Fanganronpa: The Ultimate Killing Game

The Room Where It Happened

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CLASS TRIAL- ALL RISE!

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"Now, let's begin with a basic explanation of the class trial! So, your votes will determine the results. If you can figure out 'whodunnit' then only they will receive punishment. But if you pick the wrong one, then I'll punish everyone *besides* the blackened, and the one that deceived everyone else will graduate! Now then, why don't I start you all off? Let's discuss the murder weapon!"

Wow, kinda pushy. Well, whatever. He kept his mouth shut last time; maybe we'll get lucky and he'll leave us be again. "Okay, the murder weapon is pretty simple, right?"

"That's correct. The murder weapon must have been the bloodied object at Hiro's feet," Sakura agreed.

"You mean the dumbbell." Byakuya clarified. "You don't have to call it just 'an object.' We all know what you're referring to."

"Hiro's head wound is consistent with the shape of the dumbbell," Kyoko told us. "And it's the same size. So there's no doubt in my mind that that's the murder weapon."

"Well, I've got a doubt!" Junko argued. "Who says that's the murder weapon just cuz it's got blood in it?!"

"You have a rebuttal? Let's hear it, then," Byakuya demanded. "I'm curious as to what would make you doubt something so obvious."

"Well, it's not that I think the dumbbell wasn't used. That's like, totally obvious. I just don't see why we're all so sure that that was the killing blow!" She slammed down her hand on her stand. "I mean, it's totally obvious that that isn't what killed them, if you just look at 'em. Am I right or am I right?"

She doesn't think the head wound is what killed Hiro? Then she must be referring to.... "Are you talking about their jugular?"

"Is that what this vein in your neck is called?" She craned her neck as far back as she could, tracing down her own vein with her pointer. "This one, it was like, totally cut open! Anyone who saw their body would know that, ha-duh!"

"That is true. The opening in their neck was quite large," Celeste agreed. "It would certainly be more than enough for them to bleed out."

"You're right about that wound ordinarily being potentially fatal," Kyoko acknowledged, "but it's really impossible for that to be considered the killing blow."

"What do you mean impossible?" Chihiro asked. "How can you tell? Are you that good at autopsies? Is that your talent? Ultimate Mortician?"

"...No."

How can Kyoko be so sure that Hiro's head wound was the fatal blow and not the neck wound?

"Okay, so there are two options for what the killing blow could be here," Leon started. "Either it's the head wound from the dumbbell, or the neck wound from... uh, what caused the neck wound?"

"I don't think we know," Makoto replied.

"Well, it can't have been done with the dumbell," Hifumi snorted. "Can it?"

"A cut like that would've been caused by a blade of some kind," Mukuro told them.

"We're getting off topic," Byakuya asserted. "Junko may be right. The neck wound not only hit an integral vein, but also released much more blood."

"M-Maybe the head wound only knocked out H-Hiro, and they were killed with the blade?" Toko suggested.

No, that's wrong! "No, Kyoko is right. There's something that confirms the head wound was the killing blow."