Danganronpa: Goodbye Despair

Chapter 63: MALICE

Final Class Trial (Part Two)

Fuyuhiko: "Then... this is for real? He really... committed suicide? Every single wound on his body... that was all him?!"

Sonia: "Not just that... he did all that while he was gripping the spear? That spear should not have stabbed Nagito until the very end... which means Nagito wounded himself while he was gripping that spear, right?"

Akane: "Did he put the duct tape on his mouth too?"

Chiaki: "He probably covered his own mouth so we couldn't hear him screaming in pain."

Kazuichi: "D-Did he need to go that far? T-That's beyond crazy! Why would he do that to himself?!"

Hajime: "He was probably... trying to get us to make a mistake. By committing a suicide that looked like a murder... he was trying to steer us towards the wrong answer. I think his goal... was to get us all executed!"

Fuyuhiko: "A-And that's why... he stabbed himself over and over again?"

Akane: "Did he want us to die that bad?!"

Kazuichi: "That's messed up... that's seriously so messed up."

Hajime: "Yeah... that's our Nagito." Hajime was actually starting to feel a little sympathetic towards Nagito, now he thought he was stupid for thinking that. He completely underestimated Nagito's capacity for malice. A mind-boggling malice that threatens everyone even after his death, that's the form his malice took. Hajime had completely forgotten all about it until now. 'If he were here right now... he'd probably be sneering at me.'

Sonia: "However... there is one thing I still do not understand. He said he would 'reveal the traitor', right? Whatever became of that?"

Kazuichi: "He was probably... planning to kill the traitor along with the rest of us!"

Sonia: "So why did he not just do that in the first place? If he had no qualms with killing everyone, he did not have to cause a bomb scare to reveal the traitor."

Fuyuhiko: "I bet the bomb scare was part of the strategy behind his trick. He made us split up and search for a bomb so none of us would have an alibi. He created a scenario where any of us could've killed him!"

Kazuichi: "He tried to make us doubt each other... and tried to hide the truth behind his suicide."

Sonia: "Did he cause a bomb scare... for that reason alone?"

Fuyuhiko: "He's a fucking bastard who killed himself for his delusions of grandeur! It's not that unthinkable!"

Sonia: "You... are right, I suppose..."

Fuyuhiko: "Yeah, it appears we've come to a conclusion. That bastard Nagito committed suicide. It was all done by him so we'd be executed."

Akane: "Hm, that should be okay, right? Right?"

Fuyuhiko: "W-What? You're not satisfied yet?"

Akane: "No, I agree that Nagito killed himself. But... I feel like there's something that doesn't make sense... it's probably just my imagination."

Hajime: 'Why? I mean... I sort of understand what she's talking about. I don't think it's a mistake to assume that Nagito committed suicide, but... why do I feel so uneasy about it? Is it because we don't know who the traitor is?'

Monokuma: "So what are you gonna do? Is it okay to proceed with the voting time?"

Fuyuhiko: "What do you think, Akane?"