EXITronpa ; Escape, Exit, Elucidate!

[5] Fifth Case.

All 5 of the students had gathered at the entrance of the trial room. They didn't look at each other as they had all entered and taken their spots. The majority of them were dead now... One of them may possibly join them now. Monoroku was sitting where he usually did, sighing. "...Alright well then." He crossed his legs, looking down at all of them. "Erm, he told me to always repeat it every time we did this so... Just bare with me here." Taco raised an eyebrow. "Wai-"

"Loser was murdered. Simple as that. He died from an injury. Whoever had done it is the blackened, the rest of the students must determine and vote them out. If you do, the blackened will be punished. Though, if the students fail to determine who the blackened is, everyone but the blackened will be punished, and the blackened will go on to graduate and be told if the slip of paper they had was true or not. Without further ado, we shall begin if there are no questions. Understand?"

Taco frowned. "Yes, we all understand. But what do you mean by 'he?'" She leaned on her podium, intrigued.

"That will be answered in the trial... With that out of the way, here we go." He grabbed the gavel, raising it up before harshly hitting it downwards. The trial had begun and now they had to use their wits and knowledge of this and the past cases to figure out what had happened.

-- WHO KILLED LOSER? --

"So, let's get to the point then, huh?" Liy began, leaning on her podium. "Three murders had happened today. Two during our investigation." She frowned a little.

"W-Well, yeah... But Monoroku said we only needed to find the culprit behind Loser's, right?" Dora murmured, glancing anxiously at the remaining survivors. There were so few of them compared to the beginning now...

"...Mhm." 8-Ball was still sniffling, feeling agony from his closest friend's murder.

"Well, that's quite easy." Liy huffed. "He simply killed himself. Now I believe we should focus on the other two though... Their deaths were quite sudden, I highly doubt the culprit would've intended to kill three people."

"Obviously, didn't Monoroku tell us that it was like... multiple murderers involved in this case?" Taco commented. "So this isn't like whatever happened with Roboty where it was the same person. Uh, assuming that Gelatin and Pencil weren't killed by the same person." She shrugged. "I dunno... Maybe one of us killed them."

Dora glanced away from the names of the deceased. "Maybe...?"

"I highly doubt that's the case." Liy sneered. "Most of us were in the room Loser's murder took place dealing with the investigation there. If this was the case the only murderer of those two would be Ruby."

"...H-Huh??" Ruby perked up, a little anxious. She seemed a little zoned out, looking quickly back at everyone else. "It's obviously not me! Why would I kill Pencil?!"

"...She does have a point," 8-Ball spoke up. "L-let's not accuse anyone of killing people yet. We don't even know what had happened to the bodies..."

"Yeah yeah, whatever... Since you guys are so desperate let's actually figure out how Loser ended his own life." Liy growled.

"...W-Well. There were clearly those multiple stab wounds in his chest." Dora seemed to be trying to remember things.

Ruby nodded a little, paying attention to what they were all saying. "That kinda does explain a bit! So, that's it right?? I mean... Maybe Loser just felt off and all-"

8-Ball slammed his hands down on his podium suddenly, loudly.

Liy was taken aback, shocked. "What was that for?!-"