"...I found her, there in the rec room..." Hina started "She was hurt. She asked me to bring her that protein drink. But...when I went to get the powder from the chem lab, it just...occurred to me all of a sudden."
"'Now's my chance to kill her.' That's what you thought, right? That's when you switched out the protein powder, and that's when you gave her the poisoned mixture." Byakuya said
"And then...she downed it, all at once. And...and then..."
"Are you done lying?" Quill asked
🎵Never Say Never x Climax Re-enactment V3
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"You're not about to claim she wouldn't kill a close friend, are you?" Byakuya sighed "I would think you would get it. The game we're playing here isn't so kind. Honeyed words like friendship don't matter here. What matters is outwitting the opponent, defeating them... Not a person alive would sacrifice themselves for another. In the end, we're all in it for ourselves. Just like how this girl sacrificed Sakura...to save herself."
"You say that, but I'm not convinced." Kyoko said "Don't misunderstand me. I'm not saying it because of some misguided sentimentalism. But there's still that one unsolved mystery, and I'm not convinced."
"Are you talking about the locked room problem?" Makoto asked
"That's certainly part of it. So, Hina" Quill turned to her "If you are the one who killed her, how did you create the locked room?"
"W-Well..." she struggled to give an answer "Th-That doesn't matter! Just cuz I'm guilty, that means I have to tell you everything!?"
"No, it doesn't. But the fact that you won't tell us concerns me." Kyoko told her
"Surely you're not-" Byakuya was dumbfounded "do you two honestly think Hina didn't actually kill her?
"And if we do?"
"Impossible. She switched out the mixtures. She's the culprit. There's no way you can doubt this."
"Are you sure about that? Even ignoring the fact that I don't want to believe it...it just doesn't fit." Makoto said
"What doesn't fit?"
"I mean...why would someone leave such a clear clue like a footprint? It's too...obvious. Too easy."
"It's true" Quill agreed "It's almost like she wanted us to suspect her"
"Th-That was..." Hina stuttered "I was just...nervous! So I-I didn't notice I'd left a footprint!"
"You didn't notice? really?"
"Y-Yeah! That's just how it was. What can I do?"
"Listen, Hina... Could you go into a bit more detail?" Kyoko asked "Tell us more about when you switched the poison and the protein."
"H-How come! That doesn't matter!"
"Hina...please, I'd like to know, too." Makoto pleaded
"...F-Fine..."
"...Waste your time if you like. It's clear that Hina is the culprit. There's nobody else to suspect. Nobody else could have possibly done it." Byakuya argued
"Shut up" Quill told him "Hina, start at the chem lab"
"W-Well... Right away I went to section C, and got the poison."
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The Canary's Birdcage (Danganronpa THH x OC)
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