Danganronpa: Boiling Point

Chapter 26: Third Murder Investigation

Everyone gathered...well, outside the Kitchen door. Only Fuyuhiko would actually enter the Kitchen proper, due to the smell within.

"C'mon, don't tell me you all are a bunch of pussies over a bad smell! Get your asses in here!" Fuyuhiko sneered tauntingly at the others. No one made an attempt to enter, not that I was surprised.

Monorakun eventually scurried his way past the crowd, and made his way to Teruteru's corpse. "So, someone cooked the cook, eh? The irony."

Toko managed to speak up from the back of the crowd. "S-s-so can we have the stupid Monor-rakun file already?"

Monorakun looked our group over, scurrying amongst us (as most of them refused to come near the Kitchen door), then sat on his haunches at the Kitchen door entrance and said, "Nope."

Ummm...excuse me?

Before I could speak, Fuyuhiko did instead. "The fuck did you just say? We have a dead body here. Give us our damn File!"

"Nope." Monorakun repeated, in the same tone.

I heard Sakura speak next. "Why are you refusing to give us the Monorakun File? Isn't that in the rules, Monorakun?"

Monorakun turned his head, likely to face Sakura. "Because not everyone is here yet."

Wait...what? Who's missing, then? I couldn't see anyone except Fuyuhiko and Monorakun from this angle. Who could be missing, then?

I took a peek outside. Fuyuhiko was still arguing with Monorakun. Sakura and Nekomaru were standing next to each other. Mahiru, Toko, and Hiyoko were grouped up. Rantaro was standing in the corner. Tenko was standing in the Dining Hall doorway. Mondo...

Wait, where was Mondo?

Sakura seemed to notice at the same time. "Mondo is not here yet. We should look for him. Perhaps he is still in his room."

Mondo was never an early riser, from my experience, so this was not out of the question, but I suddenly had a bad feeling in my gut.

Monorakun responded to Sakura's comment. "Yep, Mondo is not accounted for, so my programming forbids me from giving you the Monorakun File on Teruteru. Go find him; I'm staying right here."

We all split up to look for Mondo. Korekiyo, Mahiru, and Hiyoko searched the First Floor. Tenko, Toko, Nekomaru, and Sakura took the Second Floor. Rantaro, Fuyuhiko, Kyoko, and I were left with the third floor.

Kyoko and Fuyuhiko took the lead, with Rantaro and I following. Rantaro had his E-Handbook open in the Group Chat page, in case someone found Mondo and alerted us via chat, but so far, no one had found Mondo yet.

Upon arrival on the Third Floor, we decided to split up, with Kyoko checking the Dance Hall, Fuyuhiko checking the Dojo, Rantaro taking the Shop Room, and me taking the Track Room. This left the Kyoko and Fuyuhiko taking a left at the first intersection, while Rantaro chose to go straight, staying with me.

I took a peek out the window to the Courtyard, but only saw Korekiyo looking around. I glanced at Rantaro, who peered down at his E-Handbook before shaking his head. We parted ways at the next intersection, with him heading straight towards the Track Room and me making a right, then a left towards the Dojo.

I opened the Dojo door, and saw no one at the punching bags or the dummies. However, when I turned to look at the mat, that's when I found Mondo. And my heart instantly sunk.

Mondo was resting on his neck and shoulders, his legs bent upright against the wall. His eyes stared lifelessly at me, his head at a very bad angle.

I instantly opened my E-Handbook to alert the others. Looking at the time, it was 8:15am.