Danganronpa 4-Despair Loop

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“...I cannot wait to see your stupid face on a spike as I drag it over a chunck of hot coals…” Koko glares at Monokuma, taking her place.
“Aww… Well then! Is everyone here and situated? Are you all comfortable? Alrighty! Lets begin with a basic introduction of the class trial! The result of the class trial will be determined by all of your votes! If you can pick out the blackened, I'll only punish them. But if you pick the wrong one… I'll punish everyone besides the blackened! If the blackened succeeds in deceiving everyone, the culprit gets to graduate!” Monokuma laughs, his laugh echoing the dead silent room.
“Shut up. We don't need your stupid explination, we’ve done this before. Okay, we never found the murder weapon, did we?” Yuma looks around at everyone, most in denial.
“N-no… but the wounds were about an inch in diameter… that's not too big, but not too small…” Sayuri says.
“So, not a metal pipe. The ones in the warehouse are pretty thick, they couldn't have been used then.” Ayane says.
“We shouldnt rule out anything without decisive proof Ayane. Did you measure them?” Koko looks over at her.
“No. But I could barely hold it with my two hands, it’s much thicker than an inch.It was really heavy too, I could only hold it for a second… but that might be because I’m not necessarily strong.” Ayane says.
“Strong… yeah, you’d have to be somewhat strong to kill Miana in that way…” Naoro looks around at everyone.
“Well, what about the crowbar, Ayane? Didn't you say it was about an inch?” Nao looks over at Ayane, avoiding eye contact with Yuki.
“Yeah… yeah! I almost forgot about that! Thanks Nao!” Ayane smiles and Nao smiles back.
“There were a couple other things, like a dumbbell and a baseball bat, but they were also too thick, and I had ruled them out already. But in the back of the warehouse, really hidden away, was this crowbar. I think that’s the murder weapon!” Ayane triumphantly says.
“W-was it about an inch in diameter?” Sayuri asks, looking beside her. Ayane turns to her and nods.
“It was.” 
“Most crowbars are an inch or an inch and a half in diameter, so that wouldn't be too surprising.” Koko folds her arms and looks to the side.
“Did you find any traces of blood on it?” Yuma asks.
“Nope, we didn't. We looked and looked and looked but we couldn't find any blood anywhere… other than in Mianas room…” Nao looks down, a little dejected.
“Oh. Well, I think we can assume that's the murder weapon for now, most of the evidence points to that being the case.” Yuma makes a mental note of this, putting a pin in the unanswered questions she has. 
“Let's move on, when was Miana murdered?” 
“...Sayuri, did you figure out the time of the murder?” Koko asks, looking directly at her.
“I-I did…” 
“Well, didn't the note say the time of the fuckin murder? It said “2:25” in the note, which I still think Koko wrote…”
“No, that's wrong!” Yuma hits her podium. “Sure, it may say 2:25, but if Miana was hit 4 times, there had to be some sort of struggle!” Izumi looks appalled for a split second.
“Well… so what? It has to be around that time, I’m not entirely wrong!”
“Miana d-died at 2:30 in the morning…” Sayuri sheepishly says.
“See! I told you! Close to 2:25!” Izumi shouts. 
“Okay, okay. Calm down. So if the murder happened at 2:30 in the morning, none of us would know. Since we were all drunk…” Yuma speaks to herself, contemplating what actually happened.
“Yuki and Miana were the only ones who weren’t at the party, the only ones without alibis.” Koko looks over at Yuki and quickly glances away. 
“But Yuki was best friends with Miana, she couldn't have killed her!” Nao says.
“At this point, it doesn’t matter if they were friends. It’s completely possible for Yuki to have killed Miana.” Yuma looks down, pressured under Yuki's harsh gaze.
“But Koko’s also suspicious! She could've killed her too!” Izumi gestures next to her, where Koko is standing. Koko scowls a bit, and turns her head to her.
    “I couldn’t have. Yuma knows I couldn’t.” 
“I do. She was just as drunk as the rest-”
“What does that do? So she's drunk. She still could've killed her! I’ve seen people get into fights and almost kill people!” Izumi yells.
“I-Izumi, please calm d-down…” Sayuri nervously says. 
“So, could Koko have killed Miana?” Chinatsu asks, speaking up for the first time, looking terrified.
“I don’t think so. Koko’s not that type of person… But none of us are…” Ayane looks around.
“Well, I think she did! She has the hellish sorta look in her eyes!” Izumi cries.
“Could she even have murdered her?” Naoto says. 
“No. No she couldn't. I agree, Naoto, she couldn’t have even murdered her.” Yums nods at him, and he nods back. 
“You got any fuckin’ proof? Are ya sure she couldn’t? You can’t just say that off a gut feeling, Kayden did murder Kokojo after all…” Izumi looks upset.
“I do have proof, actually. Koko, would you mind if I tell them?” Yuma looks over at Koko, who waves her hand, signaling to go on.
“Monokumas motive is my proof. Kokos secret…