𝓓𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓕𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻

𝟎𝟒𝟓

Leon

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The inside of the castle gave you the creeps. It was dark and had towering pillars along the sides.

"The ambiance feels similar to that of a temple or a church. However... Is it just me, or does it seem like there are no bombs to be found here?" Sonia asked, glancing around nervously.

"No, it's not just you..." Fuyuhiko replied.

"If the bombs are strong enough to blow up the entire island, they should be pretty big..." Chiaki said, "... But I don't see anything. I don't see a place where they could be hidden either."

"Then... the bombs aren't here!?" Akane gasped.

You looked around the castle quietly until something caught your eye. There was something on the floor.

"Hey everyone... Come check this out...!" Hajime said, seeming to have seen it too.

"... Hm? What's that?" Kazuichi said.

You gathered around a silver square that was on the floor. There were words written on it that read, 'To all subjects: The password to guide everyone to the future is...' The rest of the words were scratched out.

"What the hell?! Why is the most important part scratched out?!" Hiyoko exclaimed.

"What does 'The password to guide everyone to the future' even mean?" Fuyuhiko asked.

"Ah, maybe it's... that password..." Hajime said.

"Leon."

"Huh?" you hummed and quickly looked around, trying to find the source of the sudden voice, but to no avail.

"Could it be the password to access that ancient ruin?" Sonia asked, seeming to not notice you, "'Guide everyone to the future'... Maybe that refers to the Japanese word that is written on the door?"

"But... if we can't read the password, there's nothin' we can do," Akane said.

"Leon."

There was that voice again! Was it just in your head? Why was it saying 'Leon?' Now that you thought about it... that name did sound familiar...

"It is a rather tragic moment..." Sonia uttered.

"... I wonder who erased this," Chiaki pondered.

"... Huh? Erased?" Hajime repeated.

"I mean... it doesn't feel like it was erased naturally, right? It looks like it was forcibly scratched off... That's the only way I can see it."

"But... Monomi and Monokuma shouldn't have entered this castle because they don't like mice, right?" Fuyuhiko said.

"Then it was Nagito! He's the one who erased the password!" Akane said, Minimaru following with, "Unforgivable!"

"Nagito... probably discovered the password here and used it to enter the ancient ruin..." Sonia said.

"Leon."

Maybe if you ignore it, it'll go away...

"Then he hid the bombs inside the ancient ruin!?" Hajime exclaimed.

"So he erased the password so we wouldn't be able to get near the bombs..." Fuyuhiko said.

"Leon."

"Ugh! That's so unfair!" Hiyoko whined.

"If that's true... He gave us a hint even though he knew we wouldn't be able to use it..." Hajime said.