✔️More Than a Game (Oumasai/Saiouma)

5- A Secret Room

Saihara's POV:
Ding dong bing bong!

"It's 8am, you cretins! Let's see who's dead today!" says one of the Monokubs in the morning announcement.

"N-No! I don't want anyone to die yet!" Monophanie says.

I ignore the rest of the things all the Monokubs are saying. After I wash up,  I head to the dining hall where Ouma had told everyone to meet up. When I get there, I see that Kokichi, Kaito, Rantaro, and Tsumugi are already there.

"Oh, hey Shuichi!" Kaito says. Amami gives a nod, but Ouma doesn't do anything. Neither does Tsumugi.

Soon, everyone else starts to come in, Kaede being last. "Oh, everyone's already here!" she says as she plops down on the long bench.

The first topic that gets brought up is what happened yesterday with the manhole. I almost forgot about it, because I was busy with Kokichi, but I remember that some people got mad at Kaede.

"You guys were so mean to her! Poor Kaede!" Kokichi says.

"Hey, weren't you the first one to blame her yesterday?!" Tenko argues.

"Now now, everyone was just tired-" Rantaro starts.

"Oh, that? That was a lie," Ouma says. "Did you know that about half of my lies are said with good intentions?"

"Now that sounds like a lie," Himiko mumbles. "Let's just move on and talk about something else."

"Okay. Let's think of ways to get out of here," Kaede immediately says. That's all she's focused on, getting out of here... Not like that's a bad thing, but shouldn't she focus on other things too?

Suddenly, before Kaede can continue, Monokuma appears out of nowhere. "AHHHHH!" Kaede shrieks. She must be really scared of him.

"Don't do that! The stress isn't good for my heart!" Tsumugi exclaims.

"Oops, sorry. I didn't mean to not surprise you," Monokuma says. "Anyways, I have an announcement to make."

Another one?

"Now, I'm sure you're all thinking that being a goody-two shoes is the easier way to survive, right? Being thrust into a killing game doesn't mean you'll be able to kill someone easily... So I figured I'd give you guys a motivation to kill."

"Motivation to kill?" Maki asks in confusion.

"In short, a motive," Monokuma explains. "Now then, the first motive is called the First Blood Perk! Wow! For the first murder that occurs, there will be no class trial held! Can you believe it?"
That means the first one to kill someone will get to graduate, no strings attached!"

"No class trial will be held?" Maki questions.

"Yep! You'll get out free and easy!" Monokuma says.

"Huh? That's all? So.. we just need to kill someone to leave?" Miu asks.

"That's all? Don't make it sound like that! Please!" Kiibo pleads.

I have to admit, that sounds tempting. But not for me. I would never kill anyone just for a game. I'd much rather die myself.

"That's it!" Kaito yells. "I've had enough of this!" He lunges to grab Monokuma, but...

"Ooh! Looks like we've got ourselves a volunteer!" Monokuma shrieks with delight. He takes Kaito to the Exisals.