Your Turn To Despair

The Second Main Game

Everyone is silent as they stand behind their podiums, staring at each other helplessly. They give each other wary looks.

They're all still reeling from the sudden death of Koizumi Mahiru and don't want to see anyone else die.

Hinata grits his teeth and clenches his fists on his podium. 'Damn it. If we stay silent like this, we're going to get nowhere! We only have so much time. Someone get the ball rolling!'

The silence continues to stretch on for what feels like forever. Hinata glances at Komaeda, who looks perfectly content to keep the silence. He's going to be no help here.

Akamatsu smiles sweetly. "Time is ticking, lovelies. You should really get started before no one votes, and you all die."

Hinata wants to yell at her just to shut up and that she's not helping.

Finally, Komaeda sighs loudly, leaning forward on his podium. "Alright, if no one will say anything, I'll start. . .We need to narrow it down to four candidates to proceed to the Final Vote. How shall we do this?"

The brunet jumps at this. "Yes, good idea, Komaeda-kun. We should deduce the card roles again so that we know who has to proceed. Maybe we should narrow it down by figuring out who to leave out?"

Komaeda claps excitedly. "Oh, I just remembered something! Before we do that, I have something I want to show everyone," He digs into his pocket and pulls out a list, "I found something while I was wandering around the other day. I tried to figure it out myself, but I couldn't make anything out of it."

"Let me see."

Komaeda passes the list to Hinata, who examines it.

It's a list of all of the names of the participants of the Death Game, plus some more, with varying percentages next to them. He glances at his name at the top and then down to the bottom.

Hinata Hajime-30%
Amami Rantaro-4%
Maizono Sayaka-5%
Oma Kokichi-1%
Naegi Makoto-12%
Naegi Komaru-6%
Komaeda Nagito-0%
Saihara Shuichi-8%
Koizumi Mahiru-9%
Tojo Kirumi-6%
Mioda Ibuki-7%
Nanami Chiaki-4%
Pekoyama Peko-3%
Ishimaru Kiyotaka-3%
Iruma Miu-1%
Soda Kazuichi-1%

"What the hell is this?" He mutters before handing it off for everyone else to look at, "Why the hell is Komaeda-kun the only one with zero? And why is mine so damn high?"

Komaeda shrugs. "I have no idea. I thought maybe one of you guys would be able to."

Saihara stifles a gasp. "Oma. . ." He whispers.

Ikusaba turns to look at Tsumiki. "Hey, doll, what's this list?" She demands.

Tsumiki opens her mouth to answer, but Shirogane smacks her upside the head before she can. "Don't tell them." She mutters.

The more shy doll trembles. "I'm sorry!" She cries.

The list immediately gets back to Komaeda, who smiles. "Ah, well, I'm sure it's no big deal," He folds it up and tucks it back in his pocket, "I just wanted to check."

"Hold on," Naegi cuts in, "This definitely seems like something we should discuss. Especially if the dolls are so defensive about it."

"I know," Hinata groans, "I want to discuss it too, but we can't right now. We only have so much time; we can discuss it later."

"I-I think we should determine card roles," Saihara suggests timidly.

"Good id-"

Hinata cuts himself off, noticing Maizono stiffen out of the corner of his eye. "Maizono-san?"