Danganronpa: ocem

Chapter 5 Part 9

Ashton: Yea, Tsumugi. What does the book say about her character?

Hanako: Not much. She was a plain girl. 

Chloe: How about her life? I mean she worked for Team Danganronpa, right?

Hanako: It says she joined Team Danganronpa in the 52nd season, two seasons before ours, as an assistant Mastermind. 

Ashlyn: Assistant Mastermind? Why would that exist?

Hanako: Probably to train her to be the real Mastermind. She was the Mastermind in V3, but then she died. She was also in charge of costume design. 

Yu Xuan: Then I guess that's not a lot of information to help us. 

Ashton: Well, maybe it could give us some insight on who our Mastermind is.

Sophie: How would it do that? 

Rachel: What signs did Tsumugi give?

Chloe: Well, I heard her underwear was black and red when she lied that it was plain white.

Ashlyn: ... 

Chloe: Crap. 

Yu Xuan: ...So are we checking each other's underwear?

Rachel: WHAT? NO! 

Ashlyn: So what do we do? There's no other option! 

Ashton: I think the best option we have right now is to give up and think some other time. I'm sure we're all tired. 

Chloe: I agree, I'm exhausted.

Hanako: So are we meeting again later? 

Rachel: Are we eating dinner together or something?

Sophie: Oh please, can we just go back to our dorms and sleep?

Yu Xuan: So true, I just want to rest. It's been a long day. 

Chloe: It's like barely afternoon. 

Yu Xuan: Did I stutter? 

Everyone began to slowly move out of the area, leaving me and Rachel. 

I began to walk away too, but was stopped.

Rachel: Ashlyn, I think I know who has the file.

Ashlyn: You do...? 

Rachel: It's Sophie. And she's in on it with Monokuma. 

Ashlyn: What? What do you mean? 

Rachel: She's taken out the documents from the file and she's planning on giving its contents piece by piece to Monokuma. In the next few days, You'll see her carrying those around. When you see her, please finish the task.

I froze in place again, unsure what to say.

Rachel: Look carefully okay? She'll probably be around this area, the first floor. 

Ashlyn: Why would she be on the first floor?

Rachel: It's her designated meeting spot with Monokuma. I saw them here that day when I was looking for my file. 

My brain was a mess, and I no longer felt like questioning more.

Ashlyn: Rachel, I'm not sure I can do this...! It's killing a person, and I don't know if I can-

Rachel: Here. 

Rachel handed me a sickle and what looked like a lock pick made from what used to be her hair pin.

Ashlyn: W- What? 

Rachel: When you see her, kill her with the sickle. It's all planned, just do it.