Danganronpa: Song Of Despair

Chapter 4: Stuck in the Middle of Empty Death Threats

It had already been a long day, and having witnessed two deaths most people wanted to take a break and rest before taking in even more. I was anxious to see the new area, however, and so were Jikkō and Michio, so I went with them. Satchiko was originally going to join us, but stayed back so Cinder wouldn't get lonely.

The three of us reached the newly opened street, and the first thing I saw was the amusement park. Rides reached high up to the sky, though of course, none of them moving. I had never seen a silent amusement park before, and it sent chills down my spine.

We decided not to go into the amusement park today, as it was already getting late, and instead decided to leave that until tomorrow. As we walked to the building across the street, Michio started up a conversation with a playful smirk to the assassin.

"Toki, huh?" He said with a slight teasing tone. "That seems too cute for someone like you."

"Exactly, so don't call me that." Jikkō retorted. "Did you forget what my talent is?"

Michio faked a gasp. "Toki, are you threatening me in front of a witness? I thought you'd know better than that."

"I said, don't call me that." Jikkō stated with a glare at the blond. "Unless you want to end up dismembered at the bottom of a-"

"Okay!" I interjected before she could complete her sentence. "We're here, let's look inside and... uh... maybe not threaten murder?" I suggested before opening the door to the new building. I didn't know how Michio and Jikkō's relationship was before now, but if it was always like this I was surprised Michio was still alive.

We walked inside, and immediately I saw some of the walls were made out of large fish tanks, and below were pictures and information on different species of ocean life. The tanks were empty, but I'm sure that this would have been an aquarium.

Walking further in, most of what we found were still empty tanks. It was plain to look at, but I preferred that over dead animals. No one was here to take care of them, after all, so if there were animals they wouldn't be very alive.

"Hey, Michio, look. It's a dead thing." I heard Jikkō's voice from across the room. I spoke too soon.

Michio rushed over, and out of curiosity I walked over too. Floating on its side in one of the tanks was what appeared to be a dead shark.

"Whoa, cool! I've never seen a dead shark before!" Michio exclaimed excitedly. Looking at it made me feel sick... Michio actually likes this stuff?

Jikkō nodded. "Me neither. It is pretty cool, but I still don't know how you enjoy dead and dying things so much."

"Well, it's not that-" Michio stopped himself, "I mean, it is that, but just with animals and stuff, I don't enjoy people dying. I'm not that bad."

"You're still a sick fuck." Jikkō replied teasingly.

I didn't know if their constant bickering should be giving me a headache or making me ship them, so I settled in between.

"Hey, at least I haven't killed anyone." Michio stated.

I decided to lead the way out before things got too heated. We headed down the street to see a small bike shop with not much in it, and across from it an empty warehouse.

Inside the warehouse was dark and dusty, as if it hadn't been taken care of for years. There wasn't much of interest, so I was about to leave before Jikkō pointed out a simple fact.

"There aren't any cameras in here."

"What?" I looked around one last time to see if she was right, and turns out she was.

"Looks like we have a place of privacy now." Michio stated.

I couldn't believe it. We had found Monokuma's blind spot.