Danganronpa IF

Dangan Ronpa IF (Part 4)

Over ten minutes passed.

The sound of footsteps echoed from the direction of the gymnasium and crowded before the infirmary.

Genocider Syo had avoided Oogami's attacks to the best of her abilities, but Togami's scathing "That's more than enough, you infuriating sicko." led her to stop in her tracks.

"Oh~? Hearing that from my handsome bespectacled Bya-kun makes my thirteenth alphabet all excited! They say the line between sadism and masochism is thinner than a sheet of paper, but my walls are made of cardboard! You can't explain these waves of passion with a piece of compressed pulp!"

As Syo rambled nonsensically about Togami, Oogami subdued her. She was then tied up with a microphone cable from the gymnasium and locked up in her room. Half the students had stayed behind to keep watch over her, while the other half had gone together to search through the school building.

"..."

When the infirmary doors opened, Kirigiri was faced with a nonfunctioning Monobear with a hole through his chest and the remains of a security camera.

The carnage was not only limited to the infirmary. The students had already seen multiple destroyed cameras on their way here, as well as scattered Monobear parts.

Rule #5: "No violence is permitted against the school's headmaster, Monobear.

Destruction of the surveillance cameras is forbidden." had been broken to bits, but if Ikusaba was on the side of the original Monobear, she would have no need to stick to this rule. Although the Monobear in the gymnasium had stopped moving and they had lost contact with the so-called hacker, the students believed that the hacker had engaged Ikusaba in battle with a different unit.

With this hypothesis in mind, Kirigiri turned back to the infirmary. The beds were empty, but she could see from the blood that someone had been lying on one of them very recently.

"Tch. They got away..." Oowada spat, turning around. But Kirigiri did not follow him.

"...Fujisaki-san and I will stay here and search for clues."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Fujisaki asked, eyes wide, but Kirigiri continued coldly.

"We might find something if we search Monobear's remains. I've determined that you would be the most suitable candidate for working with machinery like this."

"But will it not be dangerous?" Oogami asked. Naturally, she had joined the investigation group because she was the only one who could subdue Ikusaba.

Kirigiri shook her head.

"It's unfortunate, but Fujisaki and I will only be a burden to you should you get into a difficult situation. So I think it will be better that we stay here and search for clues, rather than potentially become a hindrance. We might even be able to find a way to communicate wirelessly with the outside world through this Monobear unit."

"Of course. That is most reasonable. Then the rest of us shall search this floor. Should anything happen, call out to us immediately."

Oogami and the others left the infirmary.

"How could she possibly have done this kind of damage?" Fujisaki wondered, tentatively looking over Monobear's remains. Kirigiri, meanwhile, stood by one of the beds and focused her senses. A moment later, she confirmed a certain hypothesis she had formed. And with a quiet sigh, she spoke up, still standing straight.

"Let me apologize to you ahead of time, Fujisaki-san."

"Huh?"

"I've ended up dragging you into this gamble. So on the off-chance that something should happen, I want you to run out into the hallway and call for help immediately."