Frenzy (REBOOT) (Pokémon Danganronpa)

Chapter 6: Trial

THIRD PERSON

To everyone in the room, something confusing and deeply rooted in evil had occurred. Once the tool rack had been moved, a large splatter of blood staining the metal wall was revealed to them.

"You missed a couple of things." Vanta muttered nonchalantly as Loki stepped in.

"Yeah that's...pretty important..." Loki held her stomach at the sight of the gory mess.

"We found something too." Vince extended his webbed hand to offer Leon the bloodied stone.

The jackal took it with hesitation, his eyes never leaving the Greninja's direction. After a few seconds of silence, he tore his gaze to analyze the dried crimson red color.

"It's not very fresh..." The Lucario muttered to himself.

"Yeah...that's odd." Vanta narrowed his eyes at the corpse behind him. "The time frame has to be so strict if the body is not decomposing."

"What do you mean..?" Loki curiously tilted her head at the Umbreon, earning a quick response from him.

"Well, if Talus died yesterday—and the body is still fresh—then that would mean that the stone was used before he died."

The Zoroark didn't bother to reply as she had already made it apparent to everyone that she was stuck in thought.

To say many questions were lingering in the air was an understatement; the group hadn't even experienced an ounce of the feelings occurring in the mansion.

"So what's that got to do with the knife there?" Vince stuck his arm out to point at the coated kitchen utensil.

"That's a very good question. Either we're being tricked here about the murder weapon, or there was a struggle..." Vanta impatiently scoffed at the patch of blood staining the wall.

"A struggle, hm?" Leon frowned. "Vince, may you please look around the mansion for someone injured?"

"You think someone else got hurt?" Loki was quick to doubt.

"Maybe, maybe not." The jackal shrugged nonchalantly. "If so, then we potentially have our culprit."

"I see..." She dismissed the thought before leaning against the cold wall.

It only took a small stroll around the hallways for the Greninja to reach the living room once more, where he encountered yet another stressed group.

"What is wrong with you!?" Inu's voice rang around the walls. "What makes you think I did it?"

"If we're going by most likely to snap mentally, it would be you." Rayne kept a straight face, almost as if the Infernape's rebuttals were nothing to her.

"You're sick! I would never do this shit!"

Deciding to ignore the argument, Vince carefully analyzed everyone in the room.

"What'cha doing?" A higher voice chirped from below the blue frog, causing him to leap back in surprise.

"Arceus, you're just a wee thing, aren't you?" The Greninja scoffed playfully.

"What does that mean?" Grace tilted her head with curiosity.

"It means you're small...I didn't see you there."

"Oh, I see." The Eevee hummed.

Vince tore his gaze to focus on the group once more, letting a small period of silence—save for the argument in the background—pass by.

"Not in the mood for chatting?" He uttered to break the ice.

"No...I don't like confrontation." Grace heaved a tired sigh.