her mouth in horror. "Hidemi! How could this have happened...?"
"Hm." Shin gripped his book tightly. "We only spoke once or twice, but I'll miss her. I guess."
"Who did this?" Fuyuko asked, knowing that an answer wouldn't come.
Hironari leaned down next to the body, pushing a piece of her hair out of the way to get a better look at her head wound.
"Hey, he's contaminating it!" Brittany said in scandal.
"No, I'm investigating. As it happens, I've got a lot of experience with head trauma."
"Aren't you more experienced with what's underneath the skull?"
"Investigate once you've got all the relevant information." Said Dissonance from all of our HandScouts simultaneously. "Here's the second Monokuma File, guys. I don't really remember what it says exactly...but whatever."
"Relevant information given by whom, exactly?" Hironari quizzed. "Nobody with any medical experience, I'm sure."
"I know everything that's happening in this resort at any given moment in time, man-bun. I know more than you do." They snipped. "Just read the fucking file and shut up."
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