That Wasn't Supposed To Happen

The Domino Effect- Part 2

Without waiting for Chihiro, the heir walked towards the corpse.

Before following the heir, Chihiro quickly looked around him. It seemed like Makoto and Kyoko had left while they were talking with Mondo, since Chihiro couldn't see them anywhere.

When Chihiro walked towards the body, he could see that on it were multiple splashes of blood. There were also multiple wounds, just like the Monokuma file said. The biggest wound was in the stomach area. It looked like a clean slice, going from the far left of the stomach all the way to the right. The other cuts weren't too big. It was clear how Celestia was murdered.

Chihiro was pulled when Byakuya spoke up.

"Interesting..."

"Interesting?" Chihiro responded, not quite sure what Byakuya was talking about.

"These cuts. You would think they would have been made with a knife, right?" Chihiro gave a small nod. "That's what I thought. But something that most people wouldn't see is that these cuts are thicker."

"Thicker?"

"Yes, thicker. These wounds couldn't have been made by any normal knife, and since the only knifes here are the ones in the kitchen, it wouldn't make sense for these cuts to be made by a knife, would it?"

"Yeah...But, if they weren't made by a knife, what are they from. There aren't that many sharp objects here..."

"Hmm. While that is true, there is still the warehouse and the storage room. It's possible that our killer got their weapon from there."

"The warehouse..." Chihiro muttered.

"What did you say?"

"Well, before I went to the locker room to meet up with Mondo, I saw Celeste in the warehouse. She never told me why see was there, but I just didn't think much of it back then..."

"And you only decide to tell me this now. This may change a lot. Maybe this is just like last time..."

"You mean that Celeste tried to kill someone?"

"Yes. After all she is The Queen Of Liars, who knows how bad her secret is..."

"I just don't understand how anybody would kill for their secret."

"You're acting like everybody here is innocent. I know for a fact that some people here do have secrets worth killing for just to hide it. Not everybody is like you."

"You're probably right...but, if I may ask, what is your secret?"

"My, my, that's a very daring question and not something that I will answer. What I will tell you is that it's nothing like yours."

There was something about the way Byakuya said it. It made Chihiro a bit uneasy and while he knew he shouldn't ask any further, he, just like multiple times before this night, did something that he may regret.

"W-would you kill for it?"

"And why would I answer that? We are not friends, are we? Why should I tell you that? But if you really want an answer, just think. We were alone in the library for an hour. Nobody knew we were in there and yet; you are here. Alive. Does that answer your question?"

"I- well, yes."

"Good. Let's go then. There are still multiple places I want to visit before the trial start and you have just been slowing us down."

"Oh, sorry..."

Chihiro hadn't meant to slow the taller boy down, he was simply curious. He wanted to find out the killer as much as anybody else, maybe even more, since he feels like this could have been avoided if he just didn't go to the library. Still, he followed Byakuya as he began walking to the warehouse.