Danganronpa: Poisoned Hope (Fanganronpa)

Chapter 6 - Post Trial and Execution

There was a long silence as we all stood there, wondering about what everyone had voted and what the results would be.

Well, we were all silent except for Ryuto v2 who was eagerly humming to himself as he sat on Monokuma's throne and was forced to count and go over the votes himself from a laptop that he had spawned into his hands.

"And...Aha! That's it!" He nodded and grinned, turning his head to face us and begin his announcement. "I have finally finished counting, checking, and double-checking your votes. It's now the moment you've all been waiting for. Who has been voted as the blackened? Did you make the right choice, or the dreadfully wrong one?"

He really does act and sound like Monokuma in this situation. I guess that makes sense when you remember he controlled what Monokuma said and did.

The TV screen that was still hung from the ceiling slowly flickered on. Instead of showing all 16 portraits like usual, it only showed mine and Ryuto's.

For what seemed like hours, 5 red bars appeared on the screen one by one. Slowly, they stacked on top of each other beside Ryuto's portrait.

We...did it?

"Oh, man. Looks like I underestimated you guys." He sighed. "Blah blah blah...Uh...I guess I'm getting executed."

"Seriously? We seriously get to leave?" Reina sounded like she couldn't believe it.

"Unfortunately...I thought that's what you wanted? Why are you asking a bunch of questions now...?" He said.

"Of course that's what I want! I just...can't believe it's finally happening."

"We...did it!" I exclaimed. "We've been trapped here for what seems like years...But we did it!"

"We get to leave! And I got the girl of my dreams! It's a double win! Kyahaha!" Mizuki cheered.

"Jeez, you guys sure are excited," Ryuto commented. "It's like you forgot your friends are about to die...for real this time."

"You just had to be a bitch and ruin the moment..." Shiro sighed.

"It sounds like you don't care!" He continued.

"Oh no! Your mind tricks won't won't on us anymore!" Mizuki stuck her tongue out at him while grabbing onto and holding me.

"We do care," I told him. "But...our friends would want us to escape and avenge them, wouldn't they? Them hating us and thinking we abandoned them...That would never happen. Our friends aren't like that."

"Gah...this really is gross. But I guess there's nothing I can do now." He sighed. "You all made your decision. It's too late."

"For a mastermind, you're trying to sound very considerate right now," Reina added.

"Trying? I thought I was considerate!"

"Really? Have you ever heard yourself?"

"You were literally the definition of inconsiderate two seconds ago!" Mizuki joined in.

"What's...going to happen to you?" Kei wondered, glancing at Ryuto.

"Little old me? Have many times do I have to tell you? I'm getting executed."

"For someone about to die you, you sure seem to be relaxed." Toshiro pointed out. "Now look who doesn't care."

"The reason I don't care is that I'm not afraid of death!" He proudly stated. "I'm just an A.I. so why should I worry about death? I'm fully prepared to meet my demise!"

"Really...?" Kei said.

"Really! Why...do you think im going to panic like that dumb Ryuto that got executed earlier? No way." He shook his head. "I for one know that I'm some A.I. so why do I need to be panicked?"