Chapter 2: Innocence Lost, Part V (Class Trial)
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It didn't take long for the elevator to land, and for the doors to open again, beckoning us into the courtroom once more. But I, and everyone else, could clearly see even before we took a single step inside that it looked a bit... different. Practically everything: the curtains, the carpet, the walls, were now green like a glass bottle.
Two more portraits, akin to Mamoru's, had been erected in the circle that we were to stand around as well. Where Shuya and Masato stood when we as a group condemned the former to death, now there was nothing but a simple, monochrome portrait. And there he was, lounging on his throne as if this was just another day.
Monokuma: Urgh. Wasn't one murder good enough for ya lot?
Sasuke: Nope! Masato's dead, after all.
Tetsuo: Stop playing with fire!
Sasuke: I'm not playing with fire, Tetsuo.
Kira: Every second counts here! We have but a scant few hours to find out who-
Iori: Killed 'im. There, I said it, bingo.
Reiji: ...True.
Monokuma: You all settled?
Reiji: We all look the part.
Monokuma: Good. Let's get straight to the point, then!
Nanae: ...Was that a joke?
Monokuma: Yes, it was a joke.
Asuka: Not funny.
Monokuma: No comment.
Homura: (sigh) Like always.
Monokuma: I guess you all know the drill - Masato has finally been fired from his hated job! And from the mortal coil itself!
Kira: Way to kick us while we're down...
Monokuma: Good, 'cuz that's exactly what I excel in! And order up - 'cause let me put it this way. Imagine you are all fries. Delicious, crispy, just plain nice fries. But one of you... is rotten. Mangy, even. And the problem is, they're only mangy on the inside!
Chie: We're not chips, ribbit?
Shouko: What the hell do you expect us to do?
Monokuma: Interrogate each other until you find out which one's the mangy chip, and throw them into the trash! Or else they'll end up on the plate called the outside world and all of you will get dipped in tomato sauce, covered in enough salt to drown a city, then seen as ruined and tossed away onto the street where you'll be eaten by some raccoon!
Kira: Woah, woah, woah! What do you mean by that? I'm not one for analogies.
Mayu: We'll all die and whoever killed him will get away. That's what I think he means.
Monokuma: Exactly. I'm an impatient customer, and you're the cooks! Now make me a meal... in court!
Nanae: Literally?
Sasuke: He wants a good, old-fashioned debate. Just like the one that sentenced Shuya to death.
Reiji: ...I don't want to-
Sasuke: Go ahead, Reiji. Say what's on your mind.
With Sasuke's taunt... the Class Trial that would result in at least another death... started again.
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Reiji: ...We might want to establish some things about this case.
Chie: What like, croak?
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