The Ultimate Detective - Celesgiri

First Day At The Despair Academy

'You must kill someone if you want to leave.'
The air hung heavy on the room, pressing down like a weight around their necks. It took everything they had just to endure that weight...

But for as heavy as the air felt... all it took to pierce it was her sharp words.

"So? What are you going to do now? Just stand around glaring at each other?" Kirigiri's pointed comment was directed at everyone in the room. It helped pull them back to reality.

"R-Right... She's right! Sometimes, even if you're nervous or afraid, you just have to step forward! To forget such a simple fact... I can't forgive myself. I'm so ashamed! Please, someone hit me! I can't forgive myself! Somebody hit me! Punish me!" exclaimed hysterically Ishimaru.

"Jesus. If you have time to yell about it, you have time to DO something about it." Said Mondo feeling annoyed by his antics.

Hifumi intervened "Perhaps, but...what is the mission, exactly?"

"Idiot! To look for a way out, duh!" Leon told him.

"And we totally need to find out whoever was controlling that stupid bear and beat the hell out of 'em." Junko added.

"...B-But before we do all that, maybe we should take a look at the handbook... It's probably best to check out the school regulations Monokuma mentioned before doing anything else." Offered a nervous Chihiro.

"True. If we stumble around with no clue what the rules are, something like that might happen again..." Celeste said with a small unwavering smile that revealed nothing.

"Shit..." Mondo remembered the event that just took place, a shiver running down his back.

"Fine. Then let's hurry up and check out the stupid rules already." Added an exasperated Junko.

After turning on their e-Handbook, the first thing that appeared was their name. So just like Monokuma said, the owner's name showed up front and center. Then, from the Main Menu that popped up, Kirigiri selected the School Regulations icon.

An itemized list appears on-screen. It was the school regulations. In other words, the rules being imposed on them all.

1. Students may reside only within the school. Leaving campus is an unacceptable use of time.

2. "Nighttime" is from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Some areas are off-limits at night, so please exercise caution.

3. Sleeping anywhere other than the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class and punished accordingly.

4. With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore Hope's Peak Academy at your discretion.

5. Violence against Headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited, as is destruction of surveillance cameras.

6. Anyone who kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.

7. Additional school regulations may be added as necessary.

Feeling a slight dizziness, she raised her face up from the screen. As she looked around, she saw the same stormy expression on everyone's faces.

"This is bullshit! What the hell kinda rules are these!? I'm not gonna let them control ME!"

"Well then, why don't you wander around the school without a care in the world and see what happens? Personally, I would love to see what happens when someone breaks one of the rules." Again with an unreadable smile, Celestia told Mondo.