Danganronpa: Fictional Nexus

Chapter 5: Dawning of the Dead Part 3 (Daily Life)

Remaining Citizens: 9

Ai Mizuno (Zombie Land Saga): Ultimate (Zombie) Idol

Aoba Kuronuma (Durarara!!): Ultimate Manipulator

Ryuji Sakamoto (Persona 5): Ultimate Track Star

Emma (The Promised Neverland): Ultimate Moral Compass

Bernadetta von Varley (Fire Emblem: Three Houses): Ultimate Recluse

Gold (Pokémon Adventures/Pokémon Special): Ultimate Hatcher

Espio The Chameleon (Sonic The Hedgehog): Ultimate Ninja

Miles Morales (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse): Ultimate Successor

Yu Ishigami (Kaguya-sama: Love Is War): Ultimate Pessimist

< Ai's POV >

The "S.S. Koizumi" was a shoddily made yacht with a red roof, a pale body with small dots on it, and windows that looked like camera lenses. Ah yes... real "pristine".

"I was actually starting to get impressed with all the designs you had of the city up 'till now. Don't tell me we have to actually go on that thing..." Aoba shook his head with disgust.

"Spidey-Sense ain't goin' off, but I can tell that there's gonna be trouble if we take this out on the water." Miles walked over to the boat and knocked on it lightly.

That caused it to crack and Monokuma immediately ran over and put duct tape over it. Either Miles is too strong, or this boat is just that badly made, or maybe it's both.

"Don't do that again! It's okay baby... the bug kid won't hurt you anymore..." The bear just started to stroke the yacht like it was his lover... ew.

"I-I don't want to go on that thing, we'll be at the bottom of the ocean before we get to the next area!" Bernadetta shook with fear.

"I feel like I should mention that I am not water-proof." Ishigami raised his finger up while making his point.

"Like it or not, you are all getting on this baby and sailing over to that island over there! Now let's get on that water, Monocitizens!"

Well at the very least, we don't have to swim all the way there.

"Yikes!" Ryuji jumped back after his side of the handrail broke off after he grips it.

Although I would rather swim than sink in this floating deathtrap. We left the pier as the foghorn of the yacht bellowed out loudly to the dismay of all of our ears. It wasn't even a normal sounding horn either, it was like someone was loudly shouting "JEEZ" in a deep voice.

I looked around at the current amount of people we had left, only nine. After eight losses... our group looked so miniscule in comparison to how it was before. Misato, Kaiba(?), Marty, Shantae, Sucy, Alice, Killua, Trunks.... Ugh, I never want to see another dead body in my life once this is all over, and by that I mean one that is permanently dead and not reanimated like I am.

Thinking back to Kaiba, or whoever that person we were with was, I think they're the key to the mastermind. It was then when I realized that I could explain how I think Fake Kaiba ties into this with Espio, since I've never told him about it. Espio deduced one of the former killing game participants could possibly be them, but I still think there is more than that. This person built an entire city based around all of them, honoring them as icons and celebrities, for what reason I have no idea.

We just have to try.

"Hey."

I halted my inner thoughts while staring out to sea when Ishigami approached me, along with Emma.