Just One More Time

3 - Another Friend Sentenced to Death

I've been wondering, how interested would people be seeing a drawing of the deaths? Like victims and executions. I could put them at the end of every necessary chapter.

Fair warning, I can't promise they'll be great quality lmao. I'm not the best artist, I just thought it'd be fun.

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Another class trial where a friend turns into the most hated person in the world within the blink of an eye. Glancing over at his short, red-haired friend, the gears in Shuichi's head whirred away. In the elevator on the way down, Yumeno had said 'She's missing one' and refused to talk more. I don't know what that means, and I don't know if I'm smart enough to figure it out.

"Could it have been a suicide? Or perhaps an accident?" Shinguji asked the room.

"The bookshelf was pushed over by an object, so it's not an accident. If it was an accident, it'd be horrible luck," Shuichi pointed out.

"What do you mean by 'object', Saihara?" Harukawa asked, glaring at the male.

"There were shotput balls scattered around the room. Through Iruma's drone, we noticed that the books were arranged in a ramp leading towards the bookshelf. The culprit may have gathered the shotput balls in the warehouse and used a ramp to create enough momentum for the balls to knock over the bookshelf." Shuichi glared at the ground, the case reminding him of the moment he found out Akamatsu had murdered Amami, just to later deduce she'd been framed.

"Gonta think bookshelf very easy to lift. Anyone could have lifted it," Gokuhara added, crossing his arms over his muscular chest in thought.

"That could be your super strength Gokuhara. You lifted that manhole cover pretty easily at that tunnel," Kiibo interjected, others in the circle agreeing.

"No, Gokuhara's right. If the right amount of force is applied to the exact right spot, anyone could topple the bookcase. The easiest place to push it would be the top since that would make it fall easier, as I'm sure we all know," Shuichi continued his argument. "That's where the ramp of books ended when Gokuhara lifted the bookcase."

"I would like to offer some information that may be beneficial to this case," Tojo smiled, bowing slightly. "The books scattered around the bookshelf seemed quite odd. No books were underneath the bookshelf or inside, however, there were some around the edge."

"Could someone have emptied the bookshelf to make it easier for the shotput balls to push over?" Harukawa wondered out loud, holding her chin and staring at the ground in thought.

"Seems possible," Hoshi mumbled.

"Ya'll are idiots. How can a little ball push over a massive fuckin' shelf?!" Iruma argued.

"I wonder if Iruma's the culprit, considering her fascination with little balls!~" Ouma teased.

"Get back on track!" Shuichi shouted, quietening the room. "Sorry, I didn't mean to yell, I just... Didn't think this would happen..." He mumbled, staring at the ground to avoid the glaring eyes of his classmates.

"It's alright Shuichi! Atua is watching over you! He will protect everyone!" Yonaga sang, raising her hands above her head in prayer.

"I need to ask something, I don't think we ever answered it. How would the shotput balls gain enough momentum to push over the bookshelf?" Akamatsu asked.

"By being rolled down a ramp," Shuichi answered. It's a struggle when I can't reveal anything without being able to connect it to evidence. How many times have I hinted at this damn ramp? "The ramp Iruma revealed with her drone."