𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐀 𝐋𝐢𝐞... | Inquisitormaster & Z squad | Danganronpa AU

☘︎ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟑☘︎ || 𝐉𝐚𝐱𝐱'𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞

Chapter 5: Grieving, Gaming, and Guessing

*✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✧･ﾟ: **✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*✧･ﾟ: *

~Alex's POV~

"The Tragedy is the most Despair-inducing event to ever occur in the history of mankind. It began one year before the Killing School Life that befell the 78th Class. The crisis and tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy triggers the Tragedy. 

"Various people have described the Tragedy as being an extraordinary form of social unrest, which quickly escalated into uncontrolled, meaningless chaos, violence, and death. This incident was caused by

7̵̡̗͎̳͙̳́̒̎̒̚͜u̵̫̇̃͒̀̃̀̌̀̕͠ņ̶̢͈͇̺͍̩̽K̶̛̘̮̜̮̠͒̈́̈͠0̸̛͚͔͍͗̀̿͊͝͠ͅ ̸̨̡̗̞͕̩̥́ͅ3̷̭̝̳̺̱̲͎̒̕͜ṋ̴̢͇̥̈̌́̄́͝͝͠0̴̳͎̩̠͚͇̲͌̊͊̓̒̃̒̕s̷̨͓̟͖̋̑͆̈͗̾̃͌̚h̴̩͊̅̒̑̎̊1̸̗̞̠̪̻͈̗͙̠͙̔̓̐̇͛̆̈́̌͝m̷̭̮̬͕̗̠̱͙̼̼͆́̀4̵̛͚͙̥̪̙̙̙̹̐̈́͆͆̆ and the Ultimate Despair. It was ultimately terminated thanks to the combined efforts of 5y0t4 M1t4r41's brief broadcast of the Hope Video and the Future Foundation's involvement in helping rebuild the world."

He flips over the page and reads the content on the back:

"With the Academy struggling to control the Parade, Junko turned her attention to Class 77-B and Class 77-A, seeking to turn them into her pawns. She lured them into an underground complex and forced them to watch helplessly as she ******** their class representatives 6h14k1 N̵͎͙̼̥̗̫͍̣̣͑͌̐̔̂4̴̜̩͚̹̼͐̀̍̈́͛̊͝n̶͙͙̘̹̝͕̭̉̓̓̂͆4̴̡̝̪͚͙̣͈̭͇͕̇̀m̷̛̱̬̬̟͖̜̝͍͙̔̏̆͆͝ͅ1̴̰̹̣́͜ , 41*& 3n*&#^$, and 6r4*3 3&4(2-7066; coupled with the advanced editing techniques she had learned from Ryota, the video effectively brainwashed most of Class 77-B and Class 77-A into agents of Ultimate Despair. They would eventually fake their deaths with the help of *****, allowing them to slip into society unnoticed and strike when the time was right."

Once he finishes reading it, he places the page down on the table littered with files.

"... That's it?" Sora asks, picking up the same page and scanning it over.

Drake nods. "That's all. The tragedy was the worst event in the world, and it spread despair with the assistance of a video, two classes, and faking their death."

Sora lowers the page, his eyes peeking over it, and asks, "But... Aren't we Class 77-A? I didn't participate in anything like this. That'd be a bad look on a portfolio."

"Yeah, same," Light adds, his eyes dancing between us all. "It says that a video was used and that havoc was caused due to it. It also happened before The Killing School Life of class 78. Is that killing game our—"

"If you think that's referring to our game, it isn't. That's another class. No clue who, but it happened a year after the Tragedy transpired," Jaxx says, "And it sounds like those in the killing school life weren't viewers of this video."

"But, does anyone remember watching a video, doing chaotic things, and whatnot?"

No one responds. Everyone silently looks at one another in hopes that someone will admit something. However, that doesn't come to be. I don't remember doing anything like that or watching a video...

Wait, speaking of the video, I look up toward the files spread out across the table cloth keeping a look out for the "Brainwashing Video" title. Once I find it, I shove all of the other pages away, pick it up, and place it on top of the others. When that catches the others' attention, I signal toward the page again.